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"America First:" Stop Taking Any Action Against Any Hostile Foreign Regime, Focus on Fentanyl Smuggling
Also "America First:" Don't Take Hostile Action Against the World's Biggest Narcoterrorist States
The "America First" clowns both want an end to drug smuggling from foreign countries, and a policy of pink pacifism toward the foreign dictators arranging the bulk of drug smuggling into the US.
They are incoherent. They are just angry and unreasoning and pissed of at everything, and frankly, you shouldn't listen to people who get off on their own omnidirectional rage to the exclusion of any capacity for rational thought. Maduro says he's ready to talk.Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro is striking a suddenly conciliatory tone toward Washington after a reported CIA drone strike targeted a cartel-linked docking area inside his country, claiming Caracas is now "ready" to negotiate with the United States on drug trafficking -- and even dangling access to Venezuela's oil sector as leverage. In a sit-down interview recorded on New Year's Eve with Spanish journalist Ignacio Ramonet and aired Thursday on state television, Maduro said the U.S. government has long known Venezuela is open to talks, insisting that if Washington wants a note-for-note agreement to combat narcotics flows, "we're ready." He went further, suggesting that American energy firms could return in force, saying Venezuela is open to U.S. oil investment "whenever they want it, wherever they want it and however they want it," explicitly referencing past dealings with Chevron. The remarks come amid an aggressive U.S. pressure campaign that has seen at least 35 American strikes on suspected drug-smuggling vessels across the Caribbean and eastern Pacific since early September, operations U.S. officials say have killed more than 115 suspected traffickers.
I do not believe he's ready to talk due to Trump following Tucker Carlson's pinko pacifist plan of just being nice to Venezuela. I think he's ready to talk because Trump is using the US military to blow up his drug boats and seize his "Dark Fleet" terrorist oil ships.
Venezuelan President Maduro:
— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) January 2, 2026
If the United States wants to seriously talk about an agreement to combat drug trafficking, we are ready. pic.twitter.com/3cWMyDxuC8
The "America First" movement is a Blame America First movement. They claim that all hostility the US encounters abroad is due to US meddling. Or Jews. Obviously. There is no difference between their propaganda and the propaganda of ANSWER, Code Pink, and the Communist Party of the US.
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Posted by: fourseasons at January 02, 2026 03:41 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 02, 2026 03:41 PM (cuae1)
More CBS "News:" CBS Executives Killed an Interview With Elon Musk Because They Insisted They Should Be Able to Edit and Hide What He Had to Say
Elon Musk wanted to do the interview live precisely so they couldn't give him an Asshole Edit and hide his actual words to push their previously-decided narrative.
CBS "news" executives said they would never, ever agree to do that. They need to control the narrative. This comes from former CBS investigative reporter Catherine Herridge, who left the network, presumably over this kind of absolute bias and corruption.Mario Nawfal
@MarioNawfal 12h 🇺🇸 CATHERINE HERRIDGE: CBS WALKED AWAY FROM ELON BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T CONTROL HIM Catherine revealed CBS passed on what could have been one of the biggest interviews in modern media, not because Elon refused, but because the network did. She said discussions were underway after her work connected to the Twitter Files, and an opportunity emerged to interview Elon live on his own platform. That's when everything stalled. "I went to the CBS executives and I said, this is the opportunity that we have. He's saying, I want to do it live and on my platform. He's one of the most influential human beings on the planet. And the reaction from the executives was, well, we can't do it live. And I was like, what do you mean we can't do it live? They said, we don't know what he's going to say. And I'm thinking, isn't that the point of journalism? They said it has to be taped. We have to be able to edit it. It has to be on our platform. We have to control the platform. Everything just got shut down. It was one of the biggest interviews you could ever have. I felt ashamed. I never went back to Elon to say they want to do it, but only if they can control it. I couldn't do that to someone whose DNA is free speech."
Catherine HerridgeSo here's the obvious truth: "Reporters" want to grill opponents (and they do consider them "opponents") and make them look foolish and ask them questions they struggle to answer. But "reporters" are themselves pretty stupid. Among "professionals," they're the least intelligent and educated. (And they're very lazy and have very high rates of alcoholism.) "Reporters" do not want their opponents turning the tables on them and make them look foolish and make them struggle to answer questions. That's why they insist, absolutely, on the power to edit the interview. To make sure they always come off looking like heroes and always come out on top. But this is obviously a huge and corrupt deception. Editing an interview to make it look as if your debate opponent (and these are debates, not "interviews") lost is itself a corrupt lie. You are deliberately altering the actual historical record of the event to present a false story to the public. The edit is for purposes of disinformation -- and a very narcissistic, self-serving form of disinformation.
@C__Herridge 21h Straight to the Point:
When Corporate Media Bias Is Baked In In the fall of 2023, I brought CBS News a proposed interview opportunity with Elon Musk. CBS Executives said the interview couldn't be done live, rather it had to be pre-recorded so they had the ability to edit Musk and it had to be on a CBS platform. "We don't know what [@ElonMusk
] is going to say!" I could not believe what the CBS News executives were saying. Isn't that the point of journalism? You don't know what the person's going to say? At that time, @cbsnews
was under different management and did not respond to our questions seeking comment. @thelatmg
@latimesstudios
🇺🇸 CATHERINE HERRIDGE: CBS WALKED AWAY FROM ELON BECAUSE THEY COULDN’T CONTROL HIM
— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) January 2, 2026
Catherine revealed CBS passed on what could have been one of the biggest interviews in modern media, not because Elon refused, but because the network did.
She said discussions were underway… https://t.co/iQq7l3lZeF pic.twitter.com/2825WQ3YoI
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 02:31 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 02:31 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 02, 2026 02:33 PM (QAvZU)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 02:33 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Thanatopsis at January 02, 2026 02:33 PM (LdBR/)
Posted by: Dr. Varno at January 02, 2026 02:33 PM (L3fPR)
Posted by: toby928(c) reminds you at January 02, 2026 02:35 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 02:35 PM (Zz0t1)
Pretty sure it's "educators" are the least intelligent on average. Reporters are a close second.
Reporters still win for most drunk, though.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 02, 2026 02:35 PM (cuae1)
Posted by: Marcus T at January 02, 2026 02:31 PM (i14TE)
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Congress' primary job is passing a budget. It is not a law enforcement organization. If Congress unanimously passes voter ID reforms, nothing will happen unless it is enforced. What is going on is already illegal, but it was not enforced. Congress actually has very little do with this situation, it will come down to getting the right people in position and rolling up the network of criminality.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 02:36 PM (ZOv7s)
When is the last time a network got 135 million viewers for a single story or show?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 02, 2026 02:36 PM (prbfg)
Posted by: toby928(c) reminds you at January 02, 2026 02:35 PM (jc0TO)
Beat me to it.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 02, 2026 02:36 PM (cuae1)
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 02, 2026 02:38 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: pookysgirl wasn't really around for that one at January 02, 2026 02:38 PM (wPwTJ)
Posted by: NPC at January 02, 2026 02:38 PM (KDPiq)
Reporters still win for most drunk, though.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 02, 2026 02:35 PM (cuae1)
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Objection! Assumes facts not in evidence. Most of us never actually talk to reporters in person, and while there are some real winners in the teaching profession, there are lots of good ones out there.
Good reporters are vanishingly rare these days. Mostly they cut/paste someone else's news release. I'm struggling to think of teachers dumber than some of the reporters I've met.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 02:39 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: BILL FUCKIN' O'REILLY at January 02, 2026 02:39 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 02, 2026 02:39 PM (jc0TO)
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Fake but accurate.
Posted by: 60 Minutes at January 02, 2026 02:40 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 02, 2026 02:40 PM (KDPiq)
Pretty sure it's "educators" are the least intelligent on average. Reporters are a close second.
Reporters still win for most drunk, though.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 02, 2026 02:35 PM (cuae1)
*hic*
NOT TRUE!!!!!!!
*hic*
*vomits*
Posted by: Chris Matthews at January 02, 2026 02:40 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: toby928(c)
Beat me to it.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian
We called the school paper the liberal arts funnies. The journo kids were seriously bottom of the barrel, and we had a huge education population being a university that grew out of a teacher's college.
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 02, 2026 02:40 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 02, 2026 02:35 PM (cuae1)
Doctors, lawyers, dentists. Most suicides too. White collar ain't all sunshine and roses.
Posted by: But patriarchy! at January 02, 2026 02:40 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 02, 2026 02:41 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 02, 2026 02:41 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 02, 2026 02:41 PM (8zz6B)
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That's part of it, and likely the primary part of it.
But there is another part and it has nothing to do with narrative control, it has to do with appearances and ego. They are terrified - constantly, as a continuous presence - that someone will make them look stupid or mis/dis/uninformed.
Going up against someone like Musk is the riskiest thing possible, and not just because they can't selectively edit his responses for narrative purposes. The odds of the interviewer walking away from it *not* looking like a retard also make the entire concept a non-starter.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 02:41 PM (avHHk)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 02, 2026 02:39 PM (jc0TO)
Even the journo (now "communications") majors look down on them as retards.
Posted by: And they're pretty vaxxed and boosted themselves at January 02, 2026 02:42 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 02, 2026 02:42 PM (n7rxJ)
This does not surprise me at all. It's why I don't watch
their "news". And they are not very bright either.
We know what they are up to, why give them the time of day?
Posted by: Case at January 02, 2026 02:42 PM (G1OIb)
That's why they insist, absolutely, on the power to edit the interview. To make sure they always come off looking like heroes and always come out on top.
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I shoulda kept reading.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 02:42 PM (avHHk)
The edit is for purposes of disinformation -- and a very narcissistic, self-serving form of disinformation.
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Yup.
This is what the Press does. All of it, and without exception.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 02:43 PM (avHHk)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 02, 2026 02:41 PM (KDPiq)
WHAT!!???
*steals grocery store basket to avoid paying for a bag*
*notices $250k check deposited with Ole Miss win*
*still won't buy bags*
Posted by: Lane Kiffen at January 02, 2026 02:43 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: toby928(c)
I knew a bunch struggling math majors who switched over to math education. All the really smart math majors jumped to actuarial.
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 02, 2026 02:43 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 02, 2026 02:43 PM (jc0TO)
was under different management and did not respond to our questions seeking comment.
Sorry, not good enough. Who were the managers? Who - specifically - told you that the interview had to be taped?
Frankly, I'm tired of people just blaming the corporation - It's CBS! it's NYT! without naming the specific malefactors here. It's all too easy to blame the company, when it's the actual reporters who write these stories, and actual editors and News Directors who greenlight what the public sees. These people go from company to company, going up the corporate ladder and continuing to spread their poison wherever they go.
Unless these people are named and shamed, nothing will change. It's not like the MFM doesn't hesitate to name and shame Republicans - whether guilty or not.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 02, 2026 02:43 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 02:43 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: connected and litigious at January 02, 2026 02:43 PM (cS1cw)
When is the last time a network got 135 million viewers for a single story or show?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 02, 2026 02:36 PM (prbfg)
Related, sort of- the world is very different now but old media is clinging to their Kodaks and Polaroids. So is the RNC. If we don’t get more in tune with guys with iPhones on X, we are going to suffer for it. Honestly, instead of diving in a bit more deeply to this corruption that is bigger than MN, they are looking to find dirt on Nick Shirley. They are struggling, because he is drug free, alcohol free, honor student, a virgin (oh my gosh!) so what is it they can do? Note he is a Mormon and then tie that to racism through leaps and bounds and somersaults.
Posted by: Piper at January 02, 2026 02:44 PM (Wmg4n)
Unless these people are named and shamed, nothing will change. It's not like the MFM doesn't hesitate to name and shame Republicans - whether guilty or not.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 02, 2026 02:43 PM (0CU3H)
Correct.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 02:44 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 02, 2026 02:45 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: BILL FUCKIN' O'REILLY at January 02, 2026 02:39 PM (TbWk/)
STOP THE HAMMERING !!!!
Posted by: Laurence O'Donnell at January 02, 2026 02:45 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: toby928
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Years ago, after being out of school for 10 years, I decided to work on an MS. I attended a GRE refresher course. To my surprise most of the other attendees were still in school, and most were education majors.
What was most appalling was their lack of rudimentary math skills.
Posted by: 60 Minutes at January 02, 2026 02:46 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: connected and litigious at January 02, 2026 02:43 PM (cS1cw)
If she had had any integrity, she should have quit her CBS job right then and there, and gone public with the reasons why, and named names.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 02, 2026 02:46 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: 60 Minutes at January 02, 2026 02:46 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: And they're pretty vaxxed and boosted themselves at January 02, 2026 02:42 PM (TbWk/)
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Arrogance is not proof of superiority.
Look, I had a history seminar and every single time someone asked a really stupid question, it was an education major.
But the college paper was of lower quality than the one I worked on in high school. J-school types could never qualify for the class because they literally know no history at all.
At least the Ed majors were learning by osmosis.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 02:47 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 02:42 PM (avHHk)
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Rea...ding...?
What are these strange ways?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 02:47 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Laurence O'Donnell at January 02, 2026 02:45 PM (3sXRv)
"I GO FROM THE UP TEMPO SONG TO THE LONG DISTANCE DEDICTATION WHERE I GOTTA TALK ABOUT SOMEBODY'S DOG DYING!!!!"
Posted by: Casey Kasem at January 02, 2026 02:47 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 02, 2026 02:41 PM (jc0TO)
I bet I have to write more for engineering reports than most english majors do. And all in courier new. Yeah, suck it art majors.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 02, 2026 02:47 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 02, 2026 02:47 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 02, 2026 02:43 PM (0CU3H)
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I agree with you to a point.
It is also clear, however, that it *is* the organizations. Some person at CBS did this this, but CBS does do these things. It is in their DNA. Specific malefactors should indeed be "named and shamed," but I will take the other side of it and assert that even if they are, the *organization* is still so hopelessly corrupt that it doesn't matter. Get rid of that malefactor, and there's another lined up to take his place and the net-new position that opens at the bottom will be filled with another one.
There is individual malfeasance that I agree should be exposed, but the entire organizations are corrupt to the core. It may well be a distinction without a difference at this point.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 02:48 PM (avHHk)
She may be right, still do not trust ole Catherine. Seems like this info could have had more impact earlier.
Posted by: connected and litigious
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She revealed this ages ago. I'm not sure why it's coming back now.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 02, 2026 02:48 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: 60 Minutes
I can do this...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 02, 2026 02:47 PM (XeU6L)
It takes YEARS of practice.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 02:48 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 02, 2026 02:46 PM (8zz6B)
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This is not a recent thing. She quit a while ago, and had been thumping CBS on twitter for years.
Now she's finally getting some traction.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 02:49 PM (ZOv7s)
What are these strange ways?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 02:47 PM (GBKbO)
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Y'know that thing you do of pounding your keyboard to make the shapes show up on the screen?
Some of us have to do it consciously! And to do that, we have to read the other shapes on the screen.
Life's rough on the literate. Be grateful you're not!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 02:49 PM (avHHk)
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Another missed career opportunity.
Posted by: scampydog at January 02, 2026 02:49 PM (2bFN5)
Posted by: runner at January 02, 2026 02:50 PM (cmmSn)
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Another missed career opportunity.
Posted by: scampydog at January 02, 2026 02:49 PM (2bFN5)
Heh. Good one.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 02, 2026 02:50 PM (KDPiq)
Life's rough on the literate. Be grateful you're not!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 02:49 PM (avHHk)
Rollin' fat stacks, bruh.
Posted by: Somali Day Care Owners at January 02, 2026 02:50 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 02, 2026 02:50 PM (Dv3i1)
-Journalisms 101, day 1
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 02:50 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Halfhand at January 02, 2026 02:50 PM (edbiH)
I have the plan for stable transition for Iran and the support of my people to get it done. With your leadership of the free world, we can leave a legacy of lasting peace.
X: https://bit.ly/4aIAcne
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 02, 2026 02:41 PM
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 02, 2026 02:51 PM (jc0TO)
This comes from former CBS investigative reporter Catherine Herridge, who left the network, presumably over this kind of absolute bias and corruption.
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I believe she was forced out.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 02, 2026 02:51 PM (VWtfl)
Posted by: Walter Crankcase at January 02, 2026 02:51 PM (TezPK)
Now she's finally getting some traction.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 02:49 PM (ZOv7s)
The "missed Musk interview" took place in 2023. Did she quit then, or later?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 02, 2026 02:51 PM (8zz6B)
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Which is exactly why reporters' responses to interviewees asking them a question is often, "I'm the one asking the questions here" before resuming the grilling.
Posted by: one hour sober at January 02, 2026 02:51 PM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 02:50 PM (GBKbO)
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Day 2 is about how to sleep with your sources.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 02:52 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 02, 2026 02:48 PM
[ The Slow Newsday Gorn hissed. ]
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 02, 2026 02:52 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 02:52 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 02:50 PM (GBKbO)
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Day 2 is about how to sleep with your sources.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 02:52 PM (ZOv7s)
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*aghast!*
-that anyone talks about it
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 02:53 PM (GBKbO)
I don't know where I read this response, but I wish I'd thought of it:
"I wouldn't trust 60 Minutes to tell me how many minutes were in an hour."
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 02, 2026 02:53 PM (pIfcn)
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[recollects Slow Joe saying, 'We believe in truth, not facts']
One of his more astonishing utterances.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 02, 2026 02:53 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 02:53 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 02, 2026 02:53 PM (DgMqy)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 02, 2026 02:51 PM (8zz6B)
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If you read it carefully, she says she approached CBS News, not that she worked there. I think she was repping Musk, which is why she didn't go public.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 02:54 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 02:54 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 02:54 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 02:53 PM (RuTUS)
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Yes, they are dogpiling the crumbling edifice. Blood in the water and all that.
I think the goal is to give Weiss a reason to fire everyone.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 02:55 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: toby928(c)
Those who can, do.
Those who can't, teach.
Posted by: Racially Ambiguous Honky at January 02, 2026 02:55 PM (JRxLW)
Posted by: blaster at January 02, 2026 02:55 PM (NlEaG)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 02, 2026 02:56 PM (zNwXb)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Yes, it was around that time.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 02, 2026 02:56 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Wofus at January 02, 2026 02:56 PM (CNa+A)
She was laid off in early 2024. Then CBS stole her files. She's been going off on them ever since.
I get the sentiment that people should quit at the first sight of corruption but in my experience very few do when it's their lives on the line. I've always found Herridge to be a pretty straight shooter, much better than most.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 02, 2026 02:56 PM (viF8m)
Those who can't, teach.
Posted by: Racially Ambiguous Honky at January 02, 2026 02:55 PM
Those that can neither do nor teach, administrate.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 02, 2026 02:56 PM (jc0TO)
And then there is, while they may be stupid and malicious, they know the game and the rules, the system.
So yes, they can trip up even smart people.
A rattlesnake may not know calculus but it can still kill you dead.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 02, 2026 02:56 PM (prbfg)
Those who can't, teach.
Posted by: Racially Ambiguous Honky
Those that can't teach, administrate.
Posted by: Joe Mama at January 02, 2026 02:56 PM (TezPK)
Horseshit.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 02, 2026 02:57 PM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Halfhand at January 02, 2026 02:50 PM (edbiH)
Candy. Ass. Bitches.
Posted by: The Yakuza at January 02, 2026 02:57 PM (pIfcn)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 02, 2026 02:57 PM (QAvZU)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 02, 2026 02:57 PM (jc0TO)
Those who can't, teach.
Posted by: Racially Ambiguous Honky
Those that can't teach, administrate.
Posted by: Joe Mama at January 02, 2026 02:56 PM (TezPK)
Those who can't, shit their pants.
Posted by: Joe Biden at January 02, 2026 02:57 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: mr tmz at January 02, 2026 02:57 PM (rJ48h)
Posted by: Joe Mama at January 02, 2026 02:58 PM (TezPK)
[waves irrelevant, meaningless paper at the camera]
Stand by for meaningless, biased, theatric bullshit!
[cashes paycheck for $10 Million]
Posted by: Rachel Madcow at January 02, 2026 02:58 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: CBS News at January 02, 2026 02:58 PM (h9A1n)
The Left hasn't called them MAGATs yet so chances are they will be same as it ever was.
But they've gotten our attention.
Posted by: blaster at January 02, 2026 02:59 PM (NlEaG)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 02:54 PM (ZOv7s)
Well, I read it as she was in the employ of CBS as an "investigative reporter" at the time of the aborted Musk interview. She said to CBS executives, "we have an opportunity".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 02, 2026 02:59 PM (8zz6B)
I think that's about the last time the media did an interview with him.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 02, 2026 02:59 PM (prbfg)
Posted by: mr tmz
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I felt even better about my Chevy truck.
Posted by: Rachel Madcow at January 02, 2026 02:59 PM (XeU6L)
Catherine Herridge ... was a senior investigative correspondent for CBS News in Washington D.C. from 2019 to 2024. ... Herridge was among twenty CBS News employees who were laid off during budget cuts in February 2024....
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 03:00 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 02:53 PM (RuTUS)
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It’s their New Year’s resolution…
Posted by: Cray Cray at January 02, 2026 03:00 PM (0lkAt)
Herridge was one of twenty CBS News employees laid off on February 13, 2024, among 800 employees terminated by CBS parent Paramount Global.[11] She had been probing the Hunter Biden laptop scandal. On Monday, February 26, 2024, CBS News returned confidential files belonging to Herridge amid mounting pressure from the House Judiciary Committee and SAG-AFTRA, the union which represented her.[12]
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 03:00 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 02, 2026 03:00 PM (L/fGl)
So the fact that "journalists" on the highest level of the medium are insistent on using these tactics to shape things to suit an ideology is just puke-worthy.
Posted by: red speck at January 02, 2026 03:01 PM (Ve/HL)
Posted by: Zombie Jessica Savitch at January 02, 2026 03:01 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 03:01 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 02, 2026 02:59 PM (8zz6B)
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I haven't followed her career in any great detail, but she had been very diligent about digging into Dem scandals and trying to get the story to a larger audience.
In a sense, she was pushing them, forcing them to own up to being hypocrites and calling them out on it as much as she feasibly could. Now she's free to unload.
But I think she stuck with it as long as she did because she believed in what she was doing and hoped that management would at some point get a clue.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 03:02 PM (ZOv7s)
Is there such a things as New Year's Retribution?
Posted by: t-bird at January 02, 2026 03:03 PM (h9A1n)
The only time I’ve ever been interviewed by a newspaper reporter, I was very lucky. I had just purchased a video recorder, and thought it would be kind of cool to keep a video of it just to show my family and friends.
When the reporter walked in and saw the camera it was like a vampire had just seen a cross. She kept saying things like “don’t you trust me”, and I was thinking, well, I didn’t even think about not trusting you until you started asking me to trust you.
The more she talked about “you can trust my notes” the more I wanted to keep that video camera on.
Long(er) story short, she refused to use the interview unless I handed that tape over to her, which by that point I absolutely refused to do, so no newspaper article ever came of it.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 02, 2026 03:03 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Case at January 02, 2026 03:03 PM (G1OIb)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 02, 2026 03:04 PM (3ek7K)
NEW: A judge DENIED the FBI's request to have an 18-year-old involuntarily committed when he threatened to harm himself and others.
He went on to plan an extensive ISIS-inspired massacre that would have killed a significant number of innocent men, women, and children.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 02, 2026 03:04 PM (L/fGl)
Trump: If Iran Begins Shooting the Protesters Challenging Their Corrupt Terrorist Rule, I'll Take Their Asses Out
was so pleasing, it made my day.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 03:04 PM (R0Fqj)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 02, 2026 03:04 PM (3ek7K)
The lure of fame.
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 03:04 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Zombie Andy Rooney at January 02, 2026 03:05 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Yep. And to do that, you need fierce federal DAs in places where urban fraud occurs. That is difficult in blue states because all those DAs know that they will have to return to pursuing a legal career after their stint as DA.
Our legal community is fine and dandy with fraud, abuse, and waste because they get paid up front just like accountants, by those doing the skimming.
Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 03:05 PM (WDjG6)
With a large organization, and hundreds of millions of dollars, and support of the Powers That Be, none of these mainstream news outfits could find and hire a champion, an interviewer who they could trust to hold his own with a formidable interview subject. The interviewers are always unimpressive damp dishrags who rely on cutting microphones and post-interview editing to look intelligent.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 02, 2026 03:05 PM (VWtfl)
That Homer Gaskins over at the Pixley Picayune is a snake in the grass, though.
Posted by: Carson-Elliot Enterprises, Inc. at January 02, 2026 03:05 PM (oftw2)
Trump: If Iran Begins Shooting the Protesters Challenging Their Corrupt Terrorist Rule, I'll Take Their Asses Out
was so pleasing, it made my day.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 03:04 PM (R0Fqj)
Trump threatens to annihilate the leadership of Iran.
Owebama sends them pallets of cash.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 03:06 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 02, 2026 03:06 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 03:06 PM (R0Fqj)
Posted by: Zombie Andy Rooney at January 02, 2026 03:05 PM
Every year I have to decide which family to spend Christmas with.
Posted by: Zombie Charles Kuralt at January 02, 2026 03:06 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 02, 2026 03:04 PM (3ek7K)
The lure of fame.
Posted by: m
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Gross stupidity. Issue a press release instead directly to the media critters if you must, don't talk to them.
Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 03:06 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 02, 2026 02:59 PM (8zz6B)
That's what I got from the clip, too. "We this, we that" in reference to CBS executives and her.
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 03:06 PM (RuTUS)
Ace is kind this year.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 02, 2026 03:07 PM (prbfg)
Posted by: Zombie Andy Rooney
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You won't have to worry when the cop sticks his finger in your shirt pocket looking for leaves.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 03:08 PM (R0Fqj)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 03:06 PM (R0Fqj)
Is she the one that the Owebama DOJ illegally tapped into her computer or was that someone else?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 03:08 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 02, 2026 03:05 PM (VWtfl)
Peter Robinson on Uncommon Knowledge is great.
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 03:08 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Croaker at January 02, 2026 03:09 PM (+BcZI)
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Fun fact: Shakespeare considered including a long soliloquy on bamboo in "Hamlet," but dropped the idea as being tendentious and crepuscular.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 02, 2026 03:09 PM (qbLEp)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 03:08 PM (R0Fqj)
They do that? Guess I'd better get a messenger bag for the snacks, then.
Posted by: A Panda at January 02, 2026 03:09 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at January 02, 2026 03:11 PM (Hkcdp)
Fuck them all. Media Delenda Est!
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at January 02, 2026 03:11 PM (Qhx62)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Yep and I taught how to direct and cross examine witnesses as part of my job. Coached witnesses as well.
Easy enough to thwart the blow hard lawyers because on cross, you never volunteer anything, never speculate, never insinuite knowledge you do not have, and keep your opinions to yourself (expert witnesses are different but they get paid to do well as witnesses). On cross, you still to the bare bones facts of the matter and ignore attempts by attorneys to get a rise by insinuition of misdeeds, pretending to be your buddy, and slimy attempts to disqualify you as a witness.
Direct, you follow the attorney lead and be succinct in your answers because any additional or extraneous statement gives an advantage to the crossing attorney to exploit.
Smart lawyers figure out the honest and succinct cross witness is the hardest nut to crack and often speedily dismiss them. Stupid ones blow in like a battleship and often put the jury on the side of the witness.
Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 03:12 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 03:12 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 03:08 PM (Zz0t1)
That was Sheryl Atkinson, IIRC.
Posted by: pookysgirl was around for that one at January 02, 2026 03:12 PM (Wt5PA)
Sharyl Attkisson and James Rosen. Probably more.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 02, 2026 03:12 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: one hour sober at January 02, 2026 03:13 PM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 03:08 PM (Zz0t1)
That was Sheryl Atkinson, IIRC.
Posted by: pookysgirl was around for that one at January 02, 2026 03:12 PM (Wt5PA)
Good for you. I had forgotten.
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 03:13 PM (RuTUS)
Why would anyone do an interview with newspeople?
Posted by: fourseasons at January 02, 2026 03:04 PM (3ek7K)
The lure of fame.
Posted by: m
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It won't happen to me.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 02, 2026 03:14 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 02, 2026 03:14 PM (82kxI)
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at January 02, 2026 03:14 PM (Hkcdp)
Posted by: one hour sober at January 02, 2026 03:13 PM
For years I thought Frank Zappa and Leon Redbone were the same person.
Posted by: Zombie Charles Kuralt at January 02, 2026 03:14 PM (jc0TO)
Is there any interest in unraveling that little story? Naming names? Provide an accounting of how many trillions of dollars were stolen from taxpayers and laundered through Somali day care centers, welfare programs and every other federal program that got taxpayer monies? How much each politician took, and didn't report?
There IS a trail.
Yea... about all that.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 02, 2026 03:15 PM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 02, 2026 03:14 PM (82kxI)
Really? Wow.
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 03:15 PM (RuTUS)
Burn it all down. Starting with Columbia University.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at January 02, 2026 03:15 PM (Qhx62)
Posted by: JM in Illinois
So democracy is finished.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 02, 2026 03:15 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at January 02, 2026 03:15 PM (Qhx62)
Who, what, when, where.
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 03:16 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 02, 2026 03:14 PM (82kxI)
Really? Wow.
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 03:15 PM (RuTUS)
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Headline from like 4 months ago?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 03:16 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 02, 2026 03:16 PM (EyfuW)
Posted by: JM in Illinois
OVERRULED!!!!
Posted by: Hawaiian Judge at January 02, 2026 03:16 PM (Zz0t1)
The MSM are sooooo very cooked.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 02, 2026 03:16 PM (Hkcdp)
Posted by: Zombie Charles Kuralt at January 02, 2026 03:14 PM (jc0TO)
Leon Redbone was such a private guy, that many people thought he was a famous musician from another genre of music, moonlighting for the fun of it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 02, 2026 03:17 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 02, 2026 03:06 PM (XeU6L)
I've been phone interviewed by a hostile insurance company. When I was a teen in college. Some joker rear ends me while I was stopped for construction. Messed up his car. Had almost no effect on my big bumper 77 nova. A few days later I get this call asking me to explain my fault in the accident. No, I then started laying out how the idiot wasn't watching, obviously, and hit me. Then the guy just hangs up. Funny thing, the guy who hit me was an engineering student in some of my classes. That was awkward.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 02, 2026 03:17 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 03:16 PM (GBKbO)
I thought they did that 4 months ago and it's been ignored ?
Posted by: It's me donna at January 02, 2026 03:17 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at January 02, 2026 03:14 PM (Hkcdp)
Now do FBI.
Seriously Ben, do them.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 02, 2026 03:17 PM (AtFJ+)
I'm an idiot. That was 6 months ago. Nevermind.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 02, 2026 03:18 PM (REL1l)
Is she the one that the Owebama DOJ illegally tapped into her computer or was that someone else?
Sharyl Attkisson and James Rosen. Probably more.
Posted by: JackStraw
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And Sharyl Attkisson was working for CBS at the time. She showed all her evidence to the CBS News president or whoever the highest higher-up was, he was supposedly not too happy about it, but... #NothingWillHappen happened.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 02, 2026 03:18 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 03:16 PM (RuTUS)
You're right - I left out the Who because I was in a hurry.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at January 02, 2026 03:18 PM (Qhx62)
Posted by: pookysgirl, both the Indian and white man at the same time at January 02, 2026 03:19 PM (Wt5PA)
Posted by: JM in Illinois
So democracy is finished.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 02, 2026 03:15 PM (L/fGl)
I vote yes.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 02, 2026 03:19 PM (AtFJ+)
First play, dropped easy interception.
Second plan, back fumbles but is able to barely recover.
Third play, strip sack and Texas State recover.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 02, 2026 03:19 PM (viF8m)
At one time I trusted Jennifer (can't think of her last name because I am tired from babysitting).No more.
Now I trust Herridge as well as independents like Nick Shirley. Thank goodness for them.
It is a pity about FOX, because I used to trust them as well. I remember praying for brave Catherine Herridge when she gave part of her liver for her baby boy. Prayed for Botox Bret Baier's son as well. We watched them faithfully til the 2016 debate when I declared I was done. It took my husband a bit longer to abandon them, but he did.
Catherine is very intelligent, cuts to the chase, and has my respect forever.
Thanks for all you do, Ace, my love. I am currently exhausted from the holidays and have tomorrow "off." I may spend the day in my pj's & robe.
For dinner last night we had Hoppin' John (black eyed peas and rice), Emeril's collard greens & corn bread. Like good Southern stock. My husband is from Long Island and cooked this New Year's Day dinner (started New Year's Eve). So he's sold on it as well for tradition. Goes back generations.
Black eye peas: luck
Greens: prosperity
Cornbread: gold
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 02, 2026 03:20 PM (WONhk)
I thought they did that 4 months ago and it's been ignored ?
Posted by: It's me donna
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What??? to the "it's been ignored" part. Impeach these people ffs!!!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 02, 2026 03:20 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: pookysgirl, both the Indian and white man at the same time at January 02, 2026 03:19 PM
How.
Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at January 02, 2026 03:20 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 02, 2026 03:18 PM (REL1l)
Thank you!
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 03:20 PM (RuTUS)
The MSM are sooooo very cooked.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 02, 2026 03:16 PM (Hkcdp)
I wish he'd lay off the pipe-weed and quit with all the silly Silmarillion conspiracies.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 02, 2026 03:20 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 03:20 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at January 02, 2026 03:14 PM (Hkcdp)
Now do FBI.
Seriously Ben, do them.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 02, 2026 03:17 PM (AtFJ+)
ewwwww
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 03:20 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at January 02, 2026 03:18 PM (Qhx62)
I thought it was cuz you're not an owl.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 02, 2026 03:20 PM (AtFJ+)
I thought they did that 4 months ago and it's been ignored ?
Posted by: It's me donna
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What??? to the "it's been ignored" part. Impeach these people ffs!!!
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 02, 2026 03:20 PM (n7rxJ)
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It's my understanding that the nationwide injunctions did completely stop after that process order.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 03:21 PM (GBKbO)
Then why are the judges still doing issuing universal injunctions? I'm taking a nap.
Sorry about the confusion.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 02, 2026 03:21 PM (REL1l)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 02, 2026 03:21 PM (Hkcdp)
Seriously Ben, do them.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 02, 2026 03:17 PM (AtFJ+)
ewwwww
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 03:20 PM (RuTUS)
Ben has a particular set of skills.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 02, 2026 03:21 PM (AtFJ+)
Posted by: JM in Illinois
A Hawaiian traffic court judge just threw out the supreme court ruling.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 02, 2026 03:21 PM (0U5gm)
It's my understanding that the nationwide injunctions did completely stop after that process order.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 03:21 PM (GBKbO)
There's so many I couldn't say but You're probably right
Posted by: It's me donna at January 02, 2026 03:22 PM (VE6XX)
First play, dropped easy interception.
Second plan, back fumbles but is able to barely recover.
Third play, strip sack and Texas State recover.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 02, 2026 03:19 PM (viF8m)
Rice is a small, expensive school that hasn't been good at sports, I don't think, ever.
They're in this game at 5 - 7 because Kansas State backed out.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 03:22 PM (Zz0t1)
Then why are the judges still doing issuing universal injunctions? I'm taking a nap.
Sorry about the confusion.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 02, 2026 03:21 PM (REL1l)
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They're...not?
It really did end.
Injunctions are happening at district levels, but you're not getting "Trump can't use the NG at all" from district court judges. You're getting "Trump can't use the NG in Chicago" type stuff.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 03:22 PM (GBKbO)
If these journalists are so focused and motivated to edit an interview based on agenda, exec producer marching orders, and overall management requiring character assassination....then:
"WHY DO WE EVEN CONSIDER USING JOURNALISTS TO MONITOR ELECTION DEBATES?"
Oh, but they can't edit those. But, in a way they do. The choose a wedge issue question (always). That's why abortion always pops up in debates (Majority of Dems support it, and significant number of Repubs do to, so it is the goto debate question to alienate the candidate on the right from voters). Moderators will interupt (another form of editing). Media outlets will have a debate run from a form leftist presidential communications director. No disclaimers.
Posted by: Orson at January 02, 2026 03:23 PM (dIske)
It won't happen to me.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
I've seen obvious misquotes of your comments at or near the FIRST!! position numerous times. Other times, you sound entirely lucid.
Posted by: The Seeing Eye at January 02, 2026 03:24 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 03:24 PM (c115l)
Injunctions are happening at district levels, but you're not getting "Trump can't use the NG at all" from district court judges. You're getting "Trump can't use the NG in Chicago" type stuff.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 03:22 PM (GBKbO)
Thank you!
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 03:24 PM (RuTUS)
http://tiny.cc/gj4x001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 03:24 PM (avHHk)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 02, 2026 03:25 PM (Hkcdp)
They're in this game at 5 - 7 because Kansas State backed out.
Posted by: Sponge
Rice was a powerhouse.....in the mid 1930s.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 02, 2026 03:25 PM (0U5gm)
Not really true that #nothing_happened.
CBS hired a cyber security firm to investigate. The firm confirmed that her computer was hacked by unknown person(s). Don't think they ever identified the perps, though, so, in that sense, nothing happened, I guess.
Posted by: one hour sober at January 02, 2026 03:25 PM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: JM in Illinois
__________________________
Does that mean Maryland Man gets deported again? Because he wasn't in the state that made the ruling.
Posted by: Orson at January 02, 2026 03:25 PM (dIske)
Rice baseball has been good. Won CWS in 2003.
Posted by: mr tmz at January 02, 2026 03:26 PM (rJ48h)
http://tiny.cc/gj4x001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 03:24 PM (avHHk)
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Earlobes down to her shoulders.
3/10
Would not bang.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 03:26 PM (GBKbO)
I refuse to pay for a war not fought quickly.
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 02, 2026 03:26 PM (EyfuW)
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Intestiing!
Posted by: runner at January 02, 2026 03:26 PM (W3eFU)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 02, 2026 03:26 PM (viF8m)
Rice baseball has been good. Won CWS in 2003.
Posted by: mr tmz at January 02, 2026 03:26 PM (rJ48h)
Well, here I sit, corrected.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 03:27 PM (Zz0t1)
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Intestiing!
Posted by: runner at January 02, 2026 03:26 PM (W3eFU)
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Big news from 6 months ago.
Pretty sure ace wrote some posts about it at the time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 03:27 PM (GBKbO)
I wish he'd lay off the pipe-weed and quit with all the silly Silmarillion conspiracies.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 02, 2026 03:20 PM (3uBP9)
*ears perk up*
Silmarillion conspiracies? Do tell.
Posted by: pookysgirl, Tolkien fan at January 02, 2026 03:27 PM (Wt5PA)
I seem to recall that the former head of CBS News was the brother of an Obama staffer - forget which one. If he was not too upset that Atkisson’s laptop was hacked that may have been why.
Posted by: Lizzy
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Yes, as I recall the head of CBS News was upset, but not THAT upset. I mean, deleting a reporter's laptop in real time vs promoting The Won's agenda, I dunno.
This was David Rhodes, brother of Ben Rhodes. I can't say enough bad things about Ben.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 02, 2026 03:27 PM (n7rxJ)
3/10
Would not bang.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 03:26 PM (GBKbO)
Not mentioning her neglecting to wash the jizz off her right arm.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 03:27 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 03:27 PM (RuTUS)
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Judge in city "A" calls judge in city "Z"
Judge A: Hey Bob, it's Ralph... can we talk?
Judge Z: Sure, what's up?
Judge A: I'm doing an injunction on ICE today, can you issue one too?
Judge Z: I'm on it...
Judge A: Thanks man. I gotta' call Janice and get her onboard too. TTYL.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 02, 2026 03:28 PM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Margaret Brennan- CBS Feb 2025 at January 02, 2026 03:28 PM (HSjdE)
I've seen obvious misquotes of your comments at or near the FIRST!! position numerous times. Other times, you sound entirely lucid.
Posted by: The Seeing Eye
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I have it on good authority that typos and misspellings are evidene of jenius.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 02, 2026 03:29 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Margaret Brennan- CBS Feb 2025 at January 02, 2026 03:28 PM (HSjdE)
This person--
Margaret Brennan
--is so detestable.
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 03:29 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Leslie Stahl at January 02, 2026 03:29 PM (Zz0t1)
3/10
Would not bang.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 03:26 PM (GBKbO)
That's your complaint? Not the bludgers in her brassiere?
Posted by: BurtTC at January 02, 2026 03:30 PM (TvPmY)
Posted by: Margaret Brennan- CBS Feb 2025 at January 02, 2026 03:28 PM (HSjdE)
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"The proliferation of free speech absolutism in Weimar Germany led to the rise of Nazism. Also, we must emulate Weimar Germany in the cultural sense."
"Weimer Germany had deeply oppressive speech laws that were designed to suppress Nazism."
"What are you, some kind of fascist? Now, I've got a lady dick to suck like those grand visionaries in Weimar Germany envisioned."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 03:30 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 03:30 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 02, 2026 03:30 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 02, 2026 03:29 PM (n7rxJ)
A commenter at another site had a nic I wanted to steal soooo much:
Typo Knig
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 03:30 PM (RuTUS)
Why is she wearing the stupid sun glasses? I know, all the men say, "what glasses"? If it's not AI and is, indeed a real woman, if she wants to get clicks for her figure why is she shy about not showing her face? I mean it's not as she's doing some investigative reporting stuff. Hardly the female version of Nick Shirley who did show his face.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2026 03:31 PM (Yl2Ob)
"Reporters" do not want their opponents turning the tables on them and make them look foolish and make them struggle to answer questions.
Elon went on Joe Rogan's show. He is no sooper geenyus, but he was willing to give Elon free rein. That tells you a lot.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 03:31 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: BurtTC at January 02, 2026 03:20 PM (AtFJ+)
I don't really give a hoot. Heh.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at January 02, 2026 03:31 PM (Qhx62)
http://tiny.cc/gj4x001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 03:24 PM
I did a Decker on her sunglasses.
Move right ... stop
Zoom and enhance
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Posted by: toby928(c) at January 02, 2026 03:32 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 03:31 PM
Free rein and weed, but mostly ..
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 02, 2026 03:32 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 03:31 PM
Free rein and weed, but mostly ..
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 02, 2026 03:32 PM (jc0TO)
Gummies, too, maybe.
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 03:34 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 02, 2026 02:56 PM (viF8m)
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I find Catherine Herridge more honest than Jennifer Griffin who is still at Fox but too friendly to the Deep State.
Posted by: Decaf at January 02, 2026 03:34 PM (Z8jzG)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 03:34 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Frasier Crane at January 02, 2026 03:35 PM (bNf8H)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 02, 2026 03:36 PM (Hkcdp)
I wish he'd lay off the pipe-weed and quit with all the silly Silmarillion conspiracies.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 02, 2026 03:20 PM (3uBP9)
*ears perk up*
Silmarillion conspiracies? Do tell.
Posted by: pookysgirl, Tolkien fan at January 02, 2026 03:27 PM (Wt5PA)
News from Tucker Carlson, endorsed by Candace Owens, is that is the Iluvatar stole the Silmarils himself for a small nation not to be named, and blamed it on Morgoth. Morgoth had to flee to Middle Earth and raise an army of Balrogs and Dragons to stop a powerful cohort of Elves (Not all of them, just the ones from this small un-named nation) to protect himself from their oppression.
Posted by: Croaker at January 02, 2026 03:36 PM (+BcZI)
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Maybe because she is on a beach, in the sun?
Posted by: Frasier Crane at January 02, 2026 03:35 PM (bNf8H)
"On the beach, in the sun, with the sunglasses."
Clue.
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 03:38 PM (RuTUS)
Sad: Ilhan Omar Tells Brother It's Time They Start Seeing Other Siblings
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Now, this I believe.
Republicans Vow To Uncover All Somali Fraud And Then Do Nothing About It Except Fundraise
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From the Bee.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 02, 2026 03:38 PM (L/fGl)
"On the beach, in the sun, with the sunglasses."
Clue.
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 03:38 PM (RuTUS)
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Sorry, Death. You lose. It was Professor Plum!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 03:38 PM (GBKbO)
I viewed your latest YouTube video twice.
Excellent breakdown of current copyright law!
Posted by: kallisto at January 02, 2026 03:39 PM (dCxaZ)
@EndWokeness 2m
BREAKING: St. Paul's new Mayor Kaohly Her vows to use police to impede ICE
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 02, 2026 03:40 PM (mlg/3)
I'm not sure why. He was an actor, a comedian, a martial arts fighter... no, he's not a genius. If he was he'd be wearing glasses with tape in the middle, solving the world's problems, one beaker at a time.
But nobody seems to feel the to ever preface their comments about anyone in corporate media: I know Shep Smith is no genius, but...
Or Walter Cronkite or Rachel Madcow or Regis Philbin or Pearce Morgan or on and on and on.
They're not geniuses. They're media people. Except Rogan doesn't take direction from anyone, so what you get is his honest view of things.
Weird.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 02, 2026 03:40 PM (KwCuT)
I viewed your latest YouTube video twice.
Excellent breakdown of current copyright law!
Posted by: kallisto at January 02, 2026 03:39 PM (dCxaZ)
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I have an even more latest! Already!
But thanks!
(like and subscribe)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 03:40 PM (GBKbO)
Clue.
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 03:38 PM (RuTUS)
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Sorry, Death. You lose. It was Professor Plum!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 03:38 PM (GBKbO)
Professor Plum, on the playa, with the polaroids.
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 03:40 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 02, 2026 03:41 PM (2J/Lj)
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 02, 2026 03:41 PM (2J/Lj)
See BS!
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 03:42 PM (RuTUS)
We can’t unsee the likelihood that out national debt is likely due to astronomical fraud.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 02, 2026 03:42 PM (Hkcdp)
Keep the Faith and Fight, Fight, Fight.
Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at January 02, 2026 03:42 PM (Qhx62)
Trump: If Iran Begins Shooting the Protesters Challenging Their Corrupt Terrorist Rule, I'll Take Their Asses Out
The Iranian people are rising up again, like they did in 2009, when Obama was president.
But Obama isn't president any longer.Iranians in occupied Iran are burning down religious institutions because they're sick of Sharia Law.
— Goldie Ghamari | گلسا قمری (@gghamari) January 2, 2026
Meanwhile terrorists in western countries are complaining about "Islamophobia" 😂😂😂
Burn it all down.
Destroy the cancer once and for all.
Iran is not a Muslim country. pic.twitter.com/o0ZyX5kMXg
Day 4 of protests in Iran.
— Sina (@SinaMihandoost) December 31, 2025
The people are chanting for the return of the King.
No chants against the West.
No chants against Israel.
Iran was hijacked by terrorists in 1979, and the people want their country back. Is the media only interested when protests attack Israel? pic.twitter.com/YkAhxUuUXm
A brave woman in Iran publicly removes her hijab, defying her country’s oppressive Islamic regime that kills women for not wearing it.
— Dr. Maalouf (@realMaalouf) January 2, 2026
This is true empowerment, unlike modern feminists in the West who defend Islamist rapists like Hamas.pic.twitter.com/uUxzT9pPvW
BREAKING: Islamic Republic forces are retreating, as more Iranians flood the streets of Iran. pic.twitter.com/onZVnSNEbj
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) January 1, 2026
The White House
@WhiteHouse 4h
"If Iran shots and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come to their rescue. We are locked and loaded and ready to go. Thank you for your attention to this matter!" - President DONALD J. TRUMP
Gummi
@gummibear737 8h This is a threat the US could have never made if Iran still had nuclear weapons An Iran free from the Mullahs would be a gift to the entire world Thank you President Trump for that
But the treasonous clowns who pretend to be "patriots" by always blaming America first -- just like the left does, just like Obama did -- insist that we should embrace Obama's pro-Mullah policy. They claim we have problems here in the US. Well yes, we do. But the US Armed Forces do not make or enforce immigration policy and only a very small number of craft are involved in drug interdiction. Steve Bannon's and Tucker Carlson's dishonest claim that we cannot take care of foreign problems because of fentanyl and Muslims in NYC is just bullshit cover for their real agenda and real motivation. Trump is currently running the largest deportation effort in American history and is on the verge of toppling a huge foreign fentanyl-exporting regime. (More on that later.) He's plainly not distracted, so stop with the bullshit that any time he even looks at a foreign country he's too distracted to deport illegals or interdict drug boats. Bannon, of course, blames the Jews, citing "Tel Aviv (Mark) Levin" as behind the novel idea that we should oppose the world's largest terrorist funder and trainer, Iran, and support the people rising up against them. The Nazis, both of the pseudoright and Islamofascist variety, have been screaming about Trump meeting with his "boss" -- Noted Jew Netanyahu -- and are now claiming the protests are fake and Jewish.
An0maly
@LegendaryEnergy 5h Netanyahu hangs out with Trump for two days and he’s already back to regime change in Iran. Everyone knows we fund fake protests in other countries when we want to stage a coup.
Western Patriot
@TheDitko83 45m And Steve Bannon talks about Israel and the Jews! What a moron. Try using your own eyes and facts on the ground. You ain't losing your cities to the Jooos!
AGEven Vance, who is constantly playing footsie with Nazis, chides Bannon and Tucker Carlson for their Qatar-funded propaganda:
@AGHamilton29 1h We really should revisit just how badly clowns like Dave Smith and Tucker Carlson whiffed on their commentary around the Iran strikes and why they got it so wrong because it demonstrates how ignorant/dishonest they are on these subjects. The regime in Tehran is now weaker than ever, the nuclear threat is substantially degraded, the proxy threat is substantially lower, and the entire world is safer because Trump ignored these schmucks.
Vance calls out the woke right who spent months lying about President Trump’s Iran strikes.
— Eyal Yakoby (@EYakoby) December 31, 2025
“The people who accused the president of wanting to get into a regime-change war for Israel — I wonder if they’ll step back and admit they were wrong about that.”pic.twitter.com/z4JVBqgtVi
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 01:24 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 02, 2026 01:24 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 01:24 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 01:25 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 02, 2026 01:26 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 02, 2026 01:27 PM (abIsI)
Posted by: Adriane the Lack of Vacuum Critic. . . at January 02, 2026 01:27 PM (RqRK2)
Posted by: Methos at January 02, 2026 01:27 PM (vSvIl)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 01:27 PM (GBKbO)
Let the Persians figure it out. No way should the US use military power to help either side.
Nope.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 02, 2026 01:28 PM (W2Pud)
You think Big Mike telling the protestors they are privileged white people is going to help?
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 01:28 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 02, 2026 01:28 PM (jc0TO)
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The executive branch of the federal government is very large. An operation to bomb Iranian nuclear sites doesn't distract ICE from doing its job.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 01:29 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: CBS News at January 02, 2026 01:29 PM (7Q0e+)
Posted by: CNN Breaking News at January 02, 2026 01:29 PM (J9q9v)
Posted by: tubal at January 02, 2026 01:29 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 02, 2026 01:29 PM (1Nv0l)
Aid- Actually sir, its carry a big stick
Trump- Well that sucks, I'm going with my version.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 02, 2026 01:29 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Oglebay at January 02, 2026 01:30 PM (GPa4z)
I am all for putting pressure on Iran, but there's not *much* more we can do that on that front short of getting into a war. We've already isolated them in every venue we can, and it's cracking up. Encourage it to fall and even consider hurling some special favors at the new regime if the old one falls. But deploying military force against Iran? Why? There was an argument to be made for hitting their nuclear facilities, since Iran made it very clear that to get a bomb is to use a bomb against us and our allies. But this isn't that. The Iranian regime is awful and monstrous, but where is the US benefit to intervening?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 01:30 PM (avHHk)
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This must really chap the hide of the lefties in America.
Posted by: wth at January 02, 2026 01:30 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 02, 2026 01:30 PM (VE6XX)
They'd get nothing. And they wouldn't like it.
From the last thread....this is why I want to see an experiment. The AWFLs that declare everything needs government dollars would have the opportunity to do so...or not.
And when they don't actually poney up it would be there in plain text. "Karen McAWFL said we needed to increase the school budget. Since the start of the year she personally has given $0"
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 01:30 PM (sKqQm)
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Laughable, if they think that. They may well, especially if Qatar is stroking checks to them.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 01:30 PM (avHHk)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 02, 2026 01:30 PM (emBoF)
Posted by: Oglebay at January 02, 2026 01:31 PM (GPa4z)
Posted by: tubal at January 02, 2026 01:31 PM (pDt9x)
I hope they don't cut the Scouring of the Shire this time.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 02, 2026 01:31 PM (jc0TO)
Under Shrub I remember being told the president could only do one thing at a time. And then watching Barky do every thing the left could want all at once...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 01:31 PM (sKqQm)
I am all for putting pressure on Iran, but there's not *much* more we can do that on that front short of getting into a war. We've already isolated them in every venue we can, and it's cracking up. Encourage it to fall and even consider hurling some special favors at the new regime if the old one falls. But deploying military force against Iran? Why? There was an argument to be made for hitting their nuclear facilities, since Iran made it very clear that to get a bomb is to use a bomb against us and our allies. But this isn't that. The Iranian regime is awful and monstrous, but where is the US benefit to intervening?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 01:30 PM (avHHk)
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Considering Trump's past interdictions, I suspect he'd bomb the shit out of mullah hiding spots as his retort to mullah shooting of protestors.
And, considering the mullah financing of terrorism around the world, it is in the US interest to see that financing stopped.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 01:31 PM (GBKbO)
and after (or before) that, I want Venezuela freed
it sucks that NYC has gone commie but we can still help these countries be free of it.
it's all the same war
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 02, 2026 01:31 PM (emBoF)
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 01:32 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 02, 2026 01:30 PM (VE6XX)
It seems most of the 'conservative pundits' have gone off the deep end, for some reason.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 01:32 PM (Zz0t1)
I hope they don't cut the Scouring of the Shire this time.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 02, 2026 01:31 PM (jc0TO)
Tom Bombadil for Shah!!
Posted by: tubal at January 02, 2026 01:32 PM (pDt9x)
There is a Catalan independence movement in Spain. But the Euro-niks threw their leaders in prison so...no, not yet
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 01:32 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Bulg at January 02, 2026 01:32 PM (77rzZ)
Bad idea.
Let the Persians figure it out. No way should the US use military power to help either side.
Nope.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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100%. I'm pretty sure they got rid of the Shah on their own. Wasn't it Helpful Westerners who escorted Khomeini back to Tehran?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 02, 2026 01:32 PM (n7rxJ)
I guess it all mainly depends on what that exactly means. How do we 'rescue' the Iranian people?
Posted by: gp at January 02, 2026 01:32 PM (GHIyr)
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 02, 2026 01:32 PM (EyfuW)
Posted by: Oh noes!! at January 02, 2026 01:32 PM (HcoTw)
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 02, 2026 01:32 PM (1Nv0l)
Posted by: Zombie John McCain at January 02, 2026 01:33 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 01:32 PM (Ia/+0
Pray the Military turns on the Mullahs
Posted by: It's me donna at January 02, 2026 01:33 PM (VE6XX)
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we could leave a big pile of rifles and grenades somewhere, and maybe the revolutionaries just happen to find it
oops
Posted by: Don Black at January 02, 2026 01:33 PM (ZxPkt)
Stranger Things ended with a similar sort of post the big climax story.
It wasn't nearly as good as Tolkein though.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 01:33 PM (sKqQm)
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Maybe Trump's actually ready to bomb them (again). I think the value here is helping the Iranian military's thought process on "who wants to be the last to die for a lost cause?"
That calculation is a bit different if you're considering a mob in the street or possible US intervention. Particularly if you've got (or had) pals in Venezuela.
Posted by: Methos at January 02, 2026 01:34 PM (vSvIl)
luckily he's also a slob, so PDJT isn't likely to take him very seriously
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 02, 2026 01:34 PM (emBoF)
And, considering the mullah financing of terrorism around the world, it is in the US interest to see that financing stopped.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 01:31 PM (GBKbO)
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After living through the last forty years of US foreign policy and seeing what happens when we go to war, please forgive my skepticism. I understand your point and even, in a different world, would probably agree with it.
I just have little faith in that happening. It rarely ends with strikes, even if they can be justified. Another damn forever war is more likely.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 01:34 PM (avHHk)
Posted by: Count Vizzini at January 02, 2026 01:34 PM (7Q0e+)
I'll settle for a flaming Ayatollah running off a cliff
Posted by: Halfhand at January 02, 2026 01:34 PM (edbiH)
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 02, 2026 01:32 PM (1Nv0l)
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We already have 300,000 armed troops in Iran after the Fordow bombing.
Duh.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 01:34 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: CBS News
The soul of humor is unexpected juxtaposition. This is a good example.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 01:34 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: BlackOrchid
Barbers everywhere will thank you.
Oh, I may have misread that.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 02, 2026 01:34 PM (0U5gm)
I saw something on the Internet years ago saying that Iran could still be trouble in the Middle East even without the mullahs. They see themselves as the heirs the ancient Persians and might still try to throw their weight around accordingly.
Posted by: Bulg
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As long as they throw their weight our way and not in the direction of China or Pakistan, I'm okay with them being some sort of regional power.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 02, 2026 01:35 PM (n7rxJ)
I heard the same thing before Trump blew up their nuclear program, WWIII was on the horizon. But it wasn't.
Iran has zero potential to exert power. They can't even put down a rebellion of their own, unarmed people. And they sure as hell won't be sending Hezbollah at us from Venezuela, we've got that front covered.
We don't need to send ground troops. We have big, stealthy planes. Removing the mullahs hasn't been this possible since the late 1970s and it would change one of the most troubled regions in the world. I'm ok with killing terrorists.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 02, 2026 01:35 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: gp at January 02, 2026 01:32 PM (GHIyr)
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It can't be bombing, right? It seems like it the US military would need to get up close and personal with the mullahs.
Posted by: Oglebay at January 02, 2026 01:35 PM (GPa4z)
Can she bravely remove her COVID mask?
'cuz they look kinda silly.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 02, 2026 01:35 PM (2Ez/1)
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They need a DVD, or something?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 01:27 PM (GBKbO)
They can go to the theater on Jan 18 for the extended edition.
Posted by: BruceWayne at January 02, 2026 01:35 PM (MGB5H)
But we still think Trump is suggesting American troops go in country and attack?
Posted by: Zombie John McCain at January 02, 2026 01:35 PM (Zz0t1)
I just have little faith in that happening. It rarely ends with strikes, even if they can be justified. Another damn forever war is more likely.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 01:34 PM (avHHk)
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If we hadn't lived through this same argument with Solami in Trump's first term and the Fordow site bombing just a few months ago, I'd be more sympathetic.
Except, we know how Trump operates American military power, and it's not invasions and nation building.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 01:36 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 01:36 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: wth at January 02, 2026 01:36 PM (UjdFS)
this is a generational opportunity
a restored Iran, as a constitutional monarchy, no longer an exporter of terrorism. would be a sea-change in the Middle East
to tell me all the ways I'm wrong, please form a line.
Posted by: Don Black at January 02, 2026 01:36 PM (ZxPkt)
not just an undeserved gift to the United States, but to the entire globe
Posted by: kallisto at January 02, 2026 01:36 PM (dCxaZ)
Posted by: gp at January 02, 2026 01:36 PM (GHIyr)
Fuck those bitches.
Posted by: Magic-Users, Fighters, and Thieves at January 02, 2026 01:37 PM (FDqrU)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
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I think highly unlikely. The nation has zero appetite for this. Times have changed. Radically. Our pointless adventures in Iraq and Afghanistan saw to that.
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 02, 2026 01:37 PM (1Nv0l)
Near the end of Shrub's run, after Iran had been identified as not only arming and controlling "the Iraqi resistance" but that Iranian special forces had entered Iraq and killed American soldiers, some in the Bush admin considered giving aid to MEK, which is an independence movement in Iran.
You'll be shocked to learn the angle that the FNM decided to cover this was that Shrub was going to arm terrorists and this of course got his people to back down.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 01:37 PM (sKqQm)
Never gets old
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 02, 2026 01:38 PM (xT8gx)
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at January 02, 2026 01:38 PM (eZwyX)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 02, 2026 01:38 PM (emBoF)
Let the Persians figure it out. No way should the US use military power to help either side.
Nope.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 02, 2026 01:28 PM (W2Pud)
I don't want to assume that just because prior administrations did a piss-poor job in taking out the people that should have been taken out that the lesson should be no foreign interventions ever. The Mullahs of Iran have been an unalloyed bad thing for America and for the world. They were directly responsible for the deaths and maimings of thousands of our soldiers over the decades - this is not in any sort of dispute, like the search for WMDs.
If we can help the Iranian people get free from the mullahs, I think we should. By the way, they wouldn't have had to deal with this if Jimmy Carter had left them alone in the first place, when he opened the door wide open to let Ayatollah Khomeini in to run the place in the 70s. I say we owe them.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 02, 2026 01:38 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
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I think highly unlikely. The nation has zero appetite for this. Times have changed. Radically. Our pointless adventures in Iraq and Afghanistan saw to that.
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 02, 2026 01:37 PM (1Nv0l)
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Despite the entire establishment's need for America to be directly involved in Ukraine, we never sent a single soldier (in the open) even during Biden's presidency.
The forever war specter is going to haunt American foreign policy for a long time, but I don't think it's an immediate concern.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 01:38 PM (GBKbO)
Let the Persians figure it out. No way should the US use military power to help either side.
Nope."
fuck that. we owe them for lebanon. some toasted mulluhs would be a nice start.
Posted by: 5 miles to nowhere at January 02, 2026 01:38 PM (G+z4C)
I seriously doubt the mullah boltholes are even better protected underground than their nuke program was, so I suppose a few bunker busters would be efficacious.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 01:38 PM (Riz8t)
'cuz they look kinda silly.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty
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Mask is probably in hope that she remains anonymous.
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 02, 2026 01:39 PM (1Nv0l)
Posted by: Eromero at January 02, 2026 01:39 PM (Slgjz)
Look at the Serbian model.
The US caused regime change in Serbia by specifically targeting their elites, their infrastructure, and their economy.
It is interesting that in the years since then we've never tried that model again.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 01:39 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Mick at January 02, 2026 01:39 PM (HFx9z)
Mossad and Shin Bet and IDF haven't been able to kill them yet, apparently, so I'm not sure we'd do any better.
Posted by: gp at January 02, 2026 01:39 PM (GHIyr)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 01:30 PM (avHHk)
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If we help the Iranians depose the Mullahs even with token efforts it could lead to the US having a long-term strategic ally in the Middle East that isn't Israel, and more importantly wouldn't be a Muslim-led monarchy like the rest of the fucksticks we pay off over there so we can move about freely.
Posted by: ballistic at January 02, 2026 01:40 PM (5aZAZ)
Can she bravely remove her COVID mask?
'cuz they look kinda silly.
You're not fooling anyone, you know. What you mean is you want her to bravely remove her top.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 01:40 PM (Riz8t)
Except, we know how Trump operates American military power, and it's not invasions and nation building.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 01:36 PM (GBKbO)
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Trump does appear to have a different playbook, yes - but those are different circumstances.
There is a world of difference between a surgical strike - individual people, individual facilities, etc. - in pursuit of a fixed objective (reduction in force efficacy, removal of military or research infrastructure, etc.) and strikes to topple a regime.
The mullahs *should* topple. Iran is an evil state that foments and then sponsors and directly engages in extranational conflicts. But if *we* topple them, then what? Will the ability to resist "nation building" hold up? Color me skeptical. Even if Trump just wants to strike the mullahs and let the Persians pick up the pieces, will Congress and the military go along with that?
The whole thing strikes me as fraught with peril.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 01:40 PM (avHHk)
But you don't need any boots on the ground to inflict sufficient pain on a target when you can use bombs, missiles and drones.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 01:41 PM (sKqQm)
Remember what happened to our support for your father's regime, young Reza, when he started getting 'ideas'...
Posted by: The Langley Color Revolutionary Guard at January 02, 2026 01:41 PM (ZKbri)
Posted by: Mick at January 02, 2026 01:39 PM (HFx9z)
Texas Tech is stapling up posters looking for it's lost offense.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 01:41 PM (Zz0t1)
Iran regularly murders Americans?
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 01:41 PM (sKqQm)
cool
still worth doing
on X there are reports of the people accessing a weapons depot. oh and the streets of Tehran are full.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 02, 2026 01:42 PM (emBoF)
Posted by: Oglebay at January 02, 2026 01:42 PM (GPa4z)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 02, 2026 01:42 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: gp
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Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Operation Iranian Freedom.
Potato, Potahto.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 02, 2026 01:42 PM (22p5n)
Posted by: BlackOrchid
Barbers everywhere will thank you.
Oh, I may have misread that.
Posted by: Thomas Paine
.......
Maybe not. Maybe that's why they wear turbans.
Posted by: wth at January 02, 2026 01:42 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 02, 2026 01:42 PM (emBoF)
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Good. I hope they topple the mullahs and purge the remaining government down to the last man.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 01:42 PM (avHHk)
well said! great thought
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 02, 2026 01:42 PM (emBoF)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
Soresby is visiting there this weekends. Appears his list is TT and LSU.
Posted by: BruceWayne at January 02, 2026 01:42 PM (MGB5H)
Posted by: Citizen Cake at January 02, 2026 01:43 PM (CwhoI)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 02, 2026 01:43 PM (jc0TO)
The whole thing strikes me as fraught with peril.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 01:40 PM (avHHk)
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Congress ain't declaring war. The military is so cowed by Trump that the NYT was writing op-eds bemoaning it.
And at this point, I'm not sure more than the threat of surgical strikes isn't enough. The Iranian Guard hears that Trump, the guy who destroyed their secured, hundreds of feet below the ground, nuclear facility in one night is threatening them if they fire on protestors? And the protests and civil war are spreading? That's incentive.
One shot at protestors responded with a secure mullah hideout going poof is even more.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 01:43 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Joe Mannix
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The answer is ending a lot of unrest in the Middle East and isolating Venezuela even more.
A warning that some unspecified actions will occur if country X does something nasty has a long history in US and other countries foreign policies.
Trump prefers economic action but does not hesitate to pull the trigger on military actions where we have strategic advantage. Like against the Houthis while Biden junta types vacillated between do nothing and pinprick raids.
No one is talking boots on the ground in Iran but taking down helicopters, jets, tanks, drone factories, and barracks of secret police that are killing protesters is well within our capabilities.
Also disrupting regime comms.
Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 01:43 PM (WDjG6)
The whole thing strikes me as fraught with peril.
It's also important to remember that Iran's population has long had a strong Communist element, who might be well positioned when the mullahs fall. Just something else to worry about.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 01:43 PM (Riz8t)
He prefers bombing and cruise missiles. He's not going to start a land war in Iran. It is the complete opposite of what he does. His foreign policy including military operations is the opposite of what we've had for the last 5 or 6 decades.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 02, 2026 01:43 PM (viF8m)
Operation Iranian Freedom.
You don't need hundreds of thousands of soldiers if you have thousands of bombs and a willingness to use them on the right targets.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 01:43 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: And they call US bigots... at January 02, 2026 01:43 PM (TbWk/)
I wonder how hard my President will laugh?
Posted by: Diogenes at January 02, 2026 01:44 PM (2WIwB)
But you don't need any boots on the ground to inflict sufficient pain on a target when you can use bombs, missiles and drones.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 01:41 PM (sKqQm)
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Topple the regime with some bombs and then use aggressive diplomatic engagement to ensure positive outcomes. That feels like Trumpism in action.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 01:44 PM (GBKbO)
People are fed up with the administration doing anything internationally when things are so bad at home.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at January 02, 2026 01:44 PM (eZwyX)
And then I want his ugly chicago cathedral to to be taken over by MAGA and have little oomploompas dressed as trump, pretty close already if you think about it, orange hair and all, just ripping him all day long. Songs and rides.
Do to them what they do to every historic site. Take it over and wear its carved out husk as a skin suit to mount further attacks.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 02, 2026 01:44 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: BlackOrchid
*Hello mullahs,
Hello fatwas,
Here I am
At Camp Chautauqua*
-- Hmmmmm. Needs some more work.
Zombie Allan Sherman
Posted by: Tonypete at January 02, 2026 01:45 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 01:45 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Oglebay
You were pleasuring yourself when you typed that, weren't you.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 01:45 PM (Riz8t)
Either there in Iran, or elsewhere...
I'd like to see what the Polymarket has to say about that...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 02, 2026 01:45 PM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: thathalfrican
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This^
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 02, 2026 01:45 PM (22p5n)
Not saying that a new revolution would change the political landscape overnight, but foreign adventurism (including current Persian meddling in Central America, the Caribbean, and SA) would be significantly reduced.
Posted by: mrp at January 02, 2026 01:45 PM (rj6Yv)
Solzhenitsyn: "And how we burned in the camps later, thinking: What would things have been like if every Security operative, when he went out at night to make an arrest, had been uncertain whether he would return alive and had to say good-bye to his family?"
Now replace some Russian civilian with an old rifle waiting to ambush you with an explosive drone hitting your security facility the math still checks out.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 01:46 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 02, 2026 01:46 PM (zNwXb)
People are fed up with the administration doing anything internationally when things are so bad at home.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at January 02, 2026 01:44 PM (eZwyX)
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This is fucking nonsense.
"Why do American diplomats negotiate with foreign countries when we have illegal immigrants in America?!"
Is the entire foreign policy apparatus of the United States supposed to shut down until America is a domestic utopia?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 01:46 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 02, 2026 01:43 PM (jc0TO)
Notre Dame has submitted a formal protest for not being invited automatically to the 2026 CFP.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 01:46 PM (Zz0t1)
Operation Iranian Freedom.
You don't need hundreds of thousands of soldiers if you have thousands of bombs and a willingness to use them on the right targets.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 01:43 PM (sKqQm)
So who's first after we hit New York, Dearborn, and Minneapolis-St. Paul?
Posted by: Death from within or from above at January 02, 2026 01:46 PM (TbWk/)
I guess that's the part we've been getting wrong for seven decades.
Posted by: gp at January 02, 2026 01:46 PM (GHIyr)
Posted by: runner at January 02, 2026 01:46 PM (cmmSn)
Posted by: gp at January 02, 2026 01:47 PM (GHIyr)
Either there in Iran, or elsewhere...
I'd like to see what the Polymarket has to say about that...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 02, 2026 01:45 PM (NwnyJ)
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With what?
A couple of half-gassed up choppers and promises to buy more sanctioned Iranian oil if the mullahs win?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 01:47 PM (GBKbO)
Also disrupting regime comms.
Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 01:43 PM (WDjG6)
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I dig all that and absent a damn near uninterrupted 40-year run of failing to do that kind of thing, I'd be more inclined to agree.
Yeah, Congress won't be declaring war and the changes in military leadership have also changed some assumptions, but the US government - and its hangers-on in the MIC, the NGOs, etc. - is a very big place with its own objectives.
The problem, I suppose, is that I have zero faith - none, at all - in the ability to resist a big, juicy, long-running disaster and all the opportunities such would present. Working on his own, I would probably be inclined to trust Trump's gut on this - but he isn't working on his own. There's a big complex out there, and it has never met anything beneficial to Americans that it wants to pursue.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 01:47 PM (avHHk)
Better they fight each other over there than fighting us over here.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 02, 2026 01:47 PM (prbfg)
And at this point, I'm not sure more than the threat of surgical strikes isn't enough. The Iranian Guard hears that Trump, the guy who destroyed their secured, hundreds of feet below the ground, nuclear facility in one night is threatening them if they fire on protestors? And the protests and civil war are spreading? That's incentive.
One shot at protestors responded with a secure mullah hideout going poof is even more.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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Congress won't declare war because of all the war powers it would trigger in existing statutes including wage and price controls, power over labor unions, and so on. It also generally allows based on past precedent, conscription if necessary. Plus sending troops to domestic cities if necessary, allowing foreign nationals to be expelled or interned, and allowing martial law in situations.
There is a reason that the US has only declared a few wars. And yet, even way back to the early administrations, significant military action was undertaken without such a declaration.
Want the history of it, read Lou Fisher.
Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 01:47 PM (WDjG6)
What would lead one to believe that Trump wouldn't employ the same strategy against the Iranian regime?
Posted by: ballistic at January 02, 2026 01:47 PM (5aZAZ)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
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I think so. In this regard, Trump is almost diametrically opposite to the Bushes.
He thinks very little of the advice he receives from the permanent bureaucracy. He never met a war he didn't loathe. He has a healthy disrespect for just about everywhere else on the planet.
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 02, 2026 01:47 PM (1Nv0l)
the US, thanks to dead president Carter, is at least partially responsible for the islamic revolution in Iran in 1979
'we' said nothing when they were pushing out the Shah
'we' said nice things about Khomeini
so we have a chance to correct a huge fuck-up
Posted by: Don Black at January 02, 2026 01:47 PM (ZxPkt)
Yup.
Remember, Iran is BIG! Huge area and hard to do much there without significant resources in the region.
And as with any revolt, it will ebb and flow. Right now I'd call it 50/50.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 02, 2026 01:47 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: tubal at January 02, 2026 01:48 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Oglebay at January 02, 2026 01:48 PM (GPa4z)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 02, 2026 01:48 PM (pkeXY)
Optics matter. Has ANYONE been arrested or held accountable for; covid, J6 or the fraud being found everywhere?
Retribution and accountability is what people want.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at January 02, 2026 01:48 PM (eZwyX)
There is a reason that the US has only declared a few wars. And yet, even way back to the early administrations, significant military action was undertaken without such a declaration.
Want the history of it, read Lou Fisher.
Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 01:47 PM (WDjG6)
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They won't even address the 2001 AUMF again. They won't expand it to include Iran.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 01:48 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Cray Cray at January 02, 2026 01:48 PM (0lkAt)
We're talking about what 'rescue' means. I don't see any explicit exclusion of any particular tactics.
Posted by: gp at January 02, 2026 01:49 PM (GHIyr)
Better they fight each other over there than fighting us over here.
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But, we will have to fight them over here.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 02, 2026 01:49 PM (22p5n)
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Lol
Posted by: runner at January 02, 2026 01:49 PM (cmmSn)
Posted by: Sir Lancelot at January 02, 2026 01:49 PM (TbWk/)
Remember, Iran is BIG! Huge area and hard to do much there without significant resources in the region.
And as with any revolt, it will ebb and flow. Right now I'd call it 50/50.
Kharg Island. You don't need to hit the whole country.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 01:50 PM (Riz8t)
Also disrupting regime comms.
After the first Gulf War the US sort of told the Shiite Iraqis that we would support them if they rose up against Saddam...and they did.
But when it looked like that might have toppled Saddam we decided not to. Now, that was a tough decision...because that could have led to an Iraq-Iran alliance. But...it was a real concern that both the US Nat Sec people and Saddam had that a little bit of support would have enabled the protestors/rebels to overthrow the government...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 01:50 PM (sKqQm)
He prefers bombing and cruise missiles.
Against stateless intelligence operations, yes, he hits them hard. For souvereign countries, I think he prefers tariffs and trade agreements.
Posted by: t-bird at January 02, 2026 01:50 PM (xZEBF)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 01:50 PM (Zz0t1)
Optics matter. Has ANYONE been arrested or held accountable for; covid, J6 or the fraud being found everywhere?
Retribution and accountability is what people want.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at January 02, 2026 01:48 PM (eZwyX)
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If you're complaining about optics, you're not complaining about anything real.
The executive branch is huge and can do a million things at once. Shutting down the diplomatic branch and the military isn't going to make the DOJ run any faster.
Seriously, you're arguing for a complete shutdown of all foreign policy until Fauci is in jail. That's just unrealistic. Might as well ask for unicorns.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 01:50 PM (GBKbO)
"Why do American diplomats negotiate with foreign countries when we have illegal immigrants in America?!"
Is the entire foreign policy apparatus of the United States supposed to shut down until America is a domestic utopia?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 01:46 PM (GBKbO)
THIS. We can talk and chew gum at the same time, folks. The world doesn't stop because we have domestic issues to solve. As properly nationalistic as the world is getting, we still live in an interconnected world, and we still need to be involved in it. It's a Dem talking point that Trump needs to now devote all of his efforts on 'affordability' and such. At various times in last year's news cycle, the 'most important thing' that Trump had to deal with changed dramatically. First it was Gaza. Then it was the Iran missile program, then it was UKR. As Trump has handled each problem, the MFM moves on to yet another issue that Trump has to devote his full attention to. Stop. We have a big government. They can handle lots of different things at the same time. They simply needed a leader that actually handles it.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 02, 2026 01:50 PM (0CU3H)
And, considering the mullah financing of terrorism around the world, it is in the US interest to see that financing stopped.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 01:31 PM (GBKbO)
Apparently Tehran has a "clerical district", where most of the boss mullahs reside. Bomb the shit out of that, and bomb the shit out of known Revolutionary Guard bases. Leave the regular Army and Navy alone. Let them know if they help to topple the mullahs, and declare loyalty to the new Shah, they can go on living.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 02, 2026 01:51 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Oglebay
That is a great book.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 02, 2026 01:51 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: runner at January 02, 2026 01:51 PM (cmmSn)
Yep. They’re already here and in every state.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at January 02, 2026 01:51 PM (eZwyX)
If Trump does a Shrub he will lose a ton of support.
Of course he's repeatedly had the option to do a Shrub in VZ, Syria, and other places and so far has wisely not done so.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 01:51 PM (sKqQm)
Retribution and accountability is what people want.
Posted by: thathalfrican
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There will be hearings, so TPTB will have their optics of being seen as doing something (and to fundraise off it).
As far as actual justice, we'll have to wait for Jesus' return for that.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 02, 2026 01:51 PM (22p5n)
Posted by: runner
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His money will be cut off if Qatar no longer has Iran as a patron as Iran's window to the rest of the world.
The Al Thani family is a bunch of double dealers that took over instigating problems around the world since the Wahhabis in Saudi were corralled after 9/11 and even further when bin Salmans gained power in Saudi land displacing the presumed crown prince.
Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 01:51 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Admiral Kirk at January 02, 2026 01:51 PM (HcoTw)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 01:50 PM (Riz8t)
Pretty sure it's on the target list.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 02, 2026 01:51 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: t-bird at January 02, 2026 01:50 PM (xZEBF)
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We also have Fordow.
I was assured, in these very comments, that Trump had miscalculated and the bombing of Fordow would lead to a land war in Iran with 300,000 American soldiers fighting for every inch of ground.
Iran responded by a couple of missile strikes that missed their targets.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 01:52 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: tubal at January 02, 2026 01:32 PM (pDt9x)
Can't be bothered ... bangin' Goldberry
#wouldntyou
Posted by: zombie JRR Tolkien at January 02, 2026 01:52 PM (3sXRv)
Not daycare centers apparently.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 01:52 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: And they call US bigots...
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It's been that way since well before old Adolf developed his theories.
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 02, 2026 01:52 PM (1Nv0l)
62 Too bad they have nothing we want, like cheap flying carpets or something.
Posted by: wth at January 02, 2026 01:36 PM (UjdFS)
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They have oil, which the CCP wants. I want the CCP not to have it.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 02, 2026 01:52 PM (azNOR)
Iran has no whiskey and is running real short on water.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 02, 2026 01:52 PM (prbfg)
The purpose of American involvement is never to end conflict. it is to monetize it for the beltway. They learned their lesson.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 02, 2026 01:52 PM (EXyHK)
I remember being shocked that Tikrit was still standing after a few years of the Iraq war. Of course that's before it became clear to me that Shrub had no interest in winning the conflict.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 01:52 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: gp at January 02, 2026 01:52 PM (GHIyr)
Nope.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Yes, but. The world is not that simple. Both China and Russia will be picking sides and so we can not just walk away.
No boots is a good starting point, but intelligence, occasional bombs, some money,... may be prudent to insure it is the Iranians and not the Chinese sorting it out.
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at January 02, 2026 01:52 PM (aTta8)
Should we not have done that either? She we just continue to allow Iran to build their ballistic and nuclear capabilities while remaining the world's largest state sponsor of terrorism including in Venezuela?
The idea that Trump can't and isn't both focused on foreign policy and domestic is silly. His domestic accomplishments in year 1 are historical. And foreign policy often is domestic policy. It isn't an either or question. It's both.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 02, 2026 01:53 PM (viF8m)
Better they fight each other over there than fighting us over here.
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But, we will have to fight them over here.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 02, 2026 01:49 PM (22p5n)
Not all battles are fought with bullets. Sometimes they're fought with infiltration, disruption, soft colonization, political capture, and various forms of fraud. Which is what's been happening to us here at home right under our noses, with comfort and support given to them by our own government.
Posted by: Recycled GWB slogans won't cut it at January 02, 2026 01:53 PM (TbWk/)
You know as well as I do that optics matter. It’ll be how the midterms are framed.
Fair or not, people want as much, if not more, perceived action/attention overseas at home.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at January 02, 2026 01:53 PM (eZwyX)
Biggest state sponsor of terrorism in the world. Manufactured most of the IED's that killed so many U.S. troops during the Second Gulf War (with near-impunity, if I recollect aright).
Continues to fund proxies in the ME who, among other things, pose a threat to our principal ally, Israel, and are a destabilizing influence in countries like Lebanon.
And, my favorite reason, there are sumbitches in the world who just plain need killing. And if this can be done expeditiously without U.S, ground troops, why the hell wouldn't we do it?
Posted by: Paco at January 02, 2026 01:53 PM (2L+MU)
Now it is Iran showing the other muzzies the art of the possible (maybe).
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at January 02, 2026 01:54 PM (aTta8)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 02, 2026 01:54 PM (VE6XX)
We were discussing that this morning on Buck's thread. If the Chinese or Russkis decide to send in their troops and equipment at the invite of the mullahs, things can get spicy in a real hurry.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 01:54 PM (Riz8t)
The King is a fink!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 01:50 PM (Zz0t1)
The Lone Haranguer Johnson is right!
Posted by: We old people remember the classics at January 02, 2026 01:55 PM (TbWk/)
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Yeah, was thinking this while watching the inauguration of NYC's new mayor.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 02, 2026 01:55 PM (22p5n)
You know as well as I do that optics matter. It’ll be how the midterms are framed.
Fair or not, people want as much, if not more, perceived action/attention overseas at home.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at January 02, 2026 01:53 PM (eZwyX)
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The idea that the Trump admin is passive at home with 600,000 forced inland deportations is asinine.
The idea that Republicans won't turn out because 1/6 committee people weren't arrested is outright stupid.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 01:55 PM (GBKbO)
These things SHOULD be done, but I suspect they won't. There are improvements - RFK has been slowly dismantling the COVID crap for example, but no it doesn't look like Fauci and co are going in the dock.
But...this has nothing to do with what we should be doing in regards to foreign policy. Well, outside of screwing China any way we can for COVID
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 01:55 PM (sKqQm)
Sounds like a cakewalk.
Taking out Kharg would be. Managing the consequences probably wouldn't.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 01:56 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Slowly, the all at once at January 02, 2026 01:56 PM (JFpzi)
I wonder how hard my President will laugh?
Posted by: Diogenes at January 02, 2026 01:44 PM (2WIwB)
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During W. terms, Iranian missile threat maps were often published in the MSM and in trade journals. Russian, PRC, and NK teams have, no doubt, improved the guidance systems since then. Chemical and biological warheads are the main concern.
Posted by: mrp at January 02, 2026 01:56 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 01:50 PM (sKqQm)
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Yes, we chose "stability" and then had to run no-fly zones for the next 2o years.
Oh, and betrayed the Kurds. Yet again.
The mullahs declared war on us. Many times. Payback is a good thing, especially when delivered from 30,000 feet with impunity.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 01:56 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 01:56 PM (Ia/+0)
Hahaha hahaha! I couldn't even type that without laughing.
Posted by: Wally at January 02, 2026 01:56 PM (65cLN)
And proof that Obama knew he wasn't really dead?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 02, 2026 01:56 PM (prbfg)
You know how it was found out?
A MN US attorney having a press conference about the people he was arresting and indicting for the fraud while saying that more people were coming.
Seriously.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 01:57 PM (GBKbO)
As I just said above China is sending ballistic missile components to Iran and we are stopping them.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 02, 2026 01:57 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: ... at January 02, 2026 01:57 PM (E0p3T)
Why not? Why can't C&R handle it this time? Honest question.
Posted by: gp at January 02, 2026 01:57 PM (GHIyr)
Posted by: Swiss America Gold at January 02, 2026 01:57 PM (oftw2)
The idea that Republicans won't turn out because 1/6 committee people weren't arrested is outright stupid.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 01:55 PM (GBKbO)
But, we WILL stay home if the chosen candidate doesn't fit PERFECTLY into MY dream candidate profile.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 01:57 PM (Zz0t1)
Fair or not, people want as much, if not more, perceived action/attention overseas at home.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at January 02, 2026 01:53 PM (eZwyX)
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Again, the US Gov't is enormous and is entirely capable of doing both things at once.
Just because the DOJ investigation of [insert corrupt asshole here] doesn't make as much of a splash in the news as blowing up drug boats or considering a position on Iran does doesn't make a hill of beans. Stop watching the news dude.
Posted by: ballistic at January 02, 2026 01:57 PM (5aZAZ)
If the news is "Trump bombed a bunch of people in Iran" the LIVs will change the channel to get the latest sports scores or to find out which starlet wore the prettiest dress.
If the news is "Five Americans dead on the streets of Tehran after another ambush by the resistance" then I agree with you
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 01:57 PM (sKqQm)
People are hip to the “hearings” it’s all BS. We want perp walks.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at January 02, 2026 01:58 PM (eZwyX)
is this going to be a 'the Berlin wall comes down' moment
or a Tienanmen Square 'send in the troops and kill everyone' moment
Posted by: Don Black at January 02, 2026 01:58 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: ... at January 02, 2026 01:58 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: Archimedes
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Never happen. Russia does not have capacity, and China is deathly afraid of foreign entanglements. They saw what happened to Russia and USA, they have too many only children to risk sacrificing any to war, and they have built their image in the 3rd world as not intervening in that way. China will send arms, not men.
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at January 02, 2026 01:58 PM (aTta8)
Of course he's repeatedly had the option to do a Shrub in VZ, Syria, and other places and so far has wisely not done so.
Posted by: 18-1
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The electorate does not give a shit, other than online commenters, the trash media, and academics, about air strikes, drone strikes, attacking pirates or Houthis, etc.
Remember the massive unrest when Obama droned people across the globe in the US? When the Euros and US toppled Kaddafi? Hell, most people did not give one shit about the US directing strikes into Russia under Biden. They cared more about the money spent than the threat of nuclear war.
Boots on the ground and invasions matter to the public if they drag on beyond something like the invasion of Panama or Grenada.
Iraq, Afghanistan, and Vietnam mattered because those dragged on for years wasting over one trillion dollars and killing/maiming a fair chunk of soldiers.
Vietnam and Korea caused more political effect because of teh size of forces involved, the high casualties (far greater than the GWOT), and conscription.
Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 01:58 PM (WDjG6)
The idea that Republicans won't turn out because 1/6 committee people weren't arrested is outright stupid.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 01:55 PM (GBKbO)
But, we WILL stay home if the chosen candidate doesn't fit PERFECTLY into MY dream candidate profile.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 01:57 PM (Zz0t1)
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"Promise to repeal the Copyright Extension Act of 1998, or I riot. Alone."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 01:58 PM (GBKbO)
Carter is dead. Iran's regime needs to join him.
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at January 02, 2026 01:58 PM (zBIzS)
The idea that Republicans won't turn out because 1/6 committee people weren't arrested is outright stupid.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 01:55 PM (GBKbO)
But, we WILL stay home if the chosen candidate doesn't fit PERFECTLY into MY dream candidate profile.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 01:57 PM (Zz0t1)
Are you implying that the Right is feckless?
Posted by: tubal at January 02, 2026 01:58 PM (pDt9x)
Do you think Obama sent those pallets of cash without collecting his vig?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 02, 2026 01:59 PM (prbfg)
......
I think he's perfectly happy living incognito in Vegas.
Posted by: wth at January 02, 2026 01:59 PM (UjdFS)
Either there in Iran, or elsewhere...
I'd like to see what the Polymarket has to say about that...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 02, 2026 01:45 PM (NwnyJ)
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With what?
A couple of half-gassed up choppers and promises to buy more sanctioned Iranian oil if the mullahs win?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 01:47 PM (GBKbO)
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I didn't necessarily mean militarily. I was thinking more along the lines of some UN horseshit.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 02, 2026 01:59 PM (NwnyJ)
Retribution and accountability is what people want.
Posted by: thathalfrican
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There will be hearings, so TPTB will have their optics of being seen as doing something (and to fundraise off it).
As far as actual justice, we'll have to wait for Jesus' return for that.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 02, 2026 01:51 PM (22p5n)
Notice how the left has their enemies hauled off to the gulags and THEN has hearings about it? Action first, and then theatrics to gloat and intimidate. It almost seems like this is more effective than the R method to:
1st have hearings that they allow their dear friends on the left to grandstand and coopt.
2nd do absolutely nothing but vote for more waste and fraud and earmarks
3rd Beg, "won't you please give us money to help us own the libs?"
Posted by: banana Dream at January 02, 2026 01:59 PM (3uBP9)
Taking out Kharg would be. Managing the consequences probably wouldn't
Does Iran respond by terrorism? Because we are used to that weapon.
Or do you mean the Iranian army rolls into Iraq and then the Gulf states?
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 01:59 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: goatexchange at January 02, 2026 01:59 PM (hyS0X)
Ineptly, corruptly. With its enormous debt.
Posted by: gp at January 02, 2026 01:59 PM (GHIyr)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 02, 2026 01:59 PM (NwnyJ)
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"We promise to pass a UN resolution sanctioning America and then demanding America enforce those sanctions on America."
-the epitaph the UN deserves
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 01:59 PM (GBKbO)
As I just said above China is sending ballistic missile components to Iran and we are stopping them.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 02, 2026 01:57 PM (viF8m)
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Dare we to hope that China puts boots on the ground?
Taiwan and Japan will breathe easier, that's for sure. Maybe they can fight a losing insurgency for 20+ years. It's their turn.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 02:00 PM (ZOv7s)
Hahaha hahaha! I couldn't even type that without laughing.
Posted by: Wally at January 02, 2026 01:56 PM (65cLN)
++++
LOL
What allies?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 02:00 PM (avHHk)
Posted by: Islamic Navigation Systems by Ronco at January 02, 2026 02:00 PM (qUkBO)
Deportations is one of the few things where they’re doing well. Everything else looks bleak.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at January 02, 2026 02:00 PM (eZwyX)
I’d go further. The whole “Life+” is a big problem for obscure works, where we often have no idea when the author died. I think I’d rather have a 50-year term, plus an optional 50 more, than a Life+50, even though the former is (potentially) longer.
But I do agree with repeal as a start.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 02, 2026 02:00 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 02:01 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at January 02, 2026 02:00 PM (eZwyX)
What looks bleak ?
Posted by: It's me donna at January 02, 2026 02:01 PM (VE6XX)
You can bet there's been back channel talk between Iranians and Trump about support.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 02:01 PM (c115l)
http://tiny.cc/pg4x001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 02:01 PM (avHHk)
Sure we can. It's at least an option.
Posted by: t-bird at January 02, 2026 02:01 PM (h9A1n)
Posted by: Archimedes
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Neither have the logistics to support that and both would risk embarrassment and defeat if they tried to send token amounts of soldiers to support the regime.
About like how the Wagner group is getting its ass handed to them in Mali right now.
I think both countries will try to keep on the down low for regime support in case the regime falls--you want to be on the good side of whatever regime ends up in power.
They might also support a coup by the Army over the mullahs as a better solution than reliance on the masses.
That is what the US did in the end of the Shah regime, we pushed the creation of a temporary regime and then lost control of it like the MEK did of the Iranian Revolution.
Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 02:02 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 02, 2026 01:59 PM (3uBP9)
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Effective at what? Terror? Creating a horrific society based on evil?
You can't just borrow tactics and keep your soul intact.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 02:02 PM (ZOv7s)
Somalians average 4 children, $15,000 to deliver and they ain't paying for it
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 02:02 PM (Ia/+0)
Deportations is one of the few things where they’re doing well. Everything else looks bleak.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at January 02, 2026 02:00 PM (eZwyX)
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You complain about the lack of action on the newly found out fraud without knowing how the news cycle started on it:
A US Attorney in Minnesota had a press conference where he detailed who he was arresting for it and that it was the first of a large wave to come.
"No one's doing anything about the fraud" says person who has no idea that the fraud story is more than a YouTube kid.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 02:02 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 02:02 PM (c115l)
kill enough of the right people and the rest will stop fighting
Posted by: Don Black at January 02, 2026 02:02 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: tubal at January 02, 2026 01:58 PM (pDt9x)
The GOP is certainly deficient in the feck department.
Posted by: They need a feckload of feck at January 02, 2026 02:02 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Fat Elvis at January 02, 2026 02:02 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: ... at January 02, 2026 02:02 PM (E0p3T)
https://tinyurl.com/y68vm7yw
Posted by: JackStraw at January 02, 2026 02:03 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: goatexchange at January 02, 2026 01:59 PM (hyS0X)
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This explains why the AWFLs want to keep them covered.
Posted by: Oglebay at January 02, 2026 02:03 PM (GPa4z)
That’s funny because I don’t watch the news. I talk to people who are my age and younger. They’re very Trump loyal but are getting fed up with “nothing” happening. Being Trump loyal does not mean GOP loyal. You lose the millennials and Gen Z and the midterms could be very bad.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at January 02, 2026 02:03 PM (eZwyX)
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at January 02, 2026 02:03 PM (Vpqw1)
I’d go further. The whole “Life+” is a big problem for obscure works, where we often have no idea when the author died. I think I’d rather have a 50-year term, plus an optional 50 more, than a Life+50, even though the former is (potentially) longer.
But I do agree with repeal as a start.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 02, 2026 02:00 PM (EXyHK)
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Return to the Copyright Act of 1790. 14+14.
All works from 1998 and before...public domain.
Or I riot...alone.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 02:03 PM (GBKbO)
http://tiny.cc/pg4x001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 02:01 PM (avHHk)
The foundation in that cabin is f*cked.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 02:03 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 02:02 PM (WDjG6)
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Carter's people could screw up a wet dream. Jimmeh too busy and reviewing the White House tennis court schedule.
Oh, and ordering the Marines to surrender to the mobs. That worked out splendidly.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 02:03 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 01:50 PM
The peasants are revolting!
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 02, 2026 02:03 PM (jc0TO)
Looking forward to that!
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 02:04 PM (RuTUS)
Posted by: gp at January 02, 2026 02:04 PM (GHIyr)
A MN US attorney having a press conference about the people he was arresting and indicting for the fraud while saying that more people were coming.
Seriously.
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The have published the search warrant for one, just one so far, of the assisted living homes they raided.
It's a sophisticated network of fraudsters and government employees.
And they are tracing it.
And it's clear they are just getting started.
But this one is a perfect test case.
To flush away all the leftie roadblocks.
And stack up a lot of plea deals for later testimony against the rest.
Because they let a schizo go off his meds, die and didn't find him for days.
But reported they checked on him and verified his health the day before he was found.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 02, 2026 02:04 PM (prbfg)
Careful Icarus.
Posted by: connected and litigious at January 02, 2026 02:04 PM (cS1cw)
Just have some very, very public patrols of B-2s, B-52s, various fighter wings, etc over the Mullah's homes. Just flying around.
Kind of like how Trump flew a wing of B-2s overhead when Putin visited Alaska.
Get the point across, real nice, and not even expend any ordnance.
But if we turned some places into glass and bounced the Mullah's rubble.... well, it would drive leftists even more insane, so probably worth it!
Posted by: SimoHayha at January 02, 2026 02:04 PM (/ZkOF)
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at January 02, 2026 02:04 PM (Vpqw1)
Posted by: rickb223
That bothered me, too. Get a better social media flunky, man!
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 02, 2026 02:05 PM (ftFVW)
That’s funny because I don’t watch the news. I talk to people who are my age and younger. They’re very Trump loyal but are getting fed up with “nothing” happening. Being Trump loyal does not mean GOP loyal. You lose the millennials and Gen Z and the midterms could be very bad.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at January 02, 2026 02:03 PM (eZwyX)
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Young people never vote anyway. They have the worst turnout numbers every single election.
And, these people seem to not know what's actually happening and have deeply unrealistic views of the possible in American governance.
That doesn't mean that you side with them. It means that you educate them about what can be done and how change takes a long time.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 02:05 PM (GBKbO)
http://tiny.cc/pg4x001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 02:01 PM (avHHk)
The foundation in that cabin is f*cked.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 02:03 PM (Zz0t1)
Cabin...?
Posted by: Y'all are ghey at January 02, 2026 02:05 PM (TbWk/)
Uk Guardian, Dec. 2025, There’s no going back’: Iran’s women on why they won’t stop flouting dress code laws
Iranian girls in Laleh Park, central Tehran. One of the city’s most well-known and socially and politically significant public spaces, it is frequented mainly by students as a place to gather and spend time together
Despite fresh attempts to make women cover up, many believe the regime wouldn’t risk mass arrests for fear of sparking a wave of popular unrest last seen after the killing of Mahsa Amini
They know the regime has been weakened & dress codes are a coverup for national issues that need to be dealt with.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 02, 2026 02:05 PM (NFX2v)
Posted by: runner at January 02, 2026 02:05 PM (cmmSn)
Posted by: gp
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Iran is too entangled in the ME. Hand Iran to China, and they now control not only their oil supply, but Europe's. Iran also threatens the whole Gulf, so now Europe has a new reason to work with China, against the USA. Imagine China breaking out from the first island chain from the other side of the Straight of Malacca.
I would like to write off the entire hemisphere, but we can't. We should never hand China an easy win.
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at January 02, 2026 02:05 PM (aTta8)
Posted by: Irregardless at January 02, 2026 02:05 PM (qUkBO)
It's a sophisticated network of fraudsters and government employees.
And they are tracing it.
And it's clear they are just getting started.
But this one is a perfect test case.
To flush away all the leftie roadblocks.
And stack up a lot of plea deals for later testimony against the rest.
Because they let a schizo go off his meds, die and didn't find him for days.
But reported they checked on him and verified his health the day before he was found.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 02, 2026 02:04 PM (prbfg)
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But I didn't hear about it on TikTok. All I heard on TikTok was that the GOP is not doing anything.
So, nothing is happening.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 02:06 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: rickb223
That bothered me, too. Get a better social media flunky, man!
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 02, 2026 02:05 PM (ftFVW)
I'm betting Trump typed that one himself.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 02:06 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 02:06 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 02, 2026 02:06 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at January 02, 2026 02:03 PM (eZwyX)
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When the job market starts cooking in the spring, gas hits new modern lows in the summer, they will notice more than which faceless bureaucrat is getting indicted.
Oh, and the Trump Tariff Check arrives in the mail.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 02:06 PM (ZOv7s)
There is a strong argument to be made that retroactively changing the copyright term was illegal. It meant that contracts made before the term change happened were suddenly altered by congressional fiat. For example, under the copyright law when the Muppets were first aired, they didn’t need to license the music used in order to be able to release uncut Muppet episodes today. Same, I think, with WKRP, although it may have been later.
Sadly, as far as I can tell, the people who brought the extension to the Supreme Court last did not make that argument.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 02, 2026 02:06 PM (EXyHK)
Does Iran respond by terrorism? Because we are used to that weapon.
Or do you mean the Iranian army rolls into Iraq and then the Gulf states?
Those are all possibilities, but I was also thinking in terms of something like crashing the international oil market, leading to a worldwide recession/depression. There are lots of moving parts.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 02:06 PM (Riz8t)
Now they're just subjecting themselves to the Rapey Male Gaze™, which is a far worse form of oppression!
Posted by: Feminist Western Woman at January 02, 2026 02:07 PM (TbWk/)
Yep, slipped right thru our fingers!
Posted by: John Brennan of the Easter Island Brennans at January 02, 2026 02:07 PM (h9A1n)
>>>Trump ... is on the verge of toppling a huge foreign fentanyl-exporting regime. (More on that later.)
Looking forward to that!
Posted by: m
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Me too, and I'd especially like to see material results in the streets.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 02, 2026 02:07 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Y'all are ghey at January 02, 2026 02:05 PM (TbWk/)
The vibrant description of the image at the end of the link was cause to review the entire picture.
Geez. Cro-Magnon man.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 02:07 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: 18-1
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We know how to take those down now thanks to the Ukraine endless war. Basically the Israelis pantsed the Iranians running Russian anti aircraft defenses probably using US/Ukraine knowledge gained. So Russia essentially has refused the risk the remainder of their Air Force and their anti air defenses are mainly used to take out cheap drones attacking Russia.
If the Russians are stupid enough to dole out anti ship missiles to stop up the Persian Gulf, then the Chinese can and will probably retaliate economically. China cannot stand a massive surge in oil prices when their economy is already hitting the toilet.
Simply put, the Russians don't have the ability anymore to do anything more than spoiling attacks while they are heavily involved in the Ukraine. Same reason they could not act to save Assad.
China can do a bit better but at what cost to them.
Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 02:07 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 02:06 PM (sKqQm)
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The problem with team feminist is no D.
Posted by: Oglebay at January 02, 2026 02:08 PM (GPa4z)
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See: Control of the media, philosophically, if not directly
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 02, 2026 02:08 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
You know what you do with horseshit? You scoop it up with the front end loader, spread it on the field and till it in.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 02, 2026 02:08 PM (vzcgi)
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Looking forward to that!
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 02:04 PM (RuTUS)
Which one? China? Mexico?
Posted by: BurtTC at January 02, 2026 02:08 PM (dGCAG)
They don't have the power to arrest anyone, to try anyone, to punish anyone. They have the power to make laws.
And all this shit is illegal already. What do you want from a GOP Congress? Pass another law that makes it double-secret illegal?
No, it goes to the executive branch. Well, what is the executive branch doing? You don't go to Congressmen to figure that out. You go to the DOJ...and the DOJ is working. They are. You just have to, you know, look at where the DOJ is putting out press releases. And TikTokers don't read DOJ press releases.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 02:08 PM (GBKbO)
What would "something happening" look like in practical terms, do you think?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2026 02:08 PM (2sfNr)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Anyone living in blue states will see it more slowly than in red states because West Coast state governments plus Colorado are complicit in encouraging hard drug use as compassionate.
Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 02:09 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
Why is he writing Xeets when ha should be focusing on domestic issues?!
*wink*
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 02, 2026 02:09 PM (ftFVW)
Are you sure we can afford to keep on doing all this rescuing?
Posted by: gp at January 02, 2026 02:09 PM (GHIyr)
See: Control of the media, philosophically, if not directly
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 02, 2026 02:08 PM (XeU6L)
But, the CIA isn't on our side.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 02:09 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: She Hobbit
Everyone does it. That and "sale".
"If I sale this to you..."
Ugh! It's SELL.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 02:09 PM (c115l)
I will wait until government officials are in jail before I start cheering. It’s a good start.
But as a resident of MN this fraud has been known for quite awhile.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at January 02, 2026 02:09 PM (eZwyX)
Why is he writing Xeets when ha should be focusing on domestic issues?!
*wink*
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 02, 2026 02:09 PM (ftFVW)
Because he's a stupid poopyhead who doesn't know what he's doing and never learns anything.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 02:10 PM (Zz0t1)
They've got two conservatives running in the primary for Cornyn's seat, one of them is Atty Gen Ken Paxton.
Trump could make Paxton Atty Gen relieving the primary pressure in TX and giving the White House the most successful prosecutor in the US.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 02:10 PM (R0Fqj)
Sadly, as far as I can tell, the people who brought the extension to the Supreme Court last did not make that argument.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 02, 2026 02:06 PM (EXyHK)
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There would be a takings clause resistance to pulling back copyright, but I think that's easily fixed with a $100 million fund to go along with the repeal.
"Prove how much you'd lose over the next 20 years of lost exclusive rights to your material. And, remember, you can still sell these things, just not exclusively. So, you can't assert 100% lost revenue."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 02:10 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 02, 2026 02:10 PM (QAvZU)
I don't want us involved at all... nada.... nothin.
We spend so much time on foreign problems, that we are not fixing our own.
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 02, 2026 02:10 PM (mP0Kj)
Everyone does it. That and "sale".
"If I sale this to you..."
Ugh! It's SELL.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 02:09 PM (c115l)
Advise and advice.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 02:10 PM (Zz0t1)
IT'S SHOOTS. SHOOTS. Not shot.
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What a looser!
Posted by: Irregardless
Think of this as a learing experience.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 02, 2026 02:11 PM (OUMaO)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 02, 2026 02:11 PM (zNwXb)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 02:06 PM (Zz0t1)
He should be sent to a learing center.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 02, 2026 02:11 PM (dGCAG)
I will wait until government officials are in jail before I start cheering. It’s a good start.
But as a resident of MN this fraud has been known for quite awhile.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at January 02, 2026 02:09 PM (eZwyX)
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The MN USA? Appointed in August (Senate Democrat obstruction). Before that, Biden holdovers.
Again, realistic views of what's possible.
Ask yourself, what does it take to prove fraud in an American court? A little, like video of someone smashing into a store, or a lot, like proving intent on fraudulent documents?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 02:11 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 02:06 PM (Riz8t)
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Parts is parts. Moving parts all over the place. Sometimes one must just pick up a stick and give the globe a good bash.
Posted by: mrp at January 02, 2026 02:11 PM (rj6Yv)
Everyone does it. That and "sale".
"If I sale this to you..."
Ugh! It's SELL.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 02:09 PM (c115l)
Advise and advice.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
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Lose and loose.
Extra tip: You CAN "loose" a thing or person.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 02, 2026 02:12 PM (n7rxJ)
Husbands, wives, children....whole families. Pay back for years of killing innocents around the world and for Beirut in 1983.
Posted by: Kill Them All at January 02, 2026 02:12 PM (R/m4+)
I wish the Iranian people luck but I'm not going to advocate a shooting war in Persia with US troops involved.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 02, 2026 02:12 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 02:03 PM (Zz0t1)
Cabin...?
Posted by: Y'all are ghey at January 02, 2026 02:05 PM (TbWk/)
Looks like an outhouse in a roadside rest area in wooded country.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 02, 2026 02:12 PM (8zz6B)
I like irony...and chocolate pudding. But, mostly irony.
Posted by: Orson at January 02, 2026 02:12 PM (dIske)
"If I sale this to you..."
Ugh! It's SELL.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 02:09 PM (c115l)
Advise and advice.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 02:10 PM (Zz0t1)
I seen that. It makes sense for all intensive purposes. But I should of known better.
Posted by: Doof at January 02, 2026 02:12 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 02, 2026 02:12 PM (QAvZU)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 02:06 PM (Zz0t1)
He should be sent to a learing center.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 02, 2026 02:11 PM (dGCAG)
Good advice. How else will he be successful in life?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 02, 2026 02:13 PM (xcxpd)
2) china has some nuclear subs but no nuclear ships
Again and again, Trump moves to solve several problems but several steps ahead and so many just want to carp about "but he's not fixing it now!!!"
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 02, 2026 02:13 PM (prbfg)
That is what the US did in the end of the Shah regime, we pushed the creation of a temporary regime and then lost control of it like the MEK did of the Iranian Revolution.
Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 02:02 PM (WDjG6)
I think this is the most likely ending of this; the best thing about this uprising is also it's point of greatest weakness. This is not a color revolution; this is a true, spontaneous, grass roots rebellion. But because of that it has no organization and no leadership, and each city is likely to end up with it's own committee, or whatever.
The Army is the only group that would have the ability to decide they're better off without the mullahs and overthrow them. They'd at least have a window of time to establish control if they didn't screw it up too much.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 02, 2026 02:13 PM (uWKK8)
A regime that would do that obviously needs to go.
Side note - I remember that there was a liquor distributor who showed up with $100,000 in cash, but no - they wouldn't sell the booze to him.
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at January 02, 2026 02:13 PM (Vpqw1)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 02, 2026 02:14 PM (QAvZU)
Are you sure we can afford to keep on doing all this rescuing?
Posted by: gp at January 02, 2026 02:09 PM (GHIyr)
Actually, we can.
If there's one thing that this Somali crap-fest is showing us, is that there is a LOT more fraud out there in the system than we suspected. Probably trillions of dollars worth. We spent about 2 trillion USD on the GWOT, and the average American felt absolutely no shortages, rationings or hardship because of it. We know that a lot of that money was wasted on fraud as well. Stephen Miller said this week that most of our incurred debt was due to straight-up fraud. I would have never believed that before, but I'm getting close to that POV now. A truly efficient US government would do a LOT of good in the world. Whether we should is a valid question. What isn't a question is that we could.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 02, 2026 02:14 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 02:10 PM (GBKbO)
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Kinda like eminent domain applied to intellectual property rights.
Posted by: mrp at January 02, 2026 02:14 PM (rj6Yv)
They don't have the power to arrest anyone, to try anyone, to punish anyone. They have the power to make laws.
And all this shit is illegal already. What do you want from a GOP Congress? Pass another law that makes it double-secret illegal?
No, it goes to the executive branch. Well, what is the executive branch doing? You don't go to Congressmen to figure that out. You go to the DOJ...and the DOJ is working. They are. You just have to, you know, look at where the DOJ is putting out press releases. And TikTokers don't read DOJ press releases.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 02:08 PM (GBKbO)
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They could shut down the daycare program. Hell they eliminate all new spending from 2021.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 02, 2026 02:14 PM (Vh9CX)
I wish the Iranian people luck but I'm not going to advocate a shooting war in Persia with US troops involved.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 02, 2026 02:12 PM (xcxpd)
I'm sure it'll work... this time.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 02, 2026 02:14 PM (dGCAG)
Posted by: thathalfrican
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Your frustration is very much understood and sympathized with, especially from those of us here in Illinois. It's easy to feel like nothing will ever change, and that evil will always flourish.
Just remember to put your trust in the Lord, not in any man...or any government built by man.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 02, 2026 02:14 PM (22p5n)
Posted by: Thomas Paine
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Can these clerics fly.
If these men are truly as holy and close to their god as they say then they can fly. Take them to the roof top and see which one is holy and which is not.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 02:14 PM (R0Fqj)
Posted by: rickb223
That bothered me, too. Get a better social media flunky, man!
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 02, 2026 02:05 PM (ftFVW)
I'm betting Trump typed that one himself
I keep telling y’all that typos and misspellings are a sign of genius!
Posted by: Piper at January 02, 2026 02:14 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Doof
I think that just popped some blood vessels in my brain.
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 02, 2026 02:15 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 02, 2026 02:14 PM (0CU3H)
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De-funding the NGOs was a good start.
Posted by: mrp at January 02, 2026 02:15 PM (rj6Yv)
Anyone living in blue states will see it more slowly than in red states because West Coast state governments plus Colorado are complicit in encouraging hard drug use as compassionate.
Posted by: whig
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It seems to me it should happen pretty quickly if it happens big. People don't exactly warehouse a month's supply of that stuff.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 02, 2026 02:15 PM (n7rxJ)
The DOJ to indict and arrest. Press releases are well and good but without action it’s meaningless.
How quickly did Biden’s DOJ act? Speed of light in comparison. There’s enough evidence out there to prosecute and jail these people.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at January 02, 2026 02:15 PM (eZwyX)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 02, 2026 02:15 PM (QAvZU)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 02:06 PM (Riz8t)
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Parts is parts. Moving parts all over the place. Sometimes one must just pick up a stick and give the globe a good bash.
Posted by: mrp
That's certainly one way to go.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 02:15 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: runner at January 02, 2026 02:16 PM (ReBai)
They've got two conservatives running in the primary for Cornyn's seat, one of them is Atty Gen Ken Paxton.
Trump could make Paxton Atty Gen relieving the primary pressure in TX and giving the White House the most successful prosecutor in the US.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 02:10 PM (R0Fqj)
Only one problem. The GOP in the House - and especially the Senate, where it matters - have no desire to have Paxton as US AG.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 02, 2026 02:16 PM (0CU3H)
I don’t think there is. Copyright in the United States is a special set of restrictions that most creations do not get. Most things that people make, other people can copy and distribute without violating copyright law. It’s only those special things that Congress has said need copyright to encourage their being made public that get the special copyright restrictions.
That’s why we speak of “a return to the public domain”. Everything public is in the public domain; only a very small subset of things has been temporarily removed from the public domain.
So the “takings” argument is really on the side of the public, especially those parts of the public that were licensing the use of copyrighted things for a limited time, under the assumption that they only needed to license them for a limited time.
It’s a whole other perspective in Europe, where artists are assumed to be a higher class than craftsmen.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 02, 2026 02:16 PM (EXyHK)
I keep telling y’all that typos and misspellings are a sign of genius!
Posted by: Piper at January 02, 2026 02:14 PM (OoFl2)
What about sock fails?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 02:16 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 02, 2026 02:17 PM (jc0TO)
I would typically agree. But this one might be worth some direct action. If you understand geopolitics, you will understand we’ve been fighting Iran’s proxies for the last 20 years. They are behind the funding, manpower and weapons in just about every conflict we have been involved in. They are also funding terrorists all over the globe including South America. We are spending a lot of our defense budget playing whack a mole with their ops. Why not just smoke all these fuckers while they’re playing defense. Then let the Iranian people figure out the rest.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 02, 2026 02:17 PM (i14TE)
Posted by: runner at January 02, 2026 02:17 PM (Y1v+4)
When dictatorships fall, it's almost always because the army decides to make a change, or at least sit on its hands.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 02:17 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 02, 2026 02:17 PM (QAvZU)
I like irony...and chocolate pudding. But, mostly irony.
Posted by: Orson at January 02, 2026 02:12 PM (dIske)
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So kicking out the mullahs and replacing them with Starmerites? I don't hate the Persians THAT much.
Posted by: mrp at January 02, 2026 02:17 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
Check out the ShipwreckedCrew post on the release of the search warrants. DoJ was tracking the fraud in MN back this summer.
"But the U.S. Attorney here unsealed the Affidavit the same day (Dec. 18th) the search took place. Why? Because the affidavit addresses the largely inaccurate claims now being made about “Why hasn’t anything been done?”
"[T]he FBI Agent’s Affidavit submitted in support of this (warrant) Application has a treasure-trove of details about the various fraud programs that have been UNDER ACTIVE INVESTIGATION BY THE TRUMP DOJ SINCE THE SUMMER OF 2025."
The Affidavit lays out in some detail — much remains undisclosed — other frauds uncovered by the Trump DOJ involving Minnesota’s progressive/liberal/ socialist/communist welfare programs — frauds that were there all along but which the Biden DOJ either “missed,” or more likely decided to not pursue because of the political damage that would result to the Democrat party’s evolving “Socialist” brand."
Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 02:17 PM (WDjG6)
I keep telling y’all that typos and misspellings are a sign of genius!
Posted by: Piper at January 02, 2026 02:14 PM (OoFl2)
What about sock fails?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
I don’t do socks; I am pretty sure if I did, I would fail. Definite maybe here.
Posted by: Piper at January 02, 2026 02:18 PM (Wmg4n)
How quickly did Biden’s DOJ act? Speed of light in comparison. There’s enough evidence out there to prosecute and jail these people.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at January 02, 2026 02:15 PM (eZwyX)
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Ask how much easier it is to prove illegal entry to a location with video footage (with very friendly judges) vs. proving fraud.
What is the documentary difference required?
Also, remember, this MN USA started in August, and within 3 months was indicting people on an issue no one cared about outside of MN and few people inside MN cared about.
You're demanding something between splashy headlines and the impossible.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 02:18 PM (GBKbO)
I keep telling y’all that typos and misspellings are a sign of genius!
Posted by: Piper at January 02, 2026 02:14 PM (OoFl2)
What about sock fails?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 02:16 PM (Zz0t1)
_____________________________
FIST!!!!!
Posted by: I wonder if anyone will get this at January 02, 2026 02:18 PM (dIske)
PDT has connected all the dots. As far as Iran goes, events happen when they happen not when it's convenient.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 02, 2026 02:18 PM (sDNVV)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 02, 2026 02:19 PM (22p5n)
Update: Antifa and violent far-let extremists are celebrating after Fulton County, Ga. Judge Kevin Farmer formally dismissed RICO charges on a technicality against 61 domestic terror suspects involved in the deadly and violent "Stop Cop City" movement.
x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/
2007115100864369089
The left means to win.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 02, 2026 02:19 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: runner
One can only hope that the lack of food vendors and free toilets in the freezing cold acted a a convincing preview of their free stuff to come.
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 02, 2026 02:19 PM (ftFVW)
Case 25-mj-861 December 18th, US District Court Minnesota
Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 02:19 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 02, 2026 02:19 PM (QAvZU)
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And British Petroleum gets their oil fields back?
LOL
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 02, 2026 02:19 PM (prbfg)
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at January 02, 2026 02:15 PM (eZwyX)
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They had corrupt judges on their side with lifetime appointments. That's how it stuck. Trump doesn't have corrupt judges, so you're just blowing smoke.
Put the same defendants against the same judges and they will acquit all of them.
So unless we want to go full White Terror (that's counterrevolution, not race), this must be a more deliberate process.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 02:20 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 02, 2026 02:20 PM (ftFVW)
So the “takings” argument is really on the side of the public, especially those parts of the public that were licensing the use of copyrighted things for a limited time, under the assumption that they only needed to license them for a limited time.
It’s a whole other perspective in Europe, where artists are assumed to be a higher class than craftsmen.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 02, 2026 02:16 PM (EXyHK)
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I don't think the American legal system would see it that way.
It's a takings of these copyright owners' exclusive rights, as granted by the government in the Copyright Acts since 1790 (depending on how far this mythical, never to happen, repeal goes).
The government would need to remunerate based on that reading, and major corporations would pay very well Big Lawfirms to make that argument in courts.
But, a few instances of Disney spending $20 million on legal fees to secure $5 million in lost earnings would be instructive.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 02:20 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: runner at January 02, 2026 02:21 PM (cmmSn)
Posted by: Doof at January 02, 2026 02:12 PM (QMAsf)
You are such a looser. Your word choices will never pass mustard.
Posted by: Eggcorns R us at January 02, 2026 02:21 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 02, 2026 02:12 PM (xcxpd)
I'm sure it'll work... this time.
Posted by: BurtTC
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Rapprochement is the smart, sophisticated, diplomatic approach.
Posted by: Valerie Jarrett at January 02, 2026 02:21 PM (XeU6L)
The MN USA? Appointed in August (Senate Democrat obstruction). Before that, Biden holdovers.
Again, realistic views of what's possible.
Ask yourself, what does it take to prove fraud in an American court? A little, like video of someone smashing into a store, or a lot, like proving intent on fraudulent documents?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 02:11 PM (GBKbO)
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But then we must ask; Are we going to let these unscrupulous lawmakers go unchallenged?
Are we not going to shine a light on these cockroaches and attempt to rid ourselves of them?
This quickly goes past state to federal felony.
These slick Senators and House leaders need a new non-government job.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 02:21 PM (R0Fqj)
x.com/MrAndyNgo/status/
2007115100864369089
The left means to win.
Posted by: banana Dream
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And appeals are made of these decisions. GA Court of Appeals is much less favorable to any crap coming out of Fulton County Courts. GA Sup. Ct. is even less favorable.
And these yutes are still on the hook for federal terrorism charges to boot.
Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 02:21 PM (WDjG6)
That sounds.... messy.
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 02, 2026 02:20 PM (ftFVW)
Not THAT sock......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 02:21 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Doof
Irregardless, I could care less.
Posted by: Piper at January 02, 2026 02:21 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Jackson at January 02, 2026 02:21 PM (J9q9v)
Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 02:17 PM (WDjG6)
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But TikTok isn't talking about it, so nothing is happening.
And no one's been executed, so no one is going to be held to account.
I'm voting Democrat.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 02:22 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
That sounds.... messy.
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 02, 2026 02:20 PM (ftFVW)
My Grandma would have said the only thing to say about a sock fail?
Darn it...
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 02, 2026 02:22 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: thathalfrican
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Your frustration is very much understood and sympathized with, especially from those of us here in Illinois. It's easy to feel like nothing will ever change, and that evil will always flourish.
Just remember to put your trust in the Lord, not in any man...or any government built by man.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy
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Man will always disappoint you but you can always trust in the Lordd.
Amen and Amen.
Posted by: NALNAMSAM at January 02, 2026 02:22 PM (VkY89)
His substack article on this topic is really good. Lots of people have been indicted and a whole lot more are in the bullseye.
I always find it ironic how many people bitch that nothing isn't happening because nothing is being reported by the corrupt media.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 02, 2026 02:22 PM (viF8m)
In the most Jewish city in the world after Tel Aviv, Jews under 30 voted for Mamdani.
Posted by: TITP at January 02, 2026 02:22 PM (OUE/9)
I keep telling y’all that typos and misspellings are a sign of genius!
Posted by: Piper at January 02, 2026 02:14 PM (OoFl2)
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Yes. The left loves polished fake pronouncements, and Trump's blemished statements are terrifying because they are unfiltered.
China is writhing under a bitter recession, and I'm sure the conscripts want to die in Persia.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 02:22 PM (ZOv7s)
The world's greatest sponsor of terror for the last 40 years looks like it's about to evaporate - kind of like Sauron did when the Ring was destroyed. No great battle, just "POOF". It's truly astounding!
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 02, 2026 02:22 PM (uWKK8)
Posted by: Valerie Jarrett at January 02, 2026 02:22 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 02, 2026 02:22 PM (sDNVV)
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 02, 2026 02:22 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
Ohhhhhh. Well I have a houseful of teen boys... they do their own laundry.
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 02, 2026 02:22 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: Doof at January 02, 2026 02:12 PM (QMAsf)
You are such a looser. Your word choices will never pass mustard.
Posted by: Eggcorns R us at January 02, 2026 02:21 PM (TbWk/)
Wrapped up like a douche!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 02:23 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Minuteman at January 02, 2026 02:23 PM (47/pr)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 02, 2026 02:22 PM (viF8m)
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The news blackout is designed to shield the deluded and anger the normies into thinking nothing is going on.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 02:23 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: runner at January 02, 2026 02:23 PM (cmmSn)
Put the same defendants against the same judges and they will acquit all of them.
So unless we want to go full White Terror (that's counterrevolution, not race), this must be a more deliberate process.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 02:20 PM (ZOv7s)
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Also, burden of proof for the crimes on 1/6 were much lower.
"I have video of this person entering a place they shouldn't."
That's very different from, "Here is the paper trail of how this person enabled fraud in these locations with these people."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 02:23 PM (GBKbO)
Are you sure we can afford to keep on doing all this rescuing?
Posted by: gp at January 02, 2026 02:09 PM (GHIyr)
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Our enemies do not sleep. Whether we are talking about Democrats, Commies, China, islam, or termites, they are all opportunistic attackers.
We have to apply pressure opportunistically as well. Not all-in like VN, Iraq, a-stan,... but harassing fire. And applied wherever the return is greater than the cost. Since this is war, return is also measured in cost to adversaries -- do whatever we can to cost them more than it costs us.
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at January 02, 2026 02:23 PM (aTta8)
Go further. Who is behind them, supplying them with, say, the occasional pallet of cash?
Posted by: t-bird at January 02, 2026 02:23 PM (h9A1n)
Ohhhhhh. Well I have a houseful of teen boys... they do their own laundry.
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 02, 2026 02:22 PM (ftFVW)
Good call.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 02:24 PM (Zz0t1)
This will drive any living creature to insanity....
Posted by: Jackson at January 02, 2026 02:24 PM (J9q9v)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 02, 2026 02:22 PM (viF8m)
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The news blackout is designed to shield the deluded and anger the normies into thinking nothing is going on.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 02:23 PM (ZOv7s)
Say...let's see if Tony Dukopil mentions any of this at 6:30 PM tonight.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 02, 2026 02:24 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 02, 2026 02:22 PM (viF8m)
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Well, they read the only news that's fit to print.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 02:24 PM (GBKbO)
Do you even know what a Nazi is? Its disgusting that people intentionally downplay the atrocities of the Nazis by calling anyone they disagree with a Nazi. Maybe just stop posting about Tucker everyday and giving him more attention for the stupid crap he says.
The Right should not be emulating the Left's practice of trying to silence and ostracize everyone they disagree with because it will work out just as well for the Right as it has for the Left.
Posted by: Botched_Lobotomy at January 02, 2026 02:24 PM (utoSg)
And these yutes are still on the hook for federal terrorism charges to boot.
Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 02:21 PM (WDjG6)
I don't have a lot of faith in GA government. But I hope you're right.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 02, 2026 02:24 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 02, 2026 02:25 PM (QAvZU)
Posted by: Valerie Jarrett at January 02, 2026 02:25 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 02, 2026 02:12 PM (xcxpd)
I'm sure it'll work... this time.
Posted by: BurtTC
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I only know what I remember but my recollection is that we defeated them militarily in short order.
It was the bureaucrats what screwed America and got so many of our guys killed and messed up.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 02:25 PM (R0Fqj)
My Grandma would have said the only thing to say about a sock fail?
Darn it...
Posted by: Romeo13 at
Groan.
Posted by: Piper at January 02, 2026 02:25 PM (Wmg4n)
The fraud investigations in Minnesota were not initiated by Nick Shirley's ballsy reporting. They started well before that, and provided the needed public awareness to give the DOJ motivation and cover to get more aggressive in multiple states.
The wheels of justice are indeed moving on this one.
Posted by: Orson at January 02, 2026 02:25 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 02, 2026 02:26 PM (XeU6L)
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 02, 2026 02:22 PM (KDPiq)
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The correlation of forces is getting worse and worse for the left. The real danger point was in July, where Trump's assassination and the coverup - and then inevitable crackdown, would have caused upheaval in every institution. It is not a pleasant thing to think about.
The reason the left is now completely insane is that their moment has passed, and they are losing power without any visible means to get it back.
They're threatening retaliation if they get power again, but that's a big "if." A bunch of their candidates are going to be caught up in corruption charges, and they know it.
They know what they did, that's why they scream all the time.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 02:26 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 02, 2026 02:22 PM (ftFVW)
Good call.
Smart. You don't want to cut yourself.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 02:26 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: t-bird at January 02, 2026 02:23 PM (h9A1n)
Obongo!
Posted by: Zombie Bob Mugabe at January 02, 2026 02:27 PM (R/m4+)
"I have video of this person entering a place they shouldn't."
That's very different from, "Here is the paper trail of how this person enabled fraud in these locations with these people."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 02:23 PM (GBKbO)
My bell weather on this whole situation? Ashley Babbit's murderer has not been brought up on charges.
It was a flat out execution, and on any other day in any other building, that cop would have been charged, not honored.
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 02, 2026 02:27 PM (mP0Kj)
His substack article on this topic is really good. Lots of people have been indicted and a whole lot more are in the bullseye.
I always find it ironic how many people bitch that nothing isn't happening because nothing is being reported by the corrupt media.
Posted by: JackStraw
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As I noted above, this is a test case of horrors.
And a lot of flackies are going to flip on higher ups for reduced jail time.
Perkins Coie won't have enough lawyers to cover all the Dems that are going to get indicted.
Because they'll be too busy defending themselves.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 02, 2026 02:27 PM (prbfg)
"I have video of this person entering a place they shouldn't."
That's very different from, "Here is the paper trail of how this person enabled fraud in these locations with these people."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 02:23 PM (GBKbO)
My bell weather on this whole situation? Ashley Babbit's murderer has not been brought up on charges.
It was a flat out execution, and on any other day in any other building, that cop would have been charged, not honored.
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 02, 2026 02:27 PM (mP0Kj)
Unfortunately, Biden pardoned him. He will not be charged with her murder. Ever.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 02, 2026 02:28 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
Ohhhhhh. Well I have a houseful of teen boys... they do their own laundry.
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 02, 2026 02:22 PM (ftFVW)
At a certain point incineration becomes the only viable option.
Posted by: Sock it to them at January 02, 2026 02:28 PM (TbWk/)
I wonder if this means thread delays throughout the afternoon
Posted by: TITP at January 02, 2026 02:28 PM (OUE/9)
Posted by: Minuteman at January 02, 2026 02:23 PM (47/pr)
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Operation Eagle Claw. Desert One was the nav point where disaster struck. The monument at Arlington is quite moving.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 02:28 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Valerie Jarrett
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Ummm...you're welcome?
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 02, 2026 02:28 PM (22p5n)
It was a flat out execution, and on any other day in any other building, that cop would have been charged, not honored.
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 02, 2026 02:27 PM (mP0Kj)
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In DC?
Let's be fucking honest. A waste of DOJ time and resources on the march towards an embarrassing failure that, even if it got to trial, would lead to acquittal.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 02:28 PM (GBKbO)
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 02, 2026 02:29 PM (22p5n)
I've been fooled by Neocons once before.
Yes, but the problem has always been the Powell Doctrine of "you broke it, you bought it". Fuck that neocon jackass in particular.
Wars to kill off a renegade regime of assholes and leave is relatively cheap. Decades-long occupations to mold the resulting chaos into something resembling Disneyland is horrendously expensive in money and lives.
I've got no problem with the cheap option of applying high explosives and walking away.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 02, 2026 02:29 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 02, 2026 02:29 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 02, 2026 02:29 PM (sDNVV)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 02:29 PM (c115l)
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Braenyard, the US DoJ does not work the way you think it does. Simply put, most of the work is done not in DC but in each of the judicial districts of the US by appointed and confirmed DA's. Due to constitutional restrictions, defendants must be tried in the place of their offenses which means the grand juries and trial juries also have to be in that district along with an appointed and confirmed DA for that district.
Those DAs can be fired but then under current law (probably unconstitutional under current Scotus rulings), you get the situation in VA and NJ, the trial court judges get to pick the DA to fill the seat until the President and Senate put another in their place. And those judge appointed creatures put on as DA will promptly set on their ass to run out the statute of limitations.
The US cannot try defendants by information because a grand jury must be used to indict so an arrest can be made, only states can and do use information (instead of a grand jury) for an indictment via a preliminary court hearing.
Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 02:29 PM (WDjG6)
I'd argue the election of Jimmy Carter is when disaster struck.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 02:29 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: runner at January 02, 2026 02:29 PM (W3eFU)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 02:30 PM (c115l)
Yes, but the problem has always been the Powell Doctrine of "you broke it, you bought it". Fuck that neocon jackass in particular.
Wars to kill off a renegade regime of assholes and leave is relatively cheap. Decades-long occupations to mold the resulting chaos into something resembling Disneyland is horrendously expensive in money and lives.
I've got no problem with the cheap option of applying high explosives and walking away.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 02, 2026 02:29 PM (y9nCu)
It's a doggy dog world.
Posted by: Ruff stuff at January 02, 2026 02:30 PM (TbWk/)
It was the bureaucrats what screwed America and got so many of our guys killed and messed up.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 02:25 PM (R0Fqj)
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Correct. We rolled the Iraqis in record time, and then should have picked a strong man and left.
But no, we had to transform their society, and make it lame and gay.
Trump has no patience. Punitive expeditions are back on the menu. Wreck the joint and leave. If we get lip, wreck it again.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 02:30 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Blondi at January 02, 2026 02:30 PM (dgZyp)
Posted by: runner at January 02, 2026 02:30 PM (W3eFU)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 02, 2026 02:30 PM (QAvZU)
Posted by: melodicmetal at January 02, 2026 02:31 PM (61TgR)
Posted by: SMH
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It should always be borne in mind that I'm brain damaged.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 02, 2026 02:31 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 02, 2026 02:31 PM (QAvZU)
Posted by: Kindltot - Ea-Nasir, Say His Name at January 02, 2026 02:31 PM (rbvCR)
@LeadingReport 3m
BREAKING: Maduro caves, says Venezuela ‘ready’ to make deal with Trump after military strikes.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 02, 2026 02:31 PM (mlg/3)
Until there is a genuine effort to clean up the voter fraud we are assured of nothing, especially the house in the midterms. The Minnesota fraud is now uncovering even deeper electoral fraud- and Congress has done absolutely zero about it, because they’re still too busy figuring out how to increase the budget baseline when we are probably over a trillion in fraud, abuse and outright cuts. Even the most pedestrian citizen can do the math and ask the question- why aren’t we cutting every department and entitlement budget for the amount of fraud and abuse they are finding? Because it’s not money we will need to spend next year. *crickets*
Posted by: Marcus T at January 02, 2026 02:31 PM (i14TE)
Posted by: rickb223
And a glorious one at that. I hope he doesn't run because I'd love to see him stay on at State in a Vance cabinet.
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 02, 2026 02:31 PM (ftFVW)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 02:32 PM (Zz0t1)
The Israelis now will be security for Suez and the Red sea, the Palestinians will have a relief valve (and I expect lose a lot of funding from those who use them as a weapon) and this may well reduce tensions in the Levant more than doing the exact same thing we have been doing for 50 years.
Posted by: Kindltot - Ea-Nasir, Say His Name at January 02, 2026 02:32 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Kindltot - Ea-Nasir, Say His Name at January 02, 2026 02:32 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 02:28 PM (GBKbO)
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Based on recent DC grand jury decisions I'd say ham sandwiches are off the menu.
Posted by: mrp at January 02, 2026 02:32 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: NPC at January 02, 2026 02:32 PM (KDPiq)
It was a flat out execution, and on any other day in any other building, that cop would have been charged, not honored.
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 02, 2026 02:27 PM (mP0Kj)
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In DC?
Let's be fucking honest. A waste of DOJ time and resources on the march towards an embarrassing failure that, even if it got to trial, would lead to acquittal.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 02:28 PM (GBKbO)
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Exactly. Criminal charges would be a pipe dream on that case. And, I think the Trump Administration knew that...which is why they greenlighted a wrongful death payout of nearly $5 Million to the Babbitt family without much fanfare.
Posted by: Orson at January 02, 2026 02:32 PM (dIske)
Posted by: JackStraw
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The media savvy Trump administration can't figure a way to get the word out?
Put up a goddamn web site with a tally. It's raw meat. It'll calm the savages.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 02, 2026 02:32 PM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 02:32 PM (Ia/+0)
It was a flat out execution, and on any other day in any other building, that cop would have been charged, not honored.
Posted by: Romeo13
Lawsuit is grinding on and there is no statute of limitations on murder. All the facts and discovery from the lawsuit can then be applied to subsequent murder charges. That is what happened in the Randy Weaver case where Len Horiuchi, the FBI sniper, eventually faced charges in Idaho state courts. Ultimately, the case was dropped by a new state prosecutor.
Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 02:32 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: JackStraw
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What is happening that is Not meat & potatoes work that they should be doing all along/day to day.
1. Brennan and the 2. Mustache are tagged.
There's fruit on the ground, there's fruit bending the limbs of the trees to the ground.
We all remember. DoJ action now, resembles the House of Reps.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 02:32 PM (R0Fqj)
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Tony West, Kamala's brother in law, and Obama's head of civil rights at the DOJ.
He funded the law firms via confidential settlements.
B/c Obama removed the requirement that Congress approve any settlement over $100k.
These are the law firms that ran the Somali fraud from the legal end in MN (and around the nation).
Michelle and Barack were absolutely getting a cut of "Feeding our Futures."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 02, 2026 02:33 PM (prbfg)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
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I can't wait until Ex-Ex gets home I tell him that Valerie Jarrett thanked me for turning her on to a vet organization.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 02, 2026 02:33 PM (22p5n)
Posted by: Marcus T at January 02, 2026 02:33 PM (i14TE)
There’s plenty of evidence of Walz intimidating whistleblowers. If Walz stays out of prison that’ll be a huge crime in and of itself.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at January 02, 2026 02:33 PM (eZwyX)
BREAKING: Maduro caves, says Venezuela ‘ready’ to make deal with Trump after military strikes.
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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[recollects Reagan, 'Here's my plan,we win, they lose' ]
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 02, 2026 02:34 PM (XeU6L)
All that is needed for the current government to fall is for the Army to decide they're not interested and to stay in their barracks - an October 1917 scenario.
We have thought of the Ayatollah's government as strong because they have caused a great deal of trouble and always talk an immense amount of shit. But I hold that rather then strong, they are Brittle - they hold their shape until the first fracture, and then their government flies into a million pieces that cannot be put back together.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 02, 2026 02:35 PM (uWKK8)
Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok
HOLY CRAP
My jaw is on the floor…
Aimee Bock, the ringleader of the Feeding Our Future COVID fraud scheme, is listed as the contact for at least FOURTY SEVEN taxpayer-funded "child cares" in Minnesota, according to an official state database.
These locations must be investigated for potential further fraud @TheJusticeDept
X: https://bit.ly/45utUUv
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 02, 2026 02:35 PM (P5BPp)
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Pritzker should join him, but sadly, I don't see either of them in prison orange jumpsuits anytime soon.
Posted by: SMH at God's mercy at January 02, 2026 02:35 PM (22p5n)
Posted by: Piper at January 02, 2026 02:36 PM (Wmg4n)
It was a flat out execution, and on any other day in any other building, that cop would have been charged, not honored.
Posted by: Romeo13
Lawsuit is grinding on and there is no statute of limitations on murder. All the facts and discovery from the lawsuit can then be applied to subsequent murder charges. That is what happened in the Randy Weaver case where Len Horiuchi, the FBI sniper, eventually faced charges in Idaho state courts. Ultimately, the case was dropped by a new state prosecutor.
Posted by: whig
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If I understand correctly, you are saying that he will probably walk. And many others too. Right?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 02:36 PM (R0Fqj)
For example: Every Republican who has any chance of being elected or re-elected is “weak on the 2nd Amendment.” No one knows what that means; but, everybody on the podcasts and blogs knows it is true.
Posted by: Going deep. Out. at January 02, 2026 02:38 PM (zqeQL)
BREAKING: Maduro caves, says Venezuela ‘ready’ to make deal with Trump after military strikes.
Posted by: weft cut-loop
Maduro has put on a top hat and cane and is suddenly doing more tap dancing than Mr. Bojangles. Did you have any doubt that Trump's policy is working on him? Here's the proof. He's going broke, and he knows his "associates" aren't going to allow that, or forgive that.
The best part was where Maduro said "The drugs aren't even ours! It's Columbia sending you all those drugs, I swear, it's Columbia!!" Maduro's good friend Gustavo Petro is not amused.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 02, 2026 02:38 PM (uWKK8)
It was "helpful westerners" who saved his sorry ass by giving him refuge in France.
Posted by: Hurdy Gurdy Man at January 02, 2026 02:39 PM (fX1tL)
President Trump, thank you for your strong leadership and support of my compatriots. This warning you have issued to the criminal leaders of the Islamic Republic gives my people greater strength and hope — hope that, at last, a President of the United States is standing firmly by their side.
As they risk their lives to end this regime’s 46 year reign of chaos and terror, they send me with a responsibility and a message: to seek the relationship Iran once had with America that brought peace and prosperity to the Middle East.
I have the plan for stable transition for Iran and the support of my people to get it done. With your leadership of the free world, we can leave a legacy of lasting peace.
X: https://bit.ly/4aIAcne
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 02, 2026 02:41 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 02:21 PM (Zz0t1)
Yeah mom, it's not mine ...
Posted by: teenaged boys everywhere at January 02, 2026 02:42 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: EDM at January 02, 2026 02:46 PM (FmhTN)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 02, 2026 02:47 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2026 03:07 PM (2sfNr)
Joe, with all due respect, the Iranian regime has been at war with the United States (aka The Great Satan) since 1979. For God's sake, they even have a national holiday called "Death to America Day"! They are our enemy. Crushing an enemy is always good.
But what we mustn't do - and I'm sure you'll agree - is try Iraq-style nation building. Let the Persians sort out their own. I'm sure there's plenty we can do in the background to help ensure that a regime that is not openly hostile to us takes power.
Posted by: Nemo at January 02, 2026 03:35 PM (4RPgu)
For starters, I have never liked Bannon as he clung to the coat tails of Brietbart. Second, he should wash his hair, get a cut and shave now and then.
Carlson is going to regret this someday. Soon, I hope.
I love VP Vance. No, he does not wear eyeliner...I have met one guy in my life with gorgeous blue eyes like his. Extra thick black eyelashes girls would kill for. My first sample of love...and he sadly died a few months later of a very rare cancer. I will never forget him or his eyes.
I love Vance's no nonsense, concise, talk. His sense of humor and intelligence. I just love him.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 02, 2026 03:36 PM (WONhk)
CBS "News" Announces That They Have "Missed" Big Stories Because They Only Talk to "Advocates," "Academics," and "Elites;" Admits That No One Trusts the "Legacy Media" Any Longer
And they promise they'll correct that.
Now, they continue lying by omission -- the problem isn't just that they only speak to "advocates" or "academics" or "elites." There are conservative versions of those, whom they don't speak to. Their bias is not to "advocates" or "academics" or "elites," but to the communist left. They're claiming that their bias is towards experts while they ignore the uninformed general public. Um, the "experts" told us the vaccine worked and was totally safe and that covid didn't come from a Chinese lab. They still refuse to admit that and I would never trust a lifelong liar until he admits his lifelong lies. Still, this is a pretty big statement, lies and all. The legacy media has never before acknowledged that it is merely a legacy media, among other newer medias. They insist they are the one and only media."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."
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) January 1, 2026
That changes now. The new CBS Evening News… pic.twitter.com/NKdvRJjYCS
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at January 02, 2026 12:17 PM (Vpqw1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 12:17 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 12:17 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at January 02, 2026 12:17 PM (Vpqw1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 12:17 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 12:17 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 02, 2026 12:18 PM (xvV+O)
Posted by: Nazdar at January 02, 2026 12:18 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 12:18 PM (Ia/+0)
That is the tell.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 02, 2026 12:19 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 02, 2026 12:19 PM (3Amc7)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 02, 2026 12:19 PM (NwnyJ)
That changes now. The new CBS Evening News� pic.twitter.com/NKdvRJjYCS
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) January 1, 2026
Well duh.......
Read any story written by the liberal media about the midwest or deep south. It's horseshit that proves they've never been there, talked to anyone from there and just fling poo from their high horse.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 12:20 PM (Zz0t1)
They still refuse to admit that and I would never trust a lifelong liar until he admits his lifelong lies.
Still, this is a pretty big statement, lies and all.
I listened to what the blow dried mannequin said, and I knew what he would and wouldn't say. He never says anything describing the real problem, namely "we allowed ourselves to become ideological robots, slaves to the left, and ONLY the left. All of us. As a result, the only way we will actually change is if we're all fired."
The rest of his verbal cloud could (and is) equally well have been emitted by standard politicians, of both the left and right.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 12:20 PM (Riz8t)
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Only for convenience. Their alliance is to the Party.
If by this time next year the Party is full-on nativist, CBS will be on TV seven nights a week gleefully documenting deportations and run thinkpieces on the need for robotic cannon installations at the border and the installation of minefields.
They have no intellectual allegiance. They aren't even honest communists.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 12:20 PM (avHHk)
Imagine some major news story where the only people the media goes to talk to about it are
Jordan Peterson
Thomas Sowell
Victor Davis Hanson
Salena Zito
And imagine if EVERY news story was like this
Be a hell of a better world but...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 12:20 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 02, 2026 12:19 PM (NwnyJ)
My dad used to call it "Compressed Bat Shit."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 12:20 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: scottst at January 02, 2026 12:21 PM (0KBj+)
Posted by: man at January 02, 2026 12:21 PM (xDZRs)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 02, 2026 12:21 PM (3Amc7)
"We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism," says Mamdani
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 02, 2026 12:21 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 02, 2026 12:21 PM (3uBP9)
"We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism," says Mamdani
And chocolate rations will increase from 30 to 25 grams!
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 12:22 PM (Riz8t)
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Ah.
So CBS is going to do a "conservatives in the mist" thing where they send journalists on safari to the jungles of Missouri and Ohio to talk to the "real, common people" of flyover country while they nod along in simulated interest according to all "active listening" techniques and then fly back to New York having learned nothing.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 12:22 PM (avHHk)
The problem is since no one who isn't a lefty trusts them any more this means they aren't good at their job.
So what we are seeing right now from some of the smarter FNM outlets is "how do I do the minimum to regain enough trust that most LIVs will again turn to me for information that only supports the narrative?"
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 12:22 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 02, 2026 12:22 PM (/iXAp)
Posted by: banana Dream
I think we are all above average.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 02, 2026 12:23 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 12:23 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 02, 2026 12:21 PM (L/fGl)
If his Inaugural "block party" was any indication NYC is in for some real hurt
Posted by: It's me donna at January 02, 2026 12:23 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 02, 2026 12:19 PM (NwnyJ)
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As we learned during the Rather disaster, CBS is "Cock-and-Bull Story."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 12:23 PM (avHHk)
The warmth of the Gulag.
The warmth of the White Sea Canal.
The warmth of Magadan.
All these things await you, Comrades!
Posted by: Zombie Uncle Joe! at January 02, 2026 12:24 PM (xTIDn)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 02, 2026 12:24 PM (3Amc7)
Posted by: NCKate at January 02, 2026 12:24 PM (uQzkA)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 02, 2026 12:24 PM (HXT0k)
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It's probably more like multi-trillion dollars of taxpayer's money.
And it's the US Government stealing it. The Somalis, welfare queens and all the other hangers on that live off my taxes are just the beneficiaries, the cut-outs and middle men used by Congress to line their pockets with my hard earned money.
It's theft. On a national scale. The largest transfer of wealth in history. To them. From you and me.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 02, 2026 12:24 PM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 12:24 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 02, 2026 12:24 PM (L/fGl)
There have been some minor kickbacks, but let's see how long it takes for the propaganda ministries to to do full search and destroy attacks on CBS. Within a week for so id think
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 02, 2026 12:24 PM (zNwXb)
Nicely put.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 12:25 PM (Riz8t)
Will muslims block streets today for prayer or is it too cold?
Posted by: CTHillary, dead but dreaming at January 02, 2026 12:25 PM (Vpqw1)
Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 02, 2026 12:25 PM (RQ8Pa)
Paid Talking Heads. Like 'expert witnesses' in trials. Drop the money in the slot, get exactly the story you want to hear.
Posted by: gp at January 02, 2026 12:25 PM (GHIyr)
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 12:26 PM (Ia/+0)
The warmth of the Kolyma mines
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 02, 2026 12:26 PM (xG4kz)
Either there was a DNC blast fax or the media already knew about the fraud and knows to protect the Democrats from it.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 02, 2026 12:26 PM (QZThv)
Only experts have the expertise to properly identify an expert.
Posted by: gp at January 02, 2026 12:27 PM (GHIyr)
"Trusting" media is a function of government control thru the mid 20th century.
It's just reverting to the norm.
Posted by: man at January 02, 2026 12:27 PM (xDZRs)
Shoot the kulaks and other mad dogs, Comrades!
Posted by: Madmani! at January 02, 2026 12:27 PM (xTIDn)
And they still are.. I saw some "doctor" expert say Trump is gravely ill and is lying about his heath just yesterday... Funny.. They never noticed brain dead Biden...
Posted by: It's me donna at January 02, 2026 12:27 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 02, 2026 12:21 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Tom at January 02, 2026 12:27 PM (uWKK8)
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Willowed:
Good commuter car for those who live in a mild-climate area.
I wouldn't get a Tesla though, I'd get a Leaf
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Sorry, I'm at that stage in life where I'm not going to drive a tiny car. I can afford a bit more. The base model Teslas aren't that crazy in price. You can get a used one too.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 02, 2026 12:28 PM (VCgbV)
They were caught changing the hours on their web site so the media could say Nick was there when it's closed. Both the old and new hours don't match what they're licensed to operate though (they claim to close at midnight, which is retarded for a daycare, and they're not licensed for past 8 PM).
Posted by: Ian S. at January 02, 2026 12:28 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 02, 2026 12:28 PM (fUDfS)
Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at January 02, 2026 12:28 PM (eJnZA)
Posted by: Dan Rather at January 02, 2026 12:28 PM (2Ez/1)
The media misinterprets (purposefully most of the time). The media obfuscates a lot of the time. They omit to protect. Misrepresent to push a message.
The CIA does all those things, and ignores obvious warning signs because it doesn't reflect their world view. Like, oh I don't know, a small army of Saudis learning how to fly jetliners in the US.
Posted by: Orson at January 02, 2026 12:28 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Tony Dokoupil at January 02, 2026 12:29 PM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Adriane the Lack of Vacuum Critic. . . at January 02, 2026 12:29 PM (EI78d)
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I'd rather the risk of freezing in the freedom of rugged individualism than the certainty of burning in the fires of collectivism.
But I guess the tinder of 100 million bodies consumed by collectivism in the last century didn't provide enough "warmth."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 02, 2026 12:29 PM (HXT0k)
29 "We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism," says Mamdani
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 02, 2026 12:21 PM (L/fGl)
Notice how Mamdani frames his arguments in psycho-sexual terms, and avoids logic?
That's why young women love him so - he's one of them.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 02, 2026 12:29 PM (uWKK8)
Posted by: Ian S. at January 02, 2026 12:26 PM (QZThv)
Of course they knew about it. We've been talking about it for decades. It's just that no one pays attention to us. We're the heroes here. -- Powerline
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 12:29 PM (ExV1e)
And don't forget the "Zionists"!
By the end of my term. we'll be blaming the Jews for well poisonings!
Posted by: Madmani! at January 02, 2026 12:30 PM (xTIDn)
Posted by: huerfano at January 02, 2026 12:30 PM (98kQX)
Only experts have the expertise to properly identify an expert.
One of my old bosses and I were discussing government support for artists. I was against, of course, while he was vehemently for. I asked him who would decide what was worthwhile art. He replied "artists, of course".
I lost a great deal of respect for him that day.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 12:30 PM (Riz8t)
It's pretty simple. "News" is supposed to be gathering/summary/presentation of *information*. Not, at all, a question of "talking to" any particular audience.
So as one would expect there still isn't the slightest comprehension of a legit or useful role here. All the hoopla over Weiss was puzzling, this silly crap was to be expected.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 02, 2026 12:30 PM (U/Byj)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 02, 2026 12:31 PM (3Amc7)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 02, 2026 12:21 PM (L/fGl)
It's pretty fucking frigid in the gulag.
Posted by: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn at January 02, 2026 12:31 PM (TbWk/)
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If you can't trust the people who lied to you about Biden's physical and mental health for four years, who can you trust?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 02, 2026 12:31 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: rhomboid at January 02, 2026 12:30 PM (U/Byj)
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If you're a "reporter" then, sure.
But these people are "journalists" and that is a very different thing.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 12:31 PM (avHHk)
I enjoy the snark, but I don't think that really excuses the MFM. It's like how they ignore O'Keefe, and smear him when that doesn't work.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 02, 2026 12:31 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: huerfano at January 02, 2026 12:30 PM (98kQX)
I primarily go to places with a lot of horse shit. And horses.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 02, 2026 12:32 PM (3uBP9)
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LOL, no.
They'll call the same far left "background" sources they use for all their stories.
And just say it's "Dave from Kansas City."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 02, 2026 12:32 PM (HXT0k)
Nothing will change. They will only try to claim it did, but we plebs were too stupid to see it.
Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at January 02, 2026 12:32 PM (zBIzS)
I think that this is one of those things where there didn't need to be a conspiracy, because they all think the same. Conservative did thing, then thing bad, so the story is bad conservative.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 02, 2026 12:32 PM (3Amc7)
CBS turns over a new leaf by......gas lighting us?
Posted by: Frank Barone at January 02, 2026 12:32 PM (IifOV)
Posted by: DaveA at January 02, 2026 12:32 PM (FhXTo)
Because they've got so many schemes and fronts running around the world, making money, that they can hardly keep track of it. They make so much money on the side, unaccounted for, that they don't even need the money budgeted to them by Congress every year.
They're self sufficient. And totally ungovernable.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 02, 2026 12:33 PM (NwnyJ)
They'll call the same far left "background" sources they use for all their stories.
And just say it's "Dave from Kansas City."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 02, 2026 12:32 PM (HXT0k)
+++
Heh. Probably, yeah.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 12:33 PM (avHHk)
CBS News
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 12:33 PM (Ia/+0)
There is a great quote in Miller's Masters of the Air, page 121 (paperback edition cause I'm frugal) where the glorious Walter Cronkite, then with the UP, says, "We were all on the same side then, and most of us newsmen abandoned any part of impartiality as we reported on the heroism of our boys..."
That abandonment continues to this day.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 02, 2026 12:34 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Bulg at January 02, 2026 12:34 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Ian S. at January 02, 2026 12:31 PM (QZThv)
It wasn't intended to excuse the MSM. I believe that the Powerline guys really have been talking about the Somali issue for a considerable amount of time. The problem with them is that wrote it up on their blog and that was the extent of their effort.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 12:34 PM (ExV1e)
CBS News
You laugh, but remember that Jake Tapper said that he'd missed Biden's senility so he'll make up for it by going extra hard after...Trump. You can't make this stuff up.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 12:35 PM (Riz8t)
They'll call the same far left "background" sources they use for all their stories.
And just say it's "Dave from Kansas City."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 02, 2026 12:32 PM (HXT0k)
++++
And it will sound like this:
https://youtu.be/lpzVc7s-_e8
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 12:35 PM (avHHk)
(and not because we are gearing up for the mid-terms.)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 02, 2026 12:35 PM (2WIwB)
I won't be holding my breath.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 02, 2026 12:35 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 02, 2026 12:36 PM (fzmqt)
Not unlike Jay Leno when he was hosting the Tonight Show.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 12:36 PM (ExV1e)
They get angry easily. So say something to draw their anger out, like, Your mother works in the men's restroom in a small town in Texas.
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 02, 2026 12:36 PM (EyfuW)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 02, 2026 12:32 PM
We raise cattle in my area of the outdoors, mostly.
Posted by: huerfano at January 02, 2026 12:36 PM (98kQX)
Yes, they've been all over it for a long time. They often don't get credit for local news groundwork they've done.
Posted by: gp at January 02, 2026 12:36 PM (GHIyr)
I should hope so. I'm yelling F*** YOU!!! at the top of my lungs.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 12:36 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at January 02, 2026 12:36 PM (aTta8)
... lightning didn't just strike twice, it did it dozens of times
Posted by: SMOD at January 02, 2026 12:37 PM (RHGPo)
I won't be holding my breath.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 02, 2026 12:35 PM (viF8m)
++++
There comes a point where trust cannot be re-established.
A single lie or betrayal is potentially forgivable. Maybe even multiple. It depends on circumstances.
Continuous betrayal and deceit for years on end cannot be. Trust is not damaged, it is gone. It cannot be fixed. Anything with their names is forever untrustworthy. Forever tainted. CBS can return to a straight and narrow path, but for me at least, it won't matter. CBS cannot be trusted. Not today, not tomorrow. Never again. Trust is over. Their very name is nothing more than a synonym for deceit.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 12:38 PM (avHHk)
and the mullahs want to hide this behind a burka
https://tinyurl.com/yu97a7ec
Posted by: Don Black
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 02, 2026 12:38 PM (/lPRQ)
China’s rocket industry meanwhile has boomed, and it has done so by adopting policies directly opposite to that of Putin. It has allowed the formation of what I call pseudo-companies, which mimic capitalism by working independently while competing for contracts and profits. All are under close supervision and control by the communist government, which can take them over at any time, but this system allows for competition which thus encourages innovation and efficiency.
https://is.gd/3iEWhb
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 12:39 PM (Riz8t)
Huddled for warmth?
*that's not my elbow...
Posted by: man at January 02, 2026 12:39 PM (xDZRs)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 02, 2026 12:40 PM (L/fGl)
Why?
He, like the other two, have been drinking the Kool-aide for so long, he cannot even conceptualize how conservatives think. He is intellectually incapable of understanding why A) Trump is so popular; and B) why people no longer trust him and his colleagues.
Sad.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 02, 2026 12:40 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: SMOD at January 02, 2026 12:40 PM (RHGPo)
So which is it -- were the "advocates" (what does that mean?) experts and academics saying that masks were only necessary on camera?
OR WERE YOU MOTHERFUCKERS INTENTIONALLY LYING to the public?
Fuck you and your whole corrupt industry.
And wear a fucking T-shit under your shirt so that it is all white and you don't look like a fucking Frenchman.
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at January 02, 2026 12:40 PM (aTta8)
A single lie or betrayal is potentially forgivable. Maybe even multiple. It depends on circumstances.
Continuous betrayal and deceit for years on end cannot be. Trust is not damaged, it is gone. It cannot be fixed. Anything with their names is forever untrustworthy. Forever tainted. CBS can return to a straight and narrow path, but for me at least, it won't matter. CBS cannot be trusted. Not today, not tomorrow. Never again. Trust is over. Their very name is nothing more than a synonym for deceit.
From my #14:
I listened to what the blow dried mannequin said, and I knew what he would and wouldn't say. He never says anything describing the real problem, namely "we allowed ourselves to become ideological robots, slaves to the left, and ONLY the left. All of us. As a result, the only way we will actually change is if we're all fired."
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 12:40 PM (Riz8t)
--Retard Mike DeWine Ohio Dimwit Who is Lining His Pockets
Posted by: Cheri at January 02, 2026 12:41 PM (oiNtH)
A single lie or betrayal is potentially forgivable. Maybe even multiple. It depends on circumstances.
Continuous betrayal and deceit for years on end cannot be. Trust is not damaged, it is gone. It cannot be fixed. Anything with their names is forever untrustworthy. Forever tainted. CBS can return to a straight and narrow path, but for me at least, it won't matter. CBS cannot be trusted. Not today, not tomorrow. Never again. Trust is over. Their very name is nothing more than a synonym for deceit.
Posted by: Joe Mannix
*the medical establishment has entered the chat.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 12:41 PM (c115l)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 02, 2026 12:41 PM (FCrpy)
You want to know how the news sausage gets made, watch Broadcast News.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 02, 2026 12:41 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: man at January 02, 2026 12:41 PM (xDZRs)
... this would have been an interesting development had the courts accepted this notion.
Imagine if it were used to impeach those who have engaged in endless “lawfare” before the courts.
It seems possible, if applied to the 2000 presidential election, we may have had a President Ralph Nader.
Posted by: SMOD at January 02, 2026 12:41 PM (RHGPo)
Whichever company build best rocket, government buy. Leaders of company get place in government. Other companies, other leaders... you die. Be better. -- CCP
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 12:42 PM (ExV1e)
And they always answer "no."
Because it's a religion.
The problem with the news isn't that they slant their reporting:
It's their religion of leftism, which absolutely dictates down to the smallest detail what is "news"
Running a stock photo of a white man being cuffed for a crime story--when the actual perp is a coal-black immigrant--isn't "lack of proper focus," that's the fervor of religious propaganda.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 02, 2026 12:42 PM (HXT0k)
"The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ended its 157-year print run on Dec. 31, 2025, moving to a digital-only format.
Atlanta is now the only major U.S. city without a daily printed newspaper"
You know, the 'newspaper' that killed Richard Jewell.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 02, 2026 12:42 PM (XeU6L)
—Ace
And they promise they'll correct that.
I'm disappointed, Ace. This is the perfect setup for your classic involving "promises", "that thing," and "your mouth." Some assembly required.
Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 02, 2026 12:42 PM (ycI94)
Imagine some major news story where the only people the media goes to talk to about it are
Jordan Peterson
Thomas Sowell
Victor Davis Hanson
Salena Zito
And imagine if EVERY news story was like this
Be a hell of a better world but...
Posted by: 18-1
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That's the thing. I don't mind stories that include analysis by experts rather than the perspective of "the average American." CBS is ignoring the fact that the roster of experts is always people like Nikole Hannah.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 02, 2026 12:42 PM (n7rxJ)
Joe Walsh (the former congressman, not the guy whose Maserati goes 185) is whining that when he became a Democrat and supported Mamdami he didn't know the guy was a Communist, so the "warmth of collectivism" statement is giving him the sads.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 02, 2026 12:43 PM (QZThv)
New Jersey thief returns mandolins he stole before Christmas: "SORRY, I BEEN DRUNK"
https://is.gd/5IIu25
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 02, 2026 12:43 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 02, 2026 12:43 PM (0U5gm)
https://tinyurl.com/yu97a7ec"
.wowza. ...
Posted by: man
Proof positive they are irredeemable goat fuckers.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 12:43 PM (c115l)
-Mrs. Santa's unclean sister
Or, if you are David Muir, have an assistant put clothes pins to cinch your fireman's coat to make you look like a stud when you report on a fire. What a putz.
Posted by: Cheri at January 02, 2026 12:44 PM (oiNtH)
and the mullahs want to hide this behind a burka
https://tinyurl.com/yu97a7ec"
.wowza. ...
Posted by: man
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She's had a ton of plastic surgery, but your point stands.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 02, 2026 12:44 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 12:44 PM (c115l)
Posted by: An Hour of Television Jam Packed With 15 Minutes of Fake News at January 02, 2026 12:44 PM (qUkBO)
"Compassionate Collectivism"
its' like watching GWB in Bizarro World.
Posted by: SMOD at January 02, 2026 12:44 PM (RHGPo)
They were either criminally incompetent, or criminally co-conspirators, and now they are claiming it was just a messaging problem. FUCK FUCK FUCK them.
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at January 02, 2026 12:44 PM (aTta8)
Posted by: Pudinhead at January 02, 2026 12:45 PM (fzmqt)
Posted by: man at January 02, 2026 12:45 PM (xDZRs)
If it goes from GOP to Dem, the press will say that they probably went over the line in their "standing up to the Administration" and pledge to not be as confrontational to the new President.
When it goes from Dem to GOP, the press will say that they weren't "tough enough on those in power" and will pledge to hold the new President accountable.
Basically, help the Dems and try to destroy the GOP.
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at January 02, 2026 12:45 PM (k1E2D)
Posted by: CBS at January 02, 2026 12:45 PM (XeU6L)
So CBS is going to do a "conservatives in the mist" thing where they send journalists on safari to the jungles of Missouri and Ohio to talk to the "real, common people" of flyover country while they nod along in simulated interest according to all "active listening" techniques and then fly back to New York having learned nothing.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
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The fewer teeth, the better. That's the average American.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 02, 2026 12:45 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: An Hour of Television Jam Packed With 15 Minutes of Fake News at January 02, 2026 12:44 PM (qUkBO)
++++
Man, if only.
My favorite thing in my market is the total fake "news" story that is actually an advertisement. I sometimes tune in to the AM news for weather reports. Most of the time, there's a "news" segment is that very clearly bought and paid for. "News" coverage of a product and how great it is isn't a thing. That's a commercial read by the newsreaders without disclosure.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 12:46 PM (avHHk)
They'll call the same far left "background" sources they use for all their stories.
And just say it's "Dave from Kansas City."
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 02, 2026 12:32 PM (HXT0k)
++++
And it will sound like this:
https://youtu.be/lpzVc7s-_e8
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 12:35 PM (avHHk)
***
Ha!
Exaclty.
I would laugh at my journo buddy and ask:
Why is it when you interview an environmentalist, the guy you talk to is wearing flannel?
Why is it when you interview an academic, the dude has a beard?
Why is it when you interview a "conservative" it's always a truck driver?
Why is it when you interview someone about race, it's always a person of color?
He didn't think it was funny.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 02, 2026 12:46 PM (2WIwB)
Yeah, that's just unethical.
Posted by: Canoeist in a storm at January 02, 2026 12:46 PM (Riz8t)
Social Security paid my $250 furnace bill last month. Socialism kept me warm. After living on SS for ten years, it's getting harder and harder for me to throw stones in this glass house.
Face it: SS is socialism. It's charity. Yes, it was supposed to be a contract, but now it's just govt dole. The principal was squandered and stolen long ago, and today it's all funded by printed fiat money. Every time gold and silver go up, that's your USD becoming more and more worthless to "pay" for the dole.
SS was a stupid unsutainable socialist promise that could never be kept forever, and it's draining this nation. I have to admit this, despite it being against my own personal interest.
Posted by: gp at January 02, 2026 12:46 PM (GHIyr)
and the mullahs want to hide this behind a burka
https://tinyurl.com/yu97a7ec
Posted by: Don Black
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 02, 2026 12:38 PM (/lPRQ)
Interestingly, her younger sister Iman - the middle sister, I believe, married a Jew.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 12:46 PM (ExV1e)
https://is.gd/5IIu25
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 02, 2026 12:43 PM
Must have been too difficult to fence, not being in Tennessee or Kentucky.
Posted by: huerfano at January 02, 2026 12:46 PM (98kQX)
https://tinyurl.com/yu97a7ec
The mullahs are gayer than Scott Weiner. This is known.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 02, 2026 12:47 PM (QZThv)
-
Well, it was a big secret.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 02, 2026 12:47 PM (L/fGl)
…
Danish renewables giant Orsted, the world’s largest developer of offshore wind farms, said on Friday that it had launched legal action against the Trump administration over the suspension of its $5 billion Revolution Wind project.
Shares of the Copenhagen-listed company rose more than 4% on the news, putting the stock among the top performers of the pan-European Stoxx 600 index.
Posted by: Really?? at January 02, 2026 12:47 PM (/CkK4)
“He won a majority. He has a mandate. The Masters of the Universe, the billionaires, did everything they could to make sure he wasn’t the mayor. It didn’t work. He’s a great organizer.”
Scum.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 02, 2026 12:47 PM (xTIDn)
Posted by: An Hour of Television Jam Packed With 15 Minutes of Fake News at January 02, 2026 12:44 PM (qUkBO)
The sheer preponderance of ads shows people are still watching TV news.
That reminds me every time:
-Cable channels, no commercials because you paid a monthly fee. Then add commercials (at least to news and other non movie channels.)
-Streaming, no commercials, because you paid a monthly fee. Now every service chock-a-blocs your movie with ads unless you get the premium-premium service (on top of already buying the thing.)
Analysis: all of this is bullshit.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 02, 2026 12:47 PM (bss/y)
Putting the people before the oligarchs = Big if true.
Narrator: It isn't.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 02, 2026 12:47 PM (wBaIH)
They might actually be willing to go back to Persia.
https://farahpahlavi.org/
princess-noor-pahlavi/
Had an Uncle who spent time there during the 'Nam era.
Never said a negative word.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 02, 2026 12:47 PM (/lPRQ)
https://tinyurl.com/yu97a7ec"
.wowza. ...
Posted by: man
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She's had a ton of plastic surgery, but your point stands.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 02, 2026 12:44 PM (n7rxJ)
***
Meh.
We have Melania.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 02, 2026 12:48 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 02, 2026 12:44 PM (n7rxJ)
===============
She has? Wow, they start early down there in DC I guess. She looks pretty great to me, and I assumed it was all natural. Her mom has always been pretty good looking too.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 02, 2026 12:48 PM (7L0HB)
Posted by: Seth at January 02, 2026 12:48 PM (eZUFV)
“He won a majority. He has a mandate. The Masters of the Universe, the billionaires, did everything they could to make sure he wasn’t the mayor. It didn’t work. He’s a great organizer.”
Scum.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 02, 2026 12:47 PM (xTIDn)
The check cleared.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 02, 2026 12:49 PM (0CU3H)
and the mullahs want to hide this behind a burka
https://tinyurl.com/yu97a7ec
Posted by: Don Black
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 02, 2026 12:38 PM (/lPRQ)
:::sigh:::
:::zip:::
Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at January 02, 2026 12:49 PM (k1E2D)
Not missed
Just a minor technicality.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 02, 2026 12:49 PM (NwnyJ)
33 Big story today here is FBI uncovered?? a jihadi plot by a black 18 year old kid to kill people at Burger King and Teeter. He's been trying to kill people with hammers for 3 years. Last week same suburb black guy shot two cops both in the head. They lived. He didn't. No jihad. Just anger at child custody arrangement.
Posted by: NCKate at January 02, 2026 12:24 PM (uQzkA)
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Did an FBI informant provide the hammer-time kid with a bigger hammer?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 02, 2026 12:49 PM (azNOR)
i hope they bought carbon offsets for all that gas
Posted by: anachronda at January 02, 2026 12:49 PM (edU/H)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 02, 2026 12:50 PM (bss/y)
Well, when you're the shah, you kinda get your pick of the hotties.
Posted by: Her Dad and Granddad at January 02, 2026 12:50 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 02, 2026 12:50 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 02, 2026 12:50 PM (zNwXb)
totter is best teeter
Posted by: anachronda at January 02, 2026 12:50 PM (edU/H)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 02, 2026 12:50 PM (bss/y)
Another uprising, but I fear it will end up like all the others...
Posted by: It's me donna at January 02, 2026 12:50 PM (VE6XX)
“He won a majority. He has a mandate. The Masters of the Universe, the billionaires, did everything they could to make sure he wasn’t the mayor. It didn’t work. He’s a great organizer.”
Scum.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 02, 2026 12:47 PM (xTIDn)
The check cleared.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 02, 2026
Berets aren't cheap, you know.
Posted by: Josephistan at January 02, 2026 12:50 PM (G0Uu2)
Posted by: Really?? at January 02, 2026 12:51 PM (/CkK4)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 02, 2026 12:50 PM (bss/y)
A bit of a contretemps among the natives.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 02, 2026 12:51 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Ian S. at January 02, 2026 12:51 PM (QZThv)
Posted by: NCKate at January 02, 2026 12:24 PM (uQzkA)
Chacun son métier
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at January 02, 2026 12:51 PM (aTta8)
Spokespeople for "Balanced Coverage"
Left side
- Academic in front of impressive bookshelf
- Guy in white coat or scrubs
- Whiny woman with big glasses
Right side
- Smarmy lobbyist in shiny suit
- Redneck with missing teeth
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026 12:51 PM (tgvbd)
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Every news story on a campaign announcement or business announcement is just a repackaged press release they sent out.
I mean, does anyone think the stupidest people in any college are also not the laziest?
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 02, 2026 12:51 PM (HXT0k)
Sliwa gives me the creeps
Posted by: It's me donna at January 02, 2026 12:51 PM (VE6XX)
yeah, the press did not "miss" the story, they buried facts and rewrote/spun the story with a leftist slant ... all done intentionally.
They don't need to pretend to listen to "average Americans" rather than "experts" (i.e. leftist advocates), they need to seek out Real Experts, like the group (I forgot the name already) of doctors that provided the real path during Covid lockdowns (which was obedience training for the masses, with MFM leading the way).
Posted by: illiniwek at January 02, 2026 12:51 PM (vbXSk)
Gooder and harder, New Yorkers. Gooder and harder.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 02, 2026 12:51 PM (jc0TO)
She's in a similar situation to the guy that tried and failed to reform CNN - enough power to make splashy cosmetic changes, but not enough to fundamentally change a thoroughly corrupt institution.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 12:52 PM (Riz8t)
The warmth of the Kolyma mines
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
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Generally known about mainly because one of its prisoners was a poet -- i.e., an individualist.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 02, 2026 12:52 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 02, 2026 12:51 PM
Ahem.
Posted by: Education Majors at January 02, 2026 12:52 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: It's me donna at January 02, 2026 12:50 PM (VE6XX)
At least this time Barky or Sleepy Joe isn't in charge.
Posted by: Josephistan at January 02, 2026 12:52 PM (G0Uu2)
You would have had far, far more money now if you had been allowed to put all the money you and your employer paid in Social Security taxes into a private investment account.
The government is not subsidizing you - you are subsidizing the government.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 02, 2026 12:52 PM (xTIDn)
Nothing in this statement is untrue. It’s sucks that it happened but it’s reality. He did win a majority and billionaires did spend a ton of money to defeat him, which obviously didn’t work.
Posted by: Really?? at January 02, 2026 12:53 PM (/CkK4)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 02, 2026 12:53 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 02, 2026 12:53 PM (DgMqy)
His "supporters" will.. It's the non-supporters he should be trying to win over...
Posted by: It's me donna at January 02, 2026 12:53 PM (VE6XX)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 02, 2026 12:53 PM (zNwXb)
SS was a stupid unsutainable socialist promise that could never be kept forever, and it's draining this nation. I have to admit this, despite it being against my own personal interest.
Posted by: gp
Social security was just an additional income tax that was added on top of the existing income tax. One year after it was implemented, a lawsuit over it made it to the supreme court. The supreme court agreed that it was simply an additional income tax. All of the talk about lock boxes etc. is just a smoke screen. The money is put into the general fund and any excess funds are used to buy government bonds.
The first instance of "Its a tax".
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 02, 2026 12:53 PM (0U5gm)
The kind you find at the second-hand store are.
They throw in the head lice gratis.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 12:54 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 02, 2026 12:53 PM
You sold your car?
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 02, 2026 12:54 PM (jc0TO)
Report: Curtis Sliwa says Zohran Mamdani has a mandate as Mayor and tells his supporters to give him a chance
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I don't care what happens in foreign countries.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026 12:54 PM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 02, 2026 12:55 PM (bss/y)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 02, 2026 12:55 PM (QpTiH)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 02, 2026 12:55 PM (zNwXb)
Um, the "experts" told us the vaccine worked and was totally safe and that covid didn't come from a Chinese lab.
They still refuse to admit that and I would never trust a lifelong liar until he admits his lifelong lies.
Posted by: Ace at 12:16 PM
They lied about everything to do with the Plandemic. Because those lies furthered the Deep State narrative. Anything that went against that narrative, the media declared to be "misinformation". Facts about Ivermectin and HCQ and monoclonal antibodies and natural immunity were deemed "misinformation".
I don't believe the media has been biased for decades. I believe the media is the unofficial propaganda ministry for the Deep State.
People with bias will give the benefit of the doubt to someone committing fraud or breaking the law. A propaganda ministry will outright lie about the fraud or law and tell you no fraud exists or no law was broken.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 02, 2026 12:55 PM (P5BPp)
Not missed
Just a minor technicality.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 02, 2026 12:49 PM (NwnyJ)
CBS Nooz telling people they'll do better, is pretty much the same as when Bob Iger comes out and says Dinsey is done with Woke.
Then proceeds to release films from the black lesbian female perspective, because goshdarnit, those are just the best people there are to be making movies.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 02, 2026 12:55 PM (dGCAG)
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 02, 2026 12:18 PM (xvV+O)
Exactly. The "C" stands for "Communist". Or "Cocksucker".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 02, 2026 12:55 PM (8zz6B)
Are we going to have a national day of silence when PewdiePie dies? Trying to immortalize a dead podcaster is moronic
Bari Weiss is a propagandist. CBS is the newest fox news.
She is doing exactly what she was hired to do. Twitter was sold to kill it. Same with CBS. Others aren’t far behind…
The Project 2025 oligarchs seem to own all media now. Maybe they always did but are brazen about it now. The news is dead, and their snippets of proganda are ubiquitous. At least it's obvious now.
Watch the MAGA vultures swoop in and buy up the PBS/NPR studios and production facilities for pennies on the dollar.
TAXPAYER DOLLARS! Yet another giveaway to the corporate scum/MAGA slime.
Remeber when Dan Rather was the principal anchor for CBS Evening News? He still covers politics. He has a free Substack called Steady.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 02, 2026 12:55 PM (ycI94)
Not to mention the fact that that money would now be part of YOUR estate. If you pay into SS for 50 years, and die the day you start taking it, your heirs get zip.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 12:55 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 02, 2026 12:53 PM
You sold your car?
Nope I'm going to do better. I promise.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 02, 2026 12:56 PM (DgMqy)
I walked the TV on New Years Eve.
CNN had their top stories of the year, I started watching at number six.
Number Five was The Killing of Iryna Zarutska.
Would have thought Assassination of C Kirk would have ranked higher since that knocked Iryna out of the news and, objectively, was a bigger eal than MLK.
Nada.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 02, 2026 12:56 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: tubal at January 02, 2026 12:56 PM (pDt9x)
Just another loud mouth New Yorker.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 02, 2026 12:56 PM (wBaIH)
Perspective - Obama became a US Senator, January 2005.
2004: Valerie Jarrett serves as Finance Chair for Obama's successful run for the U.S. Senate.
2005-2008: She becomes a crucial strategic advisor as groundwork is laid for Obama's presidential campaign.
2009-2017: Jarrett serves as a Senior Advisor to President Barack Obama, a role she held throughout both of his terms in the White House, focusing on public engagement and intergovernmental affairs.
And before that, Chicago. Of course.
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OTOH, Legacy Media has lied forever. Vietnam. Even back to the Spanish Flu.
History dot com: As the 1918 Flu Emerged, Cover-Up and Denial Helped It Spread
Nations fighting in World War I were reluctant to report their flu outbreaks.
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You think that I don't even mean
A single word I say
It's only words and words are all I have
To take your heart away. 🎶
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 02, 2026 12:56 PM (NFX2v)
LOL.. How did that work out for you...
Posted by: It's me donna at January 02, 2026 12:56 PM (VE6XX)
OTOH, based on my perusal of videos on the matter, if left to their own accord most people won't. It would interfere with their 6 trips to Disney every year, or the need to buy the newest truck every year, or the need to have multiple $10 coffees every day, or...
Supposedly, the percentage of Americans who CAN use a 401k and DO use it is around 56%.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 12:57 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Thomas Paine
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Yes, it was always "just a tax" and the money has all been spent and then some. It was a slush fund for bureaucrats to go wild, and they did.
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at January 02, 2026 12:57 PM (aTta8)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 12:57 PM (Riz8t)
It's ok, the only people who will have a key is everyone in government.
Posted by: t-bird at January 02, 2026 12:57 PM (ZKbri)
“He won a majority. He has a mandate. The Masters of the Universe, the billionaires, did everything they could to make sure he wasn’t the mayor. It didn’t work. He’s a great organizer.”
Scum.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 02, 2026 12:47 PM (xTIDn)
The check cleared.
Posted by: Darrell Harris
That's the last one that will.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 12:57 PM (c115l)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 02, 2026 12:55 PM (ycI94)
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LOL.
"Remember the guy who lied to you all the time, but you liked the lies?Well, you can still get him to lie to you - and you don't even have to pay!"
Wild.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 12:57 PM (avHHk)
CBS loses nothing by “reforming” their news. TV news viewership is light to start with.
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Unfortunately, that viewership includes Her Majesty. I go upstairs and say my Rosary then.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026 12:57 PM (tgvbd)
Maybe, maybe not. My investments turned out not so good. There are no guarantees in life. What you suggest is morally and financially preferable to socialism, but there will always be winners and losers, and society will still have to deal with the losers, one way or another.
Posted by: gp at January 02, 2026 12:58 PM (GHIyr)
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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I'm as mad as hell and I'm not going to take this anymore!
Posted by: Howard Beale at January 02, 2026 12:58 PM (XeU6L)
Nothing in this statement is untrue. It’s sucks that it happened but it’s reality. He did win a majority and billionaires did spend a ton of money to defeat him, which obviously didn’t work.
Posted by: Really?? at January 02, 2026 12:53 PM (/CkK4)
Cuomo should never have been propped up by any billionaires. He lost the Dem nomination, and as such he would have been put on the Independent line of the ballot - the absolute worst spot. No amount of money would have changed that. Sliwa, for all his faults, actually had the second-best line on the ballot, as a Republican. He should have been supported, and he should have made a bigger stink than he did about it. He had a role to play, and he played it. Not even his boss at WABC, John Catsimatidis - a RINO if ever there was one - wanted Sliwa to win. There was no way that Sliwa was ever going to win, and he was fine with that as long as he got paid by someone.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 02, 2026 12:58 PM (0CU3H)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026 12:54 PM (tgvbd)
But but but, what about Broadway? What about Thai food at 3AM?
Surely we must do everything we can to make sure NYC stays solvent. For the children.
And don't call me Shirley.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 02, 2026 12:58 PM (dGCAG)
The kind you find at the second-hand store are.
They throw in the head lice gratis.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 12:54 PM (Riz8t)
No those are the five-and-dime berets like they have at that ahole Mr McGee's. The second-hand store berets are all protected by the power of raspberry.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 02, 2026 12:58 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: tubal at January 02, 2026 12:59 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Huck Follywood
Like the Boston Tea Party except with fire extinguishers.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 02, 2026 12:59 PM (L/fGl)
http://tiny.cc/ee4x001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 12:59 PM (avHHk)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Iran so far away.
Posted by: Flock of Seagulls at January 02, 2026 12:59 PM (ZKbri)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 12:54 PM
Put it on the deep freezer for a month.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 02, 2026 01:00 PM (jc0TO)
OTOH, based on my perusal of videos on the matter, if left to their own accord most people won't. It would interfere with their 6 trips to Disney every year, or the need to buy the newest truck every year, or the need to have multiple $10 coffees every day, or...
Both are true. I think SS should be replaced with mandatory personal investments, managed by professionals in finance, and similar to what Feds get in their thrift savings plan. You MUST invest 4% (it was 1% when I started) but CAN invest more. There are penalties for early withdrawal.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 01:00 PM (Riz8t)
This is one difference I see between left and right leaning people.
For the former it doesn't matter how often the FNM tells a lie. They are the experts therefore they should be trusted.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 01:00 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 02, 2026 12:50 PM (bss/y)
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No.
They're having another round of generalized discontent with some civil unrest. My bet is, "it will end the way it usually does."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 01:00 PM (avHHk)
Posted by: Aetius451AD
Iran so far away.
Posted by: Flock of Seagulls at January 02, 2026 12:59 PM (ZKbri)
That’s pretty clever, Seagull.
Posted by: tubal at January 02, 2026 01:00 PM (pDt9x)
No those are the five-and-dime berets like they have at that ahole Mr McGee's. The second-hand store berets are all protected by the power of raspberry.
Posted by: banana Dream
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Little red Corvettes are too fast for lice.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 02, 2026 01:01 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at January 02, 2026 01:01 PM (aTta8)
only one man would dare give me the raspberry! lone star!
Posted by: dark helmet at January 02, 2026 01:01 PM (edU/H)
Bullsh*t. Everyone knew he was a commie. They just thought that he was smart enough to not say it out loud. That's what they're sad about.
Posted by: Oddbob at January 02, 2026 01:01 PM (3nLb4)
I believe Chile has a system where you are required to put money into a private investment retirement account.
You can make private contributions mandatory, just like Social Security.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 02, 2026 01:01 PM (xTIDn)
http://tiny.cc/ee4x001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 12:59 PM
I would bet the carpet doesn't match the drapes but, it's hardwood.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 02, 2026 01:01 PM (jc0TO)
“He won a majority. He has a mandate. The Masters of the Universe, the billionaires, did everything they could to make sure he wasn’t the mayor. It didn’t work. He’s a great organizer.”
Scum.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 02, 2026 12:47 PM (xTIDn)
The check cleared.
Posted by: Darrell Harris
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Well, now we know who he was the guardian angel for.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 02, 2026 01:01 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 02, 2026 01:01 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 02, 2026 12:50 PM (bss/y)
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No.
They're having another round of generalized discontent with some civil unrest. My bet is, "it will end the way it usually does."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 01:00 PM (avHHk)
Ah, the old rape, torture, murder routine.
Posted by: tubal at January 02, 2026 01:01 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: mrp at January 02, 2026 01:01 PM (rj6Yv)
Some MSM jack off
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 02, 2026 01:02 PM (gm9Sb)
But but but, what about Broadway? What about Thai food at 3AM?
Surely we must do everything we can to make sure NYC stays solvent. For the children.
And don't call me Shirley.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 02, 2026 12:58 PM (dGCAG)
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I'm sure Hochul will make sure upstate residents will freeze and starve so that NYC gets bailed out.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026 01:02 PM (tgvbd)
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But I thought all the media was already "right-wing" due to being owned by corporations?
I can't imagine the stoned-out, flea-ridden hipster dufus with an alt-weekly coffee shop circulation of dozens that they think is a "real, independent" reporter.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 02, 2026 01:02 PM (HXT0k)
Surely we must do everything we can to make sure NYC stays solvent. For the children.
Don't care what happens in foreign countries.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 01:02 PM (c115l)
Posted by: Cray Cray at January 02, 2026 01:02 PM (0lkAt)
http://tiny.cc/ee4x001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 12:59 PM (avHHk)
Tell her I'm opening a bar in my den and will lie to her all day.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 02, 2026 01:02 PM (2WIwB)
I don't think that true. One group of elites opposed him, yes, but a larger group supported him.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 01:02 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: blaster at January 02, 2026 01:03 PM (NlEaG)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 01:00 PM (avHHk)
But this time the weather machine has been turned on. If they have no water, they can't make tea.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 02, 2026 01:03 PM (dGCAG)
Posted by: Her Dad and Granddad at January 02, 2026 12:50 PM
It's good to be the king.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 02, 2026 01:03 PM (kgE5c)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026 01:02 PM
The Republicans in Congress will bail out the city.
Book it.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 02, 2026 01:03 PM (jc0TO)
First you will blow me.
Posted by: Vengeance at January 02, 2026 01:03 PM (OjdEO)
That resulted mainly from affluence. The richer people are, the more their families atomize geographically. They don't need each other, and frankly, people have a hard time living together under one roof and getting along.
Posted by: gp at January 02, 2026 01:03 PM (GHIyr)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
She's the LAST person that wants to see mayor Jihadi succeed.
His successes will only fuel his run for her job.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 01:04 PM (c115l)
There are two notable right leaning billionaires.
Theil and Musk. Theil isn't a social conservative by any stretch
And even Musk as a social conservative 2025 boogie man type? HAHAHA
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 01:05 PM (sKqQm)
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Are they having a weekend clearance sale on their lies?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 02, 2026 01:05 PM (L/fGl)
On this day, the 2nd of January 1492, Muhammad XII, the last muslim ruler in Spain formally surrendered the Emirate of Granada and returned the territories to Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile.
For the first time in nearly eight centuries, the Iberian peninsula was once again under Catholic, European control, completing the Reconquista.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 02, 2026 01:05 PM (xTIDn)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 02, 2026 01:05 PM
Three for a dollar!
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 02, 2026 01:05 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
She's the LAST person that wants to see mayor Jihadi succeed.
His successes will only fuel his run for her job.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 01:04 PM (c115l)
He’ll be a Senator in 10 years, bet on it.
Posted by: tubal at January 02, 2026 01:05 PM (pDt9x)
60 Minutes, no? Big fine or something?
They've got a lot of balls telling us they "missed" anything.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 02, 2026 01:05 PM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Vengeance at January 02, 2026 01:05 PM (OjdEO)
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at January 02, 2026 01:05 PM (aTta8)
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 01:02 PM (sKqQm)
If he was any kind of threat to the Oligarchs, they wouldn't have let him win.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 02, 2026 01:06 PM (dGCAG)
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Looking forward to your investigation into and exposé of nationwide election fraud & theft every election cycle since at least 1960 -- and 2020 in particular -- especially in the large Democrat-Communist-controlled blue shithole cities.
/Hello? Can anybody hear me? Is this thing on? Wait, wut?
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at January 02, 2026 01:06 PM (ztUNb)
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 01:02 PM (sKqQm)
He was pulled through by rich-ass transplants. NYC native voters being apathetic and never voting didn't help. But yeah, it was the ruling class elites.
Posted by: banana Dream - not rich ass-transplants at January 02, 2026 01:06 PM (3uBP9)
I remember during campaign 2012 when every left parroted the line that Obama opposed gay marriage. In a respectful, nice way unlike you bigots, but his opposition was heartful and serious.
And then after he won election immediately the same people argued that of course Obama had to lie to get elected.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 01:06 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 02, 2026 01:06 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 02, 2026 12:50 PM (bss/y)
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No.
They're having another round of generalized discontent with some civil unrest. My bet is, "it will end the way it usually does."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 01:00 PM (avHHk)
This time looks way different. Saw some videos from the cities last night, almost every city in Iran looked like "The Time of Landru". Not just protests - tens of thousands of people out on the street all night, burning buildings, stoning cops, group-beating security foce members, smashing cars - it's astounding.
They're at the point where only calling the army in and shooting thousands could calm things down - which is why Trump made a statement today saying that the US will retaliate with military force if Iran begins firing on the protestors.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 02, 2026 01:06 PM (uWKK8)
That's precisely what SS was supposed to be. Even if it was maintained as promised, investments can fail. There are no guarantees in life. Christ said 'The poor will always be with you.'
Posted by: gp at January 02, 2026 01:06 PM (GHIyr)
His successes will only fuel his run for her job.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 01:04 PM (c115l)
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Ah, but so will his failures.
"Yes, we failed to achieve utopia in New York City, but that is because - as we have all seen - the City is not autonomous. I had no ability to influence structural issues that originate in Albany. I couldn't make the necessary moves on taxes and financing, for example, because Albany set out to thwart us.
No more. In Albany and as your governor, we will finally have the breadth to bring about the glorious future through out collective commitment to fairness, justice and joy!"
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 01:07 PM (avHHk)
Posted by: ... at January 02, 2026 01:07 PM (E0p3T)
i'll trust the experts until an expert tells me not to.
Posted by: lefty mcleftsalot at January 02, 2026 01:07 PM (edU/H)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 02, 2026 01:07 PM (gm9Sb)
https://tinyurl.com/2e233a2j
How many minutes before I get banned lol?
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 02, 2026 01:07 PM (ycI94)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 01:02 PM (c115l)
I do, because not caring serves to bite us in the ass later.
Posted by: Cow Demon at January 02, 2026 01:07 PM (3E+BT)
Posted by: blaster at January 02, 2026 01:03 PM (NlEaG)
Hey now, not all of them are fat.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 02, 2026 01:08 PM (dGCAG)
Yep.
If the NYC elites were worried about Mamdami they would have told Cuomo to shove it and rallied behind Silwa...and he would have won.
But they saw Silwa as a bigger threat. Mamdami is going to tax more sure, but offer more grifting opportunities. Silwa might have tipped over a bunch of rice bowls
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 01:08 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Communism's Broadcasting Service at January 02, 2026 01:08 PM (ZKbri)
The first instance of "Its a tax".
Posted by: Thomas Pain
When did they start the Federal Gas Tax?
Always heard it was more of a "user fee" and is supposed to be dedicated to Fed DoT.
Stories in engineering classes (c. 1985) was that the surplus was thrown into the general fund and DOT was given an IOU - back door double taxation / deficit spending.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 02, 2026 01:08 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 02, 2026 12:41 PM (0CU3H)
I retired in 2019 after 30 plus years in the NY market TV business. It's worse than that today. First of all, no tape. Hasn't been in 25 years. Stories are all covered and streamed back to the station digitally, the news producer can have that story edited and on the air in minutes. No more layers. A couple of people are now responsible for determining what you see and hear. And, yes, most are very far left. Especially the News Director. He or she, many times, will sit in the edit bays with the producer to oversee the editing process, which now takes very little time due to the technology. A few of our news anchors were conservative and we would talk among ourselves about the political end of the bizz. They have retired in the intervening years as well.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 02, 2026 01:08 PM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at January 02, 2026 01:08 PM (eZwyX)
Posted by: Orson at January 02, 2026 12:28 PM (dIske)
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That reminds me. The last I heard about Stone Head Man is that he was requesting a change of judge for his trial.
Posted by: mrp at January 02, 2026 01:08 PM (rj6Yv)
Govt funds always get pilfered and squandered.
Posted by: gp at January 02, 2026 01:09 PM (GHIyr)
Someone needs to remind him he is running for comptroller, not AG.
Posted by: Cow Demon at January 02, 2026 01:10 PM (3E+BT)
Our own country is pretty fucked right now. The left still isn’t being thrown in prison and being broken up into a thousand pieces. Let’s leave the foreign shit alone until we get our house in order.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at January 02, 2026 01:10 PM (eZwyX)
Predictions are often the only way to figure out if you have any idea about anything. Anyone can explain stuff but predicting is hard. She told me in 2017 that "one" of the networks would have to do this.
Posted by: ... at January 02, 2026 01:10 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: gp at January 02, 2026 01:09 PM
and then the rest is wasted..
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 02, 2026 01:10 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2026 01:10 PM (2sfNr)
Posted by: CBS at January 02, 2026 01:10 PM (C9oTe)
That's precisely what SS was supposed to be. Even if it was maintained as promised, investments can fail. There are no guarantees in life. Christ said 'The poor will always be with you.'
Note what WASN'T in my description. No "politicians can take my money and spend it on whatever". No "means testing". No
"you can have lots more money than could ever by justified by your income and payments, as long as you vote for me". No "it's your money, but if you die, we keep it all".
If a real investment plan based on broad investments in the American economy goes t*** up, so has America, and it makes no difference to your rather limited life prospects.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 01:11 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Orson at January 02, 2026 12:28 PM (dIske)
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That reminds me. The last I heard about Stone Head Man is that he was requesting a change of judge for his trial.
Posted by: mrp at January 02, 2026 01:08 PM (rj6Yv)
Interesting how the CIA is considered to be buffoonish and incompetent AND the most evil, masterful conspiracy operator, at the exact same time.
Posted by: Cow Demon at January 02, 2026 01:11 PM (3E+BT)
Posted by: Cow Demon
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This. It is a cancer within the republic, and will metastasize. Already is.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 02, 2026 01:11 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2026 01:11 PM (2sfNr)
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at January 02, 2026 01:08 PM (eZwyX)
Hey man, Kash only took the FBI job so he could nail hot chicks.
Don't hate the playa. Hate the game.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 02, 2026 01:11 PM (dGCAG)
Nigerian Princes couldn't have designed a better system.
Posted by: t-bird at January 02, 2026 01:12 PM (ZKbri)
That's precisely what SS was supposed to be. Even if it was maintained as promised, investments can fail. There are no guarantees in life. Christ said 'The poor will always be with you.'
yeah, but now we have the technology to do it *right*!
Posted by: chatgpt at January 02, 2026 01:12 PM (edU/H)
A whistle blower from the NSA came out not long after 9/11. He said his data analysis project had found Atta was in the US that summer and was likely up to no good. He went to his manager and not only did they not use his data they ended the project.
But...they didn't do it because of the revelation about Atta. They canned the project because it showed a bunch of America elites were being paid off by China.
So even in 2000 the CIA and NSA were more focused on protecting elites then they were doing the things they were supposed to be doing...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 01:12 PM (sKqQm)
The first instance of "Its a tax".
Posted by: Thomas Pain
Transfer payment.
Posted by: Cow Demon at January 02, 2026 01:12 PM (3E+BT)
Posted by: gp
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I don't see it. Yes, the modern economy requires moving around to distant cities mostly that reduces real wealth. First you end up with two parents working, then with single parents, then with no kids. How is that affluence?
Sure, for the wealthy, putting the olds into care homes is an easy option, but how much of that would actually happen if the feds didn't pay for much of it? OK, this is too big a subject for grey boxes, but let me just say that I do not agree with most of what you said.
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at January 02, 2026 01:12 PM (aTta8)
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at January 02, 2026 01:12 PM (eZwyX)
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at January 02, 2026 01:13 PM (eZwyX)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 02, 2026 01:14 PM (BI5O2)
Well when you put it like that.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at January 02, 2026 01:12 PM (eZwyX)
Kash is my new hero. He's a real man's man.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 02, 2026 01:14 PM (dGCAG)
Posted by: Eromero at January 02, 2026 01:14 PM (Qp4d3)
People pay as much as they want and earmark their dollars to whatever department they want.
This would reduce the amount people paid, sure, but it would also just about eliminate the graft at this level. If the local head of the road department hires his brother-in-law's company to do shitty work next year his budget will be zero.
I suspect it would be a net positive because not only would graft get zero'd out, most of the non-graft spending people don't care about would as well.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 01:15 PM (sKqQm)
-Cable channels, no commercials because you paid a monthly fee. Then add commercials (at least to news and other non movie channels.)
-Streaming, no commercials, because you paid a monthly fee. Now every service chock-a-blocs your movie with ads unless you get the premium-premium service (on top of already buying the thing.)
Analysis: all of this is bullshit.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 02, 2026 12:47 PM (bss/y)
So don't watch any of it. Take your TV out to the desert, and shoot it full of holes. Then clean up the mess. The fresh air will do you good.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 02, 2026 01:15 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 01:11 PM (Riz8t)
It also means that the average voter would have reason to care about the general economy... assuming they could be taught to understand it's implication on their future... and, therefore, so would politicians.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 01:15 PM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 02, 2026 01:14 PM (BI5O2)
The problem with the Shah is, he wants to make Iran Great Again.
Which is NOT what all the outside agitators want.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 02, 2026 01:15 PM (dGCAG)
The "shah in waiting" has assured everyone that he will hold democratic elections at the first opportunity. Also, he totally believes CBS will redeem itself.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 01:16 PM (Riz8t)
His take on Nick Shirley's exposure of the Somali fraud is hilarious! But so true. Anyone making this a race thing and ignoring it because of the race is an idiot. And he calls out his own chat on it. Best autist.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idz7yUBR5sI
Posted by: LizLem at January 02, 2026 01:16 PM (Eng1Z)
She has? Wow, they start early down there in DC I guess. She looks pretty great to me, and I assumed it was all natural. Her mom has always been pretty good looking too.
Posted by: Huck Follywood
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Were the dads good-looking? They contributed genes, too.
I'll never find it now, but the Pahlavi girls were your typical unibrowed, large-nosed easterners. There were before-and-after pics that were amazingly different.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 02, 2026 01:16 PM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 02, 2026 01:14 PM (BI5O2)
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Consider the west, however heavily filtered through regime propaganda.
Who would demand it?
We're going to wind up with a king *here.* Why the hell would the Persians look at how we do things and say, "sign me up?"
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 01:16 PM (avHHk)
I'd like to see a locality try experimenting with completely voluntary taxes.
They'd get nothing. And they wouldn't like it.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 02, 2026 01:16 PM (pkeXY)
Supposedly, the percentage of Americans who CAN use a 401k and DO use it is around 56%.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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Impulse control. And that has a genetic component. As one wag said, it could be raining $20 bills and yet shortly after the currency rain had stopped, a lot of people would still be destitute having blown whatever money came into their possession. Also see the sad stories of lottery winners.
Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 01:16 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 02, 2026 01:17 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 01:17 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 02, 2026 01:14 PM (BI5O2)
They couldn’t have a constitutional monarchy?
Posted by: Cow Demon at January 02, 2026 01:17 PM (3E+BT)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 01:18 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: gp at January 02, 2026 01:19 PM (GHIyr)
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One of his 1st EOs should have been
1) Every entity employing more than 50 people must re-submit the I-9 for every employee.
2) Every annual report filed by every entity must now include a certification signed by an officer of the entity that all employees are legally authorized to work in the United States.
Yeah, the C-suite is cool with flouting immigration law.
But, they know they'll get fucked over hard by #2 if they start flouting SOX.
There's a reason they were using that against the J6. Not just because they were hated defendants, but also because it's a lay-up conviction when you charge it.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 02, 2026 01:19 PM (HXT0k)
Ah, you mean millennials...
*ducks and serpentines*
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 01:19 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 01:16 PM (Riz8t)
I hear he also believes the Jets will be a winning franchise again, that all they need is the right quarterback.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 02, 2026 01:20 PM (dGCAG)
Hurry and enroll before I go to jail...
Posted by: Tim Walz at January 02, 2026 01:20 PM (J9q9v)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 02, 2026 01:20 PM (jc0TO)
Ha. No apology. Just another empty promise to be followed by drunken late night plunderings of Americas no no place.
Posted by: CBS news. Bad boyfriend at January 02, 2026 01:20 PM (JFpzi)
Posted by: Joe Mannix
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Not sure if we do not already have one, just without the lifetime and being able to bequeath the office to their heirs.
Basically since Congress has broken down, presidents have resorted to using executive orders and control more or less of the bureaucracy based on the huge edifice of discretion given by existing laws.
That is why those desperate for mo gubmint money put Biden in by fraud and I think now that Obama's second term was also by fraud (possibly the popular vote but more likely Romney won the electoral college vote by state).
Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 01:20 PM (WDjG6)
Seriously? Do you have a link?
The project was called Able Danger. You can read about it, but here is one link from the NY Post https://tinyurl.com/3uu78yna
"WASHINGTON – The Pentagon’s high-tech intelligence unit that reportedly identified some of the 9/11 hijackers before the attack was shut down by military officials after it mistakenly pinpointed Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and other prominent Americans as potential security risks, The Post has learned."
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 01:20 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 02, 2026 01:17 PM (3uBP9)
I saw them at The Red Room.
Floor was slick though.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 02, 2026 01:21 PM (dGCAG)
Posted by: Cow Demon at January 02, 2026 01:11 PM (3E+BT)
________________________
Ever talk to an Ivy league professor? They are buffoonish in the fact that they don't apply common sense or street smarts. They have little experience in either. Yet, they could speak on an on for hours about their passion, which in a lot of cases is self-important constructed Utopian drivel.
It is a recipe for ignorance and know-it-all philosophy. It would make sense that the CIA could perceived in both spectrums.
Posted by: Orson at January 02, 2026 01:21 PM (dIske)
Trump made a statement today saying that the US will retaliate with military force if Iran begins firing on the protestors.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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What?? How exactly would he do that, anyway?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 02, 2026 01:22 PM (n7rxJ)
That is the tell.
Posted by: Thomas Paine
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and the missing BILLIONS in CA?
Posted by: wth at January 02, 2026 01:22 PM (UjdFS)
Basically since Congress has broken down, presidents have resorted to using executive orders and control more or less of the bureaucracy based on the huge edifice of discretion given by existing laws. ...
Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 01:20 PM (WDjG6)
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That's the distinction.
Monarchy is a generally bad system, but a major upside to is it that the monarch is heavily invested in the future. He want a realm to give to his son. A monarch will, at least and if nothing else, usually *try* to ensure that the place survives until he can hand it off to his progeny.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 01:22 PM (avHHk)
Posted by: Mohammed Longshanks, oil prince at January 02, 2026 01:23 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 02, 2026 01:22 PM (n7rxJ)
Shhhhh... after we take Greenland, it'll be a cakewalk.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 02, 2026 01:23 PM (dGCAG)
Posted by: supremejaxx at January 02, 2026 01:23 PM (BudYP)
Posted by: tubal at January 02, 2026 01:23 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 02, 2026 01:14 PM (BI5O2)
They couldn’t have a constitutional monarchy?
Posted by: Cow Demon
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The fact is that the late Shah had a parliament that actually had women in it. Met one of those who became a college instructor in the Houston area after she had to flee Iran after Khomeini got power.
More like the British monarchy's powers and perogatives before the monarchs eschewed power over Parliament after Queen Anne but nevertheless, they did have one in the past.
Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 01:24 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 01:24 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
They want to look like Disney Princesses.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 02, 2026 01:24 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 01:22 PM (avHHk)
Also helps if you don't import them from Prussia, and other weird Euro places.
Patriotic Nationalism isn't just a river in Egypt.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 02, 2026 01:25 PM (dGCAG)
They'd get nothing. And they wouldn't like it.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
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Nothing for nothing. Sounds like a fair deal to me.
Posted by: wth at January 02, 2026 01:25 PM (UjdFS)
These fools don't know that we divorced them years ago.
Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 02, 2026 01:25 PM (1Nv0l)
I say up until recently, because the managed democracy we see in Europe is obviously in no way protecting its people's rights.
So would another Shah be a better choice for Iran then a Euro-nik style government? Probably.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 01:26 PM (sKqQm)
What?? How exactly would he do that, anyway?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 02, 2026 01:22 PM (n7rxJ)
Or how could he?
The government should kick back and get out the popcorn in terms of Iran. If the people there overthrow the government, no one will be able to say later that “it was the Americans that did it”. Leave the dirty work to the Iranian people.
Posted by: Cow Demon at January 02, 2026 01:26 PM (3E+BT)
Posted by: Don Black at January 02, 2026 01:26 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Cow Demon
Old story that the Horde posted years ago. Someone asked an officer how he picks people to complete a project from a limited pool of troopers. He said he looks for the lazy and motivated because they tend to find easy/quick solutions and carry them out.
He said he avoids the stupid and motivated because they screw everything up all the time. The CIA's problem is that they are arrogant and motivated so their world-striding plans are inevitable failures.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 02, 2026 01:26 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: tubal
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But it sometimes works out. That is the problem with history, you have a small n in most situations, a lot of intervening variables dealing with culture and expectations formed from that, and a long past history of grievances, grudges, and hatred in many cases.
Foreign affairs is where the President has to have a large dollop of discretion because hard and fast rules tend not to work out well over time when specific situations arise.
Pragmatism has a value far beyond ideology as it recognizes specific fact patterns and applies general principles to those rather than apply general principles and impose them on specific fact patterns.
Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 01:27 PM (WDjG6)
More like the British monarchy's powers and perogatives before the monarchs eschewed power over Parliament after Queen Anne but nevertheless, they did have one in the past.
Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 01:24 PM (WDjG6)
I think that if Iran were to reinstall the Shah as the head of a constitutional monarchy, that is infinitely better than what they have now. And the people of Iran could run such a system and flourish under it,
Posted by: Cow Demon at January 02, 2026 01:28 PM (3E+BT)
Posted by: gp at January 02, 2026 01:29 PM (GHIyr)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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What?? How exactly would he do that, anyway?
*whistles innocently*
Posted by: nuking things from orbit to be sure at January 02, 2026 01:29 PM (edU/H)
Ever talk to an Ivy league professor? They are buffoonish in the fact that they don't apply common sense or street smarts. They have little experience in either. Yet, they could speak on an on for hours about their passion, which in a lot of cases is self-important constructed Utopian drivel.
It is a recipe for ignorance and know-it-all philosophy. It would make sense that the CIA could perceived in both spectrums.
Posted by: Orson at January 02, 2026 01:21 PM (dIske)
Believe me, I have met countless academics and wannabe academics, and have little time for about 90% of them.
Posted by: Cow Demon at January 02, 2026 01:29 PM (3E+BT)
I say up until recently, because the managed democracy we see in Europe is obviously in no way protecting its people's rights.
So would another Shah be a better choice for Iran then a Euro-nik style government? Probably.
Posted by: 18-1
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Separation of powers and federalism can be key brakes on an overweening central government. That is why Eurocrats decided to create a vast unaccountable bureaucracy that acts to override those in particular countries. Same with international multilateral treaties--they inevitably disenfranchise the public by limiting what options a popular government can undertake.
Global Elites think the people are too stupid to make decisions collectively and for their own lives and so the Global Elites must 'protect/save' democracy by gutting it and wearing it as a skinsuit to ward off rebellions.
Posted by: whig at January 02, 2026 01:31 PM (WDjG6)
The explanation for all these (including the water issue) is commonly known in that connected politicians in the various regions are notorious for corruption and acquiring personal riches on the backs of the residents. This was accepted, allowed, and enforced by the RG...which recently took a major black eye courtesy of the Israelis. Now, the residents aren't just complaining. They're marching around shouting "Death to Khomeini" at the top of their lungs in front of government buildings. That didn't happen the last time.
Posted by: Orson at January 02, 2026 01:31 PM (dIske)
Posted by: Cow Demon at January 02, 2026 01:11 PM (3E+BT)
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Well, I for one, would never, ever castigate an entire government agency in such a manner. And with such a limited number of options, too. But still, it begs the question:
John Brennan: buffoonish and incompetent OR the most evil, masterful conspiracy operator?
You may apply the healing power of "and" if you wish.
Posted by: mrp at January 02, 2026 01:34 PM (rj6Yv)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 02, 2026 01:22 PM (n7rxJ)
A massive air strike on the "clerical district" of Tehran, and on some Revolutionary Guard bases could take out a lot of trash.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 02, 2026 01:35 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 02, 2026 01:36 PM (mlg/3)
CBS News
Posted by: Skip
Huddled for warmth?
*that's not my elbow...
Posted by: man
And wear a fucking T-shit under your shirt so that it is all white and you don't look like a fucking Frenchman.
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister
Surely we must do everything we can to make sure NYC stays solvent. For the children.
Don't care what happens in foreign countries.
Posted by: rickb223
Exactly. The "C" stands for "Communist". Or "Cocksucker".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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So many (just a few here) are on their game today, thanks for the laughs.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 02, 2026 01:48 PM (NFX2v)
Funny thing came up in my video feed this weekend; morning show tv news lady named Carissa Codel reads twitter trolls about her self using her broadcaster voice. She's got a pretty good sense of humor; she handles them gracefully. She's thicc but wears it well so she gets a lot of comments. Worth a watch if you enjoy that kind of thing.
This fraud thing is spiking my blood pressure because being the little not ray of sunshine I am, assume nothing is going to happen to any of these corrupt f*cks so I'm trying to avoid it.
Posted by: Nelly at January 02, 2026 01:49 PM (7gpcF)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 02, 2026 02:29 PM (IG3/x)
THE MORNING RANT: Instacart Allowed Pricing Based on Who You Are Rather than What You’re Buying
If the price depends on who you are instead of what you’re buying, that’s not capitalism. https://t.co/GkNrG3L4Bs
— Michele Reneau (@repreneau) December 23, 2025
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 02, 2026 11:01 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 02, 2026 11:01 AM (meWdL)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 02, 2026 11:01 AM (meWdL)
Wut?
Posted by: The Big Three and John Deere at January 02, 2026 11:02 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 11:02 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 02, 2026 11:03 AM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 11:03 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Nazdar at January 02, 2026 11:03 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 02, 2026 11:04 AM (meWdL)
Posted by: tubal at January 02, 2026 11:05 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 02, 2026 11:05 AM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 02, 2026 11:05 AM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: alpine_beer at January 02, 2026 11:05 AM (van9r)
Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at 11:00 AM
Are we really sure those aren't the same people these days?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 02, 2026 11:05 AM (meWdL)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 02, 2026 11:05 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 11:06 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 02, 2026 11:05 AM
While it's still Christmas?!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 02, 2026 11:07 AM (meWdL)
"They've got it all already, so why worry?"
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 11:07 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 02, 2026 11:05 AM (VCgbV)
I don't have a lot of decorations out, but they're still out.
I might care this afternoon and put them away.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 11:07 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Tuna at January 02, 2026 11:07 AM (lJ0H4)
My wife insists on infesting our house with cheap, crappy little snowmen. I hate them. I hate them so much.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)
This is very different than two different prices for the same item at the same time, only differentiated by who is doing the buying.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 02, 2026 11:08 AM (0U5gm)
My wife insists on infesting our house with cheap, crappy little snowmen. I hate them. I hate them so much.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)
Daughter got me the Die Hard vent Christmas ornament this year, so I'm tempted to leave the tree up a little longer.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 11:09 AM (Zz0t1)
Do not use Instacart. Do not shop at grocery stores that have digital price tags.
I'd say don't use airlines either but that's harder to arrange.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 02, 2026 11:09 AM (xcxpd)
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You have to go to sleep sometime buster.
Posted by: A Cheap Crappy Snowmab at January 02, 2026 11:09 AM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Archimedes
Turn the heat up, problem solved.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 02, 2026 11:09 AM (0U5gm)
For the airlines and others, massive fines, one strike only.
Posted by: From about That Time at January 02, 2026 11:10 AM (sl73Y)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended
Took mine down yesterday. Putting them up is always a joy. Taking them down is always kind of depressing.
Posted by: Tuna at January 02, 2026 11:10 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 11:10 AM (Zz0t1)
I don’t see why it can’t charge for that service using a set of criteria including buyer personas. As long as that criteria doesn’t include illegal things like race , religion, etc I don’t really see the problem here.
Car dealers sell the same car 100 times a month and each time the price is different based on how well a buyer negotiates. As well as different rebates and incentives that are available to some buyers but not others. Are you a recent college grad? You get $500 off. Are you in the military? You get $500 off. Are you a member of these organizations? $750 off. Do you drive an Chevy? , This month you get $1000 off if you buy a Ford. And so on. Are we going to ban all that as well?
Posted by: Really?? at January 02, 2026 11:11 AM (/CkK4)
Now do college tuition.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 02, 2026 11:11 AM (xTIDn)
Posted by: Bulg at January 02, 2026 11:11 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 02, 2026 11:12 AM (2WIwB)
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Well, yeah. Based on your social credit score.
-CCP
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 02, 2026 11:12 AM (RIvkX)
I didn't even have to do any sketchy things for them.
And I would have.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 02, 2026 11:12 AM (cYBz/)
Amazon experimented with this briefly, and to their credit decided that it was a Bad Idea.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 02, 2026 11:13 AM (xTIDn)
I didn't even have to do any sketchy things for them.
And I would have.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 02, 2026 11:12 AM (cYBz/)
"Please to be sending pics of bobs and vagene...."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 11:13 AM (Zz0t1)
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Well, yeah. Based on your social credit score.
-CCP
That's nothing. We fix your house or not depending on your politics.
Posted by: Biden's FEMA at January 02, 2026 11:13 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: t-bird at January 02, 2026 11:14 AM (ZKbri)
Posted by: Tuna at January 02, 2026 11:10 AM (lJ0H4)
But it's only 356 days until this next Christmas. Leave everything up. The time will pass quickly.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 02, 2026 11:14 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 02, 2026 11:14 AM (3uBP9)
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If you quizzed every passenger sitting in coach on what their ticket cost, you wouldn't get two of the same answer.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 02, 2026 11:14 AM (nWPIJ)
You know damn well the price you're going to quote definitely depends on the neighborhood you're in.
The small 1000 square foot brick salt box homes built in the 50s? 5 grand.
The well to do 2600 square foot two story front hall colonial with hip roof and architectural shingles built in the 80s? 10 grand.
Posted by: Harry Homeowner at January 02, 2026 11:14 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 11:08 AM (Riz8t)
May I be of some assistance? Inspiration, even?
Posted by: Calvin at January 02, 2026 11:14 AM (6Ga6M)
Posted by: Really??
Auto purchases are almost always negotiated, so it is not the same as fixed pricing at grocery stores.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 02, 2026 11:14 AM (0U5gm)
Well, yeah. If she's hot.
Posted by: t-bird at January 02, 2026 11:14 AM (ZKbri)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 02, 2026 11:15 AM (xT8gx)
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What in the world makes you think the leaders of corporate America are interested in economic freedom? (Or any other kind?) Their own freedom to get what they want, and to feel good about themselves, are all they give a damn about.
Posted by: Eeyore at January 02, 2026 11:15 AM (s0JqF)
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 02, 2026 11:16 AM (EyfuW)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 02, 2026 11:15 AM (xT8gx)
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They're not even that.
They're social clubs and grounds of experiments for their leaders, the lower rungs of the corporate ladder making money despite their leaders.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 11:16 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: t-bird at January 02, 2026 11:14 AM (ZKbri)
That's hot!
Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at January 02, 2026 11:16 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: NR Pax at January 02, 2026 11:17 AM (7xrfc)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 02, 2026 11:17 AM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 02, 2026 11:17 AM (nWPIJ)
22 year old with an accident pays waaaaay more for the same coverage as a 50 year old with a spotless driving record.
Posted by: Really?? at January 02, 2026 11:18 AM (/CkK4)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 02, 2026 11:00 AM (VCgbV)
Fun in Twelve Monkeys and Snatch in particular.
Posted by: ... at January 02, 2026 11:18 AM (E0p3T)
Posted by: NR Pax at January 02, 2026 11:17 AM (7xrfc)
Well that's simple: they want to milk as much money out of people as possible. People who don't count their pennies will get more pennies stolen from them.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 02, 2026 11:18 AM (xcxpd)
Now that this shizzle is happening, I shant ever use it again. No, I shannot.
Posted by: Delurker at January 02, 2026 11:18 AM (xNHSX)
Posted by: Really??
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^^^THIS^^^ is why I DETEST buying cars!!!
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 02, 2026 11:18 AM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 02, 2026 11:19 AM (DgMqy)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 02, 2026 11:19 AM (2Ez/1)
This isn't the next day. It's like 10 minutes later. In 10 minutes the place is now nearly booked?
Horseshit.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 02, 2026 11:19 AM (NwnyJ)
Of course, they claim it's so they can more quickly give you the best possible price.
Reality?
They're tracking you around the store.*
They have your whole shopping history in a file.**
If you pass the item a second time, the price has gone up.
To emotionally and psychologically exploit you with false scarcity.
* do you know why your store keeps re-arraigning? All those cameras track every customer and purchase. The changes are to funnel targets past items they want them to buy.
** credit/debit card of course. But now, they have AI at even the self-check out that "finds" you even if you pay cash
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 02, 2026 11:20 AM (HXT0k)
Me 2.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 02, 2026 11:19 AM (DgMqy)
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Why not go full Valentines Day?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 02, 2026 11:20 AM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: ... at January 02, 2026 11:20 AM (E0p3T)
Oh wait... no. There shouldn't.
It blows my mind when so-called conservatives are always so quick to turn to the government to fix their private interactions.
Buy from Instacart. Or don't.
There. Problem solved.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 02, 2026 11:20 AM (dGCAG)
Posted by: Possibly Dumb at January 02, 2026 11:21 AM (4PEtT)
I might just do that! I like crazy ideas!
The Missus will just have to deal with it. lol
Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 02, 2026 11:21 AM (DgMqy)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 02, 2026 11:22 AM (6Ga6M)
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It could be worse. In this kind of scheme, you can pretend to be something you're not. Don't use accounts with the same E-Mail address to shop at multiple stores. Use fake phone numbers for club memberships. Refuse cookies at all times. Use different mobile phones for different apps. Expensive and difficult and imperfect, but you can try to game it if you want to.
When I covered this, Instacart said that this is what they are NOT doing. It isn't based on profile or other factors. If this is true - and I doubt very much that it is, but consider the possibility - it is in fact even worse. If pricing is actually *random* rather than cynical, there is no way to game it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 11:23 AM (avHHk)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 02, 2026 11:18 AM (VCgbV)
There are options like Tesla where the price is set and non negotiable. Or CarMax for used cars.
I remember reading a study on this where people in general said they hated buying cars because of all the games. But then when some dealerships went to the no haggle model a lot of them abandoned that practice because buyers felt they were getting ripped off without the ability to negotiate.
Autonation is almost 100% haggle free. But even there they will find some wiggle room if you push hard enough and they want to move a unit that day.
Posted by: Really?? at January 02, 2026 11:23 AM (/CkK4)
Oh wait... no. There shouldn't.
It blows my mind when so-called conservatives are always so quick to turn to the government to fix their private interactions.
Buy from Instacart. Or don't.
There. Problem solved.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 02, 2026 11:20 AM (dGCAG)
Instacart is the voluntary 'camel nose' in this scenario. The next step is digital pricing where the shop is dynamically adjusting prices to maximize profit.
Related danger is YOU getting different prices than your neighbor because you might be willing to pay more.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 02, 2026 11:23 AM (xcxpd)
Oh wait... no. There shouldn't.
It blows my mind when so-called conservatives are always so quick to turn to the government to fix their private interactions.
Buy from Instacart. Or don't.
There. Problem solved.
Posted by: BurtTC
There actually is a law. The Robinson Patman Act of 1936.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 02, 2026 11:23 AM (0U5gm)
I was visiting my brother, who had met me at the hotel. We had a good laugh over it. Well, HE did, as I was the butt of a slew of tard jokes during that trip.
But hey, the bathroom was YUGE!
Posted by: Delurker at January 02, 2026 11:24 AM (xNHSX)
It blows my mind when so-called conservatives are always so quick to turn to the government to fix their private interactions.
Buy from Instacart. Or don't.
There. Problem solved.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 02, 2026 11:20 AM (dGCAG)
I want investigations and punishments if existing laws are broken.
Is what Instacart doing against the law? Punish them.
But, we can't even seem to go after companies that are hiring illegal aliens, so......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 11:24 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Duh at January 02, 2026 11:24 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 02, 2026 11:24 AM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Possibly Dumb at January 02, 2026 11:21 AM (4PEtT)
OK Boomer!!
Posted by: GenZ and Milenials at January 02, 2026 11:24 AM (/CkK4)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 02, 2026 11:23 AM (0U5gm)
Then it should be repealed.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 02, 2026 11:24 AM (dGCAG)
Posted by: WTP at January 02, 2026 11:24 AM (vtC5P)
There. Problem solved.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 02, 2026 11:20 AM (dGCAG)
Like many good theories, it's true in theory, but as we've seen with the takeover of entertainment and to an extent medical insurance, once zealots get in charge of an entire industry you as the "customer" are stuck. Once zealots take charge of food, and they have done it in many ways through abuse of farmers in western countries along with other means, the "customer" is stuck.
Posted by: ... at January 02, 2026 11:24 AM (E0p3T)
I guess what I really expect is a whole lot of silence.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 02, 2026 11:25 AM (otNgF)
There's a great picture of two adjacent houses; one is absolutely covered with decorations, while the other one has a sign saying "Ditto" with an arrow pointing at the first house.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 11:25 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 02, 2026 11:25 AM (3Amc7)
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 11:25 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 02, 2026 11:23 AM (xcxpd)
I'm not seeing the danger.
Other than government setting prices. We used to have a name for that sort of thing.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 02, 2026 11:25 AM (dGCAG)
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Antitrust law would indicate that what Instacart is doing is not allowed (Robinson–Patman). Most of the American medical industry runs in black-letter violation of antitrust law. Much of Alphabet/Google operates in violation of antitrust law.
None of it matters. The problem isn't the predation as such, it's the refusal to address it through well-established and applicable legal frameworks. There are no consequences to violation. You just get screwed and they buy another bureaucrat. To describe it as "capitalism" is hilarious. It's anything but. It is at best cronyism and it gets to the point of being indistinguishable from fascism. Do whatever you want, so long as the Party is kept happy.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 11:26 AM (avHHk)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 02, 2026 11:23 AM (0U5gm)
I used to love playing Pac-Man at the arcade. Same guy?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 02, 2026 11:26 AM (xT8gx)
Posted by: WTP at January 02, 2026 11:24 AM (vtC5P)
We went over a bunch on New Year’s Eve.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 02, 2026 11:26 AM (otNgF)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 02, 2026 11:01 AM (0U5gm)
Not functionally, it's not.
Posted by: Washington Nearsider at January 02, 2026 11:26 AM (oSeBJ)
We have corporatism; a soft fascism.
But really it's hidden socialism with a cheap suit of a market system.
The bottom 20% get all the benefits.
The top 1% get to rule.
Everyone else gets to pay.
So, of course the stupids with degrees are all against Capitalism. Because they're told their entire life that the US is a capitalist country.
And there is no way the corporatists who are the donor class of the GOP will ever offer an alternative to the current system.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 02, 2026 11:26 AM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 02, 2026 11:27 AM (3Amc7)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 02, 2026 11:27 AM (VCgbV)
‘ The best Christmas decorations belong to other people.’
That’s why I get my decorations from other people’s houses.
I just have to ‘shop’ at night and in different neighborhoods.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 02, 2026 11:27 AM (jbnUc)
Posted by: Really?? at January 02, 2026 11:27 AM (/CkK4)
Posted by: ... at January 02, 2026 11:24 AM (E0p3T)
The common denominator is ALL these supposed problems is government intervention.
I can't believe anyone in 2025 is looking at whatever ills they see, and saying to themselves "You know what would fix this? More government!"
Posted by: BurtTC at January 02, 2026 11:28 AM (dGCAG)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at January 02, 2026 11:28 AM (vd6bO)
Where? In the comments? I was looking for a post by...i believe thruckmorton...on the results. A couple were kinda close and kinda open to interpretation. Seems it would make an interesting discussion.
Posted by: WTP at January 02, 2026 11:28 AM (vtC5P)
Posted by: Really?? at January 02, 2026 11:11 AM (/CkK4)
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Those cars, assuming equivalence, all have the same list price. Anyone who walks in can pay that list price and walk out with a car. *Negotiating* a price is fine. There is no problem with dickering. That is also not what Instacart is allegedly doing.
This is not equivalent to walking into a grocery store and negotiating a discount on the advertised price. This is presenting different prices to different people with no difference in circumstance. Same app, same store, same products, same terms, *different* price. That's the distinction.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 11:28 AM (avHHk)
[NYC mayoral voters have entered the chat.]
Posted by: Delurker at January 02, 2026 11:29 AM (xNHSX)
I've read recently that lots of companies have concluded that they're not getting much of value from all the mined data for which they pay. The problem for them is that there isn't a viable alternative way of advertising.
I feel for them. So sad.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: WTP at January 02, 2026 11:28 AM (vtC5P)
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I gave myself a scorecard. The New Year's Eve morning rant. I don't know if anyone else did a predictions post to self-rebut.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 11:29 AM (avHHk)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 02, 2026 11:30 AM (6Ga6M)
I feel for them. So sad.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t)
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As I used to hear it put, "everyone knows that 50% of every advertising dollar is wasted. The problem is that nobody knows which 50%."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 11:30 AM (avHHk)
We have corporatism; a soft fascism.
But really it's hidden socialism with a cheap suit of a market system.
Its still got some capitalism left, but the bigger the company and the loftier the status, the less there is. The local diner is 90% capitalist, with socialism forced on the owners. Wal*Mart is 70% socialist but still runs things based on supply and demand and market forces for the rest.
The extreme, top-down socialism of the Biden and Obama years (and Trump first term since he did almost nothing to deal with it) has largely been demolished, so the ESG and DEI stuff is waning, but the stain of it still is in there.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 02, 2026 11:30 AM (3Amc7)
This isn’t a matter of ‘bad speechwriting.’
The problem is that everything actually is as stupid as it seems.
A lot of middle aged pundits like Filipovic can’t or don’t want to come to terms with this and so they resort to denial and dissembling.
https://is.gd/nA2fhQ
Zohran Mamdani fans disappointed by disastrous ‘block party’ with no food or bathrooms
https://is.gd/G8tdaK
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 11:30 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 02, 2026 11:30 AM (6Ga6M)
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Because the state is a business partner in those schemes. People complain about it all the time. There is study after study that HOV lanes increase congestion. Ruinous tolls are a common area of complaint, especially after initial capital is recouped. None of it matters. The state is a business partner, so no complaint is relevant.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 11:31 AM (avHHk)
I think this sort of thing is the response to that. Advertising is largely dead, even though most businesses have not caught on to it yet. But using the data to chisel a bit more out of everyone is viable.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 02, 2026 11:32 AM (3Amc7)
Posted by: Don in SoCo
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Walmart has locked up all the cosmetics and personal care stuff and there is no one around to unlock it. Plus them asking for receipts at the door. I very seldom go there or to Target because they are just gay/trans/lbgtqrstvxyz.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 02, 2026 11:32 AM (VCgbV)
I have a favor to ask.
If my work helped you, or someone you know, please follow my biographer and good friend @joelpollak and leave a comment here in case he wants to follow up with you on DMs.
It gives me great joy to learn about any contribution I made.
I tried to be useful.
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Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 02, 2026 11:32 AM (P5BPp)
It's been reported that New York City started a major conflict with Instacart, not the other way around. (Thank Bernie.)
>Why Instacart Is Challenging New York City’s New Grocery Delivery Law, Instacart, Dec 2, 2025. Interesting.
Instacart is currently suing New York City to block worker protection and transparency laws that took effect under the Mamdani administration. (But it's more than that.)
Mamdani’s Commissioner of the Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP), Sam Levine, has pledged to hold app companies like Instacart accountable for road safety and to curb the exploitation of delivery workers.
A central pillar of Mamdani’s platform is the creation of a network of city-owned grocery stores. This initiative is explicitly designed to compete with private entities and delivery apps like Instacart by providing food at lower prices and bypassing the "price gouging" Mamdani attributes to corporate delivery platforms.
I suggest stepping back and watching where this goes rather than beating the war drum for either side. (But I'm NOT a Mamdani supporter and think I see where his influence street is potentially heading.)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 02, 2026 11:33 AM (NFX2v)
https://is.gd/G8tdaK
Posted by: Archimedes
Because food & bathrooms cost money. Loving that warm communism yet?
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 11:33 AM (c115l)
How is that possible?
BTW, I take HOT lanes all the time. They're great.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 11:33 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 02, 2026 11:30 AM (6Ga6M)
People do. A lot.
Those lanes are derisively named Lexus Lanes implying only the well off can use them at the expense see of the less well off, who suffer even worse traffic because of them.
Posted by: Really?? at January 02, 2026 11:33 AM (/CkK4)
Some these super locals are backwards by a lifetime ago.
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 02, 2026 11:33 AM (EyfuW)
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 11:33 AM (Ia/+0)
Like Obama and Trump, Mamdani won based on vibes, not rhetoric. People voted based on "he seems cool" and "I like how he makes me feel" and didn't know or even care much about their policies and ideas. This is what Newsome is trying to tap into but unfortunately for him, his vibe is sleazy politician and oily scumbag car salesman. He looks and acts like every bad guy in an 80s comedy.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 02, 2026 11:34 AM (3Amc7)
Predict what numbers these will be as of December 31, 2025 (numerical response):
1) Price of 9mm ammo per round (as determined by daily average best price on Black Basin, currently $0.13).
$0.15
2) National average price per gallon of regular gasoline (as determined by AAA, currently $3.043)
$2.67
3) S&P 500 level (as determined by S&P, Dec 31 2024 close was 5881.63)
6993.62
4) Euro to Dollar Exchange Rate (midmarket rate at 4pm ET as determined by XE.com, currently 1.0356)
0.9736
5) Price of a single 2X4X8 premium grade piece of lumber (reference is the price at the Home Depot nearest to TRex home, currently $3.85 each)
$3.85
6) Starting MSRP price of the most base level Ford F150 pick up truck (as shown on Ford build configuration website, currently $38,710)
$41,775
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Posted by: WTP at January 02, 2026 11:34 AM (vtC5P)
x.com/Oilfield_Rando/status/
2005812870462718349
The Rs are super stoked to spend money.
Apparently, there's this program where tons of foreign immigrants are dumped in the country and then set up with millions of dollars of fraud programs. Has anyone heard about this? Well guess what? The republicans are pouring money into this great idea. Senate Rs want to give away 6 billion to foreigner welfare and the House Rs want to give away 4 billion.
Oh, and get this, there is apparently this system to hand billions of our money to pretend somalian day care scams. Oh I hope that doesn't stop,... nope don't worry! The Rs are fully funding that specific program. Not cuts at all.
Also great stuff like making sure DEI is everywhere with our $$$ going to back it up.
We're owning the libs!!!!
Posted by: banana Dream at January 02, 2026 11:34 AM (3uBP9)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 02, 2026 11:34 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Count de Monet
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@#&$%*
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 02, 2026 11:34 AM (VCgbV)
I tried to be useful.
Dang, that's so sad.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 11:34 AM (Riz8t)
Price gouging, false advertising, deceptive trade practices--every state has those laws.
The Democrats won't enforce them (as long as the companies play ball).
The Republicans will insist that we need to pass new laws before anything can be done.
And if you try to bring your own suit, every judge in the land will find a way to say you don't have standing.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 02, 2026 11:35 AM (HXT0k)
Usually people do it when they are asleep or at work. Plug it in when you're not in the car. Charging time is typically only an issue in long trips.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 02, 2026 11:35 AM (3Amc7)
I feel for them. So sad.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 11:29 AM (Riz8t)
I still don’t understand the ROI for all the constant biktarvy (and other pharmaceutical) ads… they’re spending huge sums on ads for products which might be applicable to 0.1% of the population at most. How does that work?
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 02, 2026 11:36 AM (xT8gx)
Again, huh? If I'm not in the HOT lanes, I'm in the regular lanes, cloggin' ur traffic. It seems to me that everyone wins when I pay more to wave at the peasants from the HOT lanes.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 11:36 AM (Riz8t)
How is that possible?
BTW, I take HOT lanes all the time. They're great.
Posted by: Archimedes
Because HOV Lanes are the chicken wire lanes.
(Inside lane)
When you get out of the HOV lane and try to cross four other lanes so you can make your exit off the freeway, everyone has to slow down to let you over.
Now add twenty other vehicles because y'all arrived at your destination.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 11:36 AM (c115l)
There are limits to the length of any post and the system doesn't like lists very much, either.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 02, 2026 11:37 AM (3Amc7)
A few people get the benefit at the expenses of everyone else who has even worse traffic because of it. Essentially you’re turning a 4 lane highway into a 3 lane highway for everyone not using the HOV lane.
Posted by: Really?? at January 02, 2026 11:37 AM (/CkK4)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 02, 2026 11:37 AM (06Hmj)
Even top Putin ally Kirill Dmitriev, who is CEO of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund, is dunking on Zohran Mamdani
Kirill Dmitriev @kadmitriev
Dear Comrade Mamdani - just a friendly reminder that this has been tried before.
X image: https://bit.ly/44Vp9Dj
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 02, 2026 11:38 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Warai-otoko
No. Why?
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 11:38 AM (c115l)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 02, 2026 11:38 AM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 02, 2026 11:39 AM (6Ga6M)
Posted by: mpfs. I'M BACK at January 02, 2026 11:39 AM (P42t1)
(Inside lane)
When you get out of the HOV lane and try to cross four other lanes so you can make your exit off the freeway, everyone has to slow down to let you over.
On the beltway, the HOV lanes usually debouche directly onto the smaller feeder road. Furthermore, you have to weigh those where they don't against the reduced traffic in the regular lanes. Finally, most of the time the traffic on the beltway is so heavy that it's not really moving at highway speeds, so moving across is easier.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 11:40 AM (Riz8t)
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Posted by: Clyde Shelton
That makes me incredibly sad. I know Mr. Adams doesn't have long now.
Posted by: Tuna at January 02, 2026 11:40 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 02, 2026 11:40 AM (VCgbV)
Posted by: banana Dream
But everyone's grown children need excellent paying jobs and prime networking connections! 😭
(MTG is a very current reminder of the game.)
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 02, 2026 11:40 AM (NFX2v)
Dear Comrade Mamdani - just a friendly reminder that this has been tried before.
X image: https://bit.ly/44Vp9Dj
That. Is. Awesome.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 11:41 AM (Riz8t)
BTW, I take HOT lanes all the time. They're great.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 11:33 AM (Riz8t)
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Math.
Assume you have a three-lane road that carries 100,000 cars during rush hour along a ten-mile stretch of town. That is 100,000/10/3, or 3,333 vehicles per lane-mile during rush hour.
Now convert one of those lines to HOV.
Of those 100,000 cars, 5,000 of them already have more than one occupant. An additional 10,000 commuters are willing to carpool to become HOV to exploit the new lane. There are now 10,000 cars that are high-occupancy and the total dwindles to 95,000. Assume further that there's a toll scheme and 10,000 people are willing to pay for express lane access. There are now 20,000 cars that are high-occupancy or equivalent, and 95,000 cars total, which means that 75,000 cars are single-occupant and non-tolled.
Those 20,000 qualifying vehicles get one lane, which is 2,000 cars per lane-mile on the HOV-enabled stretch of road during rush hour. The remaining 75,000 cars now get two lanes, which increases their carriage to 3,750 cars per lane-mile during rush hour.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 11:41 AM (avHHk)
Posted by: Warai-otoko
No, why should I say for California's fuck ups concerning gasoline.
Let them pay 7 bucks a gallon. Its what they voted for.
Posted by: mpfs. I'M BACK at January 02, 2026 11:42 AM (P42t1)
I am actually surprised that never happened. I bet you could get 70% of the public to support it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 02, 2026 11:42 AM (3Amc7)
On the beltway, there are two HOT lanes, and the cops just LOVE to ticket people who think the laws cease to apply there.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 11:42 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 02, 2026 11:42 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 02, 2026 11:19 AM (2Ez/1)
This is the logic of a great thinker.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 02, 2026 11:43 AM (g8Ew8)
Zohran Mamdani fans disappointed by disastrous ‘block party’ with no food or bathrooms
Boomers didn't complain about lack of facilities at Woodstock.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 02, 2026 11:43 AM (pkeXY)
Well there's yer problem. HOV/HOT lanes are not a conversion of an existing lane, they're roads built by private investors. At least that's how they are on the beltway.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 11:44 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 02, 2026 11:34 AM (3Amc7)
Think of Kurt Russell's character in Used Cars.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 02, 2026 11:44 AM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 02, 2026 11:43 AM (pkeXY)
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They memorialized and glorified it and everyone claimed to have been there.
Give it 10 years and everyone in NY will reminisce about being at the party!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 11:44 AM (avHHk)
Then they ding you for so many stupid factors that you'll not save any money; no speeding, no sudden stops or turns, etc.
And now they have a permanent file on your driving and you'll never get a cheaper rate.
And 100% guarantee they are selling that data to someone somehow.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 02, 2026 11:44 AM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Ref with whistle at January 02, 2026 11:45 AM (2Ez/1)
You teach people to access the opportunity. It is on them to decide whether to apply those lessons. Deciding poorly results in self-inflicted poverty a lot of the time. "Dumbing down commerce" in the way described above just encourages the behavior, and removes the motivation to exceed.
And, I've got news for you. They wouldn't be lowering the cost of a grocery item. They'd be raising the price for those in a higher income structure to benefit the retailer, not the poverty stricken individual. Retailers are not altruistic no matter how many programs are created to make the initiator feel good about themselves.
Posted by: Orson at January 02, 2026 11:45 AM (dIske)
TOI World Desk / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Updated: Jan 02, 2026
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 02, 2026 11:45 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 11:45 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 11:45 AM (Riz8t)
Well there's yer problem. HOV/HOT lanes are not a conversion of an existing lane, they're roads built by private investors. At least that's how they are on the beltway.
Posted by: Archimedes
Toll roads are toll toads.
HOV lanes are built on existing freeways by removing the inside most breakdown lane.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 11:46 AM (c115l)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 02, 2026 11:32 AM (VCgbV)
Geez. Where do you live? We have none of that at the Walmarts I go to.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 02, 2026 11:46 AM (g8Ew8)
Which in the aggregate theoretically makes them worthwhile. Hundreds of thousands of drivers saving 3 minutes every day ads up to a lot of “hours saved” and multiply that by people’s hourly wage it seems like a big number and justifies the cost, spread out over years the bonds take to pay back.
But on a personal level it’s barely noticeable.
Posted by: Really?? at January 02, 2026 11:46 AM (/CkK4)
if a box of chocalates is subjectively worth far more to you than it is to me, why should we pay the same price ? across-the-board pricing is actually much more collectivist/socialist than discriminatory pricing; it's just that individually targetted pricing is informationally prohibitive.
"This is significantly different from offering discounts to those enrolled in loyalty programs, or getting discounts for buying a bundle of products or in bulk. In those situations, all customers have access to the same pricing."
yikes: behold one of the most poorly thought-through economic takes i've read in a year that saw the election of a self-professed socialist to the mayoralty of the erstwhile greatest city in the world.
the worst part ? this "conversative" commentary is praising...the threat of government intervention to "correct" the nonexistent problem (!). gov't to make the rules, all in the name of fighting socialism ?
Posted by: pH at January 02, 2026 11:47 AM (J9hPc)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 11:44 AM (Riz8t)
++++
Many, many HOV lanes were conversions. Expansions are different, but expansions also don't happen in a vacuum. There's an opportunity cost involved. The road *needed* expansion due to growth, but the expansion applies in a restricted way and benefits are limited. In a best-case outcome, everyone else's experience is unchanged (same traffic volume in the old corridor) in that case. I am sure that does happen. My one direct experience with expansion-as-toll-lanes did not reflect that (the expansion was both inadequate (the road needed 4x new lanes, not 2x, which everyone knew at the time) and the tolls were so high that it got little usage), but that is one single data point.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 11:47 AM (avHHk)
HOV lanes are built on existing freeways by removing the inside most breakdown lane.
Sometimes, but not in most. The beltway HOT lanes are largely outside the regular lanes.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 11:47 AM (Riz8t)
They were too stoned to even notice
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 02, 2026 11:47 AM (3Amc7)
‘ But I'm NOT a Mamdani supporter and think I see where his influence street is potentially heading.’
I think Mamdani’s new initiatives will be used to shakedown rich business owners, ie They’ll pay Mamdani to NOT have Mamdani’s initiatives applied to them.
He’ll make money like the warden in Shawshank redemption.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 02, 2026 11:48 AM (jbnUc)
X image: https://bit.ly/44Vp9Dj
That. Is. Awesome.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 11:41 AM (Riz8t)
"You just didn't do it right."
- - - - - - - - - John F. Kerry
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 11:48 AM (Zz0t1)
TOI World Desk / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Updated: Jan 02, 2026
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 02, 2026 11:45 AM
Rookie mistake.
Posted by: Somali in $2000 Glasses at January 02, 2026 11:49 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at January 02, 2026 11:49 AM (vd6bO)
Posted by: Oh by the way at January 02, 2026 11:49 AM (2Ez/1)
Geez. Where do you live? We have none of that at the Walmarts I go to.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 02, 2026 11:46 AM
Austin
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 11:49 AM (Zz0t1)
TOI World Desk / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Updated: Jan 02, 2026
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 02, 2026 11:45 AM
Rookie mistake.
+++
She'll learn.
Posted by: Imelda Marcos at January 02, 2026 11:51 AM (2Ez/1)
AOC rocks $5k dresses when she attends events.
Posted by: Really?? at January 02, 2026 11:51 AM (/CkK4)
Posted by: Don in SoCo at January 02, 2026 11:51 AM (vd6bO)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 02, 2026 11:52 AM (3Amc7)
It's offensive and nasty, but I don't see why it's not capitalism. You charge what the market will pay. If you're selling into an inefficient market, where prices are not 'known' with great accuracy, that's not the seller's problem. Buyers in turn have the option to improve their efficiency and to seek lowest price suppliers.
Posted by: gp at January 02, 2026 11:52 AM (GHIyr)
"What is the minimum width allowed?" asked the mayor.
"Eight feet" replied the engineer.
"Redesign them to eight feet even. When people are stuck in traffic jams every day, they will stop driving and take the bus."
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 02, 2026 11:53 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 02, 2026 11:46 AM
Austin
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
---
When did you move?
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 02, 2026 11:53 AM (VCgbV)
--
The Somali in the "we wuz robbed" video is wearing near $3k frames.
The Somali in the "opps, I said fraud is bad" clip has a 3-4 karat diamond ring on.
You are out there working like a sucker, a loser, a fool.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 02, 2026 11:54 AM (HXT0k)
They’re always either teachers or in the medical field
X image: https://bit.ly/4so8lPr
(Somali woman who said Elon Musk will be dead soon)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 02, 2026 11:54 AM (P5BPp)
When did you move?
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 02, 2026 11:53 AM (VCgbV)
Well, not me.
I still live in the DFW Suckoplex. We hope to change that this spring.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 11:54 AM (Zz0t1)
The police must come to court and the great majority reach settlements with their 'clients' (who most often produce a registration, insurance card or license) and have those promptly approved by the magistrate.
The insurance companies know you chase those kinds of people in the event of an accident and you'll be paying, too.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 02, 2026 11:55 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 02, 2026 11:55 AM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 02, 2026 11:52 AM (3Amc7)
++++
I *strongly* suspect that if the "crime is legal" aspect of major cities continues, we're going to see a return to the "catalgoue store" model, albeit with a high-tech twist. Locking up product classes and retrofitting cases for security is hugely expensive both in terms of physical plant and especially in operational costs. Now a paid employee has to wander around unlocking cases for customers all the time. It's monstrously inefficient and unsustainable.
In places where that has to happen, expect inventory to be taken off the floor entirely. Walk in, order from a kiosk, wait 15 minutes, have the employee bring your order out to you from "the back" where all the stuff is behind a couple of locked doors. Go get a coffee or a sandwich while you wait. The food court at the front of the store will still be open to the public.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 11:56 AM (avHHk)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 02, 2026 11:55 AM
You gotta keep 'em separated.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 02, 2026 11:56 AM (P5BPp)
Also take a $2M house and a $200k house. A plumber comes over to fix a leaky faucet. You think he’s charging both home owners the same amount? I really doubt it.
Posted by: Really?? at January 02, 2026 11:56 AM (/CkK4)
I watch far too many bodycam vids, and I am astonished by the number of people who drive not just without licenses, but without any form of ID at all.
Posted by: gp at January 02, 2026 11:57 AM (GHIyr)
http://tiny.cc/9c4x001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 11:57 AM (avHHk)
http://tiny.cc/9c4x001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 11:57 AM (avHHk)
Denise Richards?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 11:58 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 02, 2026 11:58 AM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Somali in $2000 Glasses
Nah. They do it all of the time.
They are respectful and representing their great city as they should, say supporters.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 02, 2026 11:58 AM (NFX2v)
Charge whatever will generate the highest profits and shareholder value!
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 02, 2026 11:58 AM (GQlWz)
Posted by: Joe Mannix
The Service Merchandise model.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 02, 2026 11:59 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at January 02, 2026 11:59 AM (Zz0t1)
Service Merchandise.
Had one display model of everything they sold. You took a ticket to the counter, paid, & it popped out of the back on a conveyor belt.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 11:59 AM (c115l)
Had one display model of everything they sold. You took a ticket to the counter, paid, & it popped out of the back on a conveyor belt.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 11:59 AM (c115l)
++++
Yup. Watch it get tarted up with some new tech and described as the Next Big Idea.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 12:00 PM (avHHk)
I'd gladly accept it for a substantial insurance premium discount, but I asked and there is no discount given, around here anyway.
Posted by: gp at January 02, 2026 12:00 PM (GHIyr)
In places where that has to happen, expect inventory to be taken off the floor entirely. Walk in, order from a kiosk, wait 15 minutes, have the employee bring your order out to you from "the back" where all the stuff is behind a couple of locked doors. Go get a coffee or a sandwich while you wait. The food court at the front of the store will still be open to the public.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 11:56 AM (avHHk)
Ah yes, the Soviet GUM model. Except for the coffee or sandwich thing.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 02, 2026 12:00 PM (y9nCu)
Make
Horsewhipping
Great
Again
... in public and commensurate to the executives' offenses against customers.
Financial penalties can be laughed off. Whipping scars are forever.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 02, 2026 12:01 PM (xG4kz)
I'd gladly accept it for a substantial insurance premium discount, but I asked and there is no discount given, around here anyway.
Posted by: gp at January 02, 2026 12:00 PM (GHIyr)
It yells at you if you do something it deems inappropriate while driving.
I don't want or need that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 12:01 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: gp at January 02, 2026 11:57 AM (GHIyr)
Thing is if you don’t drive like a crazy person the odds against getting pulled over are very good. People do it because there is little to no incentive for not doing it.
It’s another example of how our high trust society is disintegrating.
Posted by: Really?? at January 02, 2026 12:01 PM (/CkK4)
People are buying more stuff via delivery now. They care less and less about the in-store buying hassles.
Posted by: gp at January 02, 2026 12:02 PM (GHIyr)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 02, 2026 12:02 PM (3uBP9)
How much time was saved ? Was that time saved worth 10 dollars?
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 02, 2026 12:02 PM (GQlWz)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 12:00 PM (avHHk)
The newer Summit Racing distribution center in Arlington, TX is like that.
Sure, they have a store front, but you can go to the kiosk in the back, enter your request and pay for it, then you'll get your number called when the order is filled and ready for pickup.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 12:03 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Really?? at January 02, 2026 12:03 PM (/CkK4)
My Medicare premium was increased 396% this year. Because I sold some stock to diversify out of a highly concentrated position. I was shocked, as I'm new to these Medicare rules that determine what you pay based on how much you make.
This is not "insurance". My health has not changed. This is a tax on temporary wealth. This too, is not capitalism, it is communism.
From each according to their ability , to each according to their need. Bah humbug.
Posted by: Derak at January 02, 2026 12:03 PM (JQ2/i)
Posted by: hadsil at January 02, 2026 12:04 PM (Xht4H)
Posted by: Derak at January 02, 2026 12:03 PM (JQ2/i)
"Correct!"
- - - - - - Cheap Justice John Roberts
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 12:04 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
I visited the GUM store last time I was in Moscow. It was nice, but basically no different than the Galleria. To the average soviet who normally wasn't allowed in, it was probably awe inspiring.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 02, 2026 12:04 PM (0U5gm)
I don't want or need that.
Posted by: Sponge
Ahhhhh. Like driving with the ex wife.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 12:05 PM (c115l)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 12:05 PM (c115l)
I would imagine quite similar, yes.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 12:06 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 02, 2026 12:02 PM (3uBP9)
It was a young Denise Richards who was the daughter of the president of NBC with great cleavage and George got caught staring…. Jerry was annoyed because everyone knows with cleavage it’s like the sun; you take a peak but don’t stare you’ll get burned…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 02, 2026 12:06 PM (/iXAp)
Posted by: Possibly Dumb at January 02, 2026 11:21 AM (4PEtT)
Why yes, you can. All I ever do. No apps of any kind on my damned phone.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 02, 2026 12:07 PM (8zz6B)
I visited the GUM store last time I was in Moscow. It was nice, but basically no different than the Galleria. To the average soviet who normally wasn't allowed in, it was probably awe inspiring.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 02, 2026 12:04 PM (0U5gm)
Honestly, I've only been to the GUM store in the Ghost Recon video game about 20 years ago...
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 02, 2026 12:07 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at January 02, 2026 12:08 PM (qZdIZ)
At 30%….I’d consider it.
Posted by: Really?? at January 02, 2026 12:08 PM (/CkK4)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 02, 2026 12:06 PM (/iXAp)
This is why, wherever possible, you wear mirrored sunglasses.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 12:08 PM (Zz0t1)
The open floor model store is a high-trust society feature. Old timey stores had a few display models up front and everything else in back. It takes a lot of service to run one of those, but its safe from casual theft.
To the average soviet who normally wasn't allowed in, it was probably awe inspiring.
My Russian teacher in high school used to fly out to the Soviet Union every few years (in retrospect I think he was... involved in intelligence, shall we say) during the 80s. He would buy his minder something from the GUM every time and they were always amazed.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 02, 2026 12:08 PM (3Amc7)
I visited the GUM store last time I was in Moscow. It was nice, but basically no different than the Galleria. To the average soviet who normally wasn't allowed in, it was probably awe inspiring.
Posted by: Thomas Paine
Well, to them and Tucker Carlson, he of the high-pitched girlish squeals
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 02, 2026 12:09 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: BurtTC at January 02, 2026 11:28 AM (dGCAG)
I agree with you
Posted by: ... at January 02, 2026 12:09 PM (E0p3T)
Posted by: Possibly Dumb at January 02, 2026 11:21 AM (4PEtT)
Why yes, you can. All I ever do. No apps of any kind on my damned phone.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
Kroger does e-coupons. You use their app, "clip" the e-coupon, and it knows to apply it to your total checkout price because of your loyalty card.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 12:09 PM (c115l)
Posted by: Really?? at January 02, 2026 11:23 AM (/CkK4)
Simply buy used cars from private owners. You can still haggle, but you haggle with a principal.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 02, 2026 12:10 PM (8zz6B)
Currently, yes. In the near future, pricing will be accessed by your phone and facial recognition will identify you and adjust for you.
But some people cannot get out and go grocery shopping for various reasons and having stuff delivered is the only real option.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 02, 2026 12:10 PM (3Amc7)
I've argued for a long time that software companies should be required on a regular basis to get your permission for every bit of data they collect and for it to be 100% illegal to share that data with any other merchant or data broker
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 12:10 PM (sKqQm)
At 30%….I’d consider it.
Posted by: Really?? at January 02, 2026 12:08 PM (/CkK4)
You're driving down the freeway, minding your own business, doing the speed limit, even. Suddenly, from out of nowhere, someone cuts across 3 lanes in front of you because they decided that's the exit they needed to take.
You take evasive action by slamming the brakes and slowing rapidly to avoid a collision. The stupid monitoring device under your dash starts beeping loudly to let you know it's mad and your insurance rates increase due to your reckless driving.
Yeah, they can take that little device and shove it up their ass.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 12:10 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 02, 2026 12:10 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: WTP at January 02, 2026 11:24 AM
***
Results will be posted in the Wednesday ONT.
Posted by: TRex - kreskin dino at January 02, 2026 12:11 PM (IQ6Gq)
How much time was saved ? Was that time saved worth 10 dollars?
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith
1) Sean Penn still finds you disgustingly phallic
B) Since both customers were using Instacart, the time saved for that $10 was zero seconds.
Posted by: mikeski at January 02, 2026 12:12 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: BurtTC at January 02, 2026 11:28 AM (dGCAG)
I agree with you
Posted by: ... at January 02, 2026 12:09 PM (E0p3T)
I think the overall impression from comments is that there are laws preventing this already on the books and they should be applied. No one is clamoring for new laws and growth in government.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 12:12 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 12:10 PM (Zz0t1)
It reminds me of those thermostats that power companies were giving away "for free" that allowed them to cut your ac. Yeah, that's a no from me chief.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 02, 2026 12:13 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: sidney at January 02, 2026 12:13 PM (Uy/WF)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 02, 2026 11:27 AM (VCgbV)
Good commuter car for those who live in a mild-climate area.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 02, 2026 12:14 PM (8zz6B)
Mamdami can bring back the Soviet "three-line" stores - one line to select the item, a second line to pay for the item, and a third line to get the item.
Maximizes employment that way.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 02, 2026 12:14 PM (xTIDn)
‘Tucker Carlson, he of the high-pitched girlish squeals’
That may be what discredits him the most with me.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 02, 2026 12:14 PM (jbnUc)
Commentary Zohran Mamdani Press Account
@MayorMamdani
In no way was this a NAZI salute or intended to be one.
We can end that debate now.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 02, 2026 12:14 PM (L/fGl)
https://is.gd/xd5nlO
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
Total sieg heil from start to finish.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 12:15 PM (c115l)
We have corporatism; a soft fascism.
But really it's hidden socialism with a cheap suit of a market system.
The bottom 20% get all the benefits.
The top 1% get to rule.
Everyone else gets to pay.
So, of course the stupids with degrees are all against Capitalism. Because they're told their entire life that the US is a capitalist country.
And there is no way the corporatists who are the donor class of the GOP will ever offer an alternative to the current system.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 02, 2026 11:26 AM (HXT0k)
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This is no different than the "communism hasn't really been tried" arguments.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 02, 2026 12:15 PM (ACIRI)
Posted by: ... at January 02, 2026 12:15 PM (E0p3T)
So for the true blue lefties they just assume if they were given all the power they'd make everything right. Of course their version of right looks like hell, but that's it...
For lefty LIVs its more simple. The media tells them "if there was a law against it people wouldn't do it" and so they repeat the narrative. There could already be a law against it but obviously that didn't cover this case...right?
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 12:15 PM (sKqQm)
@MayorMamdani
In no way was this a NAZI salute or intended to be one.
We can end that debate now.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
Sorry jihadi. Your rules.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 12:15 PM (c115l)
I mean, its not, but its as much of one as Elon's nearly identical gesture.
Good commuter car for those who live in a mild-climate area.
I wouldn't get a Tesla though, I'd get a Leaf or something super cut rate and basic. You're facing a huge surcost in 8-10 years depending on how much you use it so best to keep the price down, particularly as the subsidies have ended.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 02, 2026 12:16 PM (3Amc7)
Commentary Zohran Mamdani Press Account
@MayorMamdani
In no way was this a NAZI salute or intended to be one.
We can end that debate now.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 02, 2026 12:14 PM (L/fGl)
Nope. New rules have already been established.
NAZI!!!!!! THIS PROVES IT!!!!
*I can't wait for Musk to chime in
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 12:16 PM (Zz0t1)
https://is.gd/xd5nlO
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
Total sieg heil from start to finish.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 12:15 PM (c115l)
Isn't he a tiny bit of a National Socialist anyway?
Posted by: banana Dream at January 02, 2026 12:16 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 12:16 PM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 02, 2026 12:17 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 12:17 PM (Ia/+0)
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100% agreement. If I buy used it’s almost always private party. Much cheaper cutting out the middle man’s markup. I also sell used cars private. Trading in is basically lighting thousands of dollars on fire. In the past I’ve gone to CarMax get an offer. That’s my worst case scenario is I can get this much number.
Then list it on marketplace for something like 30% more. I honestly don’t get why anyone would trade in. I get convenience but is it really worth thousands, sometimes even $10k+ to save a few hours of work? Each to his own I suppose.
Posted by: Really?? at January 02, 2026 12:17 PM (/CkK4)
Isn't he a tiny bit of a National Socialist anyway?
Posted by: banana Dream at January 02, 2026 12:16 PM (3uBP9)
And he wants to kill Jews, so there's that.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 12:17 PM (Zz0t1)
The bottom 20% get all the benefits.
The top 1% get to rule.
Everyone else gets to pay.
And a non-trivial number of people are paid in the top 50% to serve that bottom 20%. Or at least...theoretically serve them.
Think of the inspectors in MN that were supposedly certifying all those child care centers...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 12:17 PM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Nazdar at January 02, 2026 12:17 PM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 12:18 PM (Zz0t1)
I mean, its not, but its as much of one as Elon's nearly identical gesture.
Only things missing was the heel click and monocle.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 12:18 PM (c115l)
"We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism," says Mamdani
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 02, 2026 12:18 PM (L/fGl)
Bezos says "hey"!
Posted by: man at January 02, 2026 12:19 PM (xDZRs)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 02, 2026 11:32 AM (VCgbV)
I don't buy cosmetics, so I don't know if they lock them them up here in AJ. They have a greeter/minder at the door, but about the only time I get asked for a receipt is if I have liquour or beer in the cart. Mostly the minder just smiles and waves me through. I don't mind of the store takes reasonabe steps to hinder shoplifting, because in the end, shoplifting costs me money.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 02, 2026 12:20 PM (8zz6B)
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Yup.
You get dinged the same for avoiding a collision just as if you were the one driving recklessly.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 02, 2026 12:22 PM (HXT0k)
================
Sure it is.
I don't see an issue here. Charge what the market will bear, and anyone who doesn't want to pay for Instacart can shop elsewhere.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 02, 2026 12:23 PM (fUDfS)
Looking it up, there was apparently new movement back in November; there was a settlement between RealPage and the government. It probably just got lost in the news due to the Charlie Kirk assassination.
Posted by: Another Anon at January 02, 2026 12:26 PM (4h45B)
(Inside lane)
When you get out of the HOV lane and try to cross four other lanes so you can make your exit off the freeway, everyone has to slow down to let you over.
Now add twenty other vehicles because y'all arrived at your destination.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 11:36 AM (c115l)
The HOV lanes here in the greater PHX urb have their own exits at major freeway junctions.
I prefer to drive in the outside lane. If I see a freeway jam-up beginning to form ahead of me, I will bail at the next exit and take surface roads.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 02, 2026 12:27 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Case at January 02, 2026 12:29 PM (G1OIb)
Posted by: Garfunkel's Sowed Oats at January 02, 2026 12:30 PM (V87Oy)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 12:03 PM (Zz0t1)
If I am buying speed equipment, I want it on the shelf so I can comparison shop, and be able to talk to a knowledgable employee about whether a particular unit is right for my intended use.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 02, 2026 12:41 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 12:09 PM (c115l)
Kroger in Arizona is Fry's. I won't shop there. And I refuse to participate in any loyalty programs, for any store. Or bank.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 02, 2026 12:45 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Cow Demon at January 02, 2026 01:04 PM (3E+BT)
I also think companies are eliminating most all customer sevice for this. They make you dispute the charge on your CC and then just pay it. Cheaper than hiring a human rep.
Posted by: Random PJ at January 02, 2026 01:11 PM (RRCAT)
But that’s harder to prove.
Posted by: The MewTwix at January 02, 2026 02:16 PM (nTRuU)
Mid-Morning Art Thread
Emil W. Lenders
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 09:28 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 09:28 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 02, 2026 09:28 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 02, 2026 09:28 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 09:29 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 02, 2026 09:29 AM (2RJDy)
American Art Museum
Artist
Emil W. Lenders, born Germany ca. 1865-died Oklahoma City, OK 1934
Credit Line
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Victor Justice Evans
Date
1922
Object number
1985.66.362,140
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
Painting
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
20 1/4 x 30 1/4 in. (51.5 x 76.9 cm.)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 02, 2026 09:30 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 02, 2026 09:30 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 09:30 AM (c115l)
Posted by: Oglebay at January 02, 2026 09:30 AM (GPa4z)
Posted by: cmeat at January 02, 2026 09:30 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 09:30 AM (sKqQm)
Nice painting
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 09:31 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: huerfano at January 02, 2026 09:31 AM (98kQX)
Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at January 02, 2026 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Zorhan M. at January 02, 2026 09:31 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 02, 2026 09:32 AM (0nHVk)
Posted by: 18-1
Would have been a lot easier to hide your tracks than two plow lines.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 09:32 AM (c115l)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 02, 2026 09:32 AM (2RJDy)
Posted by: Confused Moron at January 02, 2026 09:32 AM (ycI94)
Posted by: cmeat at January 02, 2026 09:32 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: naturalfake at January 02, 2026 09:32 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 09:29 AM (ZOv7s)
Wouldn't wheels work better then a sledge if you live in southwest?
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 09:30 AM (sKqQm)
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They can culturally appropriate horses, but not the wheel. They have *some* standards.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 02, 2026 09:32 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Heap Nice Painting! at January 02, 2026 09:32 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 09:32 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 09:33 AM (avHHk)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 02, 2026 09:33 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: cmeat at January 02, 2026 09:34 AM (R11M+)
Drag, drag, drag, bang, drag, drag, its stuck on something
Wash, rinse repeat
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 09:34 AM (sKqQm)
They can culturally appropriate horses, but not the wheel. They have *some* standards.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 02, 2026 09:32 AM (ESVrU)
The only conclusion that can be drawn here is that Good Year hates Native Americans!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 09:34 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 09:34 AM (c115l)
Posted by: Woof! at January 02, 2026 09:34 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 09:32 AM (c115l)
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They travel in single file to hide their numbers.
They culturally appropriated that trick from the Sand People of Tatooine.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 02, 2026 09:34 AM (ESVrU)
"Though They Tried, Horse Chopsticks Failed to Become a Thing Among the Cherokee"
Posted by: naturalfake at January 02, 2026 09:34 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 02, 2026 09:34 AM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: George Costanza at January 02, 2026 09:34 AM (2Ez/1)
——
Many, by no means all, but many nations particularly plains tribes basically had the system where the females - squaws - performed all of the menial drudge work, collecting firewood, scraping hides etc. The warriors laid around, smoked, and gambled.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 02, 2026 09:35 AM (DaCyj)
Posted by: Joe Mannix
Dude, Hidden Valley ranch goes well with everything!
Posted by: Midwesterners at January 02, 2026 09:35 AM (ycI94)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 02, 2026 09:35 AM (sDNVV)
I don't know how Star Wars missed their myriad day care centers with no actual children in them however.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 09:35 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: redridinghood at January 02, 2026 09:35 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 02, 2026 09:35 AM (NuV6c)
Also: tortured captured enemy men and raped captured enemy women
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 09:36 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Common Tater
👍
Posted by: Muhammad at January 02, 2026 09:36 AM (ycI94)
Posted by: Tonypete at January 02, 2026 09:36 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: K Valentine
Posted by: rickb223
No, me had hots for Michael Constantine!
Also, nicely rendered Art!
Posted by: The Great Poof!! at January 02, 2026 09:36 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Evil white men at January 02, 2026 09:36 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Bulg at January 02, 2026 09:37 AM (77rzZ)
I see all the obvious wheel snark has been taken.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 02, 2026 09:36 AM (cYBz/)
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We're on a roll...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 02, 2026 09:37 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 02, 2026 09:37 AM (NuV6c)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 02, 2026 09:37 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 02, 2026 09:37 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: redridinghood
The Fallacy of the Noble Red Man
Rape the land so hard they have to be constantly moving.
Waste so much meat before refrigeration. (Buffalo jumps)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 09:38 AM (c115l)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 02, 2026 09:38 AM (VCgbV)
Also: tortured captured enemy men and raped captured enemy women
Posted by: 18-1
My people!!!!!!
Posted by: Muhammad at January 02, 2026 09:38 AM (ycI94)
Emil W. Lenders
***********
80% of Body Heat Loss - a limerick
For primitive cultures it's the norm
To always find shelter from the storm
In addition to that
You should wear a fur hat
It's the best way to keep your wig warm!
Posted by: muldoon at January 02, 2026 09:38 AM (/iMjX)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 02, 2026 09:38 AM (NuV6c)
Posted by: Kramer at January 02, 2026 09:38 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Keef and Mick at January 02, 2026 09:38 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at January 02, 2026 09:38 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Reynolds Tobacco at January 02, 2026 09:38 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: naturalfake at January 02, 2026 09:38 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: man at January 02, 2026 09:39 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 02, 2026 09:39 AM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Tuna at January 02, 2026 09:40 AM (lJ0H4)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2026 09:40 AM (GDodg)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 02, 2026 09:40 AM (NuV6c)
Posted by: Robert at January 02, 2026 09:40 AM (tdbfP)
It was mandated under the Anasazi Disability Act.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 09:40 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Pony Car Petey at January 02, 2026 09:40 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 02, 2026 09:40 AM (ti1MH)
Posted by: Bacardi at January 02, 2026 09:40 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: cmeat at January 02, 2026 09:41 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: That guy who always gets to the thread late at January 02, 2026 09:41 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 09:41 AM (c115l)
Posted by: JML at January 02, 2026 09:41 AM (EtRph)
In the 1510s he heard about a rich tribe in Mexico and left Spanish held Cuba with a group of adventurers.
He disobeyed the colonial governor who then sent an army to bring him back. When the army got to Cortez he offered them a choice - arrest me and go back to working for a pittance under the governor or join me and get rich. The speech was apparently a good one as the governor's small army joined him.
And...one of the men in the governor's army had small pox. So as they travelled around Mexico building alliances and fighting hostile tribes they also spread the disease.
But none of it was intentional. And amusing directly opposite of what the Spanish government had ordered.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 09:41 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Hannah Dustin, colonial badazz at January 02, 2026 09:41 AM (NuV6c)
RIP.
He made beautiful jewelry.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 02, 2026 09:40 AM (NuV6c)
I thought he made soup.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 02, 2026 09:41 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Chief Wacky Wig at January 02, 2026 09:41 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Robert at January 02, 2026 09:41 AM (tdbfP)
Posted by: Hannah Dustin, colonial badazz at January 02, 2026 09:42 AM (NuV6c)
Posted by: Citizen Cake at January 02, 2026 09:42 AM (CwhoI)
Yeah. They got around to it...
+++
Forget it. He's rolling.
Posted by: Oh, no... at January 02, 2026 09:42 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 02, 2026 09:43 AM (NuV6c)
Posted by: naturalfake at January 02, 2026 09:43 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 02, 2026 09:43 AM (qncWG)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 02, 2026 09:43 AM (3uBP9)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 09:43 AM (c115l)
Can someone explain why I don't see an crabbing pots in the tribe's painting here?
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 09:43 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: dantesed at January 02, 2026 09:43 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: Citizen Cake at January 02, 2026 09:42 AM (CwhoI)
It's bullshit. There's like three dozen daycares registered at that teepee.
Posted by: Robert at January 02, 2026 09:44 AM (tdbfP)
He was an interesting figure. Changed parties when the Dems went far enough left there was no longer a role for moderate Democrats.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 09:44 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 09:44 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: That guy who always gets to the thread late at January 02, 2026 09:41 AM (Riz8t)
Who you callin' a joke, roundeye?
Posted by: Elizabeth Warren at January 02, 2026 09:44 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: man at January 02, 2026 09:45 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: dantesed at January 02, 2026 09:43 AM (Oy/m2)
They didn't really do pyres, correct?
The dead were left on those platforms to dehydrate and rot.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 02, 2026 09:45 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: cmeat at January 02, 2026 09:45 AM (R11M+)
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*** Ward Churchill was unavailable for comment. ***
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 02, 2026 09:45 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: man at January 02, 2026 09:45 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: naturalfake at January 02, 2026 09:45 AM (iJfKG)
So like Icelandic rotten shark?
Posted by: Robert at January 02, 2026 09:46 AM (tdbfP)
Posted by: Tonypete at January 02, 2026 09:46 AM (cYBz/)
And the casino is just out of frame on the right.
Posted by: Welcome to New Mexico at January 02, 2026 09:46 AM (2Ez/1)
For my taste, the painting would be more effective if it was just the horse as it is against the simple background. The people are superfluous.
Posted by: JTB at January 02, 2026 09:46 AM (yTvNw)
Posted by: Kramer at January 02, 2026 09:46 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: man at January 02, 2026 09:46 AM (XuXeR)
Little Big Pain in the Ass was embarrassed because his parents had opted for the minivan of travois'. He had wanted the low rider with the spinning sticks.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 09:46 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 02, 2026 09:46 AM (NuV6c)
Posted by: cmeat at January 02, 2026 09:46 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Firewater Freddie at January 02, 2026 09:46 AM (oftw2)
Did anyone notice that the Subway Station Zorhan the Great used for his swearing in is permanently closed?
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 02, 2026 08:22 AM (gbOdA)
It's actually a very famous landmark. The story:
https://tinyurl.com/msfh5ps2
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 02, 2026 09:26 AM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 02, 2026 09:47 AM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: man at January 02, 2026 09:47 AM (XuXeR)
ALL GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS NOW ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO LOOT THE GOVERNMENT.
The *point* of government is grifting. Everything else it does is just to allow it to loot with some sort of fig leaf
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 09:47 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Oops at January 02, 2026 09:48 AM (2Ez/1)
https://tinyurl.com/msfh5ps2
Looked beautiful, if not well-maintained. To see it in its prime would have been fun.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 02, 2026 09:48 AM (NuV6c)
Sure. We're off to a start with this good year
*ducks. Again*
Posted by: man at January 02, 2026 09:49 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: cmeat at January 02, 2026 09:49 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 02, 2026 09:49 AM (3uBP9)
I'm in Pennsylvania and freezing my balls off.
If the LAWD had meant man to live in snow and ice he'd have covered us in fur and put the garden of ole Eden in Siberia.
We're not furries, Horde, and Siberia fucking sucks.
We're warm weather creatures, Horde. That's why we're mostly hairless and enjoy the beach so much. It's okay to love south. The South is nice. Always good barbecuing weather in the South.
Posted by: Robert at January 02, 2026 09:49 AM (tdbfP)
Posted by: Somali Learing Center at January 02, 2026 09:49 AM (vbdXu)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 02, 2026 09:49 AM (0ChAx)
Well, to be honest some of us kind of are...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 09:50 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: muldoon at January 02, 2026 09:50 AM (/iMjX)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 09:50 AM (Zz0t1)
Overheard in the talk around last night's campfire: "Say, did you see how much those Somalis were scoring off taxpayers?"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 02, 2026 09:50 AM (xG4kz)
No, it's awful. Rednecks, trucks, SUVs, guns, brisket, Buc-ee's...
Posted by: man at January 02, 2026 09:50 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Somali Learing Center
Are you sure it wasn't them Greek homos?
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 09:50 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: muldoon at January 02, 2026 09:50 AM (/iMjX)
Does he have an insufferable twat for a girlfriend as well?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 09:50 AM (Zz0t1)
Nonna had a heavier 'stache than Nonno.
Just saying.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 02, 2026 09:50 AM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Umm....how at January 02, 2026 09:51 AM (sKqQm)
Is thst the 2027 Ford Travois we're looking at, here?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 02, 2026 09:51 AM (xG4kz)
You would think this would be the case for Scandi grandmas, not Italian ones.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 09:51 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: cmeat at January 02, 2026 09:52 AM (R11M+)
He hunt swift beaver!
YT for some reason started serving up TS clips to me. She's getting a bit heavy.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 09:52 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: man at January 02, 2026 09:52 AM (XuXeR)
With the upgraded one horsepower engine!
Posted by: Car nerd at January 02, 2026 09:53 AM (2Ez/1)
They went all in on the EV Travois, but they keep bursting into flame.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 09:53 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Bulg at January 02, 2026 09:53 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: JML at January 02, 2026 09:41 AM (EtRph)
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Good thing white people came along to do that all for them.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 09:53 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: The Finns at January 02, 2026 09:54 AM (2Ez/1)
This. Well said.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 02, 2026 09:54 AM (NuV6c)
Posted by: gp at January 02, 2026 09:55 AM (GHIyr)
Posted by: Bulg at January 02, 2026 09:53 AM (77rzZ)
Come, my darling.
Posted by: Eskimo Woman With Thick Bush at January 02, 2026 09:55 AM (tdbfP)
I have to work today.
United Healthcare, our parent company, has decreed we can only see ONE MEDICARE PATIENT PER DAY. Apparently This is due to the low reimbursement rates.
I don’t see how this works. They want to force everyone onto a Medicare supplement plan. And most of those suck balls.
Walmart greeter looks like a fun job.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 02, 2026 09:55 AM (8ZrHX)
You're welcome.
Posted by: The Patriarchy at January 02, 2026 09:55 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Emperor Penguins, huddled in a mass in Antarctica at January 02, 2026 09:55 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 02, 2026 09:48 AM (NuV6c)
Recent photos indicate a very well kept site. It's closed to the public, as the Wiki article states, so there is little deterioration. I was able to visit it back in the early 90's when I was working in the NY TV industry.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 02, 2026 09:56 AM (5xuJ/)
Here we are, up to our armpits in filth and shite, trudging through the same bog every bleedin' day since the Romans buggered off and left us with nothin' but Latin curses and bad drainage!
And you come swannin' in with your fancy cart and your two—two!—whole wheels, like you're the bleedin' king of the universe!
We had to make do with one wheel—one!—and that was only because me old grandad found half a millstone and we lashed it to a plank with string we nicked off a dead sheep! And we were grateful!
You lot with your four wheels, your greased axles, your not-fallin'-over-every-three-steps... luxury!
Back in my day, if we wanted to move anything heavier than a bucket of mud, we just picked it up and walked till our legs fell off, then we crawled the rest of the way! And we liked it!
But nooo, now everyone's got wheels like it's the bleedin' Renaissance or somethin'. Spoiled, the lot of ya!
Luxury! Luxury, I tell ya! We didn't have wheels... we had spirit! And blisters! And more spirit! And even more blisters!
Now bugger off with your fancy rolling contraption before I start a proper revolution right here in this puddle!
Posted by: Tonypete at January 02, 2026 09:56 AM (cYBz/)
I'm guessing the American Indian tribes weren't big on pottery...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 09:56 AM (sKqQm)
"I wonder if they have dried monkey meat to sell and pounds of unidentifiable vegetable matter? I'm famished!"
-- world-traveling Congolese man
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 02, 2026 09:57 AM (xG4kz)
United Healthcare, our parent company, has decreed we can only see ONE MEDICARE PATIENT PER DAY. Apparently This is due to the low reimbursement rates.
So, they want Medicare for all, and locations would only see 365 patients a year, but only if they're open every day?
Seems efficient.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 09:57 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Wheels 'R' Us at January 02, 2026 09:57 AM (avHHk)
I don’t see how this works. They want to force everyone onto a Medicare supplement plan. And most of those suck balls.
You're looking for a logical plan that can actually be implemented by the government. There's your problem.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 09:57 AM (Riz8t)
‘ YT for some reason started serving up TS clips to me. She's getting a bit heavy.’
Alllllll right!
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 02, 2026 09:57 AM (jbnUc)
Posted by: Bulg at January 02, 2026 09:53 AM (77rzZ)
Incorrect. F*ck the cold.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 09:57 AM (Zz0t1)
It's regular fog, but frozen. There's some sort of "special weather statement" about it too.
I'll stay inside.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 02, 2026 09:58 AM (NwnyJ)
California claims it’s an error from a 2006(!) issue.
And I bet 100% of the name were transmitted to the voter reg offices.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 02, 2026 09:58 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
As in, what did Californians use before the travois? The automobile?
Posted by: t-bird at January 02, 2026 09:59 AM (xkNPX)
The west as a whole can't come to terms with the fact there is almost an infinite desire for "free" healthcare.
Ironically for people that are working they don't have time to constantly go to the doctor but if you are on welfare...why not?
So if healthcare is a "right" eventually we will either spend EVERY dollar we produce on it, the government and/or its intermediaries will ration it, or we will have to remove most government involvement in healthcare
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 09:59 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 09:59 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 02, 2026 09:59 AM (B91YY)
California claims it’s an error from a 2006(!) issue.
And I bet 100% of the name were transmitted to the voter reg offices.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 02, 2026 09:58 AM (gbOdA)
Every single time, such glitches benefit the left. Every. Single. Time.
Wonder why that is.......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 09:59 AM (Zz0t1)
California claims it’s an error from a 2006(!) issue. ...
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 02, 2026 09:58 AM (gbOdA)
++++
Okay.
How many citizens were affected by the same error? That will be the tell. Was it an actual system error/failure, or was it a conspiracy? If it was a real error, some staggering number of citizens should also have licenses with the same problem.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 09:59 AM (avHHk)
I'll stay inside.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 02, 2026 09:58 AM (NwnyJ)
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Hoar frost. Watch out for the ice giants.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 09:59 AM (ZOv7s)
Would hang. Thx CBD, have a great weekend. Like the art this week
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 02, 2026 09:59 AM (zNwXb)
Posted by: Bulg at January 02, 2026 09:53 AM (77rzZ)
Incorrect. F*ck the cold.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 09:57 AM (Zz0t1)
Bulg said REAL men. He's correct. Heh.
Posted by: Loves the cold at January 02, 2026 10:00 AM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy
Wow! ever meet Officer Joe Bolton, Captain Jack McCarthy, or Chuck McCann?
Posted by: TV Addict at January 02, 2026 10:00 AM (oftw2)
California claims it’s an error from a 2006(!) issue.
And I bet 100% of the name were transmitted to the voter reg offices.
It's really surprising that every time we uncover one of these "errors" it benefits the Dems. I can't quite figure it out.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 10:00 AM (Riz8t)
I'm guessing the American Indian tribes weren't big on pottery...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 09:56 AM (sKqQm)
I was reading something just a few months ago and some dude was saying it evolved along with the axle when people were moving heavy objects over wooden logs. They realized you could carve out the center to allow it to roll over obstructions so you had wheel shapes in one end and basically a long axle in the middle.
Posted by: Robert at January 02, 2026 10:01 AM (tdbfP)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 02, 2026 10:01 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: I said USED to at January 02, 2026 10:01 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Whiskey Joe at January 02, 2026 10:01 AM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Bulg at January 02, 2026 09:53 AM (77rzZ)
Incorrect. F*ck the cold.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 09:57 AM (Zz0t1)
Bulg said REAL men. He's correct. Heh.
Yeah, you walked right in to that one.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 10:01 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 02, 2026 10:02 AM (B91YY)
A new Tennessee law went into effect on January 1, 2026, that declares certain out-of-state driver's licenses invalid in Tennessee — specifically those issued exclusively to illegal aliens.
Tennessee now officially does not recognize out-of-state driver's licenses that are issued only to undocumented immigrants.
Driving in Tennessee with such an invalid license is classified as a Class B misdemeanor, which can carry penalties of up to 6 months in jail and/or fines.
The law requires the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security to maintain and publish a list of which out-of-state licenses are considered invalid under this provision.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 02, 2026 10:02 AM (cYBz/)
Yeah, you walked right in to that one.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 10:01 AM (Riz8t)
REAL men, bundling together to keep warm. Yeah, keep your fag weather. I'll be nice and warm down here with my woman enjoying the beautiful weather.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 10:02 AM (Zz0t1)
Supplement or Advantage?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 10:02 AM (ExV1e)
I assume the big problem was figuring out how to grease the bearing / axle.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 10:03 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: MR. WU at January 02, 2026 10:03 AM (fW9dF)
Posted by: Loves the cold at January 02, 2026 10:00 AM (5xuJ/)
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No, he's wrong, unless you are going to say that there are no real men in any of the military service branches.
Because they bitch about EVERYTHING.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 10:03 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: muldoon at January 02, 2026 10:03 AM (/iMjX)
Posted by: From about That Time at January 02, 2026 10:04 AM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Archimedes
My people had no problem with that!
Posted by: Anderson Cooper At Holiday Camp at January 02, 2026 10:05 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 02, 2026 10:05 AM (EyfuW)
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 10:06 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 10:02 AM (Zz0t1)
Fags run to warm weather. Bad DNA. Proven fact. Real men made fire and central heating systems. (this is fun!)
Posted by: Loves the cold Strong like bull! at January 02, 2026 10:06 AM (5xuJ/)
And in other news, a number of CA DMV employees "forgot" to report large, untraceable cash payments on their taxes that year.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 02, 2026 10:06 AM (NuV6c)
Having depleted fish stocks in its own coastal waters in the early 2000s, Chinese fishing boats are now destroying fishing stock all across the world.
The destruction in South America by the Chinese fishing vessels is unimaginable.
China now accounted for over 80 percent of fishing in the waters off Argentina, Ecuador, and Peru.
https://is.gd/Hav6oP
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 10:06 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 10:02 AM (Zz0t1)
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Birthdays say otherwise. When the weather turns cool, that's when the babies start getting planted.
Obviously climate matters, and A/C has changed things a bit, but the pattern still holds.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 10:06 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Loves the cold Strong like bull! at January 02, 2026 10:06 AM (5xuJ/)
Such a fag thing to say.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 10:07 AM (Zz0t1)
If the Gazans are humanity's version of rabid dogs, then the Chinese are humanity's version of locusts.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 02, 2026 10:08 AM (xG4kz)
China now accounted for over 80 percent of fishing in the waters off Argentina, Ecuador, and Peru.
https://is.gd/Hav6oP
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 10:06 AM (Riz8t)
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Issue Letters of Marque to Greenpeace and tell them to have at it. Then they'd at least be doing something worthwhile.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 02, 2026 10:08 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 10:06 AM (Riz8t)
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Always has been. There's a book on it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 10:09 AM (ZOv7s)
Having depleted fish stocks in its own coastal waters in the early 2000s, Chinese fishing boats are now destroying fishing stock all across the world.
The destruction in South America by the Chinese fishing vessels is unimaginable.
China now accounted for over 80 percent of fishing in the waters off Argentina, Ecuador, and Peru.
https://is.gd/Hav6oP
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 10:06 AM (Riz8t)
I don't understand why they just don't sink these vessels. What is China gonna do, declare war on Peru or Chile?
Posted by: The Sea, She Was Angry That Day at January 02, 2026 10:09 AM (+s4+r)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 10:02 AM (Zz0t1)
Fags run to warm weather. Bad DNA. Proven fact. Real men made fire and central heating systems. (this is fun!)
Right? South Beach in Miami is just a hotbed of manliness! (see what I did there)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 10:10 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Bulg at January 02, 2026 10:10 AM (77rzZ)
OR...he would have made us with a love for fire and the smell of burning meat.
Posted by: t-bird at January 02, 2026 10:11 AM (xkNPX)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 10:03 AM (Riz8t)
They tried square wheels first but that phase didn’t get very far.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 02, 2026 10:11 AM (otNgF)
Posted by: Somali Learing Center
And promptly applied it to their family tree.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 10:11 AM (c115l)
Posted by: cmeat at January 02, 2026 10:11 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Loves the cold Strong like bull! at January 02, 2026 10:06 AM (5xuJ/)
Such a fag thing to say.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 10:07 AM (Zz0t1)
Such a faggy reply. Your turn.
Posted by: Loves the cold Strong like bull! at January 02, 2026 10:12 AM (5xuJ/)
Chappell Roan [who, apparently, is some kind of singer]: "All of my friends who have kids are in hell. I don't know anyone who is happy and has children."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 02, 2026 10:12 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 02, 2026 10:08 AM (xG4kz)
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No, that's the Chicoms. Imperial China was a bully, but put a lot of work into building infrastructure, optimizing cropland, etc. Think of the terraced rice paddies. Two, maybe three harvests a year.
Communists think only of short-term, meeting the Five Year Plan. No one owns anything, so you can't pass anything on. Build shitty stuff, and then build it again, getting paid each time.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 10:12 AM (ZOv7s)
I don't understand why they just don't sink these vessels. What is China gonna do, declare war on Peru or Chile?
It may come to that. While the Chinese sometimes respect the 200 mile limit, they're clearly ignoring the long term health of the fisheries. The Monroe Doctrine may be relevant.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 10:13 AM (Riz8t)
Such a fag thing to say.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 10:07 AM (Zz0t1)
Such a faggy reply. Your turn.
Posted by: Loves the cold Strong like bull!
Could you two please stop fagging up this place?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 02, 2026 10:14 AM (xG4kz)
And in other news, a number of CA DMV employees "forgot" to report large, untraceable cash payments on their taxes that year.
Posted by: Lizzy
First one to turn states evidence gets a honey of a deal.
Posted by: The IRS
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 10:14 AM (c115l)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 10:10 AM (Riz8t)
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San Francisco is famed for its strong heterosexual culture.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 10:14 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: cmeat at January 02, 2026 10:15 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Loves the cold Strong like bull! at January 02, 2026 10:15 AM (5xuJ/)
In an effort to shove Bad Bunny down our throats even more, it's been nominated for the most grammy awards ever and can set the record if it wins all nominations.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 10:15 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Loves the cold Strong like bull! at January 02, 2026 10:15 AM (5xuJ/)
All is well. No harm no foul.
Thank you. Much appreciated. Same for you.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 10:16 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 10:14 AM (ZOv7s)
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Everyone gets bitchy here if the temperature is below 45 degrees.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 02, 2026 10:16 AM (RIvkX)
MAGA OBSESSION
THE NEW CONSERVATIVE PANIC
RIGHT WING PROPAGANDA MACHINE
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 02, 2026 10:16 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 10:13 AM (Riz8t)
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The decision to use the Legend class of cutters as the basis for a new frigate is the right one, and this shows why. Not all naval vessels need to be rugged combatants. Sometimes you just need a good seaboat with lots of endurance, modest armament, ASW cabability and a chopper or two.
They're cheap, we've made ten so far, and they work great. Long range and endurance as well.
Ray Mabus will go down as the worst Secretary of the Navy in history.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 10:17 AM (ZOv7s)
Good News, everyone!
In an effort to shove Bad Bunny down our throats even more, it's been nominated for the most grammy awards ever and can set the record if it wins all nominations.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
Do it! Pound the final nail into the Grammy Awards' coffin!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 02, 2026 10:17 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 02, 2026 10:18 AM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 10:18 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 10:15 AM (Zz0t1)
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And yet I couldn't name one of its songs if you held a gun to my head.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 02, 2026 10:18 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 02, 2026 10:16 AM (RIvkX)
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And then they huddle for warmth in the bathhouses, amirite?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 10:19 AM (ZOv7s)
*bings Chappell Roan*
I'm going to make a wild azz guess that she hangs out with a lot of lgbtq freaks and other narcissist celebrities, making it a true statement, yet more of a sad commentary on who she's chosen to befriend.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 02, 2026 10:19 AM (NuV6c)
Posted by: Loves the cold
Don't accept this, Sponge. Apologies are a gateway to dongfondling. These cold clime poofs will be trying to lure you into their sleeping bags with talk of shared body heat and offering you their penis-flavored chapstick. Disgusting fairies.
Posted by: I don't even hold my own penis when I urinate at January 02, 2026 10:19 AM (AHnba)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 02, 2026 10:18 AM (ESVrU)
Yep. No clue. I figured there was no reason to even search it out since AOC spent thousands to go see it's show in Puerto Rico.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 10:19 AM (Zz0t1)
. . . aaaaand Beyonce is a "Country music star," they declared so last year.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 02, 2026 10:20 AM (NuV6c)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 02, 2026 10:19 AM (NuV6c)
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Yeah, they're probably transing their kids, which is a nightmare of their own creation.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 10:20 AM (ZOv7s)
Don't accept this, Sponge. Apologies are a gateway to dongfondling. These cold clime poofs will be trying to lure you into their sleeping bags with talk of shared body heat and offering you their penis-flavored chapstick. Disgusting fairies.
Posted by: I don't even hold my own penis when I urinate
I admit it. I snickered.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 10:20 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 02, 2026 10:20 AM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Heteronormative Henry at January 02, 2026 10:20 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 02, 2026 10:19 AM (NuV6c)
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Leftists live in a hell of their own making.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 02, 2026 10:21 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Bulg at January 02, 2026 09:53 AM (77rzZ)
Incorrect. F*ck the cold.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 09:57 AM (Zz0t1)
Absolutely. I grew up in the midwest with negative temps and prefer the south which should never get there. Warmth is life, cold is death. I'm on team sponge.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 02, 2026 10:21 AM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 10:21 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 02, 2026 10:21 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 10:21 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 02, 2026 10:21 AM (3uBP9)
Woot!
*fistbump*
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 10:21 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 02, 2026 10:22 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: tubal at January 02, 2026 10:22 AM (pDt9x)
https://is.gd/dYJgyJ
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 02, 2026 10:21 AM (L/fGl)
What the smothered in gravy f*ck is THAT?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 10:22 AM (Zz0t1)
https://is.gd/dYJgyJ
Why? Why would you pose that way when you're that fat?
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 10:22 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Tripper at January 02, 2026 10:23 AM (6Ga6M)
Posted by: Men in Maine at January 02, 2026 10:23 AM (2Ez/1)
I'm going to make a wild azz guess that she hangs out with a lot of lgbtq freaks and other narcissist celebrities, making it a true statement, yet more of a sad commentary on who she's chosen to befriend
She's a declared lesbian, so "yeah"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 02, 2026 10:23 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Overweight and Hirsute at January 02, 2026 10:24 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 02, 2026 10:21 AM (3uBP9)
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My wife has come to appreciate Michigan winters. She's from Kentucky, and hated them at first, but they are quiet, contemplative and (most importantly) keep the bugs a lot smaller than at home. Very few venomous snakes or arthropods. It's beautiful right now, and snuggling up is an imperative for four months a year.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 10:24 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: dantesed at January 02, 2026 10:24 AM (Oy/m2)
Posted by: banana Dream
Same. Used to have snowball fights bare handed.
Now? Hands hurt pulling hamburger meat out of the freezer. Only time I go outside below 40 is to go to work.
Team Sponge all the way.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 10:24 AM (c115l)
They're cheap, we've made ten so far, and they work great. Long range and endurance as well.
I didn't know they chosen to go that way. The Legend class is 4500-4600 tons, which is comparable to a destroyer. Obviously the Navy will have to make some changes to the armament and sensor suites, but given their recent track record, this may well be a good choice.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 10:25 AM (Riz8t)
No, it's awful. Rednecks, trucks, SUVs, guns, brisket, Buc-ee's...
Posted by: man at January 02, 2026 09:50 AM (XuXeR)
Not to mention the snakes, skeeters, and women that don't like wearing clothes in the severely hot summers.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 02, 2026 10:25 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: dantesed
I think he was the rap star who owned an island in "Fools Gold"
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 02, 2026 10:25 AM (0U5gm)
Posted by: gKWVE at January 02, 2026 10:26 AM (qSHqn)
Posted by: cmeat at January 02, 2026 10:26 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: dantesed at January 02, 2026 10:24 AM (Oy/m2)
I only know of it after the significant outrage after the NFL announced the anti-American spanish act was performing the SB Halftime Show. I've still never heard it's music, but it said if I didn't speak spanish, I shouldn't bother, so why would I?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 10:26 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: tubal at January 02, 2026 10:26 AM (pDt9x)
What the smothered in gravy f*ck is THAT?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
It's a failed Lena Dunham decoy prototype
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 02, 2026 10:26 AM (xG4kz)
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Are some men into barrel shaped women? Maybe lesbians are. I don't know, don't ask me. Maybe the admiral will weigh in (no pun intended).
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 02, 2026 10:27 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 10:15 AM (Zz0t1)
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And yet I couldn't name one of its songs if you held a gun to my head.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 02, 2026 10:18 AM (ESVrU)
This is the left going to "year zero" wherever they can and they control media. Shove it all in our faces non stop. This is how they handle push back, go even harder, everywhere, all the time. As opposed to our side, where the tactic is to focus hard on internal squabbles and then roll over to present our tumtums.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 02, 2026 10:27 AM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 10:07 AM (Zz0t1)
Such a faggy reply. Your turn.
Posted by: Loves the cold Strong like bull!
Could you two please stop fagging up this place?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 02, 2026 10:14 AM (xG4kz)
I said what I said.
Posted by: Archie Bunker at January 02, 2026 10:27 AM (6Ga6M)
“If Iran shots and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come to their rescue. We are locked and loaded and ready to go. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” - President DONALD J. TRUMP
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 02, 2026 10:27 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: cmeat at January 02, 2026 10:28 AM (R11M+)
“If Iran shots and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come to their rescue. We are locked and loaded and ready to go. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” - President DONALD J. TRUMP
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 02, 2026 10:27 AM (L/fGl)
Classic Trump.
Posted by: tubal at January 02, 2026 10:28 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Really?? at January 02, 2026 10:28 AM (/CkK4)
Posted by: Bulg at January 02, 2026 10:28 AM (77rzZ)
Going harder can be an effective strategy - until you refuse to recognize the cliff you're approaching. The left is now on the edge of the precipice.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 10:28 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: dantesed
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We're here to help.
Posted by: The Super Bowl at January 02, 2026 10:28 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 10:25 AM (Riz8t)
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They were designed with conversions in mind. Built for towed sonar, designed with survivability (compartmentalization) and they are excellent ships in all weather and have 90 days of endurance.
So we're going to get ships that crossover nicely in terms of parts compatibility and maintenance, the Coasties can conduct familiarization training NOW, before any more are built, and while the first flight won't have vertical launch tubes, those can be added to later batches.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 10:28 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 02, 2026 10:29 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Bulg at January 02, 2026 10:28 AM (77rzZ)
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On the banks of the Red Cedar.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 10:29 AM (ZOv7s)
https://is.gd/dYJgyJ"
I'm going out on a limb here, but that link leads to...suffering, no?
Posted by: man at January 02, 2026 10:29 AM (xDZRs)
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The killing of innocents in the name of Islam isn't sufficient?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 02, 2026 10:29 AM (Dv3i1)
“If Iran shots and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come to their rescue. We are locked and loaded and ready to go. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” - President DONALD J. TRUMP
This could be a serious mistake. It seems to imply that we're prepared to invade Iran. Are we? I hope not.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 10:29 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 10:24 AM (ZOv7s)
Well, yeah women eventually all want to move to the north poll, live in an igloo, and sleep on a block of ice. That's a whole different subject. sigh...
Posted by: banana Dream at January 02, 2026 10:30 AM (3uBP9)
The killing of innocents in the name of Islam isn't sufficient?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 02, 2026 10:29 AM (Dv3i1)
I mean, it's not like their book tells them to enslave, tax or kill the non-believer or anything.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 10:30 AM (Zz0t1)
“If Iran shots and violently kills peaceful protesters, which is their custom, the United States of America will come to their rescue. We are locked and loaded and ready to go. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” - President DONALD J. TRUMP
This could be a serious mistake. It seems to imply that we're prepared to invade Iran. Are we? I hope not.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 10:29 AM (Riz8t)
Like I said earlier, Classic Trump. He does love to bloviate.
Posted by: tubal at January 02, 2026 10:31 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 10:29 AM (Riz8t)
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No need to invade. Just strike the barracks, arms depots.
Flyovers to show the impotence of the government.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 10:31 AM (ZOv7s)
Any minute now
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 10:31 AM (Ia/+0)
An Oakland resident has been charged with secretly taking a nude picture of his girlfriend's 16-year-old family member while she sat on the toilet, court records show.
The suspect, 44-year-old Elder Lopez, allegedly drank alcohol, then fell asleep on his girlfriend's couch while listening to music, authorities said. When he woke up, he was surrounded by Oakland police, who'd been called there by his girlfriend after she allegedly went through his phone and found the picture, according to court records.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 02, 2026 10:32 AM (L/fGl)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 02, 2026 10:30 AM (3uBP9)
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Is the north poll where all the Somalis cast their ballots?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 10:32 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 10:29 AM (Riz8t)
Like I said earlier, Classic Trump. He does love to bloviate.
Yes, but do the Iranians in the street know that? If they assume this is a promise of military assistance, which it certainly sounds like, they'll be disappointed - to say the least. I want them on our side after the mullahs fall.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 10:32 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: gKWVE at January 02, 2026 10:32 AM (qSHqn)
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Makes perfect sense to me.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 02, 2026 10:32 AM (JkO4W)
Are some men into barrel shaped women?
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Barrelosexuals.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better
Barrrow-Barrelsexuals love trundling them about in wheelbarrows.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 02, 2026 10:33 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 10:33 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Bulg at January 02, 2026 10:33 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: dantesed at January 02, 2026 10:24 AM (Oy/m2)
I don't know either. Is it a furry themed video game of some sort?
Posted by: Robert at January 02, 2026 10:33 AM (tdbfP)
So we're going to get ships that crossover nicely in terms of parts compatibility and maintenance, the Coasties can conduct familiarization training NOW, before any more are built, and while the first flight won't have vertical launch tubes, those can be added to later batches.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 10:28 AM (ZOv7s)
So, the McNamera plan. It worked so well in the sixties and seventies.......NOT!!
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 02, 2026 10:33 AM (g8Ew8)
Posted by: cmeat at January 02, 2026 10:33 AM (R11M+)
Hope he enjoys life as a chomo in San Quentin. Where the toilet is out on the open.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 02, 2026 10:34 AM (qSHqn)
Emil W. Lenders
American, 1865-1934
Memorial Park Cemetery, Oklahoma City, Ok
Artvee: Says the artist was born in London and reared in Germany. (Other sites say he was born in Germany.)
Emil W. Lender became successively a Philadelphia alderman, wild west show trouper, and Oklahoma rancher before achieving his ambition to becoming a painter of plains animals.
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(AI Overviews) The 101 Ranch was a massive (>100,000 acres), innovative cattle ranch in Oklahoma, famous for its Miller Brothers 101 Ranch Real Wild West Show featuring stars like Bill Pickett and Tom Mix, its role in early Western filmmaking, and its eventual decline due to financial issues in the 1930s, leaving behind a legacy as a symbol of the Old West.
The 101 Ranch became an iconic symbol of the frontier, influencing Western lore and culture, with remnants of its grand headquarters still a landmark in Oklahoma.
>pbs dot org: Back In Time, 101 Ranch, Season 5, Episode 1, A look at a frontier cattle empire that spurred on the legends of the west. (Video, 27 mins.)
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It's a colorful, well done painting, maybe more positive than that of an actual encampment.
Thanks.
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 02, 2026 10:34 AM (NFX2v)
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 02, 2026 10:33 AM (g8Ew
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I don't know about that, but the Navy has proven incapable of designing ships, so it's the only viable option left at the moment.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 10:34 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 10:29 AM (Riz8t)
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No need to invade. Just strike the barracks, arms depots.
Flyovers to show the impotence of the government.
There are many things we can do short of actual invasion, and I'm not saying Trump isn't thinking along those lines. My concern is that the people in the Iranian streets know that we aren't going to invade. Like I said, I want them on our side after the mullahs fall.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 10:34 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: dantesed at January 02, 2026 10:24 AM (Oy/m2)
I don't know either. Is it a furry themed video game of some sort?
Posted by: Robert at January 02, 2026 10:33 AM (tdbfP)
A clown, who makes money and fame at being a clown, I think.
Posted by: tubal at January 02, 2026 10:35 AM (pDt9x)
No need to invade. Just strike the barracks, arms depots.
Flyovers to show the impotence of the government.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 10:31 AM (ZOv7s)
Iran is receiving consistent air supplies of the kind of weapons used to quell their populace from russia and china. At least stopping that would be a plus.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 02, 2026 10:35 AM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Was that wrong? at January 02, 2026 10:35 AM (2Ez/1)
my favorite word
Posted by: wilt the stilt at January 02, 2026 10:35 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: cmeat at January 02, 2026 10:33 AM (R11M+)
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Right in the palm.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 10:35 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Bulg at January 02, 2026 10:33 AM (77rzZ)
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Explains why the apes in 2001 had fire but it took 5 million years to get reliable AC.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 02, 2026 10:35 AM (JkO4W)
Posted by: tubal at January 02, 2026 10:36 AM (pDt9x)
Simple question - why isn't Bad Bunny named in Spanish? Oh that's right - IDGAF.
As for the cold weather - best thing about it is my back porch has been an auxiliary refrigerator for the past several weeks.
Posted by: Doof at January 02, 2026 10:36 AM (QMAsf)
@nypost
Florida state officials move to ban paper straws at restaurants, citing ‘concerning health risks’
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No paper. No plastic. Just snort the pop up your nose.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 02, 2026 10:36 AM (L/fGl)
The perfect NFL half time show. 🤣
Posted by: Really?? at January 02, 2026 10:37 AM (/CkK4)
A relative who lives in Mexico got married there a coupla years ago and I did a color drawing of the outside of the church with all the little people milling about after the ceremony, which turned out pretty good, IMO.
Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 02, 2026 10:37 AM (DgMqy)
Posted by: Doof at January 02, 2026 10:36 AM (QMAsf)
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I'm going to defrost the chest freezer later today, and all the frozen food can just sit in the snow while I do it. Keeps things simple.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 10:37 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 02, 2026 10:38 AM (L/fGl)
Simple question - why isn't Bad Bunny named in Spanish? Oh that's right - IDGAF.
As for the cold weather - best thing about it is my back porch has been an auxiliary refrigerator for the past several weeks.
Posted by: Doof at January 02, 2026 10:36 AM (QMAsf)
The coons, possums, bears, coyotes all say thankee very much.
Posted by: tubal at January 02, 2026 10:38 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 10:39 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 10:39 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 10:39 AM (ZOv7s)
Go shovel out the driveway?
Posted by: tubal at January 02, 2026 10:40 AM (pDt9x)
my favorite word
Posted by: wilt the stilt
6th grade (Mrs. Ziff, Pine Ridge Elem., Fairfax Co., 197
we had to define that word as used in the sentence "I tripped over the precipice in the park". RIP Mrs. Ziff. The best teacher I ever had at any level of schooling.Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 02, 2026 10:40 AM (KAi1n)
Posted by: Doof at January 02, 2026 10:36 AM (QMAsf)
The coons, possums, bears, coyotes all say thankee very much.
Posted by: tubal at January 02, 2026 10:38 AM (pDt9x)
Ha! It's a screened-in porch so no critters can get to my vittles!
Posted by: Doof at January 02, 2026 10:40 AM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 02, 2026 10:36 AM (L/fGl)
I worked with a guy that took personal insult to even being presented with a straw. Like an existential threat. He would always say loudly, "I haven't sucked a drink since my mommas titty!", especially if there were many people around. I tried not to ever be around him in high straw possibility scenarios because I was young and easily embarrassed.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 02, 2026 10:40 AM (3uBP9)
How exactly would that work? Are we going to start shooting down Chinese and Russian planes?
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 10:40 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 02, 2026 10:40 AM (6Ga6M)
Posted by: Carrier, Trane, Goodman, Lennox, and Rheem at January 02, 2026 10:40 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 10:39 AM (Ia/+0)
Smug leftists in the US celebrate that. See Europeans are so enlightened they don’t destroy the erf with A/C. Meanwhile Euros come to America for a vacation and marvel at how there is a/c everywhere.
Posted by: Really?? at January 02, 2026 10:41 AM (/CkK4)
Flyovers to show the impotence of the government.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 10:31 AM (ZOv7s)
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That may have been part of the point of his earlier strike in Iran.
The US can strike Iranian assets any time, any place.
"We're in ur base, killin ur d00dz"
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 02, 2026 10:41 AM (ESVrU)
Hey brother - good to see you. Been a while. Hope all is well out there.
Posted by: Doof at January 02, 2026 10:41 AM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 10:40 AM (Riz8t)
Didn't we close down their airspace last year?
Posted by: banana Dream at January 02, 2026 10:41 AM (3uBP9)
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 02, 2026 10:42 AM (EyfuW)
How exactly would that work? Are we going to start shooting down Chinese and Russian planes?
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 10:40 AM (Riz8t)
There you go again, focusing on details!!
Posted by: tubal at January 02, 2026 10:42 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Living or dying?
Living I hope.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 02, 2026 10:43 AM (cYBz/)
There's an app for that!
Posted by: The Apple Store at January 02, 2026 10:43 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 10:40 AM (Riz8t)
Didn't we close down their airspace last year?
And if the Chinese and Russians refuse to accept our blockade?
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 10:43 AM (Riz8t)
Wonder how much that is worth in a pawnshop?
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 02, 2026 10:42 AM (EyfuW)
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Best I can do is $20, same as in town.
Posted by: Pawn Stars at January 02, 2026 10:43 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: wilt the stilt at January 02, 2026 10:43 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: Eromero at January 02, 2026 10:43 AM (Slgjz)
Posted by: Hatari Somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 02, 2026 10:43 AM (WF/xn)
Posted by: Really?? at January 02, 2026 10:45 AM (/CkK4)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 10:43 AM (Riz8t)
Well, we would also say, "thank you for your attention to this matter". Then you're golden.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 02, 2026 10:45 AM (3uBP9)
Posted by: wilt the stilt at January 02, 2026 10:45 AM (R11M+)
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 02, 2026 10:46 AM (EyfuW)
Saw "F1" last night streaming on Apple.
Very fun, action/racing movie, a definite, conscious throwback to 70-80s style movies.
With Brad Pitt leaning into (IMO) a late era sort of John Wayne vibe. Which is appropriate cuz the dude's 62.
Good, entertaining movie.
Check it out.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 02, 2026 10:46 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Really?? at January 02, 2026 10:45 AM (/CkK4
‘You shot my Grand Duke!’
Posted by: Eromero at January 02, 2026 10:47 AM (Slgjz)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 10:43 AM (Riz8t)
Then we triple dog dare them!
Posted by: Schwartz at January 02, 2026 10:48 AM (6Ga6M)
Scratches
Looks around.
Dang. Late again. Guess I have some reading to do to catch up.
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 02, 2026 10:48 AM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 10:40 AM (Riz8t)
I'm okay with that. We're doing that by proxy in the Ukraine, and everyone knows it. What's the difference? I don't think we have an obligation to allow Russia and China to prop up Iran to bedevil us, which is what is going on.
Posted by: F Cucker Tarlson at January 02, 2026 10:49 AM (iu6Qe)
Posted by: Euros at January 02, 2026 10:50 AM (zEajA)
Posted by: Really?? at January 02, 2026 10:28 AM (/CkK4)
I heard James Li played Kam Fong who then played Chin Ho.
Posted by: Roy at January 02, 2026 10:50 AM (qwype)
The Left gets money and don't care what happens beyond their lifetimes.
Islam gets to know their power will transcend lifetimes.
Posted by: ... at January 02, 2026 10:51 AM (E0p3T)
Just kidding. There is zero mention of it anywhere.
Posted by: Really?? at January 02, 2026 10:51 AM (/CkK4)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 10:52 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Zulu at January 02, 2026 10:52 AM (pkeXY)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 02, 2026 10:53 AM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 10:43 AM (Riz8t)
Destroy Iran's airfields and air-cargo facilities.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 02, 2026 10:53 AM (g8Ew8)
Good, entertaining movie.
Check it out.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 02, 2026 10:46 AM (iJfKG)
It was in Critical Drinker's top 5 for 2025.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 10:53 AM (Zz0t1)
Know islham, no peace.
No islham, know peace.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 10:52 AM (Zz0t
Not bad, Sponge, not bad.
Posted by: tubal at January 02, 2026 10:54 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 02, 2026 10:54 AM (VCgbV)
Not bad, Sponge, not bad.
Posted by: tubal at January 02, 2026 10:54 AM (pDt9x)
I've been pushing it for a while now, but very little traction.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 10:54 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 10:40 AM (Riz8t)
There you go again, focusing on details!!
Posted by: tubal
Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves? Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here?
Posted by: Oddball
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 10:54 AM (c115l)
Posted by: tubal at January 02, 2026 10:55 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 02, 2026 10:56 AM (L/fGl)
Driverless Waymo Taxi Interferes With First Responders at Active Fire Scene
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 02, 2026 10:56 AM (L/fGl)
Obligatory Skynet Smiles reference.
Posted by: tubal at January 02, 2026 10:57 AM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 10:40 AM (Riz8t)
I'm okay with that. We're doing that by proxy in the Ukraine, and everyone knows it. What's the difference?
There's a huge difference. In one case, we're providing supplies to a country that RUSSIA INVADED! It's the invadees who are shooting them down. In the other, it's us shooting them down directly. Face becomes determinative.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 10:57 AM (Riz8t)
Check it out.
Posted by: naturalfake
Saw it on an IMAX screen. Fun movie.
Posted by: Tuna at January 02, 2026 10:57 AM (lJ0H4)
That's a possibility, but tough to get all the facilities. I'm still a proponent of taking out Kharg Island.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 10:58 AM (Riz8t)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 02, 2026 11:00 AM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 02, 2026 11:00 AM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Combat Rock at January 02, 2026 11:01 AM (6Ga6M)
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 02, 2026 11:01 AM (VCgbV)
Posted by: Nazdar at January 02, 2026 11:03 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 02, 2026 10:58 AM (Riz8t)
If they were smart they'd have civil structure, roads that were dual use as landing strips for supply and I'm sure they do. And russia/china would love to take down a stealth aircraft. A single moment's penetration of airspace accompanied by decoys is completely different than maintaining a bombing campaign to take out structure. Much more risky. I'm not saying I'm a proponent of the US getting involved and our people getting put in harms way at all. I would like a reverse afganistan where russia/china has to flee while local Iranian militias take their stuff and shoot them a lot.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 02, 2026 11:06 AM (3uBP9)
Posted by: TitanTom at January 02, 2026 11:28 AM (4rvM7)
It was noted in the Journal of Lewis and Clark that they did not encounter any fat Indians until they hit the Pacific Northwest.
Posted by: waepnedmann at January 02, 2026 11:29 AM (Irjjp)
Agreed! I am in the SW. I have two wheel shops just a few miles from the house, plus a Walmart to stock up on essential travel sustenance. No pemmican for me.
Posted by: JML at January 02, 2026 11:59 AM (EtRph)
The Morning Report — 1/2/26
The rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) will be assumed on January 1 by Somalia – a barely functional state that has exported thousands of “refugees” to the rest of the world, accompanied by crime waves and social distortions U.N. Watch executive director Hillel Neuer highlighted the absurdity of handing over the presidency of the Security Council to “the #1 Worst Country in the World on the failed state index last year.”I wonder if there is any connection to the Turtle Island Liberation Front that came to the fore in the waning days of last year. TO refresh your memory:
. . . “Somalia is a failed state that under 12 indicators was ranked the world’s worst on terrorism, corruption, inability to collect taxes, mass displacement, economic collapse, group grievance, brain drain, and chronic insecurity,” he continued.
Multiple splinter cell members of the radical Turtle Island Liberation Front, which posts disturbing slogans such as “Death to America” on social media, were arrested last Friday for allegedly plotting a New Year’s Eve terror attack in the Los Angeles area. Turtle Island Liberation Front (TILF), a little-known “pro-Palestine, anti-law-enforcement, and anti-government” extremist group, has quietly been raising funds and resources to usher in a “revolutionary change in government.” “TILF also calls for the working class to rise up and fight back against capitalism,” an FBI affidavit noted. “Moreover, TILF advocates that liberalism and peaceful protest will be the downfall of those who believe it is enough, and that ‘direct action is the only way.’”And, speaking of Somalia, the Somalian Samolian Swindle and the UN, get a load of this!
Just when you thought the Somali welfare fraud story couldn’t get any more ridiculous, allegations have emerged that Somalia’s Foreign Minister Abdisalam Abdi Ali and Somalia’s UN Ambassador Abukar Dahir Osman ran a company called Progressive Health Care Services Inc in Cincinatti, Ohio.What America desperately needs is the ATBLF, the Anti-Turtle Bay Liberation Front!
But I digress. But then again, speaking of failed states, wars on capitalism . . "terrorism, corruption, inability to collect taxes, mass displacement, economic collapse, group grievance, brain drain, and chronic insecurity" , look what happened on New Years Eve just a few miles south of Turtle Bay in New York's City Hall Park:
Scores of Zohran Mamdani fans who braved freezing temperatures to celebrate the new mayor as he was publicly sworn into office Thursday were left disappointed by the bash the socialist pol had promised. Around 10,000 supporters stood outside City Hall during the event — billed as an “Inauguration for a New Era Block Party” by Mamdani’s staff — crammed into several barricaded pens without access to bathrooms or any food concession stands.The hilarity of this is just priceless!!! No food and no bathrooms in sub zero temperatures. Somewhere out in the great beyond Alexander Solzhenitsyn and Ivan Denisovich and the tortured souls that haunt the Gulag Archipelago are pointing their fingers and laughing their asses off at NYC's braindead schmucks. To paraphrase a punchline from the radioactively non-PC yet funny book for those old enough to remember it, "Race Riots" the reason there was no tree bark lasagna on hand for the rubes was because the political prisoner with the recipe had died. Ah yes, the glories of Socialism. Live it and Love it, all you young fools taken in by Bernie, Titty Caca Cortez and this lanky, swarthy Jew- and America-hating hunk of piss. Good and hard my ex fellow New Yorkers. Of course he was sworn in with his reptilian claw on a Koran.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) said it succinctly on Wednesday, commenting on the news that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani intended to be sworn in on the Qur’an: “The enemy is inside the gates.” . . . At a cursory glance, swearing in on the Qur’an doesn’t seem to present any problems. ne primary reason, however, why many people object to American officials being sworn in on the Qur’an is because the Islamic holy book teaches values that are vastly different from American and Judeo-Christian values, particularly the necessity for Muslims to wage war against non-Muslims and subjugate them under the hegemony of Islamic law. . . Even more important for the concept of taking an oath to serve faithfully and honestly is the fact that the Qur’an sanctions lying to unbelievers under certain circumstances. The Qur’an teaches that deception is allowed: “Let not the believers take unbelievers for their friends in preference to believers. Whoever does that has no connection with Allah unless you are guarding yourselves against them, taking security.” (Qur'an 3:2No wonder there is such an affinity between Democrat/Leftists and Muslims. They're the Cerberus of Chang and Eng Bunkers of Rosy Grier/Ray Milland Incredible Two-Headed Transplants. Have a great weekend. 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
- . . . Somalia – a barely functional state that has exported thousands of “refugees” to the rest of the world, accompanied by crime waves and social distortions.
Somalia Assumes Rotating Presidency of U.N. Security Council (Because of course! - jjs)
- "DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY, NEWSOM/DEMOCRAT VIOLENT INSURRECTION RIOTS
- After taking office on January 20, 2025, the Trump administration’s border team closed out the year with a historically low apprehension rate of less than 109,000 illegal aliens.
EXCLUSIVE: Historic 2025 Border Turnaround — Southwest Apprehensions Collapse to 109K in Trump’s First Year Back - City workers should call a hotline to the Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition (PIRC) when ICE appears, demand that the agency present judicial warrants for access to buildings and send documentation of any ICE incident to the city attorney, the memo says. “PIRC will activate MigraWatch volunteers to investigate and confirm reports of ICE,” reads the document, which is labeled an “Employee Guide” for interacting with immigration authorities.
EXCLUSIVE: Portland Memo Tells City Officials To Record ICE Agents, Call ‘MigraWatch’ Activists For Help - On day one, Trump took action to end the illegal immigration chaos.
How Trump Shut Down The Border In 2025
- Texas’s new immigration‑enforcement law hit the state like a shockwave this morning, wiping out any remaining sanctuary‑style defiance by ordering every county sheriff to partner with ICE formally. The mandatory 287(g) crackdown is designed to hard‑wire deportation cooperation into every jail from the Panhandle to the Rio Grande.
No More Sanctuary Texas Sheriffs: Mandatory ICE Partnership in Sweeping State Law Begins Today THE GREAT SOMALIAN SAMOLIAN SWINDLE - The Somali government is connected to the Somali welfare industry.
Somalia’s Foreign Minister, UN Ambassador, Ran Health Care Corps in Ohio
- However “no loss was reported to officers,” according to a preliminary report by the Minneapolis Police Department. MPD noted that the center later reached out with additional information, but the updated police report was not immediately available.
Minnesota: Police Dispute Somali-Run Day Care Claiming ‘Important Documents’ Were Stolen - "I don’t drink alcohol, I don’t do drugs, I’m a virgin. I don’t have sex with random girls." (Just like Vargas in Thunderball - jjs)
‘They’re Never Going To Be Able To Get Me’: Nick Shirley Explains Why Critics Won’t Take Him Down DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE - Taxpayers have spent hundreds of billions more on completely ineffective daycare than even Somalis have been able to pilfer.
It’s Not Just Minnesota. The Vast Majority Of Daycare Is A Scam - Based on a detailed analysis from the Austin Daily Herald and the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, the new paid leave rules are thoroughly socialistic, offering higher monetary amounts for paid leave of workers who make lower incomes. Not only that, but employers will be required to provide nearly five months of leave to certain employees, an anti-free market, impractical, and utterly unjust standard. No doubt many small businesses will have to close their doors on this plan.
Minnesota’s Ridiculous Paid Leave Rule Takes Effect; Critics Say Illegal Aliens Will Benefit
WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM - Netanyahu met Wednesday with heads of Christian churches and universities, who congratulated him on his meeting with President Donald Trump and praised what his office described as his steadfast wartime decisions.
Israeli PM Declares ‘New Front’ Defending Christians from Islamist Persecution: ‘Common Judeo-Christian Battle’ - The Vondelkerk was built in 1872 and functioned as a Roman Catholic church until 1977.
Historic Amsterdam Catholic church destroyed by fire under suspicious circumstances - At a cursory glance, swearing in on the Qur’an doesn’t seem to present any problems. ne primary reason, however, why many people object to American officials being sworn in on the Qur’an is because the Islamic holy book teaches values that are vastly different from American and Judeo-Christian values, particularly the necessity for Muslims to wage war against non-Muslims and subjugate them under the hegemony of Islamic law. . . Even more important for the concept of taking an oath to serve faithfully and honestly is the fact that the Qur’an sanctions lying to unbelievers under certain circumstances. The Qur’an teaches that deception is allowed: “Let not the believers take unbelievers for their friends in preference to believers. Whoever does that has no connection with Allah unless you are guarding yourselves against them, taking security.” (Qur’an 3:2. . . Of course, it is forbidden today, on pain of charges of “Islamophobia,” to discuss the actual contents of the Qur’an and their possible relevance to the question of officials being sworn in on the Qur’an. Still, it is jarring to think of American officials pledging to uphold the U.S. Constitution on a book that calls for warfare against non-Muslims and allows lying to them.
Does It Matter Which Book an Official Is Sworn In On? J-6 FBI/PELOSI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH, - The former special counsel sat down for an over eight-hour deposition with the House Judiciary Committee on December 17, 2025, and when the transcript was released to the public on Wednesday, it contained a stunning admission. It turns out that the former special counsel admitted under oath that Cassidy Hutchinson, the committee's star witness, relied on secondhand hearsay instead of firsthand evidence when she testified about Trump's conduct after the 2020 election. Smith said if he were acting as a defense attorney and Hutchinson were called as a witness, "the first thing" he would do would be to seek to exclude portions of her testimony.
Jack Smith Just Blew Up His Entire January 6 Case THE ECONOMY, STUPID
- If you’re a California worker, you will have fewer opportunities as employers cut jobs to meet the cost of California’s default. If you’re a California employer, you should be on the phone to either your state assembly member or state senator to remedy this injustice. Or you could call a couple of people named Abbott and DeSantis.
How deadbeat Gavin Newsom put Cali businesses on the hook for his bills FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH - Media will cover the Somali Medicare and Medicaid fraud, the daycare fraud, the foodservice fraud, maybe even the Somali vote fraud. They will cover it when they are forced to, when it becomes so overwhelming that they can’t bury it anymore.
Somali Corruption and the Mainstream Media
- Campus censorship hit record highs in 2025, proving the threat to free speech in higher education isn’t ideological—it’s a growing culture of intolerance enabled by timid leadership.
Push for Censorship on Campus Hit Record Levels in 2025
- She’s Becky Anderson, and this is CNN.
New Year’s in Abu Dhabi RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS, - Betsy McCaughey: [Ned) Lamont claimed a “diverse energy supply” that includes wind “will lower utility costs for families.” Nonsense. In fact, worse than nonsense. Deliberate lying.
Blue states blow nothing but hot air on wind-power boondoggles DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY - No Tree Bark Parmigiana because the Gulag prisoner with the recipe died . . . - jjs
Zohran Mamdani fans disappointed by disastrous ‘block party’ with no food, bathrooms POLITICS - With history, polling, and the economy pulling in opposite directions, the 2026 midterms may hinge on whether voters feel rising affordability pain or see strong growth—and which mood prevails.
Setting Up the 2026 Midterms
- Mamdani is gonna get knocked on his [arse].
The Destruction of Mamdani: Why the Marxist Messiah Won’t Survive 2026
- Trump remakes the world.
Looking Back at 2025: The Revolution Is Just Beginning
- Remember what is really important.
Trump isn't perfect but just imagine the alternative
- According to the Michigan Democrat lawmaker, voters will expect more for the 2026 elections and the 2028 presidential election cycle.
Dem Rep. Dingell (-berry): ‘Not Enough’ for Democrats to Be Anti-Trump - The Republican-led Congress set several records in 2025, though not all of them were achievements lawmakers would be keen to celebrate. With fewer than 40 bills signed into law as of Dec. 22, the House and Senate posted the lowest legislative output in the first year of a new presidency in modern history,
Congress Breaks Record For Doing The Least (IIRC they voted to give themselves pay raises, nein? - jjs) FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL - Businesses, universities, and government offices closed their doors in 21 provinces for one day, Fox News reported on Wednesday.
VIDEO: Iran Orders Shutdown as Crowds Chant ‘Death to the Dictator!’ During Economic Crisis
- It's not a happy new year for Iran's detested dictatorship.
For Iran's mullahs, 2026 is starting to look like 1979 in reverse
- Membership is expected to promote cross-border trade and investment, and the Bulgarian government pressed for years to get in. Yet polls show the changeover is taking place against a background of widespread skepticism among ordinary people.
Bulgaria Becomes Latest to Join Euro Currency Union Despite Public Opposition
- “The Church’s crime has been to oppose the terms of Pashinyan’s diplomacy. . .The deal represents a major erosion of Armenia’s defensive position.”
The Price of Westernization in Armenia
- School enrollment in South Korea dwindled by nearly 5 million students during the same time period, according to the Korea Times, indicating that the school shutdowns are directly related to South Korea’s status as the world’s least fertile country.
South Korea Loses over 4,000 Schools in a Generation to Birth Rate Collapse HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE - “Thank you to the 18 governors who are leading the charge on SNAP reform to restore the health of Americans—especially our kids. Their courageous leadership is exactly what we need to Make America Healthy Again,” Kennedy said in December. “We cannot continue a system that forces taxpayers to fund programs that make people sick and then pay a second time to treat the illnesses those very programs help create.”
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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Eromero at January 02, 2026 06:49 AM (Slgjz)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2026 06:49 AM (2sfNr)
Posted by: fd at January 02, 2026 06:51 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 02, 2026 06:51 AM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 06:52 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2026 06:53 AM (2sfNr)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 02, 2026 06:51 AM (Cjt/F)
Zei Gezunt.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 02, 2026 06:53 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 06:53 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026 06:54 AM (tgvbd)
Tech thread alerted.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 06:53 AM (ExV1e)
You expect to be thanked for doing your job?
/60's dad
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026 06:55 AM (tgvbd)
Trump was sworn in on a copy of "Mein Kampf".
Posted by: Guy who call everyone Hitler at January 02, 2026 06:55 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: No one at January 02, 2026 06:56 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Monty Python at January 02, 2026 06:56 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: No one at January 02, 2026 06:57 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Historians trying to sell books at January 02, 2026 06:59 AM (2Ez/1)
1.Get us out of the UN.
2.Abolish the Ad Council
Is that too much to ask?
Posted by: fd at January 02, 2026 06:59 AM (vFG9F)
44 "We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism," says Mamdani
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He took the oath of office on a book that mandates lying to advance the cause. So, every thing he says is a lie. Typical Democrat.
Posted by: clarence at January 02, 2026 05:42 AM (MXMX4)
Posted by: clarence at January 02, 2026 07:01 AM (MXMX4)
Whether your tradition leads you to join a Catholic Mass honoring the Mother of God on the Eighth Day of Christmas or not, it may still be fitting to pause and reflect on her indispensable role in the story of the Incarnation today.
My Baronius missal (1962) noted yesterday only as the Octave of the Nativity. I believe that it's also the Solemnity of Mary and also of the Circumcision of our Lord.
Our pastor gave a very nice sermon on how much of Holy Family is packed into this feast day.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026 07:02 AM (tgvbd)
There are some who say that the true function of the UN is to rob the American people while shitting on them. I, however, think those people are correct.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 07:02 AM (ExV1e)
Willowed
I'm seeing memes that say things like "McDonald's should pay a living wage to its employees." or "Instead of tipping, restaurants should pay their servers more." (I suspect that the people who say this sort of thing tip very poorly).
Tell you what. It's not too difficult to acquire a McDonald's franchise or open a restaurant. Do it, pay your staff as much as you want and let's see what happens.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026 07:03 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 02, 2026 07:04 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 02, 2026 07:04 AM (gbOdA)
Price of doing business, baby. Price of doing business. -- Mike DeWino
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 07:04 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 02, 2026 07:05 AM (sDNVV)
There are some who say that the true function of the UN is to rob the American people while shitting on them and telling them they should be honored. I, however, think those people are correct.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026 07:05 AM (tgvbd)
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The more things change....
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop1) at January 02, 2026 07:05 AM (avHHk)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026 07:06 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026 07:06 AM (tgvbd)
Now do cities, under the threat of disincorporation.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 07:08 AM (ExV1e)
The whole thing is just so laughable.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop1) at January 02, 2026 07:09 AM (avHHk)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 02, 2026 07:09 AM (3Ope8)
‘They’re Never Going To Be Able To Get Me’: Nick Shirley Explains Why Critics Won’t Take Him Down
They just need one Somali tranny.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 07:09 AM (ExV1e)
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That's cute.
Posted by: Fairfax County, Virginia at January 02, 2026 07:10 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 07:08 AM (ExV1e)
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Yup. Some of the counties are probably quite important, but why the cities are left out, I don't know. Failure theater? Some constitutional issue in Texas where the state can't dictate terms to a city?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop1) at January 02, 2026 07:12 AM (avHHk)
Posted by: Eromero at January 02, 2026 07:13 AM (Slgjz)
‘They’re Never Going To Be Able To Get Me’: Nick Shirley Explains Why Critics Won’t Take Him Down
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He seems to be under the misapprehension that truth matters.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop1) at January 02, 2026 07:13 AM (avHHk)
Posted by: A Blockhead party at January 02, 2026 07:14 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: A Blockhead party at January 02, 2026 07:14 AM (vFG9F)
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Communist.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop1) at January 02, 2026 07:15 AM (avHHk)
Congress Breaks Record For Doing The Least (IIRC they voted to give themselves pay raises, nein? - jjs)
According to AI...
Congress does not have to vote to give itself pay raises, as an automatic annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) is tied to the Employment Cost Index (ECI) under a law passed in 1989. However, Congress can choose to block this automatic increase through legislation. Since 2009, members of Congress have not received a salary increase because they have voted to deny the automatic raise each year.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 07:16 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at January 02, 2026 07:16 AM (aKh6S)
It seems the most oft repeated story in the world is a government doing that which their citizens oppose.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 07:17 AM (ExV1e)
The UN - Somalian connection isn't a coincidence. It's the UN rubbing our faces in it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 02, 2026 07:19 AM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 02, 2026 07:21 AM (sDNVV)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 07:17 AM (ExV1e)
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Especially when it comes to the EU. The domestic Eurocrats view themselves as a Europeans, not Bulgarians (in this case) and the rest of the government sees admission to the Empire in the same way peripheral states have *always* viewed being taken into an empire - as access to the empire's resources. Ceding sovereignty and accepting the empire's fetters are worth it for the cash and stable power for the rulers who do it.
What is odd is finally getting around to it now. Back in the late 90s or early aughts, before the EU had obviously failed, I could see it much more easily. But this is like a small independent nation in the Pacific negotiating admission into the British Empire in 1947.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 07:21 AM (avHHk)
Well... I wasn't first on the thread so, arguably, it wasn't my job. I mentioned it, however, so no one else thought they needed to do so. It was courtesy, dad.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 07:22 AM (ExV1e)
Bulgaria Becomes Latest to Join Euro Currency Union Despite Public Opposition
Bulgaria: all the vices of Russia without any of the accomplishments.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026 07:22 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Said no one ever at January 02, 2026 07:26 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: No one at January 02, 2026 06:56 AM (qFwJc)
The UN Security Council consists of 15 members of which 5 are permanent. The non-permanent members may vote on resolutions but since either the US, Russia, or China will veto almost everything brought up, the whole thing is pretty pointless. Frankly, having France (LOL) and the UK (bigger LOL) as permanent members is even dumber than having Somalia as a pointless member.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 07:26 AM (ExV1e)
1.Get us out of the UN.
2.Abolish the Ad Council
Is that too much to ask?
Posted by: fd at January 02, 2026 06:59 AM (vFG9F)
How would he get rid of the Ad Council?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 07:27 AM (ExV1e)
Somalia’s Foreign Minister, UN Ambassador, Ran Health Care Corps in Ohio
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The money he stole from us is why he got that job.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 02, 2026 07:28 AM (azNOR)
mamdani will either be recalled or someone will put a bullet in him, he's playing with fire, an inferno. I do not understand the apathy of voters who don't turn out to vote and allow a character like this to win. 1/4 of the population voted last November, sad.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 02, 2026 07:28 AM (2NHgQ)
Good to hear. I hope these unseasonably warm temps aren't disruptive to the natural progression of things on the ranch.
Got a bird feeder with a video camera in it now. Amazing video of cardinals and dove so far. Resisting the urge to go out and start digging in new stuff for spring.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 02, 2026 07:29 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: No one at January 02, 2026 07:29 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 02, 2026 07:29 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 02, 2026 07:30 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Eromero
More a matter of culture (that thing you learn primarily from family).
A culture that believes if it isn't chained down it is free for taking is incompatible with one that understands you do not take what is not yours. No magic dirt will change that.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 02, 2026 07:30 AM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 07:26 AM (ExV1e)
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Having China as a permanent member was absurd, too. It was consolation prizes all around after the War. America's China lobby ensured China got a seat, the UK was an obvious choice (my, how the mighty have fallen) and France was more or less a sympathy inclusion.
The whole thing has been absurd since its inception. It would have worked better if it had *actually* managed to avoid non-approved wars. Having stupid countries in constant opposition to each other in charge of international decision-making ensures no decisions get made and that is a good thing, but it also makes the organization irrelevant if anyone who wants to goes and does it anyway.
"YOU TOOK ACTION WITHOUT UNSC APPROVAL!!!! OMG!!!!" is a sentence that has only every been uttered by an academic.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 07:32 AM (avHHk)
Tell you what. It's not too difficult to acquire a McDonald's franchise or open a restaurant. Do it, pay your staff as much as you want and let's see what happens.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026 07:03 AM (tgvbd)
The "living wage" thing is a push to raise the minimum wage... again. They do this because a number of union positions are paid a multiple of the minimum wage.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 07:32 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 07:33 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 02, 2026 07:34 AM (KAi1n)
Things are quiet and I just finished my first cup of coffee. Life ain't bad.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 02, 2026 07:34 AM (7xrfc)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 02, 2026 07:34 AM (KAi1n)
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Like many E. European countries, it also has a generous supply of good looking women.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 07:35 AM (avHHk)
Posted by: Fenderbender at January 02, 2026 07:35 AM (1FEc1)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 02, 2026 07:35 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026 07:03 AM (tgvbd)
Try that with a Five Guys and they'll break your kneecaps for you.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 02, 2026 07:35 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 02, 2026 07:34 AM (KAi1n)
The only other nation besides Denmark that saved its Jews during WW2.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 02, 2026 07:35 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic"
Stop sending them money.
Posted by: fd at January 02, 2026 07:35 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: actually inside the beltway at January 02, 2026 07:16 AM (aKh6S)
Mostly because we want some of the things Trump has done by EO codified on the theory that this would make it harder to undo.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 07:36 AM (ExV1e)
When a culture thinks a "block party" is masses of people filing the streets screaming "death to America" do not expect anything more when they host an event.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 02, 2026 07:38 AM (/lPRQ)
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I'm assuming that spelling was taken from the Somalis' license application.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 02, 2026 07:38 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: fd at January 02, 2026 07:41 AM (vFG9F)
Free stuff is the drug of the masses
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 07:42 AM (Ia/+0)
Thunderball reference was when Largo talks about his henchman:
"Vargas does not drink, Vargas does not smoke, Vargas does not chase women . . "
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 02, 2026 07:43 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: Bay Ridge Refugee at January 02, 2026 07:43 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 07:27 AM (ExV1e)
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Subtraction.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2026 07:43 AM (L3E7N)
Posted by: Errorick Errorickson at January 02, 2026 07:43 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 02, 2026 07:44 AM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 07:45 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 02, 2026 07:45 AM (RIvkX)
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I remember the story but not some of the details. So, a couple opened a restaurant and said all the usual socialist nuttery about living wage, shared purpose, yada yada yada. After a few weeks, the people they employed demanded that the owners give the business to them for free. The business shut down soon after the demand.
Posted by: clarence at January 02, 2026 07:45 AM (MXMX4)
Posted by: Bay Ridge Refugee at January 02, 2026 07:43 AM (oftw2)
Spent a lot of time as a kid Perusing Walt's Hobby Shop in Bay Ridge back in the early 70s.
I also remember a great old Jazz club there.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 02, 2026 07:45 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 02, 2026 07:45 AM (06Hmj)
I think the Feds used the Somalis to launder the billions of dollars they were going to steal from us anyway. The Feds probably thought they were the smart ones by leveraging low IQ inbred sand people to take $400M or whatever and open 20 daycare centers under one, shabby roof. Then launder the money and return a cut to the politicians that permitted it.
It's theft. Generational wealth stolen from us by the government.
This horseshit with the Somalis is just one of numerous scams being perpetrated on us to keep us in check.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 02, 2026 07:46 AM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: The farm report? Traffic? at January 02, 2026 07:46 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 07:27 AM (ExV1e)
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How much of their operating budget comes from its membership, versus various government problems via various other NGO conduits? My guess is well less than half, though that's a total WAG.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 07:46 AM (avHHk)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2026 07:43 AM (L3E7N)
Dammit, that was perfectly good coffee that just came out of my nose, you dick.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 02, 2026 07:46 AM (06Hmj)
I view the Somalis as a tool or a weapon. They haven't figured out how to do anything. They are a tool of the left being used to extract enormous amounts of money from us taxpayers to fund Democrat politicians to get and hold power and in return they are compensated with some of our tax dollars.
The real enemy, as always, is the Democrat Party. If the country is going to survive it must be defeated and destroyed.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 02, 2026 07:47 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: one hour sober at January 02, 2026 07:48 AM (Y1sOo)
Posted by: Peking, Bombay, Kiev, Etc. at January 02, 2026 07:48 AM (oftw2)
I hate framing this as "Somali fraud." It isn't. Somalis are doing it, but so are (probably) most others. At the center of all of it are bureaucrats, politicians and NGO operatives.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 07:48 AM (avHHk)
Bonus Question: why will Israel never have a seat on the Security Council?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 02, 2026 07:49 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: one hour sober at January 02, 2026 07:48 AM (Y1sOo)
Il Fait Froid, I'll fete fraud?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 02, 2026 07:49 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 02, 2026 07:47 AM (viF8m)
The real enemy is the uniparty. The uniparty uses the Dems as a reason to get people to vote GOPe to prevent Dems from gaining power.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 07:49 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 02, 2026 07:50 AM (b4LBp)
Posted by: one hour sober at January 02, 2026 07:48 AM (Y1sOo)
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That may be one of the reasons for the absence of suppression on this.
Fraud is going to be a major story for the first quarter or maybe even first half of the year, but while it will be a huge deal with tons of major revelations, it isn't go to result in major changes. It's too big. The entire damn thing is fraud, and it isn't a "partisan" issue, it's a "government" issue and therefore it can't be fixed because it's everywhere. The system will collapse under the weight of exposed criminality if they try.
So they will let the cycle burn itself out as fatigue sets in and send a couple of rubes to jail over it and declare victory.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 07:50 AM (avHHk)
We all came out to Montreux
On the Lake Geneva shoreline
To make records with a mobile
We didn't have much time
Frank Zappa and the Mothers
Were at the best place around
But some stupid with a flare gun
Burned the place to the ground
Smoke on the water, a fire in the sky
Smoke on the water
Posted by: Despise Marxist Rat Bastards & Professional Somalians at January 02, 2026 07:51 AM (HeR4S)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2026 07:43 AM (L3E7N)
Dammit, that was perfectly good coffee that just came out of my nose, you dick.
Posted by: Warai-otoko
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He just got the easy response the quickest. 😂
Posted by: clarence at January 02, 2026 07:51 AM (MXMX4)
Posted by: Bulg at January 02, 2026 07:52 AM (77rzZ)
Why do they always want to collect other peoples shit?
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 02, 2026 07:52 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 07:48 AM (avHHk)
Purely from a bird's eye view, it might not be bad that the Somali angle is taking center stage.
Trump and Musk and their crew have already done the legwork to demonstrate conclusively that Corruption Is The System.
No one cared except for the terminally online. Cartoonish fatcat politicians and Kommunity Karens living off of fraud was baked into the cake, in terms of cultural perception. We all know the wheels are greasy. The demonstration by DOGE wasn't one of existence, but of extent, and the average person doesn't have a frame of reference for that to let it "sink in".
Attach some greasy east bantu mugs to the story, and suddenly it comes into focus like one of those magic eye things. Then circle back to all the other stories and let them pop into focus too, and say "See? We've been telling you this for years now, they're all corrupt."
If it takes a bit of xenophobia to shove the narrative, then oh well I guess.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 02, 2026 07:54 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 02, 2026 07:50 AM (b4LBp)
Start by seizing all those multi-million dollar apartments and distributing them to the poor... no whites, of course.
Probably should start by building a wall around the city, with guard towers, to ensure that the beneficiaries of collectivism aren't seduced by the degenerate West.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 07:55 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
If he is a neighbor of The Paolo, then there would be no point in him trying.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 02, 2026 07:55 AM (7xrfc)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 02, 2026 07:55 AM (2Ez/1)
Those thousands of government workers make a good salary to give free money away.
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 07:55 AM (Ia/+0)
I think you underestimate them, and it's not just democrats that are leveraging them. They're willing and shrewd accomplices. The skinnys and the politicians involved need to be expelled back to the desert.
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 02, 2026 07:55 AM (3Ope8)
If it takes a bit of xenophobia to shove the narrative, then oh well I guess.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 02, 2026 07:54 AM (06Hmj)
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That's an interesting take. I am pessimistic to the point of pathology but it would be nice if you're right. I'll cogitate on it some more.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 07:56 AM (avHHk)
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My first prediction of 2026 is that this prediction will be wrong. Communists are incredibly resilient. Especially when they belong to fashionable ethnicities.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 02, 2026 07:56 AM (f0sNM)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
It is very cool, but do you think the patriots would be happy to see what Camden has become? Seen it lately?
Posted by: Nova Caesarea at January 02, 2026 07:56 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Nova Caesarea at January 02, 2026 07:56 AM (oftw2)
There was a stir across the pond recently when some 100-year-old British WW2 vet said that modern Britain wasn't worth the price they'd paid to defeat Hitler.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 07:59 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 07:48 AM (avHHk)
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Agreed. However, the point that we have allowed inside our country a foreign culture that does not see fraud as wrong, and it is this alien culture that has been weaponized and monetized by the left, must not be elided.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 02, 2026 07:59 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
You know how we can tell Her Majesty is out of town?
Please behave!
Posted by: Sober As The Average Judge at January 02, 2026 07:59 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 08:00 AM (Ia/+0)
A balmy 11°here. Took a walk to my local Stewart's. Lungs are cold.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 02, 2026 08:00 AM (zNwXb)
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Yeah, I'm 100% with you on this. He's going nowhere, even if the city turns into complete ruin and rubble. What is incredibly resilient seems to be the ignorant people who vote these destroyers into office. They will be even worse off, they won't bat an eye, and they'll never hold him accountable for the destruction coming their way.
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 02, 2026 08:00 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 02, 2026 07:54 AM (06Hmj)
*fistbump*
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 02, 2026 08:01 AM (RIvkX)
"Why is college so expensive? What are we ever going to do?"
Cut off their funding.
"Why is healthcare so messed up? Who could ever fix it?"
It's only messed up because it's a quasi-state monopoly. Cut off their funding.
"Oh no The Fraud is everywhere, there's no way to get rid of it now"
Cut off their funding and they'll go away.
It's not difficult. The people who pull the levers behind the scene that divert the funding to where it goes simply don't want to do it.
Force them to, or replace them with someone who will.
It's not complicated, it's not difficult. It just takes the cover of popular will and a credible threat of the masses getting scrappy over it.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 02, 2026 08:01 AM (06Hmj)
offices .... idea was poor parents could park their kids at free rates paid by the state....others pay prevailing rates.
It is closed down.
$2.5 million worth of dead California taxpayer money.
Even with no rent, fees couldn't cover the mandated staffing regulations. In a state run facility.
There are a couple private. places in town that fill the need for day care for working parents kids.
Posted by: torabora at January 02, 2026 08:02 AM (KtOUo)
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 08:00 AM (Ia/+0)
As horrible as this bastard will be, remember that the NYC City Council has been very hard left for as long as I can remember, even as a child. And they run the show, regardless of who's mayor.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 02, 2026 08:02 AM (x0n13)
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This guy is pretty well off and has lived a luxurious life in comparison to most. I think his collectivism (spreading the wealth) will apply to all others except himself.
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 02, 2026 08:02 AM (qBdHI)
Posted by: Don Black at January 02, 2026 08:02 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Warai-otoko
Hm. No, it's obviously capitalism's fault!
Posted by: NR Pax at January 02, 2026 08:03 AM (7xrfc)
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 02, 2026 08:00 AM (qBdHI)
The white man, the rich man, the man not named Mamdani (depending on the audience) is to blame. Not you. It doesn't matter that you put forth not one iota of effort to improve your situation. It doesn't matter that you spend 105% of your income without thought. None of that matters. It's THEIR fault. They're keeping you down. Vote stupid.
It's been the progressive's pitch for over 100 years and it's - mostly - successful.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 08:04 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Don Black at January 02, 2026 08:02 AM (ZxPkt)
I think Trump has firmly demonstrated that he has no interest in Adventurism for fun and profit.
If he does anything, it will be in the "hit it and quit it" mode.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 02, 2026 08:04 AM (06Hmj)
No Food
No Toilets
But plenty of get
Don't forget to lock up your pet.
Happy New Year, everyone! It's gonna be a bitch.
Let's get it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 08:04 AM (uGpeQ)
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 02, 2026 08:05 AM (qBdHI)
How is it in charge of the UN and not a "protectorate" of the UN?
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 08:05 AM (c115l)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 08:06 AM (uGpeQ)
Potato, potato. Another way of saying it is that a lot of so called Republicans are just wearing the label for electoral reasons when they are really on the left.
Somalis are incapable of running their own country. In reality, they don't even have a country, just a collection of endlessly warring tribes. They are a completely corrupt and dishonest people and the perfect weapon to use by equally corrupt people in this country to extract the wealth of the rest of us. This NGO led scam on both the state and federal level requires a group of people like them to act as facilitators in the scheme but they are running anything.
In reality this scam is not much different from the Teachers Union scam. Tax dollars are shoveled to the TU which makes them a loyal voting block and funding source to the people who run this scam and in return they are well compensated. There are a lot of scams like this and all the come back to USAID and other funding sources in our government.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 02, 2026 08:07 AM (viF8m)
I also remember a great old Jazz club there.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton
Don't forget Club 802-"Warm Beer- Lousy Food".
Posted by: Fort Hamilton Parkway Station at January 02, 2026 08:07 AM (oftw2)
And no one in the media will cover it.
Also, Hochul will back every one of his tax increases. Especially if there's any possibility she could lose.
LOLGF New York.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 02, 2026 08:07 AM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 02, 2026 08:04 AM (06Hmj)
Sigh. -- E. Jean Carroll
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 08:07 AM (ExV1e)
"We are locked and loaded and ready to go."
Posted by: Don Black at January 02, 2026 08:07 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 02, 2026 08:08 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 08:07 AM (ExV1e)
How do I make a Mr. Yuck emoji?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 02, 2026 08:08 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 08:08 AM (Zz0t1)
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True.
Take this idea and apply it to the various welfare classes. Those programs are rife with fraud. But the ones facilitating the theft are minorities. Protected minorities. And the politicos financing it are from every demographic.
There probably isn't a single government program that isn't being used to steal money from us. Either through taxes or some other type of fee.
Deflecting anger on the Somalis is what the politicians want. This is not to say every goddamn Somali should be airdropped back in their shithole "country."
But the politicians running this fraud are really good at it. They've been stealing from us for decades.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 02, 2026 08:08 AM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 08:08 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 02, 2026 08:05 AM (qBdHI)
The first government to start handing out tax dollars to the 'needy' wasn't hanged en masse. Made them bold.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 08:09 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Lady in Black
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An X'er figured it out yesterday.
2/3 of tax money collected goes to payouts.
We Need to Fire Congress kick out all their perks.[\u]
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 08:09 AM (uGpeQ)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 02, 2026 08:08 AM (NwnyJ)
It's Critical Everything Theory.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 02, 2026 08:09 AM (06Hmj)
"We are locked and loaded and ready to go."
Posted by: Don Black at January 02, 2026 08:07 AM (ZxPkt)
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Shorter: "All Hell Will Break Loose!" (tm)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 02, 2026 08:09 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Don Black at January 02, 2026 08:02 AM (ZxPkt)
I think Trump has firmly demonstrated that he has no interest in Adventurism for fun and profit.
If he does anything, it will be in the "hit it and quit it" mode.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 02, 2026 08:04 AM (06Hmj)
I think it's stiff sanctions to oust the mullahs and possibly some sort of clandestine assistance to the citizenry/rebel forces if such exist to help combat the IRGC who will not be fleeing en masse but likely organizing to take over if the Mullahs flee. If they take power they will be like Saddam Hussein/Moammar Qaddafi, not necessarily a Taliban Still horrendous for the people and our security in the region.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 02, 2026 08:09 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 02, 2026 08:05 AM (qBdHI)
Our government is corrupt. Incredibly corrupt. We've likely been funding the terrorism that's been plaguing the WORLD for decades.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 08:09 AM (Zz0t1)
But the politicians running this fraud are really good at it. They've been stealing from us for decades.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 08:11 AM (uGpeQ)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 08:11 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 02, 2026 08:12 AM (RIvkX)
1. Half of the entire population of South Korea lives in the Seoul Metropolitan Area.
2. Housing is incredibly expensive in that area. You either have a teeny apartment, or you live in a distant suburb with a 1-2 hour commute for work.
3. Workers are expected to put in 10+ hour days, it's the culture.
4. Workers are expected to socialize with co-workers after hours. Again culture.
The combination of expensive housing, long workdays, and long commutes simply makes it impractical to raise families.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 02, 2026 08:12 AM (f0sNM)
Posted by: one hour sober at January 02, 2026 07:48 AM
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That may be one of the reasons for the absence of suppression on this.
Fraud is going to be a major story for the first quarter or maybe even first half of the year, but while it will be a huge deal with tons of major revelations, it isn't go to result in major changes. It's too big. The entire damn thing is fraud, and it isn't a "partisan" issue, it's a "government" issue and therefore it can't be fixed because it's everywhere. The system will collapse under the weight of exposed criminality if they try.
So they will let the cycle burn itself out as fatigue sets in and send a couple of rubes to jail over it and declare victory.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 07:50
Take your pick for the inevitable whitewash excuses from Our Betters.
1. They were duped!
2. It began under COVID laws with lax rules signed by TRUMP!
3. They didn't know enough English to understand the contracts.
4. This is nothing but a blatant raycissm and Islamaphobe witch hunt!
5. They did help a lot of people including many chirrun! Give them credit and end this lawfare genocide against Somalis!
Posted by: Gref at January 02, 2026 08:12 AM (5rh/l)
This.
Reap it, bishes.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 08:12 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 08:09 AM (Zz0t1)
There's no way Yassir Arafat wasn't grown in a vat somewhere in the general Potomac watershed area.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 02, 2026 08:12 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 02, 2026 08:08 AM (NwnyJ)
It's Critical Everything Theory.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 02, 2026 08:09 AM (06Hmj)
As someone once said here: "It's not that the system was corrupted, but the Corruption IS the system."
That and/or that despite the best intent of our Founders, human nature cannot be put in check by a mere document even the wonderful Constitution. The paper is only as good as the morality and ethics of the people who are sworn to uphold it and the citizenry at large.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 02, 2026 08:13 AM (x0n13)
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1h
'LOCKED AND LOADED': President Trump warns the U.S. may intervene as Iran faces growing unrest
Posted by: Don Black at January 02, 2026 08:13 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 02, 2026 08:05 AM
+++
It worked, didn't it?
Posted by: In the voice of Harry Reid at January 02, 2026 08:14 AM (2Ez/1)
...
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 02, 2026 08:13 AM (x0n13)
I don't know who he stole it from, but I stole it from YD.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 02, 2026 08:14 AM (06Hmj)
Politicians bought women's votes by promising "free childcare." It's a human right, don't cha know.
Anyone old enough to remember this commercial?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6UvCZ9JKus
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 02, 2026 08:14 AM (f0sNM)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 08:09 AM (Zz0t1)
That's crazy talk. Would the IC work to gin up a threat to justify the existence of the MIC and continued acceptance of the IC running around doing whatever it wants?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 08:14 AM (ExV1e)
Now do cities, under the threat of disincorporation.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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County law supersedes city law.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 08:15 AM (uGpeQ)
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The purpose of a system is what it does.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 02, 2026 08:15 AM (f0sNM)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2026 08:15 AM (GDodg)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 02, 2026 08:16 AM (zNwXb)
In reality this scam is not much different from the Teachers Union scam. Tax dollars are shoveled to the TU which makes them a loyal voting block and funding source to the people who run this scam and in return they are well compensated. There are a lot of scams like this and all the come back to USAID and other funding sources in our government.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 02, 2026 08:07 AM (viF8m)
>>>
Best post of the thread (so far), IMHO. Succinct, accurate, blunt, real.
Posted by: Despise Marxist Rat Bastards & Professional Somalians at January 02, 2026 08:16 AM (HeR4S)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 02, 2026 08:07 AM (viF8m)
I've said that for years now. It was an accident of birth that they're in a R controlled area. If you want to get into the game, you have to go with the majority party in the area. Most of the Rs you see that thwart Trump and the rest of us ache to be Ds, but they wouldn't be elected if they ran under that bloody banner.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 02, 2026 08:16 AM (uQesX)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 02, 2026 08:15 AM (f0sNM)
So the purpose of my piece of shit pellet stove, what won't light more than one out of every ten tries despite everything being totally fine on it, really is just to piss me off?
It all makes sense now.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 02, 2026 08:16 AM (06Hmj)
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How on earth did we accept that it was govt/schools responsibility to feed students?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 08:16 AM (uGpeQ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 08:15 AM (uGpeQ)
But, as I understand it, the law says that sheriffs must cooperate with ICE, not city police forces. Seems like a loophole.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 08:17 AM (ExV1e)
*cues up 'I am Woman, hear me roar'... or something*
Posted by: man at January 02, 2026 08:17 AM (XuXeR)
And they will look like that chop top Caddy Cabbie drives in Escape from NY NY.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 02, 2026 08:17 AM (gbOdA)
And completely missed the point by focusing (pretending?) on the aparthid parts.
Basically laughing, "ha ha, that dummy think NYC is segregated."
I don't know which is scarier:
That it's ignorance of his real reason.
Or intentional to under-sell or deflect from the real evil.
He intends racial grievance socialism:
The issue is not the issue. The revolution is the only goal.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 02, 2026 08:17 AM (HXT0k)
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If the Government created a program that would wipe your butt for you, within five years, people would proclaim it was impossible to wipe your butt without the Government.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 02, 2026 08:18 AM (f0sNM)
Posted by: Hillary Clinton at January 02, 2026 08:18 AM (DDJSl)
And no one in the media will cover it.
Also, Hochul will back every one of his tax increases. Especially if there's any possibility she could lose.
LOLGF New York.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice
I honestly think it's the other way around. She won't give him one win for anything. That just makes him stronger to come after her. She needs him completely deflated so he can't point to anything to build a run for governor.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 08:18 AM (c115l)
Posted by: muldoon at January 02, 2026 08:18 AM (/iMjX)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
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Which rot came first; the parent or the school?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 08:19 AM (uGpeQ)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo
Great post, but my coffee and toast almost came back up. Needed a content warning.
Posted by: Weak Stomach at January 02, 2026 08:20 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 08:16 AM (uGpeQ)
Racism.
"Well yeah, you're fine, but those poor little ____s can't possibly fend for themselves. Have some compassion. We're rich. We can surely afford it. And if you stand in our way, you're an Evil and Greedy person who just wants poor ____s to starve. We're better than that."
Darkies
Dagos
Micks
Wetbacks
Skinnies
Just keep inserting racial pejoratives into the blank. Their thought is always the same. And always contains the pejorative, even if they won't say it out loud.
Critical Everything Theory.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 02, 2026 08:20 AM (06Hmj)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 02, 2026 08:21 AM (Ki5ky)
**********
I'd like to have a henchman. Or a posse. I'd settle for a minion or two.
Posted by: muldoon at January 02, 2026 08:21 AM (/iMjX)
I love the hypocrisy in this statement.
"Judeo-Christian Ethics" came about in the mid 20th century as a gateway to condition Americans into accepting practitioners of a state religion into politics. Many early state constitutions had religious tests specifically to exclude Jews and Catholics from holding public offices over fears of split allegiances and the bloody history of state religions and police power.
Later the "Judeo-Christian Ethic" was made a slogan for Zionism and featured prominently in the Moral Majority (Dispensationalist) political platforms.
The US was founded on a strange blend of Enlightenment and Calvinism on individualism and doctrines of Grace - alien concepts to state religions.
So when Muslims do the exact same thing as the Jews and Roman Catholics to condition a nation to be ruled by someone of a state religion, why the freak-out?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 02, 2026 08:21 AM (a4flb)
Posted by: muldoon at January 02, 2026 08:22 AM (/iMjX)
Critical Everything Theory.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 02, 2026 08:20 AM (06Hmj)
AWFL savior syndrome.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 08:22 AM (ExV1e)
Yes, it is highly unlikely anyone of them will suffer any sort of consequences. I think some are "playing it safe" and bailing before the public becomes really pissed off about the theft of their own money.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 02, 2026 08:22 AM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 02, 2026 08:22 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 02, 2026 08:05 AM
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It worked, didn't it?
Posted by: In the voice of Harry Reid at January 02, 2026 08:14 AM (2Ez/1)
It takes a (hic) village!
Posted by: Hillary! at January 02, 2026 08:23 AM (5rh/l)
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 02, 2026 08:00 AM (qBdHI)
I'm afraid so. Any failures will be Trump's fault, the white man's capitalist system's fault, for obstructing him. He's cut from a different cloth than the garden variety loser-Leftist Chicago or LA mayors -- he's a true radical and knows how to play the chords that are music to the ears of his revolutionary base.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 02, 2026 08:23 AM (b4LBp)
Posted by: muldoon at January 02, 2026 08:22 AM (/iMjX)
Because they're wenchwomen.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 08:23 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 08:22 AM (ExV1e)
Mrs. Jellyby is alive and well.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 02, 2026 08:23 AM (06Hmj)
A Florida lawmaker is now calling for aggressive federal action, comparing the alleged fraud to “organized crime.”
“This is what the mafia does. They steal, they lie, they cheat,” Rep. Mike Haridopolos, R-Fla., said on “Fox News Live” Thursday.
“The federal government has to use the full powers that we used to destroy the mafia back in the 1960s. Nothing short of it,” he added.
- Posted by the guy who likes RICO
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 02, 2026 08:23 AM (dtajH)
Posted by: muldoon"
How about a sidekick?
Posted by: Chim Chim at January 02, 2026 08:24 AM (vFG9F)
Fairness. D'oh!
Posted by: man at January 02, 2026 08:24 AM (XuXeR)
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Entry error. Replace decades with centuries.
Posted by: clarence at January 02, 2026 08:24 AM (MXMX4)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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It should be easy to flip some low level people in Minnesota. Licensed child cares are required to have an unannounced inspection yearly, and up to four inspections during their initial year of operation. The feds have to be targeting the people who signed off on the inspections.
And those places that were cited for violations had to submit corrective action plans, with a subsequent inspection to confirm compliance.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 02, 2026 08:24 AM (XvL8K)
Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 02, 2026 08:24 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: Gubmint Butt Wipers Local #408 at January 02, 2026 08:24 AM (2Ez/1)
Once you see it, all the skinnies look like walking light bulbs.
Also, some people are starting to sniff out that every one of these day cares etc. were passing audits, both licensing and financial.
There's where the white liberals started taking their cut.
Next, we'll start finding the same 2-4 law firms handling all the legal for all of them.
That will lead to the same group of NGOs.
And all along the way, massive donations to Dems.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 02, 2026 08:25 AM (HXT0k)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 02, 2026 08:12 AM (f0sNM)
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Even if you commute, your house is probably still small and so is your outside space.
It is a huge multi-variable problem, but I think the Oriental approach to urbanization is a major factor in the collapse of Oriental birth rates.
Assume that you already have a job and spouse, or a good prospect for a spouse. You're ahead of the game already, but let's keep going.
Imagine an apartment. It's about 800 square feet, maybe 1000. Your own, private, belongs-to-you outdoor space consists of a balcony. There is a common courtyard.
Not too shabby. Many if not most people have lived in a place like that. But now take the next step: imagine that this took *all* of your money to acquire and you will never be able to afford more. There is no "moving up" to a bigger place with a better yard. This is it. The most you will *ever* have.
How many kids are you going to have in that scenario, if you have a choice?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 08:25 AM (avHHk)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 02, 2026 08:21 AM (a4flb)
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Sure. Go with that.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 02, 2026 08:25 AM (RIvkX)
Subways will be free, so all stations will be open with all this free Ness
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 08:25 AM (Ia/+0)
'Minion' was used almost from its coining to mean 'sassy woman'.
Posted by: Nazdar at January 02, 2026 08:26 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 02, 2026 08:26 AM (b4LBp)
2.Abolish the Ad Council
Is that too much to ask?
Posted by: fd at January 02, 2026 06:59 AM (vFG9F)
Bare minimum.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 02, 2026 08:26 AM (h7ZuX)
That will lead to the same group of NGOs.
And all along the way, massive donations to Dems.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 02, 2026 08:25 AM (HXT0k)
Because it's all money laundering.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 08:27 AM (Zz0t1)
"Sheriffs" run most local incarceration, and can operate w/in "cities" or chartered local areas.
It's a good thing...
Posted by: man at January 02, 2026 08:27 AM (XuXeR)
Yes, it is highly unlikely anyone of them will suffer any sort of consequences. I think some are "playing it safe" and bailing before the public becomes really pissed off about the theft of their own money.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 02, 2026 08:22 AM (NwnyJ)
>>>
Yeah, well. . . . since this Somali grift mess is just one of DOZENS of systems to launder bucks back to the DemoNcrat Natl C and to the immense criminal enterprise engineered by Satanic creatures like David Brock, the CLITtons, Barack Odildo, etc, I'm sure that Pukelosi is having a fine time totaling up the filthy lucre harvest she's gleaned.
Hammer time at the Pukelosi household!
Posted by: Despise Marxist Rat Bastards & Professional Somalians at January 02, 2026 08:27 AM (HeR4S)
Posted by: Gordon of Khartoum at January 02, 2026 08:27 AM (njAFV)
Posted by: Pee-Wee In A Darkened Movie Theatre at January 02, 2026 08:27 AM (oftw2)
Yet they are the wreckers and running dogs.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 02, 2026 08:27 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 02, 2026 08:28 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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If you want to be published post in the comments.
Writing a letter is quaint. Back in the early two's and the fax machine I would flood my congress person's machine as many of us did.
They turned their machines off.
Their addiction and grift is so strong that, by and large, we are bypassed.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 08:28 AM (uGpeQ)
Posted by: muldoon
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those are called 'molls'
Posted by: Don Black at January 02, 2026 08:28 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: man at January 02, 2026 08:29 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Nazdar at January 02, 2026 08:30 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Nazdar at January 02, 2026 08:30 AM (NcvvS)
right until they become flunkies
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 02, 2026 08:30 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: A henchperson at January 02, 2026 08:31 AM (vFG9F)
Posted by: redridinghood at January 02, 2026 08:31 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Gref at January 02, 2026 08:31 AM (5rh/l)
Posted by: What is cable? at January 02, 2026 08:31 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: I used
Texas Municipal Police Officers:
What is the oath of office?
Article XVI, Section 1, of the Texas Constitution outlines the official oath of office as follows:
“I, _______________________, do solemnly swear (or affirm), that I will faithfully execute the
duties of the office of ___________________ of the State of Texas, and will to the best of my
ability preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States and of this State, so help me God.”
Nuremberg applies. Just because the mayor says you won't help ICE, doesn't mean you get to shirk your constitutional duties.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 08:32 AM (c115l)
Posted by: Get with the times at January 02, 2026 08:32 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Little Davey Hogg at January 02, 2026 08:32 AM (oftw2)
May we all straighten or winds, and fly right.
The distance of the runway behind you is not near as important as the runway you have left. May the future favor the civilized.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 02, 2026 08:33 AM (u82oZ)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 02, 2026 08:33 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Cray Cray at January 02, 2026 08:33 AM (EES2L)
The UN is largely responsible for setting up networks and funding to bring these 3rd worlders to the west including the US and then organizing programs to siphon tax dollars to enable these schemes. UN and USAID money, also known as our tax dollars, were at their disposal to pay for all of this crap.
When Obama said he wanted to "fundamentally change" the US this is exactly what he had in mind.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 02, 2026 08:34 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: redridinghood at January 02, 2026 08:31 AM (NpAcC)
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Fun fact:
When the filling of a cream puff approximates the consistency of spackle, the cream puff will stick to the side of a building when hurled with enough force.
My college cafeteria stopped making cream puffs shortly after this discovery was made.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 02, 2026 08:34 AM (ESVrU)
All people who ride coattails. Our political betters have many such minions whispering in their ears and telling them they're invincible.
Sort of sounds.... familiar.
Posted by: Some Old Roman Dude at January 02, 2026 08:34 AM (NwnyJ)
Guilt and hate filled white liberal woman. They look at other folks, especially the blacks and browns, as their pets, who must be fed and watered to make them both feel better. The guilt and hate filled white liberal woman is the fuel of the democrat party.
Posted by: Foreskin Lint at January 02, 2026 08:34 AM (R/m4+)
For the National Anthem, each arena asked for you to rise and remove your hat.
"Please, if you're able, rise and remove your hat for the singing of our National Anthem."
Not at the Rose Bowl. No. California had to ruin it.
"If you're WILLING and able, please rise........."
If you're not willing, GTFO. Your kind isn't welcome here.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 08:35 AM (Zz0t1)
How do they not see their policies as ruinously inflationary. How do their voters not see it.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at January 02, 2026 08:35 AM (i0Hi3)
This. And it will hit AWFLs... so, much whining and kvetching...
Posted by: man at January 02, 2026 08:35 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: What is cable? at January 02, 2026 08:31 AM (2Ez/1)
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Go listen to AM650 grandpa!
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 02, 2026 08:35 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Bulg at January 02, 2026 08:36 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Little Davey Hogg at January 02, 2026 08:32 AM (oftw2)
Not that kind of cream puff, you seamy dough-eyed poofter.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 08:36 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Cray Cray at January 02, 2026 08:33 AM (EES2L)
Political theater on Trump's part, I assume. Just to scuttle the notion that he intended to thwart the madman.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 02, 2026 08:36 AM (b4LBp)
Posted by: Despise Marxist Rat Bastards & Professional Somalians at January 02, 2026 08:37 AM (HeR4S)
Posted by: A henchperson at January 02, 2026 08:31 AM (vFG9F)
++++
Only to those who can't deliver.
Now let us ask you a question. There is no test, no follow-up. Just a single question:
"What do you want to accomplish with your henching operations?"
It's really that simple. If you want traditional henching - intimidation, field operations, fighting, logistical support, driving, coordination, task flexibility and all the other things that define henching success - then what you want is an organization that is dedicated to the traditional henching objectives and understands your henching needs. And for that, you need go no further than the International Brotherhood of Henchmen and Skulduggers.
IBHS training, readiness and support regimes keep laser-like focus on what matters to henching clients and provides capable, competent henchmen and skulduggers for all tasks.
If you'd rather virtue-signal, then by all means hire from the Global Henchpersons Alliance. If you want *results*, however, lose their number. Call the IBHS and let us show you what henching at it's best can do for you.
Posted by: The International Brotherhood of Henchmen and Skulduggers at January 02, 2026 08:37 AM (avHHk)
How do they not see their policies as ruinously inflationary. How do their voters not see it.
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless
Because they BELIEVE! Belief supercedes reality!
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 08:38 AM (c115l)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 02, 2026 08:38 AM (zNwXb)
will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
Psalm 91:1-2
Posted by: Marcus T at January 02, 2026 08:38 AM (UwWDr)
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 08:38 AM (avHHk)
Posted by: man at January 02, 2026 08:38 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Nazdar at January 02, 2026 08:39 AM (NcvvS)
The Battle of Camden was fought about five miles north of the crossroads that define the present town's center. There was not a much to define the battlefield when I lived there in the early 80s except the pine woods that are characteristic of that part of South Carolina. I am guessing that building up the area is underway, as that was not the case back then.
There was a second battle in that area, closer to town, Hobkirk's Hill, at a later date. That area was built up and had been settled for some time. The Buckley family had a summer home there. One of the brothers, Reid, ran a school that taught public speaking from there.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 02, 2026 08:39 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: The International Brotherhood of Henchmen and Skulduggers at January 02, 2026 08:37 AM (avHHk)
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Nice to know the traditional Thieves' Guild has modernized for today's competitive marketplace.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 02, 2026 08:39 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 08:39 AM (c115l)
Kevin Bass
@kevinnbass
I crunched the data. I made a map.
States with no effective voter ID requirement average nearly 8x more welfare benefits to illegal immigrants compared to states requiring voter ID verification.
They are importing and paying illegals for votes.
https://tinyurl.com/2c4ewsaz
Posted by: redridinghood at January 02, 2026 08:39 AM (NpAcC)
Good morning, Horde.
Posted by: Inogame at January 02, 2026 08:40 AM (53oGX)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 02, 2026 08:40 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Bulg at January 02, 2026 08:40 AM (77rzZ)
Posted by: The International Brotherhood of Henchmen and Skulduggers at January 02, 2026 08:37 AM (avHHk)
We can accomplish more with a single woman of negotiable morals than all your knuckle draggers combined. -- Global Henchpersons Alliance
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 08:41 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: man at January 02, 2026 08:41 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 02, 2026 08:42 AM (8CIFn)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
And these are the future leaders of our country? We are doomed!
Posted by: Stop The World-I Want To Get Off! at January 02, 2026 08:42 AM (oftw2)
*ducks*
Posted by: man at January 02, 2026 08:41 AM (XuXeR)
++++
"Time wounds all heels"
-- Robert a Heinlein
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 08:42 AM (avHHk)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 02, 2026 08:42 AM (8CIFn)
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Henchmen do field work. Flunkies and staffers don't.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 08:42 AM (avHHk)
Well, that depends on who you want on your staff...
*ducks again*
Posted by: man at January 02, 2026 08:42 AM (XuXeR)
The white man, the rich man, the man not named Mamdani (depending on the audience) is to blame. Not you. It doesn't matter that you put forth not one iota of effort to improve your situation. It doesn't matter that you spend 105% of your income without thought. None of that matters. It's THEIR fault. They're keeping you down. Vote stupid.
It's been the progressive's pitch for over 100 years and it's - mostly - successful.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 08:04 AM (ExV1e)
Well, to be fair...most people do come to a point sometime during their life where they say, "Hey, why can't I get what I want. Why am I so frustrated/poor/whatever?"
The next step which most people don't take is asking themselves-
Who am I really? What are my strengths/my weakness? How have spent my time- screwing around or going hammer and tongs after what I want? Are my goals unrealistic? Can my goal be achieved within 1 year or 5 years or 10? Do my goals depend on other people giving them to me(acting is a good example here) or are they something I can get for myself, by myself? What am I willing to sacrifice and what am I not willing to sacrifice?
Posted by: naturalfake at January 02, 2026 08:43 AM (iJfKG)
https://tinyurl.com/2extsxwx
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 02, 2026 08:43 AM (WHfpM)
Posted by: The International Brotherhood of Henchmen and Skulduggers
I can just see the head of HR being Bea Arthur
(HOTWP1)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 08:43 AM (c115l)
So the celebrants for My Mamdani were kept together in a defined area without food, water or sanitary facilities?
That sure sounds campy to me!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 02, 2026 08:43 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 02, 2026 08:43 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: man at January 02, 2026 08:44 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Nazdar at January 02, 2026 08:44 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 02, 2026 08:08 AM (NwnyJ)
As with all these government hand-out frauds, scams, rackets, etc, one of the excuses by Our Betters will be unexpected loopholes in good-intentioned laws.
Decades ago we should have begun asking, "Are all these unexpected loopholes discovered years after a bill was signed accidental or intentional?"
Yeah, I know, dumb question.
Posted by: Gref at January 02, 2026 08:44 AM (5rh/l)
How many kids are you going to have in that scenario, if you have a choice?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)
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"We're movin' on up to the East Side". is a real thing.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 08:44 AM (uGpeQ)
“Tax the Rich!” chants at my city’s mayoral inauguration? Yeah, this inauguration fucks, and my heart is bursting with hope
One thing is certain: this inauguration absolutely passes the vibe check. It might even fuck too. This is a man who actually loves his city
Listened the entire time to see if he would tack to the center or begin to lower expectations. He didn’t do that. But he did mention the word abundance once. I wonder if it’s an intentional attempt to pull steam out of abundance people’s sails.
He will be effecting more lives than 75% of America's governors. I'm crying here. A Muslim mayor 25 year after so much hate crimes in that city.
Meanwhile, /r/democrats continues to not allow discussion of this, while the Democrats TikTok account is now posting fancams of him despite not backing him the entire campaign. Democrats suck man lol
Let's see how many of them relocate from NYC when the heightened taxes are in motion. I bet the numbers will be very underwhelming. They never leave NYC, because that’s where everything is. They wouldn't be caught dead in Des Moines, IA.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 02, 2026 08:44 AM (ycI94)
>>@elonmusk
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8h
>>Then it is war
Posted by: JackStraw at January 02, 2026 08:44 AM (viF8m)
Posted by: It's a plot at January 02, 2026 08:44 AM (2Ez/1)
I live behind the lines in the South Bronx.
Trump has set up Zohran to be his personal foil. More to come in 2026.
Zohran's pet issue to get elected was to provide free day-care for one- to three-year olds. Ha
Posted by: Ignoramus at January 02, 2026 08:45 AM (dtajH)
Posted by: Nazdar at January 02, 2026 08:39 AM (NcvvS)
AI says (edited for brevity)...
The terms "flunky" and "lackey" are often used interchangeably but have distinct nuances in meaning and connotation. A flunky is primarily defined as a person who performs menial tasks or runs errands for someone else, often in a subservient or obsequious manner.
In contrast, a lackey is a person who serves someone else in a subservient or obsequious manner, often with the aim of gaining favor or advancing their own interests. A lackey may be seen as a sycophant, toady, or minion, and is often associated with a lack of integrity.
I don't know if that answers the promotion / demotion question.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 08:45 AM (ExV1e)
@Bubblebathgirl
CBS refused to do a live interview with Elon Musk on 2023 regarding the Twitter files because CBS didn’t know what he’d say, says Catherine Herridge.
CBS didn’t actually want to report the news, they wanted to control it.
https://tinyurl.com/5847ef5m
Posted by: redridinghood at January 02, 2026 08:45 AM (NpAcC)
take the flunky
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 02, 2026 08:45 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: naturalfake at January 02, 2026 08:46 AM (iJfKG)
Posted by: Nazdar
And when the shit hits the fan, you blame it on a low level staffer in the Cincinnati office.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 08:46 AM (c115l)
Hirelings were basically mercenary employees. They did a job and got paid, but had no particular loyalty to the player character.
Henchmen, on the other hand, were supposed to have personal loyalty to the player character and would even risk their lives to save the PC (depending on their loyalty). You were supposed to treat henchmen well to maintain their loyalty.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 02, 2026 08:46 AM (ESVrU)
Global Henchpersons Alliance
You'll be hearing from our lawyers
-- Global Wenchmen's Association
"We Can Procure Them For You Wholesale!"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 02, 2026 08:46 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 02, 2026 08:46 AM (RIvkX)
They are importing and paying illegals for votes.
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That's one scam. There are others. Many, many others.
Any "program" that involves state and/or federal coordination is rife with fraud.
- Inspections
- Licensing
- Health/Safety
- Infrastructure
To name a few.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 02, 2026 08:46 AM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: man at January 02, 2026 08:46 AM (XuXeR)
“Tax the Rich!” chants at my city’s mayoral inauguration? Yeah, this inauguration fucks, and my heart is bursting with hope
One thing is certain: this inauguration absolutely passes the vibe check. It might even fuck too. This is a man who actually loves his city
And Democracy dies to the roars of thunderous applause......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 08:47 AM (Zz0t1)
Right?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 02, 2026 08:47 AM (0sNs1)
-- Robert a Heinlein"
"Ouch"
-- Achilles
Posted by: man at January 02, 2026 08:44 AM (XuXeR)
"Time wounds all heels"
Title of an album by Squeeze IIRC circa 1980 or so.
Ouch was also a big hit for the Rutles.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 02, 2026 08:47 AM (x0n13)
How did the college playoff games shake out yesterday?
Posted by: naturalfake at January 02, 2026 08:46 AM (iJfKG)
Bama got beat like a redheaded step mule.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 02, 2026 08:47 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 02, 2026 08:47 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 02, 2026 08:47 AM (LAkWe)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 02, 2026 08:47 AM (x0n13)
Fool on the Pill was better
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 02, 2026 08:48 AM (gbOdA)
They never leave NYC, because that’s where everything is. They wouldn't be caught dead in Des Moines, IA.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions
Maybe not, but Miami & Palm Beach are on line 1.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 08:48 AM (c115l)
LOL, rickb223.
Posted by: Nazdar at January 02, 2026 08:48 AM (NcvvS)
Lauren Boebert will be the next high profile Republican woman member of Congress to flame out and declare herself anti-Trump, anti-MAGA and flounce.
Posted by: muldoon at January 02, 2026 08:48 AM (/iMjX)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 02, 2026 08:48 AM (OGBA8)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 02, 2026 08:44 AM (ycI94)
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"Everything" at this point is Broadway.
Dallas has everything else.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 08:49 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Opinion fact
Mayor Jihadi Gotti?
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 08:49 AM (c115l)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 02, 2026 08:47 AM (KDPiq)
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Of course.
He's a "made man" in today's society.
Basically untouchable unless he seriously pisses off his bosses.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 02, 2026 08:49 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Amy Klobuchar at January 02, 2026 08:49 AM (oftw2)
From "Coddled Affluent Professional" on X.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 02, 2026 08:49 AM (WHfpM)
One thing is certain: this inauguration absolutely passes the vibe check. It might even fuck too. This is a man who actually loves his city
Has "f*ck" acquired a new meaning?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 02, 2026 08:49 AM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 02, 2026 08:50 AM (XvL8K)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 08:47 AM (Zz0t1)
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Not everything is Star Wars, bruh.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 08:50 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Texas Tech Red Raiders at January 02, 2026 08:50 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: man at January 02, 2026 08:50 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Amy Klobuchar at January 02, 2026 08:49 AM (oftw2)
++++
LOL
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 08:50 AM (avHHk)
Posted by: Citizen Cake at January 02, 2026 08:50 AM (CwhoI)
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This is Gavin Newsom-level wisdom.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 02, 2026 08:50 AM (RIvkX)
Posted by: naturalfake at January 02, 2026 08:46 AM (iJfKG)
Texas Tech and Alabama Amber Hearded. Indiana proved they're the team to beat.
The Georgia / Ole Miss game was the game of the day. An insane 4th quarter. F*ck Lane Kiffen.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 08:50 AM (Zz0t1)
The official drink of the Alabama Crimson Tide is a shaken Manhattan.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 02, 2026 08:50 AM (35BBm)
Posted by: Opinion fact
Mayor Jihadi Gotti?
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 08:49 AM (c115l)
Muslim so Goatti
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 02, 2026 08:50 AM (x0n13)
How did the college playoff games shake out yesterday?
Posted by: naturalfake
#1, #5, #6 & #10
Things that add up to eleven!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 02, 2026 08:51 AM (xG4kz)
Dallas has everything else.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 08:49 AM (GBKbO)
And Wall Street. If it repairs itself to Florida, the jig is up.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 02, 2026 08:51 AM (WHfpM)
Posted by: naturalfake at January 02, 2026 08:46 AM (iJfKG)
Bama got beat like a redheaded step mule.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 02, 2026 08:47 AM (gbOdA)
That's good.
More different teams instead of the same old/same old is more better.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 02, 2026 08:51 AM (iJfKG)
You'll be hearing from our lawyers
-- Global Wenchmen's Association
"We Can Procure Them For You Wholesale!"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 02, 2026 08:46 AM (xG4kz)
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Begun, the Mook Wars have...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 02, 2026 08:51 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Citizen Cake at January 02, 2026 08:50 AM (CwhoI)
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How the hell is price determined?
I actually kinda hope they do it. Go ahead, NY. Finish the job. Convert your subjects to expropriated slaves.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 08:51 AM (avHHk)
This. And it will hit AWFLs... so, much whining and kvetching...
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Because this massive fraud required thousands and thousands of government jobs to administer the funds, the licensing, the audits, etc.
And you'll find these agencies at 80%+ females.
With "studies" and other far-left degrees.
These were the ones approving the payments, certifying the paperwork, verifying the audits.
The 2nd level in the fraud pyramids.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 02, 2026 08:51 AM (HXT0k)
Posted by: man at January 02, 2026 08:51 AM (XuXeR)
Just asking for 5% from Multi Billionaires.
Congress enacted the Revenue Act of 1913. The tax ranged from 1% on income exceeding $3,000 to 7% on incomes exceeding $500,000.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 02, 2026 08:51 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 02, 2026 08:47 AM (gbOdA)
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"What are you doing, step-mule??"
Posted by: Cray Cray at January 02, 2026 08:52 AM (EES2L)
Posted by: naturalfake
How do you say nicely, Alabama underperformed?
As one person said, "you travel 2300 miles to kick a field goal".
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 08:52 AM (c115l)
With "studies" and other far-left degrees."
This cannot be understated.
Posted by: man at January 02, 2026 08:52 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Obama's Paddle-Boarding "Chef" at January 02, 2026 08:52 AM (oftw2)
MAGA OBSESSION
THE NEW CONSERVATIVE PANIC
RIGHT WING PROPAGANDA MACHINE
And all of that is before you get to the actual article.
Posted by: SMOD at January 02, 2026 08:52 AM (RHGPo)
Dallas has everything else.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 08:49 AM (GBKbO)
And Wall Street. If it repairs itself to Florida, the jig is up.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 02, 2026 08:51 AM (WHfpM)
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In terms of a major Financial Center in a centralized location? Several American cities have it. In terms of the stock exchange? It's mostly online now, plus there are a few other places where live, in person trading can happen.
Seriously, it's just Broadway.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 08:52 AM (GBKbO)
Everything is in NYC because that's where the money is. If the money leaves, so will everything else.
"But, but, but, Broadway..." That's just a fucking street. You can build a theater anywhere.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 08:53 AM (ExV1e)
Inevitable in every leftist city.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 02, 2026 08:53 AM (WHfpM)
I call them the NFL minor league playoffs.
Actually some of the players make more money than some players on NFL rosters.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 02, 2026 08:53 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Citizen Cake at January 02, 2026 08:50 AM (CwhoI)
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Nice of them to start building invisible walls to keep their citizens from fleeing and infecting other locales with their madness.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 02, 2026 08:53 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 02, 2026 08:50 AM (XvL8K)
A lickspittle is on the outer edge, wanting to be a lackey or a lapdog, but does not have the talent or the smarts to become either. See Hunter Biden for an example.
Posted by: Kostoyed Amourski at January 02, 2026 08:53 AM (R/m4+)
https://x.com/GenghisKhet/status/2006837479425585405
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 02, 2026 08:53 AM (f0sNM)
Not everything is Star Wars, bruh.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 08:50 AM (GBKbO)
Wars. Trek. Whatever.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 08:53 AM (Zz0t1)
Wait'll CABANA hits.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 08:53 AM (c115l)
MAGA OBSESSION
THE NEW CONSERVATIVE PANIC
RIGHT WING PROPAGANDA MACHINE
And all of that is before you get to the actual article.
Posted by: SMOD at January 02, 2026 08:52 AM (RHGPo)
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Their five readers are going to be so enraged.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 08:53 AM (GBKbO)
Where do the lickspittle fit in?
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba
They are duking it out with the bootlickers
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 02, 2026 08:53 AM (xG4kz)
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That is definitely unconstitutional.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 02, 2026 08:54 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Snake Plissken at January 02, 2026 08:54 AM (avHHk)
Posted by: man at January 02, 2026 08:54 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless
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Could it be they weren't taught applied math in school?
Could it be they weren't taught economics?
Could it be they weren't taught civics?
Or were their teachers ignorant commies who were so delusional they had no capacity for critical thought?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 08:54 AM (uGpeQ)
I actually kinda hope they do it. Go ahead, NY. Finish the job. Convert your subjects to expropriated slaves.
Posted by: Joe Mannix
They certainly wouldn't go off the wildly inflated, government-issued property value used in tax assessments.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 02, 2026 08:55 AM (ycI94)
Posted by: Mike DeWine Governor & Cost of Doing Business Expert at January 02, 2026 08:55 AM (GPa4z)
Posted by: It's a living at January 02, 2026 08:55 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: I used to have a dif...
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A Modest Proposal: Anybody who cuts/pastes an AI output as a comment gets a week in the Barrel.
Posted by: muldoon at January 02, 2026 08:55 AM (/iMjX)
Could it be they weren't taught economics?
Could it be they weren't taught civics?"
They weren't taught to balance an account...
Posted by: man at January 02, 2026 08:55 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Mike DeWine Governor & Cost of Doing Business Expert at January 02, 2026 08:55 AM (GPa4z)
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GOPe heading towards the door with no hope of being elected to anything else say the darndest things.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 08:55 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Bulg at January 02, 2026 08:56 AM (77rzZ)
Swift justice?
Posted by: man at January 02, 2026 08:56 AM (XuXeR)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 02, 2026 08:56 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 08:56 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 02, 2026 08:50 AM (35BBm)
High Tide!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 08:56 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Don Black at January 02, 2026 08:56 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Five Families at January 02, 2026 08:56 AM (oftw2)
Until I met a man with no flunkies
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 02, 2026 08:56 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: B. Manilow at January 02, 2026 08:57 AM (2Ez/1)
It's all the same. Right, Captain Gandolf?
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Gate > Trek > Wars
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 02, 2026 08:57 AM (f0sNM)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 02, 2026 08:56 AM (KDPiq)
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The left-leaning rich will keep their houses in the city, but they'll also order as many of their assets out of the state as possible. They love their city, they love their new mayor, but they also love their money.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 08:57 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Bulg at January 02, 2026 08:57 AM (77rzZ)
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109k? That's still a huge number. If I were advising Trump, I'd put more troops on the border, with RoE to include shoot to kill.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 02, 2026 08:57 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Don Black at January 02, 2026 08:58 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Butt boys at January 02, 2026 08:58 AM (2Ez/1)
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I wonder how property owners who do not reside in NYC and did not "vote for this" feel about it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 02, 2026 08:58 AM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Cicci at January 02, 2026 08:59 AM (Q+gd/)
Certainly, but the Left has never strained at gnats like that. Plus, it'll take a couple of years for the case to wind its way through the courts. Either way, your physical assets are effectively frozen in NYC until you agree to sell for pennies on the dollar to a Somali daycare owner.
Posted by: Citizen Cake at January 02, 2026 08:59 AM (CwhoI)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 02, 2026 08:59 AM (f0sNM)
The act of simply cutting and pasting AI output as a comment is a growing point of discussion and concern across various online platforms, workplaces, and academic settings. The primary issues are a perceived lack of original thought, potential quality degradation, and the bypassing of genuine human interaction or work.
Posted by: one hour sober at January 02, 2026 08:59 AM (Y1sOo)
Seeing as how "warmth of the collective" conjures up an image of inked and shrapnel-struck bags of suet with raisins for eyes drumming pathetically in a circle with hordes of AWFLs lost in rapt admiration around it, I'll take a hard pass on that.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 02, 2026 08:59 AM (xG4kz)
@CalltoActivism
OMG!!! Trump just showed up at Mar-a-Lago to celebrate New Year's, dragging his right leg, and quickly adjusted his walk when he realizes the cameras are on.
What's Trump hiding?
... the video looks to me has what appears to be Trump with a new pair of dress shoes on a slippery floor, then on carpet
Of course, these idiots don't have a pair of dress shoes, so they would have no idea since they only have gronks
Posted by: SMOD at January 02, 2026 09:00 AM (RHGPo)
I actually kinda hope they do it. Go ahead, NY. Finish the job. Convert your subjects to expropriated slaves.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 08:51 AM (avHHk)
Is the seller related to someone of influence in city government?
If yes, purchase price is 3-5 times appraised value.
If no, purchase price is 50% of appraised value.
I'm just surprised that they didn't say that you were only permitted to sell to the government.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 09:00 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: QuikTrip at January 02, 2026 09:00 AM (2Ez/1)
...oh, and a Foley catheter.
Posted by: muldoon at January 02, 2026 09:01 AM (/iMjX)
OMG!!! Trump just showed up at Mar-a-Lago to celebrate New Year's, dragging his right leg, and quickly adjusted his walk when he realizes the cameras are on.
What's Trump hiding?
You covered for Biden for 4 years. He was a vegetable from the beginning.
So, GFY with you're sudden interest in the President's health.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 09:01 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 09:01 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 02, 2026 09:01 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 02, 2026 09:02 AM (RIvkX)
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Enforcing a week in the Barrel for pasted AI comments seems like a highly structured approach to community management. Order over disorder, calm over chaos — bright vs. dim.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 02, 2026 09:02 AM (Dv3i1)
... maybe it's because it's not called the Kennedy Center any more
Posted by: SMOD at January 02, 2026 09:02 AM (RHGPo)
and the mullahs want to hide this behind a burka
https://tinyurl.com/yu97a7ec
Posted by: Don Black at January 02, 2026 09:02 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Bulg
Brown nosers are like Friendzoned Simps. No matter how hard they try, they ain't taking her to the dance.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 09:02 AM (c115l)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 02, 2026 08:49 AM (0sNs1)
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The modern left has sexualized everything. It's weird. As a result, they use sex to frame everything, completely unaware that normal, emotionally stable people do not constantly think about their next opportunity for self-abuse.
This is also why their works of fiction cannot have platonic friendships. If you like someone (of either sex), you must consummate it.
Conversely, there is no trust within them. Everything hinges upon the moment of betrayal. Every word is a lie, because all truths are conditional, and all pledges can be nullified because of "reasons."
One reason I am so optimistic is that forging such a people into a war machine is impossible. They lack even the cohesion and single-minded purpose of a locust swarm.
They are also physical and moral cowards, and as the forces of order re-establish firm control, they will disavow everything because above all else they want to be accepted. They can also be bribed on the cheap (though they won't stay bought - hence enforcement).
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 09:02 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Pol Pot at January 02, 2026 09:02 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Pol Pot at January 02, 2026 09:02 AM (oftw2)
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"We love this guy!"
-The Sorbonne
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 09:03 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: SMOD at January 02, 2026 09:03 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 02, 2026 09:03 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: muldoon at January 02, 2026 08:55 AM (/iMjX)
Would it make you feel better if I looked something up, went to the source that the AI used, and provide the answer from there using the exact same wording that the AI used?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 09:04 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 08:50 AM
It should be.
Posted by: Obi Juan Sonobi at January 02, 2026 09:04 AM (0sNs1)
Music and passion are always in fashion.
Posted by: B. Manilow
*golf clap
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 09:05 AM (c115l)
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 02, 2026 09:05 AM (WHfpM)
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You'd almost think the blue states have something to hide.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 02, 2026 09:05 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 02, 2026 08:56 AM (KDPiq)
Lotta financial offices on Y'all Street.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 09:05 AM (ExV1e)
My only sibling is a communist but to be able to continue a relationship, we do not discuss politics. So we discuss household chores, sports, and weather. And even these necessarily must be fairly superficial because political beliefs seep into everything. Over the years, this (to me) has become comical. It seems our discussions are just silly.
Do any of y’all feel this way in similar situations? What do you do?
Posted by: Brunnhilde at January 02, 2026 09:05 AM (3AwA+)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 08:50 AM
It should be.
Posted by: Obi Juan Sonobi at January 02, 2026 09:04 AM (0sNs1)
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Alright, non-Union, Spanish equivalent of George Lucas.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 09:05 AM (GBKbO)
While our gallivanting governor has been touring abroad and running ads in Texas and Florida touting the excellence of California, he and his party once again have made life harder for business owners and employees who have to work for a living.
Posted by: SMOD at January 02, 2026 09:05 AM (RHGPo)
...oh, and a Foley catheter.
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Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 09:01 AM (GBKbO)
We know they missed 6 to 9 seats in 2020 that should have moved Red.
If this all rolls up in 2030 it could be a 12 to 16 seat shift.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 02, 2026 09:06 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 02, 2026 09:05 AM (Dv3i1)
Somalians. Hundreds of thousands of Somalians.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 09:06 AM (Zz0t1)
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You'd almost think the blue states have something to hide.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 02, 2026 09:05 AM (Dv3i1)
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Millions of illegal immigrants taking Medicaid benefits out of alignment with federal law is something to hide?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 09:06 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 02, 2026 08:50 AM (35BBm)
High Tide!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 08:56 AM (Zz0t1)
******
Bloody Mary.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 02, 2026 09:06 AM (NpAcC)
and the mullahs want to hide this behind a burka
https://tinyurl.com/yu97a7ec
Posted by: Don Black
She's already an empress of my heart, and other body parts.
Posted by: Hopeless Romantic at January 02, 2026 09:06 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 02, 2026 09:06 AM (KDPiq)
and the mullahs want to hide this behind a burka
Posted by: Don Black at January 02, 2026 09:02 AM (ZxPkt)
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Americans are culturally averse to monarchs, but there is much to be said for a head of state who is generally apolitical and who serves as a symbol of national unity and heritage. Churchill argued - compellingly, I think - that many of the radical governments that emerged after 1918 did so because of Wilson's hatred of monarchy.
A Germany under a regency council of a child-Kaiser would not have allowed Hitler to take power, and the demoralized middle classes would have found a symbolic rallying point as they boy grew up, giving them hope for the future rather than a restless desire to junk everything.
Iran's history extends back thousands of years, and the mullahs tried to obliterate that. Iran became an Islamic toady, sucking up to Arabs rather than staring down their noses at the wannabe imperialists.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 09:06 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 02, 2026 08:59 AM (f0sNM)
Having recently spent time in VA, you are high as a kite.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 09:07 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 02, 2026 09:07 AM (zNwXb)
Unless lampposts in Tehran are gaily festooned with mullahs, imans, and other beetle-browed and spittle-flecked religious "teachers", nothing will truly have changed.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 02, 2026 09:07 AM (xG4kz)
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You'd almost think the blue states have something to hide.
Posted by: Chuck Martel
It's those damned Manaed Care Centers.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 09:07 AM (c115l)
If this all rolls up in 2030 it could be a 12 to 16 seat shift.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 02, 2026 09:06 AM (gbOdA)
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"Missed". The guy running the Census Bureau bragged that he didn't count. He estimated based on models. Also, the guy was obsessed with "under represented communities". The 6-9 that the Census Bureau admits to is definitely the low end.
Oh, and millions of illegal will have been deported by 2030. Probably tens of millions if the first 11 months of Trump's presidency are any indication.
The 2030 census will be the biggest earthquake in American politics in a century. 30-40 seat shift is my guess.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 09:08 AM (GBKbO)
Also the left: WOOHOO Mamdami is going to usher in real communism finally and remove you kulaks. Uhh, I mean, uh, make sure the government helps everyone
Posted by: Barack Obama at January 02, 2026 09:08 AM (sKqQm)
His office just released a statement in response to Trump with ridiculous lie that Newsom has prevented 120 billion in fraud .
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 02, 2026 09:09 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 02, 2026 09:09 AM (EiGGt)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 02, 2026 09:06 AM (KDPiq)
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Getting assassinated has an effect on a cult. It makes him a martyr.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 09:10 AM (GBKbO)
"On too many stories, the press has missed the story, because..."
Posted by: SMOD at January 02, 2026 09:10 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Don Black at January 02, 2026 08:58 AM (ZxPkt)
When did a school west of the Mississippi last win the Division 1 title?
Posted by: Gref at January 02, 2026 09:10 AM (5rh/l)
Posted by: man at January 02, 2026 09:10 AM (xDZRs)
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Posted by: Somali Catheter Inc.
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Posted by: Shy Bladder Billy at January 02, 2026 09:10 AM (oftw2)
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Quite.
-King Charles III Al-Tudor
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 02, 2026 09:10 AM (Dv3i1)
Revert to territorial status until they are caught up.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 09:10 AM (c115l)
The devil certainly assisted in putting Hitler into power. Things lined up too perfectly to allow it.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 02, 2026 09:11 AM (KDPiq)
Imagine, for example, that a small state like RI (pop 1M) were to import 10M "foreign workers". It would then get the same representation as a state like OH or PA even though it has 1/10th the population
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 09:11 AM (sKqQm)
"On too many stories, the press has missed the story, because..."
Posted by: SMOD at January 02, 2026 09:10 AM (RHGPo)
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"...the press has become obsessed with being the used cum rags of the Democrat Party in order to continue to have access to ugly, unfunny, unappealing people in buildings that everyone hates because they represent things like beauty."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 09:11 AM (GBKbO)
And we lose more in fraud than the entire budget of all but four.
Politicians raise taxes not because it is needed but because it gives them a greater slush fund to enrich groups who will vote for them. They fund luxury hotels for illegal immigrants while working families can barely afford healthcare.
It's treasonous, corrupt and evil, and it's how empires fall."
Why the demonization of Elon Musk and DOGE was the single greatest success of the Left in 2025.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 02, 2026 09:11 AM (WHfpM)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 02, 2026 09:11 AM (otNgF)
“These suspected perpetrators are really trying to cover their tracks...”
Posted by: SMOD at January 02, 2026 09:11 AM (RHGPo)
Yes, he's misinformed. Sad, really. But there is hope! And brisket!
Posted by: man at January 02, 2026 09:12 AM (xDZRs)
Posted by: Brunnhilde at January 02, 2026 09:05 AM (3AwA+)
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My mother has always been extremely political. When I was young and didn't know better, I aligned with her reflexively and we got along. As I matured and came to see things differently (basically I applied what she taught me impartially, and realized the Democrats were completely amoral), it has been difficult. The kids don't feel comfortable around her. When she visits, we focus on the great-grandchildren, and rarely talk on the phone because she gets carried away and I've more than once found myself on the brink of being disowned.
One must prioritize family, and I take my obligation to my parents seriously, but at the same time it cannot be a license to abuse. Happily, even though we also disagree on politics, my father and I can talk and argue without getting mad. We chat almost every day. I think my mother is jealous of this, since she was the one who filed for divorce and tried to alienate me from him.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 09:12 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: SMOD at January 02, 2026 09:12 AM (RHGPo)
So, GFY with you're sudden interest in the President's health.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer
The media owned up to their mistakes, and has improved their procedures as a result of valid criticism!!! You guys are just partisans!!!!
Posted by: MSM Apologist at January 02, 2026 09:12 AM (ycI94)
and the mullahs want to hide this behind a burka
https://tinyurl.com/yu97a7ec
Posted by: Don Black
Sort of resembles Sofia Coppola.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 02, 2026 09:12 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 02, 2026 09:12 AM (EyfuW)
His office just released a statement in response to Trump with ridiculous lie that Newsom has prevented 120 billion in fraud .
Somewhere between Bakersfield and Merced, unfinished "high speed rail" stations larf.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 02, 2026 09:13 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 02, 2026 09:11 AM (WHfpM)
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How was it successful?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 09:13 AM (ZOv7s)
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RI's GDP increase would be enormous!!!
-Economist
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 02, 2026 09:14 AM (Dv3i1)
"We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism," while his herds huddle in frozen cattle pens. Perfect.
Posted by: The Gipper Lives at January 02, 2026 09:14 AM (IOKL9)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 09:08 AM (GBKbO)
But only if a Republican is in the WH.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 09:14 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 02, 2026 09:11 AM (WHfpM)
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How was it successful?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 09:13 AM (ZOv7s)
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Musk is still one of the most popular public/political figures in America.
DOGE is still running, cutting grants left and right.
Tesla cars are still the only EVs that sell.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 09:14 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: SMOD at January 02, 2026 09:14 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: SMOD
She should have shown up covered head to toe in a hefty bag.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 09:14 AM (c115l)
Well no, that’s just it. That ain’t “democracy dying”, that’s democracy flexing its muscles.
Demicracy, Universal suffrage in particular is super retarded.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 02, 2026 09:14 AM (DaCyj)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 09:08 AM (GBKbO)
But only if a Republican is in the WH.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 09:14 AM (ExV1e)
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True.
I don't think 2026 matters that much. It's not the most important election in our lifetime.
2028, though...it may be.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 09:15 AM (GBKbO)
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That's not how you spell "facilitated."
California education standards in action.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 02, 2026 09:15 AM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 02, 2026 09:07 AM (zNwXb)
Mayor Liberace
Posted by: Oglebay at January 02, 2026 09:15 AM (GPa4z)
Apparently, the slots are filled in a rotation from the losers in the GA.
Posted by: No one at January 02, 2026 09:15 AM (qFwJc)
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RI's GDP increase would be enormous!!!
-Economist
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 02, 2026 09:14 AM (Dv3i1)
It would capsize!!!!!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 02, 2026 09:15 AM (x0n13)
Mom is a Truman Democrat who watches ABC News and believes them. She is also 91 years old. We don't talk politics. You have my sympathies, sir.
Posted by: Nazdar at January 02, 2026 09:16 AM (NcvvS)
It took a lot of screws up among the German political class to lead to Hitler.
The left, even the "moderate left" functioning allying with the communists and allowing them to attack people on the streets, the establishment right proving incompetent under von Papen so that as Hindenburg declined there was functionally no establishment opposition to the communists.
Give Germany a Trump, Reagan, or Washington in the late 20s early 30s and you don't get Hitler. Or if the German left weren't evil self servings sons of bitches.
And of course the myriad failures of Kaiser Wilhelm in the 1910s made all this possible.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 09:16 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 02, 2026 09:07 AM (zNwXb)
Mayor Liberace
Posted by: Oglebay at January 02, 2026 09:15 AM (GPa4z)
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The corruption in the highest levels of NYC governance are going to be so absurd.
I can't wait for the DOJ vs. NYC council legal battles.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 09:16 AM (GBKbO)
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 02, 2026 09:09 AM (EiGGt)
Sadly, if you place $1000 in the left hand of most voters while putting $80 in their right hand, where they were accustomed to having $100, they will feel cheated. The argument will probably work.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 09:16 AM (ExV1e)
-King Charles III Al-Tudor
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 02, 2026 09:10 AM (Dv3i1)
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Charles could win everlasting fame by dissolving parliament and demanding new elections, but he won't do it.
King Juan Carlos of Spain became a national hero when he personally intervened to stop a coup, going on air to tell the army that the king orders them to stand down.
The British are really bad at government these days.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 09:16 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 02, 2026 09:11 AM (otNgF)
I can understand her being angry since it was partly her bill for her state but she had to be a Karen and accuse Trump of using the veto as revenge because of her support to release the Epstein files.
Fuck her and the butterface MTG.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 02, 2026 09:17 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: SMOD at January 02, 2026 09:12 AM
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She's new to this. Give her time.
Posted by: The ghost of Imelda Marcos at January 02, 2026 09:17 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: SMOD at January 02, 2026 09:17 AM (RHGPo)
My only sibling is a communist but to be able to continue a relationship, we do not discuss politics. So we discuss household chores, sports, and weather. And even these necessarily must be fairly superficial because political beliefs seep into everything. Over the years, this (to me) has become comical. It seems our discussions are just silly.
Do any of y’all feel this way in similar situations? What do you do?
Posted by: Brunnhilde at January 02, 2026 09:05 AM (3AwA+)
The kiddos all have good jobs but live now in blue shitholes, so their views are definitely more to the left than mine.
We don't have political discussions because they become heated quickly and create bad feeling, which is stupid IMHO cuz we gather to be family and that much more important than politics. Anyone who can't behave and control themselves for the usual 3-4 day visit is a knucklehead in my book, and we all seem to agree on that point.
Yes, it's frustrating they hold some of their views because they all are very smart, but I figure in time they will all figure things out.
Family good feeling > Politics in my book.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 02, 2026 09:17 AM (iJfKG)
I've never own an item of clothing that has cost even half that much.
Yet looking at my tax bill I'm apparently "rich" according to the IRS
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 09:17 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 02, 2026 09:17 AM (zNwXb)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
The modern left has sexualized everything. It's weird. As a result, they use sex to frame everything, completely unaware that normal, emotionally stable people do not constantly think about their next opportunity for self-abuse.
This is also why their works of fiction cannot have platonic friendships. If you like someone (of either sex), you must consummate it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
I'm glad you chimed in with your perspective. I included the two "fucks" comments precisely because they seemed so weird and out of place.
I do take issue, a bit, with your analysis, however. In many ways, sex and romance seem to take a back seat to girl-bossing and wokeness. I'm thinking the Star Wars sequels (or later TV series), although other modern media does go all the way to the other side with nonstop promiscuity as "empowering" or "validating". Especially if it's queer. Very weird dichotomy.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 02, 2026 09:18 AM (ycI94)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 02, 2026 09:11 AM (otNgF)
In my mind for awhile I had Anna Paulina Luna, MTG and Boebert in the same category… new, young, attractive and bold GOP lawmakers. But it was a mirage I guess. MTG imploded, Boebert seems like a flake… even Luna’s had at least one silly implosion. Oh well sigh
Coda: I’m not convinced that MTG deserves the “attractive” descriptor; built like a linebacker
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 02, 2026 09:18 AM (xT8gx)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 02, 2026 09:09 AM (KDPiq)
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Let's make three assumptions, most of them bad:
1. Trump's assertion of $18 billion in CA fraud is correct
2. Newsom's claim of stopping $120 billion in fraud is correct
3. These two items consist of 100% of California's fraud
Assuming that - a *very* rosy set of assumptions - Newsom is gloating over stopping 67% of fraud in California.
American Politics: where scoring a "D" - even if you had to cheat to do it - is a HUGE win.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 02, 2026 09:18 AM (avHHk)
Why hasn't My Mamdani brought Li'l Shitler and the Swedish Doom Goblin into his administration? Y'know, gotten the old band together?
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 02, 2026 09:19 AM (xG4kz)
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 02, 2026 09:14 AM (GBKbO)
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Don't forget how fast the anti-Tesla terrorism stopped.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 09:19 AM (ZOv7s)
Katie Wilson for Seattle Mayor
@wilsonformayor
I stand with the Somali childcare providers who have experienced targeted harassment, and condemn the surveillance campaign promoted by extremist influencers. If you believe yourself to be the victim of a hate crime, please call this hotline: https://atg.wa.gov/report-hate
https://tinyurl.com/y6vk4f5y
Posted by: redridinghood at January 02, 2026 09:19 AM (NpAcC)
Posted by: Brunnhilde at January 02, 2026 09:05 AM (3AwA+)
Married to a liberal. We just don't discuss politics at all. When she talks on the phone to friends or watches MSNSDAP/CNN I just go to another room and play some music.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 02, 2026 09:19 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 02, 2026 09:19 AM (gbOdA)
Posted by: callsign claymore at January 02, 2026 09:20 AM (IhCl1)
Posted by: Don Black at January 02, 2026 09:20 AM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 09:13 AM (ZOv7s)
They essentially pressured Musk out of his orbit of influence and likewise tarnished DOGE as a signal, stand-alone entity (its rightful place given its revelations). I don't believe for a second that the so-called absorption of DOGE within the bureaucracies is a real thing. Yes, DOGE's brief and dazzling illumination was significant and successful, but it could have been so much more. The media smears and lack of push-back crippled it.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 02, 2026 09:20 AM (WHfpM)
Posted by: No one at January 02, 2026 09:20 AM (qFwJc)
yeah welcome to my life. I keep quiet and if not possible, I lie.
it's easy because as a young orchid I was a notable mouthy young leftist.
I used to hang at Wooden Shoe!
sometimes my fam slips up and says something awwwwfully based to me! I always gently reprimand them lol.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 02, 2026 09:21 AM (emBoF)
MTG could not overcome her intense pining for illegals to work for her construction outfit.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 02, 2026 09:21 AM (xG4kz)
Most people that lightly hold leftwing views don't really believe them and you can put it to the test.
For example, if they have housing in a coastal blue shitty ask them if they plan on selling before the water levels submerge it. They'll be confused...
Or if they parrot a talking point about trannies ask them why they never dated one.
And on and on...
The way the narrative works is that you get rewarded for quoting it and punished for disagreeing with it. But there is little pressure to actually live by the rules the narrative is claiming people should.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 09:21 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 02, 2026 09:21 AM (zNwXb)
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 02, 2026 09:21 AM (emBoF)
https://x.com/mattvanswol/status/2006884069183991957
Posted by: SMOD at January 02, 2026 09:21 AM (RHGPo)
I stand with the Somali childcare providers who have experienced targeted harassment, and condemn the surveillance campaign promoted by extremist influencers. If you believe yourself to be the victim of a hate crime, please call this hotline: https://atg.wa.gov/report-hate
But not Americans.
There you go, Seattle. You voted for this.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 09:21 AM (Zz0t1)
yeah and younger dong
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 02, 2026 09:22 AM (emBoF)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 02, 2026 09:22 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 02, 2026 09:18 AM (ycI94)
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The Rey-Lo thing was completely artificial, driven by weirdo fans who wanted to see a hookup. There is no legitimate romance and ANY of modern Star Wars, it's all forced and weird.
This is where girlbosses come in, because Stronk Womyn do not respect weak men, but we are told they are, and then men should just meekly be dominated.
Yet at the same time, they want sex with minotaurs or something. Total psychosexual mess. More issues than a five-year magazine subscription.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 09:22 AM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 02, 2026 09:19 AM (gbOdA)
Okay, propositions accepted. They're evil and terroristic. But we knew that, and the politically observant have known it for decades. What the hell are we doing about it?
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 02, 2026 09:22 AM (WHfpM)
- NYC takes off the mask
- Persia freed?!?!? let's hope! the tyranny might end, after lasting basically my whole life
- and speaking of my whole life, MTV is ending as well! it lasted just a bit less than the mullahs
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 02, 2026 09:23 AM (emBoF)
Posted by: SMOD at January 02, 2026 09:23 AM (RHGPo)
Posted by: Lizzy at January 02, 2026 09:23 AM (NuV6c)
Republican politicians.
Fraud isn't only a Democrat thing.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 02, 2026 09:23 AM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 02, 2026 09:21 AM (xG4kz)
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I'm looking forward for MTG being short for "Magic: The Gathering" and his harridan vanishing into obscurity.
No, not a player of the game, but my kids like it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 09:24 AM (ZOv7s)
My opinion is that applies to Leftist men. Leftist women actually believe what they preach.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 02, 2026 09:24 AM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Citizen Journalist at January 02, 2026 09:25 AM (2hgx/)
Peace could actually break out for real in the middle east, something we hadn’t dared to think was possible.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 02, 2026 09:25 AM (otNgF)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 02, 2026 09:24 AM (KDPiq)
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Show me a "male feminist" who isn't a pervert and sexual predator.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 02, 2026 09:25 AM (ZOv7s)
As one example with Nike hired kneeling Capernik the FNM lauded them and so the lefty LIVs around me did as well.
My response? Well it is good to see a globomegacorp talking about racial issues in America, I can't get behind a greedy corporation that price gouges poor, mainly minority, Americans and uses slave labor overseas.
And trust me this one hit them right in the cerebral cortex as everything I was saying is how they should have been looking at a company like Nike according to the larger narrative BUT the specific new narrative ignored it...like a capitalist pig dog lackey would!
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 09:25 AM (sKqQm)
NYC's own mini-Fyre Festival!
All those nep-babies and foreigners don't know how to put on a block party, they only know how to attend and criticize one for not being sufficiently diverse, green, vegan blah blah blah.
Will this be a metaphor of his tenure as Mayor? TBD!!
Posted by: Lizzy at January 02, 2026 09:25 AM (NuV6c)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 02, 2026 08:22 AM (gbOdA)
It's actually a famous landmark. The story:
https://tinyurl.com/msfh5ps2
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 02, 2026 09:26 AM (5xuJ/)
Republican politicians.
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..........
Posted by: Mitch McConnell at January 02, 2026 09:26 AM (Dv3i1)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 02, 2026 09:18 AM (xT8gx)
It's an aquired taste.
Posted by: Barack at January 02, 2026 09:26 AM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: man at January 02, 2026 09:27 AM (xDZRs)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 02, 2026 09:25 AM (otNgF)
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Unfortunately, the people in the region will have to suffer through a period of chaos and violence first.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 02, 2026 09:27 AM (ESVrU)
so FIRST I was all salty bc they were going to still march but without the props and a lot of their gear, and not really do their "sets."
but in the end - it was great. it was old school! wonderful day. I do credit our Mayor, and she walks the whole parade, she is not the brightest bulb but has the best attitude and cares a lot about the city.
was a great day
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 02, 2026 09:27 AM (emBoF)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 02, 2026 09:28 AM (x0n13)
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I think there is also an alliance between Iran and Venezuela. Would be nice to see post-mullah Iran release information on this.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 02, 2026 09:28 AM (Dv3i1)
Ok, that's funny right there...
Posted by: man at January 02, 2026 09:28 AM (xDZRs)
I have to disagree with you here in most cases. There are true believing activists no doubt but most of the people you run into on a regular basis are lefty LIVs.
I'll give you another example. I ended up on a mailing list for working moms in a blue area. They constantly complained about having to be taxes on their "help" and complained about how much money younger American women wanted to do child care work (compared to illegals).
This is when "the living wage" and "rich people aren't paying enough taxes" were the two biggest leftwing talking points and in both cases these same women would mouth the talking points, but when it came to really believing them? Oh hell no.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 02, 2026 09:29 AM (sKqQm)
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 02, 2026 09:29 AM (Zz0t1)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Whoa whoa whoa....if sex with well-endowed minotaurs is wrong, I don't wanna be right!!!!
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at January 02, 2026 09:29 AM (ycI94)
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar
Totally!
Posted by: Muhammed, ridden by the men of Al Zut all night at January 02, 2026 09:30 AM (ycI94)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 02, 2026 09:30 AM (c115l)
I think they just aren’t aware of their cognitive dissonance.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 02, 2026 09:31 AM (KDPiq)
Meanwhile, all the Pali diaspora are burning down the west with their global intifada. Maybe connected?
Posted by: Lizzy at January 02, 2026 09:34 AM (NuV6c)
Posted by: clarence at January 02, 2026 09:36 AM (MXMX4)
Wow, U.S. Somalian "problems" continue to be exposed as deeper & wider than we commoners could ever imagine. But how didn't the government see the potential?
Simply picking through some other paragraphs in the BB article brings up James C. Swan, an American diplomat and Somalian booster who "contended that Somalia’s progress since the overthrow of dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991 deserved to be recognized, and Somalia could offer valuable insights to UNSC about fighting terrorism."
Wikipedia, in part, (James C. Swan) Assassination attempt
On 24 July 2019, a female suicide bomber entered and blew herself up inside Mogadishu Mayor Abdirahmean Omar Osman's office, killing six government officials and injuring nine of Osman's staff. Swan was the target of the attack, but Swan had met the mayor earlier and departed prior to the blast. Osman was critically wounded in the attack and succumbed to his injuries a week later, on 1 August 2019, after having been transported to and hospitalised in Doha, Qatar. The attack was claimed by Al-Shabaab.[9]
More from the BB article: "The Horn Review think tank,
Continued -
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 02, 2026 09:41 AM (NFX2v)
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What is the Horn Review? A premier Independent Research and Publication Think Tank
Founded in 2021, Horn Review is a leading independent research and publication platform headquartered in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The organization specializes in providing in-depth analysis and strategic insights into critical political, diplomatic, and security issues affecting both the Horn of Africa and the global political landscape.
Who's on its Team? To begin with, founder Getachew Nigatu
(In part) As the founder of Horn Review, he has established a specialized role in research and analysis, offering significant insights into pertinent regional issues. His notable career trajectory includes leading roles such as Director General at the FDRE Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he adeptly managed intricate diplomatic challenges, and Director of Operations at Grow Fundraising & Consulting Inc. in Bethesda, Maryland, where he directed strategic efforts to optimize organizational efficiency.
Continued -
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 02, 2026 09:41 AM (NFX2v)
However, it appears -
Incorporation Records Details
State of Incorporation: The company is based in the D.C. Metro Area, specifically Silver Spring, Maryland, and Chevy Chase, Maryland.
Florida Status: It was registered as a "Foreign Profit Corporation" in Florida with the document number F19000004702. Its status in Florida is listed as "INACTIVE" and "REVOKED FOR ANNUAL REPORT" as of September 24, 2021.
Washington D.C. Status: The company was also on a 2019 Entity Revocation List for Washington D.C..
Business Type: It operates as a private company specializing in fundraising and consulting services, particularly face-to-face fundraising for non-profits like Save the Children.
Key Personnel: The Founder and CEO is Sherry Bell.
Sunbiz org, Div. of Corporations
2019 Entity Revocation List - Washington, DC - C00006060888 Grow Fundraising & Consulting Inc. 2018-08-21
🤷♀️
PA Turnpike tolls are increasing by 4% in January 2026. More taking Peter to pay Paul, imho.
Good day
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 02, 2026 09:41 AM (NFX2v)
ALL GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS NOW ARE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO LOOT THE GOVERNMENT.
Posted by: The Gipper Lives at January 02, 2026 09:44 AM (IOKL9)
Posted by: SMOD at January 02, 2026 10:48 AM (RHGPo)
... we used to have this
Posted by: SMOD at January 02, 2026 10:49 AM (RHGPo)
American people are highly taxed. So much so that the old "Breadwinner brings home the bacon" is null and void. Both husband and wife must work at least one job each to afford both taxes and their family. As a side effect of this, they cannot be at home to watch over the children as well. So they have to take their kids to daycare, in the hands of someone not of their family and possibly not of their beliefs.
The day care must be paid either from their taxes. or directly. No free lunches for normal people.
From recent Instapundit postings, the math is mathing that a huge chunk of federal spending is lost to theft and fraud. One obvious point of fraud is payment to "daycare" centers. Which may not actually be caring daily for kids. Not the ones for actual working people, anyways.
To conclude:
Mommies are torn from their children and made to work, just to be able to afford a place to host their children while they're working.
"Empowerment of women" in the workplace isn't feminism - it's indentured servitude. They're taking away the option for most parents to stay at home with their children because they have to work to afford life.
Posted by: Another Anon at January 02, 2026 10:54 AM (4h45B)
Posted by: Scott1M at January 02, 2026 12:39 PM (O9uxk)
Quietly raising funds? What the hell does that even mean? Is it illegal or not?
Posted by: Unkaren at January 02, 2026 01:52 PM (BrLWF)
Daily Tech News 2 January 2026
Top Story
- OpenAI is betting big on audio. (Tech Crunch)
OpenAI is betting big on audio AI, and it's not just about making ChatGPT sound better. According to new reporting from The Information, the company has unified several engineering, product, and research teams over the past two months to overhaul its audio models, all in preparation for an audio-first personal device expected to launch in about a year.
This is going to sink without a trace and I am here for it.It's not just the tech giants placing this bet. A motley crew of startups has emerged with the same conviction, albeit with varying degrees of success. The makers of the Humane AI Pin burned through hundreds of millions before their screenless wearable became a cautionary tale.
OpenAI's effort is going to burn through far more money and achieve the same results, which is to say none whatsoever.
We already have phones. They already do everything these AI devices do, and more, and if we don't want to look at the screen, we can just not look at the screen.
But there's a reason video killed the radio star.
At least Tech Crunch has an early entry in its "Dumbest Things in Tech in 2026" roundup.
- The phone is dead long live... What, exactly? (Tech Crunch)
OpenAI and the unlamented Humane pin are not alone in this folly. There's billions of dollars chasing this lack of ideas.
The one place where I see possibility is AI glasses. You can integrate a camera and a speaker and a microphone and a tiny display. Your hands are free to do whatever. There are problems, yes, but also real value.
Tech News
- On the other hand, Apple reportedly shipped just 45,000 Vision Pro headsets in the fourth quarter. (Financial Times) (archive site)
That has all the listed features - but it's bulky, heavy, costs $3500, and does nothing.
- Orange Pi's new single board computer runs circles around the Raspberry Pi 5. (Notebook Check)
It has 16 cores running at 1.9GHz, 10 AI cores each able to perform 4096 multiple-and-add operations per clock cycle, and 48GB or 96GB of RAM. Do not expect this one to be cheap.
They have also announced - at least in China - the Orange Pi AI Studio Pro which runs two of these boards linked together. Price not listed for that one either.
- It looks like a NES that shrank in the wash. Inside is a Ryzen 370 12 core CPU. (Notebook Check)
It's designed for emulating old video game hardware, and it will certainly do that, but it seems a little bit overkill.
- Sony's PlayStation 5 just got hacked forever. Here's why that's a good thing. (Hot Hardware)
The hack here was the leaking of secure boot keys for the hardware, which means that owners can now jailbreak their PlayStation. Sony can release new hardware that can't be jailbroken - and probably will - but it can't do anything about the 85 million consoles already sold.
- It's "Fuck the Consumer" year at the Consumer Electronics Show. (WCCFTech)
Nvidia will announced no consumer products at all, AMD will announce only relabels of existing products, and Intel will announce Panther lake, which is not a bad product unless you need more than four full-speed cores because that's all it has. (And all three versions of Panther Lake announced involve major tradeoffs even with that limit stipulated.)
- The European Space Agency got hacked. (Bleeping Computer)
Though the biggest question here is why anybody would bother.
- I think I bought too many computers. The parts I need for Froppy just shipped, and I've run out of names for all the others.
On the other hand, I'm now thoroughly covered in case I start having hardware failures in the older systems, and I can re-use all the old RAM and SSDs in newer motherboards. And I didn't pay hyper-inflated prices for any of it.
Musical Interlude
Song is Konya wa Hurricane from the anime Bubblegum Crisis. Anime is... Oh. You guessed.
One of the best opening sequences to anything ever. Apart from the great soundtrack, it introduces us to all the major characters without telling you that they are the major characters, and to the premise of the series without saying a word. There are a couple of minutes of establishing shots before the song starts, but I chose this clip precisely because it has those.
Disclaimer: Burning touch? We have pills for that now.
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 04:00 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: clarence at January 02, 2026 04:01 AM (MXMX4)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2026 04:01 AM (Z/INn)
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 04:02 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 04:02 AM (Ia/+0)
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I heard Carlson and Owen blame the crisis on the.... Chews.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2026 04:03 AM (Z/INn)
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 04:02 AM (Ia/+0)
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/tries to type and comment in sleep just like skip - fails
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2026 04:04 AM (Z/INn)
Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 02, 2026 04:04 AM (BLOW1)
5:16 AM · Dec 28, 2024
eigenrobot
@eigenrobot
me: so, your excellency, that's basically what the nation is like in 2024. what's your analysis of the situation? is america still your country?
george washington: we put our flag on the moon?
me: does america still have a future?
george washington: the moon in the sky?
[photo of Neil Armstrong taking a giant leap for mankind]
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 04:05 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 04:11 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 04:11 AM (Ia/+0)
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/tries making french toast without getting up like skip - butter in pan ignites
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2026 04:14 AM (Z/INn)
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 04:02 AM (Ia/+0)
In the kitchen, there are sources of caffeine.
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 04:16 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Accomack at January 02, 2026 04:16 AM (EJ7WG)
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It is afternoon where you are, right? Napping too long?
Posted by: clarence at January 02, 2026 04:18 AM (MXMX4)
Posted by: clarence at January 02, 2026 04:24 AM (MXMX4)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 02, 2026 04:27 AM (7Pnfz)
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 02, 2026 04:30 AM (HTCU3)
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 04:36 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 04:37 AM (Ia/+0)
At about minute one, I was waiting for it to break into the intro for "Eye in the Sky"--which woulda kinda worked with the visuals!
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 04:42 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Accomack at January 02, 2026 04:16 AM (EJ7WG)
At the same time, according to the BBC:
'You're invisible, you don't exist': Life without a birth certificate
Millions around the world are living in the shadows as stateless people as they lack official papers.
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 04:53 AM (RuTUS)
The big one I'm expecting is Disney adapting the Star Wars EU novels that pick up right after 'Return of the Jedi'. They've already secured the use of James Earl Jones' voice for future appearance of Darth Vader. I've no doubt they're already making overtures to the rest of the core cast, to make millions for themselves or their heir in exchange for nothing more than a signature on a contract.
Posted by: Epobirs at January 02, 2026 04:56 AM (/0z9K)
Posted by: clarence at January 02, 2026 04:18 AM (MXMX4)
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A few mins before noon. Sashimi prepped, chicken in the oven, assorted nuts roasted. Lunchtime!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2026 04:57 AM (b88wL)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2026 04:57 AM (ecekB)
Posted by: clarence at January 02, 2026 04:59 AM (MXMX4)
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Bish Be Crazy say wha?
Posted by: clarence at January 02, 2026 04:59 AM (MXMX4)
Indeed.
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 05:00 AM (RuTUS)
LB
@beyondreasdoubt
photo in response to:
Ben Smith
@semaforben
14h
"We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism," says Mamdani
https://tinyurl.com/yc3pj8a5
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 05:07 AM (RuTUS)
g'mornin', 'rons
Posted by: AltonJackson at January 02, 2026 05:10 AM (tljrc)
Ryan Rasins
@RyanRasins
10h
This video of Secretary Rubio at the NYE party last night gets funnier every time I watch it
https://tinyurl.com/yz2r9z52
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 05:13 AM (RuTUS)
https://tinyurl.com/yc3pj8a5
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 05:07 AM (RuTUS)
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100s of thousands - if not millions - of people will suffer.
There will come a point where citizens will need to decide "them" or "us." Chaos and anarchy are gaining strength.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2026 05:13 AM (b88wL)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2026 05:15 AM (guLpK)
Who wrote this stupid bilge? Surely he didn't .
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2026 05:17 AM (guLpK)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2026 05:17 AM (guLpK)
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Perhaps Kamala.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2026 05:17 AM (b88wL)
10h
REMINDER: New Yorkers born in America flatly rejected this man.
He was elected by foreigners. If we do not stop foreigners from flooding this country, they will all choose this.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2026 05:19 AM (b88wL)
Pinned
eigenrobot
@eigenrobot
Feb 23, 2018
everything 👏 is 👏 monocausal 👏 and 👏 specifically 👏 results 👏 from 👏 whatever 👏 shit 👏 I'm 👏 on 👏 about 👏 at 👏 any 👏 given 👏 time
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 05:23 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 05:23 AM (Ia/+0)
10h
REMINDER: New Yorkers born in America flatly rejected this man.
He was elected by foreigners. If we do not stop foreigners from flooding this country, they will all choose this.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2026 05:19 AM (b88wL)
Personal anecdote so FWIW one that I know voted for him because NYC rent is high.
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 05:26 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: fluffy at January 02, 2026 05:27 AM (AN2gy)
"To be continued"- about God with us on our life journeys:
https://tinyurl.com/mtmwy527
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2026 05:34 AM (oT1li)
Trump Tower hardest hit.
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 05:35 AM (RuTUS)
This guy is central casting for the New Soviet Man.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 02, 2026 05:38 AM (7Pnfz)
@Breaking911
11h
MAMDANI: "If your landlord does not responsibly steward your home, city government will step in."
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 05:39 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 02, 2026 05:38 AM (7Pnfz)
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Unhuman.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2026 05:39 AM (b88wL)
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He took the oath of office on a book that mandates lying to advance the cause. So, every thing he says is a lie. Typical Democrat.
Posted by: clarence at January 02, 2026 05:42 AM (MXMX4)
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 05:42 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 05:43 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 05:43 AM (Ia/+0)
Mark Noonan
@Mark_E_Noonan
10h
“To totally fuck it up. I mean, seriously: you think if you’ve got a clogged sink the city will fix it in less than six months? Look, there’s a lot going on here; sure, your furnace being out is important…but only to you.”
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 05:46 AM (RuTUS)
So! 58 F. here, not much wind, but I've worked out several times this week and am going to take off today. If you're free today, what's on your calendar?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 02, 2026 05:46 AM (wzUl9)
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How many plumbers, electricians and handymen are in NYC? And how many will work for the city when they are ordered to work for whatever wage the city sets (below union scale)? And how many buildings will experience sudden fire syndrome?
Posted by: clarence at January 02, 2026 05:46 AM (MXMX4)
Nathaniel Hawthorne's Ghost
@Hawthorne_Ghost
8h
“Every high civilization decays by forgetting obvious things.”
- GK Chesterton
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 05:49 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 05:49 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Just Wondering at January 02, 2026 05:50 AM (2Ez/1)
There were scattered fireworks noises last night, and Stirling crept into the bedroom to hide. On the other hand, Linda scooped up Dagny from her sleep pose on the table and slid her onto my lap, on a pillow . . . and she stayed for almost five minutes while we petted her. I'm trying to manage this each night now. Maybe she'll become a lap cat. Maybe.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 02, 2026 05:54 AM (wzUl9)
Wolfus, you posted this yesterday morning, and I didn't see until way too late:
"Does this mean that in enough time, the Earth's tilt will decrease to the point there are no seasons?"
No. The earth's tilt is pretty stable (you can think our big Moon for that), but varies from 24.5 to 22.1 degrees over a 41K year cycle. We're on the decreasing leg of that now. It was last at maximum somewhere around 8500BC or so, has decreased to 23.44 degrees right now. It will bottom out at 22.1 then start increasing again.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 02, 2026 05:55 AM (w6EFb)
@ElectPenguin
8h
Security deposits for apartments about to skyrocket.
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 05:49 AM (RuTUS)
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That's a violation of a landlord's legal responsibility for the stewardship of the tenant's home. This is subject to fines, imprisonment, and forfeiture of property.
Prove me wrong.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2026 05:56 AM (b88wL)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
Did you get your boots exchanged yesterday?
Posted by: Tuna at January 02, 2026 05:56 AM (lJ0H4)
@ElectPenguin
8h
Security deposits for apartments about to skyrocket.
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 05:49 AM (RuTUS)
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That's a violation of a landlord's legal responsibility for the stewardship of the tenant's home. This is subject to fines, imprisonment, and forfeiture of property.
Prove me wrong.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2026 05:56 AM (b88wL)
I'll bet you're right.
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 05:57 AM (RuTUS)
What Mandami does the the coffers of NYC will make the Somalis in Minn. ashamed of their relative amateurism.
Posted by: No one at January 02, 2026 05:57 AM (qFwJc)
@ElectPenguin
8h
Security deposits for apartments about to skyrocket.
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 05:49 AM (RuTUS)
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That's a violation of a landlord's legal responsibility for the stewardship of the tenant's home. This is subject to fines, imprisonment, and forfeiture of property.
Prove me wrong.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2026 05:56 AM (b88wL)
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And just wait till squatting is encouraged.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2026 05:58 AM (b88wL)
Posted by: No one at January 02, 2026 05:59 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 06:00 AM (RuTUS)
Politicians
Lord, I know I should pray for our leaders and statesmen and women, but they seem hopeless and beyond praying for.. Yet I know quite well we have to pray for those that despitefully use us, and you never thought people were so bad as to be impossible to save. But didn't you have your doubts about the Pharisees? Probably you prayed about them a lot but the Bible doesn't tell us how.
Teach us to pray for our politicians, and give me faith to keep on praying in the hopes that you will give them wisdom and eyes to see beyond their own party....
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2026 06:03 AM (guLpK)
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 06:04 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Tuna at January 02, 2026
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No; I wasn't sure they were open. I'm running up there today.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 02, 2026 06:06 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 02, 2026 06:08 AM (+mUZM)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 02, 2026
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So there is a narrow range within which it can change, and not beyond that. Got it. I had visions of an SF story where a space traveler returns after half a billion years in stasis to find the Earth rides upright around the Sun and there are no seasons.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 02, 2026 06:11 AM (wzUl9)
Bonchie
@bonchieredstate
10h
This is going to go just great.
Breaking911
@Breaking911
13h
BERNIE: "City-sponsored grocery stores will save society money!"
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 06:11 AM (RuTUS)
Good morning, Hordians.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026 06:11 AM (tgvbd)
Wolfus, we have a puppy, 8-month-old Yorkie/Chihuahua. Wife, being a serious softie, has let her start sleeping on the bed. Until this morning, puppy had always stayed tucked against wife. About 2 AM, there were suddenly paws on my shoulder and dog licking my cheek. This had better not become a habit.
Posted by: Roland, head still attached at January 02, 2026 06:12 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: Sarah Jessica Parker in He Stable Contemplating SMOD at January 02, 2026 06:13 AM (Agwqn)
Posted by: Nazdar at January 02, 2026 06:13 AM (NcvvS)
Sunny Skyz site:
https://tinyurl.com/yc7j3668
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2026 06:14 AM (Yl2Ob)
Posted by: No one at January 02, 2026 06:15 AM (qFwJc)
Posted by: Tuna at January 02, 2026
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No; I wasn't sure they were open. I'm running up there today.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 02, 2026
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And looking back, it was a good thing I didn't try to go up on NY Eve. I'd have hit Sugar Bowl fan traffic.
I'm pretty sure I'm just going to return the Tecovas for a refund. Even in my size, they are heavy boots; very sturdy and likely to last for many years, but they are heavy as well as expensive. There is a Boot Barn a few minutes' drive away, and they may have something I really like. If not, there is a model on their website I like and can order shipped to my local store to try on.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 02, 2026 06:15 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 02, 2026 06:16 AM (sDNVV)
Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. at January 02, 2026 06:16 AM (HjXyx)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 02, 2026 06:16 AM (qbLEp)
You have so much affection for- and interest in- these cats. I still think you should consider writing stories about them.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2026 06:17 AM (Yl2Ob)
Sounds very cute, but I wouldn't want to have a puppy licking my face at 2:00 either.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2026 06:21 AM (Yl2Ob)
BERNIE: "City-sponsored grocery stores will save society money!"
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 06:11 AM (RuTUS)
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Imaging your local Kroger staffed by people from the DMV.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026 06:22 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 02, 2026 06:23 AM (qbLEp)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 02, 2026 06:24 AM (CHHv1)
Mine does the same. Say, would you like to have a matching set? I'll pay postage.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 02, 2026 06:25 AM (CHHv1)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2026 06:25 AM (Yl2Ob)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2026
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Some years ago I did write little comic vignettes about the cats then, my two and Linda's one, the three we bugged out for Katrina with. One tale, in which the lead cat tells the other two about how she was rescued, appeared in our writing group's anthology -- which unfortunately is not on Amazon or anywhere. I gave each a personality (which did not always align with her real one) and had fun with comic dialog. "Get off me, Tubby." "That does it. You're getting a hairball in your food bowl tomorrow."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 02, 2026 06:26 AM (wzUl9)
BERNIE: "City-sponsored grocery stores will save society money!"
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 06:11 AM (RuTUS)
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Imaging your local Kroger staffed by people from the DMV.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026 06:22 AM (tgvbd)
And supplied by the Post Office.
They're dreaming too small. You have to collectivize the Kulaks of you are going to have 5-year grocery plans.
Posted by: zombie Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili at January 02, 2026 06:26 AM (QIiVR)
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 06:29 AM (Ia/+0)
That's sounds great. I'm sorry it's not readily available. You're probably familiar with Paul Gallico's book, "The Silent Meow" in which he talks about a cat adopting him. His wife who was a professional photographer did the pictures. It is very funny.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2026 06:30 AM (Yl2Ob)
"Rugged individualism" is recalling, if not directly quoting, Ayn Rand (1905-1982), who was its champion.
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 06:30 AM (RuTUS)
And you can thank the Moon for that. Mars' tilt has varied from 10 to 60 degrees (some sources claim 80 degrees) over time scales of just a few million years.
When the tilt is extreme, the ice migrates to the equator, believe it or not!
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 02, 2026 06:30 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 02, 2026 06:32 AM (3Ope8)
Imaging your local Kroger staffed by people from the DMV.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026 06:22 AM (tgvbd)
No staff! High-trust! Take one, leave one!
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 06:32 AM (RuTUS)
Since Mandami wants to decriminalize prostitution, can you imagine what a "city-sponsored" whorehouse would be like?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026 06:33 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2026
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I do know it! I need to read it again.
Another of the tales, in which The Cats comment on the puzzle of human holidays, appeared on a website which is now defunct -- I think. Maybe I can find it. (Marie, the black cat, wonders why the humans at one point every fall put up pictures of her all over the house -- "Just my outline, with my back arched and tail bushed out. I can't figure it out.")
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 02, 2026 06:34 AM (wzUl9)
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026 06:33 AM (tgvbd)
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Fat guys in short skirts?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 02, 2026 06:35 AM (qbLEp)
Posted by: Eromero at January 02, 2026 06:35 AM (Slgjz)
After Minnesota, the next time someone in the news on the left or right says something like “we have to act in order to protect ‘our democracy,’ ” the rest of us owe it to ourselves to consider the possibility that the “democracy” they mean is one that uses taxpayer dollars to appease groups of voters who tend to cast ballots as they’re told.
John Sheridan
The Bronx
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2026 06:37 AM (Yl2Ob)
Did VR ever settle in to being routine or did it just go away? Seems you never hear about it any more.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026 06:37 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 06:37 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 02, 2026 06:40 AM (3Ope8)
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 02, 2026 06:40 AM (bQ4nt)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 02, 2026 06:40 AM (nljXp)
"City-sponsored brothels will save society money."
"City-sponsored liquor stores will save society money."
"City-sponsored casinos will save society money."
"City-sponsored cocaine dispensaries will save society money."
This is fun.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 02, 2026 06:41 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 02, 2026 06:43 AM (+mUZM)
Here is something I taught my kids: I want to be exploited. If I am not being exploited there are no profits for the enterprise and I don't have a job.
Only in government are people paid more than they are worth.
Posted by: No one at January 02, 2026 06:44 AM (qFwJc)
Here is something I taught my kids: I want to be exploited. If I am not being exploited there are no profits for the enterprise and I don't have a job.
Only in government are people paid more than they are worth.
Posted by: No one at January 02, 2026 06:44 AM (qFwJc)
Chesterton reminds us that the end purpose of work is a product, not a wage, and that all the exchanges in which people exploit one another, both socially and financially, are also opportunities for people to dignify one another.
https://www.chesterton.org/consumerism
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 06:48 AM (RuTUS)
Posted by: Snake Plissken at January 02, 2026 06:49 AM (pxlL7)
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 06:51 AM (Ia/+0)
Aaaannnnd, now I'm seeing memes that say things like "McDonald's should pay a living wage to its employees." or "Instead of tipping, restaurants should pay their servers more." (I suspect that the people who say this sort of thing tip very poorly).
Tell you what. It's not too difficult to acquire a McDonald's franchise or open a restaurant. Do it, pay your staff as much as you want and let's see what happens.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026 06:53 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 06:53 AM (ExV1e)
Posted by: dead elvis at January 02, 2026 06:56 AM (mrP+j)
Posted by: I'll be the one to ask at January 02, 2026 07:01 AM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Nazdar at January 02, 2026 07:03 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: I'll be the one to ask at January 02, 2026 07:01 AM (2Ez/1)
$20? Same as in town?
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 07:56 AM (RuTUS)
No Toilets
But plenty of get
Don't forget to lock up your pet.
Happy New Year, everyone! It's gonna be a bitch.
Let's get it.s
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 08:02 AM (uGpeQ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 08:04 AM (uGpeQ)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 08:04 AM (uGpeQ)
It's not wrong. It's prior.
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 08:15 AM (RuTUS)
Thursday Overnight Open Thread - January 1, 2026 [Doof]
America turns 250 this year. Check out this cool video from "America250".
The next chapter of our American story starts now.
— America250 (@America250) January 1, 2026
250 years of rising, remembering, and turning toward one another to embrace our part in history.
As we begin this once-in-a-generation year, take a moment to reflect on who we are—and who we want to be. Happy 2026. Happy… pic.twitter.com/fUj2twHZDB
"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."
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) January 1, 2026
That changes now. The new CBS Evening News… pic.twitter.com/NKdvRJjYCS
The folks are on year 7 of 14 days to flatten the curve.
— Planet Of Memes (@PlanetOfMemes) January 1, 2026
Will they ever give up their masks? pic.twitter.com/v2rd0kea1K
Jan 1, 1980: The Far Side by Gary Larson was first published in the San Francisco Chronicle #80s Ran in syndication until January 1, 1995 pic.twitter.com/HaAfSi2DEk
— Old School 80s (@OldSchool80s) January 1, 2026
Chicago O’Hare International Airport, one of the busiest travel hubs in the world, made headlines this week after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials confiscated several illegal and disturbing items from an arriving passenger’s luggage—including monkey meat. The traveler, arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo, was stopped during a routine inspection at O’Hare. Upon examination of their luggage, officers discovered over 11 pounds of pest-infested beans, 17 pounds of unidentifiable plant material, and approximately 4 pounds of dried monkey meat, which was later classified as non-human primate meat. In addition to the monkey meat, authorities also seized what they described as mummified small primates.Sorry to disappoint you, but the article contains no mention of greasy, grimy gopher guts.
The Quality Learing center playset
— ThatOneGuy55 (@Tesla7771) December 31, 2025
😂🤣😂 pic.twitter.com/KbhB4GXwME
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)For luck to last a year, technically, you must be sure to consume a minimum of 365 peas; 366 in Leap Years.
Setting goals for the new year: to lose all those extra pounds put on since Thanksgiving.
Happy New Year, alla y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Right? Right! at January 01, 2026 09:59 PM (dESj/)
Posted by: mot at January 01, 2026 09:59 PM (fIPNY)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 10:00 PM (UZwsW)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 10:01 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: mindful webworker - Right? Right! at January 01, 2026 09:59 PM (dESj/)
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Have you tried substituting monkey meat?
Posted by: traveler, Democratic Republic of Congo at January 01, 2026 10:02 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: GOPe at January 01, 2026 10:03 PM (gKWVE)
Choose your comment:
1) Diversity is our strength!
B) That is not how "the twelve days of Christmas" goes
Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 10:03 PM (nhCoE)
At least she did not sit on the dog and wonder where Fluffy vanished to. Or was that a Far Side cartoon?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 10:03 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: free tibet at January 01, 2026 10:03 PM (1wtUm)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:03 PM (RIvkX)
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Those will be ground up into powder and used in black sorcery rituals or as an aphrodisiac.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 10:03 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 01, 2026 10:04 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 10:04 PM (otNgF)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 10:04 PM (1paM0)
... I have been a lesbian feminist for 4 decades. The Left never came to the party to build an egalitarian world-men see themselves as Great Liberators, without understanding they are Great Oppressors who never bothered to hand in their free passes. Handmaidens fawn
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 10:04 PM (UZwsW)
Posted by: free tibet at January 01, 2026 10:04 PM (1wtUm)
Posted by: Deder at January 01, 2026 10:05 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 01, 2026 10:05 PM (YIDb4)
They are like the 'Aints, will always find a way to lose.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 10:05 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 10:05 PM (1paM0)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:05 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 10:05 PM (2RJDy)
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Those will be ground up into powder and used in black sorcery rituals or as an aphrodisiac.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
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Only the albino primates.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 10:05 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 10:06 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:06 PM (RIvkX)
I totally believe them. How about you?
Well, they did promise not to do that thing in our mouths again.
Naaaaaa. Fuck the media, the i dustry, and all their commie talking heads.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 01, 2026 10:06 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 01, 2026 10:06 PM (lUFok)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 01, 2026 10:06 PM (7Pnfz)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 10:07 PM (QAvZU)
Posted by: Inspector C at January 01, 2026 10:07 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 10:09 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:09 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 10:09 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 10:09 PM (QAvZU)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 10:09 PM (ZxPkt)
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Ante up!
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 10:09 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 01, 2026 10:10 PM (7Pnfz)
Posted by: TRex - one day almost down, 364 to go at January 01, 2026 10:10 PM (IQ6Gq)
Calm down, Ruth. Have another wine.
Posted by: Puddleglum
Ruthie needs to sense fucked into her.
*not it*
Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 01, 2026 10:11 PM (QVmho)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 01, 2026 10:10 PM (7Pnfz)
But I'll be sober in the morning.
Posted by: Winnie at January 01, 2026 10:11 PM (uQesX)
I am thankful for the Ace of Spades...even though I am mostly a lurker.
I never miss a day. I usually read the content, and then miss out on being in the top twenty. I actually made 3rd for one time this year.
Please remember our military who are stationed overseas, and missed spending the holidays with their families.
Posted by: Idlan at January 01, 2026 10:12 PM (YT7+E)
What kind of gibberish was that?
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:12 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 10:12 PM (QAvZU)
Sesquicentennial was in 1926. This year is officially the Semiquincentennial. Semi = half and quin = 5. It was to avoid that kind of confusion that I preferred Sestercentennial. (Sester = 2.5)
Romans had words for numbers like Eskimos for snow.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 01, 2026 10:12 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 10:12 PM (otNgF)
How many bourbons did you have while you were writing this?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 01, 2026 10:05 PM (YIDb4)
Ace doesn't pay for me to have a proofreader
Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 10:12 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 10:13 PM (2GVsD)
'Posted by: GOPe'
They benefit aplenty being the only alternative to 'Rat representation. It boils my blood that they manage to avoid the wrath of their voters.
God help them when a way to hold them accountable appears.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 01, 2026 10:13 PM (fd80v)
I'd eat that entire pot of Hoppin Johns though.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 01, 2026 10:13 PM (XV/Pl)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:13 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 10:09 PM (QAvZU)
Bet that was a sound alike voice actor . Elliot is not a fan of Trump and recently made some Lefty comments iirc.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:14 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 10:14 PM (QAvZU)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 10:09 PM (ZxPkt)
Is my webcam on? Was playing poker as I was posting tonight's thread. Honestly.
Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 10:14 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:05
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Did you make it yesterday? 'Cause it's always better the second day.
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 01, 2026 10:14 PM (bQ4nt)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 10:15 PM (otNgF)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 10:15 PM (QAvZU)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 01, 2026 10:05 PM (YIDb4)
Ace doesn't pay for me to have a proofreader
Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 10:12 PM (QMAsf)
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Actually, its only fun to point out errors after something is published.
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at January 01, 2026 10:15 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 01, 2026 10:14 PM (bQ4nt)
Yeah in fact I made mine last night.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 10:15 PM (otNgF)
Not only did they take Christmas dinner, they took my kids Christmas presents!
They did not want no Elf on the Shelf. They wanted Macaque on the Rack.
Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 10:16 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 01, 2026 10:13 PM (XV/Pl)
She is a little crazy, isn't she?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 10:16 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: free tibet at January 01, 2026 10:16 PM (1wtUm)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 10:17 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 01, 2026 10:14 PM (bQ4nt)
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I soaked the peas since Monday and the rice was made Tuesday, so...
Posted by: Wesley Crusher at January 01, 2026 10:17 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 10:17 PM (ytIDq)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:17 PM (RIvkX)
But how can they be sure?
Posted by: Half Dozen at January 01, 2026 10:17 PM (EYvpB)
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 01, 2026 10:14 PM (bQ4nt)
Same way with hog jowls and possum innards.
Posted by: J. D. Clampett at January 01, 2026 10:17 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 10:17 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Joemarine at January 01, 2026 10:18 PM (y171U)
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 01, 2026 10:13 PM
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Add moar sugar.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:18 PM (RIvkX)
All I did was provide numbers. If you can’t refrain from doing math on them, I accept no responsibility!
Happy New Year, everyone!
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 01, 2026 10:18 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair
Ilhan Omar's 100th wedding anniversary?
Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 10:18 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 10:18 PM (UZwsW)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:18 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 10:17 PM (2GVsD)
Sis boom bah!
Posted by: Carnak at January 01, 2026 10:19 PM (uQesX)
Everyone thinks since we are not in an active war (or police action) that there are no military overseas. I know this group knows better, but we need to shout it out to the the other half of the USA.
Posted by: Idlan at January 01, 2026 10:19 PM (YT7+E)
I often "what if Kamala?"
None of the savings, no large scale RIFs, no closed departments.
Dangerous criminal illegals left to roam the country.
Borders open to more criminals.
If the Senate and House had the slightest D majority,
End to the filibuster
Pack SCOTUS to 15 Justices
Emasculate the Second Amendment
Limit the First, Fourth and Fifth
Tax and spend like crazy
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 10:19 PM (wZw/H)
Is Doof feeling sheepish?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 10:17 PM (2GVsD)
If I correct it, your comment won't make sense. I'll leave it.
Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 10:19 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 10:19 PM (2GVsD)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 01, 2026 10:20 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: The Galloping Gourmet at January 01, 2026 10:20 PM (oftw2)
Olongapo and Subic Bay Memories
September 5, 2024
Sailors and Marines may have jokingly and endearingly called this popular Pinoy street food as “monkey meat” but in reality, it is pork barbecue or “meat kebab” made of pork slices marinated in a sweet and savory sauce and grilled to perfection. A very popular street food in Olongapo, it is commonly peddled on makeshift grill carts along Magsaysay Drive and Rizal Avenue. Those who have tasted this grilled barbecued pork like the sweet, salty, and slightly spicy flavor combo and could be addictive.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 10:21 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Joemarine at January 01, 2026 10:18 PM (y171U)
Yup. Easy layup tonight.
Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 10:21 PM (QMAsf)
... I have been a lesbian feminist for 4 decades. The Left never came to the party to build an egalitarian world-men see themselves as Great Liberators, without understanding they are Great Oppressors who never bothered to hand in their free passes. Handmaidens fawn
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 10:04 PM (UZwsW)
Yeah... who freed the slaves? Oh... White Men.
Who gave Women the Right to vote? oh... White Men.
Who gave minorities equal rights? yup, White Guys.
Who is actively dividing us? Minorities, Women, Gays...
Kinda makes ya go... hmmmm....
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 01, 2026 10:22 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Idlan
Thank you.
Please don’t be shy. I don’t bite.
Hard. Unless you like that.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 10:22 PM (IhIKR)
Hot, fresh from the oven, lots of melted butter.
Posted by: davidt at January 01, 2026 10:22 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 10:23 PM (otNgF)
Is Doof feeling sheepish?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 10:17 PM (2GVsD)
If I correct it, your comment won't make sense. I'll leave it.
Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 10:19 PM (QMAsf)
At least he hasn't been debleated. We still hear him.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 01, 2026 10:23 PM (S/Y4j)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:23 PM (KDPiq)
... Hyundai Heavy Industry yard in Ulsan, South Korea. It employs 550,000 people.
The facility is 6.7m square meters and includes 1.6m square meters of steelworks, feeding 10 large dry docks. It is enormous 1,650 acres.
They produce 1.5-2m tonnes steel per year to build ships with 10m tonnes collective displacement.
Whilst Chinese yards build much if the smaller lower cost ships, South Korea completely dominates the high quality end on the market.
South Korea builds the vast majority of drillships, FPSOs, LNG carriers, VLCC tankers, etc. all the stuff that needs highly detailed quality controls for insurers.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 10:23 PM (UZwsW)
Posted by: Frankie at January 01, 2026 10:23 PM (9x9Vs)
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 01, 2026 10:24 PM (lUFok)
I mean, if we don't search overseas passengers, how do we know there are no bombs?
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 01, 2026 10:24 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: Dr. T at January 01, 2026 10:24 PM (jGGMD)
-snip-
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 01, 2026 10:13 PM (XV/Pl)
Ya gotta woo her a little. Take her out to dinner. Tell her you hate Trump.
You'll get into it soon enough.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 01, 2026 10:25 PM (xIpco)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 10:25 PM (UZwsW)
Romans had words for numbers like Eskimos for snow.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair
I'll probably drop dead before 85 ... But I would not mind living too see the tricentennial.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 10:25 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 10:26 PM (IhIKR)
Romans couldn't count anyway. That inclusive counting way they thought of things was just a mess.
Tomorrow would not be 1 day from now, but 2, since they counted today as 1.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 10:26 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Dr. T at January 01, 2026 10:26 PM (jGGMD)
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 10:27 PM (V+sk9)
https://is.gd/UEojx1
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 10:27 PM (1paM0)
https://bit.ly/jah-make-uh
Posted by: mindful webworker - all those friends are long gone now at January 01, 2026 10:27 PM (dESj/)
I mean, if we don't search overseas passengers, how do we know there are no bombs?
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 01, 2026 10:24 PM (mP0
But there's no way a Hatian immigrant fresh off the boat would eat a pond goose or someone's pet or use it for some voodoo shit.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:29 PM (KDPiq)
Chinese Cargo Ship With Electromagnetic Catapult To Launch Advanced Combat Drones Emerges
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hmm, Sea Salt + cu + al + fe + catapult = ?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 10:29 PM (UZwsW)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 10:30 PM (2RJDy)
Everyone thinks since we are not in an active war (or police action) that there are no military overseas. I know this group knows better, but we need to shout it out to the the other half of the USA.
Posted by: Idlan
Sorry, seen too many episodes of Star Trek to wear a red shirt when going on an away mission.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 10:30 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:31 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 10:31 PM (2GVsD)
Raise a glass to us 29-year olds if you do make it. And remember the old HQ!
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 01, 2026 10:32 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Thomas Bender
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try smothering it with spicy chili
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 10:32 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Rex B at January 01, 2026 10:33 PM (C9oTe)
-snip-
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 01, 2026 10:13 PM (XV/Pl)
Ya gotta woo her a little. Take her out to dinner. Tell her you hate Trump.
You'll get into it soon enough.
Posted by: Darrell Harris
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Give her some salted butter. That'll do it.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 10:35 PM (UZwsW)
Be Scotty.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 01, 2026 10:35 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at January 01, 2026 10:35 PM (w3u3d)
My first roommate and I had similar taste in music back then. I remember each of us getting the Beastie Boys Ill Communication when it came out. And Alice in Chains in 1995 with the dog on the cover.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 10:35 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 10:36 PM (1paM0)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 10:37 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 01, 2026 10:37 PM (LNeRu)
Be Scotty.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 01, 2026 10:35 PM (EXyHK)
Damn, thinkin on it... I was an Electronics type in the Navy, so that would probably be a Red Shirt...
And I was part of the Security and Boarding team...
Surprised I survived me Navy carreer.
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 01, 2026 10:38 PM (mP0Kj)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 10:38 PM (1paM0)
Had a sergeant who played backup for REO Speedwagon. He was incredible on the guitar.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 10:38 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: mindful webworker - what no parent should go through at January 01, 2026 10:39 PM (dESj/)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:39 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 10:40 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:40 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 01, 2026 10:41 PM (nljXp)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 10:42 PM (3ek7K)
@miriti55453 . 5h
U.S. MILITARY STRIKES NARCO FLEET in PACIFIC
Over 48 hours in late December, the U.S. military destroyed five drug-trafficking vessels operating along known narco routes in the Pacific.
According to U.S. Southern Command:
• Dec 30: Three boats struck after confirmed narcotics transfers
• At least 3 killed on the first vessel
• Remaining boats were tracked, engaged, and sunk
• Coast Guard conducted follow-on operations
• Dec 31: Two additional narco vessels targeted
• 5 more killed
Total: 5 boats destroyed. 8 traffickers killed.
These strikes are part of a broader campaign:
• 30+ U.S. strikes since September
• 110+ narco combatants neutralized
• Operations framed as a non-international armed conflict with cartel networks fueling U.S. drug deaths
This is what decisive interdiction looks like.
Source: NPR
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 10:42 PM (UZwsW)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:43 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 10:43 PM (1paM0)
Happiest New Year my friend!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 01, 2026 10:37 PM (LNeRu)
Happy New Year to you too!
Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 10:43 PM (QMAsf)
I was worried for a while. It sounds vaguely like a Lovecraftian horror.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 01, 2026 10:44 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: ChE99 at January 01, 2026 10:44 PM (esnLI)
Damn, man. That's sad.
Posted by: mindful webworker - what no parent should go through at January 01, 2026 10:39 PM (dESj/)
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That's really rough. Age 34. Reportedly found in a hallway. Dean Martin lost his son, age 35, and was deeply affected by it. RIP.
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 10:45 PM (4V3F9)
I can't say that collard greens will ever be a favorite, but... not bad.
Posted by: RandomDave at January 01, 2026 10:46 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 10:43 PM (1paM0)
Louisiana vernacular and slight variation.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:46 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at January 01, 2026 10:46 PM (MNCvZ)
Posted by: Who's Gonna Fill His Shoes? at January 01, 2026 10:47 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 10:47 PM (1paM0)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 10:48 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 10:40 PM (p4NUW)
Unfortunately there was a "no typo" clause in there. I've already violated the terms so I might get fired.
Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 10:48 PM (QMAsf)
Tomorrow would not be 1 day from now, but 2, since they counted today as 1.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley
How many days until tomorrow?
Two.
A fencepost problem.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 10:48 PM (/lPRQ)
33 Sam Elliot on that 250 vid? Thought he was a Kamalaite? Shouldn't he be sad, not celebrating?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 10:09 PM (uQesX)
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It was like finding out he sucks dicks. What a fraud.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 01, 2026 10:48 PM (biznJ)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 10:48 PM (snZF9)
I can't say that collard greens will ever be a favorite, but... not bad.
Posted by: RandomDave at January 01, 2026 10:46 PM (aJQbY)
How did you cook them? I wish I could hand you some of mine through the computer with a piece of not sweet cornbread to sop up the juice.
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 10:48 PM (p4NUW)
I grew up in the South. I don't like fried chicken and cornbread.
Posted by: fourseasons
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Have you seen a Dr. recently? There may be a serious problem.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 10:50 PM (UZwsW)
I can sort of understand the cornbread but fried chicken?
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:50 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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LMAO so hard, it scared the cat!
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 10:50 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 10:40 PM (p4NUW)
Unfortunately there was a "no typo" clause in there. I've already violated the terms so I might get fired.
Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026
Wait- is that also part of the rider that covers me? Because we are in deep kimchi if so.
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 10:50 PM (p4NUW)
The can made note of 'turkey broth' and a mild pepper of some sort, I brought it to a boil and then turned it down to simmer while the cornbread baked.
Posted by: RandomDave at January 01, 2026 10:51 PM (aJQbY)
@netanyahu
Just as the Christian community stood with us in difficult moments, we will stand with you -
and help in every way to protect Christian communities all over the world.
This partnership of shared values is strong, and together we will prevail.
8:29 AM · Jan 1, 2026
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:51 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: PaleRider at January 01, 2026 10:51 PM (hhkIi)
Romans couldn't count anyway. That inclusive counting way they thought of things was just a mess.
Tomorrow would not be 1 day from now, but 2, since they counted today as 1.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 10:26 PM (w6EFb)
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It's lucky for all of us they never built high-rises.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 10:52 PM (nWPIJ)
Raise a glass to us 29-year olds if you do make it. And remember the old HQ!
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair
I'd be 110 if I made it.
Half the family has 'longevity'. The other half no so much.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 10:52 PM (/lPRQ)
One of the common sources of off-by-one errors.
The Roman priests screwed up leap years for a while by that same error, making ever 3rd year be leap, rather than 4. Augustus fixed it by skipping 3 leap years sometime, when they aren't exactly sure, but it was correct by (what we now call) 8 AD. Could've been by 4AD, but they ain't sure.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 10:53 PM (w6EFb)
I don't like fried foods except for fried okra.
I don't like French fries, ewww.
I think it a dislike of grease.
Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 10:54 PM (3ek7K)
According to U.S. Southern Command:
• Dec 30: Three boats struck after confirmed narcotics transfers
• At least 3 killed on the first vessel
• Remaining boats were tracked, engaged, and sunk
• Coast Guard conducted follow-on operations
• Dec 31: Two additional narco vessels targeted
• 5 more killed
Total: 5 boats destroyed. 8 traffickers killed.
These strikes are part of a broader campaign:
• 30+ U.S. strikes since September
• 110+ narco combatants neutralized
• Operations framed as a non-international armed conflict with cartel networks fueling U.S. drug deaths
This is what decisive interdiction looks like.
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Old and busted: Tora Tora Tora!
New and cool: Taco Taco Taco!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 01, 2026 10:54 PM (L/fGl)
Sounded like you would see the Tricentennial if you made it to 85.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:54 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 10:55 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 10:55 PM (1paM0)
Posted by: Gadabout Gaddis, The Flying Fisherman. at January 01, 2026 10:55 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 10:55 PM (2Ez/1)
Asking questions/citizen journalism are NOT HATE CRIMES in America — they are protected speech, and if Seattle tries to chill that speech, @CivilRights will step in to protect it and set them straight!
Govern yourselves accordingly!
Katie Wilson for Seattle Mayor @wilsonformayor
I stand with the Somali childcare providers who have experienced targeted harassment, and condemn the surveillance campaign promoted by extremist influencers. If you believe yourself to be the victim of a hate crime, please call this hotline:
X: https://bit.ly/4qznVWP
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 10:55 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: RandomDave at January 01, 2026 10:55 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 10:56 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 10:50 PM (p4NUW)
Yup. Terms and conditions flow to my subcontractors. All 1 of them.
Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 10:56 PM (QMAsf)
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 10:57 PM (p4NUW)
I grew up in the South. I don't like fried chicken and cornbread.
Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 10:48 PM (3ek7K)
Me too. I'm not a cornbread fan. The type I make now is more like corn pudding.
Fried chicken is meh to me. I am good at cooking it but it is a mess and I only make it for hubby's birthday. It isn't what I want at a restaurant, either.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 10:57 PM (ytIDq)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:58 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 10:58 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: RandomDave at January 01, 2026 10:59 PM (aJQbY)
Posted by: free tibet at January 01, 2026 10:59 PM (1wtUm)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 10:59 PM (1paM0)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:59 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 10:59 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: pawn at January 01, 2026 11:00 PM (Rmqfl)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 11:01 PM (1paM0)
Posted by: Ensign John Belushi, Gringo Division at January 01, 2026 11:01 PM (C9oTe)
Posted by: Opinion fact
Nah. Be lucky if I make it to 85.
But if I do. I might make it to 110.
Then I'd get have done the bicentennial and the tricentennial.
And think back that in 1776 there were some old farts who were there and remembered the centennial.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 11:01 PM (/lPRQ)
There was freezing fog last night, so yard this morning was a frosted wonderland. Very pretty! It's warmer now, and should approach 50F tomorrow. Drizzle & fog currently.
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 11:02 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: davidt at January 01, 2026 11:02 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 10:48 PM (3ek7K)
How about ChickenFried Steak?
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:02 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Frank Costanza at January 01, 2026 11:04 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 11:04 PM (1paM0)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 11:04 PM (3ek7K)
I understood this reference.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 01, 2026 11:05 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 11:05 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 01, 2026 11:05 PM (Wnv9h)
I hoped a few of you would.
Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 11:06 PM (QMAsf)
I'm fortunate to have a few locally owned dives near me that serve the best comfort food .
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:06 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 11:06 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
Ground "floor" was the base. Probably dirt or flat stones.
Above that they built the first floor.
Roman counting would give us the ground level, or basement, as the first floor. Might be a Germanic thing.
No clue for sure but I get why they do it that way.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 11:07 PM (/lPRQ)
PAT was good.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 11:07 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:07 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Joyenz at January 01, 2026 11:07 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 11:07 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 11:08 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: free tibet at January 01, 2026 11:08 PM (1wtUm)
Mutilated monkey meat.
Dirty little birdie feet.
Great green globs of greasy, grimy gopher guts
And me without my spoon.
Used to sing that in Jr. Hi cafeteria with a friend to gross out the girls.
Posted by: pawn at January 01, 2026 11:08 PM (Rmqfl)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 11:09 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 11:09 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:09 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - AoSHQ's at January 01, 2026 11:10 PM (SRRAx)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 11:10 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 11:10 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:10 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 11:08 PM (snZF9)
TMJ would be telling everyone about the old classic move, Prometheus .
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:10 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 11:10 PM (1paM0)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState
I hoped a few of you would.
Posted by: Doof
If anyone didn't, they might actually be 29.
Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 11:11 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 10:30 PM (2RJDy)
Bless their hearts, in my mind they are asking, "Do these masks make my face look fat?"
Yes, hon. Yes they do.
Posted by: moki at January 01, 2026 11:11 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 11:11 PM (3ek7K)
I hope you anyours are getting over that bug.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 11:12 PM (1paM0)
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 01, 2026 10:48 PM (biznJ)
Tom Selleck was the better Sackett brother.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 11:12 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
It will be just like Blade runner.
Except no interstellar space travel. Just a bunch of Chinese on the moon and a hundred thousand Elon Musk spawn on Mars.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 11:12 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: moki at January 01, 2026 11:13 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 01, 2026 11:05 PM (Wnv9h)
I hoped a few of you would.
Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 11:06 PM
*New Year fistbump*
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 01, 2026 11:13 PM (Wnv9h)
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:13 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 11:10 PM (3
think I only heard it in Caddyshack.
The comet song is what I remember.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:13 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 11:14 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: fourseasons
Still is. USA, UK, Canada, Aus, NZ intelligence-sharing network.
Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 11:14 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:14 PM (p4NUW)
GAINNNNNZZZZZ!!!!!!
Posted by: Orson at January 01, 2026 11:15 PM (dIske)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 01, 2026 11:15 PM (LNeRu)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 11:11 PM (3ek7K)
Yes.
US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, together share information from intelligence and surveillance.
Hence, “Five Eyes”.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 01, 2026 11:16 PM (6ydKt)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 10:55 PM (2Ez/1)
My dad stopped eating them years ago. Never brought him luck, he said. Of course, he hasn't eaten anything these past fourteen years.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 11:16 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 11:09 PM (3ek7K)
Thanks for asking. I'm getting worse. I now have no appetite, nausea, weakness and body pain along with the colitis. I don't want to go back to the ER, so I am going to see how I am in a few days. I am drinking a lot., I just have to be careful of how much potassium I take in because of my BP pill.
Posted by: Joyenz at January 01, 2026 11:16 PM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January
*Ole Miss
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:09 PM
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Duly noted.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 11:17 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:59 PM (RIvkX)
For me, it's cornbread with butter and peach or blackberry preserves, preferably homemade. That is dessert in the summer!
Posted by: moki at January 01, 2026 11:17 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: Piper
I've found if you make it in the oven, add half the butter or grease to the all ready hot baking dish, then add the batter. It'll start to fry and push the butter up the sides of the dish.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 11:17 PM (mlg/3)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 11:18 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: OrangeEnt
And it's worked in keeping the weight off!!
Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2026 11:19 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 11:20 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 11:21 PM (pkeXY)
Just as the Christian community stood with us in difficult moments, we will stand with you
That's... good to read. Thank you Bibi.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 01, 2026 11:21 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: weft cut-loop
Yes! Best in cast iron, though I used a ceramic pie dish for today. The cast iron pan was being used.
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:21 PM (p4NUW)
Still working on it!
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 11:20 PM (uQesX)
Two complete read-throughs in four days, OrangeEnt! Its a good story!!
Posted by: moki at January 01, 2026 11:22 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 01, 2026 10:12 PM (EXyHK)
Señor, would you like to meet my sester? She very friendly. She like the gringo.
We mucho poor. She like gringo much more if he help us out.
Posted by: Pimpy Gonzales at January 01, 2026 11:22 PM (IG3/x)
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:22 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 11:23 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 01, 2026 11:23 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:21 PM (p4NUW)
Do you put a lid over the cast iron pan when making cornbread, or not?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 11:25 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 11:25 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Joyenz at
I am so sorry. Could your regular doctor see you tomorrow instead of the ER to try to get some relief?
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:25 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: publius
Long ago read someone explaining this to a Doubter questioning the "three days" of Jesus being dead. Crucified and in the tomb was Day 1, resurrected two days later, Day 3. Doubter would have none of it.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Just like there's no Year Zero between BC and AD :) at January 01, 2026 11:26 PM (dESj/)
Posted by: moki at January 01, 2026 11:22 PM (wLjpr)
Thanks. I'm on chapter sixteen comments and it's only 8:30, so I'll probably finish and send it to you to see what you think about my changes. If you want to, that is.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 11:26 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: moki
Mighty Mountain of Talent who formed the sturdy base, nay, the very Foundation of Hollywood. The Industry is in free-fall since his demise.
Posted by: Farewell, Fair Prince at January 01, 2026 11:26 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Black JEM at January 01, 2026 11:26 PM (UVyKP)
Thanks. I'm on chapter sixteen comments and it's only 8:30, so I'll probably finish and send it to you to see what you think about my changes. If you want to, that is.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 11:26 PM (uQesX)
Of course! I'm invested in this now!! Looking forward to buying a hard copy!!
Posted by: moki at January 01, 2026 11:29 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: Farewell, Fair Prince at January 01, 2026 11:26 PM (oftw2)
You aren't wrong!
Posted by: moki at January 01, 2026 11:30 PM (wLjpr)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 11:31 PM (QAvZU)
Aaaaannndddd, never would have been know of unless she was a hollwierd nepo baby.
Posted by: 5 miles to nowhere at January 01, 2026 11:31 PM (G+z4C)
Posted by: moki at January 01, 2026 11:29 PM (wLjpr)
Ha! Just got to the part you want changed. Have to think a bit. The hot food was the catalyst for the mutiny. Hmmm, what to do....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 11:33 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: As Dennis Miller used to say at January 01, 2026 11:33 PM (2Ez/1)
Hell of a nice gal - vibrant, happy and a care-giver for her elderly husband. She was only 73. She will be missed.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2026 11:33 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: free tibet at January 01, 2026 11:34 PM (1wtUm)
That's another prime example of it.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 11:35 PM (w6EFb)
Great green globs of greasy, grimy gopher guts
And me without my spoon.
Used to sing that in Jr. Hi cafeteria with a friend to gross out the girls.
Posted by: pawn at January 01, 2026 11:08 PM (Rmqfl)
The version I heard was "pixilated panther feet".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 11:36 PM (8zz6B)
54 seconds remain.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 11:37 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:38 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 11:38 PM (3ek7K)
I don't know much about her, so she was more humble than most of Hollywood, sorry if that sounds like backhanded praise.
RIP, overall.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 01, 2026 11:38 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 11:38 PM (u/afo)
Hope arrangements had been made for the husband in case of such an event. Prayers.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:38 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 11:36 PM (8zz6B)
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/time traveler detected
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 11:40 PM (u/afo)
Posted by: mindful webworker
As I was taught, a full three days and three nights are the legal requirement for death. Jesus was dead for three days and three nights. Death on Wednesday at sunset, resurrection Saturday at sunset.
The whole sunrise service seems nice as in Jesus rose like the sun, but the sun worship thing is something else that got mixed in. JC has Saturday night to visit the imprisoned spirits thang, and he was long gone when they came for his body.
Jewish days even now begin at sunset, as seen with their Sabbath recognition beginning Friday at sunset ending Saturday at sunset.
Posted by: illiniwek at January 01, 2026 11:40 PM (vbXSk)
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
It will be just like Blade runner.
Except no interstellar space travel. Just a bunch of Chinese on the moon and a hundred thousand Elon Musk spawn on Mars.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 11:12 PM (/lPRQ)
yeah I can see that.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 11:41 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:42 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 11:43 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:44 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 11:44 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 11:46 PM (2Ez/1)
For me, NYC/NYS is a no-go zone or even perhaps an enemy state.
This is no way to celebrate a 250th anniversary. Bad things are coming.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 11:46 PM (u/afo)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 11:47 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:47 PM (OoFl2)
Hunh?
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 11:47 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 11:48 PM (2Ez/1)
Under review.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 11:49 PM (2Ez/1)
For me, NYC/NYS is a no-go zone or even perhaps an enemy state.
This is no way to celebrate a 250th anniversary. Bad things are coming.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 11:46 PM (u/afo)
Well, maybe we'll just reenact the 1776 shelling of NYC.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 11:50 PM (snZF9)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 11:51 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs
if we have anything to remember from our founding fathers as we near our 250 year anniversary it is do not be a whining pussy.
Posted by: n at January 01, 2026 11:51 PM (VKqEh)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 11:52 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 11:53 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 01, 2026 11:53 PM (7Pnfz)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 01, 2026 11:53 PM (7Pnfz)
Huh?
Posted by: Tim "Pederast" Walz at January 01, 2026 11:54 PM (uQesX)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 11:55 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:56 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 11:55 PM (ZxPkt)
I've got prop bets!!
Posted by: Referee at January 01, 2026 11:56 PM (uQesX)
39 - 34.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 11:56 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 11:57 PM (3ek7K)
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 11:51 PM (uQesX)
I don’t know what the spread was or the over/under but I wonder if that last second two points makes a difference.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:58 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 11:58 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 02, 2026 12:00 AM (3ek7K)
But I want Bobo fired.
Posted by: Piper at January 02, 2026 12:00 AM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:58 PM (KDPiq)
(shakes Magic 8 Ball)
Signs point to yes.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 02, 2026 12:00 AM (uQesX)
I don't like fried foods except for fried okra.
I don't like French fries, ewww.
I think it a dislike of grease.
Posted by: fourseasons
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Is your surname Sprat?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 12:03 AM (UZwsW)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 02, 2026 12:04 AM (3ek7K)
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That lets me out.
Posted by: Abe Vigoda at January 02, 2026 12:04 AM (XeU6L)
Still is. USA, UK, Canada, Aus, NZ intelligence-sharing network.
Posted by: mikeski
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A full pound of dumb or treason.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 12:06 AM (UZwsW)
Hey! They're supporting an industry! Don't complain.
Posted by: GWB at January 02, 2026 12:11 AM (LAvB0)
Posted by: Parametric at January 02, 2026 12:11 AM (TEyUo)
Posted by: illiniwek
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Never heard an explanation why.
Day beginning when one is getting
ready to go to bed. There's no indication
that they were night owls.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 12:12 AM (UZwsW)
Posted by: Joyenz at January 02, 2026 12:12 AM (2F0/Y)
Posted by: Piper at January 02, 2026 12:17 AM (ZdaMQ)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 02, 2026 12:23 AM (3ek7K)
"And the evening and the morning were the first day." That implies evening/night first in the sequence.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 02, 2026 12:30 AM (w6EFb)
There's also the three-stars rule. The Sabbath doesn't end until you can see three "medium sized" stars in the sky after sunset.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 02, 2026 12:35 AM (w6EFb)
Omg
Somalia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs who owns a healthcare company in Ohio receiving tax dollars, also owns another LLC with the SAME ADDRESS as the somali money transfer org accused of funding t*rrorism.
His business partner appears to work for the money transfer org too.
This just keeps getting worse and worse
Elon Musk @elonmusk
Wow
X: https://bit.ly/4ppxIxJ
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 02, 2026 12:36 AM (P5BPp)
1) Diversity is our strength!
B) That is not how "the twelve days of Christmas" goes
Posted by: mikeski
B.
Also, this sounds like an excellent excuse to ban travelers from the Congo.
It's got everything from agricultural terrorism to cannibalism (You know they identified it as non-human primate because they didn't want to deal with an international murder case.)
Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 02, 2026 12:36 AM (Cznub)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 02, 2026 12:39 AM (3ek7K)
- Tom Selleck
- James Woods
- Kurt Russell
- Tom Berenger
- Gary Sinise
- Andy Garcia
- Sylvester Stallone
- Nick Searcy
and many more!
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 02, 2026 12:39 AM (9qZ8R)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 10:36 PM
Scotty doesn't know
YouTube: https://bit.ly/4sjN4X6
Posted by: Lustra at January 02, 2026 12:39 AM (P5BPp)
Elon Musk @elonmusk
Then it is war
DogeDesigner @cb_doge
BREAKING: Somali TikToker threatens Elon Musk’s life:
"I wouldn't worry too much about him. He about to die."
Protect Elon Musk at all costs.
X video: https://bit.ly/3LlXJ2K
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 02, 2026 12:49 AM (P5BPp)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 02, 2026 12:54 AM (3ek7K)
He does. Best money can buy. But as he himself has observed, all it takes is one mistake.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 02, 2026 12:56 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 02, 2026 12:57 AM (3ek7K)
His business partner appears to work for the money transfer org too.
This just keeps getting worse and worse
Elon Musk @elonmusk
Wow
X: https://bit.ly/4ppxIxJ
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 02, 2026 12:36 AM (P5BPp)
Time to bulldoze the whole lot of them into the ocean.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 02, 2026 12:58 AM (snZF9)
May the Family & Friends of GerriAnne find Strength & be Comforted at this tragic loss.
May GeriAnne's warmth & kindness be an inspiration to us all.
Posted by: Adriane the Critic . . . at January 02, 2026 01:04 AM (3ZUWJ)
We vote for the right people. How do we prevent the fraud from happening?
Posted by: fourseasons at January 02, 2026 12:39 AM
Convince them to ACT; we face an existential threat. Look what's happened to Western Civilization in Europe. It is on the precipice. This is the Democrats: "We are the Borg. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile."
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 02, 2026 01:05 AM (dwBj9)
Posted by: fourseasons at January 02, 2026 01:06 AM (3ek7K)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:14 PM (KDPiq)
On the other hand, he's playing a fairly conservative character on Landman (good show, by the way... extremely non-woke), so he's not a full-blown cultist.
Your typical Hollywood commie would never have taken that part.
Posted by: Pimpy Gonzales at January 02, 2026 01:08 AM (IG3/x)
There's also the three-stars rule. The Sabbath doesn't end until you can see three "medium sized" stars in the sky after sunset.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 02, 2026 12:35 AM (w6EFb)
Wadda ya do if it's overcast?
I guess it works better in a desert climate...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 02, 2026 01:14 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: illiniwek at January 01, 2026 11:40 PM (vbXSk)
This is disturbing. Being raised Catholic I always thought the Good Friday/no meat on Friday thing was because Christ was crucified, died and was buried on a Friday......
Hard to think the church would screw something like that up......
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 02, 2026 01:19 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 02, 2026 01:19 AM (8zz6B)
You wait about 40 minutes to an hour or better, I think, depending on whatever local traditions with that are being followed.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 02, 2026 01:28 AM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 02, 2026 01:28 AM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 02, 2026 01:37 AM (IG3/x)
*sigh*
As much as I appreciate the efforts of Bari Weiss to straighten out the mess that is cBS, they Still Don't Get It. We need LESS "perspective" or "analysis" and MORE NEWS! We can supply our own perspective and analysis, thank you very much.
Posted by: timactual at January 02, 2026 01:44 AM (krsvl)
Posted by: ... at January 02, 2026 01:44 AM (E0p3T)
Thinking about Tommy Lee Jones, and his daughter Victoria's death. That's her on the right, from Men in Black II:
https://bit.ly/4qzcKxi
We couldn't just go watch MIB2, So, we watched MIB1 for the umpteenth time. Hard watching TLJones, who did such a great job, while thinking about how he must be hurting. Especially in one of the best scenes:
J: You know what they say, it's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
K, glaring intensely: Try it.
Also hard, when they first cut away to the NY skyline. Still a gut-punch just to see the twin towers.
Now we're past New Year's Day and into just another day in 2026. Funny how that works.
I'll leave you with this short classic
https://youtu.be/ybXrrTX3LuI
G'nite, y'all.
Posted by: mindful webworker - no flashy thingy is strong enough to erase some memories at January 02, 2026 01:54 AM (dESj/)
https://is.gd/vx0cSc
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 02, 2026 02:03 AM (1paM0)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 02, 2026 12:35 AM (w6EFb)
Wadda ya do if it's overcast?
I guess it works better in a desert climate...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 02, 2026 01:14 AM (QGaXH)
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Israel has multiple climate zones and there's no lack of rain in the winter in the Negev and the Judean Desert.
You guesstimate, leaning toward stringency. They were experienced. Academy training.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2026 02:16 AM (u/afo)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2026 02:45 AM (afKoR)
This is another weird story about a D party politician in Texas:
https://tinyurl.com/3rbb2as2
Posted by: FenelonSpoke
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Democrat car thief and County Treasurer has no primary opponent. What a world. She should run for congress.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at January 02, 2026 02:56 AM (n7rxJ)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:14 PM (KDPiq)
On the other hand, he's playing a fairly conservative character on Landman (good show, by the way... extremely non-woke), so he's not a full-blown cultist.
Your typical Hollywood commie would never have taken that part.
Posted by: Pimpy Gonzales at January 02, 2026 01:08 AM (IG3/x)
I expect he does whatever they pay him for. Actors are whores.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 02, 2026 03:00 AM (6Bc88)
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 02, 2026 03:01 AM (6Bc88)
Posted by: Yob Sdrawkcab at January 02, 2026 03:13 AM (7MP2B)
Posted by: Only us chickens at January 02, 2026 03:24 AM (3ZUWJ)
That's just bananas.
Q: Do people eat more bananas then monkeys?
A: Yes. MOST people rarely eat monkeys...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 02, 2026 03:36 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 02, 2026 03:36 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 02, 2026 03:36 AM (ynpvh)
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 03:40 AM (Ia/+0)
That's just bananas.
Q: Do people eat more bananas then monkeys?
A: Yes. MOST people rarely eat monkeys...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)
The last time I heard about people eating monkeys they all came down with Ebola and bled out. I can say I never heard anybody catching Ebola from a banana.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 02, 2026 03:49 AM (HTCU3)
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 03:53 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by:
at January 02, 2026 03:55 AM (SJJc4)
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 03:53 AM (Ia/+0)
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Congolians.
Congonians?
Congas?
Congonistas?
Congo only pawn in game of life?
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2026 03:59 AM (Z/INn)
Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 04:00 AM (RuTUS)
>>Congonians?
>>Congas?
>>Congonistas?
>>Congo only pawn in game of life?
Per Warren Zevon, 'Congolese'.
Posted by: Roland, head still attached at January 02, 2026 06:02 AM (NcvvS)
New Years Day Cafe
Sunrise over the Great Sand Dunes
Krista Mae Photography
The new year slammed into me like
Newton's first law of motion. pic.twitter.com/0QGZhez5PY
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) December 23, 2025
— Doglover (@puppiesDoglover) January 1, 2026
— Doglover (@puppiesDoglover) January 1, 2026
Horse is trying to make a snow angel too. pic.twitter.com/Th3Uos6JiX
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) December 24, 2025
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Well, would you believe with me is where you belong?
Well, there goes the world and we're right in the middle
There goes the world and we're right in the middle
I said leave me here
I said leave me here with you
YouTube: https://bit.ly/4pWcZm4
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Posted by: Accomack at January 01, 2026 07:11 PM (ou30A)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 07:11 PM (QAvZU)
A comment section turns its lonely eyes to you.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 07:11 PM (0sNs1)
Best for him; not so good for anyone else. That knucklehead kept on messing up the people running to the water.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 01, 2026 07:12 PM (syz1S)
Posted by: Alabama Hayseed Front Running Phony at January 01, 2026 07:12 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 07:12 PM (QAvZU)
Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 07:12 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 07:13 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Accomack at January 01, 2026 07:11 PM
At least you had a shot. My alma mater Purdue has not been relevant since Drew Drees graduated.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 07:13 PM (P5BPp)
++++
Who would have that would happen
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 07:13 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 07:14 PM (QAvZU)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 07:13 PM
Make that Drew BREES.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 07:15 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Wally at January 01, 2026 07:15 PM (0e5Te)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 07:16 PM (QAvZU)
Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 01, 2026 07:16 PM (FCrpy)
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 07:16 PM (RM1wO)
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 07:13 PM (0sNs1)
No.
Posted by: Sherrone Moore, Sex Pest at January 01, 2026 07:16 PM (R/m4+)
youtu.be/gz9BRl7DVSM
I think their stuff is really neat, very creative. I hadn't seen this latest one.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 07:16 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Penguin Promotion Board at January 01, 2026 07:17 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 07:18 PM (vV6n9)
Posted by: Crash Corrigan at January 01, 2026 07:21 PM (oftw2)
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The Old Oaken Bucket hasn't been the same since Amelia Earhart disappeared.
Posted by: Baal at January 01, 2026 07:21 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Accomack at January 01, 2026 07:21 PM (8jVAy)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 01, 2026 07:21 PM (2XHCB)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 07:21 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 01, 2026 07:22 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 07:22 PM (ESVrU)
Guess I'll have to provide my own:
https://youtube.com/shorts/MD-c7_PaFQw
Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 07:22 PM (2RJDy)
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 01, 2026 07:22 PM (YjwO4)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 07:22 PM (vV6n9)
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 01, 2026 07:23 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: Penguin Promotion Board at January 01, 2026 07:17 PM
Yes, the Commentariat as a whole has been stocking up on Febreeze, mentholatum, and gas masks in anticipation of such an event.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 07:23 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: t-bird at January 01, 2026 07:06 PM (6GFFE)
I'm calling shenanigans on that video. No way the guy would not have fallen a foot or so during the time it took to traverse the length of the bus. Even a short bus.
I fired up the redneck firepit, and burned a metric fuckton of woody yard waste.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 07:23 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 07:23 PM (2RJDy)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 07:24 PM (QAvZU)
Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 07:08 PM (jc0TO)
Their vacuum cleaners suck.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 07:24 PM (8zz6B)
AI.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous
I
Don't
Think
So.
It is old. some influencer fool did it. Bus had no window or back panel, and aisle was widened so it was not such a big deal.
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at January 01, 2026 07:25 PM (aTta8)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 07:25 PM (QAvZU)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 07:25 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 07:24 PM
When you reverse their impellers, they blow.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 07:25 PM (0sNs1)
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 01, 2026 07:25 PM (2J/Lj)
Posted by: Duncanthrax
I let my Lume expire, now on the 78th hour, hoping for a penguin post. Not sure what to do now.
Posted by: Penguin Superfan at January 01, 2026 07:26 PM (oftw2)
10 a.m
In Iran, what is happening can be described as the beginning of the great revolution against the mullahs, the possible beginning of regime change. "
Messianic Jewry rumor says, Trump has greenlighted Netanyahu to (assist) the rebellion.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 07:26 PM (UZwsW)
Posted by: Mick at January 01, 2026 07:27 PM (HFx9z)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 07:28 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 01, 2026 07:28 PM (sS4ps)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 07:29 PM (c115l)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 07:29 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 07:30 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: 13times at January 01, 2026 07:30 PM (fnZRl)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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I find the bag fabric very fashionable.
Posted by: Hillary at January 01, 2026 07:30 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 01, 2026 07:32 PM (8AONa)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 07:32 PM (vV6n9)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 07:32 PM (vV6n9)
Will the quarterback ride in a Rockne automobile for the victory parade?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 07:34 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 07:34 PM (Ia/+0)
@bobanDriclek . 5h
"The only reason he [Netanyahu] didn't launch another attack on the#Iran is that Iran is ready to destroy Israel if it starts attacking again. "
"So Netanyahu is asking Donald Trump to do it for him..."
—Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, US Army (retired)
--- > thank Goodness
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 07:34 PM (UZwsW)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 01, 2026 07:34 PM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: Chairman LMAO at January 01, 2026 07:35 PM (36PRH)
Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 07:35 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Penguin Superfan at January 01, 2026 07:26 PM
Instacart may be able to deliver some Axe Body Wash.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 07:35 PM (0sNs1)
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Home to Pete Butterjug! Mayor elected with 8,000 votes. In a town half that size, we cast more votes for dog catcher.
But, but, just the guy for DoT!
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 01, 2026 07:35 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 01, 2026 07:35 PM (cxFcK)
Until Monday, I have to watch Meatchicken dismantle my Utes' coaching staff and hopefully, not poach any of the players, though this is likely a pipe-dream with Larry Ellison's wife being a Meatchicken alum.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 01, 2026 07:37 PM (/mCq0)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 01, 2026 07:28 PM
CBD for the save. Again.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 07:37 PM (0sNs1)
Uncentered?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 07:38 PM (1paM0)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 01, 2026 07:35 PM (cxFcK)
Did the IRS agents hired during the "Biden" administration get sacked?
Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 07:39 PM (2RJDy)
FCS. I'm sure this mistake will be pointed out to me.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 01, 2026 07:39 PM (/mCq0)
Why no, I'm not bitter about Notre Dame backing out of playing my school, why do you ask?
Posted by: SimoHayha at January 01, 2026 07:39 PM (/ZkOF)
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 01, 2026 07:40 PM (/mCq0)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 07:40 PM (vV6n9)
Where are they coming from? Are there coders learning to ICE?
Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 07:40 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 01, 2026 07:40 PM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 01, 2026 07:40 PM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 01, 2026 07:40 PM (2NHgQ)
It is now impossible to refine petroleum in California, but the good news is that California will be banning gasoline powered vehicles, so it all makes sense.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 07:41 PM (0U5gm)
Iran International English@IranIntl_En . 3h
Iranian protesters set fire to a Shiite seminary in the city of Farsan in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, southwestern Iran, ...
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 07:41 PM (UZwsW)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 01, 2026 07:41 PM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine"
But each one seemed fresh!
Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 07:42 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 07:43 PM (OoFl2)
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 01, 2026 07:43 PM (XMwZJ)
You can say that again.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 01, 2026 07:44 PM (fd80v)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 07:45 PM (1paM0)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 01, 2026 07:41 PM (2NHgQ)
**********
Someone in the hereafter would like to have Mayor Pete move to some guano-infested island in the South Pacific instead of stinking up one of the U.S.'s inhabited areas; thus the triple posting.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 01, 2026 07:46 PM (/mCq0)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 07:46 PM (1paM0)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 07:47 PM (2RJDy)
This is not.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit"
You live your reality and I'll live mine
Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 07:47 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: gKWVE at January 01, 2026 07:47 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: 13times at January 01, 2026 07:47 PM (mwCJw)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 07:46 PM (1paM0)
I believe COB credentials are needed to use the justification commands.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 07:48 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: 13times at January 01, 2026 07:47 PM
Certainly better than on sand.
Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 07:48 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by:
at January 01, 2026 07:50 PM (L0ol1)
It is now impossible to refine petroleum in California, but the good news is that California will be banning gasoline powered vehicles, so it all makes sense.
Posted by: Thomas Paine
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Is beautiful.
California, most logical state in union.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 07:50 PM (UZwsW)
Posted by: Accomack at January 01, 2026 07:50 PM (8jVAy)
Posted by: at January 01, 2026 07:50 PM (vFG9F)
Reminded myself of one of my favorite movies , One on One .
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 07:51 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 07:47 PM (2RJDy)
Without the funding from the mullahs, much of that muzzie shit-disturbing in the West may shut down, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 07:52 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Pray The Gay Away at January 01, 2026 07:53 PM (R/m4+)
10 a.m
In Iran, what is happening can be described as the beginning of the great revolution against the mullahs, the possible beginning of regime change. "
Messianic Jewry rumor says, Trump has greenlighted Netanyahu to (assist) the rebellion.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 07:26 PM (UZwsW)
I say Israel stay out of it, let Iranians do what killin' gets done. No hearts and minds to be wone there.
Posted by: Eromero at January 01, 2026 07:55 PM (LHPAg)
Posted by: Every sideline pre-game interview ever at January 01, 2026 07:55 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 07:40 PM (vFG9F)
ICE has been advertising a lot in the last several months. On Xitter, for sure--don't remember if on tv or not.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 01, 2026 07:55 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 07:56 PM (1paM0)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 07:26 PM (UZwsW)
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I'm not saying anything because I'm don't want to jinx it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 07:56 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 07:57 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
They give a few tactical nudges here and there.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 07:58 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 07:58 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 07:58 PM (UZwsW)
Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 01, 2026 07:59 PM (h/O4U)
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 07:59 PM (/lPRQ)
Omid Djalili@omid9 . 6h
Today DAY 5 #IranProtests
Unconfirmed reports some protesters are now armed and using protective gear (or possibly some regime forces have joined the people) in running battles, seen here in Nahavand, Hamadan province. Despite regime videos circling threatening protesters with execution, no shits currently given in Iran. Absolutely amazing
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 08:00 PM (UZwsW)
@bobanDriclek . 5h
"The only reason he [Netanyahu] didn't launch another attack on the#Iran is that Iran is ready to destroy Israel if it starts attacking again. "
"So Netanyahu is asking Donald Trump to do it for him..."
—Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, US Army (retired)
--- > thank Goodness
Posted by: Braenyard
Is that the guy who was a dog play fetish furry weirdo?
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 01, 2026 08:01 PM (7Pnfz)
Don't know if that is still the case, now that Russia is out of the global domination business. I suppose China might be interested in having an oil-exporting client state.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 01, 2026 08:02 PM (2XHCB)
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 01, 2026 08:01 PM (7Pnfz)
He certainly appears to be into sucking muzzloid cock.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 08:03 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 01, 2026 08:03 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Bed! Peace! Hair! at January 01, 2026 08:03 PM (oftw2)
Notable video showing chants of "Long Live the Shah" in the conservative city of Qom in #Iran, which is the center of the Shiite clerical establishment
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Many of the X posters have commented that this uprising has nothing to do with food or water that this is against the mullahs.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 08:04 PM (UZwsW)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 08:04 PM (QAvZU)
The feeling was there were more than enough Iranians to do the job if they had even small arms and ammunition.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 01, 2026 08:04 PM (sDNVV)
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 01, 2026 08:05 PM (2XHCB)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 08:05 PM (QAvZU)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 08:06 PM (QAvZU)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 07:52 PM (8zz6B)
Qatar will pick up the slack and then some
Posted by: Josephistan at January 01, 2026 08:06 PM (FLx59)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 08:04 PM (UZwsW)
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Then many of the X posters are stupid. The only way those who hate the mullahs can get enough mass of people to join them to go against the mullahs is if they - the mullahs - really eff it up. And no food and water goes a long way towards eff'ing it up.
Posted by: Black JEM at January 01, 2026 08:07 PM (UVyKP)
Two hottie models are FAFOing with Melania:
https://is.gd/8IC5bu
They posted private pictures they took of Barron at Mar-a-lago last night. Melania doesn't allow that, and they will be banned from Mar-a-lago.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 08:07 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 08:08 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 01, 2026 07:41 PM (2NHgQ)
I've gotten a double but never a triple!
I'm envious.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 08:08 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 01, 2026 08:04 PM (sDNVV)
A million cheap Kel-Tec 9 mm pistols air-dropped into rebel strongholds would be useful.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 08:08 PM (8zz6B)
During one of the last uprising, Barky sided with the mullahs, of course.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 08:08 PM (w6EFb)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 01, 2026 08:09 PM (fd80v)
It is now impossible to refine petroleum in California, but the good news is that California will be banning gasoline powered vehicles, so it all makes sense.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 07:41 PM (0U5gm)
Which thread was that discussion on? I'm always interested in all things California gasoline.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 08:09 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 01, 2026 08:04 PM (sDNVV)
A million cheap Kel-Tec 9 mm pistols air-dropped into rebel strongholds would be useful.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 08:08 PM
We captured a million AK47s in Iraq. Which we destroyed.
They would be kind of nice to just randomly drop into Iran about now.
Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 08:10 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 01, 2026 08:10 PM (gm9Sb)
Rabbi Netanel Avitan, who teaches at the Hesder Yeshiva in Jaffa, an active reservist who was injured in Gaza, was attacked today while walking on Yefet Street in Jaffa. At the Hesder yeshiva in Jaffa, it is said that a young man attacked him and shouted "Allahu Akbar." The rabbi was hospitalized in Ichilov with injuries to his face and back
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Reads like he shouted allah too soon, the Rabbi turned preventing the cockroach from stabbing him in the back as they like to do. --- backstabbers
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 08:10 PM (UZwsW)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 07:13 PM
Make that Drew BREES.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 07:15 PM (P5BPp)
Alma Mater of noted draft bust:
Mike Phipps
Ahahahahahaha ...
Posted by: Paul Warfield at January 01, 2026 08:11 PM (3sXRv)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 01, 2026 08:11 PM (sDNVV)
The Jewish People Policy Institute just published an AI analysis of roughly 3,000 Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens videos.
They found that from April 2025 onward, Israel appears in roughly 20–35% of Tucker Carlson’s videos.
The concentration is even higher for Candace Owens, where mentions of Israel and Jews appear in roughly 40–60% of her videos, with one month peaking at around 70%.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 08:12 PM (UZwsW)
Posted by: Captain Haiku at January 01, 2026 08:12 PM (8WtOr)
Valero spent most of last year looking for a buyer, Gavin even offered some sweeteners. No takers. Unless California reverses a bunch if it’s enviro laws, it’s not worth doing business in the state.
So no, Exxon and Chevron won’t find any buyers. Be pretty funny if the State tries to run them itself.
Even better, let the Chinese government buy them and then let the Chinese tell the Cali bureaucrats “fook yu” every time they pull some bullshit.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 08:13 PM (otNgF)
California, most logical state in union.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 07:50 PM (UZwsW)
You gotta love it. We'll be dependent on imported-by-tanker gasoline from one or two overseas countries that make our special blend.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 08:13 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 08:13 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 01, 2026 08:10 PM (gm9Sb)
I would expect they are recruiting veterans in large numbers.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 01, 2026 08:14 PM (h7ZuX)
William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying.
Dashiell Hammett, The Maltese Falcon.
Agatha Christie, The Murder at the Vicarage.
Carolyn Keene, the first four Nancy Drew books.
Watty Piper, The Little Engine That Could (illustrated).
William H. Elson, Elson Basic Readers.
Noël Coward, Private Lives.
T.S. Eliot, Ash Wednesday
Evelyn Waugh, Vile Bodies.
John Dos Passos, The 42nd Parallel.
Edna Ferber, Cimarron.
Dorothy L. Sayers, Strong Poison
J. B. Priestley, Angel Pavement.
Olaf Stapledon, Last and First Men.
Sigmund Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents.
Elizabeth Coatsworth, The Cat Who Went to Heaven.
Arthur Ransome, Swallows and Amazons.
W. Somerset Maugham, Cakes and Ale.
Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness.
This is just a small selection.
Posted by: 13times at January 01, 2026 08:14 PM (fnZRl)
Posted by: free tibet at January 01, 2026 08:14 PM (1wtUm)
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 08:14 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue
It was the morning report, but the gist is that Valero is paying a billion dollar fine in order to shut down a CA refinery that produces 8 percent of the state's gasoline. They would rather pay the fine than operate the refinery for the next eight months.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 08:14 PM (0U5gm)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 01, 2026 08:15 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 08:16 PM (otNgF)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 08:17 PM (0U5gm)
‘Javid Shah!’
Why Iranians are calling for the return of the Pahlavis and their monarchy
As protesters took to the streets of Iran this week, amid chants of anger against Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and fury over an economy in free fall, a slogan once considered politically unutterable returned, and the sounds of crowds chanting it filled the air.
“Javid Shah” – Long Live the Shah.
Videos ... showed demonstrators chanting openly in support of the Pahlavi dynasty, ... alongside calls for the downfall of the Islamic Republic.
..., the chant is existentially threatening.It is a sign that anger has moved beyond dissatisfaction with economic policies or personalities and toward rejection of the Islamic Republic itself.
_jpost.com
https://tinyurl.com/ycxdetnm
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 08:17 PM (UZwsW)
Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 08:18 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 01, 2026 08:19 PM (sDNVV)
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 08:19 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 08:19 PM (KDPiq)
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 08:19 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 08:17 PM (0U5gm)
Mexico is a short 100 mile drive from my home...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 08:20 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 01, 2026 08:20 PM (gm9Sb)
And the enviro idiots in the cal legislature passed it Knowing it would shut the refineries down, it was part of their Glorious New Net Zero Future.
I swear, this is even worse than Lenin’s 5 year plans.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 08:20 PM (otNgF)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 08:20 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 08:14 PM (0U5gm)
Why pay the fine? Just close the doors, and leave California. Tell the operators of the Valero chain of gas stations, "you're on your own, buckos."
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 08:21 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 08:22 PM (p4NUW)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue
It was the morning report, but the gist is that Valero is paying a billion dollar fine in order to shut down a CA refinery that produces 8 percent of the state's gasoline. They would rather pay the fine than operate the refinery for the next eight months.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 08:14 PM (0U5gm)
Thank you - I'll take a read thru.
I always thought with a captive market they could charge whatever the market would bear but I guess the unwritten government plan is to shut down the California refineries and import all the gasoline by ship from overseas.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 08:23 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 08:23 PM (QGaXH)
Be funny if a shortage of tankers developed.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 08:25 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Anonymous R
or build more refineries
Posted by: n at January 01, 2026 08:26 PM (SGxl4)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 08:23 PM (QGaXH)
Be funny if a shortage of tankers developed.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 08:25 PM (8zz6B)
If it all comes to pass, I might have to consider storing my camper out of state if I can't reliably get enough gasoline to cross the desert at 10 mpg.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 08:27 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 01, 2026 08:27 PM (YlWIZ)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 01, 2026 08:27 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: n at January 01, 2026 08:26 PM (SGxl4)
There is a real shortage of unicorn bladders and dragon kidneys to build the non-polluting refineries that California demands.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 08:28 PM (8zz6B)
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Other college football destroyers:
Winning coaches of small schools getting bought out by bigger schools before their current season is over, thus destroying the season for the current team.
Players sitting out bowl games so they won't get injured for the draft or their next college team.
All I know is that I won't know a single players name on my favorite team next year. Same as this year, and the year before.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 01, 2026 08:29 PM (qtBQt)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 01, 2026 08:29 PM (sDNVV)
Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 08:29 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: PabloD at January 01, 2026 08:30 PM (tfChy)
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 08:22 PM (p4NUW)
I think it's illegal for a Buckeye to support Georgia, so we're Rebels tonight. Let it burn!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 01, 2026 08:30 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 08:19 PM (Ia/+0)
Not all of us did. And the freeways are still filled with ICE powered vehicles that people rely on to get to work, school and so forth.
We still value our personal freedom and liberty here as much as anyone else. You think what's happening in Iran is sporty? Wait until people here can't get to work, school or the doctor.
The grocery stores will probably stay stocked because I don't think diesel is as affected.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 08:31 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 08:27 PM (QGaXH)
A mega-sized storage lot in Bullhead city might be a good investment. Include high-security lockers for guns and ammo prohibited in Cacafornia, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 08:31 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: PabloD
What if you've ever burnt dinner and set off the smoke detectors?
Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 08:31 PM (c115l)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 08:23 PM (QGaXH)
And that is going to drive prices at some point next year to between $8 and $10 per gallon for the entire left coast, even while gas prices are $1.99 in Texas and other places.
That’s why my economic prediction is for a bifurcated economy next year; boom times in the center of the country and the south, while California, the rest of the left coast and New England sink into a near depression,’
It will make national economic numbers weird; it will be as if there are two separate countries, economically.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 08:32 PM (otNgF)
Posted by: Robert at January 01, 2026 08:32 PM (tdbfP)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 01, 2026 08:32 PM (gm9Sb)
Mohammed is at it again.
https://tinyurl.com/baabwh2e
Posted by: Robert
Which kid did he marry now?
Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 08:32 PM (c115l)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 08:32 PM (otNgF)
All according to plan.
Posted by: Left-Wing Democratic Secessionists at January 01, 2026 08:33 PM (tdbfP)
TJM did a YouTube video about movies returning to the public domain this year that was interesting.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 01, 2026 08:35 PM (EXyHK)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 01, 2026 08:35 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
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Have room in the underbody for an extra tank or two?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 08:36 PM (UZwsW)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 08:32 PM (otNgF)
All according to plan.
Posted by: Left-Wing Democratic Secessionists at January 01, 2026 08:33 PM
Once they get rid of all us tax leeching red states, they will be cooking with gas, well, not gas exactly. Obliviously.
Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 08:36 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Boss Moss
Twilight Zone: Will the Real Martian Please Stand UP. One of my favorites. With a young Jack Elam playing an old man for some reason. And the Sugar Bowl, yes.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 01, 2026 08:36 PM (cxFcK)
Why would you? (left to your interpretation).
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 08:37 PM (1paM0)
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Isn't California set to ban all non-electric cargo trucks by the end of this year? Or are they saving that ruinous plan for a few more years.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 01, 2026 08:38 PM (qtBQt)
Mohammed is at it again.
https://tinyurl.com/baabwh2e
Posted by: Robert
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This only reinforces what those blonde 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 January 01, 2026 08:40 PM (UZwsW)
Why would you? (left to your interpretation).
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 08:37 PM (1paM0)
In a state with a well known wild fire problem? Do you have to disclose in the contract that your home has been smoked like a 4th of July brisket?
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 01, 2026 08:42 PM (pIfcn)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 08:36 PM (UZwsW)
The Cali fuel Nazis will probably have spies stationed at gas stations in TJ. But they will be hired Mexicans, and bribable.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 08:42 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 08:43 PM (UZwsW)
EVERYONE has talked about all the humanitarian NGOs Israel has banned, but JPOST OBTAINED the list of NGOs STILL BRINGING 600-700 trucks of Gaza aid per day
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Unload that food at Egypt's gate.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 08:45 PM (UZwsW)
I feel safe in blaming the EPA.
Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 08:46 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 08:43 PM (UZwsW)
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This will be the year Dems go from "Nazis are the worst thing ever" to "The Nazis had a lot of great ideas about Jews."
We're already halfway there.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 08:46 PM (ZOv7s)
@CBSNews
2025 was so hot it pushed Earth past critical climate change mark, scientists say
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And now let's back the bus up about 12 hours.
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. The new CBS Evening News starts Monday at 6:30 p.m. ET on CBS.
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Oh. It starts Monday at 6:30 p.m. Well, I'll look forward to that.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 01, 2026 08:48 PM (L/fGl)
The Wall Street Journal on Trump's health
Refuses to listen to his doctors and calls his condition "good genetics from his parents"
Refuses to exercise except golf
Takes 325 mg of aspirin daily to prevent heart disease (although the routine dose is 81 mg daily)
Falls asleep late and sometimes corresponds with his assistants even at 2 a.m
Usually works from the Oval Office between 10 am and 8 pm-7 pm
Eating foods high in fat and salt like McDonald's burgers and fries
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Amichai, what's your point?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 08:48 PM (UZwsW)
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 01, 2026 08:49 PM (gm9Sb)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 08:23 PM (QGaXH)
About 29 years ago when I lived in Hawaii one of their refineries would ship has to California. Until I saw the story I did not know Hawaii had any refineries...
They might still do it
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 08:49 PM (/lPRQ)
We may be fake, but we're accurate.
Posted by: Dan Rather at January 01, 2026 08:50 PM (2Ez/1)
@CBSNews
2025 was so hot it pushed Earth past critical climate change mark, scientists say
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A mass die-off of mankind is now a virtual certainty, our experts say.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 08:51 PM (nWPIJ)
Thousands of people take to the streets of Isfahan to protest against the Islamic Republic.
Iran has asked Russia for help as its security forces are being overwhelmed by Iranians in several cities.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 08:52 PM (UZwsW)
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That's the equivalent of five Biden-Days
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 08:52 PM (nWPIJ)
Hey, hey, ho, ho
All Islam's got to go
Hey, hey, ho, ho
All Islam's got to go
I think that was a Ramones' song.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 01, 2026 08:53 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: ZombieSantaAnna at January 01, 2026 08:53 PM (4b7CV)
Every year is the hottest ever, now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 08:54 PM (w6EFb)
Carol Roth
@caroljsroth
When a commie throws a party…
New York Post
@nypost
Zohran Mamdani fans disappointed by disastrous ‘block party’ with no food, bathrooms
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 01, 2026 08:54 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 08:55 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: alpine_beer at January 01, 2026 08:55 PM (van9r)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 08:54 PM (w6EFb)
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It will be interesting to see how much 'climate research' goes on without USAID and Gates paying for it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 08:55 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 01, 2026 08:56 PM (LNeRu)
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 01, 2026 08:57 PM (2NHgQ)
Posted by: Tucker at January 01, 2026 08:58 PM (F/KFA)
@nypost
Zohran Mamdani fans disappointed by disastrous ‘block party’ with no food, bathrooms
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NYC has become the latest experiment in the ongoing exploration to determine how much malice, graft and incompetence it takes to bring down a once great institution.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 08:59 PM (nWPIJ)
They might still do it
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 08:49 PM (/lPRQ)
My understanding is that California can't accept gas produced out of state because it's not unicorn-fart fortified. Maybe Hawaii produces such gas, but Nevada and Arizona do not.
It was becoming unaffordable to live in that lunatic state and had I stayed, I might not have been able to move out. ..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 01, 2026 08:59 PM (nbLIj)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 08:59 PM (QAvZU)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 09:00 PM (UZwsW)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 08:59 PM (nWPIJ)
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I'm going to put down a marker on this. Yes, he will wreck NYC, but through incompetence, not anything he actually does. Zero managerial experience, towering self-regard, no idea how anything actually works.
In a true communist state, he'd be in the camps, not running them.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:01 PM (ZOv7s)
I didn’t take the handouts offered when I got divorced and was a single mom. I could have saved thousands of dollars. I could still be collecting benefits.
Fuck me. I’ll never retire. And I will keep paying taxes and following the rules.
Damn. I’m stupid.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 09:02 PM (IhIKR)
or may never recover.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 09:00 PM (UZwsW)
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He timed his heel-turn...poorly.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:02 PM (ZOv7s)
@CalltoActivism
OMG!!! Trump just showed up at Mar-a-Lago to celebrate New Year's, dragging his right leg, and quickly adjusted his walk when he realizes the cameras are on.
What's Trump hiding?
https://is.gd/1fwx1h
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Slight limp. Probably banged Melania too enthusiastically.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 01, 2026 09:03 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 08:54 PM (w6EFb)
Are they growing grapes for wine in England now?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 09:03 PM (1paM0)
New York Times “reporters” say they don’t exist.
Think Tank “analysts” say they’re irrelevant.
Keyboard “activists” say they’re bots.
But here they are, Iran’s bravest, chanting “Long live the King” in the face of their oppressors.
2026 will be the year of their vindication.
https://tinyurl.com/43cdxerh
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 09:04 PM (UZwsW)
CBS reports:
Due to Trump's aggressions bringing humanity to the brink of global nuclear annihilation, the Union of Severely Concerned Scientists at last advanced the Mortal Danger clock all the way to Midnight, thereby declaring an END OF TIME, at the turn of the year. 2026 did not and cannot happen.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Panic! It's Y2K on steroids! at January 01, 2026 09:05 PM (dESj/)
New York Post
@nypost
Zohran Mamdani fans disappointed by disastrous ‘block party’ with no food, bathrooms
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
Those pussies couldn't have handled Woodstock.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 09:05 PM (pkeXY)
Omar
Omar is his mother's seventh child.
Explains the need for all the daycares, I guess.
Posted by: old chick at January 01, 2026 09:05 PM (F3Dlr)
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I can't wait for the new mayor whose parents are still supporting her gets her girlboss mitts on the levers of power in Seattle.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 09:05 PM (nWPIJ)
@CBSNews
2025 was so hot it pushed Earth past critical climate change mark, scientists say
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A mass die-off of mankind is now a virtual certainty, our experts say.
Posted by: Cicero
They're going to release some horrible virus, aren't they? 12 Monkeys will be prophetic.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 01, 2026 09:05 PM (7Pnfz)
Posted by: mindful webworker - Panic! It's Y2K on steroids! at January 01, 2026 09:05 PM (dESj/)
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Does that mean we can ignore them? Because they should be ignored.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:06 PM (ZOv7s)
It was becoming unaffordable to live in that lunatic state and had I stayed, I might not have been able to move out. ..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 01, 2026 08:59 PM (nbLIj)
California uses a special blend of gas not produced anywhere else in the US so we're a gas island.
However, a few weeks ago Ace (i think) linked a video by 'Black Conservative' talking about this and he claims that two other countries - South Korea and one other produce the special blend and export it here. So that explains why the local refineries don't just charge whatever the traffic will bear - they are price capped by the price of the imported gasoline.
I have no idea how high it will go before people rebel at the ballot box or even if we can anymore. How high would the price of gas have to be before you quit your job, sell your home and move?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 09:07 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 08:54 PM (w6EFb)
Are they growing grapes for wine in England now?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
Down in the SW part, they are. They've grown grapes down there for centuries though.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 01, 2026 09:08 PM (7Pnfz)
I feel safe in blaming the EPA.
Posted by: toby928(c)
Some people gain 30 lbs. from T-giving to New Years, then blame the lumber, or the EPA.
Posted by: Hefty Honey at January 01, 2026 09:08 PM (oftw2)
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You're not stupid. You're simply a chump, like the rest of us.
We should be taking notes on what's going on in eye-ran!
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 09:08 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: gKWVE at January 01, 2026 09:08 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:08 PM (ZOv7s)
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Not just concerned, severely concerned.
But dude, we already did Y2K.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 01, 2026 09:09 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Lathe of heaven at January 01, 2026 09:09 PM (pkeXY)
We should be taking notes on what's going on in eye-ran!
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 09:08 PM (rdVOm)
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When I got laid off in 2005, I tried the bootstrap approach, avoiding public assistance, and it was stupid. When I got whacked again (and exited politics for good), I collected all the bennies. I'd been paying for them, so may as well draw on them.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:10 PM (ZOv7s)
Oh well.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 09:11 PM (IhIKR)
Slight limp. Probably banged Melania too enthusiastically.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,
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I know that walk, it's not mo.ney, it's my knee.
Put too much into the last 9.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 09:11 PM (UZwsW)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 01, 2026 09:12 PM (L/fGl)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
Hey, even Hulk Hogan and Bob Backlund turned heel at some point. Don't think Bruno Sammartino ever did, though.
Posted by: The Grand Wizard Of Wrestling at January 01, 2026 09:12 PM (oftw2)
@nypost
Zohran Mamdani fans disappointed by disastrous ‘block party’ with no food, bathrooms
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 01, 2026 08:54 PM (L/fGl)
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Dude can't manage a block party.
Now he's responsible for managing one of largest cities in America.
Let's see how that works out for him.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 09:12 PM (ESVrU)
China has skin in the game, though, and probably a best case scenario would be them getting bogged down in Iran "stabilization" to the extent that they have nothing left to threaten Taiwan with.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:12 PM (ZOv7s)
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As soon as I/we *qualify* I will apply for EVERY g.d. bennie we can get! Already got a (one-time) property tax reduction last year & hope to get it again.
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 09:13 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 09:13 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Lathe of heaven at January 01, 2026 09:09 PM (pkeXY)
I’ve said before that one of my greatest fears is that the world will end, but I’ll still be here and get told to clean up the mess.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 09:14 PM (otNgF)
Posted by: mindful webworker - Right? Right! at January 01, 2026 09:14 PM (dESj/)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 09:13 PM (nWPIJ)
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If they were capable of taking action, at this point they would. Antifa was always cosplaying, helpless outside of its safe zones. Even the dim Dem governors making noises about "resisting" have nothing to resist with, and they know it. They should because it's all they can do.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:16 PM (ZOv7s)
Those daycares ain't gonna fund themselves.
Posted by: Oh noes !! at January 01, 2026 09:16 PM (+abK1)
Now he's responsible for managing one of largest cities in America.
Let's see how that works out for him.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at
Heh. New mayor of Seattle
Still lives with her parents. Her husband is an unemployed baker.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 09:16 PM (IhIKR)
Posted by: Cicero
They're looking for more better lies.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 01, 2026 09:16 PM (L/fGl)
'Iran has asked Russia for help as its security forces are being overwhelmed by Iranians in several cities.'
Russia's response will tell us a lot about whether the mullahs are winning or losing.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 01, 2026 09:17 PM (fd80v)
@nypost
Zohran Mamdani fans disappointed by disastrous ‘block party’ with no food, bathrooms
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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That actually sounds hopeful. Maybe the guy knew he couldn't afford a spread, so he skipped it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 01, 2026 09:17 PM (2YF7/)
Damn. I’m stupid.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 09:02 PM (IhIKR)
Me, too. I'm staying with my elderly mom to assist her after she had a stroke. I guess I can register as her caregiver, and register her home as an assisted living facility, right? Right??? I'm a dope. I keep working.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 01, 2026 09:17 PM (h7ZuX)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 01, 2026 09:17 PM (2YF7/)
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What part of Bread and Circuses doesn't he understand?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 09:18 PM (nWPIJ)
Posted by: Tom Servo
Someone proficient with a broom and shovel needs to follow the Clydesdales and elephants after the Circus Parade.
Posted by: It's Slightly Better In A Cool Uniform at January 01, 2026 09:19 PM (oftw2)
“Umm sir, excuse me? Can I ask a question? Who is it again who is trying as hard as they can to get the US to start a war with Russia? Cuz I don’t think that’s Trump, please tell me if I’m wrong.”
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 09:19 PM (otNgF)
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 09:18 PM (nWPIJ)
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These guys could screw up a wet dream. It's going to be epic.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:20 PM (ZOv7s)
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If California were really serious it would not accept anything produced from petrochemicals.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 09:20 PM (UZwsW)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:20 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Ben Had at January 01, 2026 08:29 PM (sDNVV)
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"Oakland"
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 09:21 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: nurse ratched
I was a loafer in a bakery once.
Posted by: Bud Abbott at January 01, 2026 09:21 PM (oftw2)
2026 will be the year of their vindication.
https://tinyurl.com/43cdxerh
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
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No Kings ?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 09:22 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 09:22 PM (pZEOD)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 09:14 PM (otNgF)
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I would start with Newark.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 09:23 PM (RIvkX)
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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LOL! And property taxes went UP after the fire, as it was an *improvement*
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 09:23 PM (rdVOm)
What part of Bread and Circuses doesn't he understand?
Posted by: Cicero
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Haha, there's that.
I'm sure he won't miss the part about throwing Christians to the lions, however.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 01, 2026 09:24 PM (2YF7/)
Riding Big Mo all night in the desert? Raymond Ibrahim would be impressed with your reference.
Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 01, 2026 09:24 PM (4b7CV)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
Down in the SW part, they are. They've grown grapes down there for centuries though.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work
Use it as a cheap filler for mead?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 09:25 PM (/lPRQ)
or build more refineries
Posted by: n
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Hah, oil producers know California is no place to do that.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 01, 2026 09:26 PM (2YF7/)
'If California were really serious it would not accept anything produced from petrochemicals.'
What if they were a bunch of virtue signaling hypocrites?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 01, 2026 09:27 PM (fd80v)
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
I guess it wouldn't matter.
https://youtu.be/CqFkU0plBbw
Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 09:28 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 01, 2026 09:17 PM (fd80v)
A poster on X noted that Russia had flown 5 heavy duty IL-76 cargo planes into Tehran over the last 48 hours. But no one knows whether they’re bringing equipment in, or hauling certain people and their loot out.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 09:29 PM (otNgF)
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 01, 2026 09:29 PM (CHHv1)
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 09:31 PM (rdVOm)
Nothing to worry about then! I will be in the Whitehouse in three years and it will be someone else's problem. Probably Karen Bass. And wait until you see what a disaster she makes of the place!
Posted by: at January 01, 2026 09:32 PM (/gRa9)
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 09:33 PM (IhIKR)
Posted by: Lathe of heaven at January 01, 2026 09:09 PM (pkeXY)
I’ve said before that one of my greatest fears is that the world will end, but I’ll still be here and get told to clean up the mess.
Posted by: Tom Servo
But the good news is that you survived.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 09:34 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: davidt at January 01, 2026 09:36 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 09:37 PM (1paM0)
I didn’t take the handouts offered when I got divorced and was a single mom. I could have saved thousands of dollars. I could still be collecting benefits.
Fuck me. I’ll never retire. And I will keep paying taxes and following the rules.
Damn. I’m stupid.
Posted by: nurse ratched
No, you did what you thought you should do. Technically, I qualify for SNAP for my daughter and me right now, but that feels very wrong considering my living situation. I am not willing to sacrifice my ethics for a few hundred dollars. I personally am very poor. On my own, I would be in a world of hurt. Figuring out braces for her is my current stress, but it will work out. I am trusting God’s plan and will continue to work my tail off to grow my business.
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 09:39 PM (pZEOD)
'Do the Iranian people want a Shah, again?'
I don't know whether THEY do but I think a constitutional monarchy makes a lot of sense for them.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 01, 2026 09:40 PM (fd80v)
Do the Iranian people want a Shah, again?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
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They want that Pahlavi kid back in whatever capacity. I asked some of them on X, Why him?? And they said "Because he is our voice."
But a shah, good lord.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 01, 2026 09:41 PM (2YF7/)
Posted by: Tom Servo
Might be extracting their engineers and scientists.
Nukular materials...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 09:42 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
Personally, that job title, I feel, is beneath me.
Posted by: The Grand, High, Exalted, Mystic, Ruler, Morris Fink at January 01, 2026 09:43 PM (oftw2)
I read the history of how we lost Iran back in the '70s. It's a mess of foreign policy screwing up Carter was a fool of course, but it goes back before then.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 09:44 PM (w6EFb)
Unless I'm missing something, it looks like if the bus guy trick were real, he would have broken his neck on the windshield, been lacerated by glass, dropped too far to go out the back of the bus, and been seriously injured by falling six feet face first onto pavement.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 01, 2026 09:44 PM (biznJ)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 09:37 PM (1paM0)
What do they know, except shahs or mullahs?
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 01, 2026 09:44 PM (h7ZuX)
Oh sure, could've found a sperm-donor anywhere and popped out a kid or two (assuming I *could* get pregnant... which was unlikely) and gotten a free apartment, free college, free food, free free free... except for the poor littles, who would've grown up without a father.
Nope. Conscious decision to NOT go there!
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 09:45 PM (rdVOm)
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 09:45 PM (pZEOD)
And the Brits did a lot of fucking up in Iran as well. Sewing the seeds....
All that said, the Shah should've executed Khomeini when he had the chance. How could it have turned out worse than it did with him taking over?
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 09:46 PM (w6EFb)
Braces are expensive. I talked with the orthodontist and got a 30% discount for paying cash. She did a payment plan for me. It was still a burden, but needed to be done and my Marine literally yelled at his father to fork out for half.
Still thousands.
I will never ever retire.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 09:47 PM (IhIKR)
Posted by: Tom Servo
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If Iran falls, wouldn't that be, at least, a short term benefit to Russia? Putin could turn the fall into long term dominance and fuck China. In his heart, he wants to do that.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 09:50 PM (UZwsW)
Posted by: Iron Sheik Fan at January 01, 2026 09:51 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: Hacksaw Jim Duggan at January 01, 2026 09:53 PM (N/gmR)
319 Piper
Braces are expensive. I talked with the orthodontist and got a 30% discount for paying cash. She did a payment plan for me. It was still a burden, but needed to be done and my Marine literally yelled at his father to fork out for half.
Still thousands.
I will never ever retire.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January
I have some appointments set up over the next few weeks, cross your fingers for me I work something out in one of them. I won’t get half from my ex. I won’t get a dime he found in a couch cushion. He wouldn’t recognize my kid if he ran her over. Again, I am putting it in God’s hands, and trusting something will happen as I continue do my part for it. I am trusting the same for you, you are a good person.
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 09:54 PM (pZEOD)
You blew the margins. Use a URL shrinking app, or get banned!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 01, 2026 09:55 PM (YIDb4)
'If Iran falls, wouldn't that be, at least, a short term benefit to Russia?'
Want to know which country Iran hates even more than the US and UK?
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 01, 2026 09:55 PM (fd80v)
I hope the can actually do something about the naked fraud otherwise they are going to prove to public that DC is irredeemable.
Posted by: pawn at January 01, 2026 09:55 PM (Rmqfl)
78 Newsom's Office of Agitprop put a crown on his xtwitter avatar.
https://x.com/GovPressOffice
Posted by: 13times at January 01, 2026 07:30 PM
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Newsom's about to be dragged out of his office by a mob! Rebellion is in the air!
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 01, 2026 09:57 PM (d4X7t)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 01, 2026 09:57 PM (YIDb4)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 09:57 PM (RIvkX)
The French love dictators.
Petain was one, and they supported him for a few.years
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 01, 2026 09:59 PM (YIDb4)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
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Hmmmm
Trump could announce that if Iran forms a completely new government it would necessitate a reset on our diplomatic relationship - perhaps even free trade / zero tariff until they regain stability.
Russia may have to counter and sweeten the pot.
All Chyna could do is offer to outbid all others on oil, rugs, and brass trinkets.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 09:59 PM (/lPRQ)
And then? My wisdom teeth came in & crowded everything out again!
I paid for braces *again* in my 30s. Was working 3 jobs to pay for that plus all the debt XH left me with. FML, I was ready to just give up.
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 10:00 PM (rdVOm)
'Still thousands.
I will never ever retire.'
At any rate, you were a good mother to your son.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 01, 2026 10:00 PM (fd80v)
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 09:57 PM (RIvkX)
And now George Clooney.
Posted by: davidt at January 01, 2026 10:00 PM (Q+gd/)
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=417960
Posted by: mindful webworker - centerville at January 01, 2026 10:01 PM (dESj/)
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 10:01 PM (rdVOm)
Is there a dental.school.in your area? They might be able to help.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 01, 2026 10:02 PM (YIDb4)
Always Sunny Discusses 9/11 Open Thread
"The Gang Starts Listening to Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens."
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2026 05:32 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 05:33 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 05:33 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: toby928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumnus, Twice as Smug as You at January 01, 2026 05:36 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: From about That Time at January 01, 2026 05:36 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 05:37 PM (zNwXb)
Posted by: Caf at January 01, 2026 05:37 PM (qS/Xm)
Posted by: From about That Time at January 01, 2026 05:37 PM (sl73Y)
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 01, 2026 05:38 PM (t+TFX)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 05:37 PM
Yeah. Alabama isn't playing bad, but Indiana is playing better.
Posted by: toby928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumnus, Twice as Smug as You at January 01, 2026 05:38 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 01, 2026 05:40 PM (3Ope8)
On a side note, I saw some Washington state senator has figured out how to stop all this fuss about illegal fraud. She wrote a law that the state will no longer share any information with the public. One party dictatorships are great.
In her photo, she looked like Bonnie Kelly.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 01, 2026 05:41 PM (cxFcK)
Posted by: Mick at January 01, 2026 05:41 PM (HFx9z)
Neither did the first sunrise... which I did not capture on digital due to a lack of coffee.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 05:42 PM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Mick at January 01, 2026 05:41 PM
Envy much?
Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 05:42 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Tucker at January 01, 2026 05:43 PM (/CkK4)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 01, 2026 05:43 PM (h7ZuX)
Ahh communism
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 05:46 PM (zNwXb)
141 >120 Daycares in Minnesota donated a combined $35 million to political campaigns in the last two years.
This is why Walz was the VP pick. The Biden Precedent. You can't investigate a VP Candidate, who knows what or who you might uncover.
Posted by: davidt at January 01, 2026 05:41 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: davidt at January 01, 2026 05:46 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 01, 2026 05:43 PM
Alabama needs them to make a mistake to close the gap and the Hoosiers don't seem to make mistakes.
Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 05:47 PM (jc0TO)
I don't begrudge them one bit. Them's the rules.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 01, 2026 05:47 PM (cxFcK)
>>@libsoftiktok
·
28m
>>Holy smokes you will never believe this
>>Somalia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs owns a home healthcare company in Ohio. There’s two other healthcare companies in the same suite as his and multiple others at this address with Somali owners
>>What are the odds…
Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 05:48 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 01, 2026 05:49 PM (qtBQt)
**************
Lawn work around here today consisted of about an hour of snowblowing.
Posted by: Cosda at January 01, 2026 05:49 PM (SCy/O)
The marching band is playing "Fat Bottomed Girls"
America, fuck yeah
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 05:50 PM (zNwXb)
...Shoulder of Orion... Tears in the rain.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 01, 2026 05:51 PM (PH3st)
Posted by: Brie Larson at January 01, 2026 05:51 PM (Q+gd/)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 01, 2026 05:51 PM (cxFcK)
I sadly expect Shirley to be killed or dead before Valentines day.
Posted by: SimoHayha at January 01, 2026 05:52 PM (/ZkOF)
- Gateway Pundit
He is probably just as classy as Kill and the Bidens.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 05:52 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: runner at January 01, 2026 05:53 PM (ReBai)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 01, 2026 05:54 PM (cxFcK)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 01, 2026 05:54 PM (8CIFn)
Posted by: runner at January 01, 2026 05:54 PM (ReBai)
**************
Lawn work around here today consisted of about an hour of snowblowing.
Posted by: Cosda
+++++
$20, same as in town?
-Frosty
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 05:54 PM (/lPRQ)
I sadly expect Shirley to be killed or dead before Valentines day.
Posted by: SimoHayha
He received a message yesterday that told him he would be killed by April.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 05:55 PM (0U5gm)
I don't begrudge them one bit. Them's the rules.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 01, 2026 05:47 PM
It's like that all over college sports. Football, men's basketball. Whichever schools have the biggest donors in order to pay out the most NIL $ will end up with the best players.
You look at these teams from year to year and hardly any of the players are "home grown". Almost all of them are juniors or seniors who have 1-2 years of experience and transfer in thanks to NIL $.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 05:55 PM (P5BPp)
I don't begrudge them one bit. Them's the rules.
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About 100 of the 136 D1 programs need to just drop sports. They don't and will never have the money to keep up with schools anointed by the ESPNCCA.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 01, 2026 05:55 PM (qtBQt)
>>@libsoftiktok
·
28m
>>Holy smokes you will never believe this
>>Somalia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs owns a home healthcare company in Ohio. There’s two other healthcare companies in the same suite as his and multiple others at this address with Somali owners
>>What are the odds…
Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 05:48 PM (viF8m)
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Future Hell Mirror Universe Headline:
"President Walz Appoints Rear Admiral Levine as Tranny Tampon Czar -- and Ilhan Omar as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).
Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at January 01, 2026 05:58 PM (QbCrG)
and Cignetti is a good coach. I doubted them last year as they didn't play anyone to get quality wins but, this year, solid team.
Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 05:58 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 01, 2026 05:54 PM
Jason Cohen @JasonJournoDC
NEW: @ScottAdamsSays shares devastating health update
"I talked to my radiologist yesterday and it’s all bad news. So the odds of me recovering are essentially zero."
"You should prepare yourself that January will probably be a month of transition one way or the other."
X video: https://bit.ly/4jmh5S9
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 06:00 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks
We're sort of at the point where these teams are professional organizations for some reason tied to universities who are all proud about their rigorous academics and scholarship. Many of these kids don't even bother to attend class. They have little to do with the other school attendees.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 01, 2026 06:01 PM (cxFcK)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 01, 2026 05:55 PM (qtBQt)
It’s whoever wants to pay the most money, raise the most money, buy the most players is going to have the best opportunity to win. I don’t think that’s the spirit of college athletics. I don’t think it’s ever been the spirit of what we want college athletics to be. That’s my major concern: the combination of pay-for-play, free agency, and how that impacts development.
Posted by: Nick Saban, Multimillionaire and Owner of Waterfront Property at January 01, 2026 06:01 PM (R/m4+)
Tap tap tap
Done! Time to start drinking!
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 01, 2026 06:02 PM (PH3st)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 01, 2026 05:54 PM (8CIFn)
His cancer has metastasized into his spine, it’s very sad. He’s trying experimental treatments, but the odds of them working are pretty small.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 06:03 PM (m7iZ5)
Posted by: Black JEM at January 01, 2026 06:03 PM (UVyKP)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 01, 2026 06:03 PM (+mUZM)
watching robots fight over at cheddar.com
Posted by: chatgpt at January 01, 2026 06:04 PM (edU/H)
Tap tap tap
Done! Time to start drinking!
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 01, 2026 06:02 PM (PH3st)
If only all home projects were that easy.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 06:04 PM (snZF9)
Hubby and I have The Crud - been sleeping all day, only waking up when the cough medicine wears off. Then we take more. Lather, rinse, repeat.
I do have a slight advantage in that I still have Hydrocodone leftover from my surgery, so I am pretty much knocked out not long after I take some of that....
Some colleges are playing Bowl games today, right? Our beloved Aggies lost in the first round, so we haven't paid much attention since then.
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - AoSHQ's at January 01, 2026 06:04 PM (SRRAx)
We're sort of at the point where these teams are professional organizations for some reason tied to universities who are all proud about their rigorous academics and scholarship. Many of these kids don't even bother to attend class. They have little to do with the other school attendees.
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I can't cheer for you if you aren't even committed to my school. It is pretty obvious that these guys are being recruited mid season by agents and told to not get hurt playing for little Colorado State, we got you a deal to go to Texas next year.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 01, 2026 06:05 PM (qtBQt)
Posted by: Nick Saban, Multimillionaire and Owner of Waterfront Property at January 01, 2026 06:01 PM (R/m4+)
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That hasn't been the spirit for some time. The courts opened this up. The alumni money men wanted it. They are now essentially team owners. The NCAA was actually created to prevent this, but then they screwed the pooch themselves so as to make everybody hate them.
Posted by: Black JEM at January 01, 2026 06:05 PM (UVyKP)
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 06:06 PM (Ia/+0)
Estimated NIL and revenue sharing 2025-2026.
Lots of numbers. Kind of mathy.
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 01, 2026 06:08 PM (bQ4nt)
Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 06:09 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 01, 2026 06:09 PM (bQ4nt)
Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 06:09 PM (jc0TO)
Leigh Marcotte @labtechleigh
Quoting this bombshell thread on HHS/ORR quietly handing a sole-source $1M grant to a deeply connected pro-mass-immigration NGO.
Entrenched bureaucrats at work -- but WIN'S globalist ties and partner network tell the real story.
X thread: https://bit.ly/45l6Szu
The Welcoming Initiative for Newcomers (WIN) is a San Diego-based 501(c)(3) focused on "win-win-win" outcomes for refugees/immigrants, private sponsors, and communities.
They innovate "lawful pathways" for arrival, integration, and filling labor needs – often with taxpayer support via federal grants like this one.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 06:10 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 06:10 PM (viF8m)
So today a government minister announced they have a plan to make everything affordable again - they are going to print up a lot more money so everyone will have plenty.
What could possibly go wrong.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 06:10 PM (m7iZ5)
Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 06:10 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 01, 2026 06:11 PM (8CIFn)
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 06:11 PM (Ia/+0)
Faithpot site:
https://tinyurl.com/vsuz63bk
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 06:11 PM (oT1li)
To think the new world of wild west college football results in a toppling of the old kings and the elevation of a D1 school that was historically the worst football in the country forever.
Posted by: Black JEM at January 01, 2026 06:11 PM (UVyKP)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 06:11 PM (zNwXb)
Posted by: M. Gaga at January 01, 2026 06:12 PM (KiBMU)
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 01, 2026 06:12 PM (+mUZM)
Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken
Me too!
Posted by: Pete Bootyjuice at January 01, 2026 06:12 PM (PH3st)
BREAKING: Somali TikToker threatens Elon Musk’s life:
"I wouldn't worry too much about him. He about to die."
Protect Elon Musk at all costs.
X video: https://bit.ly/4jjaTdu
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 06:14 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 06:14 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Black JEM
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I'm not crazy about NIL, but this is fun.
Posted by: George Costanza at January 01, 2026 06:14 PM (8AONa)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 06:14 PM (UZwsW)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 06:14 PM (zNwXb)
Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 01, 2026 06:15 PM (8AONa)
France’s “Cultural Enrichment” New Year’s Inferno Just Hit a New High!
Update: The annual infidel car-burning festival outdid itself this New Year’s Eve!
At least 1,173 vehicles torched across France - smashing last year’s 984!
505 arrests and 403 in custody (up from 420 arrests and 310 last year).
They really went all out this time.
Record-breaking “celebrations” from the religion of peace and tolerance.
X video: https://bit.ly/4skws1x
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 06:16 PM (P5BPp)
His 'Out! Out! Demons of Stupidity!' was the most zeitgeistest of corporate zeitgeist.
Posted by: Adriane the Artistic License Critic ... at January 01, 2026 06:16 PM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 01, 2026 06:17 PM (cxFcK)
Future Leaders Learning Center in Minneapolis has donated over $6 million to Democrats in the last 2 years
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 06:17 PM (UZwsW)
A change of pace.
Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 06:14 PM
I do not think it will not make much of a difference. Alabama has been a 1-dimensional offense all season. No running game. I'm surprised they have gotten as far as they have.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 06:17 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 06:18 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: I gotta ask at January 01, 2026 06:18 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: I gotta ask at January 01, 2026 06:18 PM
Heidelberg?
Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 06:19 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 01, 2026 06:17 PM (cxFcK)
Wow! Hopefully soon some expat washington dc goblin savages will take over the iranian embassy here and hold the staff hostage.
Like 1979 all over again but in reverse.
Posted by: Operation Eagle Claw 2: Hostage Boogaloo at January 01, 2026 06:19 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 06:20 PM (zNwXb)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 06:20 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 06:20 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 06:10
Getting closer. And with backup QB.
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 01, 2026 06:20 PM (bQ4nt)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 01, 2026 06:21 PM (cxFcK)
Posted by: Davey and Goliath at January 01, 2026 06:21 PM (oftw2)
Posted by: I gotta ask at January 01, 2026 06:18 PM
Heidelberg?
Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken
Ya. Der's jello and shredded carrots, der!
Posted by: Luther Johnson at January 01, 2026 06:21 PM (3ZUWJ)
Elon Musk@elonmusk . 2h
America is toast if the radical left wins.
They will open the floodgates to illegal immigration and fraud.
Won’t be America anymore.
--
@jackunheard
Elon Musk is reportedly going all-in funding Republicans to help President Trump take back full control in the November midterms.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 06:22 PM (UZwsW)
Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 06:20 PM
He's ready to be a starter, but I expect Simpson to come back, and there is a 5 star Freshman behind him.
He's going to transfer, is my bet. And no hard feelings from the Gumps of he does, well, if he transfers out of the SEC.
Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 06:22 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: I gotta ask
I think it was Wittenberg where Luther nailed the 95 theses to the church door. That started all this fuss.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 01, 2026 06:23 PM (cxFcK)
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ESPN gave them and all the schools in the Big10 and SEC $100million per year and fucked over everyone else. If you have less than $50MM in revenue per year, you shouldn't be allowed to play those schools that have over $100MM
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 01, 2026 06:23 PM (qtBQt)
Posted by: gKWVE at January 01, 2026 06:23 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 06:23 PM (zNwXb)
Posted by: I gotta ask
I'd consider the Upper Midwest as it also is the epicenter of the earth's casserole, or 'hotdish' if you prefer, area.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2026 06:23 PM (cYBz/)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 06:14 PM (zNwXb)
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PRO TIP for asshole wannabe tyrant dictators:
Make sure your people can eat and drink.
Otherwise they'll take it out of your hide.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 06:24 PM (ESVrU)
They really went all out this time.
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Arrest them, they don't care.
Jail food is better than home cooking and lots of fresh tooshy.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 06:25 PM (UZwsW)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 06:20 PM (QGaXH)
So close!
This is how I amuse myself.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 06:26 PM (QGaXH)
Elon Musk is reportedly going all-in funding Republicans to help President Trump take back full control in the November midterms
Is that why the nutty Somali woman in the hijab in the video linked in post 70 wants to kill him? I couldn't get any sound.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 06:26 PM (oT1li)
Posted by: Cray Cray at January 01, 2026 06:27 PM (EES2L)
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 01, 2026 06:11 PM (8CIFn)
Probably pissed that they're too far away to loot them and claim them as their own.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 06:27 PM (snZF9)
Down 3 scores I'd have gone for it and taken our beating like a man.
Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 06:27 PM (jc0TO)
Wow! Hopefully soon some expat washington dc goblin savages will take over the iranian embassy here and hold the staff hostage.
Like 1979 all over again but in reverse.
Posted by: Operation Eagle Claw 2: Hostage Boogaloo
Bring back Ted Koppel!
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 06:27 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 06:20 PM (QGaXH)
So close!
This is how I amuse myself.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 06:26 PM (QGaXH)
Since I don't have a back porch to shoot cans and squirrels off of.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 06:28 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 06:28 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Cray Cray at January 01, 2026 06:29 PM (EES2L)
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 06:29 PM (0U5gm)
2024: 6th year senior QB Kurtis Rourke transfers to Indiana from MAC school Ohio. 3 full seasons of experience. Proceeds to lead Indiana to (10-1) season against weak schedule. Round 1 loss at Notre Dame in playoff.
2025: Junior QB Fernando Mendoza transfers to Indiana from Cal, where he started for two seasons. 5th year Senior RB Roman Hembry transfer from Maryland. Senior DL Stephen Daley transfer from Kent State.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 06:29 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 06:30 PM (vV6n9)
I sadly expect Shirley to be killed or dead before Valentines day.
Posted by: SimoHayha at January 01, 2026 05:52 PM (/ZkOF)
Then, revenge needs to rule the day. Period. These people need to learn to live in fear. I never thought I would live long enough to see this crap go on in my country.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 01, 2026 06:31 PM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 06:32 PM (QAvZU)
Posted by: Lincolntf
Some Iranian on X claimed that Iran has been forced to close 50,000 of 75,000 mosques in the country. People seem to be gravitating to Christianity and Zoroastrians, which I have no idea what it is but it's authentic Persian.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 01, 2026 06:32 PM (cxFcK)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 06:34 PM (vV6n9)
Zoroastrians, which I have no idea what it is but it's authentic Persian.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly
Guy Williams as Zorro.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 06:34 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Smell the Glove
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I recall a 'journalist' commenting that Moses got water from Iraq.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 01, 2026 06:34 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 06:34 PM
We've had no answer against their offense since the first quarter.
Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 06:35 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 06:36 PM (jc0TO)
Worship some guy named Ahura-mazda, I think.
Posted by: SimoHayha at January 01, 2026 06:37 PM (/ZkOF)
Posted by: Lincolntf
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[recalls Bobby Knight flinging chair onto the court]
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 01, 2026 06:37 PM (XeU6L)
Chuck Schumer: “Our ultimate goal is to get a path to citizenship for all 11 million or however many undocumented there are here."
I'ts right out in the open.
Elon Musk @elonmusk
And that’s exactly what they’ve been doing
X video: https://bit.ly/492W2Az
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 06:37 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 06:37 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly
They are bigly into the Mazda brand
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 06:37 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 06:37 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 06:38 PM (zNwXb)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 06:39 PM (zNwXb)
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 06:39 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks
Maybe not drop them but have them play in FCS, DII, DIII, NAIA. St. Francis in PA, did just that for basketball. They used to be a DI program but couldn't afford it any longer (NIL). So, they dropped to DIII, which is where the rest of the athletic programs are at St. Francis.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 01, 2026 06:39 PM (7Pnfz)
Meanwhile, Indiana has 163 yards rushing between their 2 RBs.
Run the ball and stop the run typically = success.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 06:40 PM (P5BPp)
++++
Way to low-ball it Chuck.
It was ~20 million twenty years ago before the Biden Junta threw open the flood gates.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 06:40 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 06:40 PM (vV6n9)
Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 06:40 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly
I think that fag Freddy Mercury The Fag was a Zoro.
Posted by: Engelbert Humperdinck, Not A Homosexual at January 01, 2026 06:40 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 06:40 PM (1paM0)
true story
Posted by: free tibet at January 01, 2026 06:40 PM (1wtUm)
Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 06:41 PM (jc0TO)
true story
Posted by: free tibet at January 01, 2026 06:40 PM (1wtUm)
I wonder if the writer was sacked.
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 06:41 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 06:41 PM (QAvZU)
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 06:42 PM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 01, 2026 06:23 PM (qtBQt)
And when Miami wins the whole thing, the ACC can demand 3 spots from now on, since they win just as much as anyone else...
Posted by: Nova Local at January 01, 2026 06:42 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: tubal
Probably, but he could count on free beers for at least a year after that corker of a headline
Posted by: gKWVE at January 01, 2026 06:43 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 06:43 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 01, 2026 06:43 PM (OEaS0)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 06:43 PM (UZwsW)
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 06:43 PM (77rzZ)
Posted by: War Eagle at January 01, 2026 06:45 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 01, 2026 06:43 PM (OEaS0)
Take the conference champs only...the big boys and 1-2 small ones and play.
Make the regular season conference play matter.
Posted by: Nova Local at January 01, 2026 06:46 PM (tOcjL)
Worship some guy named Ahura-mazda, I think.
Duotheistic at best: equal time and billing for good and evil gods.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 06:46 PM (1paM0)
Let me get this straight
- In 1913, zero American families paid income tax.
- In 2025, every family paid income tax, and about 2/3rds of it just covered fraud.
We have become a tax-farm for politicians to enrich themselves and anyone who they can import to vote for them
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 06:47 PM (UZwsW)
Posted by: War Damn Eagle at January 01, 2026 06:47 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: War Eagle at January 01, 2026 06:45 PM
Heh.
Apropos of nothing, are y'all going to field a football team next season? The transfer portal is killing you.
Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 06:47 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 01, 2026 06:43 PM
You mean back to 4-team? This is the round of 8 we're seeing right now.
23-0 Oregon over Texas Tech
41-27 Texas over Michigan
31-3 Indiana over Alabama
TBD Ole Miss at Georgia
Last year's round of 8:
39-31 Texas over Arizona St in 2OT
41-21 Ohio State over Oregon
31-14 Penn State over Boise State
23-10 Notre Dame over Georgia
Personally, I'd like to see 16 teams and all the playoff games are on the campus of the higher seeded school. Then the championship is at a neutral location. Similar to NFL.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 06:48 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Diamond Girl at January 01, 2026 06:48 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Nemo
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This is about me, isn't it?
Posted by: Baal at January 01, 2026 06:49 PM (XeU6L)
Let me get this straight
- In 1913, zero American families paid income tax.
- In 2025, every family paid income tax, and about 2/3rds of it just covered fraud.
We have become a tax-farm for politicians to enrich themselves and anyone who they can import to vote for them
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 06:47
Probably not as many taxpayers as they think.
Posted by: Eromero at January 01, 2026 06:49 PM (Slgjz)
Nice thing we have Trump in office, otherwise they would be sending in the US military to protect Iranian mosques.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 01, 2026 06:50 PM (a4flb)
23-0 Oregon over Texas Tech
41-27 Texas over Michigan
31-3 Indiana over Alabama
TBD Ole Miss at Georgia
Correction - Miami beat Ohio State in the round of 8 last night.
TX=Michigan was not CFP.
Posted by: Nova Local at January 01, 2026 06:50 PM (tOcjL)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit
I asked a Parsee once about this (it's probably a FAQ for them which they're tired of answering) and they say that's not true. Ahriman leads the forces of chaos expelled by the good truth of Ohrmazd's creation. So, yeah, he's not a rebel-angel as such; but no, he's not really a secondary god, more of a Lovecraftian horror which Ohrmazd helps keep at bay
Posted by: gKWVE at January 01, 2026 06:50 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 06:50 PM (1paM0)
Mendoza is going to Vegas. Figures.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 06:51 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 06:51 PM (jc0TO)
> US collects $2.4T in income tax, but spends $1.5T on fraud
> if we didn't have to pay for fraud, only $900b would need to be collected
> this means anyone with less 500k in income could pay *literally $0* in income tax
we don't need to raise taxes. we need to cut fraud
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 06:51 PM (UZwsW)
Just make any hunan a citizen and screw the American Constitution why don't you Chucky?
Posted by: Skip
Xi would like that.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 06:51 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 06:51 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 01, 2026 06:51 PM (bQ4nt)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 06:51 PM (vV6n9)
- and we lose more in fraud than the entire budget of all but four
So, money is clearly not the issue
Politicians raise taxes not because it’s needed, but because it gives them a bigger slush fund to enrich groups who will vote for them
They fund luxury hotels for illegal immigrants, while working families can barely afford healthcare
It’s treasonous, corrupt, and evil.
This is how empires fall
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 06:52 PM (UZwsW)
Zohran Mamdani fans disappointed by disastrous ‘block party’ with no food, bathrooms
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 06:52 PM (UZwsW)
All sportsball (except WNBA) is oriented towards gambling now.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 01, 2026 06:53 PM (a4flb)
Posted by: Braenyard
What street should they designate?
Posted by: gKWVE at January 01, 2026 06:53 PM (gKWVE)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 06:53 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Mamdani Voters at January 01, 2026 06:53 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 06:52 PM (UZwsW)
What? You have door dash and the street. Enjoy!
Posted by: Zohran Mamdani, In Over His Pointy Head at January 01, 2026 06:53 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Bama fans at January 01, 2026 06:54 PM (2Ez/1)
Posted by: dude, they rapin errbody over there at January 01, 2026 06:54 PM (gKWVE)
Time to support the America First challengers in the 2026 Primaries!
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 06:54 PM (UZwsW)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 06:54 PM (1paM0)
Posted by: we're certainly paying for it at January 01, 2026 06:56 PM (gKWVE)
Closest games Indiana has played this season have been:
vs Ohio State in B1G Championship (13-10)
at Penn State (27-24)
at Iowa (20-15)
at Oregon (30-20)
Otherwise, Indiana has steamrolled everyone they have played, like they have done tonight.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 06:59 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 06:48 PM (P5BPp)
This is how the D1 FCS division does the playoffs.
Posted by: Beartooth at January 01, 2026 06:59 PM (GGatE)
Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 06:59 PM (jc0TO)
'I sadly expect Shirley to be killed or dead before Valentines day.
Posted by: SimoHayha
He received a message yesterday that told him he would be killed by April.'
This would be a golden opportunity to lay a trap for whichever antifa motherfucker(s) are doing the threatening.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 01, 2026 07:00 PM (fd80v)
My team was kept out of the playoff by the pro-SEC bias. And we won our bowl game.
The Texas Tech loss was bad. Someone said that when you look at the last year and this year's games, the team on a bye in the playoffs have struggled royally. Indiana is the exception, but I wonder if there is something to that. Maybe expand to 16 teams and no one gets a bye.
Posted by: SimoHayha at January 01, 2026 07:00 PM (/ZkOF)
I get upset when I feel like we fucked up. We're just getting beat like a rented redhaired stepmule.
Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 07:01 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 07:02 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 07:02 PM (QAvZU)
Zoroastrians, which I have no idea what it is but it's authentic Persian.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly
Guy Williams as Zorro.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 06:34 PM (pkeXY)
Didn't he get reincarnated as the dad on Lost in Space?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 07:05 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 01, 2026 06:53 PM
Wasn't there betting on whether certain green marital aids would be kinectically deposited on the floor during the recent playoff games?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 07:05 PM (0sNs1)
Socialists are chintzy skinflints.
Posted by: 13times at January 01, 2026 07:06 PM (fnZRl)
> US collects $2.4T in income tax, but spends $1.5T on fraud
> if we didn't have to pay for fraud, only $900b would need to be collected
> this means anyone with less 500k in income could pay *literally $0* in income tax
we don't need to raise taxes. we need to cut fraud
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 06:51 PM (UZwsW)
Considering we are also currently $38 trillion in debt, we should be using the difference to pay that off.
How much are the additional tariffs this year going to affect revenue collected?
Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 07:08 PM (2RJDy)
Chuck Schumer: “Our ultimate goal is to get a path to citizenship for all 11 million or however many undocumented there are here."
I'ts right out in the open.
Elon Musk @elonmusk
And that’s exactly what they’ve been doing
X video: https://bit.ly/492W2Az
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 06:37 PM (P5BPp)
We need to stop them in their tracks with a Constitutional Amendment that says ANYONE who at ANY time entered the country illegally, including those amnestied in the past and including those brought in as children, loses the right to vote and is ineligible to hold any elected or appointed government position at any level.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 07:09 PM (QGaXH)
Mrs. F.'s Israeli Messianic Jews tell her Netanyahu got the greenlight from Trump to provide support (weapons?) to the Iranian revolt.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 07:09 PM (RIvkX)
Socialists are chintzy skinflints.
Posted by: 13times at January 01, 2026 07:06 PM (fnZRl)
IiRC, his election victory party had a cash bar.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 07:09 PM (2RJDy)
'Future Leaders Learning Center in Minneapolis has donated over $6 million to Democrats in the last 2 years'
Of course. Giving the money back to the democrats closes the circle of bribery. The 'Rats steal the money from the taxpayers. They give it to their friends. And their friends 'donate' it back.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 01, 2026 07:10 PM (fd80v)
Posted by: LASue at January 01, 2026 07:11 PM (mFhj8)
https://x.com/GovPressOffice
Posted by: 13times at January 01, 2026 07:27 PM (fnZRl)
Remember when we were kids and we thought someday the real truth would come out?
About Lindbergh baby kidnapping, Pearl Harbor, JFK/RFK/MLK assassinations, Gulf of Tonkin, Watergate, did J Edgar Hoover wear dresses?, Clintoncides, 9/11, War on Terror, BHO's birth certificate and Big Mike's gender at birth, and how the hell did that jug eared Commie rise so fast?, autopen, Pence as a Deep Stater, 2020 election fraud, Epstein's convenient execution/suicide. It is endless.
We need a Festivus with an airing of grievances, open up all the files and let the truths out. And deport every f'n Somali and Muslim that is not a certified ally. Vetted by Hesgeth and company.
Posted by: LGBTQ+POC, ANTI RACIST HERO at January 01, 2026 07:37 PM (6eQS7)
Posted by: LGBTQ+POC, ANTI RACIST HERO at January 01, 2026 07:37 PM (6eQS7)
Such things are only for the leaders, Comrade.
Posted by: Hal Dall at January 01, 2026 08:23 PM (k23QL)
Beaver Lovers Open Thread
Comments
(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at January 01, 2026 04:12 PM (t/66j)
Posted by: Case at January 01, 2026 04:12 PM (G1OIb)
Posted by: PabloD at January 01, 2026 04:12 PM (tfChy)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at January 01, 2026 04:14 PM (t/66j)
Posted by: Zeera. I voted for ALL of this at January 01, 2026 04:15 PM (jvxGE)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 01, 2026 04:15 PM (Kt19C)
Posted by: Barack Obama at January 01, 2026 04:16 PM (sKqQm)
https://ace.mu.nu/
Click on this one on your phone or iPad and see if that works. I had the same issue a long time ago and it’s because the link was http and not https.
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 04:16 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 04:17 PM (2RJDy)
I am not a tech person. At all. Not even a pretend one, so others may have better suggestions.
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 04:18 PM (Wmg4n)
Damn you ace and your stochastic word play.
Posted by: Skunky Choom at January 01, 2026 04:19 PM (qksFz)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 01, 2026 04:20 PM (4wNax)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 04:21 PM (2RJDy)
Posted by: lin-duh at January 01, 2026 04:21 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 04:21 PM (Yl2Ob)
Yes. I was a Beaver gymnast. We were 4th at NCAA Nationals my freshman year. It was a freaking HOOT!
A group of guys from the all boys dorm across the street managed to get the University to loan them a van to road trip from Corvallis to Salt Lake City for nationals. It was wild! We marched in with the other teams and they were there, yelling like maniacs!
BEAVERS!!!!
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 04:22 PM (IhIKR)
Posted by: Dam dam dam at January 01, 2026 04:24 PM (TbWk/)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 04:24 PM (QAvZU)
Posted by: PabloD at January 01, 2026 04:27 PM (tfChy)
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In a parallel universe, I feel like this would have been an amazing Johnny Cash song (or maybe June would've sung it).
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at January 01, 2026 04:27 PM (t/66j)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 04:27 PM (QAvZU)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 04:29 PM (QAvZU)
Posted by: Joe Biden at January 01, 2026 04:31 PM (TbWk/)
190 The DelWebb community my in-laws live in is very nice. 2 square miles of gated property, expanding every time we visit. Country Club, golf course, dog park, roaming deer, what's wrong with that for retirees?
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 04:24 PM (vV6n9)
I refer you to the video of the Karen yelling into the Ring doorbell that 'if your dog keeps barking after 11 PM she's calling the HOA' on you. She then turns and promptly slips on ice and falls on her....brains....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 04:31 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Zeera. I voted for ALL of this at January 01, 2026 04:15 PM (jvxGE)
Doing nothing today but watching 48 hours and randomly commenting on AoS.
Rain has stopped for now.
It's a good day.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 04:34 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026 04:34 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026 04:34 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026 04:34 PM (gbOdA)
Oh sure, spread bubonic plague!!
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 04:35 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 04:36 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 04:35 PM (pDt9x)
They clean up well I here
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026 04:36 PM (gbOdA)
Posted by: Eddie Haskell at January 01, 2026 04:37 PM (CNl8/)
Posted by: Eromero at January 01, 2026 04:37 PM (Slgjz)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 04:27 PM (QAvZU)
Not everywhere. In my area (coastal OC) I can get off-brand as low as 3.65. Chevron and other brand name regular is 4.29 to high 4's depending. Of course I haven't gone outside since yesterday - don't know if anything changed overnight but doubt it - we would have heard.
Some of the remote areas may be considerably higher - I recall seeing it very high in Needles but it's a 10 minute drive to the Arizona side.
Gasbuddy is a good resource for finding gas prices anywhere.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 04:38 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 04:38 PM (pDt9x)
Oh FFS, the head of the UN Security Council is a Somali. Worst yet he owned a home healthcare business in Columbus, OH. A few years ago.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 01, 2026 04:38 PM (Vh9CX)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 04:39 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 04:39 PM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 04:39 PM (QAvZU)
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 01, 2026 04:20 PM (4wNax)
"As God is my witness....."
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 04:39 PM (QGaXH)
Now, off to the 5-sided nut house in Arlington, VA. A midshift beckons. Probably post non sense from there, assuming my overlords haven't played with the firewalls. They do that, for giggles.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 01, 2026 04:40 PM (sAmhv)
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 04:40 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026 04:34 PM (gbOdA)
Didn't Jharles Chonson have a groupie named Marmota?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 04:40 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 04:38 PM (pDt9x)
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Show-off...
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at January 01, 2026 04:40 PM (t/66j)
Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 04:42 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026 04:34 PM (gbOdA)
Didn't Jharles Chonson have a groupie named Marmota?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 04:40 PM (8zz6B)
Of course he did.
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 04:42 PM (pDt9x)
I hope you had a lovely New Year! Fireworks were exploding on the beach until5am.
Sounded like there were more than a few demolition sticks of dynamite. Like, made my windows rattle and the detonation was a block away.
Assholes left a mess for us to clean up
This morning.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 04:43 PM (IhIKR)
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 04:43 PM (ESVrU)
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Were the women's teams prefaced by "lady" in sports stories?
"Lady Beavers Sweep Series"
"Lady Beaver Hoops Hold on For Win"
"Lady Beavers Fall to Ducks"
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 04:43 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 04:43 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 04:44 PM (1paM0)
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 04:43
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Welcome to the dark side....
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at January 01, 2026 04:45 PM (t/66j)
Duck off!!! 😂
Posted by: lin-duh at January 01, 2026 04:45 PM (VCgbV)
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 04:43 PM (pDt9x)
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No. Absolutely not.
Posted by: Mayor Pete at January 01, 2026 04:45 PM (ZOv7s)
https://www.hundredsofbeavers.com/
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 04:44 PM (1paM0)
That’s, disturbing.
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 04:45 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 04:46 PM (zNwXb)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at January 01, 2026 04:14 PM (t/66j)
The tv ratings would be out of sight!
Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 04:47 PM (2WIwB)
I was in the band and the Beaverettes went to band camp with us. People who say the 70s sucked never went to band camp with the Beaverettes.
Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 04:47 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 04:48 PM (vFG9F)
https://www.hundredsofbeavers.com/
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 04:44 PM (1paM0)
That’s, disturbing.
It’s very funny in a looney tunes sort of way. Lot’s of slapstick, and a clearly discernible plot and storyline.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 04:48 PM (1paM0)
Steady guys. I've seen that Beaver shoot.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 04:48 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 04:49 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 04:48 PM (2WIwB)
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That Beaver is a total ball hog.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 04:49 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 04:47 PM (vFG9F)
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I think I've heard the rest of the story about that one time at band camp...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 04:50 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: The Paolo at January 01, 2026 04:50 PM (TbWk/)
BEAVERS OUTLAST TROJANS
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 04:46 PM (zNwXb)
TROJANS BURST UNDER PRESSURE...BEAVERS WORRIED
Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 04:50 PM (2WIwB)
January is 'frisky time' for our beloved tree rats.
Posted by: Heirloominati at January 01, 2026 04:50 PM (euPbd)
January is 'frisky time' for our beloved tree rats.
Posted by: Heirloominati at January 01, 2026 04:50 PM (euPbd)
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It's been nice and mild here today (50F), so I've seen them frolicking in the trees in my backyard quite a bit.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 04:51 PM (ESVrU)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 01, 2026 04:53 PM (xcxpd)
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 04:22 PM (IhIKR)
You can't lick our beavers....
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 01, 2026 04:53 PM (6Bc88)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 04:53 PM (vV6n9)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 04:50 PM (2WIwB)
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Oh, my high school is the Trojans, we had a lot of fun with it.
TROJANS WRECK BEAVERS IN LATE SURGE
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 04:54 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 04:27 PM (QAvZU)
Just looked at Needles on Gasbuddy - Calif side - 5.60/gal, Arizona side: 2.87 or so.
Blythe: Ca side: 4 or 5/gallon, Az side: 2.60/gal.
I don't see how the gas stations on the California side survive - in both cases the Arizona stations are a ten minute drive away - if that.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 04:54 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Shakesbranche at January 01, 2026 04:54 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Bill Clinton at January 01, 2026 04:55 PM (J9q9v)
Betting on the outcome works.
Posted by: waepnedmann at January 01, 2026 04:56 PM (tD+KP)
The 80s was a special time. Many of our cheers would get you kicked out of school today.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 04:56 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 04:57 PM (vV6n9)
This morning.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 04:43 PM (IhIKR)
Same deal here, the back yard looks like a war zone, but it turns out the assholes were us.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 01, 2026 04:59 PM (6Bc88)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 05:00 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: He-Man Woman Haters Club at January 01, 2026 05:03 PM (oftw2)
No joy.
So a buddy of mine, with a .22 plugged one from our deck at about 100 yds. He took the tail for a trophy.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 05:03 PM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 01, 2026 05:03 PM (h/O4U)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 05:05 PM (zNwXb)
My frosh year AC Green was a senior.
He was kind and respectful and smart.
Won rings with the Lakers
My sophomore year, Gary Payton was a freshman.
He was a self inflated prick.
Heh.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 05:05 PM (IhIKR)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
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Only if you like Beaver nuggets.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 05:06 PM (WDjG6)
304 I used to live in Yachats OR,.
The Ducks and the Beavers are known for their yearly Civil War.
The city a few miles north of Yachats, Waldport,
puts out a weekly newspaper.
Someone complained that beavers were coming up from the river and destroying the trees in their orchard and asked about the process for getting a depredation permit to shoot them.
Some suggested that all they had to do was erect a goal post and the beavers would never get through it.
We had flooding one winter. There was a coffee shop located on the Alsea Bay in Waldport that was owned by a lesbian couple. The newspaper reported on the business that were affected by the flooding and noted that the coffee shop sustained no damage, because it was surrounded by dykes.
Posted by: waepnedmann at January 01, 2026 05:06 PM (tD+KP)
It's unfortunate that the USC Gamecocks don't play the OSU Beavers in college football.
DDG says their women's basketball teams have played 3 times, though, with the record being Cocks 2, Beavers 1.
[your lesbian joke goes here]
Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 05:06 PM (nhCoE)
To get some dam water.
The dam keeper said,
I could'nt have any dam water.
So i told the dam keeper,
To keep his dam water.
Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at January 01, 2026 05:07 PM (WQDw6)
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
Only if you like Beaver nuggets.
Posted by: whig
If the beaver's got nuggets, it ain't a beaver.
Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 05:07 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 04:43 PM (pDt9x)
Yes. In fact, there were areas where the Catholic Church allowed for them to be eaten on Fridays during Lent instead of fish.
https://tinyurl.com/22w5t2az
Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 05:08 PM (2RJDy)
Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 01, 2026 05:03 PM (h/O4U)
General.Lee was heard to mutter "When will the beavers come?"
Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 05:08 PM (2WIwB)
IYKWIM
Posted by: Heirloominati at January 01, 2026 05:08 PM (euPbd)
Posted by: mikeski
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Maybe it identifies as a beaver.
Then the murders started. . . . .
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 05:08 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 05:09 PM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 05:09 PM (2RJDy)
Ward - you were a little hard on the Beaver last night.
It’s like I don’t know you people anymore.
Happy New Year.
Posted by: CtSpursman at January 01, 2026 05:10 PM (1jbkT)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 05:10 PM (zNwXb)
Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 05:09 PM (2RJDy)
I'm hoping for.Robin and her red breasts.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 05:11 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Priscilla Presley at January 01, 2026 05:11 PM (6ydKt)
https://tinyurl.com/Robin-Sparkles
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 05:12 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 05:06 PM (nhCoE)
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Horde mind strikes (@4)
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at January 01, 2026 05:12 PM (t/66j)
The whole program reeks of cheating and slime.
They do have an amazing Track and Field program. Many many many Olympians have been through.
I went to a training camp in Eugene, not affiliated with the University. Four Olympians for the 1984 Games were there. It was an incredible experience to train with them.
Eugene has something in the water.
Fuck the ducks.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 05:13 PM (IhIKR)
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 01, 2026 05:14 PM (2J/Lj)
Posted by: June Cleaver at January 01, 2026 05:14 PM (WQDw6)
Posted by: r hennigantx
Jeanne Robertson would like a word with you ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyxM_5pvBj0
Posted by: Adriane the Artistic License Critic ... at January 01, 2026 05:15 PM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: tankdemon
Or maybe a picture of a pair of great tits?
https://is.gd/g6FZjY
Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 05:15 PM (nhCoE)
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 01, 2026 05:14 PM
10-0 Hoosiers. Indiana is very well coached up. Good technique across the board.
Posted by: toby928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumnus, Twice as Smug as You at January 01, 2026 05:15 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 05:15 PM (vV6n9)
https://tinyurl.com/Robin-and-Jessica
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 05:18 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 05:19 PM (vV6n9)
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 01, 2026 05:20 PM (Kt19C)
My frosh year AC Green was a senior.
He was kind and respectful and smart.
Won rings with the Lakers
My sophomore year, Gary Payton was a freshman.
He was a self inflated prick.
Heh.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 05:05 PM (IhIKR)
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I was a freshman at OSU in 1987
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 01, 2026 05:20 PM (qtBQt)
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 01, 2026 05:21 PM (2J/Lj)
NEW: ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt visibly disgusted after two men making out popped up on his screen during New Year’s coverage.
“Yeah… Live makeouts on Sports Center. Get into it,” he said in response to the normal couples.
“Ohhhhhhhh! What are we….” he said in response to the gay couple before catching himself.
Lmao.
X video: https://bit.ly/4snpecU
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 05:22 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 05:19 PM
Grubb needs to take some shots downfield. Ty hasn't attempted anything over 20 yards. At least try some 15 yard digs.
Posted by: toby928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumnus, Twice as Smug as You at January 01, 2026 05:22 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 05:09 PM (NwnyJ)
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So can the other ones, that is why good hygiene is so important
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 01, 2026 05:23 PM (qtBQt)
Posted by: toby928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumnus, Twice as Smug as You at January 01, 2026 05:23 PM (jc0TO)
Back in the mid-70s at Michigan Tech, our Division (not One) football team played in a conference of secondary schools that were branch campuses for the Division One schools in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Think, University of Minnesota, Duluth, for example.
One of these schools was Bemidji State University; its team was the Beavers. Thus, for Homecoming at Tech one year where Bemidji State was the opponent, a button was sold for the game with the slogan, "Go Huskies -- Lick the Beavers" and it prominently displayed a Husky atop (mounting?) a prone Beaver on its back.
There was a lot of sniggering over that one, as you could imagine.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 05:25 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Treebeard at January 01, 2026 05:25 PM (Q+gd/)
https://x.com/beaverd/status/2006806805486408080
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 05:25 PM (0U5gm)
O. J. was QB.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 01, 2026 05:27 PM (Kt19C)
Same thing happens when I watch on TV.
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 01, 2026 05:27 PM (2J/Lj)
Saw USC / UCLA in rose bowl 1967.
O. J. was QB.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats
He was a running back, and never a quarterback
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 05:29 PM (xG4kz)
A Somali indicted in Minnesota’s $14M Feeding Our Future scam is still getting federal funds through assisted living homes his wife runs on his properties.
It just keeps going.
X video: https://bit.ly/4qB8IVb
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 05:29 PM (P5BPp)
A Somali indicted in Minnesota’s $14M Feeding Our Future scam is still getting federal funds through assisted living homes his wife runs on his properties.
It just keeps going.
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The insurrection needs to be addressed. But Trump can't do it without being impeached.
Let that sink in.
Y'all ready for what's next?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 05:31 PM (NwnyJ)
It is starting to really look like our new President of the United Nations Security Council, Abukar Dahir Osman, used to run an operation that was convicted of criminal Medicare fraud in a home health agency.
That's who is in charge of authorizing UN military operations and international peacekeeping troops. This is ridiculous.
DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican
The exclusion code associated with this NPI is 1128a1 ... which is that this entity has been convicted of Medicaid/Medicare crimes!
@BurtMaclin_FBI arrest this guy!
X: https://bit.ly/4snpuZq
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 05:32 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: toby928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumnus, Twice as Smug as You at January 01, 2026 05:32 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - AoSHQ's "Plucky Wee One"; Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn at January 01, 2026 05:32 PM (SRRAx)
They won……. Rarely. Less than twice a season.
Went to every game. Yelled at the players we wouldnt write their term papers any more of they didn’t perform.
My goodness we had fun at those games.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 05:33 PM (IhIKR)
Posted by: toby928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumnus, Twice as Smug as You at January 01, 2026 05:33 PM (jc0TO)
https://x.com/beaverd/status/2006806805486408080
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 05:25 PM (0U5gm)
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Does that only count major candidates or does it include contributions to DAs and judges?
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 01, 2026 05:34 PM (qtBQt)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 05:34 PM (zNwXb)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 05:35 PM (P5BPp)
Smoked on the court during practice. We used to watch practice sometimes. He demanded discipline and hustle.
Was the winningest D 1 coach for a while.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 05:35 PM (IhIKR)
https://x.com/beaverd/status/2006806805486408080
Posted by: Thomas Paine
Threadwinner!
Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 05:35 PM (nhCoE)
Was one of them Alberto Salazar?
Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 05:35 PM (viF8m)
Posted by: toby928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumnus, Twice as Smug as You at January 01, 2026 05:35 PM (jc0TO)
This is where things start to get really interesting.
Posted by: davidt at January 01, 2026 05:36 PM (Q+gd/)
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Actually not that good of a ROI. Considering there's trillions at stake.
Where'd the rest go?
I have an idea.... do you feel violated yet?
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 05:37 PM (NwnyJ)
This is the other shoe.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 05:38 PM (viF8m)
This is why Walz was the VP pick. The Biden Precedent. You can't investigate a VP Candidate, who knows what or who you might uncover.
Posted by: davidt at January 01, 2026 05:41 PM (Q+gd/)
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The left has brought out their minions to stand in the back of a few press conferences holding up signs one read something like "don't defund the children". Ummmm there weren't any children in those places, so this was never about children.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 01, 2026 05:43 PM (qtBQt)
This is the other shoe.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 05:38 PM (viF8m)
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This is what it was about the entire time. As much as everyone wants to point the finger at Waltz and Omar (and they are guilty as hell), Obama is the architect of this scheme. I bet you not one democrat is innocent of this scam.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 01, 2026 05:48 PM (qtBQt)
The $35 million donation claim, if true, wouldn't come from operational profits — it's alleged to stem from fraudulent overbilling or ghost enrollments. For instance:
Centers reportedly claimed subsidies for hundreds of non-existent children, pocketing millions (e.g., one center allegedly received $10 million since 2019 despite appearing inactive).
This "surplus" could then be funneled to donations, potentially to influence policy or launder money.
Grok: https://bit.ly/4pj6xV2
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 05:48 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 01, 2026 05:48 PM
And I bet a lot of Republicans (e.g. Tom Emmer) are guilty in this scam as well.
Not to mention wrapped up in the H-1B scams and every other fraud scam out there.
The UniParty has been scamming us for decades.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 05:50 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 06:29 PM (QAvZU)
At first glance that looks about right. But the Otto Pen (aka Obama's 3rd term) maladministration wasn't investigating, and if they killed Trump leaving whatever warm body represented the Demonic Party's scarecrow figurehead in the Oval office sure wasn't going to investigate either.
So Waltz was safe regardless of placement on the ticket.
And after the July assassination attempt failed and the Trump Iwo Jima Photo went viral, no one with a political future was willing to step in. Walz, following the Demonic Party playbook was the only person more retarded than Harris that remained to be veep.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 01, 2026 06:37 PM (a4flb)
Obama, the post turtle, served two purposes. He is far too lazy and stupid to be an architect of anything.
• He is venal and narcissistic yet excellent teleprompter reader (compared to most other politicians)
• He is black enough and therefore untouchable.
The Enemedia took a complete and total loser in Kamala and turned her into a super star within a few weeks.
Imagine having years to instill a mass formation psychosis in the empty heads of most Americans who have been guilted for generations into despising their own heritage and finding redemption in groveling to a black SCOAMF.
It will be interesting in seeing what scarecrow they run in 2028 since the Enemedia has lost so much influence and their Jedi mindtricks don't fool any red pilled.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 01, 2026 06:45 PM (a4flb)
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)
Posted by: Eromero at January 01, 2026 03:32 PM (Slgjz)
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 03:32 PM (pkeXY)
But I am making an appointment with a financial planner and seeing if I just might be able to pull the trigger earlier than that.
With Commie Mamdani now my Mayor (spit) it might be smart to make a move sooner than later.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at January 01, 2026 03:32 PM (LgsNJ)
Posted by: Eromero at January 01, 2026 03:32 PM (Slgjz)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 03:33 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 03:34 PM (3uBP9)
Given this "phrase", $1,800,000, we'd say, what?
"One point eight million dollars"
I no-shit heard an AI narration say it as
"One point eight dollars, million"
Very Somali-like! Very retarded!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 03:34 PM (xG4kz)
so, a book, any book? I could use a Horde cookbook if elected?
or a sci-fi novel? ACS Monograph?
oh, the possibilities!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 01, 2026 03:34 PM (Cjt/F)
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 01, 2026 03:35 PM (y9nCu)
Posted by: Emmie at January 01, 2026 03
Thank you! We work hard in there, but are also very supportive so people actually do like it.
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 03:35 PM (Wmg4n)
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He has no intentions on upholding the Constitution. Or pretty much any American traditions or customs.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 03:35 PM (NwnyJ)
Is that you way in the back? ;-)
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at January 01, 2026 03:19 PM (LgsNJ)
Maybe!
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 03:36 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 01, 2026 03:30 PM (IG3/x)
She is a former Miss Alabama and was on the Orlando Magic Dance team. She was also a winner of Mrs. Alabama. She is beautiful inside and out.
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 03:37 PM (Wmg4n)
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)
Was the news video taken before or after the haircut?
I have a few guesses but I'll just have to wait and see if I ever have the pleasure of meeting you.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 03:38 PM (QGaXH)
L - No nic, another fine day
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You neglected that Orange Man Bad would not put his hand on the Bible at his inauguration in January 2024, thus showing his intention to become our king!
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Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 03:40 PM (xG4kz)
https://youtube.com/shorts/xw6yh0RoVbM?si=ojGpd8qi_F0JajcB
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 01, 2026 03:42 PM (Vh9CX)
Posted by: anachronda at January 01, 2026 03:44 PM (edU/H)
The Bronx is up and the Battery down,
The people ride through a hole in the ground,
New York, New York - it's a helluva town!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 03:45 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Dr_No at January 01, 2026 03:46 PM (ayRl+)
Our scout troop used to go visit NYC every other year in December. We'd camp on Staten Island and use public transportation to visit the other boroughs after crossing to the foot of Manhattan on the Staten Island Ferry.
We've not been back since the Coof lockdowns. Given the way NYC is trending, I am a solid "no" vote against considering taking our young people there ever again.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 03:46 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 03:46 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 01, 2026 03:24 PM (2YF7/)
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Dan Davis History, The Ancients, Ancient Architects, World of Antiquity.
All good. I think Dan Davis uses AI for some image generation now, but otherwise his presentations on European Bronze Age history are excellent.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 01, 2026 03:47 PM (Vh9CX)
https://tinyurl.com/ym7b6zzz
Oof. Watch the dates and notice the building to the right disappear in 2002.
Posted by: Oddbob at January 01, 2026 03:47 PM (3nLb4)
Now where is all their free shit?
Where is their better life?
I have my stopwatch going.
Posted by: Case at January 01, 2026 03:47 PM (G1OIb)
It's been rotting ever since.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
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The Battery's up, the Bowery's down...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 01, 2026 03:47 PM (XeU6L)
But I am making an appointment with a financial planner and seeing if I just might be able to pull the trigger earlier than that.
With Commie Mamdani now my Mayor (spit) it might be smart to make a move sooner than later.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude
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Well, get out before teh inevitable wealth tax cometh. NYC and NY state are probably well on the way to require massive tax hikes for all the spending they plan to do.
NY Comptroller, "New York State’s Financial Plan shows a growing structural budget deficit with a cumulative three-year budget gap of $34.3 billion, as forecasted by the Division of the Budget. The gap is up $7 billion since the January release of the Fiscal Year 2026 Executive Budget Financial Plan, and is attributable to downward revisions to the economic forecast and projected revenues, as well as increases in projected spending. When the projected costs of the federal reconciliation bill are added, the gaps as a share of spending are comparable to gap levels last seen in April 2009 during the Global Financial Crisis."
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:49 PM (WDjG6)
The Bronx is up and
The people ride through a hole in the ground,
New York, New York - it's a helluva town!
..and I'm Brooklynn Bound
'Cause they don't know my name
only know my initials, building bombs in the attic
for elected officials
Posted by: BEASTIE BOYS at January 01, 2026 03:49 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 03:49 PM (zNwXb)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 01, 2026 03:50 PM (XeU6L)
Activists Sabotage the Tech That Keeps F-35s From Getting Hit by Missiles
Only hours into 2026, an “autonomous” direct-action group says it broke into Bruntons Aero Products in Musselburgh, outside Edinburgh, and destroyed machinery used to manufacture aerospace components supplied to Leonardo.
Leonardo UK manufactures electronic-warfare and aircraft survivability systems — including BriteCloud, an expendable active decoy designed to confuse radar-guided missiles. Leonardo has also received contracts tied to integrating this system with the F-35.
So this wasn’t “property damage” in the abstract. They’re bragging about sabotaging a link in the supply chain for aircraft self-protection systems — the kind of tech meant to help jets like the F-35 survive radar-guided missile threats.
It’s sabotage in pursuit of a political cause and that’s exactly what terrorism is.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 03:50 PM (NuV6c)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 03:50 PM (YT2Wn)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 01, 2026 03:51 PM (XeU6L)
Take a look at this and tell me Hollywood ain't doomed:
https://youtube.com/shorts/xw6yh0RoVbM?si=ojGpd8qi_F0JajcB
Posted by: MAGA_Ken
It was nice of them to work podcaster Jennifer Welch into that sequence.
She's a dead ringer for Skeletor.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 03:51 PM (xG4kz)
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 03:09 PM
Walk through walls? Let me look again.
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 03:52 PM (Wmg4n)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 01, 2026 03:52 PM (XeU6L)
You seem to want a fight. You aren't worth it.
Go kindly peddle your bait elsewhere.
Have a happy new year and I suggest moving to Vivek land in Ohio which will run with milk and honey after he gets elected. At least, I hope so for their sakes, they have been screwed enough by GOPe governors like DeWino and Taft.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:52 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 03:53 PM (YT2Wn)
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 03:28 PM
It is known. We haven't recovered from Billy Baldwin dying. The heirs are cashing out and changing the town.
They just tore down his mafia cabstand, you know.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 03:54 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 01, 2026 03:54 PM (XeU6L)
Considering how much fraud has been uncovered in the past year by DOGE, Scott Pressler, etc.. can we really believe a lot of these Democrats were legitimately elected?
Citizen journalists on X are already linking the sketchy child care organizations to huge campaign donations and GoTV efforts.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 03:54 PM (NuV6c)
Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 03:55 PM (vFG9F)
She's a dead ringer for Skeletor.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
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Behold the shape of our destroyer. We shoulda stuck with teh Stay Puffed Marshmellow Man.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:55 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 03:55 PM (YT2Wn)
All good. I think Dan Davis uses AI for some image generation now, but otherwise his presentations on European Bronze Age history are excellent.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken
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I don't mind good stuff. There are tons of true crime, disaster, and history videos out there with awful AI voiceovers. Some of them seem to be self-generated.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 01, 2026 03:55 PM (2YF7/)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Workman, tools, etc.
Posted by: Xpert Typpist at January 01, 2026 03:55 PM (oftw2)
It’s sabotage in pursuit of a political cause and that’s exactly what terrorism is.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 03:50 PM
I wouldn't oppose our CIA taking extralegal action against members of this group. That is what it is for.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 03:56 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Adriane the Artistic License Critic ... at January 01, 2026 03:56 PM (3ZUWJ)
Dr. Dawn Michael @DawnsMission
Can you believe this is happening in Congress right now, with all the chaos around illegals?
A 400+ page funding bill racing through the Senate packed with hundreds of millions for migrant programs & DEI initiatives. But the jaw-dropper? $5.6 BILLION for migrants who aren't even here yet!
How angry does that make you?
MOMof DataRepublican @data_republican
How can this be true? Surely, President Trump won't sign it, but what is going on... esp after what has been uncovered this week?
X: https://bit.ly/45dplhB
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 03:57 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 03:57 PM (c115l)
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:52 PM (WDjG6)
Back at you dude.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 03:57 PM (rbvCR)
Citizen journalists on X are already linking the sketchy child care organizations to huge campaign donations and GoTV efforts.
Posted by: Lizzy
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They probably did get elected as turnout for local elections are notoriously poor. That being said, Democrats have transferred their party into a vast crime syndicate similar to the Tammany Hall regime in NYC. Only difference is the color and ethnicity of the grifters in office.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:58 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 03:56 PM (jc0TO)
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All the terrorists did was get a British firm to lose a contract. Cutting off the nose to spite the face.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 03:58 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
Loose nut on keyboard?
Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 03:58 PM (c115l)
Communist Zohran Mamdani at his inauguration: "We'll replace rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism"
Good luck, NYC.
X video: https://bit.ly/49BUei4
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 03:58 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 03:59 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 03:20 PM (t/2Uw)
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It's a clue.
It's a tell.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 03:59 PM (UZwsW)
Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 03:59 PM (vFG9F)
Posted by: Travis Bickle 2026 at January 01, 2026 03:59 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: fd
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The Animal House line goes "You guys playing cards?"
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:59 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: fd
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The Animal House line goes "You guys playing cards?"
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:59 PM
What if our solar system is just one atom in a giant's fingernail?
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 04:01 PM (jc0TO)
300 >Heh. Don, I KNOW you are not new here.
Posted by: tubal
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I am not. And on my last day here, I will reveal my true identity.
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 03:55 PM (ZxPkt)
"And on my last day here, I will reveal my true identity."
You needed to add 'Muah Haw Haw Haw' after that statement.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 04:01 PM (QGaXH)
The New Year brings more bad news for Minnesotans…
Property taxes are set to jump by $1 BILLION to cover for the mess Tim Walz created.
He blew through a $19B surplus, raised taxes $9B, hiked spending 40%, and let $9B+ get stolen in fraud.
Unbelievable.
X video: https://bit.ly/4jFKh6V
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 04:01 PM (P5BPp)
Citizen journalists on X are already linking the sketchy child care organizations to huge campaign donations and GoTV efforts.
Posted by: Lizzy
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NO.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 04:01 PM (UZwsW)
Burning times ahead.
Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 03:59 PM (vFG9F)
It can't come fast enough.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 04:01 PM (snZF9)
Burning times ahead.
Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 03:59 PM (vFG9F)
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I think he meant the "wrath of collectivism."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 04:01 PM (ZOv7s)
Workman, tools, etc.
Posted by: Xpert Typpist
Loose nut on keyboard?
Posted by: rickb223
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You guys are cold...
The feel of the new keys are different, and the spacing and size of one or two are different.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 01, 2026 04:02 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 04:01 PM (ZOv7s)
"where there is a need, there is a right"
Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 04:02 PM (rbvCR)
Hi guys what are we talking about?
Posted by: fd
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Mamdani's New York
AI gonna destroy Hollywood
Hmm, New York and LA both declining...
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 01, 2026 04:02 PM (2YF7/)
The New Year brings more bad news for Minnesotans…
Property taxes are set to jump by $1 BILLION to cover for the mess Tim Walz created.
He blew through a $19B surplus, raised taxes $9B, hiked spending 40%, and let $9B+ get stolen in fraud.
Unbelievable.
X video: https://bit.ly/4jFKh6V
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 04:01 PM
Representative democracy. The voters should get what they votef for, good and hard.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 04:02 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 04:02 PM (UZwsW)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
QWERTY or Dvorak ???
: -))
Posted by: Adriane the Artistic License Critic ... at January 01, 2026 04:03 PM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: toby928(c)
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"I won't go schizo, will I?"
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 04:03 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Mike Hammer
I hate when that happens. Yeah. I'm the one at work that stores keyboards and mice for our department. We try to reuse as much as possible when an employee leaves. Even identical keyboards from the same manufacturer doesn't feel the same.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 04:04 PM (c115l)
Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson
Communist Zohran Mamdani at his inauguration: "We'll replace rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism"
Good luck, NYC.
X video: https://bit.ly/49BUei4
Posted by: Clyde Shelton
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"The frigidity of rugged individualism," he said.
Where the hell did he get this notion of individualism being frigid? I think he invented it just for something to contrast with the "warmth" of collectivism.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 01, 2026 04:05 PM (2YF7/)
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It's what Congress wants.
The massive fraud being exposed is being perpetrated by both Democrats and Republicans. They've been stealing the public's wealth for decades under the guise of a "budget" and "programs." You, me, everyone paying taxes has been ripped off for decades by our government.
It's the largest theft of wealth in history.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 04:05 PM (NwnyJ)
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.
That's where the endeavour to persevere part comes in.
Posted by: Dogged Determination And Inventiveness To Infinity at January 01, 2026 04:05 PM (oftw2)
: -))
Posted by: Adriane the Artistic License Critic
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My problem is I still pound keys as I learned touch typing on a manual typewriter.
You got a physical dopamine hit when you actually had to hit the carriage return for each line.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 04:05 PM (WDjG6)
Doberman nurses kitten along with her newborn puppies:
https://tinyurl.com/3kkh6t4u
Faithpot site
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 04:06 PM (2sfNr)
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
A lot of people are about to get a rude awakening when they realize democratic socialism is straight up communism.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 04:06 PM (c115l)
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:49 PM (WDjG6)
California is floating a wealth tax 'on billionaires' but you know if they ever get it it will seep down to us normies.
The problem is people who advocate for wealth taxes don't seem to know anything about markets. Or more likely, don't care. If you are required to liquidate a portion of your unrealized gains - what does that do to the value of the underlying assets if millions of people are suddenly forced to say 'sell stocks' ? Are we still going to be taxed on the pre-crash value of the assets?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 04:06 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Travis Bickle 2026 at January 01, 2026 03:59 PM (R/m4+)
We're hiring!
Posted by: Hedley Lamarr at January 01, 2026 04:07 PM (pIfcn)
Somalia’s ambassador to the UN is a…. Daycare administrator in Ohio…
You cannot make this up
X: https://bit.ly/4qdwoio
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 04:07 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 04:03 PM (WDjG6)
It's a distinct possibility.
Posted by: Professor Jennings at January 01, 2026 04:07 PM (R/m4+)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 04:08 PM (vV6n9)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 04:08 PM (zNwXb)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 03:20 PM (t/2Uw)
Destroy a couple buildings. Kill a couple thousand people. Wait25 years. Take over.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 04:08 PM (2WIwB)
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 04:06 PM (QGaXH)
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The destruction is deliberate.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 04:08 PM (ZOv7s)
What kind of sciencin’ do you do, if I might ask?
Posted by: tubal
Sorry, I was called away. Physical chemist / solid state physics /surface science / nanoscience and technology.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 04:09 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 04:09 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: whig
It's a distinct possibility.
Posted by: Professor Jennings
Four out of five dentists agree, it's in the water.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 04:09 PM (c115l)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 04:09 PM (3uBP9)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 04:08 PM
*stinkeye*
Posted by: toby928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumnus, Twice as Smug as You at January 01, 2026 04:10 PM (jc0TO)
Am I going to have to get up early so I can ask on the tech thread? This is not an easy thing for me to do.
Now I'm worried because it would be horrible if I can't do Ace on a new Ipad which is also Apple like my phone while my laptop is PC.
Did I tell you how my Ipad went nuclear and then died? While on vacation when I couldn't do anything about it? And only had my phone and couldn't comment because I got the red letters of death?
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 04:10 PM (t/2Uw)
The New Year brings more bad news for Minnesotans…
Property taxes are set to jump by $1 BILLION to cover for the mess Tim Walz created.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 04:01 PM (P5BPp)
Let's see if that works - raising property taxes will decrease the amount people can pay for the property thus lowering property values and the associated tax revenue based on that valuation.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 04:10 PM (QGaXH)
Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 04:08 PM (2WIwB)
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Dubya did that. Declared war on countries and then imported thousands of people from the same countries.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 04:10 PM (ZOv7s)
Somalia’s ambassador to the UN is a…. Daycare administrator in Ohio…
You cannot make this up
X: https://bit.ly/4qdwoio
Posted by: Clyde Shelton
Well, now that the UN is roped into the Somali fraud, prepare the groundwork to toss it out on its ear, too. Ans we bid it a fond, "Have fun financing your meddlesome schemes!" as we bail out of it.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 04:10 PM (xG4kz)
Omg wait till you hear this
Somalia’s Ambassador to the UN Abukar Dahir Osman was a healthcare administrator in Ohio. There is another healthcare company in the SAME SUITE as his with a different name, and multiple others at the same address, all with Somali names
Of course…
X: https://bit.ly/45te7Ft
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 04:10 PM (P5BPp)
You always know you are serious about an oath when you ask Bernie Sanders to administer said oath.
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 04:11 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Obama years with no budget set the stage for debt to go from 64 percent of GDP in 2008 to 118 percent of gdp now in 17 years.
And the rest of the West is not far behind. Both France and UK exceed 100 percent debt to gdp.
Our ruling class figured out it was easier to steal from borrowed money than increase taxes which would piss off voters.
China is well over 200 percent and Japan is over 300 percent.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 04:12 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 04:11 PM (grNgC)
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Always take financial advice from a guy who has earned a government salary for his entire life and whose wife managed to drive a college into bankruptcy in only a couple of years.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 04:12 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 04:13 PM (vV6n9)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 04:08 PM
As a Purdue alum, I can't root for Indiana. Plus I like Alabama. Though, I don't think Alabama has much of a chance as they have had zero running game this season. I am honestly surprised they have made it this far.
Ole Miss-Georgia should be interesting. An Ole Miss team whose coach left and a Georgia team who, if they win, will face their former QB, who now plays for Miami, in next game.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 04:13 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: whig
It's a distinct possibility.
Posted by: Professor Jennings
Four out of five dentists agree, it's in the water.
Posted by: rickb223
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"My advice to you is to start drinking heavily."
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 04:13 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 04:09 PM (jc0TO)
There are large changes to 401K this year pushing people into IRAs. They are edging closer and closer to just raiding it all. Don't think they won't.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 04:14 PM (3uBP9)
What kind of sciencin’ do you do, if I might ask?
Posted by: tubal
Sorry, I was called away. Physical chemist / solid state physics /surface science / nanoscience and technology.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 04:09 PM (Riz8t)
You are a lot smarter than I am. That being said: second look at Zelenskyyyyy?? JK, Happy New Year!!
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 04:14 PM (pDt9x)
It's what Congress wants.
The massive fraud being exposed is being perpetrated by both Democrats and Republicans. They've been stealing the public's wealth for decades under the guise of a "budget" and "programs." You, me, everyone paying taxes has been ripped off for decades by our government.
It's the largest theft of wealth in history.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Let's not forget what congress does for itself:
Nine month, four day work week, generous pay, not bound by the laws they create, free healthcare (the best) in perpetuum, retirement pay after six years service. Surely, I've forgotten something.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 04:15 PM (UZwsW)
Posted by: t-bird at January 01, 2026 04:15 PM (cUMVS)
Posted by: toby928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumnus, Twice as Smug as You at January 01, 2026 04:15 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 04:15 PM (vV6n9)
Posted by: Accomack at January 01, 2026 04:15 PM (/Chlc)
Communist Zohran Mamdani at his inauguration: "We'll replace rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism"
He said he will "replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism"
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 04:15 PM (pkeXY)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
I think you left out the part where Bernie was simply a bum writing bad rape fan fic for years before being elected mayor in Burlington. I guess people got tired of throwing money into his hat on the street so promoted him to mayor.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 04:15 PM (WDjG6)
Nine month, four day work week, generous pay, not bound by the laws they create, free healthcare (the best) in perpetuum, retirement pay after six years service. Surely, I've forgotten something.
Posted by: Braenyard
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Having the taxpayer pick up the cost for sexual harassment claims is another.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 04:16 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: tubal
*in best Inspector Clouseau voice*
Nevair!
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 04:17 PM (Riz8t)
Did I tell you how my Ipad went nuclear and then died? While on vacation when I couldn't do anything about it? And only had my phone and couldn't comment because I got the red letters of death?
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 04:10 PM (t/2Uw)
I have zero insight into anything Apple, and I plan to keep it that way. I don't even know if an Apple device be wiped and relaoded with Linux.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 04:18 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 04:14 PM (3uBP9)
Yes, just a matter of time. Bruce and Harriet are in for a big surprise when they get back from their cruise sooner or later. I told them to put their money in Rio Rancho Land Development but their nuts, you should have seen how they were living.
Posted by: Shelley Levene, Mitch and Murray Properties at January 01, 2026 04:19 PM (R/m4+)
By lying.
Posted by: t-bird at January 01, 2026 04:19 PM (cUMVS)
Posted by: The Fifth Dentist at January 01, 2026 04:20 PM (oftw2)
first settlers
then the British
then American colonists
now the Socialists
Posted by: get out of my fucking shot at January 01, 2026 04:20 PM (jZ3ZM)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 03:20 PM
True, but not sure it really matters anymore. I tend to agree with John Adams' statement "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."
As we have seen in Minnesota, Ohio, Maine and all the other states with just Somali fraud perpetrated by all levels of state government, this country is no longer moral or religious. So the US Constitution and state Constitutions have long been inadequate.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 04:20 PM (P5BPp)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 04:20 PM (zNwXb)
And only had my phone and couldn't comment because I got the red letters of death?
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 04:10 PM (t/2Uw)
Have you tried clearing out the Name:, Email:, and Comments:, and maybe even URL
Try doing all that on your phone, tap in box, hold press - select all, cut/delete/erase/whatever, then re-enter in each box. If that doesn't work then delete all the site data and cookies for .mu.nu and try again.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 04:21 PM (3uBP9)
Notsothoreau has commented here using a $39 dollar airpad purchased from Ebay. Yeah. She's got a project going.
I'm going to buy one just because.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 04:21 PM (UZwsW)
Posted by: DelWebb at January 01, 2026 04:22 PM (oftw2)
At least it's warm, if a little damp.
Posted by: The Stench of Collectivism at January 01, 2026 04:23 PM (6GFFE)
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 04:20 PM (zNwXb)
Maybe they could get Hank, Jr. to sub for him.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 04:23 PM (8zz6B)
And only had my phone and couldn't comment because I got the red letters of death?
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice)
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I always call Apple help. Most of the time they are Apple freaks and are polite and quick.
If I get the feeling that's not happening or they have a cheap headset I hang up and start over.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 04:24 PM (UZwsW)
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 04:24 PM (vV6n9)
At least it's warm, if a little damp.
Posted by: The Stench of Collectivism at January 01, 2026 04:23 PM (6GFFE)
Huh. Never thought of Gulags as being warm and toasty before. Although, the ovens of Germany
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 04:24 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: DelWebb at January 01, 2026 04:22 PM (oftw2)
Well, they were a lot more comfy than the camps Japan built for Americans in the same time period.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 04:25 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 04:25 PM (UZwsW)
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 04:20 PM (P5BPp)
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The key factor was people came forward and exposed it. That shows that all is not lost.
We are seeing a major shift in the direction of the country, including its moral foundation. Our parish bulletin noted that college student Mass attendance has increased by 50% over the last four years and the number of students currently looking at entering the Church (or completing Confirmation) is around 50, which is amazing. Used to be having 20 was a great year.
Something profound is happening. All the evils being exposed are a sign of it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 04:26 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 04:26 PM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 04:26 PM (UZwsW)
183 Some guy named Lin -Manuel Miranda cancelled at the Trump Kennedy center. The left is at the pouting stage
Posted by: Smell the Glove
He was one of the driving forces behind the musical "Hamilton" and no doubt approved their fatuous and inappropriate hectoring lecture to Mike Pence, who was in the audience, when the then VP took in the show back at the end of Trump's first term.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 04:26 PM (xG4kz)
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.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 04:26 PM (c115l)
Your phone is clearing the cookies.
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 04:27 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 04:28 PM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice)
Reboot your phone. Completely off. Wait a couple of minutes, restart and try again.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 04:28 PM (c115l)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 04:28 PM (UZwsW)
Something profound is happening. All the evils being exposed are a sign of it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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From reports on church attendance, it appears to be males driving the increases. UK is demonstrating the same effect to a lesser degree.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 04:28 PM (WDjG6)
I see to many problems. Not facing a realistic reality.
If you were writing a book, it would be a rape of culture yet boring. Lying worked for Obama for a while. Has Obama been to any football games recently?
What did the reporter say about the crowd shouting/chanting to Biden at a game?
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 01, 2026 04:29 PM (EyfuW)
Something profound is happening. All the evils being exposed are a sign of it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 04:26 PM (ZOv7s)
I would not be surprised to see some mid-level civil servants turning State's Evidence once the investigations into the Somali fraud machine really get going.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 04:30 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 04:30 PM (pDt9x)
The women will follow. Any time the gender balance is skewed, the others eventually decide they want some 'o dat.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 04:30 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 04:27 PM (grNgC)
If a Church of Scientology burned down, would that be "cooking the Clears"?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 04:31 PM (8zz6B)
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 04:28 PM (WDjG6)
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When they get tired of scissoring, they'll come along, too.
Vocations are up a lot, and the religious sisters are wearing habits again. No more nuns in pantsuits.
My wife reports that the senior set is dismayed by all this, especially young people kneeling to receive the Eucharist on the tongue. Some are afraid altar rails will be coming back.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 04:31 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 04:32 PM (UZwsW)
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 04:30 PM (8zz6B)
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A bunch already have, I'm sure. There are lots of incriminating emails being turned in for certain. No one CYAs like civil service staff.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 04:33 PM (ZOv7s)
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 04:37 PM (grNgC)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 04:32 PM (UZwsW)
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I saw a documentary on the legal case against it, and naturally it describes the filers (who refused their draft summons) as heroes.
No, the heroes were in the 442nd RCT, "Go For Broke," which covered itself and glory and proved their loyalty to a grateful nation. They were what discredited the camps. If all of them had refuse to serve, the whole lot would have been deported.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 04:37 PM (ZOv7s)
Anyone upset by FDR's attempt to turn America into a police state should read "The New Deal's War on the Bill of Rights: The Untold Story of FDR's Concentration Camps, Censorship, and Mass Surveillance", by David Beito.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 04:39 PM (Riz8t)
Posted by: toby928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumnus, Twice as Smug as You at January 01, 2026 04:39 PM (jc0TO)
500 Server Error
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 04:41 PM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: toby928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumnus, Twice as Smug as You at January 01, 2026 04:42 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 04:42 PM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: Adriane the Artistic License Critic ... at January 01, 2026 04:49 PM (3ZUWJ)
Posted by: toby928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumnus, Twice as Smug as You at January 01, 2026 04:50 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 04:52 PM (UZwsW)
At least i wasn't banned.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 04:52 PM (t/2Uw)
Posted by: Archimedes
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Double teaming with Kindltot.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 04:53 PM (UZwsW)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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I, for one, will be happy to see traditions return. Never cared for the hippy dippy version of religion.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 04:57 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: toby928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumnus, Twice as Smug as You at January 01, 2026 04:58 PM (jc0TO)
Posted by: toby928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumnus, Twice as Smug as You at January 01, 2026 05:08 PM (jc0TO)
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We know who you are, we know where you are, we know what's best for you.
Posted by: Big Brother at January 01, 2026 06:26 PM (XeU6L)
Family Fun With Crossbows Open Thread
Happy New Year!
Comments
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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)
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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)
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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)
However being a shitbag is not an ethnicity.
Posted by: Kindltot
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To me, he already has. Your snide comments say more about you and your insinuations of racism/bigotry than it does about my comments.
Said nothing about Harmeet nor Usha, or any other Indian in the US but then again, others haven't been going around wagging their fingers criticizing American culture writ large.
You want to suck up to Vivek and think he is the greatest since sliced bread, go right ahead.
I don't and won't. YMMV.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:32 PM (WDjG6)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 03:33 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 03:33 PM (ZxPkt)
Heh. Don, I KNOW you are not new here.
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 03:33 PM (pDt9x)
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 03:26 PM (pDt9x)
No. India was a collection of states, and really went from Iran to Burma. India today is about a third the size of Western Europe and was a series of kingdoms, princedoms, break away regions, and was held together by various alliances and "empires"
On top of which it was one of the principal areas of research and learning after the Islamic states went into their fundamentalist phases, and had serious advances in medicine and mathematics.
In the 15th C Europe and India were pretty well matched technologically.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 03:34 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 03:34 PM (rbvCR)
Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance... Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 01, 2026 03:27 PM
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I won’t be able to sleep tonight after this news. Literally shaking right now.
Posted by: tubal
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The very foundation of my being has been shaken by this.
Anyhow...
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 01, 2026 03:35 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Don Black
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Well, when the race card gets pulled, then all bets are off.
I won't tolerate it.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:35 PM (WDjG6)
Hating him for who his parents are is as dumb as hating some politician who was born in Kiev and was raised in Milwaukie because she was born in Kiev.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 03:38 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: whig
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HCA Healthcare CEO Sam Hazen's total compensation for 2024 was approximately $23.8 million
Meanwhile, at HCA-owned hospital:
"Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC, has faced significant scrutiny and federal sanctions for patient safety issues, including multiple patient deaths between 2022-2023 linked to failures in emergency and oncology care, leading to "immediate jeopardy" designations from CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services). Investigations revealed systemic problems like understaffing, delays in critical care, and failures in patient monitoring, resulting in preventable harm and deaths, with reports detailing specific incidents such as a patient dying in an ER bathroom after a call for help went unanswered."
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 01, 2026 03:39 PM (XeU6L)
Posted by: Kindltot
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Snide and nasty you are for whatever reason.
There is a reason you have been whining in the comment threads of being shut down. People are tired of your insinuations.
You want to get nasty, I decline because you show yourself as what you are by your own words.
You want to suck up to Vivek, go right ahead.
But don't expect others to keep silent about the risks of charlatans whether Vivek or Mamdani.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:39 PM (WDjG6)
You want to suck up to Vivek, go right ahead.
But don't expect others to keep silent about the risks of charlatans whether Vivek or Mamdani.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:39 PM (WDjG6)
I did gore your ox.
Should we decide to stomp down voices on the national stage for purity reasons, Trump loses voices that support him.
Then should Trump be impeached because he lost the house and senate, (due to infighting) then Trump is sidelined. Partially because he lacks support.
Should this either silence or "redirect" JD Vance because he has lost support from his main area - the tech bros and the vocal backers who got shut down - then he is either a poor candidate or everyone thinks he is a wimp and stays home on election day
Then you get President Hakeem Jefferies.
Sorry I gored your Ox, Whig.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 03:45 PM (rbvCR)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 03:54 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: tubal
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I am not. And on my last day here, I will reveal my true identity.
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 03:55 PM (ZxPkt)
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 03:55 PM
I've asked my wife to post my obituary.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 03:59 PM (jc0TO)
On the other hand, he didn't play football in high school.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
When he wasn't reading sci-fi he was probably getting stoned and playing D&D.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 04:04 PM (/lPRQ)
Posted by: tubal
Sorry, I was called away. Physical chemist / solid state physics /surface sceince / nanoscience and technology.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 04:08 PM (Riz8t)
The Ducks and the Beavers are known for their yearly Civil War.
The city a few miles north of Yachats, Waldport,
puts out a weekly newspaper.
Someone complained that beavers were coming up from the river and destroying the trees in their orchard and asked about the process for getting a depredation permit to shoot them.
Some suggested that all they had to do was erect a goal post and the beavers would never get through it.
We had flooding one winter. There was a coffee shop located on the Alsea Bay in Waldport that was owned by a lesbian couple. The newspaper reported on the business that were affected by the flooding and noted that the coffee shop sustained no damage, because it was surrounded by dykes.
Posted by: waepnedmann at January 01, 2026 04:31 PM (aJyq1)
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)
-
/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)
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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)
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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)
~~~~~
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)
____
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)
Posted by: ChrisW at January 01, 2026 04:30 PM (rLfcT)
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)
Posted by: Nazdar at January 01, 2026 11:00 AM (NcvvS)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 01, 2026 11:01 AM (5xuJ/)
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 01, 2026 11:01 AM (5xuJ/)
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
*********
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."
--
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)
-
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:
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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)
Posted by: JML at January 01, 2026 04:26 PM (EtRph)
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)
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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
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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
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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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(Jump to bottom of comments)Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2026 07:10 AM (cYBz/)
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Posted by: Joseph Robinette Biden at January 01, 2026 07:26 AM (J1d9K)
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 07:22 AM (Ia/+0)
Turk Turdogan has always fancied himself the #1 Muslim and is a rival of Iran in that regard
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2026 07:28 AM (x0n13)
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 01, 2026 07:31 AM (O7YUW)
And in his inaugural address to New York City, Mandami pledges... universal child care!
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 01, 2026 07:32 AM (tgvbd)
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 07:34 AM (Ia/+0)
Posted by: The Meanderthals at January 01, 2026 07:35 AM (oftw2)
Posted by: Inogame at January 01, 2026 07:36 AM (fLcJT)
Posted by: Don Black at January 01, 2026 07:41 AM (ZxPkt)
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
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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 07:49 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)
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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
----
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)
The Ceaușescus were shot by firing squad and their bodies left in the street. That too, is an acceptable end for the Mullahs.
Posted by: Jeff Powell at January 01, 2026 10:58 PM (KsuNt)
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
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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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)
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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)
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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
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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
***
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)
**********
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
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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
**********
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
************
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
***
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/)
---
"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)
--------
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)
-------
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
---------
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)
-
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*?
---------
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)
-
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)
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