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Ilhan Omar "Attacked"...
with...
Water...

Some claim it was staged.

Including Trump.

Or, at least, he jokes that she "probably" sprayed herself, while also not caring if she did nor not.

Rachel Scott
@rachelvscott

Just spoke to Pres. Trump. I asked him if he had seen the video of Rep. Omar being attacked and sprayed by a substance.

"No. I don't think about her. I think she's a fraud. I really don't think about that. She probably had herself sprayed, knowing her," the president said.

I asked again if he had seen the video.

"I haven't seen it. No, no. I hope I don't have to bother."


I doubt it was staged. I think it's more of, what do you call it, a nothingburger.

Let me react as the left reacted to Trump being shot: It looks staged to me. I don't see any proof she was actually hit.

She doesn't rush to the hospital, because she recognizes the liquid as harmless. Probably just water.

So Trump faces two assassins and the left refuses to stop calling him an Existential Hitler Who Must be Removed by Any Means Necessary, and Ilhan Omar gets sprayed with -- apparently -- plain water which poses no threat whatsoever but we're all supposed to stop accusing her of the crimes she's plainly guilty of.

The Minneapolis police finally managed to arrest a protester:

If the below is true, he wasn't politically motivated. He was just angry at his ex-wife, a big Ilhan Omar supporter.


Ilhan Omar immediately began praising herself and Victim Farming.

Posted by: Ace at 12:00 PM




Comments

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1 Everything's fake and gay. Some guy said that in the comments section of some blog.

Posted by: Part-time Thinker at January 28, 2026 12:02 PM (aVO1v)

2 2nd?

Posted by: DBCooper at January 28, 2026 12:02 PM (3oMnW)

3 This will get more hyperventilating press coverage than when Republican Congressmen were shot at.

Posted by: 29Victor at January 28, 2026 12:02 PM (0MjtC)

4 "but we're all supposed to stop accusing her of the crimes she's plainly guilty of."

Yep.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2026 12:03 PM (afKoR)

5 So wait a minute, he was just protesting right?

How dare the fascist police arrest a protestor?!?

I've argued for a while that the government should be pulling the comms of lefty assassins and share it with the public. Here if they were I'd be very interested to see who he was talking with.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 28, 2026 12:04 PM (sKqQm)

6 She doesn't rush to the hospital, because she recognizes the liquid as harmless. Probably just water. it takes more than a splash of liquid to stop a Bull Moose!

Posted by: Zombie Teddy Roosevelt at January 28, 2026 12:04 PM (JCZqz)

7 We know it wasn’t soap, because she didn’t disappear.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 28, 2026 12:04 PM (l3YAf)

8 Ace, more:

https://tinyurl.com/4ptajk52

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 12:04 PM (BJnkV)

9 I have been reliably informed that dousing someone with liquids is a legitimate form of protest and protected by the 1st Amendment.

Posted by: 29Victor at January 28, 2026 12:05 PM (0MjtC)

10 Nancy “Flat Cheeks” Mace is already throwing a hissy fit over this.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 28, 2026 12:06 PM (l3YAf)

11 Good thing she's survived war, otherwise she never would have made it through those two seconds of whatever it was.

My first thought when I saw the video was silly string but I guess we would have heard if it was that by now.

Please pardon the convoluted grammar.

Posted by: bluebell at January 28, 2026 12:06 PM (79pEw)

12 More convincing, however, is her reaction to the assault. At no point does she seem genuinely concerned for her own well-being. She barely flinches when she’s sprayed, and instead of backing off, she approaches the attacker. And despite being sprayed with an unknown, pungent substance, she continued the town hall.

That's Matt Margolis at PJMedia. Her not even bothering to get the smelly substance washed off of her looks like she already knew what it was and was unconcerned.

Staged.

https://is.gd/ZXKQeS

Posted by: No Name Today at January 28, 2026 12:06 PM (8mulE)

13 It’s as real as “Iron my shirt” from 20 years ago.

Posted by: Cray Cray at January 28, 2026 12:06 PM (UeZ95)

14 Don't try to horn in on my Living Martyr gig.

Posted by: Louis 'Calypso Louie' Farrakhan at January 28, 2026 12:07 PM (jc0TO)

15 5 So wait a minute, he was just protesting right?

How dare the fascist police arrest a protestor?!?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 28, 2026 12:04 PM (sKqQm)

And it was a squirty yet mostly peaceful protest at that.

Posted by: 29Victor at January 28, 2026 12:07 PM (0MjtC)

16 I have been reliably informed that dousing someone with liquids is a legitimate form of protest and protected by the 1st Amendment.
Posted by: 29Victor at January 28, 2026 12:05 PM (0MjtC)

This guy is a terrorist. It’s not like he attacked her with something harmless, like hitting her with his car.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 28, 2026 12:07 PM (l3YAf)

17 Looking at that video it looks staged to me. I guess we will really know when they get the fib involved in it.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 28, 2026 12:08 PM (0N4FZ)

18 Normal human reaction - if an unknown (or heck, even known) liquid gets plastered on your shirt from human, animal, or car, you are looking to change your shirt asap. Or at least remove it in full if you don't have a change.

Staged.

Posted by: Nova Local at January 28, 2026 12:08 PM (tOcjL)

19 I didn't look like water. It was brown like vinegar.

Posted by: fd at January 28, 2026 12:08 PM (Eu5z7)

20 I'm open to the possibility that it wasn't staged. This guy does seem to have a history of poor personal decision making.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 28, 2026 12:08 PM (Fs0KI)

21 It must have been traumatic for her. She paused for a whole moment before going back to her unbelievably atrocious up talking speech.

Her voice is a hate crime.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 28, 2026 12:08 PM (viF8m)

22 He sprayed with a liquid substance instead of throwing a shoe at her.

Posted by: dantesed at January 28, 2026 12:09 PM (Oy/m2)

23 9 I have been reliably informed that dousing someone with liquids is a legitimate form of protest and protected by the 1st Amendment.
Posted by: 29Victor at January 28, 2026 12:05 PM (0MjtC)

That'll go well with a culture that likes to throw acid in people's faces. Seems inevitable.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 28, 2026 12:09 PM (w/O5Q)

24 BTW, the open-borders Cato Institute just came out with a "study" saying that "immigrants" get less "welfare" than native-born Americans.

Not only do they not distinguish between illegal aliens and legal immigrants, but they count Medicare and Social Security as "welfare".

I wonder who's funding them these days...

Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 28, 2026 12:09 PM (n1OCj)

25 I've seen more convincing After School Specials.

Posted by: huerfano at January 28, 2026 12:09 PM (98kQX)

26 So was this a Bu kaki Attack?

Posted by: pudinhead at January 28, 2026 12:09 PM (Hpgos)

27 The sentence he's given can tell the tale.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 28, 2026 12:09 PM (EXZem)

28 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 12:10 PM (tjClK)

29 Everything's fake and gay. Some guy said that in the comments section of some blog.

And it's working perfectly. The news remains hyper-focused on Somalia, Omar, Walz, and Antifa for us while there seems to be no actual damage being caused.

Posted by: t-bird at January 28, 2026 12:10 PM (kG5OE)

30 Earlier it was reported the 'attacker' used vinegar.


DOUCHE!!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 12:10 PM (tjClK)

31 Omar was sprayed with a substance unknown to her, deodorant.

Posted by: jrgdds at January 28, 2026 12:10 PM (daHEP)

32 30 Earlier it was reported the 'attacker' used vinegar.


DOUCHE!!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 12:10 PM (tjClK)

So, she can claim "acid" attack...yeah, double staged.

Posted by: Nova Local at January 28, 2026 12:11 PM (tOcjL)

33 Normal human reaction - if an unknown (or heck, even known) liquid gets plastered on your shirt from human, animal, or car, you are looking to change your shirt asap. Or at least remove it in full if you don't have a change.

Staged.
Posted by: Nova Local

To be fair, normal human reaction may not apply if you are banging your sibling.

Posted by: Kratwurst at January 28, 2026 12:11 PM (zWGac)

34 This twat "survived war" because of the kindness and generosity of the United States of America, which she has now taken to shitting on at every opportunity.

Fuck all the way off, bitch.

Posted by: ballistic at January 28, 2026 12:11 PM (5aZAZ)

35 >> BTW, the open-borders Cato Institute just came out with a "study" saying that "immigrants" get less "welfare" than native-born Americans.

Immigrants shouldn’t get a dime of welfare. They should be net payers into the system, in exchange for the extraordinary privilege of being allowed to come here.

That’s assuming they should be allowed to come here at all, which I don’t think they should.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 28, 2026 12:11 PM (l3YAf)

36 Does Omar have a bunker? Cuz I think she might need a bunker.

Posted by: pudinhead at January 28, 2026 12:11 PM (Hpgos)

37 SOOO many questions.

What kind of security does she have as a sitting congressperson?

How was this nobody no one allowed to sit front f*cking row, less than 10 feet from a sitting congressperson?

I guess they're not doing any type of security sweep of unknown no ones that want to attend a presser of a sitting congressperson.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 12:12 PM (tjClK)

38 Good afternoon Ace and everyone
I hope she melted

Posted by: Skip at January 28, 2026 12:12 PM (S3RTS)

39 Does Omar have a bunker? Cuz I think she might need a bunker.
Posted by: pudinhead at January 28, 2026 12:11 PM (Hpgos)



Yes. And we do have bunker busters at the ready.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 12:12 PM (tjClK)

40 Thank goodness she didn't have someone to rape her in the Capitol like AOC.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 28, 2026 12:13 PM (oT7pT)

41 And it's working perfectly. The news remains hyper-focused on Somalia, Omar, Walz, and Antifa for us while there seems to be no actual damage being caused.

Other than the fact that she's a through-and-through attention whore, how does it make sense for Omar to refocus attention on herself and by extension the whole Somali fraud story while the whole MSM is in full knicker-twist mode over ICE?

Posted by: Oddbob at January 28, 2026 12:13 PM (Fs0KI)

42 She actually went at him with her fist raised. She will literally fight for Minneapolis. She's such a badass!

People forget she escaped a civil war to encounter racism in America. She’s seen shit we won’t ever imagine. She’s always been a fighter

Modern day "Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot, but it takes more than that to kill a bull moose"

Whatever he sprayed at her, he almost totally missed. People on the video were saying it smelled terrible.

You can tell she’s been taking self defense training. We should all follow her example. I hate that people hate on her so much. She's braver than any MAGA asshats

The sad thing is when the Hortmans were assassinated and the Hoffmans were shot, GOP and alt-right members justified it. So this is nothing to them.

Dude looks exactly how I think all conservatives look. Disheveled, drunk, and fucking stupid.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 28, 2026 12:13 PM (JCZqz)

43 It was wine from her winery.

Just joking, her winery doesn’t make wine, despite being valued at $30 million.

Why does a Muslim own a winery, anyway? I thought alcohol was haram?

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 28, 2026 12:13 PM (l3YAf)

44 BREAKING: Omar 'attacker' shouted "THIS IS MAGA COUNTRY!!!!" just before the incident.

Story at 11.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 12:13 PM (tjClK)

45 I have been reliably informed that dousing someone with liquids is a legitimate form of protest and protected by the 1st Amendment.

Even if it's really cold outside and the liquid has turned to ice. Just ask James O'Keefe.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 28, 2026 12:14 PM (Riz8t)

46 SomaliFake. I have spoken.


WTF is up with that plastic surgery crash test dummie's eyebrows?

She always looks like a perpetually angry Brooke Shields that just got goosed.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 28, 2026 12:14 PM (J4epV)

47 Should have sprayed her with Holy Water and watched the bitch sizzle.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 28, 2026 12:14 PM (W2Pud)

48 I wonder who's funding them these days...
Posted by: The ARC of History!

Charles Koch for one. Other one is dead.
"In October 2011, Charles Koch and his brother, business partner, and fellow libertarian political activist David Koch, filed a lawsuit to gain control of Cato Institute shares owned by former Institute chair William Niskanen after his passing, sparking renewed tension between Crane and Koch after an earlier split regarding the philosophy of the Cato Institute. The controversy led to a split within the Institute, with then-president Crane accusing Charles Koch of trying to “transform Cato from an independent, nonpartisan research organization into a political entity that might better support his partisan agenda.” In June of 2012, Charles and David Koch agreed to end their lawsuit over the shares in exchange for Crane retiring from his position as president and CEO of the Cato Institute. "

And
"It has also received significant funding from left-leaning organizations such as:

Google
Facebook
Walton Family Foundation
George Soros’s Foundation to Promote Open Society ($150,000 in 2020)
New Venture Fund ($11,500 in 2016)

Posted by: whig at January 28, 2026 12:14 PM (E4rtv)

49 What a stupid time to be alive.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 28, 2026 12:14 PM (bss/y)

50 I don’t know if it was staged or not, but I wouldn’t put something like that beyond Omar. However, the guy looked totally drunk or stoned (guess he didn’t want to waste booze on her, which would have been too delicious), and he has a beef. We’ll probably never know.

Posted by: RebeccaH at January 28, 2026 12:14 PM (VFung)

51 Fuck this bisch.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 28, 2026 12:14 PM (L83Bc)

52 34 This twat "survived war" because of the kindness and generosity of the United States of America, which she has now taken to shitting on at every opportunity.

Fuck all the way off, bitch.
-------------
Mmm, she is from Adide's tribe - the same ones that killed Army Soldiers in Black Hawk Down.

Happy news - In December 1993, the U.S. Army flew Aidid to Addis Ababa to engage in peace talks. During a battle in Mogadishu between his militia and the forces of his former ally Osman Ali Atto, Aidid was fatally wounded by a sniper and later died on 2 August 1996.

Posted by: pudinhead at January 28, 2026 12:14 PM (Hpgos)

53 Andrew's personal record includes employment with the Jimmy Sturr Polka band (lead accordion) and managing his own "Taste of Warsaw" sausage packing plant, specializing in kielbasa and kiskca.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 28, 2026 12:14 PM (gm9Sb)

54 Not staged, just her first shower in a month I bet

Posted by: Skip at January 28, 2026 12:15 PM (S3RTS)

55 What's with the little syringe? Bring a Super-Soaker, pansy!

Posted by: t-bird at January 28, 2026 12:15 PM (kG5OE)

56 The sad thing is when the Hortmans were assassinated and the Hoffmans were shot, GOP and alt-right members justified it. So this is nothing to them.

These people are stupid.

Posted by: dantesed at January 28, 2026 12:15 PM (Oy/m2)

57 >> Thank goodness she didn't have someone to rape her in the Capitol like AOC.

On January 6, they hooked me up to a diesel-powered automatic milking machine on the Capitol lawn..

Posted by: AOC at January 28, 2026 12:15 PM (l3YAf)

58
People forget she escaped a civil war to encounter racism massive fraud in America. She’s seen shit we won’t ever imagine. She’s always been a fighter brother f*cker.



Corrected for accuracy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 12:15 PM (tjClK)

59 Jussie Smollett gave her performance 4 stars.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 28, 2026 12:15 PM (jtM2q)

60 42
People forget she escaped a civil war to encounter racism in America. She’s seen shit we won’t ever imagine. She’s always been a fighter

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 28, 2026 12:13 PM (JCZqz)

=====


Someone tell them which side of the civil war her father was on.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 28, 2026 12:15 PM (GBKbO)

61 Ilhan Omar looks like a partially-unwrapped shit-flavored Blow Pop.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 28, 2026 12:16 PM (J4epV)

62 The Sausage King of Warsaw?

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 28, 2026 12:16 PM (jc0TO)

63 What if he had thrown his shoe at her?

Would that have been celebrated?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 28, 2026 12:16 PM (GBKbO)

64 Some guy did something.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 28, 2026 12:16 PM (ljGJy)

65 Dumb Pollack.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 28, 2026 12:17 PM (em0Ih)

66 That picture of the ex looks like someone I would trust as far as I could throw her. Since I have bad knees, a bad elbow and could use tommy john surgery, zero trust.

Posted by: clarence at January 28, 2026 12:17 PM (7b9Rm)

67 What if he had thrown his shoe at her?

Would that have been celebrated?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 28, 2026 12:16 PM

That's Arab, not Skinnies.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 28, 2026 12:17 PM (jc0TO)

68 dousing someone with liquids is a legitimate form of protest and protected by the 1st Amendment.
——

Good point! The new rules - we use their rules.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 28, 2026 12:17 PM (Oj76K)

69 I like the guy that looks like he gets winded on a flight of stairs flashing the "westside" gangsta hand sign.

LOL

I think it's real 'cause he didn't yell "This is MAGA country!!" and throw a rope at her.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 28, 2026 12:17 PM (vn9Tf)

70 If that was an "attack" then words have no meaning.

Posted by: Jay in PA at January 28, 2026 12:18 PM (9mw3J)

71 The guy looks a bit like Bill Ponderosa from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 28, 2026 12:18 PM (ESVrU)

72 The douches are closing in.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 28, 2026 12:18 PM (jc0TO)

73 Someone tell them which side of the civil war her father was on.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 28, 2026 12:15 PM (GBKbO)

They'd be happy, because they always admire tyrants.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at January 28, 2026 12:18 PM (lFFaq)

74 She stops, stares at the guy, then starts flapping one of her arms back and forth, and then he hits her.

Afterwards, she's not concerned in the slightest that she got unknown liquid on her boobs. Absolutely staged.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 28, 2026 12:18 PM (2ocoG)

75 He apparently yelled "take a shower" or "allah akbar". Something like that.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 28, 2026 12:18 PM (n5tGW)

76 Other than the fact that she's a through-and-through attention whore, how does it make sense for Omar to refocus attention on herself and by extension the whole Somali fraud story while the whole MSM is in full knicker-twist mode over ICE?
Posted by: Oddbob
=====
She is more concerned with staying out of prison herself for the amazing 30 million buck increase in a couple of years in personal wealth. This is an attempt to affect future juries more than anything political as such.

Posted by: whig at January 28, 2026 12:19 PM (E4rtv)

77 65.

He's probably an enforcer in the local Polish Mafia. They go around to all the local businesses and give them 10%.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 28, 2026 12:19 PM (J4epV)

78 By the way, according to left wing "logic" this is Omar trying to distract from the fraud investigation that is open on her.

Posted by: Jay in PA at January 28, 2026 12:19 PM (9mw3J)

79 Sprayed her torso? Maybe he thought she was a contestant in a wet T-shirt contest?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 28, 2026 12:19 PM (8zz6B)

80 She is more concerned with staying out of prison herself for the amazing 30 million buck increase in a couple of years in personal wealth. This is an attempt to affect future juries more than anything political as such.

Yeah, yesterday the big topic was that her husband's wine business made $15 million without any products to sell.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 28, 2026 12:20 PM (2ocoG)

81 how does it make sense for Omar to refocus attention on herself and by extension the whole Somali fraud story

Exactly. How can it make sense?

Posted by: t-bird at January 28, 2026 12:20 PM (kG5OE)

82 Now watch the shitbirds of Con Inc condemn this act of "terrorism" and demand the right turn down the temperature.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 28, 2026 12:21 PM (2UnvF)

83 If it's a leftist, the attack might be real, and if the attack was real it was a leftist. Anything else is fakery.

Posted by: ... at January 28, 2026 12:21 PM (QQN0v)

84 how does it make sense for Omar to refocus attention on herself and by extension the whole Somali fraud story

Exactly. How can it make sense?
Posted by: t-bird at January 28, 2026 12:20 PM (kG5OE)


Welcome to my world, where the square fits the round.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 12:21 PM (tjClK)

85 50 I don’t know if it was staged or not, but I wouldn’t put something like that beyond Omar. However, the guy looked totally drunk or stoned (guess he didn’t want to waste booze on her, which would have been too delicious), and he has a beef. We’ll probably never know.
Posted by: RebeccaH
======
Depends on whether there is a trial but it looks suspicious enough to discount any stupid MAGA attack angle.

Posted by: whig at January 28, 2026 12:21 PM (E4rtv)

86 I like Trump's answer about not caring because I certainly dont care.

Posted by: ... at January 28, 2026 12:22 PM (QQN0v)

87 "Alright, you guys go out and find some dumb Polack white guy that wants to make $500. Make him bust a move and get the congresswoman. If you have to go to the Mission or Salvation Army, that's OK, just get the drunk here".

Omar's crew

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 28, 2026 12:22 PM (gm9Sb)

88
Directly after being sprayed with water:

"I'm melting! Melting! Oh, what a world, what a world!"

Posted by: Frank Barone at January 28, 2026 12:22 PM (IifOV)

89 BTW, new name I see being used for Antifa: "Vanilla ISIS". They certainly do stop, collaborate (with George Soros), and listen.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 28, 2026 12:22 PM (2ocoG)

90 24 BTW, the open-borders Cato Institute just came out with a "study" saying that "immigrants" get less "welfare" than native-born Americans.

Not only do they not distinguish between illegal aliens and legal immigrants, but they count Medicare and Social Security as "welfare".

I wonder who's funding them these days...
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 28, 2026 12:09 PM (n1OCj)

I also wonder if, in calculating the value of SS and Medicare given, they adjust for the amount the recipient and recipients employer paid in over recipients work life....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 28, 2026 12:22 PM (QGaXH)

91 FBI should ask Omar to file a report, if she refuses that would be telling.

Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at January 28, 2026 12:22 PM (V6W16)

92 “People forget she escaped a civil war to encounter racism in America“

Her clan are undoubtedly the perpetrators of the shitshow, numbnuts. “Refugees” my ass.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 28, 2026 12:22 PM (Oj76K)

93 Candace Owens knows who is responsible.

Posted by: ... at January 28, 2026 12:22 PM (QQN0v)

94 Someone tell them which side of the civil war her father was on.
----

The losing side, which is why the family/clan fled.

Posted by: clarence at January 28, 2026 12:23 PM (7b9Rm)

95 Anthony Kazmierczak was arrested last night for attacking Ilhan Omar.
He was once married to a Patrice Kazmierczak. They divorced a few years ago. His ex-wife Patrice is a political activist & a big supporter of Ilhan Omar & AOC.


So, it took him YEARS to craft an attack in retribution against his ex-wife?

I'm really seriously calling bullshit on this one........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 12:23 PM (tjClK)

96 Remember:
The "war" she escaped was the one where her uncle was running extermination squads against the rival clan.

She's a modern-day "Adolf Eichmann" claiming she is a war refugee.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 28, 2026 12:23 PM (vn9Tf)

97
Happy news - In December 1993, the U.S. Army flew Aidid to Addis Ababa to engage in peace talks. During a battle in Mogadishu between his militia and the forces of his former ally Osman Ali Atto, Aidid was fatally wounded by a sniper and later died on 2 August 1996.
Posted by: pudinhead at January 28, 2026 12:14 PM (Hpgos)




The old Delta Force: Black Hawk Down video game had a final mission where you track down Aidid and shoot him in the face. If I remember the mission correctly, you end up chasing him through back alleys until he gets cornered behind a trash can.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 28, 2026 12:23 PM (y9nCu)

98 It wasn't water. It was Juice.

Posted by: ... at January 28, 2026 12:23 PM (QQN0v)

99 93 Candace Owens knows who is responsible.
Posted by: ... at January 28, 2026 12:22 PM (QQN0v)
------
I think I might have an idea too.

Posted by: Tucker Carlson at January 28, 2026 12:23 PM (5aZAZ)

100 Ilhan Omar "Attacked"...
with...
Water...

To be fair, it didn't do a certain other wicked witch any good.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 28, 2026 12:23 PM (QGaXH)

101 >>how does it make sense for Omar to refocus attention on herself and by extension the whole Somali fraud story

Exactly. How can it make sense?
Posted by: t-bird

Histrionic Personality Disorder. Pray you never have to deal with one.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 28, 2026 12:23 PM (mlg/3)

102 Of course this shit was staged. Its how the left operates.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 28, 2026 12:24 PM (snZF9)

103 BTW, new name I see being used for Antifa: "Vanilla ISIS".

Oh, that is brutally good!

Posted by: t-bird at January 28, 2026 12:24 PM (kG5OE)

104 It looked like her immediate comment when she addressed the room again was scripted.

She said that "we are Minnesota strong and we will stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us."

Meanwhile, she's looking down at her notes as though reading from a script.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 28, 2026 12:24 PM (ESVrU)

105 Dude looks exactly how I think all conservatives look. Disheveled, drunk, and fucking stupid.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 28, 2026 12:13 PM (JCZqz)

Hey.

*takes a drink*

*scratches*

*looks off into the distance stupidly*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 28, 2026 12:24 PM (bss/y)

106
It was a massengil liquid for the douche.

Posted by: Not so fresh feeling at January 28, 2026 12:24 PM (IifOV)

107 She's an attention whore.

Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at January 28, 2026 12:24 PM (DY7Xb)

108 If I were the other side, and I wanted to win, I don't know that using a muslim skank as the face of the resistance would be the most effective strategy.

Posted by: YYZ at January 28, 2026 12:25 PM (TN0g+)

109 Tell the fraudsters who funneled $30M to her that the public would like that money back and they're on the hook for it.

They'll roll over on her so fast it'll make your head swim.

Have her cough up the money AND deport her ass.

Anything less is unsatisfactory.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 28, 2026 12:25 PM (jtM2q)

110 Fake. A 90lbs woman went after a 220lbs man. Staged.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 28, 2026 12:26 PM (oT7pT)

111 108 If I were the other side, and I wanted to win, I don't know that using a muslim skank as the face of the resistance would be the most effective strategy.
Posted by: YYZ at January 28, 2026 12:25 PM (TN0g+)
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The other side is evil but God has blessed us with them also being fucking retarded.

Posted by: ballistic at January 28, 2026 12:26 PM (5aZAZ)

112 This was staged. She reacted exactly as someone would react if they knew they were at no risk whatsoever. Staged.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 28, 2026 12:27 PM (iFTx/)

113 By any measure, this is the most corrupt administration in American history.
-Chris Van Hollen (Retard-MD)

Posted by: BruceWayne at January 28, 2026 12:27 PM (MGB5H)

114 This just gives the media the excuse to stick a mic in the face of every Republican and get them to denounce Trump, DHS, and Right Wing Violence.

It's an Op, but then again, everything is an Op.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 28, 2026 12:27 PM (XV/Pl)

115 >how does it make sense for Omar to refocus attention on herself and by extension the whole Somali fraud story

Exactly. How can it make sense?
---
You'll never out-stupid stupid or decipher their logic or reasoning.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 28, 2026 12:27 PM (vn9Tf)

116 92 “People forget she escaped a civil war to encounter racism in America“

Her clan are undoubtedly the perpetrators of the shitshow, numbnuts. “Refugees” my ass.
Posted by: Common Tater at January 28, 2026 12:22 PM (Oj76K)

The left will get far more worked up about this than about a woman who escaped war in Ukraine only to encounter being stabbed to death on a train by a homeless guy.

This is all theater. But the AWFLs just eat it up.

Posted by: 29Victor at January 28, 2026 12:27 PM (0MjtC)

117 Imagine trying to hold these two things in your mind:

It's ok to spit on, run over, drag, hit, spray liquids, shout at, blow whistles and bullhorns, dox, intimidate family members, refuse service, publicly shame, verbally abuse, and poison ICE but fake spraying Jihadi Somali is punishable by death.

Posted by: MJ at January 28, 2026 12:27 PM (XOmY9)

118
Omar looks like a background singer for a Jamaican Rasta band.

Posted by: Frank Barone at January 28, 2026 12:27 PM (IifOV)

119 When does Rashida Tlaib stage an attack on herself and claim Islamophobia?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2026 12:27 PM (afKoR)

120 If I were the other side, and I wanted to win, I don't know that using a muslim skank as the face of the resistance would be the most effective strategy.

Never mind one that got rich literally overnight and refuses to talk about how.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 28, 2026 12:27 PM (2ocoG)

121 with...
Water...

*********

Tom Swifties:

"That's not water!" he ejaculated.

Posted by: muldoon at January 28, 2026 12:28 PM (qgHp7)

122 111 108 If I were the other side, and I wanted to win, I don't know that using a muslim skank as the face of the resistance would be the most effective strategy.
Posted by: YYZ at January 28, 2026 12:25 PM (TN0g+)
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The other side is evil but God has blessed us with them also being fucking retarded.

Posted by: ballistic at January 28, 2026 12:26 PM (5aZAZ)

=====

Regular reminder, Omar is elected by AWFLs. Her district is 60% white.

White progressive women lurv her.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 28, 2026 12:28 PM (GBKbO)

123 Read somewhere that it was "amber" in color. I hope it was at least piss rather than just water, if it wasn't staged.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 28, 2026 12:28 PM (XvL8K)

124 Weird. Usually it's her brother spraying her with liquid.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 28, 2026 12:28 PM (Y1sOo)

125 It was a massengil liquid for the douche.
Posted by: Not so fresh feeling at January 28, 2026 12:24 PM (IifOV)


Heh. He yelled "STANKY PUSSY" as he squeezed the applicator.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 12:28 PM (tjClK)

126 I don't like her

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 28, 2026 12:28 PM (LOZbR)

127 Afternoon Ace.
At first this guy just seemed to be a random drugged up loon. The more that comes out, it just looks like another Somali

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 28, 2026 12:28 PM (IDEQi)

128 He should have used pee.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 28, 2026 12:28 PM (AlhUl)

129 The suspect:

https://share.google/images/FF15bajfhxBpIAGhN

Posted by: qixlqatl at January 28, 2026 12:28 PM (TmvdC)

130 I'm actually shocked that the left hasn't blamed Jews for this yet.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 28, 2026 12:28 PM (vn9Tf)

131 Cont , Somali fraud

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 28, 2026 12:29 PM (IDEQi)

132 Who cares?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 28, 2026 12:29 PM (em0Ih)

133
The guy who squirted her said "This is Maga Country!"

Illhan Jussie Smollett Omar

Posted by: Frank Barone at January 28, 2026 12:29 PM (IifOV)

134 I don't know actually, and like Trump don't really care.

Yep, he looked drunk.
Nope, she didn't even look down at her shirt which would be the normal human reaction.
Yep, how convenient when she is getting investigated.
Nope, not a frozen water bottle that the leftists usually throw.
Maybe, they are getting some of their own medicine now.
Overall, I lean staged.

But its just water, not some martyrdom of bravery.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 28, 2026 12:29 PM (n5tGW)

135 Omar looks like a background singer for a Jamaican Rasta band.

That's unfair to Jamaican women, who are much better looking. Certainly no light bulb heads.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 28, 2026 12:29 PM (2ocoG)

136 You can't send her to jail for fraud, someone sprayed water on her. She's a victim!

Posted by: Darth Randall at January 28, 2026 12:29 PM (GcFKP)

137 He should have used pee.
Posted by: Eeyore at January

She's probably into that.

Posted by: BruceWayne at January 28, 2026 12:29 PM (MGB5H)

138 125 It was a massengil liquid for the douche.
Posted by: Not so fresh feeling at January 28, 2026 12:24 PM (IifOV)


Heh. He yelled "STANKY PUSSY" as he squeezed the applicator.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 12:28 PM (tjClK)

NOT SO FRESH, MOM!
-80S/90S COMMERCIAL

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 28, 2026 12:29 PM (bss/y)

139 The water clearly hit the teleprompter.

Posted by: ... at January 28, 2026 12:30 PM (QQN0v)

140 98 It wasn't water. It was Juice.
Posted by: ... at January 28, 2026 12:23 PM (QQN0v)

"See! I told you! The Juice are behind everything!"

-Cucker Qatarlson

Posted by: XTC at January 28, 2026 12:30 PM (uEmCf)

141 Imagine if he threw a shoe

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 28, 2026 12:30 PM (iFTx/)

142 140 98 It wasn't water. It was Juice.
Posted by: ... at January 28, 2026 12:23 PM (QQN0v)

"See! I told you! The Juice are behind everything!"

-Cucker Qatarlson
Posted by: XTC at January 28, 2026 12:30 PM (uEmCf)

*golfclap*

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 28, 2026 12:31 PM (bss/y)

143 It wasn't water. It was Juice.

Posted by: ... at January 28, 2026 12:23 PM (QQN0v)



I thought O. J. Simpson was dead?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 12:31 PM (tjClK)

144 The other side is evil but God has blessed us with them also being fucking retarded.
Posted by: ballistic
======
It is a pattern with the Lord. The proud are humbled, the corrupt are revealed, those that are evil suffer from being made blind to how they look to others.

Eventually you get to the part where dogs are licking up your blood in the street or other such fates such as intestinal infections so bad that your body ruptures. In an interesting historical note, the Pharaoh most likely to have reigned during the Exodus has nasty poxes all over his corpse and his first born was dead as a teenager in the same tomb complex.

Fear the Lord and his judgment is the beginning of wisdom for he always wins in the end.

Posted by: whig at January 28, 2026 12:31 PM (E4rtv)

145 It would have been an appropriate attack if he had sprayed her with pig semen

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 28, 2026 12:31 PM (IDEQi)

146 What does an illiterate do with a teleprompter?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 28, 2026 12:31 PM (em0Ih)

147 Wasn't the Left throwing pies at Ann Coulter a few years ago when she would make speeches? Did they do this to others? They thought it was quite funny. So this should also be funny, no?

Posted by: Lex at January 28, 2026 12:31 PM (l5xX+)

148 I also like the part where she raises her fist as she takes the exact choreographed 3 steps toward him before the security "holds her back."

Uh-huh.

Ma'am, you couldn't dent styrofoam, you're not going to punch out any man, even this soy dick-sucking faggot.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 28, 2026 12:32 PM (vn9Tf)

149 It would have been an appropriate attack if he had sprayed her with pig semen

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 28, 2026 12:31 PM (IDEQi)


Getting the appropriate sample is likely quite difficult.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 12:32 PM (tjClK)

150 143 It wasn't water. It was Juice.

Posted by: ... at January 28, 2026 12:23 PM (QQN0v)

I thought O. J. Simpson was dead?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 12:31 PM (tjClK)

Objection!

If it were OJ, neither she or the poor dumb bastard who was getting a blowjob from her would have survived.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 28, 2026 12:32 PM (bss/y)

151 Ashli Babbitt murdered, Trump shot, UnitedHealth CEO murdered, Charlie Kirk murdered. The Left: "Hooray! Tee hee hee hee!!!"

Some white guy sprays a little water on Ilhan Omar. The Left: "OMG!!! This is the worst thing EVER! What is this country coming to?!?!?!!? These evil republicans will stop at nothing!!!!"

Posted by: National Divorce NOW at January 28, 2026 12:32 PM (qUkBO)

152 If you were going to make the effort to attack this petite woman, would you squirt pee-pee on her? No, you'd tackle her and grind her into the fucking ground. It's stupid.

Next I'll hear is that he was a MAGA guy.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 28, 2026 12:33 PM (oT7pT)

153 It's time for common sense water control.

Posted by: ... at January 28, 2026 12:33 PM (QQN0v)

154 I wish it was real

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 28, 2026 12:33 PM (xcxpd)

155 149 It would have been an appropriate attack if he had sprayed her with pig semen

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 28, 2026 12:31 PM (IDEQi)


Getting the appropriate sample is likely quite difficult.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 12:32 PM (tjClK)

This is a job for the Rick Wilson.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 28, 2026 12:33 PM (bss/y)

156 The guy who squirted her said "This is Maga Country!"
-----

Just once in my life I'd like to yell that.

Either that, or "We can't stop here, this is bat country!"

Posted by: Crusader at January 28, 2026 12:33 PM (TN0g+)

157 Zero reaction at all, no basic sense of self-preservation. If an unknown person sprays you with an unknown liquid, you should probably have some kind of reaction like jumping back, examining yourself, etc.

One of two things is true:
1) The "attack" was completely staged and she had foreknowledge that she was never at any risk
or
2) She's too stupid to attempt to save herself when attacked by an unknown person.

Posted by: ballistic at January 28, 2026 12:33 PM (5aZAZ)

158 Should have sprayed her with Holy Water and watched the bitch sizzle.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 28, 2026 12:14 PM (W2Pud)

------------

Beat me to it.

"The Exorcist 7: Phantom Menace."

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 28, 2026 12:33 PM (oEB/2)

159 @149 Sponge, Minnesota is relatively rural. I'm sure there is a Pig Semen R Us™

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 28, 2026 12:34 PM (IDEQi)

160 Omar is going to show up at the next presser with her head wrapped in bandages, a neck brace, crutches and in a wheelchair, LOL

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 28, 2026 12:34 PM (vn9Tf)

161 I guess this guy didn't read where the leftist attackers use milk shakes.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 12:34 PM (tjClK)

162 You know what else has water?

ICE

Posted by: ... at January 28, 2026 12:34 PM (QQN0v)

163 Wet t-shirt contest fail.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 28, 2026 12:34 PM (dK+Kv)

164 A new Watergate finally!

Posted by: steevy at January 28, 2026 12:34 PM (YwEeS)

Wednesday Morning Rant

mannixape2.jpg

Meaningless Punishments

There is no more sure-fire way to never face meaningful punishment than to be a major, well-connected American corporation. Even politicians sometimes go down for Party defense purposes, but the powerful corporation never does. Even "landmark" punishments are mere slaps on the wrist, and they laugh all the way to the bank. There is a prime example of this in the news now, courtesy of everyone's favorite big tech hypercorp: Alphabet.

Alphabet - which Google renamed itself when that company decided its original name wasn't quite sinister enough - has settled a class-action lawsuit for recording people's conversations and using them for advertising. The thing everyone assumed Alphabet was doing, and that Alphabet insisted up and down it was not doing, turned out to be something Alphabet was doing. Shocker of the century there. Alphabet is settling its privacy case and paying a penalty.

The issue is simple. Alphabet would - they claim by accident - record information picked up by its "assistant" system (the "Hey Google ..." thing) even when it wasn't activated or was ostensibly in standby. That was then recorded and used for advertising purposes. This is a fatal flaw in all voice-activated systems - it can't hear you if it isn't listening - but Alphabet and the rest all uniformly claim that there is no recording unless activated. That turned out, against all odds, to be untrue.

This is on the heels of a prior settlement for the same thing from Apple last year. Apple would illegitimately record information through its "Siri" assistant. Unlike Alphabet, Apple claims they never sold the data or used it for marketing, but who knows. Nothing is off limits for Big Tech. I am just waiting for Amazon's turn.

So what was the punishment? Nothing. Alphabet is settling for $68 million. Apple settled for $95 million a year ago. How much a penalty is that? Well, let's see.

In the first quarter of 2025, Alphabet racked up $66.885 billion in advertising revenue - not counting YouTube. The overall company net profit that quarter was $34.54 billion. So they spied on their customers - and lied about it - for almost a decade and the penalty amounts to 0.2% of the company's first-quarter profits last year. By comparison, Apple got positively screwed. In the quarter before its settlement, it earned a paltry $36.33 billion in net profit, so its settlement was a staggering 2.6% of the quarterly profit!

It's nothing new. Remember in 2009 when Pfizer paid record-setting penalties for lying about drugs, paying kickbacks and various other frauds for years? That one was a big penalty. It was record-setting at the time, at $2.3 billion including criminal penalties. That amounted to just over a quarter of its 2009 profits. For years and years of misbehavior. That will dent the margins, but isn't much more than a shrug in the grand scheme of things. These aren't punishments, these are merely the "cost of doing business." Do whatever you want, commit whatever crimes you please, lie about it for years, and settle it for a couple of points off one quarter's profits unless you're really unlucky. In that worst-case scenario, the penalty might be an entire quarter's profits.

Lie. Cheat. Steal. Spy. Bribe. Kill. Abuse your customers. Buy politicians. Whatever. Just be a well-connected mega-corp and you'll get the corporate equivalent of a night in the drunk tank. Must be nice.

Posted by: Joe Mannix at 11:00 AM




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1 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2026 11:00 AM (RoI99)

2 Corgis called

Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2026 11:00 AM (RoI99)

3 Have any commies threatened guglag's CEO?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 28, 2026 11:02 AM (ULPxl)

4 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 11:02 AM (BJnkV)

5 Say, don't we have anti-trust laws in this country?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 28, 2026 11:03 AM (ULPxl)

6 I'm still not happy Trump commuted the sentence of the CEO/owner of the largest employer of illegals in the country. I try not to mention that piece of information to often as we are in a war.

Posted by: Mel Gibson at January 28, 2026 11:04 AM (KDPiq)

7 Hiya!

Posted by: Cheese puns at January 28, 2026 11:04 AM (0yjaw)

8 Say, don't we have anti-trust laws in this country?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 28, 2026 11:03 AM (ULPxl)
-

I don't trust them. It's even in the name!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 11:04 AM (BJnkV)

9 I have no voice-activated devices. Well, maybe the cat. But she cannot bring me a beer, so i don't ask.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 28, 2026 11:04 AM (8zz6B)

10 Off awesome director sock

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 28, 2026 11:04 AM (KDPiq)

11 These mega corporations are essentially paying a "sin tax."

Posted by: Lizzy at January 28, 2026 11:05 AM (0yjaw)

12 There was a time before "we" wised up that "we" often found ourselves defending corporations....

Posted by: ... at January 28, 2026 11:06 AM (QQN0v)

13 This is why you need to take an armored vehicle to the market.

https://is.gd/nUEUq3

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 28, 2026 11:07 AM (L/fGl)

14 Siri, is Joe Mannix a cop?

Posted by: Suspicious Mind at January 28, 2026 11:07 AM (oftw2)

15 I should have become a Somoli bank robber when I grew up. Seems as though legitimate careers are for suckers.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 28, 2026 11:07 AM (g8Ew8)

16 Do you really think any politician wants to go to war with the Silicon Valley Inquisition? The church of Manhattan Media scares them, too.

Posted by: pudinhead at January 28, 2026 11:08 AM (Hpgos)

17 Fines like that are just a line item expense.
Like janitorial services.

Posted by: Really?? at January 28, 2026 11:08 AM (4uLDQ)

18 I AM the voice activated device in my house.

Posted by: ... at January 28, 2026 11:08 AM (QQN0v)

19 9 I have no voice-activated devices. Well, maybe the cat. But she cannot bring me a beer, so i don't ask.

is it that she cannot or that she will not?

Posted by: anachronda at January 28, 2026 11:09 AM (sGtp+)

20 >>> 16 Do you really think any politician wants to go to war with the Silicon Valley Inquisition? The church of Manhattan Media scares them, too.
Posted by: pudinhead at January 28, 2026 11:08 AM (Hpgos)

I have a suggestion.

Posted by: Ellen Ripley at January 28, 2026 11:09 AM (ULPxl)

21 When the new notebook wanted facial recognition for my login, I pulled down my pants. Now I have to expose my penis every time I wan to sign in.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 28, 2026 11:10 AM (oT7pT)

22 I’m not defending Google but everyone ought to know that if they use things like Assistant or Alexa this is the deal. You waive all privacy. Sam if you use Gmail.

Posted by: Really?? at January 28, 2026 11:10 AM (4uLDQ)

23 So, just how do they use people's conversations for advertising?

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 11:10 AM (77rzZ)

24 According to the settlement agreement, the class members can take their payout as $8 in cash or a next generation Google Assistant for their home.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 28, 2026 11:11 AM (8DR9B)

25 Do the employees of Apple, Google and Amazon allow their products in their homes or on their devices?

Posted by: Oglebay at January 28, 2026 11:11 AM (GPa4z)

26 is it that she cannot or that she will not?
Posted by: anachronda at January 28, 2026 11:09 AM (sGtp+)

Not tall enough to reach the handle on the fridge door. And then that "lack of opposable thumbs" thing. Mostly the lack of opposable thumbs.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 28, 2026 11:12 AM (8zz6B)

27 Willowed from Art Thread:

433 At 425+ comments, I'm beginning to suspect there's no correlation between the quality of the art and the number of comments on the Thread.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 28, 2026 10:55 AM (0sNs1)

To be fair, 100+ comments were lame-a** bird puns...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 28, 2026 11:12 AM (QGaXH)

28 shit. I can avoid inviting Amazon, no echo, ring cameras etc. But my work went to google for email, and its on my phone.

Mind even AI is probably bored out of its gourd sifting through my audio but I still hate that they are snooping on me.

Posted by: PaleRider at January 28, 2026 11:12 AM (hhkIi)

29 So what was the punishment? Nothing. Alphabet is settling for $68 million. Apple settled for $95 million a year ago. How much a penalty is that? Well, let's see.

That's couch change for them. Total joke. The class action plaintiffs' lawyers and lead plaintiff are millionaires now, so that's nice. The rest of the class got probably $5 google play gift cards.

Posted by: Class actions are a scam at January 28, 2026 11:14 AM (TbWk/)

30 To be fair, 100+ comments were lame-a** bird puns...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)

Hey! My bird puns were auksome!

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 11:14 AM (77rzZ)

31 shit. I can avoid inviting Amazon, no echo, ring cameras etc. But my work went to google for email, and its on my phone.

—

Don’t use your personal phone for work email. Solves the problem.

Posted by: Really?? at January 28, 2026 11:14 AM (4uLDQ)

32 If they had an internal struggle within the C-suite and installed Evan Campbell as new CEO would that be deemed...

...Campbell's Alphabet Coup?

Posted by: muldoon at January 28, 2026 11:14 AM (qgHp7)

33 Malinda Cook, CRNA who was employed at VCU Health - has been terminated.
She just destroyed her career.


She is the nurse who suggested injecting ICE agents with paralytic drugs.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2026 11:14 AM (RoI99)

34 There are two sides to this. Fines or penalties against the company are felt mostly by shareholders, who are innocent of the punished conduct. Why should they be punished?

The punishments should be levied at the individuals at the company responsible for the misconduct. Stop laughing. No, seriously. I'm serious, you guys.

These fines and penalties are nothing more than another form of corporate tax, of course. If alfagbet wasn't guilty of this, the regulators would find something else.

This is exactly what is going on in Europe, with multi-billion (with a "b") penalties imposed against US-based companies for made-up bullshit. This is a very serious problem that is flying under the radar. Trump should add it to his list of grievances against these fuckers. If they are targeting our companies, we should target theirs.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 28, 2026 11:15 AM (iFTx/)

35 yum yum shit
yummy shit pebbles
in my mouth

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 28, 2026 11:15 AM (hNf/i)

36 So, just how do they use people's conversations for advertising?
Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 11:10 AM (77rzZ)

They listen on women's iPhones when they're talking about how much they love their Playtex Cross-Ur-Heart bra.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 28, 2026 11:15 AM (g8Ew8)

37 Me twenty-five years ago would reflexively try to defend corporate misbehavior since they were on our team in the intellectual battle against communism. Now, not only are large corporations fully aligned with the left, but their oligopolistic behavior reveals them to be enemies of free market capitalism. Screw them.

Posted by: Buck Throckmorton at January 28, 2026 11:16 AM (9eixl)

38 OT but funny (CCP whining):

https://is.gd/PBpyBp

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 28, 2026 11:16 AM (ULPxl)

39 >>>Willowed from Art Thread:

433 At 425+ comments, I'm beginning to suspect there's no correlation between the quality of the art and the number of comments on the Thread.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 28, 2026 10:55 AM (0sNs1)

To be fair, 100+ comments were lame-a** bird puns...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)

>Ace gets hits, and people have a few laughs. Lighten up, Francis.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 28, 2026 11:16 AM (oT7pT)

40 Malinda Cook, CRNA who was employed at VCU Health - has been terminated.
She just destroyed her career.


She is the nurse who suggested injecting ICE agents with paralytic drugs.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2026 11:14 AM (RoI99)

Should be relieved of her nursing license, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 28, 2026 11:17 AM (8zz6B)

41 Malinda Cook, CRNA who was employed at VCU Health - has been terminated.
She just destroyed her career
-

There’s a shortage of nurses. She’ll be fine. In a few weeks/months she’ll be hired somewhere else with no fanfare. Nursing is an ultra far left community. Her “sisters” will take care of her.

Posted by: Really?? at January 28, 2026 11:17 AM (4uLDQ)

42 Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 28, 2026 11:15 AM

His grandfather was a "limp" in Africa. I am getting a lot of amusement from these typos. Ha!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2026 11:17 AM (oT1li)

43 Meaningless Punishments

I accept full responsibility and am suspending myself with pay while I update our training procedures. Let this be a lesson to me!

Posted by: t-bird at January 28, 2026 11:17 AM (kG5OE)

44 >>> 33 Malinda Cook, CRNA who was employed at VCU Health - has been terminated.
She just destroyed her career.


She is the nurse who suggested injecting ICE agents with paralytic drugs.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2026 11:14 AM (RoI99)

I hope she dies in a fcking ditch. In Minneapolis.

Would anyone sane trust that psycho bint in *any* interaction now?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 28, 2026 11:18 AM (ULPxl)

45 I saw Limps in Africa open for...

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 11:18 AM (77rzZ)

46 Yo. Yeah you. Relax, just want to ask you something

Marxist: Huh? Are you nuts? We're shooting at you!

Uh huh. That whole death to capitalism thing, would you mind going over that again?

Marxist: This is a trap, isn't it?

Not at all - hey! you! BZO. Google it - I was just thinking you might be interested in... call it a Prisoner Exchange

Posted by: Fen at January 28, 2026 11:19 AM (ciYHQ)

47 What it a pimp with a limp?

Posted by: Really?? at January 28, 2026 11:19 AM (4uLDQ)

48 So, just how do they use people's conversations for advertising?

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 11:10 AM (77rzZ)

Carl: "Frank, my refrigerator broke."
Frank: "You need a plumber?"
Carl: "Yes. Do you know a good one?"
Frank: "I'll be right over."

Later - up pops the grindr ads

Posted by: ... at January 28, 2026 11:19 AM (QQN0v)

49 Malinda Cook, CRNA who was employed at VCU Health - has been terminated.

-
With extreme prejudice?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 28, 2026 11:20 AM (L/fGl)

50 The last corporation to ever receive a real sanction that I remember was Enron, and that was more a question of just being allowed to collapse on its own. Before that AT&T when it got broken up.

I used to dismiss this sort of thinking, but it's there in my face nowadays.

You say you don't believe in corporate dystopian scenarios, that there are no such things. Well, you better start believing in dystopias...

...because we're in one.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 28, 2026 11:20 AM (OUMaO)

51 Lie. Cheat. Steal. Spy. Bribe. Kill. Abuse your customers. Buy politicians. Whatever.

That sounds pretty nice and all, but what about rape?

Posted by: Taggart at January 28, 2026 11:20 AM (JCZqz)

52 So ASS is coprophilic?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 28, 2026 11:20 AM (8CIFn)

53 In other corpo news, Instapundit is reporting that Boeing is getting its act together
cnbc.com/2026/01/27/boeing-ba-4q-2025-earnings.html

Posted by: gKWVE at January 28, 2026 11:20 AM (tL5sl)

54 They listen on women's iPhones when they're talking about how much they love their Playtex Cross-Ur-Heart bra.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 28, 2026 11:15 AM (g8Ew

(computer-generated Siri voice); "OK, Honey, turn on your selfie cam, and remove your bra to demonstrate exactly how much sagging the Cross Ur Heart bra prevents."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 28, 2026 11:20 AM (8zz6B)

55 The hell of it is, when a person logs in to a computer for the very first time in their life, they've just given up all privacy for the rest of their life.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 28, 2026 11:20 AM (g8Ew8)

56 Lie. Cheat. Steal. Spy. Bribe. Kill. Abuse your customers. Buy politicians. Whatever. Just be a well-connected mega-corp and you'll get the corporate equivalent of a night in the drunk tank. Must be nice.

Posted by: Joe Mannix at 11:00 AM

And the financial penalties don't really hurt the corporations, they hurt the innocent stockholders. So yes - compensate the victims, but don't then victimize the shareholders.

Forget financial penalties - some of these people need to go to jail. Punish the perpetrators of the fraud, not the innocent share holders. Spoken as a shareholder of the named companies and others who has seen the value of his holdings decline at times because of these penalties.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 28, 2026 11:21 AM (QGaXH)

57 Malinda Cook, CRNA who was employed at VCU Health - has been terminated.
She just destroyed her career.


She is the nurse who suggested injecting ICE agents with paralytic drugs.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2026 11:14 AM (RoI99)
____

Good news, but more is needed. Strip her of her nursing license. She publicly confessed to what amounts to conspiracy to commit murder. Arrest and prosecute. You can be sure that if she was MAGA and said exactly what she did about BLM, she'd be looking at prison time.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 28, 2026 11:21 AM (iFTx/)

58 47 What it a pimp with a limp?
Posted by: Really?? at January 28, 2026 11:19 AM (4uLDQ)

Somebody beat Alex Stein 99's legs with a baseball bat?

Posted by: XTC at January 28, 2026 11:21 AM (uEmCf)

59 >>> 50 The last corporation to ever receive a real sanction that I remember was Enron, and that was more a question of just being allowed to collapse on its own. Before that AT&T when it got broken up.

I used to dismiss this sort of thinking, but it's there in my face nowadays.

You say you don't believe in corporate dystopian scenarios, that there are no such things. Well, you better start believing in dystopias...

...because we're in one.
Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 28, 2026 11:20 AM (OUMaO)

I'm so old, I remember when the timwalz execs at my company introduced "Diversity, Inclusion and Equity", and yes, in that order.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 28, 2026 11:22 AM (ULPxl)

60 Just saw Ilhan's performative art vid.

Somalians expertise is brazen fraud, subtle it is not.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 28, 2026 11:22 AM (Dv3i1)

61 52 So ASS is coprophilic?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 28, 2026 11:20 AM (8CIFn)

Coprophagic anyway

Posted by: Nom nom nom at January 28, 2026 11:22 AM (TbWk/)

62 Malinda Cook, CRNA who was employed at VCU Health - has been terminated.
She just destroyed her career.
——-

Nah. Nurses are in short supply. She’ll just get hired somewhere else. We are no longer a serious country.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 28, 2026 11:22 AM (eOudo)

63 how much they love their Playtex Cross-Ur-Heart bra.

The push up peekaboo training bra.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 28, 2026 11:22 AM (Kt19C)

64 Hey! My bird puns were auksome!

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 11:14 AM (77rzZ)
-

That's ostrich.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 11:23 AM (BJnkV)

65 I have no voice-activated devices. Well, maybe the cat. But she cannot bring me a beer, so i don't ask.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

************

Opposable thumbs, Baybee!!!

Posted by: muldoon's beer-fetching lemur at January 28, 2026 11:23 AM (qgHp7)

66 Would it be wrong to start a gofundme to encourage Malinda (is that really how she spells it? appropriate...) to take Her Battle directly to ICE?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 28, 2026 11:24 AM (ULPxl)

67 21 When the new notebook wanted facial recognition for my login, I pulled down my pants. Now I have to expose my penis every time I wan to sign in.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 28, 2026 11:10 AM (oT7pT)

Hilarious if true! Especially if you want to use it in pubic.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 28, 2026 11:24 AM (QGaXH)

68 She is the nurse who suggested injecting ICE agents with paralytic drugs.
Posted by: rickb223
========
Worse, what she was doing was recommending killing them without appearing to do so directly. The particular drug she mentioned is paralyzes breathing for intubation and requires forced mechanical oxygen intake in order to keep the patient alive. There is no antidote. Absent intubation and forced ventilation, the person dies, quickly, and with few traces.

There have been several murder cases involving the drug being used to off spouses, etc.

I am facing intubation for upcoming spinal surgery and that exact drug is probably going to be used. That nurse cockroach should lose all certifications as no sane insurance company would cover a woman recommending murder for political reasons.

Posted by: whig at January 28, 2026 11:24 AM (E4rtv)

69 Next to teachers nurses are the most loathsome group of “professionals”.

Obviously there are exceptions. But as a whole those two groups are insufferable.

Posted by: Really?? at January 28, 2026 11:25 AM (4uLDQ)

70 Malinda Cook, CRNA who was employed at VCU Health - has been terminated.
She just destroyed her career
-

LOL she'll be Pete Booty's Surgeon General

They always fail up. That's why they do it.

Posted by: ... at January 28, 2026 11:25 AM (QQN0v)

71 >>> 65 I have no voice-activated devices. Well, maybe the cat. But she cannot bring me a beer, so i don't ask.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

************

Opposable thumbs, Baybee!!!
Posted by: muldoon's beer-fetching lemur at January 28, 2026 11:23 AM (qgHp7)

Bluebell the Hen sulks, and says the WEFtards should be glad she does not have opposable thumbs.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 28, 2026 11:25 AM (ULPxl)

72 Just saw Ilhan's performative art vid.

Somalians expertise is brazen fraud, subtle it is not.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 28, 2026 11:22 AM (Dv3i1)
-

Did you see this?

https://tinyurl.com/4ptajk52

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 11:25 AM (BJnkV)

73 Nah. Nurses are in short supply. She’ll just get hired somewhere else. We are no longer a serious country.
Posted by: Common Tater
======
I think she will be uninsurable as she is an nurse anesthetist and what she recommended would kill patients. That exposes hospitals and surgery centers using her to enormous liability if they do and she kills a patient or even if a patient dies under her watch.

Posted by: whig at January 28, 2026 11:26 AM (E4rtv)

74 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Birdbath status: Still Frozen, but starting to thaw.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 28, 2026 11:27 AM (SRRAx)

75 Did you see this?

https://tinyurl.com/4ptajk52
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

Hah!

ABC, CBS, NBC, FoxNews, CNN and MS NOW viewers will never see it.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 28, 2026 11:27 AM (Dv3i1)

76 So, when a corporation is fined... who gets the money?

Politicians would be my guess.

The fines are most likely just part of the shakedown that goes on annually. I'd like to know what these corporations do (or fail to do) for the politicos that either raises, or lowers the fines.

Lizzy "Squaw 4-eye" Warren has this scheme down to a science with her CPB.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 28, 2026 11:27 AM (jtM2q)

77 There’s also an anesthesiologist in Florida who proclaimed on social media he will not work on Trump voters.

But remember they’re the party of science and tolerance.

Posted by: Really?? at January 28, 2026 11:27 AM (4uLDQ)

78 30 To be fair, 100+ comments were lame-a** bird puns...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)

Hey! My bird puns were auksome!
Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 11:14 AM (77rzZ)

What. Have. I. Done.....

At least it's not boobs....

(face palm...d'oh)

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 28, 2026 11:28 AM (QGaXH)

79 Corporations are people too. I know this to be true as SCOTUS said so.

Posted by: Diabeetus at January 28, 2026 11:28 AM (fq8Zx)

80 ‘ Lie. Cheat. Steal. Spy. Bribe. Kill. Abuse your customers. Buy politicians. Whatever. Just be a well-connected mega-corp and you'll get the corporate equivalent of a night in the drunk tank. Must be nice.

Ha! Why’d you think ‘Bribe’ was on the list?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 28, 2026 11:28 AM (jbnUc)

81 Low voltage tech, like all the IoT stuff and "Smart Access Control" is my game now. It is a den of vipers.

And the shit I could tell you about that river in the rain forest would turn you white.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 28, 2026 11:28 AM (R0ru7)

82 Dystopia. Dat-topia. All da topias.

Posted by: muldoon's beer-fetching lemur at January 28, 2026 11:29 AM (qgHp7)

83 Hey! My bird puns were auksome!

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 11:14 AM (77rzZ)
-

That's ostrich.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 11:23 AM (BJnkV)

We're going to have a bird-coloring event called
Dye A Rhea.

Posted by: What can brown do for you at January 28, 2026 11:29 AM (TbWk/)

84 Did you see this?

https://tinyurl.com/4ptajk52
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

Hah!

ABC, CBS, NBC, FoxNews, CNN and MS NOW viewers will never see it.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 28, 2026 11:27 AM (Dv3i1)
-

And now we know the motive. This might not have been staged at all:

https://tinyurl.com/yxu3p844

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 11:30 AM (BJnkV)

85 At least it's not boobs....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)

Great tits FTW!

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 11:30 AM (77rzZ)

86 76.

That fugly witch's shakedown of RealPage for bribes was one for the history books.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 28, 2026 11:30 AM (R0ru7)

87 FBI should ask Omar if she wants to file an official report. That would be telling.

Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at January 28, 2026 11:30 AM (V6W16)

88 I wonder if the info was collected for advertising purposes--is there any way to compute how effective all this personal ID is to a seller?

I think it's got more to do with politics. Like Eric Schmidt once said, we know everything about you. We know who you vote for.

Posted by: Random PJ at January 28, 2026 11:30 AM (+jscL)

89 In other corpo news, Instapundit is reporting that Boeing is getting its act together
cnbc.com/2026/01/27/boeing-ba-4q-2025-earnings.html
Posted by: gKWVE at January 28, 2026 11:20 AM (tL5sl)

Sadly, making lots of money does not, necessarily, equate to getting their act together.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 11:31 AM (ExV1e)

90 We're going to have a bird-coloring event called
Dye A Rhea.
Posted by: What can brown do for you at January 28, 2026 11:29 AM (TbWk/)

Great emu-lations!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 28, 2026 11:31 AM (8zz6B)

91 50 The last corporation to ever receive a real sanction that I remember was Enron, and that was more a question of just being allowed to collapse on its own. Before that AT&T when it got broken up.

I used to dismiss this sort of thinking, but it's there in my face nowadays.

You say you don't believe in corporate dystopian scenarios, that there are no such things. Well, you better start believing in dystopias...

...because we're in one.
Posted by: Brother Tim

Corporations in our system act entailed estates filled by a new aristocracy of titled positions like CEO, CFO, etc.

Individuals holding the title of baron (CEO nowadays) came and went but the entailed estates were permanent lasting for centuries unless the current holder really pissed off the crown or the aristocrat went bankrupt and had to sell off the estate to settle debts (modern bankruptcy).

Posted by: whig at January 28, 2026 11:31 AM (E4rtv)

92 >>>Hilarious if true! Especially if you want to use it in pubic.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)

>I made that up. Still these invasive technological advances are just a way of gathering data against you will. I will probably see my face somewhere on a site catfishing for cougars and milfs.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 28, 2026 11:31 AM (oT7pT)

93 Ilhan Oman bravely faces down The Splasher.

https://is.gd/sOVRUd

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 28, 2026 11:32 AM (L/fGl)

94 You know who else was a Party of Science?

Posted by: ... at January 28, 2026 11:32 AM (QQN0v)

95 39 >Ace gets hits, and people have a few laughs. Lighten up, Francis.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 28, 2026 11:16 AM (oT7pT)

Here we go with the Francis again...The other day I was Francis #2..who the h*** is Francis anyway? The Talking Mule? Possibly an apt description and wholly appropriate for a smart military blog. Good call Rev.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 28, 2026 11:32 AM (QGaXH)

96 You what will know solve this? A massive tax cut for all the job creating CEO heroes out there.
- GOP

Posted by: Really?? at January 28, 2026 11:33 AM (4uLDQ)

97 You would think the new billionaire taxes being imposed in Cali would wake up the tech Robber Barons.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v at January 28, 2026 11:33 AM (Kxi0p)

98 Say, don't we have anti-trust laws in this country?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 28, 2026 11:03 AM (ULPxl)

-------------

More like anti-just laws, amirite?

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 28, 2026 11:33 AM (NV+BS)

99 95 Here we go with the Francis again...The other day I was Francis #2..who the h*** is Francis anyway? The Talking Mule? Possibly an apt description and wholly appropriate for a smart military blog. Good call Rev.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 28, 2026 11:32 AM (QGaXH)

====

A reference to Stripes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syV2LkGpQB0

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 28, 2026 11:33 AM (GBKbO)

100 We're going to have a bird-coloring event called
Dye A Rhea.
Posted by: What can brown do for you

I can't condorn such activity.

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 11:33 AM (77rzZ)

101 So the MN Antifa plate lookup mechanism was found: there was a website called defrostmn.net that did it. It turned out to be really easy for bored hackers on X to get in and turn it into a smoking ruin. They also doxxed the person running it, one Matt Beran.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 28, 2026 11:34 AM (2ocoG)

102 Will the commies get their first scalp with Noem? I'm not a huge fan but if they force her out that will be the beginning of the isolation of Trump and the official flag of surrender from the GOP.

Stay strong my Orange skin Cheeto knight!

Posted by: GigantorX at January 28, 2026 11:34 AM (WGjoS)

103 42 Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 28, 2026 11:15 AM

His grandfather was a "limp" in Africa. I am getting a lot of amusement from these typos. Ha!
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2026 11:17 AM (oT1li)

I've wondered if the nic is supposed to be a reference to the TV show in the '70's Alias Smith and Jones?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 28, 2026 11:34 AM (QGaXH)

104 "Andy Kazmierczak"

My tongue just jumped out of my mouth and hid behind a chair when I tried to pronounce that

Posted by: gKWVE at January 28, 2026 11:34 AM (tL5sl)

105 Was Challenger 40 years ago today? I remember where I was, what I was doing when I heard about it....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 28, 2026 11:35 AM (QGaXH)

106 "Andy Kazmierczak"

My tongue just jumped out of my mouth and hid behind a chair when I tried to pronounce that
Posted by: gKWVE


The only time I know how to pronounce Polish names is when they're written in Cyrillic.

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 11:36 AM (77rzZ)

107 "Andy Kazmierczak"

My tongue just jumped out of my mouth and hid behind a chair when I tried to pronounce that
Posted by: gKWVE at January 28, 2026 11:34 AM (tL5sl)

Good thing he answers to "Hey, Asshole!"

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 28, 2026 11:36 AM (8zz6B)

108 13 This is why you need to take an armored vehicle to the market.

https://is.gd/nUEUq3

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 28, 2026 11:07 AM (L/fGl)

Second guy was standing right behind the RPG when it was fired, an uncomfortable place to be.

Posted by: javems at January 28, 2026 11:36 AM (zFsEm)

109 Individuals holding the title of baron (CEO nowadays) came and went but the entailed estates were permanent lasting for centuries unless the current holder really pissed off the crown or the aristocrat went bankrupt and had to sell off the estate to settle debts (modern bankruptcy).

Posted by: whig

Nothing new, etc. It's things like this that put me in a quandry regarding the Mangione affair and its likes. Feels like it's damned if we do, damned if we don't. That tends not to be a good sign for things to come.

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at January 28, 2026 11:36 AM (OUMaO)

110 BI should ask Omar if she wants to file an official report. That would be telling.

Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at January 28, 2026 11:30 AM


That whole thing was staged and both of them are crappy actors.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 28, 2026 11:37 AM (0N4FZ)

111 Good thing he answers to "Hey, Asshole!"
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Especially where he's headed

Posted by: gKWVE at January 28, 2026 11:37 AM (tL5sl)

112 Malinda Cook, CRNA who was employed at VCU Health - has been terminated.
She just destroyed her career.

There are others. Vaccine sales rep. Hospital administrator. She'll be fine.

Posted by: t-bird at January 28, 2026 11:37 AM (kG5OE)

113 Damn I’m getting old as I remember very clearly where I was when something happened 40 years ago.

Posted by: Really?? at January 28, 2026 11:37 AM (4uLDQ)

114 60
‘ Just saw Ilhan's performative art vid.’

I saw her in a YouTube ad asking for (more) money.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 28, 2026 11:38 AM (jbnUc)

115 "Andy Kazmierczak"

My tongue just jumped out of my mouth and hid behind a chair when I tried to pronounce that
Posted by: gKWVE
--------

[recalls Derb's commentary re Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, then President of Turkmenistan]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 28, 2026 11:38 AM (XeU6L)

116 Damn I’m getting old as I remember very clearly where I was when something happened 40 years ago.
Posted by: Really??
-------

It gets worse.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 28, 2026 11:39 AM (XeU6L)

117 48 So, just how do they use people's conversations for advertising?

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 11:10 AM (77rzZ)

Carl: "Frank, my refrigerator broke."
Frank: "You need a plumber?"
Carl: "Yes. Do you know a good one?"
Frank: "I'll be right over."

Later - up pops the grindr ads
Posted by: ... at January 28, 2026 11:19 AM (QQN0v)

O I C - they use the eavesdropped conversations to TARGET ads to the eavesdropee.....I was unclear what they were trying to do....

Somewhere some guy is wondering why his wife's computer is getting tons of discount motel ads...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 28, 2026 11:40 AM (QGaXH)

118 The only time I know how to pronounce Polish names is when they're written in Cyrillic.

They chose the strangest transliterations, didn't they? I'm starting to get used to some of them, though.

Posted by: t-bird at January 28, 2026 11:40 AM (kG5OE)

119 Are CEOs as a class impressive, no? I’m sure a few are… Elon Musk comes to mind. The CEO of my company is not and I think he’s typical… he’s akin to a party apparatchik always quoting the party line no original thoughts

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 28, 2026 11:41 AM (YobFY)

120 When it comes to Polish names, Turtle Wax is pretty easy.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 28, 2026 11:41 AM (8zz6B)

121 I won't allow voice activated agents in the house. Problem solved.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 28, 2026 11:41 AM (0U5gm)

122 I think she will be uninsurable as she is an nurse anesthetist and what she recommended would kill patients. That exposes hospitals and surgery centers using her to enormous liability
——-

25 years ago, maybe. She should be, or would be.

Insurance. They’ve been looking past a lot of skeevy stuff. For a long, long time. Because they are forced to. There’s more regulations on them then any other industry perhaps. This would be good, or could be, but like everything else has been twisted to leftist pressure.

For example. Any life insurance policy worth its salt would have an exclusion for biological warfare agents. WuHan Flu. Not a peep about that. Why? Because they know better.

Same with experimental medical trials. That’s what the “vaccine” is. Insurance doesn’t cover emergency experimental drugs that have not received FDA approval.

If there weren’t regulatory capture, the insurance industry could have been invaluable at blowing the entire debacle up. “We ain’t paying out for deaths caused by biological weapons tweaked for increased transmission”. Note well they didn’t say shit.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 28, 2026 11:41 AM (eOudo)

123 "Once you take a couple shots across the teeth from your brother, a little pee isn't so bad." - Brofo Omar, Wine Tycoon and Clit-free Incest Survivor, probably

Posted by: sifty boones at January 28, 2026 11:42 AM (E5pD7)

124 Omar looks at the guy and flaps her arm right before he stands up. She's really bad at this stuff.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 28, 2026 11:42 AM (2ocoG)

125 My wife got a check for $10 from class action settlement with Facebook. We're rolling in the high cotton now, baby!

Posted by: Embarrassing Stain at January 28, 2026 11:43 AM (+SzFD)

126 My wife got a check for $10 from class action settlement with Facebook.

Class actions are intended to make lawyers rich. That's the entire reason.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 28, 2026 11:44 AM (2ocoG)

127 Cases of "angel of mercy" killings have occurred for decades (even centuries). They typically involve an attention-seeking wannabe hero mentality. Even lower level nurses can find a way to provoke a life-threatening crisis in order to revel in the adrenaline rush of being in on the resuscitation. A Certified Nurse Anesthetist publicly musing on using curare to paralyze a patient's breathing for political differences takes it to a whole different level. Access to drugs like curare and fentanyl is quite easily managed by a CNA and repurposed for murderous uses.

Posted by: muldoon at January 28, 2026 11:44 AM (qgHp7)

128 124 Omar looks at the guy and flaps her arm right before he stands up. She's really bad at this stuff.
Posted by: Ian S.

I know, right?

Posted by: Jussie Smollette at January 28, 2026 11:45 AM (Dv3i1)

129 125 My wife got a check for $10 from class action settlement with Facebook. We're rolling in the high cotton now, baby!

Posted by: Embarrassing Stain at January 28, 2026 11:43 AM (+SzFD)

=====

My wife got word on her bonus for the year.

Almost 50% of my annual pay from last year.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 28, 2026 11:45 AM (GBKbO)

130 68 I am facing intubation for upcoming spinal surgery and that exact drug is probably going to be used. That nurse cockroach should lose all certifications as no sane insurance company would cover a woman recommending murder for political reasons.
Posted by: whig at January 28, 2026 11:24 AM (E4rtv)

I hope your surgery goes well and you have a speedy recovery!

Others mentioned previously - to paraphrase - liability lawyers/families should be deluging these hospitals with subpoenas (?) for records of their loved one's care if there was anything less than a stellar outcome and those nurses were involved or even just on shift somewhere in the hospital.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 28, 2026 11:46 AM (QGaXH)

131 “Tolerance” was a ruse, rhetoric intended to get decent, peaceable people to put up with outrageous bullshit. That’s it.

That was always and ever a one sided deal. See also: “Free Speech”. Leftists never compromise, unless your definition of compromise is “give them everything they want” and more.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 28, 2026 11:46 AM (eOudo)

132 Nothing new, etc. It's things like this that put me in a quandry regarding the Mangione affair and its likes. Feels like it's damned if we do, damned if we don't. That tends not to be a good sign for things to come.
Posted by: Brother Tim
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Eyes on the Prize, while evil exists, so does goodness and it will be thus until the Lord returns. I was reading the parable of the minas in Luke last night and it gives much to ponder about.

Posted by: whig at January 28, 2026 11:46 AM (E4rtv)

133 At 425+ comments, I'm beginning to suspect there's no correlation between the quality of the art and the number of comments on the Thread.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 28, 2026 10:55 AM (0sNs1)

To be fair, 100+ comments were lame-a** bird puns...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)
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I love you guys. I looked at it as an antisemitic painting, not really worth mentioning. The "Bird Men" in black with medieval hats, old-fashioned black shoes, are (it appears to me) selecting a bird for Kapparot.

Posted by: mrp at January 28, 2026 11:46 AM (rj6Yv)

134 I don't remember exactly how to spell his name, but one of the boiler maintenance guys at a job had a name that started with sound of a 'z' and ended with the sound of 'ski'. But the spelling started with an S and ended with ye.

Posted by: clarence at January 28, 2026 11:47 AM (7b9Rm)

135 Norm: "I don't know where I was when JFK was shot, but if someone asks, I'm gonna pretend I do so I don't feel stupid."

Posted by: ... at January 28, 2026 11:48 AM (QQN0v)

136 Was Challenger 40 years ago today? I remember where I was, what I was doing when I heard about it....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

Well, I thought this was funny. When I was in law school shortly after Challenger, we were reading a case regarding a tourist stage coach that had overturned injuring passengers. The cause was a faulty singletree. (Although we didn't know it, it is a small wooden or metal bar behind a harnessed horse used to balance the pull of a driving horse.) The professor asked a student to tell what a singletree is. Without missing a beat she responded, "a low tech O ring."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 28, 2026 11:48 AM (L/fGl)

137 Omar looks at the guy and flaps her arm right before he stands up. She's really bad at this stuff.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 28, 2026 11:42 AM


He almost messed it up a bit earlier in the video. He started to get up and then sat back down and waited for her to finish her "heroic" speech. She gave the signal at the end of her speech and she got applause she wanted.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 28, 2026 11:48 AM (0N4FZ)

138 No more evil nurse stuff today please.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 28, 2026 11:49 AM (viF8m)

139 Impossible names pronounced nothing like they’re spelled… Mike Krzyzewski enters the thread…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 28, 2026 11:49 AM (YobFY)

140 This is why you need to take an armored vehicle to the market.

https://is.gd/nUEUq3

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 28, 2026 11:07 AM (L/fGl)
__________

When I was a baby lawyer, I was working a case that involved Russian gas companies, and by extension certain oligarchs. These are very very very bad dudes.

The case was pending in Russia. We of course had no chance to win. But just to ensure that the case would be decided in favor of the oligarchs, they sent a message to one of the judges who was seen as potentially neutral.

The message? They blew up this judge's car with an RPG on his way to the courthouse. Right in the middle of the street. I was not there at the time, but the partner in charge was in a separate car about 100 feet away. He saw it.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 28, 2026 11:49 AM (iFTx/)

141
POKER MONKEY

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 28, 2026 11:50 AM (y9nCu)

142 My wife got word on her bonus for the year.

Almost 50% of my annual pay from last year.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

But has she liked and subscribed yet?

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 11:50 AM (77rzZ)

143 Norm: "I don't know where I was when JFK was shot, but if someone asks, I'm gonna pretend I do so I don't feel stupid."

Posted by: ... at January 28, 2026 11:48 AM (QQN0v)
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Bad idea. You come off sounding like a gassy know-all.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 11:50 AM (BJnkV)

144 No more evil nurse stuff today please.

Hey, they didn't spend 6 years in evil nursing school to be called sane.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 28, 2026 11:50 AM (2ocoG)

145 No more evil nurse stuff today please.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 28, 2026 11:49 AM (viF8m)

Can we move on to evil telephone sanitizers?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 28, 2026 11:50 AM (8zz6B)

146 87 FBI should ask Omar if she wants to file an official report. That would be telling.
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at January 28, 2026 11:30 AM (V6W16)

Somebody else mentioned - it's telling if they didn't lock the room down, analyze the liquid, send everybody to the hospital for observation....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 28, 2026 11:50 AM (QGaXH)

147 142 My wife got word on her bonus for the year.

Almost 50% of my annual pay from last year.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

But has she liked and subscribed yet?

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 11:50 AM (77rzZ)

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I acted as her proxy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 28, 2026 11:50 AM (GBKbO)

148 Norm: "I don't know where I was when JFK was shot, but if someone asks, I'm gonna pretend I do so I don't feel stupid."
Posted by: ...
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Math class. It was announced over the PA.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 28, 2026 11:50 AM (XeU6L)

149 129 My wife got word on her bonus for the year.

Almost 50% of my annual pay from last year.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 28, 2026 11:45 AM (GBKbO)

Her parents don't hate you for making less than she does?

Posted by: XTC at January 28, 2026 11:50 AM (uEmCf)

150 POKER MONKEY

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 28, 2026 11:50 AM (y9nCu)
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Mr. Chips.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 11:51 AM (BJnkV)

151 Anesthesiology is viewed differently in a low-trust society.

Posted by: muldoon at January 28, 2026 11:51 AM (qgHp7)

152 selecting a bird for Kapparot.

Will a bucket from KFC do?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 28, 2026 11:51 AM (Kt19C)

153 I hope your surgery goes well and you have a speedy recovery!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
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Insurers and lawyers are going to be poring over these records as eventually almost every medical practioner has to deal with the legal system and insurance system over time.

It would be as if I, as a driver, was posting videos of me breaking speed and traffic laws and my insurance company takes umbrage and cancels my coverage and/or law enforcement uses that to prosecute me. Hearsay exceptions always include statements against interest by a witness as to their veracity, outlook, etc.

Same reason to not post stupid vigilante fantasies on gun threads or discussion boards. Same with posting while drunk or stoned. There is no real anonymity if a law firm or prosecutor feels otherwise.

Always figure that the internet is forever and not a place to serve as an emotional venting apparatus nor idiotic social signalling purposes advocating illegal or immoral acts.

Posted by: whig at January 28, 2026 11:52 AM (E4rtv)

154 Something happy instead. We beat Budweiser.

Celebrate the victories.

https://tinyurl.com/hfxrubuk

Posted by: JackStraw at January 28, 2026 11:52 AM (viF8m)

155 Anesthesiology is viewed differently in a low-trust society.
Posted by: muldoon at January 28, 2026 11:51 AM

A bribe works, half now, half after you wake up.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 28, 2026 11:52 AM (jc0TO)

156 149
Her parents don't hate you for making less than she does?

Posted by: XTC at January 28, 2026 11:50 AM (uEmCf)

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Lost my job 3 months ago, but I was also making about half as much as she was.

Her mom's poor and is just happy to see her daughter thrive. Her dad struggles with emotional connection.

Just remember...like and subscribe.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 28, 2026 11:52 AM (GBKbO)

157 The message? They blew up this judge's car with an RPG on his way to the courthouse. Right in the middle of the street. I was not there at the time, but the partner in charge was in a separate car about 100 feet away. He saw it.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 28, 2026 11:49 AM (iFTx/)

There's got to be a market somewhere for that sort of expertise.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 28, 2026 11:52 AM (8zz6B)

158 79 Corporations are people too. I know this to be true as SCOTUS said so.
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Corporations are immortal provided they don't fuck up. No human is immortal.

Posted by: pudinhead at January 28, 2026 11:52 AM (Hpgos)

159 Omar looks at the guy and flaps her arm right before he stands up. She's really bad at this stuff.

Article I read said he was arrested and identified. If the charges just mysteriously go away, that is good reason to suspect it's bogus. On the other hand, it would be amusing if Omar realizes that and throws him under the bus.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 28, 2026 11:53 AM (Fs0KI)

160 Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 28, 2026 11:40 AM (QGaXH)

Interesting. I will have to read up

Posted by: ... at January 28, 2026 11:53 AM (QQN0v)

161 selecting a bird for Kapparot.

Will a bucket from KFC do?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 28, 2026 11:51 AM (Kt19C)
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Remember: you can't spell kaparrot without "parrot"!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 11:53 AM (BJnkV)

162 119 Are CEOs as a class impressive, no? I’m sure a few are… Elon Musk comes to mind. The CEO of my company is not and I think he’s typical… he’s akin to a party apparatchik always quoting the party line no original thoughts
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 28, 2026 11:41 AM (YobFY)
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My CEO is pretty good as far as CEOs of major tech companies go. Has a good vision and leads the company with a pretty steady hand without flailing about over every new shiny thing that comes along. They're all at the mercy of their boards though, so they have to mouth the words.

Posted by: ballistic at January 28, 2026 11:53 AM (5aZAZ)

163 No more evil nurse stuff today please.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 28, 2026 11:49 AM (viF8m)

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Not even if they're bravely & stunningly dancing with masks on?

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 28, 2026 11:53 AM (shv/h)

164 sounding like a gassy know-all.

Y'know who else was gassy?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 28, 2026 11:53 AM (Kt19C)

165 "Andy Kazmierczak"

My tongue just jumped out of my mouth and hid behind a chair when I tried to pronounce that
Posted by: gKWVE

I'm going to guess "Kammer-shak".

But it's probably "luxury-yacht"

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 28, 2026 11:54 AM (a+4eV)

166 151 Anesthesiology is viewed differently in a low-trust society.
Posted by: muldoon
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Same goes for a lot of medical care.

Posted by: whig at January 28, 2026 11:54 AM (E4rtv)

167 selecting a bird for Kapparot.

Will a bucket from KFC do?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 28, 2026 11:51 AM (Kt19C)
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It should. It has wings and fries.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 11:54 AM (BJnkV)

168 Article I read said he was arrested and identified. If the charges just mysteriously go away, that is good reason to suspect it's bogus. On the other hand, it would be amusing if Omar realizes that and throws him under the bus.
Posted by: Oddbob


If she does, he'll be squealing.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2026 11:54 AM (RoI99)

169 Omar looks at the guy and flaps her arm right before he stands up. She's really bad at this stuff.


Back and to the left ... back ... and to the left ... back .. and to the left

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 28, 2026 11:54 AM (jc0TO)

170 99 A reference to Stripes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syV2LkGpQB0
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 28, 2026 11:33 AM (GBKbO)

Just to be clear - I meant my 'Good call Rev' comment to be taken as appreciation, not sarcasm.

Francis the Talking Mule goes all the way back to the 1940's and WWII

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 28, 2026 11:54 AM (QGaXH)

171 Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 28, 2026 11:49 AM (iFTx/)

There is a phrase in Russian, "telefonnoye pravosudiye," or "telephone jurisprudence," referring to when somebody in power calls up a judge and tells him how to rule in a particular case.

Sounds like the message your judge got was a lot stronger than a phone call. Maybe he did get one but was inclined to ignore it, so somebody had to send a stronger message.

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 11:55 AM (77rzZ)

172 I remember where I was, what I was doing when I heard about it....

Yep. In Fry's, near the TV section, looking for EPROMs, I believe. (ask your grandparents, kids!)

Posted by: t-bird at January 28, 2026 11:55 AM (kG5OE)

173
When I was a baby lawyer, I was working a case that involved Russian gas companies, and by extension certain oligarchs. These are very very very bad dudes.
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Recommended read:

'Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice' by Bill Browder

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 28, 2026 11:55 AM (XeU6L)

174 Will a bucket from KFC do?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 28, 2026 11:51 AM (Kt19C)

Jobu will not be pleased.

Posted by: Pedro Cerrano at January 28, 2026 11:55 AM (PSEDc)

175 Article I read said he was arrested and identified. If the charges just mysteriously go away, that is good reason to suspect it's bogus. On the other hand, it would be amusing if Omar realizes that and throws him under the bus.
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But, then, he has a reason to confess her involvement in the cunning stunt.

Posted by: clarence at January 28, 2026 11:56 AM (7b9Rm)

176 It is doubly against society's interest to be lenient with corporations, first because of failing to disincentivize the actions against interest, and perhaps even more importantly, said antisocial behavior and its permittedness is then used by socialist conmen in their scam patter. Even if there is some weirdo out there who actually loves corporations, he must then loathe socialists at least as much as normal people do; and so corporations need to be held to account in a meaningful way, so that their misbehavior can't be used by truly evil men to agitate for something even worse.

If you need an analogy, it's like the anecdote told by a union organizer of how he was on a flight next to an executive, and freely told him the secret of how to prevent union organizing: fire the bad managers. He knew they wouldn't use the secret, and they didn't. Well, firing the bad corporations to prevent socialist organizing is our macro equivalent.

Posted by: SciVo at January 28, 2026 11:56 AM (Sy6m/)

177 174 Will a bucket from KFC do?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 28, 2026 11:51 AM (Kt19C)

Jobu will not be pleased.
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Would a fifth of Rum and some cigars make Jobu happy?

Posted by: pudinhead at January 28, 2026 11:56 AM (Hpgos)

178 99 A reference to Stripes.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 28, 2026 11:33 AM (GBKbO)

Thank you - I'll have to re-watch Stripes as I don't remember the context.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 28, 2026 11:57 AM (QGaXH)

179 154.

I have the most appropriate boner in weeks after seeing that.

*Still hope the foreign conglomerate that owns them have to spin off Budweiser and sell it to an American company that becomes the most based beer company on the planet.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 28, 2026 11:57 AM (KAXh/)

180 I don't know why WaPo is failing.

Washington Post reports study claiming black people have shorter lifespans because of racism

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 28, 2026 11:57 AM (L/fGl)

181 Are CEOs as a class impressive, no? I’m sure a few are… Elon Musk comes to mind. The CEO of my company is not and I think he’s typical… he’s akin to a party apparatchik always quoting the party line no original thoughts
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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Musk is an entrepreneur which is a horse of a different color compared to CEOs. Same relationship as owning a store as a partner versus having a manager run it.

CEO does not equate to entrepreneur no matter how much many of these dotards think it does. An entrepreneur risks his own fortune as an owner-partial or not, a CEO risks the money of shareholders. An entrepreneur may be a CEO in title because they own a big proportion of the company but few CEOs are entrepreneurs under that metric.

Posted by: whig at January 28, 2026 11:57 AM (E4rtv)

182 In Fry's, near the TV section, looking for EPROMs, I believe.

Let's see, 1985... 2764s? Or not that pricey?

Posted by: Ian S. at January 28, 2026 11:58 AM (2ocoG)

183 There's a quote I've enjoyed for many years that fits: "how bowel-liquefyingly scared I was by such a horrific wrist-slapping." Sounds quite a bit more evil and dismissive than "please don't throw me in the briar patch!"

Posted by: Octochicken at January 28, 2026 11:58 AM (oCS0o)

184 143 Norm: "I don't know where I was when JFK was shot, but if someone asks, I'm gonna pretend I do so I don't feel stupid."
Posted by: ... at January 28, 2026 11:48 AM (QQN0v)
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Bad idea. You come off sounding like a gassy know-all.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 11:50 AM (BJnkV)
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The lone pun-man

Posted by: Jay Jones at January 28, 2026 11:59 AM (0bjKf)

185 If you're lucky though, you won't get fucked in the ass in the drunk tank. Big Tech and Big Business? Yeah, invest in lubricant.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 28, 2026 11:59 AM (MZ+PY)

186 Washington Post reports study claiming black people have shorter lifespans because of racism
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Simple maff, live fast die young is not conducive to living long.

Posted by: pudinhead at January 28, 2026 12:00 PM (Hpgos)

187 The message? They blew up this judge's car with an RPG on his way to the courthouse. Right in the middle of the street. I was not there at the time, but the partner in charge was in a separate car about 100 feet away. He saw it.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 28, 2026 11:49 AM (iFTx/)
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I watched a YT Short last night that showed an RPG team in a minivan suddenly pull to the curb. The sliding door opened and out tumbled the assassin with the RPG ready to go. He launched and was back inside. All in about 20 seconds.

Posted by: mrp at January 28, 2026 12:00 PM (rj6Yv)

188 If you need an analogy, it's like the anecdote told by a union organizer of how he was on a flight next to an executive, and freely told him the secret of how to prevent union organizing: fire the bad managers. He knew they wouldn't use the secret, and they didn't. Well, firing the bad corporations to prevent socialist organizing is our macro equivalent.
Posted by: SciVo
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No less than Calvin Coolidge said as much. Too many people of a certain age though got entranced by the Chicago School of economics and turned into viewing regulating corporations as akin to violating human property rights.

Most such movements are better recognized as critiques, not something a realist would ever use as holy writ for concrete policy decisions.

Posted by: whig at January 28, 2026 12:01 PM (E4rtv)

189 In the 1980s under Reagan business taxes were reduced. Before st the end of the year after looking at their profits corporations had a choice declare high profits and Psy taxes on them. Or reinvest back inuo the company with both infrastructure and human resources
Or
Pay those profits out in races.

After businesses didn't have to pay high taxes they stopped growing the business
Then the Chinese ate your lunch

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 28, 2026 12:01 PM (D+y54)

190 >>I have the most appropriate boner in weeks after seeing that.


Play it pretty for Atlanta.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 28, 2026 12:01 PM (viF8m)

191 165 It's Kaz-mer-zhack.in most polack neighborhoods. Would be complimented with the first name of Jan or Kaszmir.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 28, 2026 12:01 PM (gm9Sb)

192 Let's see, 1985... 2764s? Or not that pricey?

Yep. Used a lot in the Mac world to modify things.

Posted by: t-bird at January 28, 2026 12:02 PM (kG5OE)

193 WaPo?

More like LOLPo, amiright?

The type of group that you see drowning and want to helpfully throw them an anvil.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 28, 2026 12:02 PM (KAXh/)

194 It's just like a journalist to try to swim a river with all that stolen chain.

Posted by: Just the Punchline at January 28, 2026 12:03 PM (jc0TO)

195 157 The message? They blew up this judge's car with an RPG on his way to the courthouse. Right in the middle of the street. I was not there at the time, but the partner in charge was in a separate car about 100 feet away. He saw it.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade
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Oh, you mean like what happened to Gov. Kemp's potential future son in law's car which exploded on the interstate to the degree that the engine was thrown a far piece from the wreckage.

That kind of message.

Posted by: whig at January 28, 2026 12:03 PM (E4rtv)

196 sounding like a gassy know-all.


********

The shots that killed JKF came from a gassy know-all.

Posted by: muldoon at January 28, 2026 12:04 PM (qgHp7)

197 Oh, you mean like what happened to Gov. Kemp's potential future son in law's car which exploded on the interstate to the degree that the engine was thrown a far piece from the wreckage.

That kind of message.
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Do you think Hunter worries about this?

Posted by: pudinhead at January 28, 2026 12:04 PM (Hpgos)

198 Nood syringe

Posted by: Part-time Thinker at January 28, 2026 12:04 PM (aVO1v)

199 194.

Someone should teach these journalists not to fall in old mine shafts in the woods.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 28, 2026 12:04 PM (KAXh/)

200
Cases of "angel of mercy" killings have occurred for decades (even centuries).

Posted by: muldoon at January 28, 2026 11:44 AM (qgHp7)



Long ago, I read an essay from a nursing home RN in an undergrad critical thinking class where she wrote almost poetically about the suffering of a patient who had dementia and cripplingly painful physical ailments. She caressed his head and injected him with an OD of morphine. She wrote of her gratification as she watched his pained expression turn to peaceful eternal sleep.

The class began discussing the essay, with all these kids barely out of high school expressing admiration for the RN's courage in bringing him peace. When the professor asked me about it, I simply stated "She wasn't courageous, she was pathological. She's a fucking serial killer." Which was exactly the point that the prof was making.

I have no doubt that those clueless college brats learned that admiration for pure evil in their high school classrooms.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 28, 2026 12:04 PM (y9nCu)

201 Anesthesiology is viewed differently in a low-trust society.

Posted by: muldoon at January 28, 2026 11:51 AM

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MAID in Canada.

Medical Anesthesia In Dying?

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 28, 2026 12:06 PM (rAKH6)

202 Oh, you mean like what happened to Gov. Kemp's potential future son in law's car which exploded on the interstate to the degree that the engine was thrown a far piece from the wreckage.

That kind of message.
Posted by: whig

Well, that does put an exclamation point on the message.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 28, 2026 12:07 PM (L/fGl)

203 Oops. I missed the original set-up for the gassy know-all comment. My apologies.

Posted by: muldoon at January 28, 2026 12:10 PM (qgHp7)

204 Should be one person of authority in the organization who goes to jail for x years.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 28, 2026 12:13 PM (EyfuW)

205 I suspect that the well-seasoned renowned orthopedic foot specialist who was the surgeon oof record for my foot surgery actually dozed in a comfy chair in the corner of the OR while his junior fellow-in-training did the actual surgery. I'll never know.

Posted by: muldoon at January 28, 2026 12:15 PM (qgHp7)

206 The only time I know how to pronounce Polish names is when they're written in Cyrillic.
Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 11:36 AM (77rzZ)

Growing up in the 50's in a neighborhood of Eastern European people and, being the offspring of Hungarian/Slovak parents, I became pretty adept at pronouncing those names.

Posted by: the next democrat president at January 28, 2026 12:23 PM (5xuJ/)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

Carrington Burnley.jpg

The Birdmen Of Burnley
Leonora Carrington

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM




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1 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 09:30 AM (Zz0t1)

2 St

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 28, 2026 09:30 AM (BI5O2)

3 wth

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4 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 09:30 AM (BJnkV)

5 I think I'm turning Japanese.

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6 Alcatraz hardest hit.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 09:31 AM (BJnkV)

7 Don't take the brown acid.

Posted by: gp at January 28, 2026 09:31 AM (N8ZBc)

8 Funnels

That is all.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 28, 2026 09:31 AM (jtM2q)

9 Charlie Chan and Co.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

10 Gallery Wendi Norris

The Bird Men of Burnley, 1970
Oil on canvas
17 1/2 x 26 inches (44.5 x 66 cm)

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 28, 2026 09:31 AM (gbOdA)

11 Don't take the brown acid.

Posted by: gp at January 28, 2026 09:31 AM (N8ZBc)


My sentiments exactly.


This is what happens when you do.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)

12 Birdhands! He's lecturing the white bird about his privilege and telling him to pass the mic.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 28, 2026 09:32 AM (BI5O2)

13 Okaaaaaay...

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 09:32 AM (77rzZ)

14 ?

Posted by: redridinghood at January 28, 2026 09:32 AM (NpAcC)

15 shArt.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)

16 Peculiar

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 28, 2026 09:32 AM (wzUl9)

17 I think I'm turning Japanese.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 09:30 AM

You really think so?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 28, 2026 09:32 AM (bFu5X)

18 We have three witches, so where's MacBeth?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 28, 2026 09:32 AM (uwNDP)

19 The birds were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at January 28, 2026 09:32 AM (2Ez/1)

20 Well. I like it better than yesterday's painting. That is not to say that I like it, would hang it in my home, or will seek out other paintings by this painter.

Posted by: huerfano at January 28, 2026 09:33 AM (98kQX)

21 The birdman on the left is wearing a monocle.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 28, 2026 09:33 AM (wzUl9)

22 Judging by their hats, their feeding those birds in order to make chicken tagine, later.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 28, 2026 09:33 AM (bFu5X)

23 What am looking at ?

Posted by: Tucker at January 28, 2026 09:33 AM (VE6XX)

24 I mean it's weird, and it's real art, but WNH.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 28, 2026 09:33 AM (BI5O2)

25 LOL

Posted by: Tuna at January 28, 2026 09:33 AM (lJ0H4)

26 Are you a cyclone ranger?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 28, 2026 09:33 AM (uwNDP)

27 No comment.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 28, 2026 09:33 AM (Ycfbw)

28 What is this from? Some Wednesday Addams storybook?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 28, 2026 09:33 AM (ufSfZ)

29 Brown acid...it's the only explanation.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.it'siii at January 28, 2026 09:33 AM (XeU6L)

30 What is that object on the floor? It looks like a small rug with a banana embroidered into it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 28, 2026 09:34 AM (wzUl9)

31 What am looking at ?

Posted by: Tucker at January 28, 2026 09:33 AM (VE6XX)
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Are we playing Twenty Questions?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 09:34 AM (BJnkV)

32 What am looking at ?
Posted by: Tucker at January 28, 2026 09:33 AM (VE6XX)

Just Asking Questions, I see.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 28, 2026 09:34 AM (BI5O2)

33 Yikes!

That extra shot of tequila last night was a mistake.

Posted by: Ouch the Grouch at January 28, 2026 09:34 AM (ZdhjE)

34 "The Birdmen Of Burnley" sounds like it should be in the opening line of a limerick.

Posted by: Limerick lover at January 28, 2026 09:34 AM (2Ez/1)

35 No, I said "Birdland"!

Posted by: man at January 28, 2026 09:34 AM (XuXeR)

36 Such dainty ankles for the birdmen, perhaps they are trans.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 28, 2026 09:34 AM (0nHVk)

37 Spy v Spy from Mad Magazine. Weird but I like . Would hang
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 28, 2026 09:35 AM (IDEQi)

38 "What is that object on the floor? It looks like a small rug with a banana embroidered into it."

Japanese toilet.

Posted by: gp at January 28, 2026 09:35 AM (N8ZBc)

39 We have three witches, so where's MacBeth?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 28, 2026

***
Their spell transformed Macbeth and his wife into those greenish-blue and white birds in the transparent tent. Long live King Duncan!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 28, 2026 09:35 AM (wzUl9)

40 I’m a little teapot, short and stout
Here is is my handle, here is my…
Whatever, I don’t know what kind of warped Thorazine driven hallucination is going on here.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 28, 2026 09:35 AM (Sxl5b)

41 "The Birdmen Of Burnley" sounds like it should be in the opening line of a limerick."

Doesn't rhyme with "nantucket"

Posted by: man at January 28, 2026 09:35 AM (XuXeR)

42 At least Leonora did not include us in this travesty.

Posted by: Merry Marching Penguin Majority. at January 28, 2026 09:35 AM (oftw2)

43 Pfft. Pikers.
-- Zombie Robert Stroud

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 09:36 AM (77rzZ)

44 >> What is that object on the floor? It looks like a small rug with a banana embroidered into it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 28, 2026 09:34 AM

Looks like a sphincter to me.

Posted by: huerfano at January 28, 2026 09:36 AM (98kQX)

45 Apparently, the artist was also a short story writer.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 28, 2026 09:36 AM (ufSfZ)

46 "The Birdmen Of Burnley" sounds like it should be in the opening line of a limerick.
Posted by: Limerick lover at January 28, 2026

***
". . . tended to speak sternly"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 28, 2026 09:36 AM (wzUl9)

47
No dog. Not art.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 28, 2026 09:37 AM (tgvbd)

48 Gatchaman > Birdmen of Burnley

Posted by: XTC at January 28, 2026 09:37 AM (uEmCf)

49 Alternate title:

"It Took a While Before Colonel Sanders Worked Out the Secret Recipe For Kentucky Fried Chicken"

Posted by: naturalfake at January 28, 2026 09:37 AM (iJfKG)

50 Their facial hair grooming habits are... unique.

Posted by: Casually observing at January 28, 2026 09:37 AM (2Ez/1)

51 That's Ninja Science Team Gatchaman nyah.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 28, 2026 09:38 AM (uwNDP)

52 Alternate title:

"It Took a While Before Colonel Sanders Worked Out the Secret Recipe For Kentucky Fried Chicken"

Posted by: naturalfake at January 28, 2026

***
"Here, chicky, chicky, chicky . . ."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 28, 2026 09:39 AM (wzUl9)

53 We're over halfway through 100 comments. The sooner we get there, the better.

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 09:40 AM (77rzZ)

54 Is CBD still stuck in London? Is this his cry for help?

Posted by: dantesed at January 28, 2026 09:40 AM (Oy/m2)

55 The birdmen must be collectors, the birds are encased in Lucite as Carbonite hadn't been invented yet.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 28, 2026 09:40 AM (uwNDP)

56 The one on the left has no arms. The one in the middle has an unnaturally long arm.

Posted by: Casually observing at January 28, 2026 09:40 AM (2Ez/1)

57 No sex
No drugs
No wine
No women
No fun
No sin
No you
No wonder it's dark

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 09:40 AM (Zz0t1)

58 Not all the floor writing is legible

Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at January 28, 2026 09:40 AM (JRP2U)

59 Carrington was a big-time devotee of Surrealism, which may explain part of this painting.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 28, 2026 09:40 AM (wzUl9)

60 too "birdy"

Posted by: Otto Pen at January 28, 2026 09:41 AM (sJHOI)

61 Thanks for the chuckle CBD.

Posted by: Tuna at January 28, 2026 09:41 AM (lJ0H4)

62 The one in the middle has an unnaturally long arm.
Posted by: Casually observing

With a bird's head at the end instead of a hand.

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 09:41 AM (77rzZ)

63 Up in the air, Junior Birdmen......

Posted by: US Bureau of Air Commerce at January 28, 2026 09:41 AM (oftw2)

64 What is the one on the right supposed to be holding?

Posted by: Not a fan of this art at January 28, 2026 09:41 AM (2Ez/1)

65 The one on the left has no arms. The one in the middle has an unnaturally long arm.
Posted by: Casually observing at January 28, 2026

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And the third one seems to be holding a large but strapless bra.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 28, 2026 09:41 AM (wzUl9)

66
Looks like a sphincter to me.

Posted by: huerfano at January 28, 2026 09:36 AM (98kQX)


We shall soon see a comment from Hope Solo's Globetrotting Squeakhole........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 09:41 AM (Zz0t1)

67 51 That's Ninja Science Team Gatchaman nyah.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 28, 2026 09:38 AM (uwNDP)

Don't make me call it G-Force.

I'll do it.

Posted by: XTC at January 28, 2026 09:42 AM (uEmCf)

68 Has an Oriental vibe?

Posted by: pookysgirl is confused at January 28, 2026 09:42 AM (Wt5PA)

69 THE BIRDMEN OF BURNLEY WILL RETURN IN AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY.

Posted by: Taylor at January 28, 2026 09:42 AM (vt7xw)

70 Ancient Chinese Secret, huh?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 09:42 AM (Zz0t1)

71 too "birdy"
Posted by: Otto Pen

Where's Ann Margaret?

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 09:42 AM (77rzZ)

72 No dog. Not art.

Look for her self-portrait.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 28, 2026 09:42 AM (ufSfZ)

73 I read up a little just now on Carrington. Her father tried to have her committed to an insane asylum as a young lady. He was right. Perhaps not about having her committed, she wasn't dangerous. But, she was a certifiable lunatic, no doubt about it.

And she had a fascination with human-animal chimera that foreshadows Morning Glory Milking Farm.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 28, 2026 09:42 AM (BI5O2)

74 100 comment rule. [CBD]

Posted by: Auspex at January 28, 2026 09:42 AM (Y8DZL)

75 The one in the middle has an unnaturally long arm.
Posted by: Casually observing
*
With a bird's head at the end instead of a hand.
Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026

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The "bird hands" phenomenon is not new. I saw a character on a ST:TNG episode this week doing the same gesture.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 28, 2026 09:42 AM (wzUl9)

76 Alternate title:

"For Sadie Hawkin's Day in Minneapolis, You Pretty Much Take What You Can Get"

Posted by: naturalfake at January 28, 2026 09:43 AM (iJfKG)

77 Has to be fake. Birds aren't real.

Tiny flying dinosaurs. Riiiight.

Posted by: Delurker at January 28, 2026 09:43 AM (gtcuf)

78 I'm half-expecting an eldritch abomination to manifest above that symbol on the floor, summoned by the cultists who have altered themselves in their mad devotion.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 28, 2026 09:43 AM (ESVrU)

79 The one in the middle has an unnaturally long arm.

You BASTARD!!

**sobs**

Posted by: Michelle Fields at January 28, 2026 09:43 AM (ufSfZ)

80 There's about eight hours of Gatchaman on YouTube to watch. Subtitled..

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 28, 2026 09:44 AM (uwNDP)

81 "And the third one seems to be holding a large but strapless bra."

Does he know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza at January 28, 2026 09:44 AM (2Ez/1)

82 What is the one on the right supposed to be holding?
Posted by: Not a fan of this art

Looks like a butterfly to me. A really BIG butterfly.

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 09:45 AM (77rzZ)

83 "And the third one seems to be holding a large but strapless bra."

It looks like it has nipples

Posted by: It's me donna at January 28, 2026 09:45 AM (VE6XX)

84 I can't say this grabs me. It's neither surreal enough to spark interesting observations, nor realistic enough to say, 'Hey, that guy looks like [actor's name]" or "Love the grain of the wooden floor!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 28, 2026 09:45 AM (wzUl9)

85 This is delightfully creepy.

Posted by: She Hobbit at January 28, 2026 09:45 AM (ftFVW)

86 Not particularly crazy about his painting, but she has some other more colorful and imaginative works.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2026 09:45 AM (NV5p1)

87 THE BIRDMEN OF BURNLEY WILL RETURN IN AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY.
Posted by: Taylor at January 28, 2026 09:42 AM (vt7xw)

Nice. I laughed.

And I'd pay to see that movie!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at January 28, 2026 09:45 AM (iJfKG)

88 Certainly a lot to digest in that piece. Compelling, but would not hang, - I'd sell it.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 28, 2026 09:45 AM (oT7pT)

89 85 This is delightfully creepy.
Posted by: She Hobbit at January 28, 2026 09:45 AM (ftFVW)


I agree with the creepy part...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 28, 2026 09:46 AM (VE6XX)

90 I like this, weird and ethereal.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 28, 2026 09:46 AM (RIvkX)

91 Oh well, back to crap.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 28, 2026 09:46 AM (AlhUl)

92 "It looks like it has nipples
Posted by: It's me donna at January 28, 2026 09:45 AM"

Boob thread!

Posted by: It's inevitable at January 28, 2026 09:47 AM (2Ez/1)

93 So you saying the third one wishes to be a butterfly girl?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 28, 2026 09:48 AM (uwNDP)

94 "The Birdmen Of Burnley" sounds like it should be in the opening line of a limerick."

**********

Muldoon, Art Critic Extraordinaire - a limerick

The Birdmen of Burnley? What schlock!
A cartoonish piece we all mock
It shows birds of a feather
All gathered together
And I say, "What? The actual flock?"

Posted by: muldoon at January 28, 2026 09:48 AM (qgHp7)

95 "Hi, I'm Aviary, this is my brother Ornithol and my other brother, Ornithol."

Posted by: one hour sober at January 28, 2026 09:48 AM (Y1sOo)

96 Ah, art of the blague era

Posted by: Fen at January 28, 2026 09:49 AM (ciYHQ)

97 Blech

Posted by: Pug Mahon at January 28, 2026 09:49 AM (PSEDc)

98
Boob thread!
Posted by: It's inevitable at January 28, 2026 09:47 AM (2Ez/1)


https://is.gd/XyKckK

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 09:49 AM (Zz0t1)

99 Pfffffftttt!

Posted by: The Darwins of Duxbury at January 28, 2026 09:49 AM (0yjaw)

100 Oh well, back to crap.
Posted by: Eeyore at January 28, 2026 09:46 AM (AlhUl)


Hope it comes out ok.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 09:49 AM (Zz0t1)

101 Too weird to hang

Posted by: Halfhand at January 28, 2026 09:49 AM (GKyrs)

102 What is that object on the floor? It looks like a small rug with a banana embroidered into it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 28, 2026 09:34 AM

It really ties the room together.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 28, 2026 09:50 AM (jc0TO)

103 Is this the jacket art for the Dunwitch Horror?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 28, 2026 09:50 AM (uwNDP)

104 black plague era lol (smashes gremlin)

Posted by: Fen at January 28, 2026 09:50 AM (ciYHQ)

105 Yuck.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 28, 2026 09:50 AM (DgMqy)

106 Welp, I can see now what sort of day it's going to be.

Posted by: Weasel at January 28, 2026 09:50 AM (6tnon)

107 WTF??

Posted by: lin-duh at January 28, 2026 09:50 AM (VCgbV)

108
Did the artist get paid for this?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 28, 2026 09:50 AM (Az0rf)

109 What is that object on the floor? It looks like a small rug with a banana embroidered into it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Where's the rice?

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 09:51 AM (77rzZ)

110 They
Are
Witches

Posted by: The Darwins of Duxbury at January 28, 2026 09:51 AM (0yjaw)

111 You guys are winging with the comments.

Posted by: dantesed at January 28, 2026 09:51 AM (Oy/m2)

112 [ ] tree
[ ] dog
[ ] boobs

[X] brown acid

Profit!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 28, 2026 09:51 AM (ULPxl)

113 And just because it can be painted doesn't mean it should be painted.

Posted by: Weasel at January 28, 2026 09:51 AM (6tnon)

114 Ah, art of the blague era
Posted by: Fen at January 28, 2026

***
adj.: humbug, claptrap, raillery

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 28, 2026 09:51 AM (wzUl9)

115 Why is the tallest one's hand the head of a swan?

Posted by: The Darwins of Duxbury at January 28, 2026 09:51 AM (0yjaw)

116 The painting puts me in mind of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.

Posted by: She Hobbit at January 28, 2026 09:51 AM (ftFVW)

117 Bravo muldoon!

Posted by: Limerick lover at January 28, 2026 09:52 AM (2Ez/1)

118 Are they a'sposta be Chinese or something?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 28, 2026 09:52 AM (06Hmj)

119 Off to work. Braving the frozen streets of North Texas.

Wish me luck.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 09:52 AM (Zz0t1)

120 Is this painting supposed to be a parroty of something?

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 09:52 AM (77rzZ)

121 What is that object on the floor? It looks like a small rug with a banana embroidered into it.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 28, 2026
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It really ties the room together.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 28, 2026

***
"Hey. man, nice marmot."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 28, 2026 09:52 AM (wzUl9)

122 Wish me luck.........
Posted by: Sponge


Good luck, Sponge.

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 09:53 AM (77rzZ)

123 How do you know they're witches?

Posted by: Monty Python at January 28, 2026 09:53 AM (2Ez/1)

124 She would tell people she was created when her mother banged a mechanical animal inseminator full of jizz from a bunch of different creatures.

Coocoo bananas. Complicated art school chicks, man.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 28, 2026 09:53 AM (BI5O2)

125 >>> 115 Why is the tallest one's hand the head of a swan?
Posted by: The Darwins of Duxbury at January 28, 2026 09:51 AM (0yjaw)

Super-ultra bird hands!!!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 28, 2026 09:53 AM (ULPxl)

126 Are they a'sposta be Chinese or something?
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 28, 2026

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It does make you think of the usual artwork depicting Dr. Fu Manchu.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 28, 2026 09:53 AM (wzUl9)

127 Look on the bright side, it's not a Hunter Biden watercolor.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 28, 2026 09:53 AM (uwNDP)

128 Astronomers use AI to discover hundreds of weird galaxies in Hubble archive

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Wait. They're calling some other galaxies weird?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 28, 2026 09:53 AM (L/fGl)

129 I think I need to go lay down with a damp washcloth on my forehead.

Posted by: Weasel at January 28, 2026 09:54 AM (6tnon)

130 Amazing axed 16k jobs.
Learn to code…oh right.
lol

Posted by: Really?? at January 28, 2026 09:54 AM (4uLDQ)

131 Leonara was nuts and like many who call themselves "artist" she never worked a day in her crazy bitch life, lived off of my accumulated wealth and caused nothing but trouble while promoting marxism and other crazy loser ideas.

You know, like the Monster Children of today.

Posted by: Zombie Harold Carrington, Leonara's Daddy at January 28, 2026 09:54 AM (R/m4+)

132

Got a definite "farts & craps" vibe to it.

Posted by: imp at January 28, 2026 09:54 AM (g6TN6)

133 to blave

the black plague

the blague

I'm not a witch I'm you're wife!

Posted by: Fen at January 28, 2026 09:54 AM (ciYHQ)

134 And just because it can be painted doesn't mean it should be painted.
Posted by: Weasel

It's not that it shouldn't have been painted; it shouldn't have been posted.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 28, 2026 09:54 AM (KAi1n)

135 Is this painting supposed to be a parroty of something?
Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026

***
Soon someone will Tweety this to X.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 28, 2026 09:54 AM (wzUl9)

136 Coocoo bananas. Complicated art school chicks, man.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 28, 2026 09:53 AM (BI5O2)

You never give them your real number, dude.

If you really wanna do something fun, you give them the number for the local free clinic instead.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 28, 2026 09:54 AM (06Hmj)

137
In addition to painting demoralizing hallucinations, did the artist also promote mass third world immigration into Britain?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 28, 2026 09:54 AM (Az0rf)

138 And just because it can be painted doesn't mean it should be painted.

Posted by: Weasel at January 28, 2026 09:51 AM (6tnon)

That sounds suspiciously like a challenge!

A surrealism retrospective in honor of Weasel!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 28, 2026 09:54 AM (Zv8bq)

139 115 Why is the tallest one's hand the head of a swan?
Posted by: The Darwins of Duxbury

+++
No doubt signaling a black swan event.

Posted by: Alex Jones wannabe at January 28, 2026 09:54 AM (2Ez/1)

140 Daleks!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 28, 2026 09:55 AM (8zz6B)

141 The artist certainly had a varied career-painter, sculptor, novelist, short story writer.

Posted by: Tuna at January 28, 2026 09:55 AM (lJ0H4)

142 A Carrington signaling a Black Swan event?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 28, 2026 09:56 AM (uwNDP)

143
That sound suspiciously like a challenge!

A surrealism retrospective in honor of Weasel!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 28, 2026 09:54 AM (Zv8bq)
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You're right! The horde must suffer!!

Posted by: Weasel at January 28, 2026 09:56 AM (6tnon)

144 The one in back is a silly old trout.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 28, 2026 09:56 AM (Sxl5b)

145 Don't look like they got a chicken in there.

Ce'ci n'est pas un peep.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 28, 2026 09:56 AM (06Hmj)

146 "Free Clinic"

LOL. Haven't heard that phrase since "Chico ans The Man"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 28, 2026 09:56 AM (RIvkX)

147 A feather?
In the Money Pit area?
Dating to the mid-16th century?
Is it possible the Birdmen of Burnley visited Oak Island in 1582 and buried something of great value?

Posted by: Breathless voiceover guy at January 28, 2026 09:56 AM (qgHp7)

148 Didn't Poe write about Leonora?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 28, 2026 09:56 AM (uwNDP)

149 You're right! The horde must suffer!!
Posted by: Weasel


Retirement isn't agreeing with you, is it?

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 09:56 AM (77rzZ)

150 124 She would tell people she was created when her mother banged a mechanical animal inseminator full of jizz from a bunch of different creatures.

Coocoo bananas. Complicated art school chicks, man.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 28, 2026 09:53 AM (BI5O2)

But how did the father punish himself for his genes having failed to create a non-insane person?

Posted by: XTC at January 28, 2026 09:57 AM (uEmCf)

151
AfghanistanMOME

https://tinyurl.com/mpr2upe9


Posted by: naturalfake at January 28, 2026 09:57 AM (iJfKG)

152 Get ready to hear "bomb cyclone" on the weather news again.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 28, 2026 09:57 AM (Y1sOo)

153 The hats, the stringy hair and beards are the clues. Anyone familiar with medieval art can figure this crap out in a hurry.

Posted by: mrp at January 28, 2026 09:57 AM (rj6Yv)

154 Didn't Poe write about Leonora?
Posted by: Anna Puma

Lenore. Nevermore.

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 09:57 AM (77rzZ)

155 >>>And just because it can be painted doesn't mean it should be painted.
Posted by: Weasel

It's not that it shouldn't have been painted; it shouldn't have been posted.

Posted by: Dark Litigator

>Come, come now, this painting is his-stork.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 28, 2026 09:57 AM (oT7pT)

156 I think I need to go lay down with a damp washcloth on my forehead.
Posted by: Weasel at January 28, 2026 09:54 AM (6tnon)

Is that still legal in Virginia?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 09:57 AM (ExV1e)

157 Who wants Presdent PeesHisPants back?

Posted by: ConcealedKerryOrSubMitt at January 28, 2026 09:57 AM (bonmg)

158 A surrealism retrospective in honor of Weasel!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 28, 2026 09:54 AM (Zv8bq)
====

At first glance this looked like Jean Michel Folon

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 28, 2026 09:58 AM (RIvkX)

159 Who's to blame for the Minnesota violence (and it's not Trump)?

CBS News Pins Blame on Nick Shirley for Minneapolis Unrest

-
Sumbitch thought he could tell the truth and get away with it but CBS News put an end to that!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 28, 2026 09:58 AM (L/fGl)

160 New Bud commercial for Super Bowl. Lesson learned?

https://tinyurl.com/3srz3tnt


My absolute favorite is still "The Bow":

https://tinyurl.com/3yefy3bn

Posted by: IrishEi at January 28, 2026 09:58 AM (3ImbR)

161 >Come, come now, this painting is his-stork.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 28, 2026 09:57 AM (oT7pT)

I wouldn't crane my neck to get a look at it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 28, 2026 09:58 AM (06Hmj)

162 Get ready to hear "bomb cyclone" on the weather news again.
Posted by: one hour sober

Ooh, and a "polar vortex," too!

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 09:58 AM (77rzZ)

163 I wonder if this painting would tern into a thread about Star Trek.

Posted by: dantesed at January 28, 2026 09:58 AM (Oy/m2)

164 Is that still legal in Virginia?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 09:57 AM (ExV1e)
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Probably not, but I don't give a shit.

Posted by: Weasel at January 28, 2026 09:58 AM (6tnon)

165
Alcatraz hardest hit.

_____________

Robert Stroud was a psychopath. He deserved every nanosecond of his imprisonment.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 28, 2026 09:59 AM (tgvbd)

166 Since I'm slow, I missed if another one of you shared this already (my emphasis added):

https://is.gd/dUJz4I
@MJTruthUltra
Pondering on this, this is how you know this was fake AF

A man sprayed an "unknown" liquid on a member of Congress - no immediate evacuation, no hazmat, no emergency decontamination

In an age where biological risks are increasing… the only reason you don't do that is if you set it up.

That bitch set this up lol

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 28, 2026 09:59 AM (ULPxl)

167 Who's to blame for the Minnesota violence (and it's not Trump)?

——

The Jews obviously.
- Cucker Tarlson

Posted by: Really?? at January 28, 2026 09:59 AM (4uLDQ)

168 A surrealism retrospective
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Look at den fancy words. You trying to flirt with me sweetie?

Posted by: Fen at January 28, 2026 09:59 AM (ciYHQ)

169 Didn't Poe write about Leonora?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 28, 2026 09:56 AM (uwNDP)

"Lenore."

Posted by: Michelle Fields at January 28, 2026 09:59 AM (ufSfZ)

170 I wouldn't crane my neck to get a look at it.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Don't be bittern about it. From heron out, try to think positive thoughts.

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 09:59 AM (77rzZ)

171 Well, at least it's not boring....

Posted by: It's me donna at January 28, 2026 09:59 AM (VE6XX)

172 >>What is that object on the floor? It looks like a small rug with a banana embroidered into it.


We could tell you, but then we'd have to turn you into a newt!!

Posted by: The Sorcerers of Salem at January 28, 2026 10:00 AM (0yjaw)

173 This painting is hard to swallow.

Posted by: reason at January 28, 2026 10:00 AM (Y2NHL)

174 Get ready to hear "bomb cyclone" on the weather news again.
Posted by: one hour sober

Ooh, and a "polar vortex," too!
Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 09:58 AM (77rzZ)

Didn’t everyone die last weekend from the snow storm? Who cares.

Posted by: Really?? at January 28, 2026 10:00 AM (4uLDQ)

175 Probably should get organized. Pipes to washer still frozen, probably won't thaw until next week. So laundromat it will be today.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 28, 2026 10:00 AM (uwNDP)

176 3 on 1 handicap match, tonight only, The Birdmen of Burnley vs The Eggman

Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 28, 2026 10:00 AM (h/O4U)

177 "In 1935, Carrington's first essay, 'Jezzamathatics or Introduction to the Wonderful Process of Painting', was published before her story "'The Seventh Horse'. Carrington often used codes of words to dictate interpretation in her artwork. "Candlestick" is a code that she commonly used to represent her family, and the word "lord" for her father."

"Jezzamathatics"? Sounds like the kind of neologisms schizophrenics create.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 28, 2026 10:01 AM (wzUl9)

178 I've told you people ptarm and ptarmigan to lay off the bird puns!!

Posted by: muldoon at January 28, 2026 10:01 AM (qgHp7)

179 what the hale, rickey bobby?!

Posted by: cmeat at January 28, 2026 10:01 AM (R11M+)

180 170 I wouldn't crane my neck to get a look at it.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Don't be bittern about it. From heron out, try to think positive thoughts.
Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 09:59 AM (77rzZ)

At least it's not unsettling enough to drive me to kill, dear.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 28, 2026 10:01 AM (06Hmj)

181 169 Didn't Poe write about Leonora?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 28, 2026 09:56 AM (uwNDP)

"Lenore."

----
Where's the raven?

Posted by: I was told there would be a raven at January 28, 2026 10:01 AM (2Ez/1)

182 >>I wonder if this painting would tern into a thread about Star Trek.


Owl let you know if it does!

Posted by: The Sorcerers of Salem at January 28, 2026 10:01 AM (0yjaw)

183 I think the artist may have been a couple of tweets short of a full twitter.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 28, 2026 10:02 AM (oT7pT)

184 Naming names.

CNN Writer Claims Only Violence in Minnesota Is from ICE and CBP

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 28, 2026 10:02 AM (L/fGl)

185 Let osprey that there are no more bird puns.

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 10:02 AM (77rzZ)

186 >>I've told you people ptarm and ptarmigan to lay off the bird puns!!

But you're not bittern about it?

Posted by: The Sorcerers of Salem at January 28, 2026 10:03 AM (0yjaw)

187 Probably not, but I don't give a shit.
Posted by: Weasel at January 28, 2026 09:58 AM (6tnon)
=====
*points to Weasel's driveway*

Yeah, we're gonna need a traffic circle right there.

Posted by: Fraulein Governor Spannberger at January 28, 2026 10:03 AM (RIvkX)

188 Where's the raven?
Posted by: I was told there would be a raven at January 28, 2026 10:01 AM (2Ez/1)

Gathering reinforcements.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 28, 2026 10:03 AM (06Hmj)

189 "bomb cyclone"
Posted by: one hour sober

"polar vortex"
Posted by: Bulg

I got a $100 for anyone who can get them to say
"abominable snowstorm"

Posted by: Fen at January 28, 2026 10:03 AM (ciYHQ)

190 Doubt she could Ern any money from this painting....

Posted by: It's me donna at January 28, 2026 10:03 AM (VE6XX)

191 When the birds attack, there is nothing to do but duck and plover.

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 10:03 AM (77rzZ)

192 Wait, someone is getting a bit aukward over the bird puns?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 28, 2026 10:04 AM (uwNDP)

193 Holy shit, someone overlayed the Aussie "break dancer" with the flashbang grenade girl rolling around on the ground.
Caption: Protest into a dance off.
Background music: Ice, ice baby

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 28, 2026 10:05 AM (HXT0k)

194 174 Didn’t everyone die last weekend from the snow storm? Who cares.
Posted by: Really?? at January 28, 2026 10:00 AM (4uLDQ)

No. Everyone already died from Net Neutrality a few years ago.

Posted by: XTC at January 28, 2026 10:05 AM (uEmCf)

195 So how much does a Grecian Ern?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 28, 2026 10:05 AM (uwNDP)

196 >>> 159 Who's to blame for the Minnesota violence (and it's not Trump)?

CBS News Pins Blame on Nick Shirley for Minneapolis Unrest

-
Sumbitch thought he could tell the truth and get away with it but CBS News put an end to that!
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 28, 2026 09:58 AM (L/fGl)

Remember when XiNN was telling everyone they were Down With The BLM Struggle and then their Hotlanta office tower was surrounded (but sadly, never set on fire)?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 28, 2026 10:05 AM (ULPxl)

197 >>Let osprey that there are no more bird puns.

Do not quail at the sight of our flocked up punnery!

Posted by: The Sorcerers of Salem at January 28, 2026 10:05 AM (0yjaw)

198 I saw Schizophrenic Neologisms open for Talking Heads at Scotia Bank Arena in 'o2.

Their rendition oof Psycho Killer was to die for!

Posted by: muldoon at January 28, 2026 10:05 AM (qgHp7)

199 When coming up with bird puns, don't go off half cocked.

Posted by: Groan... at January 28, 2026 10:05 AM (2Ez/1)

200 The media’s number 1 job is to keep people (and especially women) scared.

Everything around you will kill you. Polar vortex. Global warming. Microplastics. Killer Bees from Mexico. Covid. White suptemacists.

It’s never ending.

Posted by: Really?? at January 28, 2026 10:06 AM (4uLDQ)

201 I'm not any good at bird puns.

So I'm just going to grouse about it.

Posted by: XTC at January 28, 2026 10:06 AM (uEmCf)

202 "Jezzamathatics"? Sounds like the kind of neologisms schizophrenics create.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Or an MS-NOW economic theory; i.e., "making it up as we go along."

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 28, 2026 10:06 AM (L/fGl)

203
Ooh, and a "polar vortex," too!
Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 09:58 AM (77rzZ)

____________

*runs to store*
*buys up all the bread, milk and eggs*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 28, 2026 10:06 AM (tgvbd)

204 Ibis Elba is starring in the new Birdman of Alcatraz movie.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at January 28, 2026 10:06 AM (PSEDc)

205 Holy shit, someone overlayed the Aussie "break dancer" with the flashbang grenade girl rolling around on the ground.
Caption: Protest into a dance off.
Background music: Ice, ice baby
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 28, 2026 10:05 AM (HXT0k)

No link?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 28, 2026 10:07 AM (8zz6B)

206 Let osprey that there are no more bird puns.

Do not quail at the sight of our flocked up punnery!
Posted by: The Sorcerers of Salem

These bird puns are hard to swallow.

Posted by: Tuna at January 28, 2026 10:07 AM (lJ0H4)

207 Has a kind of Edward gorey feel to it

Posted by: BChasm Phone at January 28, 2026 10:07 AM (l4NSk)

208 >> This painting is hard to swallow.

CBD posted it on a lark.

Posted by: The Sorcerers of Salem at January 28, 2026 10:07 AM (0yjaw)

209 Well, at least it's not boring....
Posted by: It's me donna

Let's try "When You Bring Her Over To Meet Your Parents" for 400, Alex

Posted by: Fen at January 28, 2026 10:07 AM (ciYHQ)

210 Breaking News; cold weather expected for January. Everyone panic.

Posted by: Really?? at January 28, 2026 10:08 AM (4uLDQ)

211 There once were three Birdmen of Burnley
Who lectured their mynahs etern'lly
Said one fowl, with a retch,
"If we must hear you kvetch
Could you please do it more taciturnly?"

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 28, 2026 10:08 AM (OvMCw)

212 CBD should have posted it on a larch.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 28, 2026 10:08 AM (uwNDP)

213 I guess I stand aloon in my hatred of bird puns.

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 10:08 AM (77rzZ)

214 All of this clucking about bird puns ruffles my feathers.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 28, 2026 10:08 AM (oT7pT)

215 We shall beat these bird puns to death.

Leave no tern unstoned!

Posted by: muldoon at January 28, 2026 10:08 AM (qgHp7)

216 Everyone out here making bird puns. Meanwhile, the Somalis are robin us blind.

Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 28, 2026 10:08 AM (h/O4U)

217 Corrupt birdmen. Looking to wet their beaks.

Posted by: Make it stop... at January 28, 2026 10:09 AM (2Ez/1)

218 Leonora was born nuts, then she took a tern for the worse.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 28, 2026 10:09 AM (8zz6B)

219 Not bird related but it looks like the "truce" with Walz and Frey is over... I hope Trump doubles ICE there....

Posted by: It's me donna at January 28, 2026 10:09 AM (VE6XX)

220 Titties and Kildeers

Posted by: Rodney Carrington at January 28, 2026 10:09 AM (oEMAv)

221 CBD should have posted it on a larch.
Posted by: Anna Puma

What are yew talking about?

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 10:09 AM (77rzZ)

222 We used to be a thing.

Posted by: Fish puns at January 28, 2026 10:09 AM (2Ez/1)

223 >>I'm not any good at bird puns.

So I'm just going to grouse about it.


Eider you can, or you can't -- and you surely can.

Posted by: The Sorcerers of Salem at January 28, 2026 10:09 AM (0yjaw)

224 Could you please do it more taciturnly?"
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 28, 2026 10:08 AM (OvMCw)

Hah!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 28, 2026 10:10 AM (8zz6B)

225 >>We used to be a thing.
Posted by: Fish puns


Camembert that time, TBH

Posted by: Cheese puns at January 28, 2026 10:10 AM (0yjaw)

226 >>> 203
Ooh, and a "polar vortex," too!
Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 09:58 AM (77rzZ)

____________

*runs to store*
*buys up all the bread, milk and eggs*
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 28, 2026 10:06 AM (tgvbd)

Yay, French toast! You *do* have maple syrup already, right?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 28, 2026 10:11 AM (ULPxl)

227 Perpetual Victimhood Is Strongly Linked to Vulnerable Narcissism, Study Finds

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"Vulnerable Narcissism"?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 28, 2026 10:11 AM (L/fGl)

228 >> This painting is hard to swallow.

CBD posted it on a lark.

---

Finch set us up!

Posted by: reason at January 28, 2026 10:12 AM (Ek9UU)

229 >>We shall beat these bird puns to death.

Leave no tern unstoned!


Heh!
Just have to wren and bear it.

Posted by: Cheese puns at January 28, 2026 10:12 AM (0yjaw)

230 Where's Tippi Hedren to stop these bird puns?

Posted by: dantesed at January 28, 2026 10:12 AM (Oy/m2)

231 It's only a matter of a pinion.

Posted by: Just the punchline at January 28, 2026 10:12 AM (2Ez/1)

232 I'm not any good at bird puns.

So I'm just going to grouse about "

Let me know wren I can hep you

Posted by: Tuna at January 28, 2026 10:12 AM (lJ0H4)

233 Ugly.

Posted by: Margarita at January 28, 2026 10:12 AM (E3izH)

234 >>*runs to store*
*buys up all the bread, milk and eggs*


Excellent -- more cheetos and batteries for ME!!

Posted by: Cheese puns at January 28, 2026 10:13 AM (0yjaw)

235 Tippi? That bird?

She flew the coup.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 28, 2026 10:13 AM (uwNDP)

236 I'm seeing a nativity.

The three asian dudes are the 3 wise men offering gifts. Only they are not drawn as kings, but as pawns -- shaped like the chess pieces. They are offering gifts to the birds, which represent Jesus, drawn as birds which are symbols of peace and hope.

The walrus rug is a mystery.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 28, 2026 10:13 AM (HErWb)

237 Wow, you guys... I'm so out of my league here, guess I'll just have to keep winging it

Posted by: Fen at January 28, 2026 10:13 AM (ciYHQ)

238 Excellent -- more cheetos and batteries for ME!!
Posted by: Cheese puns at January 28, 2026 10:13 AM (0yjaw)
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Since when are Cheetos battery operated?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 28, 2026 10:14 AM (OvMCw)

239 Tippi? That bird?


The Birds was filmed not too far from Me.. One of my friends was one of the kids running away in one of the scenes...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 28, 2026 10:14 AM (VE6XX)

240
Welp, you've got to hop around youtube to find anything, but-

there does appear to be Big Trouble in Beijing along with a blockade, shutdown and curfew. The Chinese military has flooded into the city.

Assuming this is all correct and true.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 28, 2026 10:14 AM (iJfKG)

241 "Let me understand: you got the hen, the chicken, and the rooster. The rooster goes with the chicken. So, who's having sex with the hen?"

Posted by: Frank Costanza at January 28, 2026 10:15 AM (2Ez/1)

242 The walrus rug is a mystery.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 28, 2026 10:13 AM (HErWb)
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You walrus hurt the one you love.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 28, 2026 10:15 AM (OvMCw)

243 Battery operated Cheetos?

So that's what Daleks eat to give them energy.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 28, 2026 10:15 AM (uwNDP)

244 Love this! I could spend several minutes enjoying and speculating.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 28, 2026 10:15 AM (W2Pud)

245 More things to scare you. Headlines this morning screaming how the dollar is at a 4 year low.

Oh my god. We’re all gonna die (again)!!!

Today’s price is what it was in 2018. You remember those awful days of 2018 right? 3% gdp growth with 3.5% unemployment and a booming stock market. God forbid we get that again.

Posted by: Really?? at January 28, 2026 10:16 AM (4uLDQ)

246 I'm surprised nobody has turned this into a booby thread.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 28, 2026 10:16 AM (oT7pT)

247 Welp, you've got to hop around youtube to find anything, but-

there does appear to be Big Trouble in Beijing along with a blockade, shutdown and curfew. The Chinese military has flooded into the city.

Assuming this is all correct and true.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 28, 2026 10:14 AM (iJfKG)

Definitely could be some ting wong.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 28, 2026 10:16 AM (8zz6B)

248 The walrus rug is a mystery.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 28, 2026 10:13 AM (HErWb)
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You walrus hurt the one you love.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

You should seal it with a kiss instead.

Posted by: Tuna at January 28, 2026 10:16 AM (lJ0H4)

249 The Birds was filmed not too far from Me.
Posted by: It's me donna

Santa Cruz?

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 10:17 AM (77rzZ)

250 >>Wow, you guys... I'm so out of my league here, guess I'll just have to keep winging it

Nah, we're just a bit cuckoo, Fen.

Posted by: Cheese puns at January 28, 2026 10:17 AM (0yjaw)

251 249 The Birds was filmed not too far from Me.
Posted by: It's me donna

Santa Cruz?
Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 10:17 AM (77rzZ)

Sonoma County

Posted by: It's me donna at January 28, 2026 10:17 AM (VE6XX)

252 Cheetos? I need me some more damned Cheetos! Where my EBT card?

Posted by: LaQuisha at January 28, 2026 10:17 AM (2Ez/1)

253 "Let me understand: you got the hen, the chicken, and the rooster. The rooster goes with the chicken. So, who's having sex with the hen?"
Posted by: Frank Costanza

Good. Goose. Gander

Posted by: Fen at January 28, 2026 10:17 AM (ciYHQ)

254 Muldoon has a starling reputation for bird puns.

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 10:18 AM (77rzZ)

255 That Trump sumbitch trying to scare illegals out of voting but the legislature is not having it!

Virginia Democrats Push Bill to Prohibit ICE at Polling Places

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 28, 2026 10:18 AM (L/fGl)

256 I'm impressed that CBD can enforce the draconian 100 comment rule from way over on the Dark Continent.

Posted by: Wrong Arm Of The Law at January 28, 2026 10:18 AM (oftw2)

257 You should seal it with a kiss instead.
Posted by: Tuna at January 28, 2026 10:16 AM (lJ0H4)
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I remember one Honeymooners ep where Norton is about to mail a letter and writes SWAK on the envelope.

Ralph: Sealed with a kiss??

Ed: No. Sewer workers are kings!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 28, 2026 10:18 AM (OvMCw)

258 The walrus rug is a mystery.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 28, 2026 10:13 AM (HErWb)
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You walrus hurt the one you love.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

You should seal it with a kiss instead.
Posted by: Tuna at January 28, 2026 10:16 AM (lJ0H4)

Yes, you otter be nice to your lover.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 28, 2026 10:18 AM (iJfKG)

259 Hideous

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 28, 2026 10:19 AM (uHEbo)

260 These bird puns are nothing to crow about.

Posted by: Beartooth at January 28, 2026 10:19 AM (GGatE)

261 Sonoma County
Posted by: It's me donna

Are you near Fort Ross?

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 10:19 AM (77rzZ)

262 I was informed by very smart people that Democrats in Virginia are super centrist.

Was I lied to?

Posted by: Really?? at January 28, 2026 10:20 AM (4uLDQ)

263 *260 These bird puns are nothing to crow about.*

They're murder.

Posted by: Killer app at January 28, 2026 10:20 AM (2Ez/1)

264 261 Sonoma County
Posted by: It's me donna

Are you near Fort Ross?
Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 10:19 AM (77rzZ

About 40 minutes... The Birds was filmed in Bodega and Bodega Bay

Posted by: It's me donna at January 28, 2026 10:20 AM (VE6XX)

265
To Stay Warm, Set Your Hair On Fire - a limerick

OMG! It's another polar vortex
The panic echoes in my cerebral cortex
If you must know the reason
It's polar vortex season
Sponsored by our good friends here at Gore-Tex™

Posted by: muldoon at January 28, 2026 10:20 AM (qgHp7)

266 These bird puns are nothing to crow about.
Posted by: Beartooth

Don't go robin all my fun.

Posted by: Tuna at January 28, 2026 10:20 AM (lJ0H4)

267 You walrus hurt the one you love.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea

You should seal it with a kiss instead.
Posted by: Tuna at January 28, 2026 10:16 AM (lJ0H4)

Yes, you otter be nice to your lover.
Posted by: naturalfake

Do gong.

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 10:20 AM (77rzZ)

268 Are you near Fort Ross?
Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 10:19 AM (77rzZ)
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A more desolate coastline I have rarely seen. It would take Russians to try to colonize that place.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 28, 2026 10:21 AM (OvMCw)

269 Vivarium

(shiver)

baits you with a cool title then creeps you out

Posted by: Fen at January 28, 2026 10:21 AM (ciYHQ)

270 Wait. We were promised free fries with our Spamburger. Where's our free fries?

Posted by: Virginia voters at January 28, 2026 10:22 AM (2Ez/1)

271 The tits were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 28, 2026 10:22 AM (oT7pT)

272 That is one ugly painting. I blame Bondi for that.

Posted by: Ouch the Grouch at January 28, 2026 10:22 AM (ZdhjE)

273 Why did the chicken cross the road?

To get away from this piece of crappy art.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 28, 2026 10:22 AM (KDPiq)

274 270 Wait. We were promised free fries with our Spamburger. Where's our free fries?
Posted by: Virginia voters at January 28, 2026 10:22 AM (2Ez/

She has turned out exactly as we all knew she would...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 28, 2026 10:22 AM (VE6XX)

275 I left comments a few days ago explaining the symbolism in that painting. Like with this one I was surprised that no one got it -- it was the one with the old woman in the back and the creepy guy smoozing the young girl. Lots of symbolism -- the olive branch, the Rembrandt, the girl embroidering a wedding dress...

I only repeat it here because I posted when the thread was dead and I think no one would have seen.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 28, 2026 10:23 AM (HErWb)

276 Yishh.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 28, 2026 10:23 AM (+HNx/)

277 I guess banning ice from enforcing voter laws solves the “affordability crisis” yiu campaigned on.
Good job VA Democrats. You kept your promises.

Posted by: Really?? at January 28, 2026 10:23 AM (4uLDQ)

278 Sure, the right denigrates Joe Stalin and Mao but . . .

Natalie Portman Describes Trump Administration as “Worst of the Worst of Humanity”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 28, 2026 10:23 AM (L/fGl)

279 A more desolate coastline I have rarely seen. It would take Russians to try to colonize that place.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 28, 2026 10:21 AM (OvMCw)

There is a real dearth of good harbors between San Francisco and Portland.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 28, 2026 10:23 AM (8zz6B)

280 278 Sure, the right denigrates Joe Stalin and Mao but . . .

Natalie Portman Describes Trump Administration as “Worst of the Worst of Humanity”

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 28, 2026 10:23 AM (L/fGl)

====

"But Vance is even worse."
-soon

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 28, 2026 10:24 AM (GBKbO)

281 The. Art?
Good lord. What. The. Actual. Fuck.

No don't tell me. Let us allow this piece to remain a mystery.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at January 28, 2026 10:24 AM (U25z9)

282 Natalie Portman Describes Trump Administration as “Worst of the Worst of Humanity”

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Well, Natalie Portman.

Okay then.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 28, 2026 10:24 AM (+HNx/)

283 vid I mentioned is on the Toks.

User name nuya.damn..business

no link 'cause tok leaks too much info when you link.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 28, 2026 10:24 AM (HXT0k)

284 There is a real dearth of good harbors between San Francisco and Portland.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 28, 2026 10:23 AM (8zz6B)
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And you have to cope with the Columbia Bar up here.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 28, 2026 10:24 AM (OvMCw)

285 The creepy, monstrous looking weirdos are just immigrants trying to make a better life for themselves. The birds must let them into their enclosure to enrich the lives of all involved!! It's in the poem!

Posted by: Modern Leftists at January 28, 2026 10:24 AM (JCZqz)

286
No don't tell me. Let us allow this piece to remain a mystery.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at January 28, 2026 10:24 AM (U25z9)

Let's just say the Father of the "artist" tried to have her committed....

Posted by: It's me donna at January 28, 2026 10:24 AM (VE6XX)

287 282 Natalie Portman Describes Trump Administration as “Worst of the Worst of Humanity”

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Well, Natalie Portman.

Okay then.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 28, 2026 10:24 AM (+HNx/)

===

Harvard graduate. Gotta listen to her.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 28, 2026 10:25 AM (GBKbO)

288 Natalie Portman Describes Trump Administration as “Worst of the Worst of Humanity”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer

Well bless her little commie heart.

Posted by: Tuna at January 28, 2026 10:25 AM (lJ0H4)

289 Does that crazy TikTok nurse who wants to kill people still have her license?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 28, 2026 10:25 AM (+HNx/)

290 You know, if you take away the three figures in black and the tent with the birds and the little throw rug on the floor, it's an almost-interesting juxtaposition of shapes and muted colors.

Posted by: mindful webworker - background disinformation at January 28, 2026 10:25 AM (pVyx/)

291 288 Natalie Portman Describes Trump Administration as “Worst of the Worst of Humanity”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer

Did ICE pick up her Gardner or something ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 28, 2026 10:26 AM (VE6XX)

292 no link 'cause tok leaks too much info when you link.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 28, 2026 10:24 AM (HXT0k)

Ah, too bad. I don't understand the toktiks of getting in there.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 28, 2026 10:26 AM (8zz6B)

293 Reddit has 2 themes right now.

1. Leave those poor immigrants alone they’re just here to work. Fuck you Trump.

2. Why are there no jobs out there? Fuck you Trump.

It’s surreal.

Posted by: Really?? at January 28, 2026 10:26 AM (4uLDQ)

294 Some happy little bushes can't save this one. Sad!

Posted by: zombie Bob Ross at January 28, 2026 10:26 AM (0sNs1)

295 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. This art! CBDs been into the funny mushrooms again.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 28, 2026 10:27 AM (2WIwB)

296 When you've lost zombie Bob Ross...

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 28, 2026 10:27 AM (OvMCw)

297 Could you please do it more taciturnly?"
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 28, 2026 10:08 AM

********

Well played!

Posted by: muldoon at January 28, 2026 10:27 AM (qgHp7)

298 274 270 Wait. We were promised free fries with our Spamburger. Where's our free fries?
Posted by: Virginia voters at January 28, 2026 10:22 AM (2Ez/

She has turned out exactly as we all knew she would...
Posted by: It's me donna
=========
I think Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill in NJ are the next generation of Democrats being groomed for presidency. The major question is whether Kamala runs in 2028.

The Democrat party has an issue where at least half of their party are minorities and that makes running people of pallor more difficult in presidential primaries. AWFLs are probably a plurality in the party but not a majority anymore and that is one of the problems with Gavin. Democrats will still vote for a person of pallor on the national ticket as the lesser of evils in a general but primaries are becoming a mess for Democrats based on identity politics.

Posted by: whig at January 28, 2026 10:27 AM (E4rtv)

299 And you have to cope with the Columbia Bar up here.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 28, 2026 10:24 AM (OvMCw)

You would have to dredge that up, Cap.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 28, 2026 10:28 AM (8zz6B)

300 Natalie Portman Describes Trump Administration as “Worst of the Worst of Humanity”
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who?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 28, 2026 10:28 AM (jtM2q)

301 from way over on the Dark Continent.
Posted by: Wrong Arm Of The Law

Read an odd article that claims Africa never had a chance to be a global power because their coastlines have no natural ports ...

Posted by: Fen at January 28, 2026 10:29 AM (ciYHQ)

302 Here's my new saying:

They're only weapons of war if you try to come and take them.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 28, 2026 10:29 AM (HXT0k)

303 Natalie Portman? The one who can't act for shit? Ruined a perfectly good character in the Star Wars movies? Fucked up the Thor movies by her existing in them? That useless stain in those annoying commercials that plague my YouTube viewing? That Natalie Portman?

Never heard of her.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at January 28, 2026 10:29 AM (U25z9)

304 Let's frigate bird puns, and concentrate on fish puns.

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 10:29 AM (77rzZ)

305 It is 12:00 AM and I am very sleepy, so I was not clear on a couple points. The birds are hope and love and beauty, that is why they symbolize Jesus and all that. The wise men are traditionally out of the East, or the Orient, so that is why the artist used the fu manchu faces.

The walrus rug remains a mystery.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 28, 2026 10:29 AM (HErWb)

306 Natalie Portman Describes Trump Administration as “Worst of the Worst of Humanity”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
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Spoken by a person who has never experienced the 'worst' of anything.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.it'siii at January 28, 2026 10:30 AM (XeU6L)

307 Democrats will still vote for a person of pallor on the national ticket as the lesser of evils in a general but primaries are becoming a mess for Democrats based on identity politics.
Posted by: whig at January 28, 2026 10:27 AM (E4rtv)
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*buys shares in popcorn stocks*

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 28, 2026 10:30 AM (OvMCw)

308 Natalie Portman is Israeli. She is a dyed in the wool member of a party that supports Hamas. And she hates the guy who is arguably one of the most pro-Israel president ever.

Conclusion: she’s an imbecile

Posted by: Really?? at January 28, 2026 10:30 AM (4uLDQ)

309 Natalie Portman Describes Trump Administration as “Worst of the Worst of Humanity”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
=====
Aging actress sends the SOS virtue signal that she is still alive and needing work. Same with Kimmel and soon to be cancelled Colbert this week. Aging male unfunny clowns trying desperately to stay relevant and employed as their audiences shrink.

Leftist Hive Mind has declared ICE to be the plague of humanity for the next couple of months before it becomes a new target of hate so all the lame celebutards have to be quick to post their hate online or risk being left behind.

Posted by: whig at January 28, 2026 10:30 AM (E4rtv)

310 Natalie who?

Posted by: Most people at January 28, 2026 10:30 AM (2Ez/1)

311 300 Natalie Portman Describes Trump Administration as “Worst of the Worst of Humanity”
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who?

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She played Cousin It in Addams Family Values, I think.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 28, 2026 10:30 AM (+HNx/)

312 I wish Hollywood and all the Lefty actors would announce they are all moving to Ireland and do it.

You would not be missed.

I don’t mind liberal actors . I mind liberal actors and directors who hate America and everything it stands for. They don’t deserve to be Americans.

I have my list of actors and directors that I won’t watch. James Cameron should do more dives at the Titanic until he gets it right. Maybe in an experimental submersible.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 28, 2026 10:30 AM (KDPiq)

313 307 Democrats will still vote for a person of pallor on the national ticket as the lesser of evils in a general but primaries are becoming a mess for Democrats based on identity politics.
Posted by: whig at January 28, 2026 10:27 AM (E4rtv)

======

If Democrats somehow get Newsom to be the nominee, expect black turnout to be at John Kerry levels.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 28, 2026 10:30 AM (GBKbO)

314 1. Leave those poor immigrants alone they’re just here to work. Fuck you Trump.

2. Why are there no jobs out there? Fuck you Trump.

It’s surreal.
Posted by: Really??

-----------------

Haven't you heard, Rand Paul has the solution.
"Amnesty"!!!!!

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 28, 2026 10:31 AM (HErWb)

315 Within 10 years AI will have replaced Natalie and every other Hollywood idiot.

Posted by: Really?? at January 28, 2026 10:31 AM (4uLDQ)

316 312 I have my list of actors and directors that I won’t watch. James Cameron should do more dives at the Titanic until he gets it right. Maybe in an experimental submersible.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 28, 2026 10:30 AM (KDPiq)

=====

You should try Park Chan-wook.

Even if he says something political, you have to know Korean to understand it!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 28, 2026 10:31 AM (GBKbO)

317 Not bird related but it looks like the "truce" with Walz and Frey is over... I hope Trump doubles ICE there....
Posted by: It's me donna at January 28, 2026 10:09 AM (VE6XX)

You know what's hilarious? Walz and Frey think they're in control of all this.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 28, 2026 10:31 AM (g8Ew8)

318 In other catastrophic news . . .

Over 80K Coffee Pods Recalled By Keurig Due to “Adverse Health Consequences”
. . . .
Keurig Dr Pepper has recalled more than 80,000 McDonald’s brand coffee pods because they may contain caffeine, despite being labeled “decaf,” according to the Food & Drug Administration.

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Not caffeine, the silent killer?!!!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 28, 2026 10:32 AM (L/fGl)

319
Rejected Kaboom box art.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 28, 2026 10:32 AM (y9nCu)

320 Read an odd article that claims Africa never had a chance to be a global power because their coastlines have no natural ports ...
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And no navigable rivers.

The Congo needs like a 1000 mile "s" or double s cut into it to make the grade change close to the Mississippi.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 28, 2026 10:32 AM (HXT0k)

321 Read an odd article that claims Africa never had a chance to be a global power because their coastlines have no natural ports ...
Posted by: Fen at January 28, 2026 10:29 AM (ciYHQ)

They weren't much at building roads, or railroads, or airports, either.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 28, 2026 10:32 AM (8zz6B)

322 Hopefully there are no more showings of these paintings. We don't want another Carrington event.

Posted by: Coronal ejection with lime at January 28, 2026 10:32 AM (TbWk/)

323 The Professional used to be a favorite but now the pedo theme slaps me across the face and can no longer enjoy it.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 28, 2026 10:32 AM (KDPiq)

324 So fake coffee may be real coffee? Lol
Oh the humanity!!!

Posted by: Really?? at January 28, 2026 10:33 AM (4uLDQ)

325 315 Within 10 years AI will have replaced Natalie and every other Hollywood idiot.

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In 10 years she will have aged out of Hollywood and she'll be doing infomercials for pre-lubed catheters.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 28, 2026 10:33 AM (+HNx/)

326
Haven't you heard, Rand Paul has the solution.
"Amnesty"!!!!!
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 28, 2026 10:31 AM (HErWb)

Yeah.. I'm not big on polls these days but even CNN had a poll yesterday that said the majority polled want ALL illegal aliens OUT....ALL

Posted by: It's me donna at January 28, 2026 10:33 AM (VE6XX)

327 "because their coastlines have no natural ports ..."

Well that's creepy, when I posted that I wasn't aware of the exchange upthread about harbors

hmmm get it while it's hot I guess
14 33 35 50 61 66

enjoy gents!

Posted by: Fen at January 28, 2026 10:33 AM (ciYHQ)

328 Not bird related but it looks like the "truce" with Walz and Frey is over...

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Not so much a cockfight as a dick fight.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 28, 2026 10:34 AM (L/fGl)

329 Natilie is 44. Middle aged woman. No longer an ingenue, just a grasping for attention Leftist.

Posted by: tubal at January 28, 2026 10:34 AM (pDt9x)

330 Read an odd article that claims Africa never had a chance to be a global power because their coastlines have no natural ports ...
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We made a pretty good one, but then...

Posted by: Carthaginians at January 28, 2026 10:34 AM (OvMCw)

331 Read an odd article that claims Africa never had a chance to be a global power because their coastlines have no natural ports ...
Posted by: Fen at January 28, 2026 10:29 AM (ciYHQ)

Did anyone tell South Africa that?

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 28, 2026 10:34 AM (KDPiq)

332 166 Since I'm slow, I missed if another one of you shared this already (my emphasis added):

https://is.gd/dUJz4I
@MJTruthUltra
Pondering on this, this is how you know this was fake AF

A man sprayed an "unknown" liquid on a member of Congress - no immediate evacuation, no hazmat, no emergency decontamination

In an age where biological risks are increasing… the only reason you don't do that is if you set it up.

That bitch set this up lol
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 28, 2026 09:59 AM (ULPxl)

I only saw the video once, briefly, but I thought it looked like she turned and moved toward him, expectantly. If he was unexpected, wouldn't her natural reaction be to turn away?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 28, 2026 10:34 AM (QGaXH)

333 320 Read an odd article that claims Africa never had a chance to be a global power because their coastlines have no natural ports ..

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Not to mention no paved roads.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 28, 2026 10:34 AM (+HNx/)

334 326
Haven't you heard, Rand Paul has the solution.
"Amnesty"!!!!!
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 28, 2026 10:31 AM (HErWb)

====

He calls it new.

It's real dumb.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 28, 2026 10:34 AM (GBKbO)

335 321 Read an odd article that claims Africa never had a chance to be a global power because their coastlines have no natural ports ...
Posted by: Fen at January 28, 2026 10:29 AM (ciYHQ)

They weren't much at building roads, or railroads, or airports, either.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 28, 2026 10:32 AM (8zz6B)

Stonework is haaaard!

Posted by: tubal at January 28, 2026 10:35 AM (pDt9x)

336 Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes
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Already brewed up.
[pours Diogenes a cup]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 28, 2026 10:35 AM (XeU6L)

337 >>>Natalie who?

Posted by: Most people

>Her career peaked at Leon: The Professional

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 28, 2026 10:35 AM (oT7pT)

338 For all the hate Minnesota deservedly gets, Kentucky has given us Rand Paul, The Tuttle and Massie.

Just sayin’.

Posted by: Really?? at January 28, 2026 10:35 AM (4uLDQ)

339 170 I wouldn't crane my neck to get a look at it.
Posted by: Warai-otoko

Don't be bittern about it. From heron out, try to think positive thoughts.
Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 09:59 AM (77rzZ)

I zoomed out to try to get a birds-eye view...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 28, 2026 10:36 AM (QGaXH)

340 I have my list of actors and directors that I won’t watch.
---
I'm not bothered by giving up Elf, it wasn't that good.

But not watching Step Brothers and Talladega Nights kinda sucks.

Why you gotta be a libtard fuckball?

You too, Ben Stiller.
I liked Secret Life of Walter Mitty. And Nutcrackers was nice.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 28, 2026 10:36 AM (HXT0k)

341 A man sprayed an "unknown" liquid on a member of Congress - no immediate evacuation, no hazmat, no emergency decontamination

In an age where biological risks are increasing… the only reason you don't do that is if you set it up.

That bitch set this up lol
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 28, 2026 09:59 AM (ULPxl)

"Aren't you that faggot n***er from Empire? Oh wait, wrong line..."

Posted by: This is MAGA country! at January 28, 2026 10:36 AM (TbWk/)

342 Black buttplug inquisition?

Posted by: pudinhead at January 28, 2026 10:36 AM (Hpgos)

343 337 >>>Natalie who?

Posted by: Most people

>Her career peaked at Leon: The Professional
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 28, 2026 10:35 AM (oT7pT)

Just like Jodie Foster with Taxi Driver.

Posted by: tubal at January 28, 2026 10:36 AM (pDt9x)

344 3. Why can’t I afford a home or apartment?
4. I don’t feel safe in my own neighborhood! Can’t leave my car on the street, or even walk around downtown in daylight without getting mugged!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 28, 2026 10:37 AM (Ojetd)

345 This is sort of epic trolling by nerds...

https://tinyurl.com/22yx9h9n

*It's a flight track, spoofed as "Vance-1" and it "drew" the Vance face meme.... over Mar-a-Lago yesterday.

Link goes to X

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 28, 2026 10:37 AM (jtM2q)

346 Yeah.. I'm not big on polls these days but even CNN had a poll yesterday that said the majority polled want ALL illegal aliens OUT....ALL
Posted by: It's me donna at January 28, 2026 10:33 AM (VE6XX)

Heh. Up in Canada, some Dipper (NDP=Commie) pol put up a poll:"who would you prefer be Canada's leader, Carney or Trump?"

It went badly for him, 73% said Trump

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 28, 2026 10:37 AM (8zz6B)

347 Eureka and Fort Bragg. I can't think of any others!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 28, 2026 10:37 AM (Zv8bq)

348 They weren't much at building roads, or railroads, or airports, either.
---
The Ghost and the Darkness remains one of my favorite movies.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 28, 2026 10:37 AM (HXT0k)

349 There are some people that REALLY can't have caffeine.

Posted by: ... at January 28, 2026 10:38 AM (QQN0v)

350 Spoken by a person who has never experienced the 'worst' of anything.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.it'siii at January 28, 2026 10:


Not true, she was the worst actress in any movie she's been in.

Posted by: Dandalo at January 28, 2026 10:39 AM (7lJ0Y)

351 347 Eureka and Fort Bragg. I can't think of any others!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 28, 2026 10:37 AM (Zv8bq)

My favorite names for military installations are Polk and Hood. Generalship maybe not taken into account in naming.

Posted by: tubal at January 28, 2026 10:39 AM (pDt9x)

352 The Ghost and the Darkness remains one of my favorite movies.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

That's the one about the man-eating lion, right? Cool flick.

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 10:39 AM (77rzZ)

353 Ask Natalie how she feels about securing Israel’s borders.

I know, but seriously…

Posted by: Lizzy at January 28, 2026 10:39 AM (Ojetd)

354 Speaking of Canuckistani politics is the Alberta separation thing legit?

Posted by: Really?? at January 28, 2026 10:39 AM (4uLDQ)

355 Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 28, 2026 10:36 AM (HXT0k)

I know I’m not missing much but I gave up on The Rock movies when he joined the NFL kneelers.

I’m basically left with Marky Mark , Keanu Reeves and Chris Pratt.

I exaggerate because as I said I don’t mind liberal actors just not the ones who hate me and America.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 28, 2026 10:39 AM (KDPiq)

356 348 They weren't much at building roads, or railroads, or airports, either.
---
The Ghost and the Darkness remains one of my favorite movies.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 28, 2026 10:37 AM (HXT0k)

Excellent rather unknown movie.

Posted by: tubal at January 28, 2026 10:39 AM (pDt9x)

357 "80 thousand K-cups."
Is that a lot?

Posted by: It used to be a lot at January 28, 2026 10:40 AM (2Ez/1)

358 Not true, she was the worst actress in any movie she's been in.
Posted by: Dandalo

Last I saw she was reduced to doing a movie for Amazon Prime. Has been.

Posted by: Tuna at January 28, 2026 10:40 AM (lJ0H4)

359 I’m basically left with Marky Mark , Keanu Reeves and Chris Pratt.

I exaggerate because as I said I don’t mind liberal actors just not the ones who hate me and America.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 28, 2026 10:39 AM

Chris Pine wept.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 28, 2026 10:40 AM (jc0TO)

360 3. Why can’t I afford a home or apartment?

—

Oh that one’s easy. Boomers are keeping you down man. It’s all the boomers’ fault.

Posted by: Really?? at January 28, 2026 10:40 AM (4uLDQ)

361 >>> 323 The Professional used to be a favorite but now the pedo theme slaps me across the face and can no longer enjoy it.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 28, 2026 10:32 AM (KDPiq)

I suspect that would be one of Tampon Timmy's favorites if the kid had been a young boy.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 28, 2026 10:41 AM (ULPxl)

362 My list of "people I won't watch because they're an idiot" is pretty small if not nonexistent. I mean hell I still watch my copies of Midnight Run and Goodfellas and DeNiro is a Grade A Retard Fag.

That said, am I gonna go out and give them more money, no.

Posted by: ... at January 28, 2026 10:41 AM (QQN0v)

363 358 Not true, she was the worst actress in any movie she's been in.
Posted by: Dandalo

Last I saw she was reduced to doing a movie for Amazon Prime. Has been.
Posted by: Tuna at January 28, 2026 10:40 AM (lJ0H4)

Well, 44 and not all that talented, so

Posted by: tubal at January 28, 2026 10:41 AM (pDt9x)

364 Amnesty is perfectly okay with me.

Just end all government welfare and assistance. All of it. At all levels. Then enact amnesty.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 28, 2026 10:41 AM (Zv8bq)

365 321 Read an odd article that claims Africa never had a chance to be a global power because their coastlines have no natural ports ...
Posted by: Fen at January 28, 2026 10:29 AM (ciYHQ)

They weren't much at building roads, or railroads, or airports, either.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon


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The coastline thing is a Thomas Sowell theory. I think it is nuts.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 28, 2026 10:41 AM (HErWb)

366 Not true, she was the worst actress in any movie she's been in.
Posted by: Dandalo at January 28, 2026 10:39 AM (7lJ0Y)

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Not true. Her portrayal of a piece of plywood in Attack of the Clones is still discussed with awe in coffeehouses across Europe.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 28, 2026 10:41 AM (+HNx/)

367 Love this! I could spend several minutes enjoying and speculating.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 28, 2026 10:15 AM (W2Pud)

Spoken like someone who's brain has been damaged by the PNW.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 10:41 AM (ExV1e)

368 Some directors (such as Ridley Scott, specifically) produce a masterwork of such magnificence, such grandeur, that you will watch anything else of their's, in hope of experiencing that 'lightning-in-a-bottle' sensation once again.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 28, 2026 10:41 AM (0sNs1)

369 364 Amnesty is perfectly okay with me.

Just end all government welfare and assistance. All of it. At all levels. Then enact amnesty.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 28, 2026 10:41 AM (Zv8bq)

====

"Best we can do is increasing welfare and lowering standards."
-DC

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 28, 2026 10:41 AM (GBKbO)

370 "80 thousand K-cups."
Is that a lot?
Posted by: It used to be a lot

Obviously, you don't know about the cup sizes.
-- Frank Costanza

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 10:42 AM (77rzZ)

371 365 321 Read an odd article that claims Africa never had a chance to be a global power because their coastlines have no natural ports ...
Posted by: Fen at January 28, 2026 10:29 AM (ciYHQ)

They weren't much at building roads, or railroads, or airports, either.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon


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The coastline thing is a Thomas Sowell theory. I think it is nuts.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 28, 2026 10:41 AM (HErWb)


Tropical langour, perhaps.

Posted by: tubal at January 28, 2026 10:42 AM (pDt9x)

372 You know, like the protagonist in The Old Man and the Sea.

Family of People Killed in Venezuelan Boat Airstrike Sues Trump Administration

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 28, 2026 10:42 AM (L/fGl)

373 Haven't you heard, Rand Paul has the solution.
"Amnesty"!!!!!
Posted by: bob
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I think Rand is a politician that has consistently shrank in office over time. Trump's actions in his second term have exposed the core globaloney of Rand's political philosophy along with his donors where amnesty, attacking ICE enforcement to remove criminals, and attacking tariffs and Trump's trade deals for onshoring American jobs, etc.

Even politically, this is a tone deaf stupid virtue signal that has a snowball's chance in hell of being enacted and pisses off at least half or more of his constituency in KY. Same with mASSIE's actions. So, their political act of pissing in the wind has to be pleasing someone for them to do it---donors?, grifting?, etc.

It sure as hell is not political advancement nor even working effectively as a legislator.

Posted by: whig at January 28, 2026 10:42 AM (E4rtv)

374 364 Amnesty is perfectly okay with me.

Just end all government welfare and assistance. All of it. At all levels. Then enact amnesty.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 28, 2026 10:41 AM (Zv8bq)

That was basically the late 19th and early 20th century immigration policy. Sure come on over. But you’re on your own. Sink or swim. Many swam many didn’t and ended up going back.

Posted by: Really?? at January 28, 2026 10:42 AM (4uLDQ)

375 272 That is one ugly painting. I blame Bondi for that.
Posted by: Ouch the Grouch at January 28, 2026 10:22 AM (ZdhjE)

LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2026 10:43 AM (rZCVI)

376 Tropical langour, perhaps.
Posted by: tubal at January 28, 2026 10:42 AM (pDt9x)

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The languors are all in Madagascar.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 28, 2026 10:43 AM (+HNx/)

377 >>> 332
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I only saw the video once, briefly, but I thought it looked like she turned and moved toward him, expectantly. If he was unexpected, wouldn't her natural reaction be to turn away?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 28, 2026 10:34 AM (QGaXH)

Maybe, although tbf you might look up at someone if you were expecting a *question*, too.

But she isn't normal.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 28, 2026 10:43 AM (ULPxl)

378 Just sayin’. Your welcome sarc

Posted by: doug at January 28, 2026 10:44 AM (Hy+R4)

379 Would not hang

Posted by: Gref at January 28, 2026 10:44 AM (5rh/l)

380 Just end all government welfare and assistance. All of it. At all levels. Then enact amnesty.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

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Impossible to end welfare and assistance. Much comes through their anchor babies. And medical care comes through the ER. And states have no incentives since it is federal money and (b) they think it is Keynesian wealth generation.

And even still, amnesty means more migrants in future. It means in 30 years we will be as bad as Europe.

Hell no, we need to reverse course.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 28, 2026 10:44 AM (HErWb)

381 The languors are all in Madagascar.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 28, 2026 10:43 AM

I miss the rains down in Africa.

Posted by: Toto, dropping in for a jam at January 28, 2026 10:44 AM (0sNs1)

382 Just end all government welfare and assistance. All of it. At all levels. Then enact amnesty.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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No. Friedman is dead and we do not need masses of unskilled labor anymore. Tight labor markets lead to general prosperity and much less dysfunction in society.

Posted by: whig at January 28, 2026 10:44 AM (E4rtv)

383 Ask Natalie how she feels about mass Russian immigration into Ukraine.
Ask Natalie how she feels about South African farmer refugees.

Like fish in a barrel, these over emotional actors…

Posted by: Lizzy at January 28, 2026 10:44 AM (Ojetd)

384 Speaking of Canuckistani politics is the Alberta separation thing legit?
Posted by: Really?? at January 28, 2026 10:39 AM (4uLDQ)

It's gaining momentum rapidly. Heard a story from a friend. In the little town of Eckville, they held a separatist meeting in the local hall. Some dillweed shot out the transformer that delivers electricity to the hall. Townspeople gathered a mess of candles and Coleman lamps, and the meeting went ahead anayway.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 28, 2026 10:44 AM (8zz6B)

385 The coastline thing is a Thomas Sowell theory. I think it is nuts.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 28, 2026 10:41 AM (HErWb)

Something to think about though. Dr. Sowell brings it up in Conquests and Cultures.

Posted by: Cow Demon at January 28, 2026 10:44 AM (kojSG)

386
I have my list of actors and directors that I won’t watch. James Cameron should do more dives at the Titanic until he gets it right. Maybe in an experimental submersible.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 28, 2026 10:30 AM (KDPiq)



Cameron needs someone who can tell him "no, that's a fucking stupid idea". Rather like George Lucas, except that Cameron seems to be the sort who gets belligerent and threatening.

At least Gale Anne Hurd could tell him that he's sleeping on the couch until he dumps the idea. He hasn't had a decent film since he started cheating on her with Linda Hamilton.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 28, 2026 10:45 AM (y9nCu)

387 >>>Ask Natalie how she feels about securing Israel’s borders.

I know, but seriously…

Posted by: Lizzy

>She a raven dodo. Like a woodpecker with a script.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 28, 2026 10:45 AM (oT7pT)

388 I know Natalie Portman is an actress, but without looking her up I don't know what she was in, and I've probably never seen it. So, she's the latest to do a grand exit performance?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2026 10:45 AM (rZCVI)

389
I only saw the video once, briefly, but I thought it looked like she turned and moved toward him, expectantly. If he was unexpected, wouldn't her natural reaction be to turn away?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)

Watch the camera man behind her. His right eye swivels towards the squirter approaching, he knows what is going to happen next, because he doesn't point the camera at squirter dude, and instead ensures he has BroFo-fucker centered in his camera field of view.

Total fucking scam. Expect nothing less from Minnesomalia and that racist piece of shit comgress critter.

Posted by: BifBewalski- at January 28, 2026 10:45 AM (QVmho)

390 Rand Paul was dead right on COVID. I'll always appreciate him for that, at least.

Posted by: Delurker at January 28, 2026 10:45 AM (gtcuf)

391 Eureka and Fort Bragg. I can't think of any others!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 28, 2026 10:37 AM (Zv8bq)

My favorite names for military installations are Polk and Hood. Generalship maybe not taken into account in naming.
Posted by: tubal
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Fort Benjamin Harrison. Only one that comes to mind that is assigned the full name. President and General, of course.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 28, 2026 10:45 AM (XeU6L)

392 No amnesty. If I get to deal with CBP when reentering my own damn country, so can everyone else. Nor do I want America to have its own Quebec.

Posted by: Cow Demon at January 28, 2026 10:46 AM (kojSG)

393 Natalie Hershlag just didn't have the right ring apparently.

Posted by: ... at January 28, 2026 10:46 AM (QQN0v)

394 Fort Courage was best fort.

Posted by: F Troop at January 28, 2026 10:47 AM (0sNs1)

395 320 The Congo needs like a 1000 mile "s" or double s cut into it to make the grade change close to the Mississippi.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 28, 2026 10:32 AM (HXT0k)

The Scongos?

Posted by: XTC at January 28, 2026 10:47 AM (iXqHn)

396 Fort Benjamin Harrison. Only one that comes to mind that is assigned the full name. President and General, of course.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 28, 2026 10:45 AM (XeU6L

Fort Sam Houston

Posted by: Cow Demon at January 28, 2026 10:47 AM (kojSG)

397 Black Swan is a good movie. Mika Kunis nekkid bonus.

Posted by: Really?? at January 28, 2026 10:47 AM (4uLDQ)

398 Yeah the fishermen just happened to travel all the way to Venezuela to fish because gas is so cheap for these poor fishermen. And they thought hell while we're in Venezuela waters will stop in for a quick beer before heading out.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 28, 2026 10:47 AM (KDPiq)

399 The coastline thing is a Thomas Sowell theory. I think it is nuts.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus)

Ugh. I've seen him on Twitter. His analysis in my realm sucks, so as per Gellman-Murry, this theory is prob junk too.

Posted by: Fen at January 28, 2026 10:47 AM (ciYHQ)

400 284 There is a real dearth of good harbors between San Francisco and Portland.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 28, 2026 10:23 AM (8zz6B)
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And you have to cope with the Columbia Bar up here.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 28, 2026 10:24 AM (OvMCw)

I hear that's a real obstacle to good lawyerin'.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 28, 2026 10:47 AM (QGaXH)

401 Fen, she was in the Star Wars movies in the late 90’s and early 2000s.

She won an Oscar in a movie about a crazy ballerina.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 28, 2026 10:48 AM (Ojetd)

402 385 The coastline thing is a Thomas Sowell theory. I think it is nuts.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 28, 2026 10:41 AM (HErWb)

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Jared Diamond made a similar point in Guns, Germs and Steel, except he said they were missing draft animals, a suitable grain and a long swath of arable geography within the same climate zone.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 28, 2026 10:48 AM (+HNx/)

403 Alberta has a population of 5 million. Minnesota has a population of 5.5 milion.

A straight-up trade. We gain two GOP senators and Canuckistan gains millions of Commies.

Everybody wins. Except the Dems, which is why it won't happen.

Posted by: Delurker at January 28, 2026 10:48 AM (gtcuf)

404 Even if he says something political, you have to know Korean to understand it!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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My solution is not watching movies at all. Prefer a few TV shows, almost all British, Aussie, or NZ, for light relaxation but my interest is in development of law and Biblical issues nowadays.

That means reading as I don't think anyone is going to turn Pope Benedict's three tomes on Jesus and theology into a movie anytime soon.

Posted by: whig at January 28, 2026 10:48 AM (E4rtv)

405 Nobody came up with a penguin pun. They are formidable.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 28, 2026 10:49 AM (oT7pT)

406 401 Fen, she was in the Star Wars movies in the late 90’s and early 2000s.

She won an Oscar in a movie about a crazy ballerina.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 28, 2026 10:48 AM (Ojetd)

Did not enjoy that movie, but I watched it to be a good sport.

Posted by: tubal at January 28, 2026 10:49 AM (pDt9x)

407 404 My solution is not watching movies at all. Prefer a few TV shows, almost all British, Aussie, or NZ, for light relaxation but my interest is in development of law and Biblical issues nowadays.

That means reading as I don't think anyone is going to turn Pope Benedict's three tomes on Jesus and theology into a movie anytime soon.

Posted by: whig at January 28, 2026 10:48 AM (E4rtv)

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You know who directed a British TV show?

Park Chan-wook!

An adaptation of John le Carre's The Little Drummer Girl.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 28, 2026 10:49 AM (GBKbO)

408 397 Mika Kunis nekkid bonus.

I may be misremembering, but didn't they use a body double?

Posted by: Delurker at January 28, 2026 10:49 AM (gtcuf)

409 The coastline thing is a Thomas Sowell theory. I think it is nuts.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 28, 2026 10:41 AM (HErWb)

Something to think about though. Dr. Sowell brings it up in Conquests and Cultures.
Posted by: Cow Demon
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Perhaps no one wanted to go there:

Beware and take care of the Bight of Benin.
There's one comes out for forty goes in

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 28, 2026 10:49 AM (XeU6L)

410
Help!!! Help me!!! I'm aging!

I'm AAAAAAAAGIIIING!!!1111!!!!

Posted by: Natale Portman at January 28, 2026 10:50 AM (iJfKG)

411 291 288 Natalie Portman Describes Trump Administration as “Worst of the Worst of Humanity”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer

Did ICE pick up her Gardner or something ?
Posted by: It's me donna at January 28, 2026 10:26 AM (VE6XX)

Our guy used to have a helper - now he works alone. We haven't asked him - we don't want to know - one less box of See's Candy to buy at Christmas......

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 28, 2026 10:50 AM (QGaXH)

412 Posted by: Lizzy at January 28, 2026 10:48 AM (Ojetd)

Thanks. I think I only saw the original Star Wars and nothing about a crazy ballerina. So where is she doing a dramatic exit to?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2026 10:50 AM (rZCVI)

413 408 397 Mika Kunis nekkid bonus.

I may be misremembering, but didn't they use a body double?
Posted by: Delurker at January 28, 2026 10:49 AM (gtcuf)

AI. She had 12 fingers, and offset eyes.

Posted by: tubal at January 28, 2026 10:50 AM (pDt9x)

414 I may be misremembering, but didn't they use a body double?
Posted by: Delurker at January 28, 2026 10:49 AM (gtcuf)

They did? Noooooooooo!!!! lol
Damn it it’s like I learned Santa Claus isn’t real.

Posted by: Really?? at January 28, 2026 10:50 AM (4uLDQ)

415 >>> 403 Alberta has a population of 5 million. Minnesota has a population of 5.5 milion.

A straight-up trade. We gain two GOP senators and Canuckistan gains millions of Commies.

Everybody wins. Except the Dems, which is why it won't happen.
Posted by: Delurker at January 28, 2026 10:48 AM (gtcuf)

No, we should not give up any of our territory. Kick out the Twin Cities mini-timwalz residents and MN overall will be much better.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 28, 2026 10:50 AM (ULPxl)

416 Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 28, 2026 10:48 AM (+HNx/)

Again,South African Boers were able to make a go of it.

What about the Scandis? They had all the issues Diamond raised.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 28, 2026 10:50 AM (KDPiq)

417 405 Nobody came up with a penguin pun. They are formidable.

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No sense huffin and puffin about it.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 28, 2026 10:50 AM (+HNx/)

418 he said they were missing draft animals
Posted by: Cicero

They had cows, horses, and donkeys.

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 10:50 AM (77rzZ)

419 418 he said they were missing draft animals
Posted by: Cicero

They had cows, horses, and donkeys.

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 10:50 AM (77rzZ)

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If I were in charge, Lasers, Day 1!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 28, 2026 10:51 AM (GBKbO)

420 Cause and effect, making logical comparisons, these are not leftist skill sets. They pretend not to notice, at best. At worst they wish for what never was and never will be.

That’s how they can simultaneously “advocate” for open or no borders with unlimited migration and a $25 minimum wage.

Good intentions matter. Nothing else. Reality is something else, too - it’s you dirty Kulaks that wreck everything

Posted by: Common Tater at January 28, 2026 10:51 AM (eOudo)

421 40 years since Challenger

Posted by: Cow Demon at January 28, 2026 10:51 AM (GYhKE)

422 Associated Press reports on a fourth shooting by immigration officers. Could this be the new poster child for the Left?

https://is.gd/44rorM

"The shooting comes in a month that has seen three shootings — two fatal — by immigration officers involved in the massive Homeland Security enforcement operation in Minnesota.

Inconveniently for the Narrative, the man wounded by Border Patrol off\ficers was 1) in Arizona, 2) engaged in smuggling illegal immigrants across the U.S.-Mexico border, 3) evading arrest and 4) shooting at BP officers and a helicopter and 4) a repeat offender.

Oops. Oopsie! Backed the wrong horse. Again.

Posted by: muldoon at January 28, 2026 10:52 AM (qgHp7)

423 That means reading as I don't think anyone is going to turn Pope Benedict's three tomes on Jesus and theology into a movie anytime soon.

Posted by: whig at January 28, 2026 10:48 AM (E4rt

Have you met me?

Posted by: Mel Gibson at January 28, 2026 10:52 AM (KDPiq)

424 303 Natalie Portman? The one who can't act for shit? Ruined a perfectly good character in the Star Wars movies? Fucked up the Thor movies by her existing in them? That useless stain in those annoying commercials that plague my YouTube viewing? That Natalie Portman?

Never heard of her.
Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at January 28, 2026 10:29 AM (U25z9)

Wasn't she in that movie where she was living in a Walmart and had a baby there? I didn't realize she was as dumb in real life as the character she portrayed....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 28, 2026 10:53 AM (QGaXH)

425 The coastline thing is a Thomas Sowell theory. I think it is nuts.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 28, 2026 10:41 AM (HErWb)


Tropical langour, perhaps.
Posted by: tubal at January 28, 2026 10:42 AM (pDt9x)
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Very difficult to get from "Africa" to the sea.

It's hard to get from "Africa" to "Africa" without getting to the sea.

Hence, small, isolated tribes sustained into the colonial period, and beyond.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 28, 2026 10:53 AM (RIvkX)

426 No, we should not give up any of our territory. Kick out the Twin Cities mini-timwalz residents and MN overall will be much better.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

Urban areas should be turned into reservations across the US. That way, they would not pollute state politics nor be able to dominate them from urban fraud shitholes. They could only plague each other. And that actually fits better with political maps of the US anyway--vast seas of red with isolated blue urban counties that somehow fraud themselves into power in many states.

And they use that power, like in CO, to disenfranchise, and impoverish, and pester those outside the urban areas in order to rule from blue redoubts.

Posted by: whig at January 28, 2026 10:53 AM (E4rtv)

427 I was too harsh on Sowell. It isn't nuts, just incomplete

The coastline in Africa probably contributed to their slow progress, but I think a better perspective is that it takes a very special geography to create the conditions for progress.

Greece had competitive cities that had easy trade, and easy defense. Rome achieved the same in the Med., but on a bigger scale as technology advanced. England, Spain,... did the same on the Atlantic with better tech still.

So the coastline is part of it, but in my view there are lots of good and bad coastlines and that is not enough to explain it. The important part is the ability to defend from outside attack and develop independently and competitively with trading partners. The coastline is important for that, but you also need mountains to prevent attack from land, and you need technology to take advantage of those ports for trade and exchange.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 28, 2026 10:53 AM (HErWb)

428 Experts say the Bronze Age should be coming to Africa any day now.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 28, 2026 10:53 AM (+HNx/)

429 Have you met me?
Posted by: Mel Gibson
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We will see if Mel sticks the landing on Resurrection. I have mixed feelings regarding his Passion movie.

Posted by: whig at January 28, 2026 10:54 AM (E4rtv)

430 335 321 Read an odd article that claims Africa never had a chance to be a global power because their coastlines have no natural ports ...
Posted by: Fen at January 28, 2026 10:29 AM (ciYHQ)

They weren't much at building roads, or railroads, or airports, either.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 28, 2026 10:32 AM (8zz6B)

Stonework is haaaard!

Posted by: tubal at January 28, 2026 10:35 AM (pDt9x)

I submit all mammals are inherently lazy. Are there any areas in the world where foods are naturally abundant year-round, where humans independently developed agriculture, beyond- stone age tools, very large villages, and so on up the civilizational ladder? I can think of a few. Cambodia. India. Africa? What is now Indonesia on to the east through New Guinea? Not to my knowledge. Weird.

Posted by: Gref at January 28, 2026 10:54 AM (5rh/l)

431 What about the Gold Coast or the Ivory Coast?

Posted by: Mel Gibson at January 28, 2026 10:54 AM (KDPiq)

432
Jared Diamond made a similar point in Guns, Germs and Steel, except he said they were missing draft animals, a suitable grain and a long swath of arable geography within the same climate zone.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 28, 2026 10:48 AM (+HNx/)


Jared Diamond is a retard. VDH thinks so, and he wrote Carnage and Culture as a rebuttal. It's a book-length exercise in repeatedly kicking Diamond in the ballsack.

Ewok-level cruelty.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 28, 2026 10:54 AM (y9nCu)

433 At 425+ comments, I'm beginning to suspect there's no correlation between the quality of the art and the number of comments on the Thread.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 28, 2026 10:55 AM (0sNs1)

434 To be fair that AP article linked says right up front and in the headline the guy who got shot, fired at border patrol first and was a human smuggler.

Posted by: Really?? at January 28, 2026 10:55 AM (4uLDQ)

435 My favorite names for military installations are Polk and Hood. Generalship maybe not taken into account in naming.
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1930s and 1940s, the Civil War wasn’t quite still in living memory, but it was close. The coming war meant that cooperation and coordination was necessary between the southern Dixie states and the north. Naming military bases after confederate generals was kind of a sop to that.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 28, 2026 10:55 AM (eOudo)

436 How come amnesty is never "we'll waive the ban on citizenship if you return home and apply there?"

Yes, illegal entry bars you from citizenship under current law.

It's always we must work out a way for them to stay.

But if they are so valuable and part of the community, then they should have no problem getting their citizenship app approved back home, right?

Like, none of them would fail the "burden on the treasury" via public assistance requirement, right?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 28, 2026 10:56 AM (HXT0k)

437 I would make an extended witty comment here but why bother when it's about to be willowed.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 28, 2026 10:56 AM (+HNx/)

438 All threads are open threads. We are a stiff necked Horde.

Posted by: tubal at January 28, 2026 10:56 AM (pDt9x)

439 Everything old is new again.

CNN's Elie Honig had to fact check Tiffany Cross after she claimed Charlie Kirk was the victim of right wing violence
Honig: "Let's also not forget Kirk was murdered-"
Cross: "Not by a left-wing extremist! [Robinson] was a right-wing extremist"
Honig: "That's just not true"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 28, 2026 10:57 AM (L/fGl)

440 At 425+ comments, I'm beginning to suspect there's no correlation between the quality of the art and the number of comments on the Thread.
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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How about the nature of the art? I.e., as a quality.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 28, 2026 10:57 AM (XeU6L)

441 I would make an extended witty comment here but why bother when it's about to be willowed.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 28, 2026 10:56 AM (+HNx/)
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[witty rejoinder followed by wry observation}

Posted by: Carthaginians at January 28, 2026 10:57 AM (OvMCw)

442 438 All threads are open threads. We are a stiff necked Horde.
Posted by: tubal at January 28, 2026 10:56 AM (pDt9x)

Well we covered a lot.. Art, bird puns, movies, Coasts and Minnesota

Posted by: It's me donna at January 28, 2026 10:57 AM (VE6XX)

443 Gah!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 28, 2026 10:58 AM (OvMCw)

444 So what is Sowell's excuse for Haiti. That it was too late? That it's in African's DNA?

Posted by: Mel Gibson at January 28, 2026 10:58 AM (KDPiq)

445 You know who directed a British TV show?

Park Chan-wook!

An adaptation of John le Carre's The Little Drummer Girl.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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I pretty much loathe le Carre and his idiotic statements about the late Soviet Union made me dislike him more. Smiley was a cuck and Le Carre's whole dreadful relationship between Anne and Smiley in his George Smiley trilogy is a soggy homage to a guy married to a floozy and saying stupid things to justify it. Meanwhile Smiley is cold and calculating on intel matters.

Mick Herron is a far more interesting writer if you must about the IC. Or, you know, actually history of the spy agencies that are out there.

Posted by: whig at January 28, 2026 10:58 AM (E4rtv)

446 I'm beginning to suspect there's no correlation between the quality of the art and the number of comments on the Thread.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 28, 2026 10:55 AM (0sNs1)

Inverse!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 28, 2026 10:58 AM (Zv8bq)

447 i like how she painted bunting.

Posted by: cmeat at January 28, 2026 10:58 AM (R11M+)

448 How come amnesty is never "we'll waive the ban on citizenship if you return home and apply there?"

How come they never say "Everyone, everywhere, gets to be an American citizen and receive US welfare benefits but only native born Americans have to pay for it"?

Cuz that's what periodic repeated amnesties mean. If you're going to say that we don't control the border then just say it.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 10:59 AM (ExV1e)

449 i like how she painted bunting.
Posted by: cmeat at January 28, 2026 10:58 AM (R11M+)

Ack! Another bird pun.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 28, 2026 10:59 AM (8zz6B)

450 “Amnesty”

They sure like to queer the meaning of words

Posted by: Common Tater at January 28, 2026 10:59 AM (eOudo)

451 Urban areas should be turned into reservations across the US. That way, they would not pollute state politics nor be able to dominate them from urban fraud shitholes. They could only plague each other. And that actually fits better with political maps of the US anyway--vast seas of red with isolated blue urban counties that somehow fraud themselves into power in many states.

And they use that power, like in CO, to disenfranchise, and impoverish, and pester those outside the urban areas in order to rule from blue redoubts.
Posted by: whig

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Simple solution --- Take Reynolds v. Simms (64) that makes state districts equal population. print out 9 copies and fold each one up until it is nothing but sharp corners and shove it up the asses of the SCOTUS that does not overturn it and restore order.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 28, 2026 10:59 AM (HErWb)

452 Already brewed up.
[pours Diogenes a cup]
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 28, 2026 10:35 AM (XeU6L)


Why thank you!

Posted by: Diogenes at January 28, 2026 11:00 AM (2WIwB)

453 I think the geography of Africa is part but not the cause.

It didn't stop the transatlantic or trans-Saharan or trans- Mediterranean slave trades.

It didn't prevent the rise of the Mali empire and several others.

But, the people and culture that failed was common to all.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 28, 2026 11:00 AM (HXT0k)

454 "My favorite names for military installations are Polk and Hood."

29 Palms

That's Marine for
“Abandon all hope ye who enter here”

Who would have thought we could be so pithy, eh? More? I know "get on your face!" in 5 languages.

Might even quote Mallory while Air comes on station. Damn straight. And they said an English Lit degree would be useless, SMH

Posted by: Fen at January 28, 2026 11:00 AM (ciYHQ)

455 Rant up

Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2026 11:00 AM (RoI99)

456 Posted by: It's me donna at January 28, 2026 10:33 AM (VE6XX)

I know it's late in the thread but how is the pooch?

Posted by: ... at January 28, 2026 11:00 AM (QQN0v)

457 >>>Jared Diamond is a retard. VDH thinks so, and he wrote Carnage and Culture as a rebuttal. It's a book-length exercise in repeatedly kicking Diamond in the ballsack.

Ewok-level cruelty.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur

>I read them both. Certainly amusing. History is whatever you want it to be. Facts are immutable.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 28, 2026 11:01 AM (oT7pT)

458 U nas yest' NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 11:02 AM (77rzZ)

459 NOOD

guglag

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 28, 2026 11:02 AM (ULPxl)

460 453 I think the geography of Africa is part but not the cause.

It didn't stop the transatlantic or trans-Saharan or trans- Mediterranean slave trades.

It didn't prevent the rise of the Mali empire and several others.

But, the people and culture that failed was common to all.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice


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Exactly. It wasn't lack of access to sea, it was the stuff I describe briefly above.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 28, 2026 11:03 AM (HErWb)

461 I guess it's very late in the thread. Curse you AoS!!!! {shakes fist}

Posted by: ... at January 28, 2026 11:03 AM (QQN0v)

462 438 We are a stiff necked Horde.

can i interest you in a better pillow?

Posted by: mike lindell at January 28, 2026 11:04 AM (sGtp+)

463 There should be a term for those marooned by nood

I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves to the Nood

Posted by: Fen at January 28, 2026 11:07 AM (ciYHQ)

464 Somalians expertise is brazen fraud, not sophisticated fraud.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 28, 2026 11:18 AM (Dv3i1)

The Morning Report — 1/28/26

BroFoMelt.jpg

Good morning kids. And the word of the day is "deescalation." And it makes my head explode for reasons that should be all too obvious to anyone with eyes to see. Those who are using this word are the same ones who objected to Israel going after Hamas after its mass-wave pogrom that slaughtered scores of innocent people and kidnapped/tortured hundreds more, the remains of the last one at long last recovered and returned home only a day or so ago.

What ICE and law enforcement are doing in Minneapolis and elsewhere in the nation is merely their duty in rounding up illegal aliens be they merely border-jumpers or violent thugs on top of it. Anyone who objects to this, let alone attempts to impede them carrying out their mission either via direct violent confrontation or political sabotage is engaging in the most severe of felonious acts which come right up to and perhaps cross the line into actual Insurrection.

And so, what is needed is a massive ESCALATION in response to this attack on our government, the rule of law and the safety and security of the citizenry so that those engaging in this insurrection are mercilessly crushed, so as to send an unmistakable message that lawlessness in all its forms will not be tolerated.


If you think I'm engaging in hyperbole. There is a definite nexus between Democrat lawmakers and their stormtroopers on the streets.

Washington Governor Bob Ferguson (D) stated Monday that the state government aims to “partner” with the anti-ICE groups illegally tracking and hounding federal law enforcement agents.

The governor expressed support for the anti-ICE insurgency in his state just one day before the FBI launched an investigation into the Signal chat groups organizing the the anti-ICE insurgency in Minnesota.

Ferguson held a press conference alongside Washington’s Attorney General Nick Brown (D.) to condemn ICE after two agitators in Minnesota were fatally shot by federal agents. Brown was widely criticized last month after he warned independent journalists to stop investigating alleged fraudulent Somali daycare centers in the state or they could be charged with a hate crime.

The governor told reporters that what is happening in Minnesota and Washington is “community, individuals, and grass roots organizations doing their part to stand up for their fellow residents.”

. . . In a long and sobering post on X, reacting to the new information, former Special Forces Warrant Officer, Eric Schwalm compared the anti-ICE effort in Minneapolis to the insurgencies he fought in Iraq and Afghanistan.

“With multiple rotations running counterinsurgency ops—both hunting insurgents and trying to separate them from sympathetic populations—I’ve seen organized resistance up close,” Schwalm stated. “From Anbar to Helmand, the pattern is familiar: spotters, cutouts, dead drops (or modern equivalents), disciplined comms, role specialization, and a willingness to absorb casualties while bleeding the stronger force slowly. What’s unfolding in Minneapolis right now isn’t ‘protest.’ It’s low-level insurgency infrastructure, built by people who’ve clearly studied the playbook.”

And investigator and Freedom Fighter extraordinaire Andy Ngo is yet again doing yeoman's work in exposing the sophisticated yet all-too-familiar techniques of leftist political terrorism

Andy Ngo, a citizen journalist known for his unmasking of Antifa activists and their violent tactics, infiltrated some radical left Signal groups in Minnesota and discovered the rampant paranoia among the activists who didn't trust anyone, especially other activists.
The tactics being used, Ngo observed, "are an evolution of methods tested during the deadly 2020 BLM–Antifa riots, which were centered largely in the Twin Cities."
"In recent weeks, numerous Antifa-linked revolutionary anarchist collectives have promoted organizing guides that explicitly instruct extremists on how to carry out obstructionist campaigns," says Ngo. The guides recommend using the Signal messaging app to maintain operational security.
It's the operations that are problematic. "Signal has become the preferred platform for mass coordination — used to share real-time locations, vehicle descriptions, and individual targets, as well as tips for minimizing legal accountability," writes Ngo. This is how the activists are able to show up at ICE enforcement actions almost as soon as agents start arriving on the scene. . . I'm familiar with messaging among some radical groups in Europe during the 1970s. Baader-Meinhof Group, a far-left West German Communist terrorist group active in the 1970s, communicated almost exclusively using intelligence agency methods such as drop boxes and "cut-outs."
Baader-Meinhof and other radical leftists of the time were paranoid about security, but they still managed to have a small circle where trust was an absolute necessity. 
Obviously, the radicals today are sacrificing security for instant communications, but this has bred hysterical fear and, almost certainly, hindered their efforts to organize and obstruct ICE operations.

While it's encouraging that as Ngo notes their paranoia may be hampering their efforts, at the same time they have a truly frightenng level of political and legal cover afforded them by elected officials and perhaps allies in local law enforcement itself. Not to put too fine a point on it but this Bob Ferguson as well as Walz, Frey and everyone else engaging in this needs to swing from a gallows.

Because as is painfully obvious or should be by now, that is exactly what they have in mind for all of us.

Democrat Ohio Attorney General candidate Elliot Forhan announced a plan to execute President Donald Trump, following a hypothetical trial and guilty verdict, in a video posted to X on Tuesday. In the viral video Forhan stated that he would pursue the president’s conviction, resulting in capital punishment. . . “I want to tell you what I mean when I say that I am going to kill Donald Trump,” Forhan stated. “I mean I’m going to obtain a conviction rendered by a jury of his peers at a standard of proof beyond a reasonable doubt based on evidence, presented at a trial conducted in accordance with the requirements of due process, resulting in a sentence, duly executed, of capital punishment.”

“That is what I mean when I say I am going to kill Donald Trump,” he ended.

He may be a low rent Roland Freisler but I'll take him at his word.


So, evidently Bro-Fo Omar was doused with some sort of liquid at a town-hall meeting. I don't think it was Jewish Holy water (matzo ball soup) nor was she given the Victor Riesel treatment, not that she doesn't deserve it, but hey, If she soiled her Playtex 18-hour burqa, sowing and reaping baby.

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1 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 07:15 AM (ExV1e)

2 Tech thread alerted.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 07:15 AM (ExV1e)

3
Democrat Ohio Attorney General candidate Elliot Forhan announced a plan to execute President Donald Trump, following a hypothetical trial and guilty verdict, in a video posted to X on Tuesday.

These are the same people who call the death penalty "barbaric". They'll always make exceptions for wrongthinkers.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 28, 2026 07:18 AM (tgvbd)

4
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 28, 2026 07:18 AM (tljrc)

5 And so, what is needed is a massive ESCALATION in response to this attack on our government, the rule of law and the safety and security of the citizenry so that those engaging in this insurrection are mercilessly crushed, so as to send an unmistakable message that lawlessness in all its forms will not be tolerated.

MN is, apparently, finally cooperating with the feds and using their police to break up the 'protesters'. Of course, this just means that they'll be neither shot nor charged but, at least, it gets them out of the way.

https://youtu.be/i69D6slpxC8

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 07:19 AM (ExV1e)

6 If we get dragged into a war, we damn well better fight it to the finish and win.

Posted by: Eromero at January 28, 2026 07:19 AM (yw3eV)

7 Saying you are going to kill the President is the new normal. It's free speech, ya know.

Posted by: fd at January 28, 2026 07:20 AM (vFG9F)

8 7 Saying you are going to kill the President is the new normal. It's free speech, ya know.
Posted by: fd at January 28, 2026 07:20 AM (vFG9F)



I would not tempt fate if God-Forbid another Democrat is installed in the Oval Office.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 28, 2026 07:22 AM (x0n13)

9 I mean I’m going to obtain a conviction rendered by a jury of his peers at a standard of proof beyond a reasonable doubt based on evidence, presented at a trial conducted in accordance with the requirements of due process, resulting in a sentence, duly executed, of capital punishment.

Has anyone asked Forhan what crime he imagines Trump to guilty of? Or will this be another case of telling the jury, "If you're unhappy with any aspect of your life, go ahead and blame this guy."

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 07:22 AM (ExV1e)

10 Thank you, JJ!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 28, 2026 07:23 AM (iMotb)

11 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 28, 2026 07:24 AM (jtM2q)

12 So, evidently Bro-Fo Omar was doused with some sort of liquid at a town-hall meeting. I don't think it was Jewish Holy water (matzo ball soup) nor was she given the Victor Riesel treatment, not that she doesn't deserve it, but hey, If she soiled her Playtex 18-hour burqa, sowing and reaping baby.

She soiled nothing and DataRepublican has already pointed out the ways in which the whole thing appears to be cleverly faked (for bananas and rice levels of clever.)

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 07:24 AM (ExV1e)

13 Good morning again dear horde and happy birthday JJ

I am calling for a cease fire to stop the genocide in Minneapolis.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 28, 2026 07:26 AM (RIvkX)

14 Its Hump Day

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 28, 2026 07:26 AM (gbOdA)

15 Top 20 this time! Go me!

Another day of staying at home. This week is pretty much getting written off.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 28, 2026 07:27 AM (7xrfc)

16 Fetterman said, “I don’t agree with many of those tactics” used by ICE and stated that ICE should “stand down” in Minneapolis.

But he's so dreamy... and centrist.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 07:27 AM (ExV1e)

17
It is to larf. This morning I heard an AI-voiced narrator describe Margaret Hamilton as having starred in "The Wizard of Ounces"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 28, 2026 07:27 AM (xG4kz)

18 Muslim staffers at hospital previously bragged about killing Jews.
Australia Hospital Gave Jewish Terror Attack Victim Alias So its Muslim Staff Wouldn’t ‘Finish the Job’ (But keep the monster employed, Heaven forfend fire and prosecute -jjs)

For shame, JJ. The staffers aren't white. Why would they punish them?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 07:29 AM (ExV1e)

19 Great MR graphic. Scott Adam’s would have loved it.
A picture worth many words. True words.

The one word the Trumper best discard Pronto: descalate. Any chance he has of winning anything to buffer him from impeachment, and worse, requires the word deescalation take the express lane to obscurity.

Posted by: Voter theater. at January 28, 2026 07:29 AM (fJDNO)

20 >Dems’ ‘Unconstitutional’ Bill Would Jail Law-Abiding Virginians For Guns They Already Own
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Virginia should secede from the Beltway counties

Posted by: Don Black at January 28, 2026 07:30 AM (ZxPkt)

21 We are in Minneapolis to protect Minnesotans from criminal illegal aliens and get these criminals out of their neighborhoods.

The problem is that the protesters don't see them as criminals. They are Oppressed Little Brown People and they are the White Saviors that are going to defend them. The fact that the illegals would hurt them too never once enters their minds.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 28, 2026 07:30 AM (7xrfc)

22 Good morning JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at January 28, 2026 07:31 AM (g+IHh)

23 The only two things that you need to say about MN:

- I will not give up my rights to emotional blackmail

- I am in favor of killing commies, by whoever, and wherever they are found

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 28, 2026 07:32 AM (HXT0k)

24 I would laugh at a full, 100% "deescalation". Pull all federal agents from the state. No ICE. No FBI. No IRS. No nothing.

And then never send a single dime from Washington to that state again. You're on your own. Ring the place with checkpoints. Sanction any flights or shipping out of it as unable to be secured properly. Shut the state down and let it collapse entirely. Crime? Sorry. Emergencies? Good luck!

Sorry, jerks. You wanna be on your own? You have fun with that.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 28, 2026 07:33 AM (06Hmj)

25 So Washington is joining the New Confederacy

Posted by: Skip at January 28, 2026 07:33 AM (g+IHh)

26 Michigan trial lawyer Kelly Neumann celebrated Veterans Day with ode to grandfather who fought for Hitler
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Astounding article.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 28, 2026 07:33 AM (evI9x)

27 Elliot Forham was previously critiqued for abusive words and actions towards his colleagues ( including Democrats) and constituents while in the Ohio legislature, so he's taken it up a notch towards Trump.

https://tinyurl.com/4dbd4yj8

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2026 07:35 AM (lQ+/f)

28 I think a lot of people, our political betters included do not understand the distinction between Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol Services (BPS).

They're not the same. ICE is more of a "law enforcement" arm while BPS is more into the apprehension and detainment of illegals. BPS has been the tip of the proverbial spear in Minneapolis, not ICE.

It was BPS that was pulled out of the city after their agents were caught on video shooting Pretti. ICE is still there and isn't leaving.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 28, 2026 07:36 AM (jtM2q)

29 Time for Iran’s Nuremberg Trial

Invoking Nuremburg is a joke. We could have just shot all the Nazis at the end of the war. With the exception of the mass slaughter of millions of Jews, every crime committed by the Nazis has been committed again.

Remember the Nuremburg Code? The one which no country on Earth ratified because it would never, ever be needed?

Remember "I was just following orders" as thousands of US political prisoners languished in DC jails?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 07:37 AM (ExV1e)

30 This is the crack they're wedging open. They're experts at this. They will force it open wider and wider, until these riots are nationwide, because they smell weakness like a dog smells bacon.

It doesn't have to be this way.

As the man notes, they're employing asymmetrical insurgency tactics here. So, Trump should do what we should have done during GWoT... respond with overwhelming force at all levels and stifle the uprising in its cradle.

If a bunch of Leftists get turned into cherry cobbler, so be it - it won't take many. These aren't religious fanatics or people fighting for their country. They're spoiled rotten middle class monster babies. They'll break and run the instant bodies start dropping for real.

But more importantly, it will illustrate to the entire country that crybullying is no longer an effective tactic. No more crying us into a corner. Then THEY will look weak, and the Party can't stand that. Literally. If they aren't perceived as the stronger horse, they have nothing else to fall back on.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 28, 2026 07:38 AM (BI5O2)

31 Saying you are going to kill the President is the new normal. It's free speech, ya know.
Posted by: fd at January 28, 2026 07:20 AM (vFG9F)

But only until the next Democrat is elected. Then it's treason.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 07:39 AM (ExV1e)

32 Ilhan Omar says ‘I’m a survivor" after attack at town hall. LOL . I don't know about DataRepublican , but there's some AA Trump supporter who thinks it was a faked attack as well, because she seems very calm about the whole thing. More likely another attempt to make herself a victim.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2026 07:41 AM (lQ+/f)

33 The fact that the illegals would hurt them too never once enters their minds.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 28, 2026 07:30 AM (7xrfc)

Minds? What are these 'minds' of which you speak? -- White savior rescuer with a PhD in coloring books.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 07:42 AM (ExV1e)

34 Victor Riesel
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Wow! There's a name I haven't heard mentioned since who knows when!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 07:44 AM (BJnkV)

35 I hope that ASS post is kept around, just because it is so completely insane and a great example of why the country is in such trouble. He should get paid double for that beauty.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 28, 2026 07:45 AM (ZHEwX)

36 Ilhan Omar needs to be ejected from the country. On a rocket. Don't care where it lands or burns up, just as long as it's not here.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 28, 2026 07:46 AM (jtM2q)

37 Michigan trial lawyer Kelly Neumann celebrated Veterans Day with ode to grandfather who fought for Hitler
Meet the Proud Nazi Spawn Raising Money for Democrats
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So.... Pride Month?

/stops shopping days countdown

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 07:46 AM (BJnkV)

38 "Here’s how much more money Americans will see in their tax refunds"

This year I will write the biggest check I have ever sent to the IRS. I should change my nic to "Tootsie Pop".

Posted by: fd, why do I feel like a sucker? at January 28, 2026 07:46 AM (vFG9F)

39 "Biden averaged 200000 me ew jobs per month"

Good for the ews. But what about the rams?

This is a some programmed troll, right? We can all have typos, but good grief!!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2026 07:46 AM (7RYym)

40 Everyone is getting worked up over nothing. See the video linked @5. The Minneapolis police are, apparently, still on the sideline but the state police are finally doing their jobs. That allows Trump to 'deescalate'. They're still there arresting illegals, they're just not the ones confronting the "concerned public" as much.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 07:46 AM (ExV1e)

41 I survived the attack on Omar too.

Posted by: fd at January 28, 2026 07:47 AM (vFG9F)

42 Ilhan Omar needs to be ejected from the country. On a rocket catapult/trebuchet.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 28, 2026 07:46 AM (jtM2q)
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/preps popcorn for ensuing arguments

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 07:48 AM (BJnkV)

43 Omar playing the Jussie gambit.

Posted by: davidt at January 28, 2026 07:48 AM (Q+gd/)

44 The troll is at a fever pitch this morning.

Say, troll, are you one of those 70 year old women using 40 filters to make tiktoks about killing federal agents? Did you lose your job, freeing up more time to come here and show your ass?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 07:48 AM (ExV1e)

45 Offering a level of retardation that knows no bounds!

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 28, 2026 07:46 AM (wKG/6)
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The power of projection!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 07:49 AM (BJnkV)

46 Victory. Nothing less. That is what I want.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 28, 2026 07:49 AM (WHfpM)

47 If a bunch of Leftists get turned into cherry cobbler, so be it - it won't take many. These aren't religious fanatics or people fighting for their country. They're spoiled rotten middle class monster babies. They'll break and run the instant bodies start dropping for real.
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I have also said this many times, it is clear from history.

I don't think Trump knows this.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 28, 2026 07:49 AM (RIvkX)

48 "I survived the attack on Omar too."


Me too!!!

Posted by: David Hogg at January 28, 2026 07:50 AM (iMotb)

49 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at January 28, 2026 07:52 AM (53oGX)

50 I am beginning to believe that ASS is a 'Composite American'.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 28, 2026 07:52 AM (iMotb)

51 Nitpicking but why is omar using the seal of the House on the podium in a townhall?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 28, 2026 07:53 AM (0KSrI)

52 Ilhan Omar needs to be ejected from the country. On a rocket catapult/trebuchet.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 28, 2026 07:46 AM (jtM2q)
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Her exit from this country should be strictly according to due process. There is ample evidence that she is in the country unlawfully. The requisite hearings should be televised live to show everyone how it works.

Does Spirit Airlines have flights to the ME? She can have a seat in the wheel well.

Posted by: clarence at January 28, 2026 07:53 AM (7b9Rm)

53 We're being informed that the nautical embargo against Iran has now begun.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 07:53 AM (BJnkV)

54

Saw a meme somewhere:


"How Do You Feel About ICE? - PRETTI GOOD!"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 28, 2026 07:53 AM (x0n13)

55 why is omar using the seal of the House on the podium in a townhall?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 28, 2026 07:53 AM (0KSrI)
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Because the room was too small for the walrus?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 07:54 AM (BJnkV)

56 why is omar using the seal of the House on the podium in a townhall?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 28, 2026 07:53 AM (0KSrI)

I think she's permitted to do that because she is a member.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 07:55 AM (ExV1e)

57 Democrat AG Candidate Announces Plan To Execute Trump

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"Give me a drone strike, Vasili. One drone strike only for now, please."

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 28, 2026 07:55 AM (5NBTt)

58 Fetterman said, “I don’t agree with many of those tactics” used by ICE and stated that ICE should “stand down” in Minneapolis.

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What tactics would that be? Ask them nicely to leave? Because that doesn't work. How exactly would Fetterman get these criminals out who don't want to leave? I'll bet he had no answer for that. Go try it, Lumpy. See how far you get saying, "pretty please with sugar on top, will you go back to your country?"

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 28, 2026 07:55 AM (qBdHI)

59 Saw on X, wish I'd saved to post here, summarized:

There is a species of ant where one scout will find a lone ant from another colony.
It'll kill that ant and mimic it's scent. Now it's free to enter the colony w/o question.
It then makes its way to the queen, sprays her with "outsider" scent.
That triggers the hive to attack the threat, the "outsider," and kill their queen.
The infiltrator then can take over the entire colony.

And that's what the commie left is doing.
They mimic the words and behaviors of Americans.
They have infiltrated to the very core of our society.
They are now telling us the rule of law, enforcing the law, is the biggest threat to our society.
And they are hoping we will kill the rule of law--thinking we are protecting our society.
"de-escalate" "lower the temperature" "pause" etc.

Killing the law and giving them control of the whole society.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 28, 2026 07:55 AM (HXT0k)

60 Saw a meme somewhere:

"How Do You Feel About ICE? - PRETTI GOOD!"

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 28, 2026 07:53 AM (x0n13)
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You have infiltrated my WhatsApp feed. Prepare to die!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 07:56 AM (BJnkV)

61 Oh, Alias. You poor little thing. Your side is losing and here you are acting like Baghdad Bob. I'm kind of glad you post here because I feel better at my life knowing that inferiors like you exist.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 28, 2026 07:56 AM (7xrfc)

62 The problem is that the protesters don't see them as criminals. They are Oppressed Little Brown People and they are the White Saviors that are going to defend them. The fact that the illegals would hurt them too never once enters their minds."

"Hey, I feed stray cats as well!"

/samething

Posted by: man at January 28, 2026 07:56 AM (XuXeR)

63 There is a species of ant where one scout will find a lone ant from another colony.
It'll kill that ant and mimic it's scent. Now it's free to enter the colony w/o question.
It then makes its way to the queen, sprays her with "outsider" scent.
That triggers the hive to attack the threat, the "outsider," and kill their queen.
The infiltrator then can take over the entire colony.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 28, 2026 07:55 AM (HXT0k)
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Deodor ants.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 07:57 AM (BJnkV)

64 Trump’s order also requires FEMA to investigate whether California complied with the law, after his administration made more than $3 billion available to people and businesses affected by the fires.

NEwscome has said repeatedly that he got no FEMA money.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 28, 2026 07:57 AM (gbOdA)

65 We're being informed that the nautical embargo against Iran has now begun.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 07:53 AM (BJnkV)

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Next up: Trump to announce (a la Venezuela) that the airspace above and surrounding Iran should be considered closed in its entirety.

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 28, 2026 07:59 AM (5NBTt)

66 56 We're being informed that the nautical embargo against Iran has now begun.
Posted by: Biden's Dog
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This will cause a spike in the price of nauticals.

Posted by: Economics major at January 28, 2026 08:00 AM (2Ez/1)

67 Good morning JJ, Horde

Posted by: callsign claymore at January 28, 2026 08:00 AM (QY6Ax)

68 And that's what the commie left is doing.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 28, 2026 07:55 AM (HXT0k)
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When in Minnesota, look toward CHYNAH:

https://tinyurl.com/58sdab58

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 08:01 AM (BJnkV)

69 We're being informed that the nautical embargo against Iran has now begun.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 07:53 AM (BJnkV)

Are you suggesting that all the time people spent bemoaning the fact that Trump had abandoned the Iranian people and had doomed the world may have been premature?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 08:01 AM (ExV1e)

70 > I am beginning to believe that ASS is a 'Composite American'.
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I read that as "compost" American and fully endorse it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 28, 2026 08:01 AM (jtM2q)

71 "Are you suggesting that all the time people spent bemoaning the fact that Trump had abandoned the Iranian people and had doomed the world may have been premature?"

It is indeed a possibility, yes.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 28, 2026 08:02 AM (iMotb)

72 It takes 3 billion dollars in Cali just to start lubricating the politicians.

Posted by: fd at January 28, 2026 08:02 AM (vFG9F)

73 "Hey, I feed stray cats as well!"

/samething
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Who has time for this?

Posted by: Bored middle aged white women looking for validation at January 28, 2026 08:02 AM (2Ez/1)

74 I won’t be quiet
My God is alive
How can I keep it inside?

https://tinyurl.com/dpht5mua

Posted by: Marcus T at January 28, 2026 08:03 AM (LLQU7)

75 Are you suggesting that all the time people spent bemoaning the fact that Trump had abandoned the Iranian people and had doomed the world may have been premature?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 08:01 AM (ExV1e)

Needed the assets in the area. Premature attackulation doesn't lead to a happy ending.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 28, 2026 08:03 AM (uQesX)

76 Silver spot at $113.96. That gives an average condition pre 1965 dime a Silver value of $8.14. Gold spot at $5293.60 per oz.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 28, 2026 08:03 AM (Da7Vv)

77 The problem is that the protesters don't see them as criminals. They are Oppressed Little Brown People and they are the White Saviors that are going to defend them. The fact that the illegals would hurt them too never once enters their minds."

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It's probably a 50/50 split of AWFL's and their white leftist "men" counterparts believing their purpose is to save the little brown peoples from big, bad whitey. But just as many (and we're talking these are hard core leftists) know the importance of flooding the country with these playthings otherwise known as little brown peoples. These little brown peoples will give them electoral power forever. They know that. That's a large part of what they're fighting for.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 28, 2026 08:03 AM (qBdHI)

78 "I read that as "compost" American and fully endorse it."

I read that as a composted American, and fully endorse it.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 28, 2026 08:04 AM (iMotb)

79 21 The problem is that the protesters don't see them as criminals. They are Oppressed Little Brown People and they are the White Saviors that are going to defend them. The fact that the illegals would hurt them too never once enters their minds.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 28, 2026 07:30 AM (7xrfc)

"They're not going to hurt us, pleb. We'll be back in our gated communities with our lawyer parents by the time our pet savages rampage all over your city!"

-Trust Fund Activists

Posted by: XTC at January 28, 2026 08:04 AM (iXqHn)

80 Government-run fire agencies receive more than $1,000 per Medicaid transport, while private providers are paid roughly $339. California is now seeking federal approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to push that gap even further to nearly $1,600 per transport.

Where the fuck is the budget? Cali (and Tex and Fla) should get a Medicare budget.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 28, 2026 08:04 AM (gbOdA)

81 It takes 3 billion dollars in Cali just to start lubricating the politicians.
Posted by: fd at January 28, 2026 08:02 AM (vFG9F)

Those assholes have suffered a lot. They need extra-slippery lube.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 08:05 AM (ExV1e)

82 Azerbaijan has also joined the coalition against Iran.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 28, 2026 08:05 AM (0KSrI)

83 Is this why Tucker Carlson was recently at the White House?

https://tinyurl.com/yzn6kvwr

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 08:05 AM (BJnkV)

84 .The problem is that the protesters don't see them as criminals. They are Oppressed Little Brown People and they are the White Saviors that are going to defend them.
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that's their cover story
we are deporting their voters, and they don't like it

Posted by: Don Black at January 28, 2026 08:06 AM (ZxPkt)

85 75 It takes 3 billion dollars in Cali just to start lubricating enriching the politicians.

Posted by: clarence at January 28, 2026 08:06 AM (7b9Rm)

86 It's probably a 50/50 split of AWFL's and their white leftist "men" counterparts believing their purpose is to save the little brown peoples from big, bad whitey. But just as many (and we're talking these are hard core leftists) know the importance of flooding the country with these playthings otherwise known as little brown peoples. These little brown peoples will give them electoral power forever. They know that. That's a large part of what they're fighting for.
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 28, 2026 08:03 AM (qBdHI)

AWFLs who want to 'entertain' black men and the white 'men' who want to watch.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 08:06 AM (ExV1e)

87 The little story about Trump taking down the onerous, retarded, greenie appliance regulations is important. Dishwashers don't need to run for 4 hours to wash dishes. Washers need not be fungus and mildew traps, etc.
My 25 year old Kenmore washer recently broke for the very first time. Wouldn't spin. Five minutes on Youtube, ordered $5 motor coupler, now back in action. This is how it should be. Appliance freedom!

Posted by: Jesse White at January 28, 2026 08:07 AM (oftw2)

88 I mean I’m going to obtain a conviction rendered by a jury of his peers

About those juries, and PDJT's alleged peers...

In blue states and blue cities we have seen that the jury system has failed. Democrats are completely incompatible with a Constitutional Republic and never should be allowed to participate in any meaningful way.

If anyone should know that the court and jury system has completely failed, it should be how and where PDJT spent his summer in 2024.

Heck, just look at blue cities and states today where extortionists, murderers, gang bangers issuing murder for hire, and pedophiles are let off, judges over turning guilty verdicts and personally escorting the criminals secretly out of buildings.

Whether I am ready to dissolve this former Constitutional Republic or not, the decision has been made. Us Normies are playing by a set of rules to a game that has already been ended

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 28, 2026 08:07 AM (a4flb)

89 Posted by: Bored middle aged white women looking for validation "

This. Linkage to "church" news in Sp OH, and ... of the 44 people in one pic, 6 appear to be older (balding) males, the rest... yikes. There's a lot of beef on the hoof.

Posted by: man at January 28, 2026 08:08 AM (XuXeR)

90 How much is the military purge in China due to a paranoid over-reaction due to our snatch-n-grab of Muduro?

We did it right under China's nose, using intel that we say came from tracking Chinese agents.
Basically telling China we have agents inside their spy networks and they can't find them.

When it was likely HUMIT of Venezuelans just reporting where the convoys were moving.
LOL

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

91 Dishwashers don't need to run for 4 hours to wash dishes. Washers need not be fungus and mildew traps, etc."

Well of course they do - it's more efficient...
Oh, wait... these appliances use less. So that's all that matters, right?

/captainobvious

Posted by: man at January 28, 2026 08:10 AM (XuXeR)

92 The reason why democrats in Washington state are going to partner with the terrorists is that Minnesota democrats are funneling stolen tax dollars to Washington democrats. This is the funding mechanism for the democrat party. They have nationalized the theft of tax dollars to fund their revolution.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 28, 2026 08:11 AM (0U5gm)

93 Interesting that Bro-Fo just went on with her speech without bothering to to identify the "substance".

Then again, I guess she's used to getting squirted in the face with "substances".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 28, 2026 08:11 AM (IG3/x)

94 Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 28, 2026 08:09 AM (wKG/6)

From Yahoo Finance...

Amazon (AMZN, Financials) shares edged lower after reports surfaced that the company will cut roughly 16,000 jobs this week as part of a broader restructuring effort. The layoffs will mostly affect corporate workers, especially those who work in India.

Oh, no, not the poor Indians.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 08:11 AM (ExV1e)

95 that's their cover story
we are deporting their voters, and they don't like it
Posted by: Don Black

That's at the political level. The folks on the ground are the ones who think it's oppression to have border laws. And I've already seen remarks of "OK, so they rape and murder. Americans do it too!"

Posted by: NR Pax at January 28, 2026 08:12 AM (7xrfc)

96 Alias thinks that the Epstein files are going to be an Excel sheet that you can sort by name and magically this will result in Trump getting arrested.

Of course when you ask people like him why Biden didn't release the files, you get a very confused expression.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 28, 2026 08:14 AM (7xrfc)

97 > How much is the military purge in China due to a paranoid over-reaction due to our snatch-n-grab of Muduro?
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Obvious intelligence failure on the ChiComs part, but some of the Chinese military officials dismissed/arrested had zero to do with intelligence matters.

*shrugs*

Xi bagged all but one of the senior staff members over the last month or so. Some say he was reacting to a coup or assassination plot.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 28, 2026 08:14 AM (jtM2q)

98 The problem is that the protesters don't see them as criminals. They are Oppressed Little Brown People and they are the White Saviors that are going to defend them.
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that's their cover story
we are deporting their voters, and they don't like it

Posted by: Don Black at January 28, 2026 08:06 AM (ZxPkt)

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Next you'll be telling me that the Democrat-Communists in blue shitholes (hello Maine, Vermont, and DC already -- next up Virginia) want to give their favorite wing and base -- felons in prison -- the right to vote.

Wait, wut?

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 28, 2026 08:14 AM (5NBTt)

99 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 08:14 AM (Zz0t1)

100 And I've already seen remarks of "OK, so they rape and murder. Americans do it too!"
Posted by: NR Pax at January 28, 2026 08:12 AM (7xrfc)
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I've heard that but also "they rape and murder less than Americans."

Real geniuses these people.

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

101 Mommy Doktor Jill sez I can't have coffee anymore. Sez it goes right through me.

Hey, who shit my pants?

Posted by: President Emeritus! at January 28, 2026 08:15 AM (oftw2)

102 > Of course when you ask people like him why Biden didn't release the files, you get a very confused expression.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 28, 2026 08:14 AM (7xrfc)

In my experience, when you ask this question on X, the communist in question blocks and runs away.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 28, 2026 08:15 AM (IG3/x)

103 The National Extremist Association
________
When will we hold them responsible for their performance? OK, put aside their political BS. Can kids read and calculate?

Posted by: Eeyore at January 28, 2026 08:15 AM (AlhUl)

104 “I mean I’m going to obtain a conviction rendered by a jury of his peers at a standard of proof beyond a reasonable doubt based on evidence, presented at a trial conducted in accordance with the requirements of due process, resulting in a sentence, duly executed, of capital punishment.”


On what charge?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 08:15 AM (Zz0t1)

105 The big outrage is Bill Belichick being stiffed on the HoF… I’ve never been able to stand the guy but good grief if he’s not a hall of famer then they just need to shut the place down….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 28, 2026 08:16 AM (/iXAp)

106 Mommy Doktor Jill sez I can't have coffee anymore. Sez it goes right through me.

Hey, who shit my pants?
Posted by: President Emeritus! at January 28, 2026 08:15 AM (oftw2)


During the FiL's funeral preparation, a friend of the First Lady's bought some of that Starbucks Frapaccino stuff. I drank one.

Almost pulled a Joe Biden about 20 minutes later.

Yeah, I'll never drink that stuff ever again.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 08:16 AM (Zz0t1)

107 "FIRST!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer "

We rate this statement as Mostly True

Posted by: Snopes at January 28, 2026 08:16 AM (iMotb)

108
On what charge?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 08:15 AM (Zz0t1)

By breathing, he stole oxygen from a disadvantaged BIPOC LGBTQ+.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 28, 2026 08:17 AM (tgvbd)

109 Then again, I guess she's used to getting squirted in the face with "substances".

Hey, that's a husb... rother.... father.... cousin's roommate...

Posted by: man at January 28, 2026 08:17 AM (XuXeR)

110 Know who else reacted to a coup or assassination plot?

Posted by: Shifty eyed smart ass at January 28, 2026 08:17 AM (2Ez/1)

111 The big outrage is Bill Belichick being stiffed on the HoF… I’ve never been able to stand the guy but good grief if he’s not a hall of famer then they just need to shut the place down….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 28, 2026 08:16 AM (/iXAp)


This is why the voting by the media should be terminated immediately. They're butthurt because he treated them like the vermin they are. And he's banging a 27 year old hottie, so they jelly.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 08:18 AM (Zz0t1)

112 a friend of the First Lady's bought some of that Starbucks Frapaccino stuff. I drank one.

Almost pulled a Joe Biden about 20 minutes later."

Ah, the coffee flavored colonoscopy prep...

Posted by: man at January 28, 2026 08:18 AM (XuXeR)

113 Alias thinks that the Epstein files are going to be an Excel sheet that you can sort by name and magically this will result in Trump getting arrested.

Of course when you ask people like him why Biden didn't release the files, you get a very confused expression.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 28, 2026 08:14 AM (7xrfc)

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"Because Biden was a genius playing zero-dimensional chess, h8r!"

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 28, 2026 08:18 AM (5NBTt)

114 32.4 degrees out.

Much warmer than yesterday.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 28, 2026 08:19 AM (iMotb)

115 “Our best-testing way to accomplish this was through a message that positioned supporting transgender women athletes as part of the broader fight for equality in girls’ and women’s sports.

Orwell should sure for plagiarism.

We need more men in womens sports to make womens sports more equal.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 28, 2026 08:19 AM (gbOdA)

116 So, evidently Bro-Fo Omar was doused with some sort of liquid at a town-hall meeting. I don't think it was Jewish Holy water (matzo ball soup)


It was a set up. Even people on facebook were ripping her.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2026 08:19 AM (RoI99)

117 I’ve never been able to stand the guy but good grief if he’s not a hall of famer then they just need to shut the place down…."

Well, he's white, so...

Posted by: man at January 28, 2026 08:19 AM (XuXeR)

118 Today is National Blueberry Pancake Day. 🫐🥞

Posted by: redridinghood at January 28, 2026 08:19 AM (NpAcC)

119 Xi bagged all but one of the senior staff members over the last month or so. Some say he was reacting to a coup or assassination plot.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 28, 2026 08:14 AM (jtM2q)

I think it’s likely that Xi has reached the Caligula Level of Imperial Paranoia. Take out everyone around you . (Stalin did it too)

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 28, 2026 08:19 AM (Sxl5b)

120 Ilhan Omar's stunt was so blatantly obvious it was orchestrated. I keep hearing that she's being investigated or some such horseshit.

Get on with it and get her out of the country along with her Somalian brood.

(But then again, we're still dicking around with "Maryland Man.")

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 28, 2026 08:20 AM (jtM2q)

121
Today's the 40th anniversary of the Challenger explosion. At the time, I lived in Clear Lake and went shopping on the way home from work. People were walking around the store looking like they got hit by a club.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 28, 2026 08:20 AM (tgvbd)

122 Nine bucks a jar from Amazon for the Manischewitz Matzo Ball soup! The Jews are running up the price in anticipation of Passover. Squeezing out the last nickel in profit. Typical!

Posted by: Hassen Ben Sober at January 28, 2026 08:20 AM (oftw2)

123 On what charge?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 08:15 AM (Zz0t1)

Show me the man and I will show you the crime.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 28, 2026 08:20 AM (gbOdA)

124 32.4 degrees out.

Much warmer than yesterday.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 28, 2026 08:19 AM (iMotb)


It's 29 here and we're experiencing areas of something called 'freezing fog.'

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 08:21 AM (Zz0t1)

125 Thx JJ. Good morning and Happy Hump Day Horde
The pictures of the protest in LA where Jason Reedy is yelling vat the commissioners with his small children in tow are enough to make you puke. Like the lady I saw the other day who was at a protest with her children saying she was going to get a bullet proof vest. This is the insanity of the left on full display

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 28, 2026 08:21 AM (IDEQi)

126
Show me the man and I will show you the crime.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 28, 2026 08:20 AM (gbOdA)


Oh yeah. I forgot about Schumer's '6 ways to Sunday' law.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 08:21 AM (Zz0t1)

127 We need more men in womens sports to make womens sports more equal."

Or, you know, we could have an all women's sport set up and completely funded by the men's league of sportsball...

Posted by: man at January 28, 2026 08:21 AM (XuXeR)

128 118 Today is National Blueberry Pancake Day. 🫐🥞
Posted by: redridinghood at January 28, 2026 08:19 AM (NpAcC)

Can I sub a bowl of booberry crunch and a PBR?

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 28, 2026 08:22 AM (gbOdA)

129 RQ4 and SIGINT assets are in the air over the gulf.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 28, 2026 08:22 AM (LLQU7)

130
* flys in from the upper deck Barrel section, bounces on floor *

Posted by: WNBA Neon Green Marital Aid at January 28, 2026 08:22 AM (0sNs1)

131 I've heard that but also "they rape and murder less than Americans."

Real geniuses these people.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Saw that as well. My thoughts? If Americans do that more than illegals, then why do we need illegals?

It's like the meme of "Here's a picture of a brown person crying! We need to get rid of immigration laws!"

But I'm also the guy who says the only acceptable number of crimes committed by illegals is zero.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 28, 2026 08:22 AM (7xrfc)

132
Hadrian's Axiom: All "hate crimes" against Grievance groups are fake until proven otherwise in a court of law beyond a shadow of a doubt.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 28, 2026 08:22 AM (tgvbd)

133 AA woman explains why she left the Democrat party and what happened. Good for her!

https://tinyurl.com/3aesze2r

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2026 08:22 AM (ix8EF)

134 *Like the lady I saw the other day who was at a protest with her children saying she was going to get a bullet proof vest. This is the insanity of the left on full display.*

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It's always the women.

Posted by: The ghost of Orwell at January 28, 2026 08:22 AM (2Ez/1)

135 Alias thinks that the Epstein files are going to be an Excel sheet that you can sort by name and magically this will result in Trump getting arrested.

There's plenty of folks on the right who seem to believe that same thing.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 08:23 AM (ExV1e)

136 It's 29 here and we're experiencing areas of something called 'freezing fog.'
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 08:21 AM (Zz0t1)

I drove thru freezing fog that built up and broke off my radio antenna.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 28, 2026 08:23 AM (gbOdA)

137 37.9 on the back deck, so....

A bit funny that several are kvetching about the doom 'n' gloom forecasts of last week...

Posted by: man at January 28, 2026 08:23 AM (XuXeR)

138 “I mean I’m going to obtain a conviction rendered by a jury of his peers at a standard of proof beyond a reasonable doubt based on evidence, presented at a trial conducted in accordance with the requirements of due process, resulting in a sentence, duly executed, of capital punishment.”

On what charge?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 08:15 AM (Zz0t1)

------------

He will be convicted of "Crimes Against Huge Manatees" during their version of Nuremberg Kangaroo Trials 2.0 once he leaves office.

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 28, 2026 08:23 AM (5NBTt)

139 121
Today's the 40th anniversary of the Challenger explosion.

My boss had brought a small TV in to work and most of the staff was crowded into his office watching the launch. I couldn't squeeze in, so I was eating my lunch in the breakroom all alone when I suddenly heard the cries of anguish coming from the boss's office.

Never forgotten it.

Posted by: Delurker at January 28, 2026 08:23 AM (gtcuf)

140 ----
It's always the women.
Posted by: The ghost of Orwell at January 28, 2026 08:22 AM (2Ez/1)



*enters room*

Too soon?

Posted by: Zombie Alex Pretti at January 28, 2026 08:24 AM (Zz0t1)

141 Today's the 40th anniversary of the Challenger explosion. At the time, I lived in Clear Lake and went shopping on the way home from work. People were walking around the store looking like they got hit by a club.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 28, 2026 08:20 AM (tgvbd)

I have clear memories of that day. I was a college student in Iowa and it was a very cold but sunny day. It was all over the TV news when I got back to my apartment from class

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 28, 2026 08:24 AM (YobFY)

142 I think it’s likely that Xi has reached the Caligula Level of Imperial Paranoia. Take out everyone around you . (Stalin did it too)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 28, 2026 08:19 AM (Sxl5b)

That bodes well for their military action against Taiwan.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 28, 2026 08:24 AM (uQesX)

143 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 28, 2026 08:24 AM (u82oZ)

144 "The Fraud Scandal Is A Bigger Problem Than Cops Can Fix"

It is for the foreseeable future. Here's a recap of a comment I posted last week on the subject -

First, you need to identify a large group of honest people. From that group, identify the ones who will work honestly and diligently at a mostly thankless job, for government pay. From that that group, identify the ones who have the character and personality to doggedly investigate and pursue fraud suspicion in the face of possible continual threats, verbal abuse, pressure from higher-ups, negative media coverage. etc.

Train members of the final group to do financial fraud investigations. Some will fail. The remainder are your honest, diligent, undaunted workers.

Posted by: Gref at January 28, 2026 08:24 AM (5rh/l)

145 I've heard that but also "they rape and murder less than Americans."

Real geniuses these people.
Posted by: San Franpsycho

How can you report on a stat that may not actually be recorded?
Many places do not record immigration/citizen stats.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 28, 2026 08:25 AM (gbOdA)

146
I drove thru freezing fog that built up and broke off my radio antenna.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 28, 2026 08:23 AM (gbOdA)


Huh. I hope I'm not driving through any of it on my trek here in a bit.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 08:25 AM (Zz0t1)

147 Beau Biden died in freezing fog.

Posted by: Not a joke at January 28, 2026 08:25 AM (2Ez/1)

148 34 in South Texas. It’s funny to watch people break out the goose down coats. I don’t even know they had those down here.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 28, 2026 08:25 AM (LLQU7)

149 Or, you know, we could have an all women's sport set up and completely funded by the men's league of sportsball...

Posted by: man at January 28, 2026 08:21 AM (XuXeR)

But the women need to be paid the same as the men. -- the women in the all women's sport league set up and completely funded by the men's league

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 08:25 AM (ExV1e)

150
Alias thinks that the Epstein files are going to be an Excel sheet that you can sort by name and magically this will result in Trump getting arrested.

Look!! "6/24/99. Donald J. Trump. With Juanita (age 14). Room 205."

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 28, 2026 08:25 AM (tgvbd)

151 Alias thinks that the Epstein files are going to be an Excel sheet that you can sort by name and magically this will result in Trump getting arrested.

The pivot tables are gonna be *lit*!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 28, 2026 08:25 AM (0sNs1)

152 who was at a protest with her children"

These are the spiritual descendants of the foppish and stupid DC area nimrods who took picnic baskets on carriage and train rides thru the Virginia countryside.

To the rolling hills above Bull Run.

Posted by: man at January 28, 2026 08:26 AM (XuXeR)

153 I have clear memories of that day. I was a college student in Iowa and it was a very cold but sunny day. It was all over the TV news when I got back to my apartment from class
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 28, 2026 08:24 AM (YobFY)


Wife was with family in NE TX. The explosion shook the house.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 08:26 AM (Zz0t1)

154 30 degrees here with plenty of sunshine on tap for today. Warming up to 60 degrees later.

Posted by: Count de Monet, 24 Hours At A Time at January 28, 2026 08:26 AM (wVcYX)

155 Friend of the Blog Rick Wilson

Posted by: AoSHQ Stylebook at January 28, 2026 08:27 AM (H5YaJ)

156 34 in South Texas. It’s funny to watch people break out the goose down coats. I don’t even know they had those down here.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 28, 2026 08:25 AM (LLQU7)


I didn't know my town owned a snow plow. Saw it yesterday plowing a street.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 08:27 AM (Zz0t1)

157
Should have clarified. Clear Lake, where I lived, is one of the communities that surround the Johnson Space Center.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 28, 2026 08:27 AM (tgvbd)

158 Alias thinks that the Epstein files are going to be an Excel sheet that you can sort by name and magically this will result in Trump getting arrested.

The pivot tables are gonna be *lit*!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 28, 2026 08:25 AM (0sNs1)

*snort*

Posted by: Count de Monet, 24 Hours At A Time at January 28, 2026 08:27 AM (wVcYX)

159 34 in South Texas. It’s funny to watch people break out the goose down coats. I don’t even know they had those down here."

Ran into Costco last Tuesday (Tomball) - pallets of cheaply made puffy coats and sweatpants were pillaged. It was laughable.

Posted by: man at January 28, 2026 08:27 AM (XuXeR)

160 OrangeEnt

It sounds like the Communist Chinese military leadership wanted Xi to drop his dreams of conquest of Taiwan. To focus on making China better, not the same failures in a larger nation, but prosperous for all.

Can't have that in a Communist nation.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 28, 2026 08:27 AM (u82oZ)

161 Should have clarified. Clear Lake, where I lived, is one of the communities that surround the Johnson Space Center.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 28, 2026 08:27 AM (tgvbd)

How Big is it?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 28, 2026 08:28 AM (uQesX)

162 On what charge?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 08:15 AM (Zz0t1)
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Capital poopyheadedness.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 28, 2026 08:28 AM (OvMCw)

163 But I'm also the guy who says the only acceptable number of crimes committed by illegals is zero.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 28, 2026 08:22 AM (7xrfc)

And the term 'illegals' suggests that they're already over quota.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 08:28 AM (ExV1e)

164 "Today's the 40th anniversary of the Challenger explosion."

I didn't know about it until walked into a barber shop (they still had those back then) and a replay was showing on the TV. Everyone was silent and watching the screen. I said "It blew up?" and got a couple of silent nods. The barber kept on barbering.

Posted by: fd at January 28, 2026 08:28 AM (vFG9F)

165 How Big is it?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 28, 2026 08:28 AM

That's a rather personal question.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 28, 2026 08:28 AM (jc0TO)

166 I drove thru freezing fog that built up and broke off my radio antenna.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 28, 2026 08:23 AM (gbOdA)


Huh. I hope I'm not driving through any of it on my trek here in a bit.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 08:25 AM (Zz0t1)

We're waiting for you.

Posted by: The Mist at January 28, 2026 08:29 AM (wVcYX)

167 It sounds like the Communist Chinese military leadership wanted Xi to drop his dreams of conquest of Taiwan. To focus on making China better, not the same failures in a larger nation, but prosperous for all.

Can't have that in a Communist nation.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 28, 2026 08:27 AM (u82oZ)

If so, then his attack leaders will be incompetent and then he'll lose face if it fails, then lose something else.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 28, 2026 08:29 AM (uQesX)

168 The pivot tables are gonna be *lit*!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 28, 2026 08:25 AM (0sNs1)
====

In: Excel-based humor
Out: Fish puns

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 28, 2026 08:29 AM (RIvkX)

169 How Big is it?"

Clear Lake? Not so big.

Oh, the Johnson. Funny.

Posted by: man at January 28, 2026 08:29 AM (XuXeR)

170 Dad wanted me to record (VHS) the news broadcasts of the day when that happened. I set up the VCR to record one of the local channels and left because I wasn't going to sit there and watch it all day.

I picked the wrong channel. Dad got 6 hours of some UHF channel broadcast of 30 minute shows and cartoons.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 08:30 AM (Zz0t1)

171 >> I didn't know my town owned a snow plow. Saw it yesterday plowing a street.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 08:27 AM (Zz0t1)

I’m used to seeing some of this stuff. Just not down here. I see some of the construction crews are wearing long sleeves. That’s usually when it’s really cold. lol.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 28, 2026 08:30 AM (LLQU7)

172 Oh, and SPONGE!!!!!!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 28, 2026 08:30 AM (OvMCw)

173 In: Excel-based humor"

All or sum?

Posted by: man at January 28, 2026 08:30 AM (XuXeR)

174 All we are saying

Is we gave Frey a chance.

https://tinyurl.com/yp285eyx

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 08:30 AM (BJnkV)

175 The barber kept on barbering.
Posted by: fd at January 28, 2026 08:28 AM (vFG9F)

People didn't stop gambling on 9/11.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 28, 2026 08:30 AM (uQesX)

176 Despite the snow and ice here in DFW I was able to run on my normal trails after work yesterday. Sun plus a temp of 40 in the afternoon made the layer of snow/ice crunchy, not slick…. Had to be careful though because a few spots along the trail had been in the shade so still hard and slick…. Fortunately I didn’t fall. I’ll venture out after work again today and it might be more treacherous; instead of smooth and crunchy now they’ll be lots of bumps from the footprints made yesterday. If I don’t comment tomorrow you can assume I fell and broke something LoL

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 28, 2026 08:30 AM (YobFY)

177 How Big is it?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 28, 2026 08:28 AM


"Long and distinguished."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 08:30 AM (Zz0t1)

178 Nine bucks a jar from Amazon for the Manischewitz Matzo Ball soup! The Jews are running up the price in anticipation of Passover. Squeezing out the last nickel in profit. Typical!
Posted by: Hassen Ben Sober


Any relation to Ben Soberanower?
Fine people. Mighty fine people.


Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2026 08:31 AM (RoI99)

179 Next up: Trump to announce (a la Venezuela) that the airspace above and surrounding Iran should be considered closed in its entirety.
Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 28, 2026 07:59 AM (5NBTt)

Substitute Minnesota for Iran, and make them sweat. Heh.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 28, 2026 08:31 AM (5xuJ/)

180 The big outrage is Bill Belichick being stiffed on the HoF… I’ve never been able to stand the guy but good grief if he’s not a hall of famer then they just need to shut the place down…
---
I've been told I'm not supposed to like him by a media that hates masculine winners.

But, objectively, as a Packers fan, he's as good as Lombardi.
He knows how to win, he gets his players to play, and he sees rules as suggestions.

You know why he always wore those ratty-ass hoodies?
B/c he wanted to wear a suit, like the coaches of old.
But the NFL, due to their licensing agreement require coaches to wear licensed apparel.
He said, fine. But the rule didn't say he couldn't alter it or require that it be in good condition.

A one-man, decades-long FU protest that they couldn't say shit about.

That alone puts him in the Hall of Fame in my book.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 28, 2026 08:31 AM (HXT0k)

181 Mornin’, All. Happy Wednesday.

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 08:31 AM (77rzZ)

182
Is we gave Frey a chance.

https://tinyurl.com/yp285eyx
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 08:30 AM (BJnkV)


Enough with the funny stuff. Give 'em the heater!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 08:31 AM (Zz0t1)

183 "These are the spiritual descendants of the foppish and stupid DC area nimrods who took picnic baskets on carriage and train rides thru the Virginia countryside.

To the rolling hills above Bull Run."

You too?

Posted by: The Ladies of White Point Garden, Charleston SC at January 28, 2026 08:32 AM (iMotb)

184 Your Weekly Reminder

Gavin Newsom published his 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness in 2008.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 28, 2026 08:32 AM (RIvkX)

185 I go to what seems to be the last real men's barber shop in my city.

Been in business since 1972, and other than the magazines on the racks, very little in that barber shop has changed since 1972. It's like stepping into a time capsule.

Vintage country music playing, the smell of Barbicide, straight razors being stropped. The only thing missing from the old days is the cigarette/cigar smoke. I love it. Walking out of the barber shop feels like stepping out of a time machine back into the future.

Ray's Barber Shop, Fort Collins, CO

Posted by: Delurker at January 28, 2026 08:32 AM (gtcuf)

186
People didn't stop gambling on 9/11.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 28, 2026 08:30 AM (uQesX)

Some people wouldn't stop gambling during The Last Judgement. But, hey, let's open more casinos and have more online betting.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 28, 2026 08:32 AM (tgvbd)

187 Enough with the funny stuff. Give 'em the heater!"

"Curve".... but Jobu allows it.

Posted by: man at January 28, 2026 08:33 AM (XuXeR)

188 139 121
Today's the 40th anniversary of the Challenger explosion.

My boss had brought a small TV in to work and most of the staff was crowded into his office watching the launch. I couldn't squeeze in, so I was eating my lunch in the breakroom all alone when I suddenly heard the cries of anguish coming from the boss's office.

Never forgotten it.
Posted by: Delurker at January 28, 2026 08:23 AM (gtcuf)

I was in my 5th grade classroom watching it with my classmates. The teachers were so proud that one of them was on the crew.
It was pretty devastating to watch, I'll never forget.

Posted by: Inogame at January 28, 2026 08:33 AM (53oGX)

189 Village Idiot's Apprentice

Top o ta mornin to ya, gov'nor.

We are seeing the heat as well, Still not above freezing, with the nearby lake frozen over, but up to 12 ℉ so far. High projected to be 31℉.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 28, 2026 08:33 AM (u82oZ)

190 >@WhiteHouse
·
1h
“…Hopefully Iran will quickly “Come to the Table” and negotiate a fair and equitable deal - NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS - one that is good for all parties. Time is running out, it is truly of the essence! As I told Iran once before, MAKE A DEAL…” - President DONALD J. TRUMP

------

i hope this is a 'make them an offer they'll never accept' gambit

Posted by: Don Black at January 28, 2026 08:33 AM (ZxPkt)

191 All we are saying

Is we gave Frey a chance.

https://tinyurl.com/yp285eyx
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 08:30 AM (BJnkV)

I don't see anything wrong in the mayor's statement. They just need to stand aside and let the feds do their work. When they interferes, then grab him and take him away.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 28, 2026 08:33 AM (uQesX)

192 Meanwhile, in Venezuela, a hot Latina:

https://tinyurl.com/4sewf8wp

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 08:33 AM (BJnkV)

193 A bunch of dudes that have never boiled a mouthpiece are voting for the best of the best to get into the Hall of Fame.

That should be stopped immediately.

ESPN's Mike Greenberg thinks he's qualified to discuss everything sport because he played trombone and marched on a football field in college.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 08:33 AM (Zz0t1)

194 that's a great story about Belichek People's Hippo.

and good morning grumpy people!

I have no migraine today so am HAPP'Y HAPPY HAPPY

that was weird yesterday. also the excedrin didn't work - I wonder if they "reformulated" that stuff to make you get a prescription med?

most likely

still cold as balls here!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 28, 2026 08:34 AM (emBoF)

195 “Godongwana said he was confident…”

Wasn’t there a continent named for him? Or maybe it was an incontinent.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 28, 2026 08:34 AM (Sxl5b)

196 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 28, 2026 08:30 AM (YobFY)
====

Train running, eh? Good for you.

I have to focus on staying upright just standing still.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 28, 2026 08:34 AM (RIvkX)

197
Vintage country music playing, the smell of Barbicide, straight razors being stropped.

Old copies of Playboy on the tables.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 28, 2026 08:34 AM (tgvbd)

198 *trail running

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 28, 2026 08:34 AM (RIvkX)

199 "Long and distinguished."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 08:30 AM (Zz0t1)

A stand up fellow, then?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 28, 2026 08:34 AM (uQesX)

200 Pennsylvania's Jewish Gov. Josh Shapiro has let the cat out of the bag.
Shapiro Reveals That Democrats Embrace the 'Jews with Divided Loyalties' Antisemitic Trope

===

It's a standard trope of the Woke Reich. It's in their manual. They lead with it, it is a constant refrain for them.

Posted by: runner at January 28, 2026 08:35 AM (g47mK)

201 Today's the 40th anniversary of the Challenger explosion. At the time, I lived in Clear Lake and went shopping on the way home from work. People were walking around the store looking like they got hit by a club.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 28, 2026 08:20 AM (tgvbd)

I have clear memories of that day. I was a college student in Iowa and it was a very cold but sunny day. It was all over the TV news when I got back to my apartment from class
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 28, 2026 08:24 AM (YobFY)

I was on leave from the Navy and slept in. I heard about it on the radio and thought it was a particularly sick morning radio joke.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 08:35 AM (ExV1e)

202 If Democrats thought for one second "immigrants" would vote for someone or something else, they would fence the country off immediately and deport deport deport. For the children.

Posted by: ... at January 28, 2026 08:35 AM (QQN0v)

203 158 Alias thinks that the Epstein files are going to be an Excel sheet that you can sort by name and magically this will result in Trump getting arrested.

The pivot tables are gonna be *lit*!
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 28, 2026 08:25 AM (0sNs1)

*snort*
Posted by: Count de Monet, 24 Hours At A Time at January 28, 2026 08:27 AM (wVcYX)

I'd expect more use of Power BI than simple pivots, but that's just me.

Posted by: Inogame at January 28, 2026 08:35 AM (53oGX)

204 >> Ran into Costco last Tuesday (Tomball)

Love that town. We went to a bbq place there. Can’t remember the name though.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 28, 2026 08:35 AM (LLQU7)

205 I was in my 5th grade classroom watching it with my classmates. The teachers were so proud that one of them was on the crew.


yep I forget what grade I was in but it was like, first thing in the morning right?

very shocking! yeah the teachers were all SO into it. really sad.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 28, 2026 08:36 AM (emBoF)

206 186
People didn't stop gambling on 9/11.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 28, 2026 08:30 AM (uQesX)

Some people wouldn't stop gambling during The Last Judgement. But, hey, let's open more casinos and have more online betting.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 28, 2026 08:32 AM (tgvbd)

The Previous post was sponsored by DraftKings Sportsbook.

Posted by: XTC at January 28, 2026 08:36 AM (iXqHn)

207 I was wondering why I was feeling so morose, disconnected, lonely. It's because the WNBA is in limbo, no Collective Bargaining Agreement, players voted to strike, no solution in sight. Millions of flying green dildoes cry out in A-Gon-EE!

Posted by: Rabid Fan at January 28, 2026 08:36 AM (oftw2)

208 Wife was with family in NE TX. The explosion shook the house.

I believe your are thinking about Columbia on Feb 1, 2003; mission STS-107

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 28, 2026 08:36 AM (a4flb)

209 Some cells just have no borders.

Posted by: Oh, no... at January 28, 2026 08:37 AM (2Ez/1)

210 2 1/2 day work weeks, and every other week off is our pathetic US Senate. 6 judicial nominees cleared for a floor vote, 45 other vacancies, and Thune adjourns the Senate 10 days due to the King Holiday. WTF

Posted by: Jonah at January 28, 2026 08:37 AM (YCxFk)

211
NEW!

Amelia Sings "Jerusalem"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOSTbUFg7_Y&t=198s


Great song. Great version.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 28, 2026 08:37 AM (iJfKG)

212 >>Wife was with family in NE TX. The explosion shook the house.

That was Columbia, right?

Posted by: one hour sober at January 28, 2026 08:37 AM (Y1sOo)

213 Washington State: Man Asks Another Man His Religion, and Then Things Get Crazy
Welcome to the Religion of Peace.
Regarding the man that was stabbed as well as his dog in Washington state. Are the AWFL's going to be supporting the "religion of peace"?


"Islam hates dogs. According to Islamic tradition, one of Muhammad’s followers recounted that the prophet of Islam “ordered the killing of dogs and we would send men in Medina and its corners and we did not spare any dog that we did not kill, so much so that we killed the dog that accompanied the wet she-camel belonging to the people of the desert.”

Posted by: redridinghood at January 28, 2026 08:37 AM (NpAcC)

214 Vintage country music playing, the smell of Barbicide, straight razors being stropped.

Old copies of Playboy on the tables.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 28, 2026 08:34 AM (tgvbd)
====

The last time my haircut was finished with a straight razor it was an elderly Japanese man in Pacific Heights. He has been gone 20 years.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 28, 2026 08:37 AM (RIvkX)

215 34 in South Texas. It’s funny to watch people break out the goose down coats. I don’t even know they had those down here.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 28, 2026 08:25 AM (LLQU7)

Every winter we get stories of silly southerners who don't like the cold. Every summer we get stories of hardy northerners who think they're going to die because the temperature got all the way up to 80.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 08:37 AM (ExV1e)

216 who else thinks Omar being doused with liquid is her own stunt ?

Posted by: runner at January 28, 2026 08:38 AM (g47mK)

217 *trail running
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 28, 2026 08:34 AM (RIvkX)

It was an adventure yesterday. Kinda enjoyable even but hopefully the snow and ice melts because those conditions will only be novel (in a good way) once or twice…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 28, 2026 08:38 AM (YobFY)

218 > Today's the 40th anniversary of the Challenger explosion.
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I was working at Lackland AFB (contractor) and caught it on a TV there. Replays. Couldn't figure out why the people there were upset until I saw those replays.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 28, 2026 08:38 AM (jtM2q)

219 I didn't know my town owned a snow plow. Saw it yesterday plowing a street.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 08:27 AM (Zz0t1)

Probably federally funded.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 08:38 AM (ExV1e)

220 I believe your are thinking about Columbia on Feb 1, 2003; mission STS-107
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 28, 2026 08:36 AM (a4flb)


I guess all the space shuttle explosions morph together over time.

My bad.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 08:39 AM (Zz0t1)

221 213 "Islam hates dogs. According to Islamic tradition, one of Muhammad’s followers recounted that the prophet of Islam “ordered the killing of dogs and we would send men in Medina and its corners and we did not spare any dog that we did not kill, so much so that we killed the dog that accompanied the wet she-camel belonging to the people of the desert.”
Posted by: redridinghood at January 28, 2026 08:37 AM (NpAcC)

The "cat lady" subsect of AWFLs also hate dogs.

They're fully loyal to cats alone.

Posted by: XTC at January 28, 2026 08:39 AM (iXqHn)

222 Love that town. We went to a bbq place there. Can’t remember the name though."

Tejas? It's good. Several good places around there. Just hope they don't get too popular, otherwise people won't go there...

/

Posted by: man at January 28, 2026 08:39 AM (XuXeR)

223 who else thinks Omar being doused with liquid is her own stunt ?
Posted by: runner at January 28, 2026 08:38 AM (g47mK)


*73 million Americans raise their hand*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 08:39 AM (Zz0t1)

224 "Stropped" might be a fun word in a limerick.

Posted by: Limerick lover at January 28, 2026 08:40 AM (2Ez/1)

225
216 who else thinks Omar being doused with liquid is her own stunt ?


oh yeah definitely

all this shit is like, PA (paliwood) stuff being done here now

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 28, 2026 08:40 AM (emBoF)

226 And the term 'illegals' suggests that they're already over quota.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Yep. And I am deaf to pleas of "bUt ThEy WaNt A bEtTeR lIfE fOr ThEiR fAmIlIeS!"

Posted by: NR Pax at January 28, 2026 08:40 AM (7xrfc)

227 People who don't deal with criminal, scoundrels and fraudsters often probably cannot comprehend the level of lying and fraud that permeates Ilhan Omar; she is capable of anything!

Posted by: runner at January 28, 2026 08:40 AM (g47mK)

228 Was sitting in stall #1 of the aft crews head on a Charleston based Frigate, taking a dump, smoking a Marlboro Light and reading a Louis La'mour cowboy novel when the Challenger blew up.

I could hear the yelling on the Mess Decks when it happened.

Posted by: The Ladies of White Point Garden, Charleston SC at January 28, 2026 08:40 AM (iMotb)

229 The same thing happened with Curt Schilling and Baseball Hall of Fame. Rush use to say Sportswriters and their unions are the most left in the U.S.

Schilling broke the curse for the Bo Sox, Ring with Dbacks, Cy Young, 250 plus wins.

Posted by: Jonah at January 28, 2026 08:40 AM (YCxFk)

230 Herte is my favorite Amelia meme.

Amelia with Shakespeare, using dialog from Richard II:
https://x.com/ChiefPieEater/status/ 2013700999257473409

mind the gap.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 28, 2026 08:41 AM (u82oZ)

231 Some people wouldn't stop gambling during The Last Judgement. But, hey, let's open more casinos and have more online betting.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

We are in The Last Judgement, that will culminate in the end of all things visible in 2033.

Posted by: Mounting Evidence at January 28, 2026 08:41 AM (oftw2)

232 "Islam hates dogs. According to Islamic tradition, one of Muhammad’s followers recounted that the prophet of Islam “ordered the killing of dogs and we would send men in Medina and its corners and we did not spare any dog that we did not kill, so much so that we killed the dog that accompanied the wet she-camel belonging to the people of the desert.”
Posted by: redridinghood at January 28, 2026 08:37 AM (NpAcC)


Another reason islham is a shit cult. You don't like dogs, you're not anything I want to be around because he obviously have mental issues. Dogs are awesome. Unconditional love like no other.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 08:41 AM (Zz0t1)

233 215 Every winter we get stories of silly southerners who don't like the cold. Every summer we get stories of hardy northerners who think they're going to die because the temperature got all the way up to 80.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 08:37 AM (ExV1e)

Then you get people in the Mid-Atlantic who have to deal with both the Stupid Cold and the Stupid Heat in the same year, almost every year.

Posted by: XTC at January 28, 2026 08:41 AM (iXqHn)

234 who else thinks Omar being doused with liquid is her own stunt ?

Everyone

Posted by: Halfhand at January 28, 2026 08:41 AM (GKyrs)

235 Omar is too stupid to pull it off

Posted by: Jonah at January 28, 2026 08:41 AM (YCxFk)

236 I've done a quick back-of-the-envelope calculation of my 2025 taxes. Earlier I'd overestimated how much my IRA distributions would come to. With that corrected, the extra $6K senior deal, and the estimated tax I sent them during the year, I may be looking at $175 back.

Normally I tried during my working life to balance withholding vis-a-vis taxes so I got back, or paid, a small amount -- no gigantic refund that provided an interest-free loan to the Feds, no gigantic payment in April. This year, the first of retirement, has been weird, and I'd be glad to come out even.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 28, 2026 08:42 AM (wzUl9)

237 Amelia with Shakespeare, using dialog from Richard II:
https://x.com/ChiefPieEater/status/ 2013700999257473409

mind the gap.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 28, 2026 08:41 AM (u82oZ)


"This page doesn't exist."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 08:42 AM (Zz0t1)

238 Oh. I see Trump has changed his tune. It's not about the oppression, but nukes, now.

It's an improvement, I suppose. But these leaves open the possibility of some broader settlement wherein we go back to propping up the regime.

I hope the people counseling that - I'm sure there are many, from media dorks like Carlson, to spooks and State Department officials - are being ignored.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 28, 2026 08:42 AM (BI5O2)

239 Challenger launched on a cold morning and the cold brittle o-rings failed.

Posted by: fd at January 28, 2026 08:42 AM (vFG9F)

240 F**k this weather.

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 08:42 AM (77rzZ)

241 Omar thing probably staged. In the video she immediately (I mean immediately with no hesitation) charges at the guy. Thats not a natural reaction… if some stranger charges at you and sprays something especially as a woman I don’t see it natural for her to charge at the guy

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 28, 2026 08:42 AM (YobFY)

242 133 AA woman explains why she left the Democrat party and what happened. Good for her!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Finally read the post. I hate the fact that she's being treated like a runaway slave over this.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 28, 2026 08:42 AM (7xrfc)

243 Ecuadorean consulate in Minneapolis apparently now acting as a sanctuary for illegal immigrants.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 28, 2026 08:42 AM (LLQU7)

244 Old copies of Playboy on the tables.

The barber is a very devout Christian, so, no.

Did have those in the barber shop my dad took my brothers and me to when we were little.

Posted by: Delurker at January 28, 2026 08:42 AM (gtcuf)

245 Omar is too stupid to pull it off

Posted by: Jonah at January 28, 2026 08:41 AM (YCxFk)


She was worth $16k. Now, in a couple years, is worth $10m.

Pretty stupid.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 08:43 AM (Zz0t1)

246 141 Today's the 40th anniversary of the Challenger explosion. At the time, I lived in Clear Lake and went shopping on the way home from work. People were walking around the store looking like they got hit by a club.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 28, 2026 08:20 AM (tgvbd)

I have clear memories of that day. I was a college student in Iowa and it was a very cold but sunny day. It was all over the TV news when I got back to my apartment from class

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 28, 2026 08:24 AM (YobFY)

I was a NASA employee at JSC. I watched it live with a dozen others in a manager's office having a TV. We were all stunned to silence for many minutes after. I don't recall anyone saying a word, as we slowly and individually filed out. I was stunned that the failure cause appeared to be the External Tank. I, and I believe most others at JSC, believed any ascent failure would be caused by an explosion of one of the main engines.

As it occurred I hoped and expected the Orbiter Challenger would emerge unharmed from the fire and smoke. In less than two seconds I knew it wasn't going to happen. A very bad, sad, day.

Posted by: Gref at January 28, 2026 08:43 AM (5rh/l)

247 I don't see anything wrong in the mayor's statement. They just need to stand aside and let the feds do their work. When they interferes, then grab him and take him away.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 28, 2026 08:33 AM (uQesX)

If the local police helps dispel the rioters then there would be less chance of some lefty getting ventilated. I have mixed emotions about that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 08:43 AM (ExV1e)

248 Staged Dousing!

Posted by: runner at January 28, 2026 08:43 AM (g47mK)

249 Posted by: The Ladies of White Point Garden, Charleston SC at January 28, 2026 08:40 AM (iMotb)
====

Did you all pass around the same toilet copy?

Because, ew.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 28, 2026 08:43 AM (RIvkX)

250 229 Schilling broke the curse for the Bo Sox, Ring with Dbacks, Cy Young, 250 plus wins.
Posted by: Jonah at January 28, 2026 08:40 AM (YCxFk)

Then blew it all with the Kingdoms of Amalur (A video game he funded the production of, but it turns out there was a lot of financial skulduggery involved) scam

Posted by: XTC at January 28, 2026 08:43 AM (iXqHn)

251 It is to larf. This morning I heard an AI-voiced narrator describe Margaret Hamilton as having starred in "The Wizard of Ounces"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 28, 2026

***
Margaret Hamilton was an exercise trainer and dietician on the side?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 28, 2026 08:43 AM (wzUl9)

252 Dogs are awesome. Unconditional love like no other."

Yep.

*looks over at snoring ShihTzu...*

Posted by: man at January 28, 2026 08:43 AM (XuXeR)

253
Oh. I see Trump has changed his tune. It's not about the oppression, but nukes, now.

Wait, Greenland has nukes?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 28, 2026 08:43 AM (tgvbd)

254 Challenger launched on a cold morning and the cold brittle o-rings failed.

Posted by: fd at January 28, 2026 08:42 AM (vFG9F)


"Go with throttle up......"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 08:44 AM (Zz0t1)

255 "Omar is too stupid to pull it off"

But she is cunning.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 28, 2026 08:44 AM (iMotb)

256 Some people wouldn't stop gambling during The Last Judgement. But, hey, let's open more casinos and have more online betting.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

St. Peter: Next.
Gambler: Hold on a sec. I've got a hot streak going at the dice table.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 28, 2026 08:44 AM (wVcYX)

257 People may have forgotten that it got this cold in the 80s.

Posted by: fd at January 28, 2026 08:44 AM (vFG9F)

258 wow Gref

that had to have been awful for you guys

crazy - but thanks for sharing

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 28, 2026 08:44 AM (emBoF)

259 "This page doesn't exist."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Take out the gap just after the /

Posted by: NR Pax at January 28, 2026 08:44 AM (7xrfc)

260 Yep.

*looks over at snoring ShihTzu...*
Posted by: man at January 28, 2026 08:43 AM (XuXeR)


My mini aussie dances and vibrates with excitement every time I come home, even if it's only been 10 minutes.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 08:45 AM (Zz0t1)

261 Amelia Sings "Jerusalem"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOSTbUFg7_Y&t=198s

Posted by: naturalfake at January 28, 2026 08:37 AM (iJfKG)
-

Amelia vs the Starmtroopers:

https://youtu.be/pdR1Z-Hjl2I

Nice but I don't see it happening. Need a carrier task force.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 08:45 AM (BJnkV)

262 St. Peter: Next.
Gambler: Hold on a sec. I've got a hot streak going at the dice table."

"the Good Lord would never disrupt the best game of my life"

Posted by: man at January 28, 2026 08:45 AM (XuXeR)

263 Omar thing probably staged. In the video she immediately (I mean immediately with no hesitation) charges at the guy. Thats not a natural reaction… if some stranger charges at you and sprays something especially as a woman I don’t see it natural for her to charge at the guy
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 28, 2026 08:42 AM (YobFY)
====

He was also seated in front row aisle. Somehow.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 28, 2026 08:45 AM (RIvkX)

264 250. Tim Raines got busted with cocaine at the airport, and still got in. Video game company? BS

Posted by: Jonah at January 28, 2026 08:45 AM (YCxFk)

265
Take out the gap just after the /
Posted by: NR Pax at January 28, 2026 08:44 AM (7xrfc)


Damn. I usually notice that.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 08:46 AM (Zz0t1)

266 Obviously a stunt by the Taqiyya c*unt.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 28, 2026 08:46 AM (WHfpM)

267 While no one likes oppressive humidity, at least you don't have to shovel it.

Posted by: Gulf Coaster at January 28, 2026 08:46 AM (2Ez/1)

268 He was also seated in front row aisle. Somehow.


lol ok that is TOO obvious! that's always the "fake heckler" seat!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 28, 2026 08:46 AM (emBoF)

269 We get all the of weather in The 'Nati too, depending on the year. Lush, green, hot humid jungle summers and this year snowed in and dangerously cold end of January.

Sure some years are milder than others, but it all comes back around...

Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 28, 2026 08:46 AM (DgMqy)

270 Amelia also sings the Gustav Holst hymn "I Vow to Thee my Country": https://youtu.be/4TqP_rrH6DI.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 28, 2026 08:46 AM (u82oZ)

271 > She was worth $16k. Now, in a couple years, is worth $10m.
-----------
Try $30M

Allegedly.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 28, 2026 08:47 AM (jtM2q)

272 Posted by: NR Pax at January 28, 2026 08:42 AM (7xrfc)

Yes, but it sounds like she is a strong woman and has recovered.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2026 08:47 AM (rZCVI)

273 I was working at 240 E. 49th Street, renovating a new apartment, turning 4 apts. into one big one. The job super had brought a little 9" portable TV in to watch the launch. Remember it like it was yesterday.

Posted by: Local 257 UBCJA at January 28, 2026 08:47 AM (oftw2)

274 I've done a quick back-of-the-envelope calculation of my 2025 taxes. Earlier I'd overestimated how much my IRA distributions would come to. With that corrected, the extra $6K senior deal, and the estimated tax I sent them during the year, I may be looking at $175 back.

Normally I tried during my working life to balance withholding vis-a-vis taxes so I got back, or paid, a small amount -- no gigantic refund that provided an interest-free loan to the Feds, no gigantic payment in April. This year, the first of retirement, has been weird, and I'd be glad to come out even.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 28, 2026 08:42 AM (wzUl9)

Pert near perfect. Well done!

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 28, 2026 08:47 AM (wVcYX)

275 Omar is too stupid to pull it off

==

I've seen sub IQ individuals lie and cheat to the nth degree. Successfully.

Posted by: runner at January 28, 2026 08:47 AM (g47mK)

276 this weather (in PA) is not abnormal at all. I have to think we just have a lot of "newcomers" or something.

they are trying to call last weekend a "blizzard"

WTF?!?! we got like 8 inches. we got 7 the weekend before?!?!

so so dumb

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 28, 2026 08:47 AM (emBoF)

277 Amelia Sings"

That the purple haired bint chiding men? Yeah, that's how we got into this mess.

Posted by: man at January 28, 2026 08:48 AM (XuXeR)

278 246. Linus, I remember that day also. Also recall Senate Democrats trying to blame Reagan for it, for political strategy. Biden, Teddy Kennedy

Posted by: Jonah at January 28, 2026 08:48 AM (YCxFk)

279 Here’s how much more money Americans will see in their tax refunds

It's 2026. We pay taxes like it's 1826. WW2 is over, yet withholding remains. EITC allows people to think they are democrat goblin rich while stealing other people's money. Best of all democrats still use the income tax as a political weapon. And after all the taxes are paid, the feds still borrow what they need to buy votes anyways.

Posted by: The Feds Are Broke, Disgusting and Sad at January 28, 2026 08:48 AM (R/m4+)

280 Omar is too stupid to pull it off"

But she is cunning.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 28, 2026

***
A cunning stunt

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 28, 2026 08:48 AM (wzUl9)

281 "if some stranger charges at you and sprays something especially as a woman I don’t see it natural for her to charge at the guy:

It looked like goat piss. Maybe it's an attractant.

Posted by: fd at January 28, 2026 08:48 AM (vFG9F)

282 cunning is an accurate description

Posted by: runner at January 28, 2026 08:48 AM (g47mK)

283 I was sitting in a property law class 40 years ago when the Challenger exploded. The professor was a cool younger lady who later became dean. We talked about what had happened as replays were shown . That day was when I realized that a lot of law students and therefore lawyers are dumb as a box of rocks.
It was also my mother's birthday

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 28, 2026 08:48 AM (IDEQi)

284
I've seen sub IQ individuals lie and cheat to the nth degree. Successfully.
Posted by: runner at January 28, 2026 08:47 AM (g47mK)


A tenet of islham.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 08:48 AM (Zz0t1)

285 “That is what I mean when I say I am going to kill Donald Trump,” he ended.

I remember when Craig Deleeuw Robertson made a similar threat about Biden, the feds showed up and straight up killed him.

Why do I expect this guy won't even be arrested?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 28, 2026 08:48 AM (sKqQm)

286 No one seems to notice or care that Trump has now strong armed Mexico into cutting back oil shipments to Cuba. I imagine it wasn’t too hard since Cuba wasn’t paying for any of it.
Cuba will fall / collapse soon. There’s simply no way for them to keep going.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 28, 2026 08:49 AM (Sxl5b)

287 Amelia Sings"

That the purple haired bint chiding men? Yeah, that's how we got into this mess.
Posted by: man at January 28, 2026

***
She's purple-haired, yes, but she is celebrating England, and in another video I've seen she lists the insanities of PC and DEI.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 28, 2026 08:49 AM (wzUl9)

288 Preach it, sister!

I Meme Therefore I Am
@ImMeme0
“Where's the outrage for the Americans? where's the outrage for our American children?”

https://tinyurl.com/4vjvhpv5

Posted by: redridinghood at January 28, 2026 08:49 AM (NpAcC)

289 Scientists produce new estimate of the thickness of Europa’s icy crust

icy crust with a soft chewy middle

mmm mmmm gooder

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 28, 2026 08:49 AM (gbOdA)

290 Cuba will fall / collapse soon. There’s simply no way for them to keep going."

Fingers crossed! Cuba Libre!!!

Posted by: man at January 28, 2026 08:49 AM (XuXeR)

291
WTF?!?! we got like 8 inches. we got 7 the weekend before?!?!

so so dumb
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 28, 2026 08:47 AM (emBoF)


It started going downhill when weather became an entertainment industry. They name snow showers now like they're hurricanes.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 08:50 AM (Zz0t1)

292 Belichek should tell the Football of Fame to not consider him, and he will not accept. Call them out for politics.

Schilling did the same thing

Posted by: Jonah at January 28, 2026 08:50 AM (YCxFk)

293
*Did you all pass around the same toilet copy?*


Sorry. This book can't be returned. It's been flagged.

Posted by: Clerk at Brentano's Bookstore at January 28, 2026 08:50 AM (2Ez/1)

294
Amelia is the 21st Century Archie Bunker.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 28, 2026 08:50 AM (tgvbd)

295 I go to what seems to be the last real men's barber shop in my city.

Been in business since 1972, and other than the magazines on the racks, very little in that barber shop has changed since 1972. It's like stepping into a time capsule.



We have one like that in town. Only difference between that one and the one I grew up going to? The shoe shine chair is on the opposite end of the building.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2026 08:51 AM (RoI99)

296 246. Linus, I remember that day also. Also recall Senate Democrats trying to blame Reagan for it, for political strategy. Biden, Teddy Kennedy
Posted by: Jonah at January 28, 2026 08:48 AM (YCxFk)

Didn’t Reagan give some famous speech soon thereafter where he said of the astronauts that they “slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God” (or something like that)… I believe that was a Peggy Noonan special. Noonan has been such a disappointment in the years since….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 28, 2026 08:51 AM (YobFY)

297 751 and thru da links

thx jjs

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 28, 2026 08:51 AM (gbOdA)

298 Margaret Hamilton was an exercise trainer and dietician on the side?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,

Correct spelling is dietitian. They can be fanatical about it.

Posted by: Longtime NDA Spouse at January 28, 2026 08:51 AM (oftw2)

299 Las Vegas does not want cuba to fall. Beach Casinos would be amazing down there, short boat ride from FL

Posted by: Jonah at January 28, 2026 08:51 AM (YCxFk)

300 It started going downhill when weather became an entertainment industry. They name snow showers now like they're hurricanes.

I don't see anyone here complaining about the Mexican Weather Girls and their comprehensive analysis of prevalent weather patterns.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 28, 2026 08:51 AM (a4flb)

301 Amelia Sings "Jerusalem"

The "Amelia" persona the UK govt invented to serve as an example of "wrongthink" has backfired spectacularly.

Posted by: Halfhand at January 28, 2026 08:51 AM (GKyrs)

302 241 Omar thing probably staged. In the video she immediately (I mean immediately with no hesitation) charges at the guy. Thats not a natural reaction… if some stranger charges at you and sprays something especially as a woman I don’t see it natural for her to charge at the guy
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 28, 2026 08:42 AM (YobFY)

That said, Muslim.

Their immediate reaction to EVERYTHING is "I KEEL YOU!".

Posted by: XTC at January 28, 2026 08:52 AM (uEmCf)

303 Ill take Trump's "de-escalation" vs. a Bush or McCain/Romney

Vomer needs to shut his pinhole.

Trump will continue to enforce immigration law. This is to say later that I tried to work with Walz/Frey/etc and gives a blueprint for other blue shitholes of what's coming if you dont play ball.

The media will poi t to polls but this is what a majority of Americans want.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at January 28, 2026 08:52 AM (WmF8p)

304 "weather became an entertainment industry"

That's why I only watch Weather Babes for my forecasts.

The Weather Guys are invariably weirdos and I refuse to watch them.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 28, 2026 08:52 AM (DgMqy)

305 296. Not just Peggy, but WSJ has gone left also

Posted by: Jonah at January 28, 2026 08:52 AM (YCxFk)

306 "This page doesn't exist."
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 08:42 AM (Zz0t1)

There's a space you need to remove after the last /.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 08:53 AM (ExV1e)

307 Donald Trump on Truth Social just now:

Surprisingly, Mayor Jacob Frey just stated that, “Minneapolis does not, and will not, enforce Federal Immigration Laws.” This is after having had a very good conversation with him. Could somebody in his inner sanctum please explain that this statement is a very serious violation of the Law, and that he is PLAYING WITH FIRE!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2026 08:53 AM (RoI99)

308
Noonan has been such a disappointment in the years since….
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 28, 2026 08:51 AM (YobFY)

Noonan is like a football coach who uses a single-wing formation in today's game.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 28, 2026 08:53 AM (tgvbd)

309 In: Excel-based humor
Out: Fish puns
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 28, 2026 08:29 AM

Nothing says we can't scale.

Posted by: Fish Puns at January 28, 2026 08:53 AM (0sNs1)

310 Ecuadorean consulate in Minneapolis apparently now acting as a sanctuary for illegal immigrants.
Posted by: Marcus T at January 28, 2026 08:42 AM (LLQU7)

P.N.G.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 08:54 AM (ExV1e)

311 Ilhan Brother Humper needs to contract out her next ‘assault ‘ to the WWE……those guys know how to ‘sell it’.
Last night was just a continuation of Somali fraud in the USA by other means.
Give us a Real show Ilhan. Throw some goats in.
Get creative. Entertain us. G*d knows you have stolen enough from us to put on a quality show….

Posted by: Voter theater. at January 28, 2026 08:54 AM (fJDNO)

312

Surprisingly, Mayor Jacob Frey just stated that, “Minneapolis does not, and will not, enforce Federal Immigration Laws.” This is after having had a very good conversation with him. Could somebody in his inner sanctum please explain that this statement is a very serious violation of the Law, and that he is PLAYING WITH FIRE!
Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2026 08:53 AM (RoI99)


Surprisingly, nothing has happened to any of these treasonous assholes.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 08:54 AM (Zz0t1)

313 The "Amelia" persona the UK govt invented to serve as an example of "wrongthink" has backfired spectacularly."

Which is funny, but most of the bits I've seen consist of "her" castigating men for... things. Therefore, uninterested.

Posted by: man at January 28, 2026 08:54 AM (XuXeR)

314 In: Excel-based humor
Out: Fish puns
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 28, 2026 08:29 AM

Nothing says we can't scale.
Posted by: Fish Puns at January 28, 2026 08:53 AM (0sNs1)

But, can you Wrap Text?

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 28, 2026 08:54 AM (wVcYX)

315 Regarding the space shuttle explosion....I had just completed a repair on a customer's VCR in my shop, and was doing a test recording on it from CNN at the time. I wound up recording the entire day from CNN. Uncut. Unfiltered. I digitized many of the tapes, and need to do the rest. I remember running into the deli next door to inform everyone what just happened. Everyone came over to my shop where they could watch the news. It's still very fresh in my mind.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 28, 2026 08:54 AM (5xuJ/)

316 271 > She was worth $16k. Now, in a couple years, is worth $10m.
-----------
Try $30M

Allegedly.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 28, 2026 08:47 AM (jtM2q)

From a winery that does not exist.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 28, 2026 08:55 AM (gbOdA)

317 Walz sent the state police in. Frey continues to keep the Minneapolis police from helping. Apparently he hasn't figured out there is no good exit ramp in his lane

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 28, 2026 08:55 AM (IDEQi)

318 The "Amelia" persona the UK govt invented to serve as an example of "wrongthink" has backfired spectacularly."

Which is funny, but most of the bits I've seen consist of "her" castigating men for... things. Therefore, uninterested.
Posted by: man at January 28, 2026 08:54 AM (XuXeR)


Just goes to show they didn't learn a f*cking thing after the whole "Boaty McBoatface" thing.......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 08:55 AM (Zz0t1)

319 I saw a clip from Jason Pargin (David Wong) I thought interesting. He asked, suppose you build a completely new society - you start from scratch no governments, no corporations, none of that.

The building you keep your food in gets damaged in a winter storm and you need 100 people to immediately show up to fix it and only 50 do. How do you get the other 50? Historically there have been three answers: threaten people into doing the work, pay people to do the work, or use social pressure to force them to do the work. And no you don't get to wave a magic wand and claim people will just always show up to do this sort of work because you didn't change human nature those people that don't show up believe they have good reasons not to

Now, Pargin is a left leaning guy and is audience is as well. I read the comments and it was about 70% of people taking the easy way out claiming people would just do the work because...magic and 30% arguing of course you have to pay people to do work which I'll be honest is I assume the political break down of his commenters - 70% left 30% right...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 28, 2026 08:55 AM (sKqQm)

320 "Surprisingly, nothing has happened to any of these treasonous assholes.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer"

*pours another cup and waves*

Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right at January 28, 2026 08:55 AM (vFG9F)

321 > It started going downhill when weather became an entertainment industry. They name snow showers now like they're hurricanes.
----------
"wind events" Seriously. The Weather Channel has coined a new phrase for the wind.

Every change of the weather is now... something reportable, important, and potentially deadly.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 28, 2026 08:55 AM (jtM2q)

322
“Minneapolis does not, and will not, enforce Federal Immigration Laws.”

My impression is that local authorities have no obligation to enforce Federal laws. Actively working to stymie them is another matter completely.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 28, 2026 08:56 AM (tgvbd)

323 >>>I believe that was a Peggy Noonan special.

Peggy didn't write that. It was taken from the poem, High Flight, by John Gillespie Magee.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 28, 2026 08:56 AM (Y1sOo)

324 "Ilhan Brother Humper needs to contract out her next ‘assault ‘ to the WWE……those guys know how to ‘sell it’."

ILHAN BROTHER HUMPER WILL RETURN IN AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY.

Posted by: Taylor at January 28, 2026 08:56 AM (jH5TK)

325 I appreciate the article in "American Thinker" by the KGB defector. Thanks for that and for all you do, J.J.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2026 08:56 AM (PFs9e)

326 Much as I hate to admit it, the Mayor might be correct.


Didn't the Supreme Court rule that Immigration enforcement was solely the responsibility of the Federal Government several years ago?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 28, 2026 08:56 AM (iMotb)

327 319 Now, Pargin is a left leaning guy and is audience is as well. I read the comments and it was about 70% of people taking the easy way out claiming people would just do the work because...magic and 30% arguing of course you have to pay people to do work which I'll be honest is I assume the political break down of his commenters - 70% left 30% right...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 28, 2026 08:55 AM (sKqQm)

The "John Dies at the End" guy?

Posted by: XTC at January 28, 2026 08:57 AM (uEmCf)

328 Tits Magee > John Gillespie Magee

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 08:57 AM (Zz0t1)

329 The "John Dies at the End" guy?


wut?

no no no

not that I remember that guys name but it wasn't Pargin

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 28, 2026 08:57 AM (emBoF)

330 Didn't the Supreme Court rule that Immigration enforcement was solely the responsibility of the Federal Government several years ago?"

Pretty much, yeah. During the reign of O'barky the First. It was a play to keep states from... oh, wait.

Rake handle, meet face.

Posted by: man at January 28, 2026 08:58 AM (XuXeR)

331 Franpsycho's World Tour Itinerary 2027
Buenos Aires
Baracoa
Maracaibo
Shanghai?
Tehran
Eilat

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 28, 2026 08:58 AM (RIvkX)

332 Cuba will fall / collapse soon.

Following that, we can move in, restore it to its glory and vacation there. That works.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 28, 2026 08:58 AM (7xrfc)

333 Which is funny, but most of the bits I've seen consist of "her" castigating men for... things. Therefore, uninterested.
Posted by: man

True. But the "things" are defense of England and its natives and native culture and kicking out the mozzies and other welfare thieving immigrants. These are things I'm wholeheartedly for and also hoping the English men locate their balls and so something.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 28, 2026 08:58 AM (Dv3i1)

334 Hey, Taylor is here! Hi, Taylor!

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 08:58 AM (77rzZ)

335 I remember when Craig Deleeuw Robertson made a similar threat about Biden, the feds showed up and straight up killed him.


I don't remember the corporate press hand wringing and the photo alterations converting him from a 75 year old, homebound 300 pounder who struggled to walk with a cane into a prime of life Fabio and sports enthusiast.

Apparently stating "clearing off the dust from my sniper rifle" is code for "I'm a Tier 1 operator"

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 28, 2026 08:58 AM (a4flb)

336 Yeah the weather people hype everything now…. Dramatic discussion of “freezing fog” on the radio this morning. I’d never before heard of freezing fog and I grew up in Illinois

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 28, 2026 08:59 AM (/iXAp)

337 329 wut?

no no no

not that I remember that guys name but it wasn't Pargin
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 28, 2026 08:57 AM (emBoF)

"David Wong".

Pargin's fake pen name.

Posted by: XTC at January 28, 2026 08:59 AM (uEmCf)

338 Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Disagree. The poem High Flight is a treasure. And John Gillespie Magee gave it his all, only to die fighting real Nazis and the Luftwaffe.

I do agree with Fuck Cancer.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 28, 2026 08:59 AM (u82oZ)

339 Everyone is getting worked up over nothing. See the video linked @5. The Minneapolis police are, apparently, still on the sideline but the state police are finally doing their jobs. That allows Trump to 'deescalate'. They're still there arresting illegals, they're just not the ones confronting the "concerned public" as much.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 07:46 AM (ExV1e)

Hope you are getting paid well for these type shitposts. They are odorless. Offensive to MAGA but odorless. We appreciate your creative efforts you fucking fraud.

Posted by: Voter theater. at January 28, 2026 09:00 AM (fJDNO)

340 AH! thank you XTC I didn't know that! I'm going to go follow that guy

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 28, 2026 09:00 AM (emBoF)

341 Hi Bulg I've been looking in here off and on for awhile. How have you been?

Posted by: Taylor at January 28, 2026 09:00 AM (jH5TK)

342 BTW, some dumbass Republican posted the instructions from Trump's folks on a tweet he was to post.

It was like, "below is a tweet we'd like you to post in support of Trump."

And the tard posted the whole thing ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 28, 2026 09:00 AM (HXT0k)

343 I grew up in Illinois
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 28, 2026 08:59 AM (/iXAp)


What part?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 09:00 AM (Zz0t1)

344 Nothing says we can't scale.
Posted by: Fish Puns at January 28, 2026 08:53 AM (0sNs1)

But, can you Wrap Text?
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 28, 2026 08:54 AM (wVcYX)
=====

*locks the doors*

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 28, 2026 09:00 AM (RIvkX)

345 The precious Peggy Noonan -- the Emily Post of RINOs.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 28, 2026 09:01 AM (WHfpM)

346 Following that, we can move in, restore it to its glory and vacation there. That works.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 28, 2026 08:58 AM (7xrfc)

But then the Canadians will get mad. Gotta have their dream vacations in Fideland. Get rid of the Canucks, Cuber falls.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 28, 2026 09:01 AM (uQesX)

347 These are things I'm wholeheartedly for and also hoping the English men locate their balls and so something."

Same here - it's just funny (well, at least to me) that the cohort most responsible for the state of the West is somehow now worth .... action?

Heh. Toots, you asked/protested/marched/yelled for it. Lie back and think of England.

Posted by: man at January 28, 2026 09:01 AM (XuXeR)

348 Every change of the weather is now... something reportable, important, and potentially deadly.

Weather Channel: "We are all going to die and get eaten by wolves... now for a word from our sponsor Gold Line"

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 28, 2026 09:01 AM (a4flb)

349 What will Tay Tay wear to the Stupid Bowl?

Posted by: Pre-teen chicks everywhere at January 28, 2026 09:01 AM (2Ez/1)

350 The "John Dies at the End" guy?

Yes. He previously used the pen name David Wong. He was also part of Cracked.com when they were funny, but he did nothing of note to stop them from becoming a leftwing hate site and listicle provider...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 28, 2026 09:01 AM (sKqQm)

351 Disagree. The poem High Flight is a treasure. And John Gillespie Magee gave it his all, only to die fighting real Nazis and the Luftwaffe.

I do agree with Fuck Cancer.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 28, 2026 08:59 AM (u82oZ)


I have no idea who that is, but I know I like tits, so........

And yes. F*CK cancer. In the fartclam. With a studded mace.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 09:01 AM (Zz0t1)

352 Is this why Tucker Carlson was recently at the White House?

https://tinyurl.com/yzn6kvwr
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 08:05 AM (BJnkV)
=======================
You owe me one working Irony Meter. My old one just went splodey.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 28, 2026 09:02 AM (PZuzz)

353 Taylor, I’m hanging in there. Trying to fix my health issues. Not liking this weather, though.

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 09:02 AM (77rzZ)

354 Yes. He previously used the pen name David Wong. He was also part of Cracked.com when they were funny, but he did nothing of note to stop them from becoming a leftwing hate site and listicle provider...


interesting

well I loved his books so

still giving him a bit of a pass. of course he has to be a leftie

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 28, 2026 09:02 AM (emBoF)

355 The "Amelia" persona the UK govt invented to serve as an example of "wrongthink" has backfired spectacularly."

Which is funny, but most of the bits I've seen consist of "her" castigating men for... things. Therefore, uninterested.
Posted by: man at January 28, 2026 08:54 AM (XuXeR)

Hmmm.

You're awfully sensitive if you see a woman* (purple hair or no) exhorting everyone to embrace their country and culture, which is under attack, and exhorting men to protect their women, country, and culture, which is their traditional duty as men,

as "castigating men" for silly things.

What would you prefer the message to be? How would you phrase it?



*Yes, yes. Everyone knows she's an AI.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 28, 2026 09:02 AM (iJfKG)

356 Headline on Bing - the Doomsday Clock

Everything old is new again nyah.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 28, 2026 09:02 AM (uwNDP)

357 Amelia Sings"

That the purple haired bint chiding men? Yeah, that's how we got into this mess.
Posted by: man at January 28, 2026 08:48 AM (XuXeR)

Tell us that you're unfamiliar with Amelia without telling us that you're unfamiliar with Amelia.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 09:03 AM (ExV1e)

358 What part?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 09:00 AM (Zz0t1)

125th Street.

Posted by: Josephus at January 28, 2026 09:03 AM (uQesX)

359
*Yes, yes. Everyone knows she's an AI.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 28, 2026 09:02 AM (iJfKG)


Still has a nice rack, tho.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 09:03 AM (Zz0t1)

360 I was listening to the Challenger launch on the radio, I had just pulled into a post office parking lot. I remember sitting there stunned for about 10 minutes, I couldn’t drive.

Years later, Columbia exploded over our heads here in East Texas, I heard it. I remember running to the TV to see what the huge explosion I’d heard was, and when the news channels said communications were lost with Columbia, I realized what had just happened before they did. (Or at least before they admitted it)

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 28, 2026 09:03 AM (Sxl5b)

361 Heh. Toots, you asked/protested/marched/yelled for it. Lie back and think of England.
Posted by: man

The fake Amelia is prettier to look at than Katie Hopkins.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 28, 2026 09:03 AM (Dv3i1)

362 Tits Magee > John Gillespie Magee

Not for me. Magee was a fighter pilot in WWII besides writing that poem . "Tits" Magee is a woman shaking her tits for attention on the net. How novel/s. But we can, of course agree to disagree😉

And I hope you and the Mrs are holding up, Sponge. Prayers continue.


Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2026 09:03 AM (PFs9e)

363 You're awfully sensitive"

Half a century of "all men are a**holes and worse" might have something to do with it. Esp. over there, where it's been far more damaging.

Posted by: man at January 28, 2026 09:04 AM (XuXeR)

364 The fake Amelia is prettier to look at than Katie Hopkins.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 28, 2026 09:03 AM (Dv3i1)



Ewwww......she has Barbara Streisand face.......blech.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 09:04 AM (Zz0t1)

365 And I hope you and the Mrs are holding up, Sponge. Prayers continue.


Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2026 09:03 AM (PFs9e)


We are getting by. Day to day, as they say.


Thank you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 09:05 AM (Zz0t1)

366
Another reason islham is a shit cult. You don't like dogs, you're not anything I want to be around because he obviously have mental issues. Dogs are awesome. Unconditional love like no other.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 08:41 AM (Zz0t1)
*****
I thought the UK loved dogs, but they have caved to the Islamists. If there are Islamists gathering you cannot walk your dog next to them. They even have signs telling them that.
Is this where we are heading?

Posted by: redridinghood at January 28, 2026 09:05 AM (NpAcC)

367 Good was not married
VA nurse did not work at VA
VA nurse had more run ins with Feds
Winery is not real
Medicaid is fraud is Dem donor fund
Epstein release was created to STOP law enforcement
400 Medicaid providers in 1 building is normal

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 28, 2026 09:05 AM (gbOdA)

368 No one seems to notice or care that Trump has now strong armed Mexico into cutting back oil shipments to Cuba.

People on the left only notice things that they can shriek about being fascism and the end of the world.

People on the right only notice things that they can shriek about being betrayal of MAGA and the end of the world.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 09:05 AM (ExV1e)

369 interesting

well I loved his books so

still giving him a bit of a pass. of course he has to be a leftie

He claims he grew up as a conservative and converted later in life. He certainly is more familiar with conservatism then most lefties when he broaches on politics (though that isn't his focus) I do have a suspicion though that his conversion was more "this is how I get a book published and get paid in the entertainment industry" then "wow trannies grooming kids is great!"

Posted by: 18-1 at January 28, 2026 09:05 AM (sKqQm)

370 I grew up in Illinois
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 28, 2026 08:59 AM (/iXAp)


What part?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 09:00 AM (Zz0t1)

We moved a lot but mostly either near Dixon or Peoria (small towns)

Visited the Chicago suburbs a lot because we had relatives there

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 28, 2026 09:05 AM (/iXAp)

371 OK, small rant incoming.

As I have mentioned before, my father is in bad shape right now. My mother is working with the VA to get his disability raised to 100%. She has a box with all of his military records. Being a good son, I decided to see about getting an electronic copy sent over as well.

I call the Archives the instant they open. I'm caller number 14. Fine; here's my number. Call me back when it's my turn.

One hour. One whole hour to get a call back. But at least the dude was pretty polite and helpful.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 28, 2026 09:06 AM (7xrfc)

372 Challenger launched on a cold morning and the cold brittle o-rings failed.

Posted by: fd at January 28, 2026 08:42 AM (vFG9F)


"Go with throttle up......"

Posted by: Sponge


My parents lived next door to one of the NASA bigwigs, and he got me a tour of JSC before they commercialized it. I got to meet the guy who was that voice. He was still shook up years afterward.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 28, 2026 09:06 AM (0U5gm)

373 A bunch of dudes that have never boiled a mouthpiece are voting for the best of the best to get into the Hall of Fame.

That should be stopped immediately.


Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

That brings back memories. And I agree

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at January 28, 2026 09:06 AM (WmF8p)

374 So Alias, are you a true believer, or are you just a Communist?

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 28, 2026 09:06 AM (Da7Vv)

375 After mentioning to one Somali acquaintance that lying for political gain is short-sighted, the person replied, “Why would I care about that? They’re not my tribe. Those are your rules, not ours.”

Posted by: SMOD at January 28, 2026 09:06 AM (RHGPo)

376 Is this where we are heading?
Posted by: redridinghood at January 28, 2026 09:05 AM (NpAcC)


If we don't stop the intentional spread of muslhams, yes.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 09:06 AM (Zz0t1)

377 Much as I hate to admit it, the Mayor might be correct.


Didn't the Supreme Court rule that Immigration enforcement was solely the responsibility of the Federal Government several years ago?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice


Yes. You can't go and expel them yourself. Never said you can't cooperate on holds.

Frey better pray to whatever deity he holds sacred that he never needs cooperation from Uncle Sugar.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2026 09:07 AM (RoI99)

378 The poem High Flight is a treasure.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

I have that poem etched on a plaque hanging on my "I love me wall" here at home. It was given to me by my parents on the day of my winging, which was 2 years before the Challenger exploded.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 28, 2026 09:07 AM (Y1sOo)

379 307 Donald Trump on Truth Social just now:

Surprisingly, Mayor Jacob Frey just stated that, “Minneapolis does not, and will not, enforce Federal Immigration Laws.” This is after having had a very good conversation with him. Could somebody in his inner sanctum please explain that this statement is a very serious violation of the Law, and that he is PLAYING WITH FIRE!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2026 08:53 AM (RoI99)


This is curiously missing in the news (so far). Walz, Frey, Bro-Fo, and the DC Usual Suspects crowing in press conferences that they humiliated Trump, made him back-down.

Trump must have used a very credible Big Threat Stick in that phone call. I hope.

Posted by: Gref at January 28, 2026 09:07 AM (5rh/l)

380 Belichek should tell the Football of Fame to not consider him, and he will not accept. Call them out for politics.

Schilling did the same thing
Posted by: Jonah at January 28, 2026 08:50 AM (YCxFk

Agree 100. I like the way you think.

Posted by: Voter theater. at January 28, 2026 09:07 AM (fJDNO)

381 361 The fake Amelia is prettier to look at than Katie Hopkins.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 28, 2026 09:03 AM (Dv3i1)

AI characters never have to age past 21.

Posted by: XTC at January 28, 2026 09:07 AM (uEmCf)

382 Oh Bulg, I'm sorry to hear you aren't feeling well. The weather probably isn't helping. Did you get trapped by the snow? I'm in Texas this week and this place goes crazy if there's even a hint of snow. The Kroger turns into Thunderdome.

Posted by: Taylor at January 28, 2026 09:07 AM (jH5TK)

383 One hour. One whole hour to get a call back. But at least the dude was pretty polite and helpful."

Stick with it. For all the flack the VA gets, they were helpful w/Dad's case. Just took some time, so be patient.

Posted by: man at January 28, 2026 09:07 AM (XuXeR)

384 370 Dixon, IL — Reagan’s hometown?

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 09:07 AM (77rzZ)

385
My parents lived next door to one of the NASA bigwigs, and he got me a tour of JSC before they commercialized it. I got to meet the guy who was that voice. He was still shook up years afterward.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 28, 2026 09:06 AM (0U5gm)


My friend had an uncle that was an actual rocket scientist and did work on the shuttle. He was quick to tell others he wasn't responsible for the booster that failed.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 09:08 AM (Zz0t1)

386 " Could somebody in his inner sanctum please explain that this statement is a very serious violation of the Law, and that he is PLAYING WITH FIRE!"

Mr. Trump, with all due respect, something tells me he really doesn't care.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 28, 2026 09:08 AM (WHfpM)

387 There is no more "news."

Posted by: It died long ago at January 28, 2026 09:08 AM (2Ez/1)

388 After mentioning to one Somali acquaintance that lying for political gain is short-sighted, the person replied, “Why would I care about that? They’re not my tribe. Those are your rules, not ours.”

Tribalism 101... and the vast majority of human history.

Posted by: man at January 28, 2026 09:09 AM (XuXeR)

389 369 He claims he grew up as a conservative and converted later in life. He certainly is more familiar with conservatism then most lefties when he broaches on politics (though that isn't his focus) I do have a suspicion though that his conversion was more "this is how I get a book published and get paid in the entertainment industry" then "wow trannies grooming kids is great!"
Posted by: 18-1 at January 28, 2026 09:05 AM (sKqQm)

Most people who go Left later in life do it to get admittance to some sort of social or employment group.

Posted by: XTC at January 28, 2026 09:09 AM (uEmCf)

390 Didn't the Supreme Court rule that Immigration enforcement was solely the responsibility of the Federal Government several years ago?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

Yes.


Jan Brewer

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at January 28, 2026 09:09 AM (WmF8p)

391 It started going downhill when weather became an entertainment industry. They name snow showers now like they're hurricanes.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 08:50 AM (Zz0t1)

Coming in April...

Weather Alert - we are track Mild Breeze Cerberus which can strike with wind gusts up to three miles per hour in places. Temperatures are expected to be in the 'pleasant' range.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 09:09 AM (ExV1e)

392 Those are your rules, not ours.”
Posted by: SMOD at January 28, 2026 09:06 AM (RHGPo)

lol, but they will hang by our rules, not theirs

Posted by: runner at January 28, 2026 09:09 AM (g47mK)

393 Amelia was the UK government's creation - a purple haired mean girl railing against immigration, a character that you are supposed to learn to hate.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 28, 2026 09:10 AM (Dv3i1)

394 James Kazmierczak didn't kill himself

Posted by: Fraggle Rock at January 28, 2026 09:10 AM (XErMy)

395 Amelia was the UK government's creation - a purple haired mean girl railing against immigration, a character that you are supposed to learn to hate."

Yeah, got the whole back story. Friends and family (sort of) over there. SE of Londonstan.

Posted by: man at January 28, 2026 09:10 AM (XuXeR)

396 The building you keep your food in gets damaged in a winter storm and you need 100 people to immediately show up to fix it and only 50 do. How do you get the other 50?“

It’s funny that no one seems very familiar with actual history. The biggest and meanest guy of all gets the next 10 biggest and meanest guys, and together they beat the shit out of anyone who doesn’t do the work.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 28, 2026 09:11 AM (Sxl5b)

397 The "Amelia" persona the UK govt invented to serve as an example of "wrongthink" has backfired spectacularly.
Posted by: Halfhand at January 28, 2026 08:51 AM (GKyrs)

It's funny to watch the lefties complain that "she's been corrupted" and getting the replies that the memes present her as she was created. Exactly as she was created.

They just use better graphics.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 09:11 AM (ExV1e)

398 So, evidently Bro-Fo Omar was doused with some sort of liquid at a town-hall meeting. I don't think it was Jewish Holy water (matzo ball soup) nor was she given the Victor Riesel treatment, not that she doesn't deserve it, but hey, If she soiled her Playtex 18-hour burqa, sowing and reaping baby.


--------

That bad of acting would get the director to yell "cut" on adult films.

Posted by: Cray Cray at January 28, 2026 09:11 AM (JiBLQ)

399 Have a great day, everyone.

May you amuse your grandchildren with tales of the mastodon hunts in the Great Cold of 2026.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 28, 2026 09:11 AM (u82oZ)

400 Stick with it. For all the flack the VA gets, they were helpful w/Dad's case. Just took some time, so be patient.
Posted by: man

We are, don't worry. When I say my mom has all of dad's records, I was not kidding. The one box weighs several pounds. He was a career AF Officer and got out a Lt. Col.

And the VA over in CA is actually being helpful. I figure having digital records can assist with maintaining that helpful attitude.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 28, 2026 09:11 AM (7xrfc)

401 Pathways' programmers 'thought processes' - loving England is icky and we hate pretty woman so lets make our bad character pretty.

Chads across the UK - we love Amelia!

Programmers - Rrreeeee!!!

EOL

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 28, 2026 09:11 AM (uwNDP)

402 That said, Muslim.

Their immediate reaction to EVERYTHING is "I KEEL YOU!".
Posted by: XTC at January 28, 2026 08:52 AM (uEmCf)

As a Muslim woman, shouldn't her immediate response be, "Please don't beat me."

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 09:12 AM (ExV1e)

403 This sounds naive, but I truly do not understand why the lefties keep saying "But, Epstein!!" whenever they want to insinuate Trump is just another normal Democrat and wants to have sex with children.

There is literally zero evidence supporting their dream, and Trump is the single person who volunteered to testify against Epstein, and yet they trot out Epstein all the time, like ASS did earlier. They really believe there is a there, there.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 28, 2026 09:12 AM (lIonU)

404 And I'll point out the question Pargin asked is inherently conservative/capitalist.

I've had very similar discussions with various flavors of socialists and gotten the same results:

Q: How will you persuade people too do the unpleasant work necessary to keep society working if you aren't compensating them for doing it?

A: Oh because we'll have socialism they'll just want to do it.

Of course in the real world socialists just point a gun at the necessary number of plebes/dissidents and tell them to do the work or be shot

Posted by: 18-1 at January 28, 2026 09:13 AM (sKqQm)

405

As a Muslim woman, shouldn't her immediate response be, "Please don't beat me."
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 09:12 AM (ExV1e)


"I'm an American woman now!"

- - - - - Old Eddie Murphy Bit

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 09:13 AM (Zz0t1)

406 What a statement about society that a fictional character takes the place of real people discussing important affairs.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 28, 2026 09:13 AM (0KSrI)

407 Tom Homan just put the FEAR OF GOD into Minnesota leftists!

He’s launching a DATABASE on these insurrectionist clowns stalking & attacking ICE, full names, faces, the works and they’re gonna CONTACT THEIR EMPLOYERS!

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 28, 2026 09:13 AM (gbOdA)

408 The failure of Amelia and her escape from containment has been wonderful to watch. The left deserves all the mocking they are getting over this.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 28, 2026 09:13 AM (7xrfc)

409 > “Minneapolis does not, and will not, enforce Federal Immigration Laws.”
-----------
True

But actively interfering with said enforcement, to the point of violence, requires a "reaction."

I think Frey's going to get a "reaction." Up his ass if he keep this up.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 28, 2026 09:14 AM (jtM2q)

410 There is literally zero evidence supporting their dream, and Trump is the single person who volunteered to testify against Epstein, and yet they trot out Epstein all the time, like ASS did earlier. They really believe there is a there, there.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 28, 2026 09:12 AM (lIonU)


Completely glossing over the fact that the Biden administration SAT on that info for 4 years as if they didn't want to throw everything possible at Trump to stop him for running for a 2nd term, again.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 09:14 AM (Zz0t1)

411 Donald Trump on Truth Social just now:

Surprisingly, Mayor Jacob Frey just stated that, “Minneapolis does not, and will not, enforce Federal Immigration Laws.” This is after having had a very good conversation with him. Could somebody in his inner sanctum please explain that this statement is a very serious violation of the Law, and that he is PLAYING WITH FIRE!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2026 08:53 AM (RoI99)


This is curiously missing in the news (so far). Walz, Frey, Bro-Fo, and the DC Usual Suspects crowing in press conferences that they humiliated Trump, made him back-down.

Trump must have used a very credible Big Threat Stick in that phone call. I hope.
Posted by: Gref at January 28, 2026 09:07 AM (5rh/l)

-------------

Just arrest the insurrectionist traitors already -- that's what Tom Homan should have been dispatched to do in Minnesomalia.

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 28, 2026 09:14 AM (IZjmS)

412 370 Dixon, IL — Reagan’s hometown?
Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 09:07 AM (77rzZ)

Yes although Reagan’s family moved around a lot in his youth so it’s just one of his hometowns. The home they lived in in Dixon is now a little museum you can visit

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 28, 2026 09:14 AM (/iXAp)

413 I figure having digital records can assist with maintaining that helpful attitude."

It may - I did wind up w/a USB stick full - and a very helpful lady @ the local office used it to download materials.
And I still have the foot plus tall stack of papers... can't quite make myself trash 'em.

Posted by: man at January 28, 2026 09:14 AM (XuXeR)

414 This sounds naive, but I truly do not understand why the lefties keep saying "But, Epstein!!" whenever they want to insinuate Trump is just another normal Democrat and wants to have sex with children.

Oh the reason for this is almost comical.

The left was very upset at how effective the Epstein claims were during the Junta. So...they just turned it on Trump. No, they have no evidence he was involved. Yes they spent 4 years arguing there were no Epstein clients.

But if it worked for right leaning activists making claims about Clinton and co...it will work for them in making the same claims about Trump and...that's it.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 28, 2026 09:15 AM (sKqQm)

415 Tom Homan is one squared away guy. Completely professional. Impressive

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 28, 2026 09:15 AM (/iXAp)

416 >>>Omar is too stupid to pull it off"

But she is cunning.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice

>Bukkake is too good for Ilhan, but I believe she can pull it off.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 28, 2026 09:16 AM (oT7pT)

417 360 I was listening to the Challenger launch on the radio, I had just pulled into a post office parking lot. I remember sitting there stunned for about 10 minutes, I couldn’t drive.

Years later, Columbia exploded over our heads here in East Texas, I heard it. I remember running to the TV to see what the huge explosion I’d heard was, and when the news channels said communications were lost with Columbia, I realized what had just happened before they did. (Or at least before they admitted it)

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 28, 2026 09:03 AM (Sxl5b)


Believe it or not, you and the people in your area of Texas knew about the destruction of Columbia maybe two minutes before Mission Control in Houston did. All we had was nothing - no Orbiter downlink data and no radar returns on Columbia at the KSC landing site, where those were overdue. We were trying to figure out why. It took phone calls from people off-work and watching CNN to get Mission Control to switch TVs to CNN and see the live vapor trails and replays to realize what had happened.

Posted by: Gref at January 28, 2026 09:16 AM (5rh/l)

418 Oh because we'll have socialism they'll just want to do it."

Ever notice that the folks you chat with are never the ones who will do the actual work?

Yeah.

Posted by: man at January 28, 2026 09:16 AM (XuXeR)

419 73 - I feed stray cats and also dig out their shelters I made from a foot and a half of snow too. I'm not a left wing nutbag. I'm Maga. We are allowed to love the furry critters. Stop lumping us with the nuts.

Posted by: Jaimo at January 28, 2026 09:17 AM (BCuCF)

420 It’s funny that no one seems very familiar with actual history. The biggest and meanest guy of all gets the next 10 biggest and meanest guys, and together they beat the shit out of anyone who doesn’t do the work.

A number of years ago I was watching a discussion with a candidate for federal rep from OH if I recall. His campaign focused on his plan to provide a government job to anyone that couldn't find work.

A reporter actually did his job for once and asked, "What if the person needing a job doesn't want the one your program is offering?" The candidate responded, "Well of course he'll be forced to do it"

Posted by: 18-1 at January 28, 2026 09:17 AM (sKqQm)

421 Oh Bulg, I'm sorry to hear you aren't feeling well. The weather probably isn't helping. Did you get trapped by the snow? I'm in Texas this week and this place goes crazy if there's even a hint of snow. The Kroger turns into Thunderdome.
Posted by: Taylor

I feel OK most of the time. But there are issues I need to address. I'm trying to cut back on my drinking, and may have to give it up entirely at some point.

So, here in NoVa, we got several inches of snow, and then ice on top of it. So it's like everything is covered in concrete -- slippery concrete. It stinks.

I hope you are well.

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 09:18 AM (77rzZ)

422 He’s launching a DATABASE on these insurrectionist clowns stalking & attacking ICE, full names, faces, the works and they’re gonna CONTACT THEIR EMPLOYERS!
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 28, 2026 09:13 AM (gbOdA)


The WEF already knows what these jerks are doing.

Posted by: Cray Cray at January 28, 2026 09:18 AM (JiBLQ)

423 "Well of course he'll be forced to do it"

socialism - so good it has to be enforced with guns.

Posted by: man at January 28, 2026 09:18 AM (XuXeR)

424 socialism - so good it has to be enforced with guns.

Posted by: man at January 28, 2026 09:18 AM (XuXeR)


We call that 'negotiations.'

- - - - Democrats

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 09:19 AM (Zz0t1)

425 Has Hijab Flannigan of Southside been given the Maduro treatment yet?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 28, 2026 09:20 AM (uwNDP)

426 He’s launching a DATABASE on these insurrectionist clowns stalking & attacking ICE, full names, faces, the works

-----

I read yesterday this would be made public. I am waiting with bated breath. I want to see Krampus' Naughty List for my AO. All the naughty little monster babies, in technicolor, with names and birthdays and addresses.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 28, 2026 09:20 AM (BI5O2)

427 Good morning!

Don't believe the Ilhan Omar attack for a millisecond.
Both independent journos, and now Newsmax, have been digging into her winery finances.

She needs to change to story to "she's the real victim!!" immediately.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 28, 2026 09:20 AM (0yjaw)

428 If we do ever get socialism the one positive would be seeing any number of leftwing podcasters, tiktok twerkers, and gay cowboy poets suddenly learn that socialism has decided they can make a more meaningful contribution to society by digging ditches and processing recycling...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 28, 2026 09:21 AM (sKqQm)

429 So, here in NoVa, we got several inches of snow, and then ice on top of it. So it's like everything is covered in concrete -- slippery concrete. It stinks."

Used to have a condo near FFAX Hospital - we'd sit on the balcony w/hot cocoa and watch hapless drivers crash into each other...

Posted by: man at January 28, 2026 09:21 AM (XuXeR)

430 403 This sounds naive, but I truly do not understand why the lefties keep saying "But, Epstein!!" whenever they want to insinuate Trump is just another normal Democrat and wants to have sex with children.

There is literally zero evidence supporting their dream, and Trump is the single person who volunteered to testify against Epstein, and yet they trot out Epstein all the time, like ASS did earlier. They really believe there is a there, there.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 28, 2026 09:12 AM (lIonU)

They probably believe that the FBI created a "Russia Dossier" version of the Epstein Files, where Trump's name is the only one in it, and there's some outrageous story of him cutting a 12 year old's throat open with a machete and drinking her blood.

Posted by: XTC at January 28, 2026 09:22 AM (uEmCf)

431 Socialism is the Scientology of the 19th Century.

Posted by: toby928(c) repeats himself at January 28, 2026 09:22 AM (jc0TO)

432 What a statement about society that a fictional character takes the place of real people discussing important affairs.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 28, 2026 09:13 AM (0KSrI)
=====================
We are truly at "Idiocracy"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 28, 2026 09:22 AM (H6Tc5)

433 Just arrest the insurrectionist traitors already

They can't "just arrest the insurrectionist traitors already". They need an arrest warrant. That means that they either need a federal judge to issue one, or they need a grand jury to issue one.

The fact that we've allowed the majority of the people in our government to be determined to destroy our country hampers our ability to get things done.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 09:23 AM (ExV1e)

434 We are truly at "Idiocracy"
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 28, 2026 09:22 AM (H6Tc5)


"GO AWAY!!!! 'Batin'!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 09:23 AM (Zz0t1)

435 We are truly at "Idiocracy"

Well, we've got electrolytes, so... Crocs for everyone!

Posted by: man at January 28, 2026 09:23 AM (XuXeR)

436 Nothing warmed the cockles of my heart more than seeing Nancy Pelosi jamming at a Grateful Dead funeral tribute and celebration.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 28, 2026 09:23 AM (oT7pT)

437 379 307 Donald Trump on Truth Social just now:

Surprisingly, Mayor Jacob Frey just stated that, “Minneapolis does not, and will not, enforce Federal Immigration Laws.” This is after having had a very good conversation with him. Could somebody in his inner sanctum please explain that this statement is a very serious violation of the Law, and that he is PLAYING WITH FIRE!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 28, 2026 08:53 AM (RoI99

Dear Trump our hope and MAGA salvation: YOU caused Frey(‘caused’ is how the Leftist mind works —when they smell surrender… their instinct is to finish you off) to totally repudiate your conversation and agreement. Have Dr Oz do a specialized lobotomy and eradicate ‘de-escalate’ from your vocabulary forever re: enforcing the law. And kick Frey in to super max for his sedition and treason . The Old Don is the best Don .

Posted by: Voter theater. at January 28, 2026 09:24 AM (fJDNO)

438 I'm doing OK, Bulg. Recovery is a process, right?

I'm praying for you that you get through your health issues without having to entirely give up things like a glass of bourbon.

Posted by: Taylor at January 28, 2026 09:24 AM (oLdT5)

439 Tom Homan is one squared away guy. Completely professional. Impressive
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 28, 2026 09:15 AM (/iXAp)
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great description

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 28, 2026 09:25 AM (H6Tc5)

440 The fact that leftists showed up at the Minnesota state capitol to protest Walz sending in the state police shows there are outside people in charge of the rioting. It happened too quickly after the Trump -Walz phone call

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 28, 2026 09:25 AM (IDEQi)

441 Tom Barrack needs to be ...repositioned, and Trump needs to assign his portfolio to someone else. Some weird Anti-American and pro-Turkey/Muslim Brotherhood shite is going on.

Posted by: runner at January 28, 2026 09:25 AM (g47mK)

442 Regardless of the actually reality on the ground in MN...and "cooperation" from local LE.The communist insurgents have suffered ZERO consequences for their violent insurrection.

Thus it will intensify and spread.



Posted by: GigantorX at January 28, 2026 09:26 AM (WGjoS)

443 Nothing warmed the cockles of my heart more than seeing Nancy Pelosi jamming at a Grateful Dead funeral tribute and celebration.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 28, 2026 09:23 AM (oT7pT)

Nothing says non-conformist counterculture like a decrepit old multimillionaire political creature with her gross old tits swaying back and forth.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 28, 2026 09:26 AM (BI5O2)

444
@EricLDaugh

RINO carpetbagger Chris Collins, with a conservative score LOWER than Ilhan Omar, is spending millions of dollars in Byron Donalds' Florida Congressional District 19 to paint himself as "conservative MAGA" in the primary

He scored *LOWER* than Ilhan Omar, and nearly the same as AOC!

Chris Collins 2019 score: 35%
Ilhan Omar: 38%
AOC: 33%

Collins was also previously arrested for INSIDER TRADING while in Congress when he was a New York congressman.

There is a reason he is spending millions of dollars to try and repair his image in the eyes of GOP voters.

This is NOT the candidate for deep-red Florida Congressional District 19! This would be a disgraceful replacement of Byron Donalds.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 28, 2026 09:26 AM (NpAcC)

445 It may - I did wind up w/a USB stick full - and a very helpful lady @ the local office used it to download materials.

Verra cool. I had to explain to the man that my father was not mentally capable of using the website. He told me that I just need a copy of the power of attorney uploaded with the request but there will be a delay of several weeks to get it. Such is life.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 28, 2026 09:26 AM (7xrfc)

446 Apparently, the foul-smelling liquid squirted on Omar was vinegar.

Posted by: IrishEi at January 28, 2026 09:27 AM (3ImbR)

447 >>This sounds naive, but I truly do not understand why the lefties keep saying "But, Epstein!!" whenever they want to insinuate Trump is just another normal Democrat and wants to have sex with children.


The same reason why they go overboard with all the PRIDE stuff, but one of their go-to slurs for a Republican is f*gg*t. They don't really care about the things they claim care about, that's just the latest thing tool with which to gain and wield power. They will just as easily use it to slur you in the next breath.

A few years ago, anyone who said "Epstein didn't kill himself!" was a total nutter, yet now they are Epstein EXPERTS!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 28, 2026 09:27 AM (0yjaw)

448 Apparently, the foul-smelling liquid squirted on Omar was vinegar.

Posted by: IrishEi at January 28, 2026 09:27 AM (3ImbR)


DOUCHE!!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 09:27 AM (Zz0t1)

449 I'm doing OK, Bulg. Recovery is a process, right?

I'm praying for you that you get through your health issues without having to entirely give up things like a glass of bourbon.
Posted by: Taylor


Thank you, Taylor. Yes, recovery is a process.

I miss your brother. I'm sorry that I never got to meet him in person. I trust that he is in a better place now.

Hang in there. If you ever want to talk, your brother had my personal e-mail. Don't be a stranger.

Posted by: Bulg at January 28, 2026 09:28 AM (77rzZ)

450 RINO carpetbagger Chris Collins,

==

he is one of several plants trying to derail Trump's choice for FL governor

Posted by: runner at January 28, 2026 09:28 AM (g47mK)

451 And here's a close-up video showing Omar giving the signal to her "attacker."

What a joke:

https://tinyurl.com/3srz3tnt

Posted by: IrishEi at January 28, 2026 09:28 AM (3ImbR)

452 448
Dammit, Sponge! You beat me to it.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 28, 2026 09:28 AM (7xrfc)

453 Arresting Frey, Ellison, even Walz just gives them the street cred they want. They'll all walk anyway, so what's the point?

Destroy their political creditability instead.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 28, 2026 09:28 AM (jtM2q)

454 >>Apparently, the foul-smelling liquid squirted on Omar was vinegar.



What a DOUCHE!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 28, 2026 09:28 AM (0yjaw)

455 Vinegar?

Gonna need a lot to cleanse Ilham

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 28, 2026 09:28 AM (uwNDP)

456 Dammit, Sponge! You beat me to it.
Posted by: NR Pax at January 28, 2026 09:28 AM (7xrfc)



*teehee*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 09:29 AM (Zz0t1)

457 If I knew the way
I would take you home

Posted by: JackStraw at January 28, 2026 09:29 AM (viF8m)

458 Apparently, the foul-smelling liquid squirted on Omar was vinegar.
Posted by: IrishEi at January 28, 2026 09:27 AM (3ImbR)


Free douche for a douchenozzle?

Posted by: naturalfake at January 28, 2026 09:29 AM (iJfKG)

459 I feel OK most of the time. But there are issues I need to address. I'm trying to cut back on my drinking, and may have to give it up entirely at some point.

I know the feeling, Bulg. I've just stopped cold turkey. Not my choice, but it had to be done.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 28, 2026 09:29 AM (ufSfZ)

460 Is Trump caving to Walz and the Minnesota horde? Making a “settlement?”

Posted by: AnnaS at January 28, 2026 09:29 AM (WdMlw)

461 DOUCHE!!!!!!
Posted by: Sponge
~~~~~

Hahaha! Perfect. Why didn't I think of that!

Posted by: IrishEi at January 28, 2026 09:29 AM (3ImbR)

462 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 28, 2026 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

463 432 What a statement about society that a fictional character takes the place of real people discussing important affairs.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 28, 2026 09:13 AM (0KSrI)

It’s because any real person doing it would be arrested and/or killed by Starmer’s goon squads. (Like Tommy Robinson). But a digital character is outside of their grasp.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 28, 2026 09:31 AM (Sxl5b)

464 United Healthcare has stated that limiting their ability to overcharge the taxpayers, giving them less government cheese and hurting their substantial profit margins will result in “negative consequences for patient care”.

You can’t hate insurance companies enough, especially United Healthcare

Posted by: Vengeance at January 28, 2026 09:32 AM (LLQU7)

465 I've seen sub IQ individuals lie and cheat to the nth degree. Successfully.
Posted by: runner at January 28, 2026 08:47 AM

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It's the story of Minnesota

Posted by: Bigsmith at January 28, 2026 09:33 AM (0uhE4)

466 He told me that I just need a copy of the power of attorney uploaded with the request but there will be a delay of several weeks to get it. Such is life."

True story: Attny drew up MPOA and POA - all on lovely "legal" size stock, w/signatures and everything.

VA and local hospital scanners only took 8x11 paper.

YGTMKM...

Posted by: man at January 28, 2026 09:33 AM (XuXeR)

467 Just arrest the insurrectionist traitors already

They can't "just arrest the insurrectionist traitors already". They need an arrest warrant. That means that they either need a federal judge to issue one, or they need a grand jury to issue one.

The fact that we've allowed the majority of the people in our government to be determined to destroy our country hampers our ability to get things done.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 09:23 AM (ExV1e)

Warrant? We don't need no stinking warrant!

Posted by: the next democrat president at January 28, 2026 09:45 AM (5xuJ/)

468 >>> 440 The fact that leftists showed up at the Minnesota state capitol to protest Walz sending in the state police shows there are outside people in charge of the rioting. It happened too quickly after the Trump -Walz phone call
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 28, 2026 09:25 AM (IDEQi)

We pay good.

Posted by: CHYna at January 28, 2026 09:47 AM (ULPxl)

469 Good morning, all, and thank you, J.J.

From above, "And the word of the day is "deescalation."

There's no point that this administration can deescalate to so that the progressive Left will be content. None.

ICE has been studied and tested as to its strengths and weaknesses, and it can spend millions more on body cameras for immigration enforcement agents and direct the department to expand training on conflict de-escalation during public interactions, it won't matter.

>Brookings ed, Commentary, 'ICE expansion has outpaced accountability. What are the remedies?'

Lovely article. It ends, "Altogether, as ICE continues to face allegations over its methods, fostering a system built on fairness and respect for human rights becomes paramount. By addressing these concerns, the U.S. can strive toward a more just approach to immigration enforcement.

Ultimately, the goal should be to safeguard two things at the same time: national security, and the dignity and rights of every individual within our borders."

Oh, FFS. More lovely words, largely meaningless because they & theirs have different spaces & protections.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 28, 2026 10:14 AM (NFX2v)

470 Senator Jack Reed
16h

If Republicans want to defend the ICE killings in Minneapolis and shut down key federal agencies, that’s their choice. But Senate Democrats can and will stand up for justice, accountability, and real reform and safeguards to prevent continued ICE abuse & unjust lethal force.
---

Hope and change (200. Yes, we can (2004, 200. Shared prosperity through shared responsibility (2011). Undocumented immigrants and Dreamers (2012). Decency (2014, 2017).

Our Left has been well 'trained' to bark and bite. They won't give up the power, cheap labor, and their plethora of non-profits, the new ghost US governments.

Good day.🙏🤗

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 28, 2026 10:14 AM (NFX2v)

471 You may have to make an appointment to hear it now -- it's not on display -- but the Air Force Museum owns a recording of "High Flight" being read by John Gillespie Magee's mother.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 28, 2026 10:36 AM (zdLoL)

Daily Tech News 28 January 2026

Top Story



Tech News

Musical Interlude





Disclaimer: Make me one with everything now.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM




Comments

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1 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 28, 2026 04:00 AM (Ia/+0)

2 G'day Skip.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 28, 2026 04:02 AM (BLOW1)

3 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 28, 2026 04:09 AM (sAmhv)

4 You had to know no one will get prosecute for that church invasion.
Which means it will happen again

Posted by: Skip at January 28, 2026 04:25 AM (Ia/+0)

5 Arcade Fire!

Nice choice Pixy!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 28, 2026 04:27 AM (Zv8bq)

6 Guten morgen, horde.

Posted by: clarence at January 28, 2026 04:42 AM (jgwdN)

7 The group looks young, but it's a good message.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2026 04:44 AM (7RYym)

8 Good morning, Morgantown!

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 28, 2026 04:47 AM (EXyHK)

9 Belated BOING!

Prepped 6 and a half pounds of matjes herring.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 04:49 AM (VxQkd)

10 A drive by morning salutation from me. Good Morning!

It’s too damned early

Posted by: Pete Bog at January 28, 2026 04:52 AM (JAZes)

11 Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 28, 2026 04:47 AM (EXyHK)

Are you in West Virginia?

And speaking of gin drinks...when I get home I will send you a delicious gin cocktail recipe. It's called a "Bumblebee,"

And while it requires some work, it's worth the trouble.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 28, 2026 04:54 AM (TFvmY)

12 International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. "Lay down your burdens". Exodus 14:30:

https://tinyurl.com/25h56j8f

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2026 04:56 AM (7RYym)

13 Disclaimer: Make me one with everything now.

*presses the "Infinite Improbability Drive" button*

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 28, 2026 05:04 AM (O7YUW)

14 What kind of food do airlines serve as "halal"?

Trying to pick meals aheafd of time on united and there's no kosher on this flight

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 28, 2026 05:05 AM (uHEbo)

15 What kind of food do airlines serve as "halal"?

Trying to pick meals aheafd of time on united and there's no kosher on this flight

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 28, 2026 05:05 AM (uHEbo)
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Camel is halal but not kosher. These 2 things are not the same, though everything kosher is halal - except for kosher wines and spirits.

Interesting that there's no kosher option.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 05:09 AM (BJnkV)

16 when I get home I will send you a delicious gin cocktail recipe

Looking forward to it.

I am not in West Virginia. It is a state I have yet to visit. But every time I hear “Guten morgen” I unaccountably think of Joni Mitchell and that song.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 28, 2026 05:11 AM (EXyHK)

17 Psalm 106:10 And He saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.

Posted by: kingsman at January 28, 2026 05:11 AM (ehY6c)

18 Interesting that there's no kosher option.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 05:09 AM (BJnkV)
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United's Meal Options web page states:

Some meal choices may not be available in certain markets or on your flight.

OK. Sounds right.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 05:13 AM (BJnkV)

19
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 28, 2026 05:15 AM (tljrc)

20 International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. "Lay down your burdens". Exodus 14:30:

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2026 04:56 AM (7RYym)
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Horde, ignore what Fen posted. Keep your bourbon right there in your hand!!!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 05:15 AM (BJnkV)

21 Thanks, Mr, Kingsman and back atcha:

22 Cast your cares on the Lord
and he will sustain you;
he will never let
the righteous be shaken

Psalm 55

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2026 05:15 AM (7RYym)

22 A fine Woden's Day evening and morning to all! We're thawed out here in Da Swamp, 36 to 41 F. depending on who you talk to. I should be able to work out in the afternoons tomorrow and Friday. Howzabout you?

The Killer Kittenz From Outer Space say "hi." I am of course translating from "urrr" and "mew," but I'm pretty sure of the meaning after knowing these two for almost four years.

Coffee!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 28, 2026 05:19 AM (wzUl9)

23 Good morning! Had to shovel my damn driveway yesterday. Supposed to get up above freezing this morning and stay there till late this evening. Ice on the neighborhood streets persists. On the busier throughfares, there's just deep ruts of slush in the daytime with frozen slush in the shadowed sections and everywhere after sunset. On the good news front, the grandkids spent the night again. Looks like waffles are on the menu later this morning.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 28, 2026 05:21 AM (3Ope8)

24 And I am really not familiar with modern Christian music, but this is a nice vocal piece, " You say" and the woman singer has a lovely voice:

https://tinyurl.com/eyr5szbn

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2026 05:23 AM (Nx5jP)

25 w00t

Posted by: m at January 28, 2026 05:27 AM (SSiCQ)

26 And I am really not familiar with modern Christian music, but this is a nice vocal piece, " You say" and the woman singer has a lovely voice:

https://tinyurl.com/eyr5szbn
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2026

***
Fen I used to work at a local Christian AM station from '88 to '97. We began to play then-modern Christian "pop" music in about '92, so I was exposed to the music of Amy Grant, Don Francisco, and (my favorite) Margaret Becker among others. Good voices and melodies all around.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 28, 2026 05:27 AM (wzUl9)

27 Family on walk in woods saves frozen kitten:

https://tinyurl.com/ycymn5nu

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2026 05:31 AM (PFs9e)

28 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 28, 2026 05:27 AM (wzUl9)

Well, I do know some of Amy Grant. I'll have to look for Margaret Becker. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2026 05:33 AM (PFs9e)

29 @27/FenelonSpoke: "Family on walk in woods saves frozen kitten"

Yup, that kitten was meant to be theirs. A Torti, too. Best cats ever.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 28, 2026 05:33 AM (O7YUW)

30 Not much over 10 degrees but clear at least
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at January 28, 2026 05:35 AM (Ia/+0)

31 Fen, here is something from Wiki about Margaret Becker I didn't know. "However, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Becker occasionally encountered controversy in the world of Contemporary Christian music because she is a Roman Catholic; some Christian stores refused to carry her album, and her concert appearances were sometimes picketed."

I don't think her lyrics or the message of her songs is specifically Catholic-oriented. Personally I don't see that it matters, but troublemakers gonna troublemake no matter what.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 28, 2026 05:38 AM (wzUl9)

32
Yup, that kitten was meant to be theirs. A Torti, too. Best cats ever.
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 28, 2026

***
Little Dagny's papers say she is a "black [meaning gray] mackerel tortie." She does not look like any tortoiseshell I ever saw; she looks more like a raccoon. But she has some tan dusted in with her gray (and black stripes) and some white on her face. That makes her a tricolor, I suppose.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 28, 2026 05:41 AM (wzUl9)

33 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 28, 2026 05:38 AM (wzUl9)

That is too bad she had these troubles, and I think Christians ought to concentrate on what we share rather than what we don't.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2026 05:41 AM (Nx5jP)

34 That is too bad [Margaret Becker] had these troubles, and I think Christians ought to concentrate on what we share rather than what we don't.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2026

***
Exactly.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 28, 2026 05:43 AM (wzUl9)

35 @FenelonSpoke: I can't remember, did FenSpouse say anything regarding that caution I gave about kids playing on snowbanks the other day?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 28, 2026 05:44 AM (O7YUW)

36 I think the world was a better place before all these nutcases felt a need to do videos of their murderous intentions and could post them online. The guy ( Eliot Forham) running for Ohio Attorney General threatened to kill Trump, and if you check the internet he had complaints by colleagues against him when he was in in state legislature.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2026 05:47 AM (Nx5jP)

37 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 28, 2026 05:44 AM (O7YUW

I did tell him. He said "Thanks". Fortunately there were no kids doing that. Today he has to drive a half hour to get his bus radio checked. Last week he had to get DEF replaced. Fortunately the mechanic up there is a nice guy with a dry sense of humor.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2026 05:50 AM (Nx5jP)

38 “ There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.”

Galatians 3:28-29

Posted by: Marcus T at January 28, 2026 05:51 AM (gnUjt)

39 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 28, 2026 05:53 AM (bQ4nt)

40 @32/Wolfus Aurelius: { ... "black [meaning gray] mackerel tortie." She does not look like any tortoiseshell I ever saw; she looks more like a raccoon. But she has some tan dusted in with her gray (and black stripes) and some white on her face. }

Please take a look at this page:
https://tinyurl.com/ym6h2dtu

Could you point out any pictures that closely match what Little Dagny looks like? I'm guessing 3rd group of pictures, lower-left in the group of three.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 28, 2026 05:54 AM (O7YUW)

41 Arcade Fire - Rebellion (Lies)

It was kind of a ... wake?

Posted by: m at January 28, 2026 05:56 AM (SSiCQ)

42 Chinese state-linked hackers reportedly accessed mobile phones “at the heart of Downing Street” as part of a long-running cyber-espionage campaign targeting telecom networks worldwide, according to Fox News.

U.S. intelligence agencies believe the breaches began as early as 2021, though they were publicly revealed in 2024 after American officials warned allies about widespread intrusions into global telecommunications systems.

The campaign targeted several countries, including the U.S. and members of the Five Eyes alliance. Investigators say the attackers may have gained access to the data of millions, with the ability to monitor calls, read messages, and track locations.

Posted by: SMOD at January 28, 2026 05:56 AM (GITLP)

43 @37/FenelonSpoke: Tell him "You're welcome" from me, please.

Radio problems: We have many of those. Frustrating when trying to hear what other drivers are saying.

DEF: The bane of our existence right now due to the DEF freezing up in the tank, or sensors involving the DEF system freezing up or failing, causing the engines to go into "derated torque" as a way of nudging the driver to take the vehicle in for service.

So much on the new busses seems to be built fragile compared to the older buses from 10+ years ago. Sure the new ones ride nice but it doesn't seem to take much to break 'em, and the amount of computerization in them seems to cause problems with fixing and clearing error codes.

Lastly, our mechanics (bless 'em) look overworked and haggard right now. I wish there was something I could do for them to improve their situation other than just thanking them for their hard work.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 28, 2026 06:01 AM (O7YUW)

44 G & R, I had it wrong. Her papers say "torbie." She looks very much like the one rearing up in the triple group labeled "A collage of examples of torbie cats." Though to my eye that beautiful cat is clearly brown and she seems more gray.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 28, 2026 06:02 AM (wzUl9)

45 I treated myself to a quarter of an iced donut along with my coffee, and a slice of whole-grain toast with peanut butter. A couple of scrambled, seasoned eggs and I'll be ready to go.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 28, 2026 06:04 AM (wzUl9)

46 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 28, 2026 06:01 AM (O7YUW)

Spouse is about to go out but I will tell him when he returns, and thanking people is a good and important thing. 🙂

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2026 06:04 AM (ZeH0U)

47 @44/Wolfus: Thanks! So Tortie/Tabby mix then, and she probably has the classic "M" on her forehead. Miss Dagny must look very pretty.

Hey, have you ever submitted pictures of your two furry thugs to the AoSHQ weekly pet thread?

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 28, 2026 06:06 AM (O7YUW)

48 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 28, 2026 06:04 AM (wzUl9)

The kindly parents of kids on school bus gave us lots of gift cards which were very much appreciated. Some were from Dunkin Donuts.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2026 06:06 AM (ZeH0U)

49 A few years back I test-drove a used 2009 Mercedes E-Class, their diesel sedan of that year. It rode a little too stiffly for me on these horrible roads. And my mechanic advised me that in his experience diesels were best on long-distance runs and commutes, that they tended to be difficult (whatever that meant) when used for stop-and-go city driving. But it was a beauty, and the old "tock-tock-tock" of the '80s diesels was almost completely absent.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 28, 2026 06:07 AM (wzUl9)

50 @46/FenelonSpoke: Okay, just let me know in tomorrow's tech thread what he says, I'll look for it there. And yes, thanking people is very important.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 28, 2026 06:07 AM (O7YUW)

51 Buh-bye, Mark:

https://tinyurl.com/nfpxtpbs

Another notch added to Libs of Tiktok's trophy wall.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 06:08 AM (BJnkV)

52 And buh-bye, Melinda, too!

https://tinyurl.com/4vx4mpjt

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 06:10 AM (BJnkV)

53 Disclaimer: Make me one with everything now.

I could make you a burger with everything now.

Posted by: m at January 28, 2026 06:11 AM (SSiCQ)

54 : Thanks! So Tortie/Tabby mix then, and she probably has the classic "M" on her forehead. Miss Dagny must look very pretty.

Hey, have you ever submitted pictures of your two furry thugs to the AoSHQ weekly pet thread?
Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 28, 2026

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She does and she does, and I did send pics when they were younger. Time to do it again, perhaps with a side-by-side comparison of kitten to adult. Stirling looked as a kitten very much as he does now, just smaller; you could tell what he would grow into. Dagny, almost four now, has changed and matured amazingly in her looks. The usual wisdom is that Siberians, and Maine Coons too, don't fully mature until they are three to five years old.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 28, 2026 06:11 AM (wzUl9)

55 52 And buh-bye, Melinda, too!

https://tinyurl.com/4vx4mpjt
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 06:10 AM (BJnkV)

She's the worst.

Posted by: m at January 28, 2026 06:12 AM (SSiCQ)

56 Such p(r)etti-ness on the part of X:

https://tinyurl.com/5c9pv44r

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 06:13 AM (BJnkV)

57 The downside of people being fired from their regular jobs- and I think they should be- is that they have more time to make hateful videos and also get out in the street and protest.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2026 06:14 AM (looXz)

58 52 And buh-bye, Melinda, too!

https://tinyurl.com/4vx4mpjt
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 06:10 AM (BJnkV)

Malinda Rose Cook

Posted by: m at January 28, 2026 06:14 AM (SSiCQ)

59 She's the worst.
Posted by: m at January 28, 2026 06:12
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Agree.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 28, 2026 06:14 AM (bQ4nt)

60 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 28, 2026 06:11 AM (wzUl9

Please do send them in. I would enjoy seeing them.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2026 06:16 AM (looXz)

61 Donuts.

Mechanics like donuts.

Posted by: Don Black at January 28, 2026 06:23 AM (ZxPkt)

62 Wolfus, our mutual acquaintance said she thought she emailed you.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 28, 2026 06:24 AM (uQesX)

63 And buh-bye, Melinda, too!

https://tinyurl.com/4vx4mpjt
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026

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Heh, heh, heh . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 28, 2026 06:24 AM (wzUl9)

64 Wolfus, our mutual acquaintance said she thought she emailed you.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 28, 2026

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Morning, OE! Yes, she did; it was in her drafts folder. I got her email yesterday and will respond to her today.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 28, 2026 06:25 AM (wzUl9)

65 And OE, she sounds like she is not difficult to work with. I'll see if she wants a chapter to start with, to give her some idea of my work as it stands.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 28, 2026 06:26 AM (wzUl9)

66 mornin yall. I see Omar got squirted with camel piss. For those folks it's a beauty care product.

Posted by: fd at January 28, 2026 06:27 AM (vFG9F)

67 And OE, she sounds like she is not difficult to work with. I'll see if she wants a chapter to start with, to give her some idea of my work as it stands.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 28, 2026 06:26 AM (wzUl9)

I sent her three. Sent three random ones. She says she can get it into sellable shape. Sending you an email.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 28, 2026 06:28 AM (uQesX)

68 Morning peeps.

A balmy 2 degrees this morning. The snow's not going anywhere for at least another week.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 28, 2026 06:29 AM (jtM2q)

69 samsung phones (DeX) have had desktop Android for at least half a decade now...probably longer. Plug it into you desktop and you have a fully featured desktop OS. They even made docks that can run it exclusively.

Been thinking of ditching windows completely for it.

Posted by: Defenestratus at January 28, 2026 06:30 AM (3UbC6)

70 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 28, 2026 06:32 AM (Cjt/F)

71 DEF: The bane of our existence right now

Delete it. The EPA and DOJ recently announced that they would no longer prosecute people for diesel emissions deletes.

Finally some sanity.

Posted by: Defenestratus at January 28, 2026 06:33 AM (3UbC6)

72 Good morning morons

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 28, 2026 06:38 AM (RIvkX)

73 Tis a good morning when rabid leftists meet consequences.
May they continue to let their freak flags fly.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 28, 2026 06:41 AM (0KSrI)

74 The Age Of FAFO welcomes you. Like the Renaissance really, just without the art: A time of history that teaches lessons for the ages.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 28, 2026 06:41 AM (nb8WB)

75 Not craving ice cream. Much.

Posted by: Eromero at January 28, 2026 06:42 AM (yw3eV)

76 DataRepublican is attacking Omar:

https://tinyurl.com/bdhpvaep

And then there's this:

https://tinyurl.com/3c3yt2ad

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 06:43 AM (BJnkV)

77 heh

Magills
@magills_
19h
Been waiting 30 minutes for my doctor for a routine checkup and can hear him in the next room explaining to someone they need to buy healthy food and it sounds like he’s trying to explain physics to his dog.

Posted by: m at January 28, 2026 06:44 AM (SSiCQ)

78 https://youtu.be/2jEiKTrncQc?si=8PhsA6h7Mjjpn_XD

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 28, 2026 06:44 AM (LOZbR)

79 Eromero, may I offer you some egg custard ?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 28, 2026 06:45 AM (0KSrI)

80 The Age Of FAFO welcomes you.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 28, 2026 06:41 AM (nb8WB)
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These individual cases are a drop in the bucket. The country is infested with evil and madness.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 06:45 AM (BJnkV)

81 I have a custard filled donut, BH. But thank you my dear. You ok?

Posted by: Eromero at January 28, 2026 06:47 AM (yw3eV)

82 Because,

Because,

Because,

Because,

Because...

Because of the wonderful things he does!

https://tinyurl.com/833zz7wx

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 06:48 AM (BJnkV)

83 Eromero, all is well here. How about you?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 28, 2026 06:48 AM (0KSrI)

84 Hey. About that new desktop linux
... it's not meant to displacement windows. It's meant to displaceme chrome os. Which to me seems sad; I didn't think chrome os had anything wrong with it except for the design bit where it was a network/panopticon appliance, which new desktop android is going to inherit.

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at January 28, 2026 06:48 AM (z66kw)

85 The country is infested with evil and madness.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 06:45 AM (BJnkV)
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100% of America agrees with this statement. We live in a time when people cannot tell the difference between right and wrong.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 28, 2026 06:49 AM (nb8WB)

86 "Macon County Line" was on the Movies! Channel last night. I had never seen it, although I have been to Macon County many many times. I was surprised to see Jethro Bodine as a sheriff. I don't think I've ever seen him in anything but the Beverly Hillbillies.

Anyway, it was not a very good movie and I would not go out of my way to see the Macon County Line.

Posted by: fd at January 28, 2026 06:50 AM (vFG9F)

87 https://xcancel.com/libsoftiktok

has a whole bunch of these loonies.

Posted by: m at January 28, 2026 06:50 AM (SSiCQ)

88 Meanwhile, on the good news side of things, I was able to convince my 6 month pregnant daughter to hire neighborhood kids to shovel her drive way yesterday. Her husband is out of town, and she is a do-er: sees a task, does a task. Her many miscarriages helped me win the argument!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 28, 2026 06:53 AM (nb8WB)

89
Good morning, Hordians. 33 outside, 41 in the attic, 48 in the garage, 50 out in the kennel.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 28, 2026 06:53 AM (tgvbd)

90 Fun for all Morons and the entire family!

Now you can drive an Abrams tank no matter who you are!

https://tinyurl.com/45tdy3x3

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 06:54 AM (BJnkV)

91 88 Meanwhile, on the good news side of things, I was able to convince my 6 month pregnant daughter to hire neighborhood kids to shovel her drive way yesterday. Her husband is out of town, and she is a do-er: sees a task, does a task. Her many miscarriages helped me win the argument!
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 28, 2026 06:53 AM (nb8WB)

Blessings on her, HF!

Posted by: m at January 28, 2026 06:55 AM (SSiCQ)

92 Huck, a prayer for your family.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 28, 2026 06:57 AM (0KSrI)

93 https://tinyurl.com/833zz7wx

You all have no idea what goes on.

California is a Potemkin state. Nothing is real.

Everyday life is a page out of Sartre. It requires pretending and suspension of disbelief.

The drugs help.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 28, 2026 06:58 AM (RIvkX)

94 I have a product recommendation for anyone with joint pain: Buy a cryotherapy machine. The fancy name is a surprisingly simple product: load water and ice into a handheld insulated cooler where a small electric motor pushes the cold water out through a hose (a second hose recycles the water back into the cooler) and into a pad you strap around your injured joint, in my case a knee.

It's instant relief. I love my machine.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 28, 2026 06:58 AM (96/+H)

95 Blessings on her, HF!
Posted by: m at January 28, 2026 06:55 AM (SSiCQ)

92 Huck, a prayer for your family.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 28, 2026 06:57 AM (0KSrI)
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Why, thank you all so much! She normally wouldn't listen to anyone else, but she really, really, really wants this baby.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 28, 2026 07:01 AM (QpTiH)

96
Andy Ngo @MrAndyNgo
11h

People on the "ICE_Watch" subreddit on @Reddit are encouraging one another to shoot federal agents.

Screen pic:

https://tinyurl.com/2n8u8wtt

This is how they're going to do it, by sacrificing useful idiots until the populace starts having regrets.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 07:02 AM (BJnkV)

97 Huck , which unit did you get?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 28, 2026 07:03 AM (0KSrI)

98 96
Andy Ngo @MrAndyNgo
11h

People on the "ICE_Watch" subreddit on @Reddit are encouraging one another to shoot federal agents.

Screen pic:

https://tinyurl.com/2n8u8wtt

This is how they're going to do it, by sacrificing useful idiots until the populace starts having regrets.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 07:02 AM (BJnkV)

They will NOT have regrets. They will spin it to reach the same conclusions they reach.

Posted by: m at January 28, 2026 07:04 AM (SSiCQ)

99 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at January 28, 2026 07:04 AM (2Ez/1)

100 100

Posted by: m at January 28, 2026 07:05 AM (SSiCQ)

101 Thanks, Just Wondering!

Posted by: m at January 28, 2026 07:05 AM (SSiCQ)

102 Regrets, nope. I'll have a party.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 28, 2026 07:05 AM (0KSrI)

103 93 https://tinyurl.com/833zz7wx

You all have no idea what goes on.

................

That's insanity. I've done Home Health and Hospice for 30 years. You can't imagine the paperwork and regulations. We have someone on staff auditing charts at all times in case Medicare should happen to pull one of our charts. Even the smallest mistake can cost you thousands of dollars and put your certification at risk. Apparently not in California though.

Posted by: Molly k. at January 28, 2026 07:06 AM (j/yko)

104 Why, thank you all so much! She normally wouldn't listen to anyone else, but she really, really, really wants this baby.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 28, 2026 07:01 AM (QpTiH)
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Hang in there, kid!

Or is it hang out?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 07:07 AM (BJnkV)

105 They will NOT have regrets. They will spin it to reach the same conclusions they reach.
Posted by: m at January 28, 2026 07:04 AM (SSiCQ)

But they believe that we will have regrets. It's pretty obviously a successful tactic, given the many shrines which have been put up for Good and Pretti. The fact that they got the Black Panthers to speak out on the matter (and tell them to keep the BP name out they fucking mouths) just shows the righteousness of their cause. They only need another thousand or so to die and the normies will be horrified.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 07:08 AM (ExV1e)

106 > cryotherapy machine
---------
I expected something science fiction like. And more expensive.

I've got arthritis in my knees, so I wonder if this would help... better than anti-inflammatories.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 28, 2026 07:08 AM (jtM2q)

107 Let's see what happens next to Lexie, as hinted to by the FL AG:

https://tinyurl.com/msv3t2fs

Another Libs of TikTok casualty, BTW.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 07:10 AM (BJnkV)

108 All this good news is good news, Biden's Dog!

Posted by: m at January 28, 2026 07:12 AM (SSiCQ)

109 Huck , which unit did you get?
Posted by: Ben Had at January 28, 2026 07:03 AM (0KSrI)
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Ben, I bought mine on Amazon. It is labeled "Iznr Manufacturing" of some Chinese city. Amazon sells it as "Ice Machine for Knee After Surgery | Power-Saving Mode & Wireless Remote Control & Adjustable Timer & LED Screen, Joint Ankle Elbow Replacement Cold Therapy Compression Pad, Cryotherapy Pain Relief"

It was $150

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 28, 2026 07:13 AM (uGtQo)

110 Thanks, BD!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 28, 2026 07:15 AM (Cjt/F)

111 Fake admissions
Fake discharges
Fake certifications
Fake diagnoses
Fake care plans

Also, we need to order 10,000 pull-ups.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 28, 2026 07:15 AM (RIvkX)

112 Huck, thank you. It helps to have the input from a user

Posted by: Ben Had at January 28, 2026 07:15 AM (0KSrI)

113 JJ is nood!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 28, 2026 07:15 AM (ExV1e)

114
It's instant relief. I love my machine.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 28, 2026 06:58 AM (96/+H)

I think it was what saved Her Majesty's life after her first knee replacement, when the pain management went horribly wrong.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 28, 2026 07:15 AM (tgvbd)

115 I’m at work and Mrs. E is running errands today. BH.

Posted by: Eromero at January 28, 2026 07:17 AM (yw3eV)

116 10 degrees today, on our way to 20 with any luck.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 28, 2026 07:18 AM (uGtQo)

117 > I mean, it can't be worse than Windows

Hey Pixy, I think they're going to take that as a gauntlet thrown down...

Posted by: RandomDave at January 28, 2026 07:20 AM (aJQbY)

118 Google can't be worse than Windows?

I use Chrome every day for work and home and it absolutely can be a shitshow worse than Windows, and it *definitely* eats my data more than Windows. Google does "Be Evil" very well especially its fucking ads everywhere.

Could Linux run more efficiently than Windows? 100 percent.

Posted by: Jon at January 28, 2026 10:24 AM (a8+6W)

119 The year of Linux on the desktop was 1995.

We ran a dual OS household, only turning on the windoze box when we had to, until they stopped supporting 7 and it's been 100% Linux on all machines since then.

Posted by: These fish sticks are hard as tits at January 28, 2026 10:59 AM (jDl+g)

Tuesday Overnight Open Thread - January 27, 2026 [Doof]

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Howdy Hordelings! The Tuesday ONT is here for all of your end of day needs. OK maybe not all of them. But certainly SOME of them! Come on in, see what's in store, and let us know what's on your mind tonight.

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Probably didn't have that "new car smell"

Elderly Man Driving Busted Up Truck Was a Joke Meme Until Stranger’s Heart-warming Idea to Crowdfund a New One

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His truck was the vehicle equivalent of Frankenstein, a green mish-mash of dents and dings and disjointed panels.

The 2000 Chevy Silverado became something of a famous eyesore in South Bend, Indiana, earning sideways glances and second looks wherever Mo Riles went.

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Sure, Mo heard the jokes and saw the sideways glances—but the truck ran just fine. The state of Indiana doesn’t require inspections. And Mo, who worked at a Dollar Tree store, wasn’t in a financial position to upgrade, especially since facing recent health struggles.

So the truck rolled on… at least until Colin Crowel saw the photo. Colin, who owns Carguys Auto Detailing, wanted to do more than joke about the unsightly relic. He figured that whoever was driving it likely needed a pick-me-up, instead of another internet pun.

“I just thought there’s gotta be something more to why this truck looks like this,” Colin said. “I just put two and two together.”

He started a crowdfunding campaign, hoping to raise money for Riles and betting that community support would produce more than social media memes.

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The results arrived quickly. Donations poured in from people all over northwest Indiana and beyond. More than 500 people pitched in to raise over $26,000 for Mo.

Video at the link. Hopefully the truck found a loving new owner. Maybe Rancher Bob could add it to his collection on his ranch!

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Opposite end of the spectrum as far as the condition of a vehicle. Need one of you smart car nerds to weigh in here. I've seen several of these types of stories lately, but some are obviously fake. I can't find anything overtly fishy about this one. What say you?

1965 Impala 409 Wagon Sat 42 Years, Moscow Family Hid the Time Capsule 42 Years in a Barn

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Out of the 2.38 million Chevys sold in 1965, the Impala claimed some 40%. The US domestic automobile production rose to a staggering 8.96 million vehicles that year – and the African gazelle was representing one out every nine of those cars. But the numbers dive drastically when we factor in the 409 powerhouse. With just 2,828 motors made for passenger cars, we’re talking “unicorn eggs” level of rarity.

And that’s just for starters: for the sake of piston-centric fun, let’s add one more bottleneck. Like, say, body style – and I insist that we chose my favorite full-size dress code, the station wagon. Chevrolet didn’t bother fitting people haulers with big-block muscle like it was an all-you-can-eat buffet, so just 82 Impala wagons came with a 409.

I won’t even bother to do the math, it’s more than self-explanatory by now, but I’m not done bringing more rarity into this talk just yet. Of those 82, how many stayed with one family for nearly six decades?

Please check out the link and let us know what you think.

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Which one of you did this?

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Careful out there, "ladies"!

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Any of you have a spare atom smasher laying around?

Scientists mimicking the Big Bang accidentally turn lead into gold

Medieval alchemists dreamed of transmuting lead into gold.

Today, we know that lead and gold are different elements, and no amount of chemistry can turn one into the other.

But our modern knowledge tells us the basic difference between an atom of lead and an atom of gold: the lead atom contains exactly three more protons. So can we create a gold atom by simply pulling three protons out of a lead atom?

As it turns out, we can. But it’s not easy.

Who's up for this challenge?

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Cute little video I saw in an X comment (click on the top right bubble for the source). I'd imagine it's quite accurate. Probably the way blue states stay blue. The music is easily recognizable. One month emerald membership to the first one of you to identify the song name and what TV show it is most often linked to.


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DJ Doof - Guess The Theme

Difficulty level 2 out of 5



What's the common thread / common meaning / common leitmotif?
(It's probably a 1 out of 5 difficulty, but I'm calling it a 2 to make you feel better about solving it).

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Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 10:04 PM (77rzZ)

13 Hmmm. Only one died in a helicopter crash.

Too bad.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 10:04 PM (zZu0s)

14 ONT hooray!
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 10:04 PM (lpTXP)

The most wonderful part of the day!

Posted by: Doof at January 27, 2026 10:05 PM (QMAsf)

15 My stomach’s finally settling down.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 10:05 PM (77rzZ)

16 Good evening morons en bedankt Disko

1965 Impala 409 Wagon Sat 42 Years, Moscow Family Hid the Time Capsule 42 Years in a Barn
====


Yeah, no.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 27, 2026 10:05 PM (RIvkX)

17 Top picture causes hunger for vanilla ice cream with chocolate swirl. mmm

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 27, 2026 10:06 PM (UZwsW)

18 Tuesday is oldster day at the wife's workplace. Too crowded to go, what with all those scooters taking up the aisles. Move slower than Uncle Joe, they do.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 27, 2026 10:07 PM (uQesX)

19 They bought an Impala in 1983-4? At the height of thr cold war?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 10:07 PM (zZu0s)

20 Once we figured out how to smash atoms together to create new elements, we knew it was possible to transmute one element into another. Just not easy to do.

Some elements are easier to transmute than others.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 27, 2026 10:07 PM (ESVrU)

21 Even I know better than to pick up a flashbang.

Posted by: Jason Pierre-Paul at January 27, 2026 10:07 PM (xfRZZ)

22 That’s a grande mocha cappuccino.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 10:07 PM (KDPiq)

23 Good evening morons en bedankt Disko

1965 Impala 409 Wagon Sat 42 Years, Moscow Family Hid the Time Capsule 42 Years in a Barn
====


Yeah, no.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 27, 2026 10:05 PM (RIvkX)

In communist Russia, Impala hides YOU!!

Posted by: Doof at January 27, 2026 10:07 PM (QMAsf)

24 So, about that Tolkien guy…

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 10:04 PM (77rzZ)

The Police song in the secret click is awesome.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 10:08 PM (lpTXP)

25 Who has the Signal chat password?

Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at January 27, 2026 10:08 PM (xfRZZ)

26 Evening all,

We have a launch tonight.

SpaceX - Falcon 9 - GPS III SV09
SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral SFS - Space Affairs Live
Launch Date: January 27, 2026 (EST)
Launch Time: 11:38 p.m. (January 28, 0438 UTC, 05:38 CET)

https://youtu.be/AqoxVxXM1Io



Posted by: Joyenz at January 27, 2026 10:08 PM (2F0/Y)

27 So can we create a gold atom by simply pulling three protons out of a lead atom?

As it turns out, we can. But it’s not easy.

Who's up for this challenge?
-
Prospecting after a nuclear blast?

I mean okay, but I'm not sure the gold will do much good at that point.

Posted by: Methos at January 27, 2026 10:09 PM (vSvIl)

28 >>> 15 My stomach’s finally settling down.
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 10:05 PM (77rzZ)

Oh yeah???

*tosses pie*

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 10:10 PM (ULPxl)

29 "The music is easily recognizable."

Certainly! It's the Lonely Man theme from The Incredible Hulk.

Posted by: mindful webworker - yukkity sox at January 27, 2026 10:10 PM (OJSFI)

30 identify the song name and what TV show it is most often linked to.
-
14th, I'm sure, in with Yakkity Sax and Benny Hill

Posted by: Methos at January 27, 2026 10:10 PM (vSvIl)

31 The 3 songs. I don't know yet. But always loved the Kenny Wayne Shepherd song. Thanks, Doof!

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 10:10 PM (lpTXP)

32 Good evening, 'ettes and 'rons of the Horde, and thanks Doof for the ONT. The musical trivia answer (song name is Yakety Sax) is, of course, most closely associated with The Benny Hill Show.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at January 27, 2026 10:11 PM (v23vE)

33 Think the music is usually Benny Hill

Posted by: Lirio100 at January 27, 2026 10:11 PM (ky7/T)

34 Prospecting after a nuclear blast?

I mean okay, but I'm not sure the gold will do much good at that point.
Posted by: Methos at January 27, 2026 10:09 PM (vSvIl)
----
Oh, I have a plan for that....

Posted by: Auric Goldfinger at January 27, 2026 10:11 PM (ESVrU)

35 My first car was a 1967 Ford Fairlane SW . It had a 289 in it and was the Winn-Dixie parking lot champion.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 10:12 PM (KDPiq)

36 Common thread -- artists with three names (like serial killers and death row inmates)?

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at January 27, 2026 10:12 PM (v23vE)

37 The Police song in the secret click is awesome.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 10:08 PM (lpTXP)

There's a Police tribute band playing in my town on Feb 14. I expressed interest in going. Girlfriend of Doof does not seem to think that to be a proper Valentine's Day date.

I still really want to go. But then I'd be So Lonely.

Posted by: Doof at January 27, 2026 10:12 PM (QMAsf)

38 Joyenz

Thank you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 27, 2026 10:12 PM (u82oZ)

39 28 Thanks for the pie, Helena!

*nom nom*

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 10:12 PM (77rzZ)

40 Think the flags on that Impala indicate more than a simple 409.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 27, 2026 10:12 PM (UZwsW)

41 Who has the Signal chat password?
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry at January 27, 2026 10:08 PM (xfRZZ)

Its: H-o-w-d-o-y-o-u-d-o-f-e-l-l-o-w-k-i-d-s

Long, I know, but that is for extra security

Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 10:13 PM (rbvCR)

42 "What's the common thread / common meaning / common leitmotif?"

Gotta say, I get a lot less enjoyment out of the music selections when there has to be an ulterior thing. Plus, I don't always care about all of them. It's just me, I'm sure.

🎶Don't think twice, it's all right.

Posted by: mindful webworker - it am me babe at January 27, 2026 10:13 PM (OJSFI)

43 Yakky Sax from Benny Hill.

The music plays as he chases the women.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 27, 2026 10:13 PM (u82oZ)

44 Hey, Joyenz!

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 10:13 PM (77rzZ)

45 She's so fine
My 409.

Some old song.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at January 27, 2026 10:13 PM (Lo97M)

46 Common thread -- artists with three names (like serial killers and death row inmates)?
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at January 27, 2026 10:12 PM (v23vE)

Correct, my friend!

Posted by: Doof at January 27, 2026 10:14 PM (QMAsf)

47 Sorry I'm late, I was trying to get the narwhal to do some fencing, but he couldn't even use a picket pounder.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 27, 2026 10:14 PM (2m2UF)

48 Oh, I have a plan for that....
Posted by: Auric Goldfinger at January 27, 2026 10:11 PM (ESVrU)

A simple man merely exploiting a permanent arbitrage opportunity

Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 10:14 PM (rbvCR)

49 The 409 was a beautiful looking engine. It had it's issues, but it was a cool looking engine.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 10:14 PM (snZF9)

50 Who has the Signal chat password?
Posted by: JohnFNotKerry

I tripped over it not long ago:

D R I N K M O R E O V A L T I N E

Posted by: Tonypete at January 27, 2026 10:14 PM (cYBz/)

51 If there was an Impala in Soviet Russia, I feel like I would know, such a vehicle would have inestimable value. The Soviet motor vehicles were like the Flintstones. There was very little private vehicle traffic.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 27, 2026 10:15 PM (RIvkX)

52 So can we create a gold atom by simply pulling three protons out of a lead atom?
As it turns out, we can. But it’s not easy.

I didn't click through to the article, but I assume the punch line is "sure we can do it, and it only costs [some large multiple] of the value of the gold produced."

Posted by: mikeski at January 27, 2026 10:15 PM (VHUov)

53 Common thread -- artists with three names (like serial killers and death row inmates)?
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at January 27, 2026 10:12 PM (v23vE)

Correct, my friend!
Posted by: Doof at January 27, 2026 10:14 PM (QMAsf)

Yay! Johnny, show me what I've won!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at January 27, 2026 10:15 PM (v23vE)

54 Defund Doof Enterprises! It's becoming a corporate monopoly! He's like Charles Nelson Reilly in the 70s. On every page of TV Guide.

Posted by: Famiiarity Breeds Sumthin', I Forgot What. at January 27, 2026 10:15 PM (oftw2)

55 43 Don’t forget his patting the bald guy on the head, Nackly.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 10:15 PM (77rzZ)

56 SRV FTW

Posted by: Don Black at January 27, 2026 10:16 PM (ZxPkt)

57 Don't look now Doof, but ...

Those downtrodden boys in the Blue and Gold are 19-3-1 since Dec 11th !

The 14 year drought could be ending before our eyes.

Posted by: browndog shoots, he scores at January 27, 2026 10:16 PM (3sXRv)

58 Thanks for another great Tuesday ONT, Doof!

Great photo up top. Nature is amazing!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 27, 2026 10:17 PM (kB9dk)

59 Yay! Johnny, show me what I've won!
Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless)


WELLLLLLLLLLLL, Schnorflepuppy -

A year's supply of Alpo dogfood,

A Speed Queen Washer and Dryer,

Andddddddddd,

A BRAND NEW CAR!!!!!!!

Posted by: Tonypete at January 27, 2026 10:17 PM (cYBz/)

60 Defund Doof Enterprises! It's becoming a corporate monopoly! He's like Charles Nelson Reilly in the 70s. On every page of TV Guide.
Posted by: Famiiarity Breeds Sumthin', I Forgot What. at January 27, 2026 10:15 PM (oftw2)

An entity must be funded before it can be defunded

Posted by: Doof at January 27, 2026 10:17 PM (QMAsf)

61 Bulg

Not why I watched Benny Hill.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 27, 2026 10:17 PM (u82oZ)

62 artists with three names (like serial killers and death row inmates)?

Steven Patrick Morrissey.
Because he REALLY hates it when you call him by that name.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 27, 2026 10:17 PM (gKWVE)

63 Evening everyone, thx Dood.
Now the Minnesota loons are turning on Walz because he sent in the State police after talking to Trump. Warms the coccles of my heart.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 10:17 PM (IDEQi)

64 I didn't click through to the article, but I assume the punch line is "sure we can do it, and it only costs [some large multiple] of the value of the gold produced."
Posted by: mikeski at January 27, 2026 10:15 PM (VHUov)
---
Considering the price of gold these days, it might become more economically feasible sooner than expected...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 27, 2026 10:17 PM (ESVrU)

65 Moscow, iD I assume.,

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 10:18 PM (KDPiq)

66 There sure weren't very many 409s in 65 and danged few in station wagons. The car has wrong hubcaps - those were Chevelle SS types. It is in nice shape. Send it to the big auction in Arizona and see what it's worth.

As much as we all liked hot cars, I don't think anyone I knew would have driven the station wagon!

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 27, 2026 10:19 PM (47diA)

67 I noticed all the musical selections are made by gentlemen that go by three names.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 27, 2026 10:19 PM (2m2UF)

68 There's a Police tribute band playing in my town on Feb 14. I expressed interest in going. Girlfriend of Doof does not seem to think that to be a proper Valentine's Day date.
----

I'm at the point where if they don't have the common sense to respond with "That sounds great--could we do the Valentine's Dinner Date the night before or the day after?" they're probably not worth the time. Sorry, no intent to be rude, but why does she think the Police tribute band should re-arrange their schedule because she doesn't think it's the right night?

Posted by: Crusader at January 27, 2026 10:19 PM (Cjcf6)

69 @52

AI will take care of that. Our roads will be paved with gold.

Posted by: Case at January 27, 2026 10:19 PM (E7+ue)

70 If there was an Impala in Soviet Russia, I feel like I would know, such a vehicle would have inestimable value. The Soviet motor vehicles were like the Flintstones. There was very little private vehicle traffic.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 27, 2026 10:15 PM (RIvkX)

The ZIL-114,. V-8 of course

Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 10:19 PM (rbvCR)

71 Don't look now Doof, but ...

Those downtrodden boys in the Blue and Gold are 19-3-1 since Dec 11th !

The 14 year drought could be ending before our eyes.
Posted by: browndog shoots, he scores at January 27, 2026 10:16 PM (3sXRv)

You know I'd be very happy for you if the Sabres ended that playoff drought.

Posted by: Doof at January 27, 2026 10:20 PM (QMAsf)

72 Most the blemishes on that truck will buff right out.

Posted by: Your Uncle at January 27, 2026 10:20 PM (2Ez/1)

73 Doof not Dood. Damn autocucumber

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 10:21 PM (IDEQi)

74 The Police song in the secret click is awesome.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 10:08 PM (lpTXP)

There's a Police tribute band playing in my town on Feb 14. I expressed interest in going. Girlfriend of Doof does not seem to think that to be a proper Valentine's Day date.

I still really want to go. But then I'd be So Lonely.
Posted by: Doof at January 27, 2026 10:12 PM (QMAsf)

This is Doof sending out an SOS.

Posted by: Nerd Herd at January 27, 2026 10:21 PM (NZPfR)

75 As much as we all liked hot cars, I don't think anyone I knew would have driven the station wagon!
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 27, 2026 10:19 PM (47diA)
----
Well, it's certainly not a Wagon Queen Family Truckster!

Posted by: C. Griswold at January 27, 2026 10:21 PM (ESVrU)

76 61 Me neither, but it was funny.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 10:21 PM (77rzZ)

77 Now the Minnesota loons are turning on Walz because he sent in the State police after talking to Trump. Warms the coccles of my heart.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 10:17 PM (IDEQi)

The Wokestaffel need to learn what "state monopoly on force" means

Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 10:21 PM (rbvCR)

78 There are 9.51 × 10²² atoms in an oz. of gold.

Posted by: pawn at January 27, 2026 10:21 PM (jnZe8)

79 "Perfessor" Squirrel

The electric bills of the Large Hadron Collider are astronomical. Plus the gold scatters all over the inside of the guideway, mixed with toxic thallium and mercury. It's a big mess to get the atoms of gold.

Much easier and cheaper to steal gold from the North Koreans.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 27, 2026 10:22 PM (u82oZ)

80 There's a Police tribute band playing in my town on Feb 14. I expressed interest in going. Girlfriend of Doof does not seem to think that to be a proper Valentine's Day date.

I still really want to go. But then I'd be So Lonely.
Posted by: Doof at January 27, 2026 10:12 PM (QMAsf)

A woman who doesn't share your interests isn't worth keeping. TRUST me on this one.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo, food, water at January 27, 2026 10:22 PM (EOjZq)

81 Moscow, iD I assume.,
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 10:18 PM (KDPiq)


Used to be a great road house there back in the 70's. Ratskellers. And the drinking age was 19.
Good times...good times...

Posted by: Diogenes at January 27, 2026 10:22 PM (2WIwB)

82 A 409 in a station wagon? That would have been awesome!!!

One of the most fun cars in high school was a friend who had an Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser station wagon. We called it the Rocket Sled because it had a Rocket 88 455 in it.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 27, 2026 10:22 PM (Sxl5b)

83 I'd go to a Police tribute band if they stuck to the first two albums.
Same with Ministry tribute acts.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 27, 2026 10:23 PM (gKWVE)

84 1965 Impala 409 Wagon Sat 42 Years, Moscow Family Hid the Time Capsule 42 Years in a Barn


True story. A little armor-all on the white walls and it was good as new.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 27, 2026 10:23 PM (/lPRQ)

85 I thought Chevy wagons had names like Nomad, Brookwood, Kingswood, etc. Ford never called its wagons Galaxies, they used Ranch Wagon, Country Sedan and Country Squire. I'm slightly skeptical about that 409 Impala Wagon.

Posted by: Ford-The Wagon Master at January 27, 2026 10:24 PM (oftw2)

86 I'm at the point where if they don't have the common sense to respond with "That sounds great--could we do the Valentine's Dinner Date the night before or the day after?" they're probably not worth the time. Sorry, no intent to be rude, but why does she think the Police tribute band should re-arrange their schedule because she doesn't think it's the right night?
Posted by: Crusader at January 27, 2026 10:19 PM (Cjcf6)

Haha! Well, I conveniently left out the fact that she does not like The Police at all.

Posted by: Doof at January 27, 2026 10:24 PM (QMAsf)

87 One of the most fun cars in high school was a friend who had an Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser station wagon. We called it the Rocket Sled because it had a Rocket 88 455 in it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 27, 2026 10:22 PM (Sxl5b)

I had a Cutlass Salon with that engine.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 10:25 PM (KDPiq)

88 78 There are 9.51 × 10²² atoms in an oz. of gold.
Posted by: pawn at January 27, 2026 10:21 PM (jnZe

That doesn’t sound like the avocado number. Maybe that’s the guacamole constant.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 27, 2026 10:25 PM (Sxl5b)

89 78 How many moles is that?

C’mon, show us your chemistry chops.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 10:25 PM (77rzZ)

90 Go see the Police tribute band. That is great music.

I saw them live at the Cap Center in the early eighties and my date and I fucked like rabbits that night.

Posted by: pawn at January 27, 2026 10:25 PM (jnZe8)

91 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco!

Removing ice from the recent storm. One star. Do not recommend.

Posted by: TRex - yelping dino at January 27, 2026 10:25 PM (IQ6Gq)

92 Doof not Dood. Damn autocucumber
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 10:21 PM (IDEQi)

Dood is a new one. It's usually Door.

Posted by: Doof at January 27, 2026 10:26 PM (QMAsf)

93 Gold is twice as heavy as lead, yet no one uses it for fishing weights. Why is that?

Posted by: Gadabout Gaddis, The Flying Fisherman. at January 27, 2026 10:26 PM (oftw2)

94 This is Doof sending out an SOS.
Posted by: Nerd Herd at January 27, 2026 10:21 PM (NZPfR)

Well played

Posted by: Doof at January 27, 2026 10:27 PM (QMAsf)

95 One of the most fun cars in high school was a friend who had an Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser station wagon. We called it the Rocket Sled because it had a Rocket 88 455 in it.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 27, 2026 10:22 PM (Sxl5b)

Yeah, that Vista Cruiser was a hoot to drive.

I remember flying over the outskirts of Chambersburg Pa, with a lovely young blonde at my side, back when I was a young 'un...

And I had no idea how to handle either one.

Posted by: browndog foot to the floor at January 27, 2026 10:27 PM (3sXRv)

96 Number of moles (n) = number of atoms ÷ Avogadro's number
So:
n = (9.51 × 10²² ÷ (6.02214076 × 10²³
First, divide the coefficients: 9.51 ÷ 6.02214076 ≈ 1.579
Then handle the exponents: 10²² ÷ 10²³ = 10⁻¹
Putting it together: n ≈ 1.579 × 10⁻¹ = 0.158 moles (rounded to three significant figures, since 9.51 has three sig figs).

Posted by: Tonypete at January 27, 2026 10:27 PM (cYBz/)

97 Word has it that Doof is a dood. With the pickleball MILFs.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 10:27 PM (77rzZ)

98 I saw them live at the Cap Center in the early eighties and my date and I fucked like rabbits that night.

Posted by: pawn at January 27, 2026 10:25 PM (jnZe

Too Much Information.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 10:27 PM (lpTXP)

99 As much as we all liked hot cars, I don't think anyone I knew would have driven the station wagon!
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 27, 2026 10:19 PM (47diA)

I would have driven ours, but my Dad refused to put mag wheels on it, jack up the back, and upgrade the exhaust. Beast motor and 4 bbl carb.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 10:27 PM (wVcYX)

100 Sit my ass in an Impala every day, a 2010, one of the last of the full size models. Comfortable.

Posted by: From about That Time at January 27, 2026 10:28 PM (sl73Y)

101 "Perfessor" Squirrel

Now I have a story theme. A crack force of former Special Forces escape from the 2nd Division stockade in South Korea. They move north to confuse the military police.

Easily crossing the DMZ, they go cross country to just outside the well fortified, thick, concrete bunker holding the North Korean gold treasures.

Using a rudimentary lathe, concrete cutting thermo-lances, and carefully cutting rebar, they break into the store room where the North Korean leader has his greatest treasures.

They open the floor chests, which are refrigerators.

Insides are filled with gold. Kerry Gold butter.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 27, 2026 10:28 PM (u82oZ)

102 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco!

Removing ice from the recent storm. One star. Do not recommend.
Posted by: TRex - yelping dino at January 27, 2026 10:25 PM (IQ6Gq)

No flamethrower available?

Posted by: Doof at January 27, 2026 10:28 PM (QMAsf)

103 Gold is twice as heavy as lead, yet no one uses it for fishing weights. Why is that?
Posted by: Gadabout Gaddis

Too shiny. The fish bite the weight instead of the bait.

Posted by: mikeski at January 27, 2026 10:28 PM (VHUov)

104 Hi everyone, hope your week is going well. The snow/ice is all gone here, though it is still cold as H-e-c-k. And before you say anything, yes, I know I need a haircut. Hoping to do that tomorrow.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 27, 2026 10:28 PM (CHHv1)

105 Number of moles (n) = number of atoms ÷ Avogadro's number
So:
n = (9.51 × 10²² ÷ (6.02214076 × 10²³
First, divide the coefficients: 9.51 ÷ 6.02214076 ≈ 1.579
Then handle the exponents: 10²² ÷ 10²³ = 10⁻¹
Putting it together: n ≈ 1.579 × 10⁻¹ = 0.158 moles (rounded to three significant figures, since 9.51 has three sig figs).
Posted by: Tonypete
**********
This looks strangely like math...when did we start permitting math on the ONT?

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 27, 2026 10:29 PM (IQ6Gq)

106 DOOF!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 27, 2026 10:29 PM (LNeRu)

107 Didn't the Beach Boys have a song about the 409?
I could be wrong, my memory is not what it use to be.

Posted by: Case at January 27, 2026 10:30 PM (E7+ue)

108 There are 9.51 × 10²² atoms in an oz. of gold.
Posted by: pawn at January 27, 2026 10:21 PM (jnZe

That doesn’t sound like the avocado number. Maybe that’s the guacamole constant.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 27, 2026 10:25 PM (Sxl5b)

It has been a decade or more since high school chemistry, but I think that 6.02 x 10^23 is the number of atoms it takes to get a macro scale mass (I forget if it's gram or kilogram) equal to the atomic weight of the element in question. The number of anything in an ounce is going to be some other number.

Posted by: Methos at January 27, 2026 10:30 PM (vSvIl)

109 Bulg

Not why I watched Benny Hill.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 27, 2026 10:17 PM (u82oZ)

Jane Leeves, before she played Daphne on Fraiser, played bit parts on Benny Hill. I got to meet her IRL a couple decades back. Simply adorable...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 27, 2026 10:30 PM (nbLIj)

110 This looks strangely like math


It ain't strange, it IS math! The barrel beckons . . . . . .

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 27, 2026 10:30 PM (47diA)

111 So can we create a gold atom by simply pulling three protons out of a lead atom?

As it turns out, we can. But it’s not easy.

Who's up for this challenge?

youtube.com/watch?v=LQJRo1EuG6s

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 27, 2026 10:30 PM (UZwsW)

112 I saw them live at the Cap Center in the early eighties and my date and I fucked like rabbits that night.
Posted by: pawn

Too Much Information.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

No, that was Duran Duran.

https://youtu.be/Fbl7hwCgETU

Posted by: mikeski at January 27, 2026 10:30 PM (VHUov)

113 Not math - that was cyphering. I'm a southern boy now.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 27, 2026 10:30 PM (cYBz/)

114 As much as we all liked hot cars, I don't think anyone I knew would have driven the station wagon!

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 27, 2026 10:19 PM (47diA)

I had the old family car handed down to me. '69 Pontiac Catalina station wagon with the 400ci... Fast.

Posted by: davidt at January 27, 2026 10:30 PM (Q+gd/)

115 One of The Police's first US concerts was in Poughkeepsie at The Chance. Snowed that night and there were 16 people there. U know a guy who worked the show band said it was great and the fans and the band had a great time

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 10:31 PM (IDEQi)

116 Tonypete

*whistle blows*
Orange flag comes out.
5 yard penalty.
Math on the blog.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 27, 2026 10:31 PM (u82oZ)

117 This looks strangely like math...when did we start permitting math on the ONT?
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 27, 2026 10:29 PM (IQ6Gq)

That's what happens when the "Defund Doof Enterprises" people get their way

Posted by: Doof at January 27, 2026 10:31 PM (QMAsf)

118
Here to take off a sock.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 10:32 PM (Px6E0)

119 Didn't the Beach Boys have a song about the 409?
I could be wrong, my memory is not what it use to be.
Posted by: Case at January 27, 2026 10:30 PM (E7+ue)

Yes.
Junior Brown and the Beach Boys:
https://youtu.be/16qsYreBJZE

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 10:32 PM (wVcYX)

120 83 I'd go to a Police tribute band if they stuck to the first two albums.
Same with Ministry tribute acts.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 27, 2026 10:23 PM (gKWVE)

Ministry was the opening act for the Police's first concert of the Synchronicity tour. (Also on the card- The Fixx, A Flock of Seafulls, Simple Minds and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts.)

Posted by: tankdemon at January 27, 2026 10:32 PM (2m2UF)

121 Benny Hill?

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 27, 2026 10:32 PM (LNeRu)

122 speaking of cover / tribute songs.
youtu.be/wmAkJUxZGkI
this one is frosty

Posted by: gKWVE at January 27, 2026 10:32 PM (gKWVE)

123 As much as we all liked hot cars, I don't think anyone I knew would have driven the station wagon!

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 27, 2026 10:19 PM (47diA)

I see a small number of station wagons showing up at cruise nights, but I think its because they are true survivor cars, or at most just got a new paint job. Occasionally you do see a true believer who think people will beat their door down to buy it. I'll never forget this one night a dude showed up with a pinto station wagon that for some unexplainable reason he was trying to hot rod. It ended up breaking down, was leaving a large puddle of oil under it. I said to another dude that maybe we should go see wtf is up. He says I don't have a pinto repair kit. I asked wtf a pinto repair kit was. He says " A can of beer and a hand grenade, pull the pin on the grenade and drink the beer".

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 10:32 PM (snZF9)

124 >>> 116 Tonypete

*whistle blows*
Orange flag comes out.
5 yard penalty.
Math on the blog.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 27, 2026 10:31 PM (u82oZ)

Orange? ORANGE?!

REEEEEEE!!!!!

Posted by: Karen McKarenface at January 27, 2026 10:32 PM (ULPxl)

125 Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 10:31 PM (IDEQi)

What year was that?

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 10:33 PM (KDPiq)

126 I'm at the point where if they don't have the common sense to respond with "That sounds great--could we do the Valentine's Dinner Date the night before or the day after?" they're probably not worth the time. Sorry, no intent to be rude, but why does she think the Police tribute band should re-arrange their schedule because she doesn't think it's the right night?
Posted by: Crusader at January 27, 2026 10:19 PM (Cjcf6)

Haha! Well, I conveniently left out the fact that she does not like The Police at all.
-----

Just tell me to shut up if you feel this is disrespectful. But I don't see how that changes things at all? Why is "Valentines Day" all about her? You could have "Valentines Day" the night before, or the night after. And you both could enjoy Valentines Day as a bonus.

Posted by: Crusader at January 27, 2026 10:33 PM (Cjcf6)

127 Not math - that was cyphering. I'm a southern boy now.
Posted by: Tonypete
************
Well, that's certainly a relief. Thank you for the clarification. Hope the storm didn't dump too much ice in your location.

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 27, 2026 10:33 PM (IQ6Gq)

128 104 The snow/ice is still like cement here. Screw that shit.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 10:33 PM (77rzZ)

129 DOOF!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 27, 2026 10:29 PM (LNeRu)


Howdy COMM!

Posted by: Doof at January 27, 2026 10:33 PM (QMAsf)

130 Jane Leeves, before she played Daphne on Fraiser, played bit parts on Benny Hill. I got to meet her IRL a couple decades back. Simply adorable...
Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 27, 2026 10:30 PM (nbLIj)
=====

iirc JJ Sefton has met her also.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 27, 2026 10:33 PM (RIvkX)

131 Can we use that equation to determine the number of freckles on a redhead?

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 10:33 PM (wVcYX)

132 Well, if you insist on calling it cyphering, and IF we accept the first definition, then it isn't math. However, the second definition is doing arithmetic! I suppose that's some lesser form of math, so . . . . .

Pick up the flag!!!

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 27, 2026 10:34 PM (47diA)

133 Hey, Joyenz!
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 10:13 PM (77rzZ)

Hey Bulg, I hope you are doing well.

Posted by: Joyenz at January 27, 2026 10:34 PM (2F0/Y)

134 The 409 was phased out in early 65, replaced mostly by the 396. I've seen a lot of 396 Chevy wagons, usually on the highest end ones.

Posted by: Kingswood Estate at January 27, 2026 10:34 PM (oftw2)

135 Blow me!

Posted by: pawn at January 27, 2026 10:34 PM (jnZe8)

136 This is Doof sending out an SOS.
Posted by: Nerd Herd at January 27, 2026 10:21 PM (NZPfR
=================
Maybe he should ask Roxanne, I hear she's usually pretty agreeable.

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at January 27, 2026 10:35 PM (Fl2Df)

137 112 I saw them live at the Cap Center in the early eighties and my date and I fucked like rabbits that night.
Posted by: pawn

Too Much Information.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

No, that was Duran Duran.

https://youtu.be/Fbl7hwCgETU

Posted by: mikeski at January 27, 2026 10:30 PM (VHUov)

Police beat DD by a few years.

https://tinyurl.com/48p83nje

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 10:35 PM (lpTXP)

138 WELLLLLLLLLLLL, Schnorflepuppy -

A year's supply of Alpo dogfood,

A Speed Queen Washer and Dryer,

Andddddddddd,

A BRAND NEW CAR!!!!!!!
Posted by: Tonypete at January 27, 2026 10:17 PM (cYBz/)

Makes me want to go watch The Price Is Right reruns, recalling sick/snow days home from school, sir. Well-done!

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at January 27, 2026 10:35 PM (v23vE)

139 Just tell me to shut up if you feel this is disrespectful. But I don't see how that changes things at all? Why is "Valentines Day" all about her? You could have "Valentines Day" the night before, or the night after. And you both could enjoy Valentines Day as a bonus.
Posted by: Crusader at January 27, 2026 10:33 PM (Cjcf6)

Supposedly Feb 13 is when every exec with a mistress on the side is supposed to take her out.
It’d probably be pretty tacky to go to the same joint 2 nights in a row.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 27, 2026 10:35 PM (Sxl5b)

140 Grandpa had a 65 Impala SS 396 red convertible that chickens shit on for years (in a bar). He co-signed a loan when an uncle bought it. Uncle missed one payment so grampstook it from until he paid up. Uncle never paid up... Years later, 85ish, my dad bought it... So it sat in one of his barns. For years with little to work on it. They liquidated everything in about 2000 to downsize. Sold it through local car collector network.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 27, 2026 10:35 PM (/lPRQ)

141 Word has it that Doof is a dood. With the pickleball MILFs.
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 10:27 PM (77rzZ)

Haven't played much lately. I'm sure they're sad.

Posted by: Doof at January 27, 2026 10:36 PM (QMAsf)

142 I'd like to get my hands on John McCain's funeral hearse so I can trick it out for the drag strip.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 27, 2026 10:36 PM (oT7pT)

143 {{{COMountainMarie}}}

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 27, 2026 10:36 PM (u82oZ)

144
I'm a female and I've always thought Valentines day was stupid.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 27, 2026 10:36 PM (3ek7K)

145 >>> 139
==
Supposedly Feb 13 is when every exec with a mistress on the side is supposed to take her out.
It’d probably be pretty tacky to go to the same joint 2 nights in a row.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 27, 2026 10:35 PM (Sxl5b)

I thought that was limited to Coldplay concerts.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 10:36 PM (ULPxl)

146 If you want weight, why not use depleted uranium for a sinker?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 27, 2026 10:37 PM (H6cKs)

147 Supposedly Feb 13 is when every exec with a mistress on the side is supposed to take her out.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 27, 2026 10:35 PM (Sxl5b)

Hopefully not to a Coldplay concert.

What? Too soon?

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at January 27, 2026 10:37 PM (v23vE)

148 I thought that was limited to Coldplay concerts.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 10:36 PM (ULPxl)

The Horde Mind at work once again, ma'am! Hope you are staying warm down where you are.

Posted by: Schnorflepuppy (OT but harmless) at January 27, 2026 10:38 PM (v23vE)

149 133 Joyenz, I am well, thank you. My A1C is way down, so my doc has dialed back my diabetes meds. Woo hoo!

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 10:38 PM (77rzZ)

150 I had the old family car handed down to me. '69 Pontiac Catalina station wagon with the 400ci... Fast.

Posted by: davidt at January 27, 2026 10:30 PM (Q+gd/)

A friend of mine had some old chrysler station wagon with a factory big block. It was in decent condition, but the rear shocks were missing. It was fast and bounced like it was at sea. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 10:38 PM (snZF9)

151 Story says it was Moscow, Pennsylvania.

Posted by: Person who read the story at January 27, 2026 10:38 PM (2Ez/1)

152 e of The Police's first US concerts was in Poughkeepsie at The Chance. Snowed that night and there were 16 people there. U know a guy who worked the show band said it was great and the fans and the band had a great time
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 10:31 PM (IDEQi)

I saw Melissa Ethridge at The Chance in 1989 with a few buddies who were given free tickets. We had no idea she was gay and that most of the girls at the concert were gay. Hilarity ensued.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 10:38 PM (KDPiq)

153 Is TiFW here tonight? I'm watching the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo this evening. The dadgummed thing lasts almost three weeks.

And no they don't have the stock show on TV. Just the rodeo.

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 27, 2026 10:38 PM (47diA)

154 Hey Salty! What are you doing up so late?! ❣

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 27, 2026 10:38 PM (LNeRu)

155 112 Too Much Information.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

No, that was Duran Duran.

Posted by: mikeski at January 27, 2026 10:30 PM (VHUov)

The Police had a song of the same title:
https://youtu.be/W0q3Vh1Yr9Q

Posted by: tankdemon at January 27, 2026 10:38 PM (2m2UF)

156 102 No flamethrower available?

Posted by: Doof at January 27, 2026 10:28 PM
***
My "flamethrower" looks suspiciously like a pick-axe.

Posted by: TRex - sunshiney dino at January 27, 2026 10:39 PM (IQ6Gq)

157 I just know it as the Benny Hill theme song

And for the music, I'd guess Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad, since you had a Dave Lee thing stuck with 2 great songs.

Posted by: Happy at January 27, 2026 10:39 PM (soIZP)

158 >>> 151 Story says it was Moscow, Pennsylvania.
Posted by: Person who read the story at January 27, 2026 10:38 PM (2Ez/1)

I had assumed Moscow, Idaho. Didn't know there was one in PA too!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 10:39 PM (ULPxl)

159 Hope the storm didn't dump too much ice in your location.
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba

I can't tell you why, but our county seemed to the only one in our state that escaped both snow and freezing rain. At the most, we had a 1000 or so homes without power and even at that it was for a very short period of time.

I'd like to tell you it was because of clean living that Zeus favored us but, well, . . . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at January 27, 2026 10:39 PM (cYBz/)

160 Why not do Valentine’s Day like the Japanese? On February 14, girls give chocolate to the boys.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 27, 2026 10:39 PM (H6cKs)

161 🎷
1st RECORDING OF: Yakety Sax - Boots Randolph as “Randy Randolph” (1958 version)/
https://youtu.be/VG93r2iz86k

Boots Randolph - Yakety Sax live
https://youtu.be/Zcq_xLi2NGo

Ray Stevens, Chet Atkins, & Boots Randolph - "Yakety Sax/Axe" (Live on Nashville Now, 1993)
https://youtu.be/K2Z9f544geU

Yackaty Sax - Sanne Mestrom (because she's cute)
Johann Strauss Orchestra, Radio City Music Hall in New York
https://youtu.be/_fR1cSG5SPM

Couldn't leave it without this
Benny Hill Athletics w Closing Chase
https://youtu.be/s7MZ1iUwyTc

Posted by: mindful webworker - on keyboard at January 27, 2026 10:39 PM (OJSFI)

162 I'm a female and I've always thought Valentines day was stupid.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 27, 2026 10:36 PM (3ek7K)

Yes. If Mr Scary doesn't care the other 364 days, giving me flowers on Feb 14 isn't going to get him anywhere.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 10:40 PM (lpTXP)

163 Is TiFW here tonight? I'm watching the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo this evening. The dadgummed thing lasts almost three weeks.

And no they don't have the stock show on TV. Just the rodeo.
Posted by: LRob
**********
My cousin sent me a video of one of the days...the young woman who sang the Star Spangled Banner was an outstanding talent!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 27, 2026 10:40 PM (IQ6Gq)

164 144 I'm a female and I've always thought Valentines day was stupid.

Same!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 27, 2026 10:40 PM (LNeRu)

165 Haha! Well, I conveniently left out the fact that she does not like The Police at all.
Posted by: Doof at January 27, 2026 10:24 PM (QMAsf)

So your girlfriend's name is Roxanne...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 27, 2026 10:41 PM (nbLIj)

166
'63 Plymouth Valiant station wagon, with the slant six leaning tower of power. Survived two feet of water from Hurricane Camille and started right up.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 27, 2026 10:41 PM (2Ez/1)

167 One of our high school Friday night drinking buddies had occasional use of his dad's Checker station wagon. That was a big car. Keg party followed.

Posted by: Don Black at January 27, 2026 10:41 PM (ZxPkt)

168 Bob’s Burgers alway have a good Valentines episode.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 10:42 PM (KDPiq)

169 Kitty has returned to my lap with many purrs.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 10:42 PM (ULPxl)

170 COMountainMarie

I'm retired now. No longer have to get up early.

And I did a lot of stuff today. Took some of my late wife's treasures to two different charity sites, the Sony record player and a comforter to Goodwill, and some very stylish and warm sweatshirts and warm gloves to a local commercial thrift shop.

Took a box of books to the public library for next month's sale.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 27, 2026 10:42 PM (u82oZ)

171 I had assumed Moscow, Idaho. Didn't know there was one in PA too!

Moscow, Idaho is named for Moscow, Pennsylvania. The local postmaster was from PA and named it for the town in his old home state.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 27, 2026 10:42 PM (H6cKs)

172
My husband and are weird. We don't like "Hallmark " holidays, lol.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 27, 2026 10:43 PM (3ek7K)

173 Hallmark Holidays are awful. Phooey!

Posted by: The Lonely Miser at January 27, 2026 10:43 PM (oftw2)

174 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 27, 2026 10:43 PM (sAmhv)

175 weird.

Posted by: The Lonely Miser at January 27, 2026 10:43 PM (oftw2)

176 I'd like to tell you it was because of clean living that Zeus favored us but, well, . . . . .
Posted by: Tonypete
********
I guess we need to work on our clean living because we had 12+hours of straight sleet, resulting in 4-6 inch blocks of ice everywhere. Finally have the driveway, walks and stairs cleaned off...I really am not a winter person.

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 27, 2026 10:44 PM (IQ6Gq)

177 139 Supposedly Feb 13 is when every exec with a mistress on the side is supposed to take her out.
It’d probably be pretty tacky to go to the same joint 2 nights in a row.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 27, 2026 10:35 PM (Sxl5b)

Coldplay is in Hamilton, Ontario that night.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 27, 2026 10:44 PM (2m2UF)

178 We don't do phoney Hallmark stuff either, fourseasons. In sickness and in health. To death do us part. That's what we do.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 10:45 PM (lpTXP)

179 Just tell me to shut up if you feel this is disrespectful. But I don't see how that changes things at all? Why is "Valentines Day" all about her? You could have "Valentines Day" the night before, or the night after. And you both could enjoy Valentines Day as a bonus.
Posted by: Crusader at January 27, 2026 10:33 PM (Cjcf6)

No disrespect taken. Your opinion is noted.

Posted by: Doof at January 27, 2026 10:45 PM (QMAsf)

180
Yep Mary.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 27, 2026 10:46 PM (3ek7K)

181 fourseasons

I said our Valentine's Day was the day I proposed to her, Feb, 2nd. Made getting dinner reservations much easier, and was not Hallmark, just personal to the two of us. She went along with that.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 27, 2026 10:46 PM (u82oZ)

182 167 One of our high school Friday night drinking buddies had occasional use of his dad's Checker station wagon. That was a big car. Keg party followed.
Posted by: Don Black

Phyllis Diller owned a '65 Checker Wagon. Still had it when she died about 10 years ago. She had a couple other offbeat cars, too.

Posted by: The Pruitts of Southampton at January 27, 2026 10:46 PM (oftw2)

183 LMAO...."Just drivin in my neighborhood looking for ICE agents...."

I have to know what they hell he's using for a nose ring. It looks like a giant Cheerio.

Posted by: Orson at January 27, 2026 10:46 PM (dIske)

184 The Impala story can very well be true and probably is. My last two car purchases were of a similar nature. I just bought (1/24/26) a 1964 Chevy II Nova, all original with 62k miles. It's 61 years old and looks like it was in a museum. Saturday when I bought it, I drove across Florida 150 miles home and it cruised fine! A couple of upgrades and it's going to be my daughter's daily driver. She has an 'old soul' and wanted a classic car.
I always wanted a Corvette.... well, I found one in South Florida, a 1998 C5 convertible with 8,757 miles. It's almost 30 years old and looks like it just drove out the showroom. They're out there like treasure waiting to be dusted off and driven again.
Ride on Horde, Ride on!

Posted by: AnAmericanStory at January 27, 2026 10:47 PM (QfVsF)

185 Here's the secret to handling Valentines Day.

Have your "Great dinner, romantic evening" on February 13th. You have to go over the top for this, you can't phone it in with Applebees, and you have to provide some actual romance.

On February 14th, help cook at home (if you're single, help cook at her home or yours). Have fun with it and chill out. Then go out to a local "dive" bar around 9 or 10 o'clock and celebrate "Valentines Day" again. The sheer energy from the others who are there will remind her again that she loves you.

She won't go to work on February 15th with any complaints.

Posted by: Crusader at January 27, 2026 10:47 PM (Cjcf6)

186 Why not do Valentine’s Day like the Japanese? On February 14, girls give chocolate to the boys.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

For the girls: the boys are then expected to give you a return gift on White Day, March 14th.

Traditionally, 3x the value of what you gave him. At least if you were giving him "romantic chocolate" and not "friendship/obligation chocolate."

Posted by: mikeski at January 27, 2026 10:49 PM (VHUov)

187 Isn't there a Steak and Blowjob day? Surely that should be a day of great rejoicing for the Morons.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 10:50 PM (lpTXP)

188 170 NaCly

Ain't retirement great?! Kinda sad to let go of your love's stuff though. I had to do that some years ago when my husband passed. I never realized how much stuff he accumulated! I'm still giving stuff away🤪!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 27, 2026 10:50 PM (LNeRu)

189
Yackaty Sax - Sanne Mestrom (because she's cute)
Johann Strauss Orchestra, Radio City Music Hall in New York
https://youtu.be/_fR1cSG5SPM

_____________

People always seem to be enjoying themselves at an André Rieu concert. Whereas most classical musicians think that the audience is there only to acknowledge their genius.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2026 10:50 PM (tgvbd)

190 I said our Valentine's Day was the day I proposed to her, Feb, 2nd.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

If she sees your shadow on your anniversary, you stay married six more years?

Posted by: mikeski at January 27, 2026 10:51 PM (VHUov)

191 187 Isn't there a Steak and Blowjob day? Surely that should be a day of great rejoicing for the Morons.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 10:50 PM (lpTXP)
___________________________

I'd like to see that coincide with "Talk Like a pirate day"

Posted by: Orson at January 27, 2026 10:52 PM (dIske)

192 Posted by: LESBIAN PORN VIDEOS

Not sure if spam or Ace's sockpuppet.

Posted by: mikeski at January 27, 2026 10:52 PM (VHUov)

193 @119 Thanks, Count. I was going to look that up. Man, that was many years ago, early 60's I think. Anyway, I was just a kid.

Posted by: Case at January 27, 2026 10:53 PM (E7+ue)

194 COMountainMarie

I miss the kids, the Mission challenge to keep them safe, and being part of the community. I had a good boss, but his superiors did not like my being right on COVID-19 Wuhan, and being a pragmatic non-leftist. Don't miss them at all.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 27, 2026 10:54 PM (u82oZ)

195 187 Isn't there a Steak and Blowjob day? Surely that should be a day of great rejoicing for the Morons.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 10:50 PM (lpTXP)
___________________________

I'd like to see that coincide with "Talk Like a pirate day"
Posted by: Orson
************
COW material right there....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 27, 2026 10:54 PM (IQ6Gq)

196 I read leftists are getting rid of Ring cameras because Amazon (its parent company) is “pro-ice”. Lol.

One of the most left wing corporations that celebrates all the tranny insanities donates millions to Democrats is still not left wing enough.

Posted by: Really?? at January 27, 2026 10:55 PM (4uLDQ)

197 COMountainMarie

My wife has so much good stuff. Over 60 boxes of shoes, most unworn. I feel her presence as I give it away. She wore very high quality clothes, and owned treasures. It is quite sad.

Going through her picture albums and scrapbooks is similar, but hits me harder.

I did not expect to have this level of grief.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 27, 2026 10:57 PM (u82oZ)

198 I said our Valentine's Day was the day I proposed to her, Feb, 2nd.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

How very sweet💕💕! I'm sure you'll always remember.

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 27, 2026 10:57 PM (LNeRu)

199 COMountainMarie

Yes. You understand.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 27, 2026 10:58 PM (u82oZ)

200 I saw them live at the Cap Center in the early eighties and my date and I fucked like rabbits that night.

Posted by: pawn at January 27, 2026 10:25 PM (jnZe

Each other, or just . . .

Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 10:59 PM (rbvCR)

201 {Salty}

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 27, 2026 11:00 PM (RIvkX)

202 196 I read leftists are getting rid of Ring cameras because Amazon (its parent company) is “pro-ice”. Lol.

One of the most left wing corporations that celebrates all the tranny insanities donates millions to Democrats is still not left wing enough.

Posted by: Really?? at January 27, 2026 10:55 PM (4uLDQ)

Saw a post on nextdoor. Libs freaking out that ICE was using Ring cams to surveil potential illegals needing deporting. Wasn't sure if was just a grand troll experiment.

Posted by: Rex B at January 27, 2026 11:00 PM (oEMAv)

203 By the way, the Pro Bowl should STOP handing out "backup" position designations since there is no ACTUAL "Pro Bowl" to be played. Handing the designation to that crappy Ravens QB who backed up Jackson years ago was bad enough, but handing a designation to Shedeur Sanders (I don't actually care how his first name is spelled--its stupid--his dad could have picked an actual name) is just silly.

Posted by: Crusader at January 27, 2026 11:01 PM (Cjcf6)

204 You could have "Valentines Day" the night before, or the night after.
--

Always enjoyed Sadie Hawkins day.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 27, 2026 11:02 PM (UZwsW)

205 G’night, All.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 11:02 PM (77rzZ)

206 Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 10:38 PM (77rzZ)

That's wonderful news! Mine will be really bad. I've had to eat a lot of rice because I had to do the BRATs diet with my colitis.

Posted by: Joyenz at January 27, 2026 11:02 PM (2F0/Y)

207 mikeski

I wish. I do feel she was gone too soon. We missed our 20th anniversary by 2 months. Had some big plans.

My solution to the shadow issue was only to move outdoors at night. Problem avoided.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 27, 2026 11:02 PM (u82oZ)

208
Why is "Valentines Day" all about her?

___________

Mother's Day: Gifts, flowers, breakfast in bed

Father's Day: When are you starting the grill?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2026 11:03 PM (tgvbd)

209 I gotta cut out early tonight...so lovely to visit with you all! Salty! So good to see you again! And....DOOF!

"Time to say goodbye to consciousness.”

Goodnight good Horde...


Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 27, 2026 11:03 PM (LNeRu)

210 Alchemy?
Love > Gold

Posted by: Mark Knopfler at January 27, 2026 11:03 PM (KAi1n)

211 The 409 rocked! I learned to drive in a 58 Chevy with a 409. The car was a former police cruiser, and it still had the bracket for the supercharger, which regrettably had been removed.

Posted by: Insensitive Clod at January 27, 2026 11:03 PM (qr/CE)

212 Salty,
You are such a sweet man. My God, how fortunate was your wife!!!
And those kids you drove every day to school. I pray their parents know what lengths you would have gone to protect them.
How cool is that to have on your resume of life?

Good for you!

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 27, 2026 11:03 PM (IhIKR)

213 San Franpsycho

How are you and yours doing?

I swear, your Left Coast area needs to clone you to avoid falling into the abyss. They are chasing away the normals, the innovators, the rich, and the pragmatic.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 27, 2026 11:05 PM (u82oZ)

214 Spam trolls going nuts. Shit must be going down someplace. Beijing? Tehran? Minneapolis?

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 11:05 PM (lpTXP)

215 That comic at the end is hilarious. "I'm helping!" Hahaha!

And good evening from the frozen tundra of VA.

Posted by: turambar at January 27, 2026 11:05 PM (Q0yOR)

216 Isn't there a Steak and Blowjob day? Surely that should be a day of great rejoicing for the Morons.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

S&BJ day is one month after Valentine's. 3/14. Or so I read years ago on an obscure smart military blog.

Posted by: mindful webworker - not to be confused with May the Forced at January 27, 2026 11:06 PM (OJSFI)

217 Oooohhh, I like best contents! (click)

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 27, 2026 11:07 PM (n5tGW)

218 @178 I believe 1978 or 79
Came on the tour supporting their first album

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 11:08 PM (IDEQi)

219

Is it the taco troll from last night?

That was annoying.


Posted by: fourseasons at January 27, 2026 11:08 PM (3ek7K)

220 >>> 218 Spam trolls going nuts. Shit must be going down someplace. Beijing? Tehran? Minneapolis?
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 11:05 PM (lpTXP)

Londonistan?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 11:08 PM (ULPxl)

221 Jeepers.

Weird stuff going on.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 27, 2026 11:09 PM (IhIKR)

222 {{{nurse ratched}}}

Your life-affirming hug is a powerful motivator to rejoin life. You are very special, a modern day heroine, admired for your courage, outstanding achievements, and noble qualities.

Thank you.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 27, 2026 11:09 PM (u82oZ)

223 Alchemy?
Love > Gold

Posted by: Mark Knopfler
----

Thank you! I believe that Live Alchemy is the single best representation of peak Dire Straits. I have that concert on DVD and its epic.

Posted by: Crusader at January 27, 2026 11:09 PM (Cjcf6)

224 >>> Posted by: fourseasons at January 27, 2026 11:08 PM (3ek7K)

Last night was a weak ass loser, probably couldn't get paid even at the one-dollar glory hole.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 11:09 PM (ULPxl)

225 We are doing fine thanks, no big plans.

Girl F. has decided to ditch her consulting career and become an MFT. She is well-suited to be a therapist and I look forward to her help dealing with Mrs. F.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 27, 2026 11:10 PM (RIvkX)

226 Howdy, Horde.

Thanks for the music, Doof!

Warming up a bit here. Maybe even get some snow tonight.

Posted by: JQ at January 27, 2026 11:10 PM (rdVOm)

227 172
My husband and are weird. We don't like "Hallmark " holidays, lol.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 27, 2026 10:43 PM (3ek7K)


Are we married to the same guy? Mine, either. He says, "I buy you flowers often because I want to." Then buys me something on Valentine's.

We used to give each other sarcastic Valentine cards.

I'm cooking a lot lately, so that's his. I did not cook as much in December due to NO SNOW weirdness. I have come out of that now and hope for a White Easter.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 27, 2026 11:10 PM (WONhk)

228 The Historical background of Valentine's Day is of somewhat questionable morality. Especially the part about the Roman Festival of Fertility and how men picked mistresses from jars. They rarely give you the low down on what was expected of those women, but it was Lupercalia, and you can guess.

Then the Pope got his hands on the holiday and you could say he attemped to pre-empt the "Pagan" ritual with an honoring of martyrs. That's a solid 180 degree turn.

I won't bore you with the evolution over time to today's rituals. BUT, and this is important. Every single explanation for modern day Valentine's Day describes and EXCHANGE of cards and gifts. It's not described as a day to put women on a pedistal of honor and pampering. Somewhere along the line a lot of women started slacking in their Valentine's Day obligations.

REPARATIONS!!!!! REPARATIONS!!!!

Posted by: Orson at January 27, 2026 11:10 PM (dIske)

229 LOL

... and THAT is why you refer to hashes, not comment numbers!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 11:10 PM (ULPxl)

230 Xanax without a prescrition. Lol. Sure. I'm nuts but I ain't crazy.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 11:10 PM (lpTXP)

231 Are spam trolls signaling a change of government in China?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 11:11 PM (IDEQi)

232 Lol

Posted by: fourseasons at January 27, 2026 11:11 PM (3ek7K)

233 mikeski
I wish. I do feel she was gone too soon.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

* bro hug *

Posted by: mikeski at January 27, 2026 11:11 PM (VHUov)

234 Doof!

Awesome ONT.

I’ll be watching you.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 27, 2026 11:12 PM (IhIKR)

235 Good evening, good people

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 27, 2026 11:12 PM (LR6o1)

236 Younger readers might not know that the Pro Bowl used to be an actual football game, AFC vs NFC. But players started to second guess the wisdom of playing a meaningless 'all-star game' and risking injury, with the Super Bowl still to be played.

Long story short, it's now devolved to silly flag football.

Posted by: Don Black at January 27, 2026 11:13 PM (ZxPkt)

237 Doof!

Awesome ONT.

I’ll be watching you.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 27, 2026 11:12 PM (IhIKR)

Thanks!

Posted by: Doof at January 27, 2026 11:13 PM (QMAsf)

238
ChristyBlinky,

Still no snow here, waaaahhhhhhh.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 27, 2026 11:13 PM (3ek7K)

239 Thank you! I believe that Live Alchemy is the single best representation of peak Dire Straits. I have that concert on DVD and its epic.
Posted by: Crusader at January 27, 2026 11:09 PM (Cjcf6)

Agree completely! One of the best live albums ever.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 27, 2026 11:13 PM (Sxl5b)

240 I remember some bus drivers like it was yesterday.

I got a lot of Mahalia Jackson and (young) Aretha Franklin on the bus

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 27, 2026 11:14 PM (RIvkX)

241 In San Diego, at least, there are a lot of restaurants that do special meals on Valentine’s Day. Some of them are very good. They do cost but if your significant other enjoys food they are worth it for a special night. I would recommend Animae and Kingfisher as among the best.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 27, 2026 11:15 PM (EXyHK)

242 {{{nurse r}}}

Stepping back in to wish you a good night...Hopefully seeing you tomorrow night👋💤💤💤

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 27, 2026 11:15 PM (LNeRu)

243 common leitmotif?"


Two out of three ain't bad?

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 27, 2026 11:16 PM (uaYsl)

244 Ilhan Omar was sprayed with a liquid substance at a town hall tonight. Attacker was arrested. I hope it was pig urine.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 11:17 PM (IDEQi)

245 The David Lee Roth video had an ending that happened four years ago.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 27, 2026 11:17 PM (MaqLY)

246 Ilhan Omar was sprayed with a liquid substance at a town hall tonight.

Odds that she paid someone to do it?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 27, 2026 11:18 PM (EXyHK)

247 Are spam trolls signaling a change of government in China?
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 11:11 PM (IDEQi)

Look I'm not saying anything, I'm just saying we've got our eye on some government buildings in Beijing.

Posted by: Spirit Halloween at January 27, 2026 11:18 PM (vSvIl)

248 Isn't there a Steak and Blowjob day? Surely that should be a day of great rejoicing for the Morons.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 10:50 PM (lpTXP)
___________________________

I'd like to see that coincide with "Talk Like a pirate day"
Posted by: Orson at January 27, 2026 10:52 PM (dIske)

Ar ar ar ar arrr ARRR! Me timbers been shivered. Come cuddle with me gangplank.

Posted by: Be Careful What You Ask For at January 27, 2026 11:20 PM (NZPfR)

249
Stephen,

She is a drama queen


Posted by: fourseasons at January 27, 2026 11:20 PM (3ek7K)

250 Are spam trolls signaling a change of government in China?
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Look I'm not saying anything, I'm just saying we've got our eye on some government buildings in Beijing.
Posted by: Spirit Halloween

* golf ghost clap *

Posted by: mikeski at January 27, 2026 11:20 PM (VHUov)

251 Ilhan Omar was sprayed with a liquid substance at a town hall tonight.

Odds that she paid someone to do it?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 27, 2026 11:18 PM (EXyHK)

I would not take your bet, sir.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 11:20 PM (lpTXP)

252 Yakity Sax Benny Hill

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 27, 2026 11:21 PM (4p0Xq)

253 Isn't there a Steak and Blowjob day? Surely that should be a day of great rejoicing for the Morons.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

I'd like to see that coincide with "Talk Like a pirate day"
Posted by: Orson

Ar ar ar ar arrr ARRR! Me timbers been shivered. Come cuddle with me gangplank.
Posted by: Be Careful What You Ask For

+1 Internet for doing that without a "booty plundering" reference.

Posted by: mikeski at January 27, 2026 11:21 PM (VHUov)

254 Ilhan Omar was sprayed with a liquid substance at a town hall tonight.
-----

Only in outlaw territory could an illegal alien host a "town hall" event. She needs to be criminally prosecuted and deported.

By the way, "town hall" implies she has things to say and people in attendance have things to say back. Are we supposed that this illegal Muslim hag has any ability to handle crowds?

Posted by: Crusader at January 27, 2026 11:21 PM (Cjcf6)

255 So MiladyJo & I have been finally watching the last season of Resident Alien, one per night. Today, though, we watched one this afternoon. Which means we're tempted to watch one more tonight. Which leaves us with only the last two episodes, which we will no doubt want to marathon.

I can't decide whether to watch one more tonight or delay gratification to savor the conclusion.

It's been a wacky show. And sustained quality. Such as it was.
👽

Posted by: mindful webworker - All aliens must register... at January 27, 2026 11:22 PM (OJSFI)

256 >>> 251 Ilhan Omar was sprayed with a liquid substance at a town hall tonight.
==
Odds that she paid someone to do it?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 27, 2026 11:18 PM (EXyHK)

I would not take your bet, sir.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 11:20 PM (lpTXP)

I hope she didn't write a check.

Posted by: Jussie Smollet at January 27, 2026 11:22 PM (ULPxl)

257 COOMM!
Email tomorrow!

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 27, 2026 11:22 PM (IhIKR)

258
She's probably looking for more people to steal from.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 27, 2026 11:23 PM (3ek7K)

259 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 27, 2026 11:24 PM (SRRAx)

260 Foreskinned is forewarned, peeple.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 27, 2026 11:25 PM (JkO4W)

261 S&BJ day is one month after Valentine's. 3/14. Or so I read years ago on an obscure smart military blog.
Posted by: mindful webworker - not to be confused with May the Forced at January 27, 2026 11:06 PM (OJSFI)

**********

Well, 3/14 is Pi(e) day, so, um, yeah I think it could work if she were to cook the steak and...

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 27, 2026 11:26 PM (MaqLY)

262 I don't mind valentines day. Mrs B is very low maintenance. She never asks for anything. I tell her if you need something don't ask, just frigging get it. She knows the finances better than me, if the money is there, just get it. She still asks anyway. So when valentines day comes around she gets goodies.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 11:26 PM (snZF9)

263 254 Ilhan Omar was sprayed with a liquid substance at a town hall tonight.

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This is MAGA Country, bitch.

Posted by: Concerned Republicans at January 27, 2026 11:27 PM (JkO4W)

264 Valentines Day is either a very happy day or a miserable day.

My cat is my Valentine. And I’m
Ok with that.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 27, 2026 11:28 PM (IhIKR)

265 I think its important to NOT let the people of Minnesota off the hook with all of this nonsense. How in the world did they allow a *retarded* and incestuous *idiot* like Omar to achieve and retain public office? This is on THEM. They put up with this bullshit. She is literally retarded. And they allow her to "represent" them.

Posted by: Crusader at January 27, 2026 11:30 PM (Cjcf6)

266 Alexander was a great general. Great generals are forewarned. Forewarned is forearmed. Now, four is an odd number of arms for a general to have. Four is also an even number. And the only number that is both odd and even is infinity. Therefore, Alexander, the great general, had an infinite number of arms.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 27, 2026 11:30 PM (H6cKs)

267 They put up with this bullshit. She is literally retarded. And they allow her to "represent" them.
Posted by: Crusader at January 27, 2026 11:30 PM (Cjcf6)

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To be fair, democracy is for retards too.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 27, 2026 11:31 PM (JkO4W)

268 This is on THEM.

You’re probably right. On the other hand, I keep going back to how little I trust election integrity nowadays.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 27, 2026 11:31 PM (EXyHK)

269 After seeing that top pic I want vanilla ice cream with caramel sauce. Or butterscotch, I'm not fussy.

Posted by: JuJuBee, fact checker hammered by events at January 27, 2026 11:32 PM (1BdZW)

270 To be fair, democracy is for retards too.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

Government by the least common denominator.

Posted by: mikeski at January 27, 2026 11:32 PM (VHUov)

271 Have a great night, everyone.

May you all be warm and cozy. Even thriving.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 27, 2026 11:33 PM (u82oZ)

272 Lefties were originally posting the flashbang video, but once the comments were overwhelmingly mocking the idiot, now the Left is claiming the video is a fake.

Posted by: Wally at January 27, 2026 11:34 PM (0e5Te)

273 You would think Omar would have better police or bodyguard protection. The photo I saw he was right in front of her after charging down the aisle.
and, Omar handled it gracefully ...
“We will continue this f***ing a**hole is not going to get away with it,” Omar said.

Posted by: old chick at January 27, 2026 11:34 PM (F3Dlr)

274 262 I don't mind valentines day. Mrs B is very low maintenance. She never asks for anything. I tell her if you need something don't ask, just frigging get it. She knows the finances better than me, if the money is there, just get it. She still asks anyway. So when valentines day comes around she gets goodies.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 11:26 PM (snZF9)

Go, Mrs B. This is the way

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 11:35 PM (lpTXP)

275 The fine people of Minnesota have answered the age-old question, "is there anybody who is too stupid, hateful and corrupt to hold public office in a modern democratic republic?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 27, 2026 11:36 PM (JkO4W)

276 Prove me wrong, SRV and double trouble is the only song worth a listen here. That’s the common theme for me. The ONT rocks. Unless it tanks…

Posted by: PartyCrasher at January 27, 2026 11:38 PM (JYn0T)

277 Ilhan Omar was sprayed with a liquid substance at a town hall tonight. Attacker was arrested. I hope it was pig urine.
Posted by: Smell the Glove

If it's OK for some people to launch launch fireworks and frozen water bottles at ICE for deporting criminal illegal alien Somalis it should be OK for some people to spritz pig piss on Somalis who support the criminals.

All around it's just some people doing somethings.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 27, 2026 11:38 PM (/lPRQ)

278 And Dave Fucking Mathew's, you and your whole band can go to hell.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 27, 2026 11:39 PM (JkO4W)

279 I can't help but feel/wonder if that person was paid to toss whatever at Snake In A Towel. The mind ponders, it does.

Posted by: turambar at January 27, 2026 11:39 PM (Q0yOR)

280 And Dave Fucking Mathew's, you and your whole band can go to hell.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 27, 2026 11:39 PM (JkO4W)

Yes, this.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 11:40 PM (snZF9)

281 I said our Valentine's Day was the day I proposed to her, Feb, 2nd.
Posted by: NaCly Dog

Does this mean if I see my shadow your relationship will last six extra weeks?

Posted by: Punxatwaney Phil at January 27, 2026 11:41 PM (1BdZW)

282 Ilhan Omar was sprayed with a liquid substance at a town hall tonight.
==
Odds that she paid someone to do it?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 27, 2026 11:18 PM (EXyHK)

I would not take your bet, sir.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 11:20 PM (lpTXP)

I hope she didn't write a check.

Posted by: Jussie Smollet at January 27, 2026 11:22 PM (ULPxl)

Quote of the week nominee.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 11:41 PM (dK+Kv)

283 And Dave Fucking Mathew's, you and your whole band can go to hell.

Seconded! All in favor?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 27, 2026 11:42 PM (lUFok)

284 Leading porn websites offer secure and premium content for adults.
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Posted by: BUY VIAGRA at January 27, 2026 11:43 PM (WiouL)

285 >>I can't help but feel/wonder if that person was paid to toss whatever at Snake In A Towel. The mind ponders, it does.
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Me too. Throwing stuff is one of the leftards' favorite tricks, after all.

Posted by: JQ at January 27, 2026 11:43 PM (rdVOm)

286 Of course that bitch hired someone to spray her with whatever. And the sleepy authorities acted awfully quick to protect her. Sure, Jan.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 11:43 PM (lpTXP)

287 283 Having seen them long ago in C'ville and being barraged with their dreck over the radio, I third this.

Posted by: turambar at January 27, 2026 11:44 PM (Q0yOR)

288 And Dave Fucking Mathew's, you and your whole band can go to hell.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 27, 2026 11:39 PM (JkO4W)

Yes, this.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 11:40 PM (snZF9)


What did they do?

Besides play shitty music?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 11:44 PM (dK+Kv)

289 What did they do?

Besides play shitty music?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
-------

They talk too much?

Posted by: JQ at January 27, 2026 11:45 PM (rdVOm)

290 153 Is TiFW here tonight? I'm watching the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo this evening. The dadgummed thing lasts almost three weeks.

And no they don't have the stock show on TV. Just the rodeo.
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 27, 2026 10:38 PM (47diA)

We always know when bad/freezing weather is coming - never fails that the beginning of the FWSS&R coincides with the sleet, ice, and <32°F temps 😂

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 27, 2026 11:46 PM (SRRAx)

291 What did they do?

Besides play shitty music?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 11:44 PM (dK+Kv)

He banged in her prime Jennifer Love Hewitt.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 11:46 PM (zZu0s)

292 guess what this rando on twitter is talking about

"Because as law enforcement they have to get a judge to give them a warrant to investigate and we know the judges wouldn't give them out... but if you 'hand' the information to a 'citizen journalist' they can go out with a mic and GoPro and break the story for us.

"Much easier to get warrants from judges who can be shamed into silence.
"Not saying this is the only angle, but it is certainly one of them. It's a sophisticated media strategy to also justify walking up the escalatory ladder... drip drip drip the information, get Walz to deny it all, drip out more....

"They don't know what you know"

Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 11:47 PM (rbvCR)

293 lace wigs at WiouL

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 11:47 PM (ULPxl)

294 "And Dave Fucking Matthews you and your whole band can go to hell."

Well, we don't really want them here, but listening to Weir and Garcia dragging out this one song for days is unbelievable torture, even by Hell's standards

Posted by: Residents of Hell at January 27, 2026 11:48 PM (0e5Te)

295 Dave Matthews Band was the Forrest Gump of 90s bands.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 11:48 PM (lpTXP)

296 295 Dave Matthews Band was the Forrest Gump of 90s bands.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 11:48 PM (lpTXP)

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Duuuude

Posted by: Billy Squier at January 27, 2026 11:49 PM (JkO4W)

297 Every time I think that Candace Owens can’t possibly say anything more stupid than she’s already said, she doubles down.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 27, 2026 11:50 PM (Sxl5b)

298 He banged in her prime Jennifer Love Hewitt.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 11:46 PM (zZu0s)

Yeah, F that guy.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 11:50 PM (dK+Kv)

299 295 Dave Matthews Band was the Forrest Gump of 90s bands.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 11:48 PM (lpTXP)

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All those hot county fair gigs must have baked Dave's tiny brain.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 27, 2026 11:51 PM (JkO4W)

300 Silver spot at $116.05 per oz. That means an average condition pre 1965 dime has $8.29 worth of silver in it. Gold Spot at $5253.40 per oz.

This silver price is not a speculative bubble like 1980 or 2011 - this is an actual physical short fall of silver; we have been using more silver than we have mined for each of the past 5 years.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 27, 2026 11:51 PM (Da7Vv)

301 {{{Salty}}} good night and I am so sorry that I missed you, your post struck a chord deep within me. I had to stop getting hubs stuff out of this because it put me in a very bad place mentally. Tonight's talk of Valentine's Day had me reminiscing quite a bit, because for hubs and me, Friday the 13th of February was our very first date. He asked me out for Valentine's Day and I told him that wouldn't work for me because it was my Mom's birthday and my Dad always took us all out to dinner that night. I really, really wanted to go on an official date with my future husband, we had flirted with each other for a while by then. So he took me out for a really nice dinner on the 13th, flowers and all that nice stuff, and ever since then, we used to make a really big deal out of Feb. 13th.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 27, 2026 11:52 PM (0nHVk)

302 What did they do?

Besides play shitty music?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
-------

They talk too much?

Posted by: JQ at January 27, 2026 11:45 PM (rdVOm)

That, and the shitty music.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 11:55 PM (snZF9)

303 Candace Owens tonight (yes what you will want to say has already been said 5,000 times on X

“Back online after internet blackout. I grew up in Connecticut and have truly never seen an ice like this ever. The temperature is 30 degrees but the ice on our trees tops is not melting at all.
Never seen anything like this. Anybody else?”

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 27, 2026 11:55 PM (Sxl5b)

304 {{{Debby}}} -- what a sweet story!

Posted by: JQ at January 27, 2026 11:55 PM (rdVOm)

305 That's beautiful, Debby.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 11:56 PM (zZu0s)

306 Wait. I'm no Superman?

Posted by: Dave Matthews at January 27, 2026 11:56 PM (oEMAv)

307 This silver price is not a speculative bubble like 1980 or 2011 - this is an actual physical short fall of silver; we have been using more silver than we have mined for each of the past 5 years.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President


So, what you are saying is, if I plan on doing any copper brazing/soldering I better get my solder last month or earlier?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 27, 2026 11:56 PM (/lPRQ)

308 This silver price is not a speculative bubble like 1980 or 2011 - this is an actual physical short fall of silver; we have been using more silver than we have mined for each of the past 5 years.

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Just buy, Wilson. Buy

Posted by: Randolph Duke at January 27, 2026 11:56 PM (JkO4W)

309 And the sleepy authorities acted awfully quick to protect her. Sure, Jan.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

They let the guy rush right up to her. That's not a security detail, that's rehearsed drama.
She's trying to play the victim but she's a lousy actress.

Posted by: old chick at January 27, 2026 11:59 PM (F3Dlr)

310 Randolph, shouldn't we wait for the silver crop report?

Posted by: Mortimer Duke at January 27, 2026 11:59 PM (0e5Te)

311 When Mr. TiFW told me about Ilhan Omar getting "attacked", I told him her campaign probably staged it.

I don't put anything past these slimeballs.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 28, 2026 12:02 AM (SRRAx)

312 The Impala wagon story is feasible, but Mecum has a history of letting fakes slip through the cracks.

Posted by: Born Free at January 28, 2026 12:02 AM (raD1m)

313 This silver price is not a speculative bubble like 1980 or 2011 - this is an actual physical short fall of silver; we have been using more silver than we have mined for each of the past 5 years.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 27, 2026 11:51 PM (Da7Vv)

It is worse than that, the only real trading was in futures and options since actual delivery and storage is a hassle. So Silver stayed in whatever vault it was in and the ownership of each ounce was passed back and forth with the understanding that when the contract came up, it could be covered by selling it again.
But now no one trustst there is sufficient silver to cover the current contracts.
So everyone is demanding delivery, and there may be too little Silver in the world to cover everything that was sold, which means the exchanges may default.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 28, 2026 12:04 AM (rbvCR)

314 I don't ever remember an 'Impala' wagon. We were a Chevy family and, with 6 kids, always had a wagon. I'm calling bullshit...

Posted by: ChrisP at January 28, 2026 12:09 AM (5aGVH)

315 Posted by: Tom Servo at January 27, 2026 11:50 PM (Sxl5b)

I'm afraid to ask.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 28, 2026 12:10 AM (Ezs10)

316 But now no one trusts there is sufficient silver to cover the current contracts.
So everyone is demanding delivery, and there may be too little Silver in the world to cover everything that was sold, which means the exchanges may default.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 28, 2026 12:04 AM (rbvCR)

It's a good thing there is still all that gold in Fort Knox. Right? Right?

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 28, 2026 12:11 AM (bjLw3)

317 Greetings Everyone - coming in late because my computer was in use updating my GPS map files.

For reals, not trying to be tankdemon jr.

Hope everyone is staying warm and safe in our continuing 'weather'. I think there's some relief in the forecast next week....

Off to read content and see what everyone is up to....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 28, 2026 12:11 AM (QGaXH)

318 Gee, I have a chassis that would fit Mo's old truck.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 28, 2026 12:12 AM (8zz6B)

319 I don't get what the big deal was with the Chevy Silverado in the content - looks like it's just about broken in....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 28, 2026 12:12 AM (QGaXH)

320 The first car that I ever bought for myself was a Chevy Impala convertible, I loved that car.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 28, 2026 12:14 AM (0nHVk)

321 Dad had a nice '65 yellow Impala, bought used. When I asked to drive it, he seemed overly concerned about wear and tear. He also seemed overly concerned that he needed the car to get to work. I couldn't see the problem. I needed the car.

Did I mention that I was a stupid teenager?
.


Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 28, 2026 12:15 AM (VBYyL)

322 Ah, I see Candace is highly suspicious of ice that doesn't melt in temperatures below freezing.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 28, 2026 12:15 AM (Ezs10)

323 Leonid Brezhnev loved big, fast American cars. They had some bugs, though.

Posted by: mrp at January 28, 2026 12:17 AM (rj6Yv)

324 Does anyone know if women can use Rogaine ??

I am tired of wearing these cheap rags from the Salvation Army Store on my head...

Posted by: Ilham Omar at January 28, 2026 12:18 AM (X7dyz)

325 Just for the record, the show High Potential is really, really stupid.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 28, 2026 12:19 AM (2WIwB)

326 23 In communist Russia, Impala hides YOU!!
Posted by: Doof at January 27, 2026 10:07 PM (QMAsf)

I assume by now someone has read further down than the headline to this paragraph:

"The original buyer was a man from Moscow, and he owned an auto repair shop, and a fuel station. And no, he was no living in the USSR’s capital, but in Pennsylvania,..."

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 28, 2026 12:19 AM (QGaXH)

327 I just checked the forecast here to figure out which day it warms up. And, apparently we're staying below freezing throughout the 10 day forecast...including 3 days going below zero, and 3 days not getting out of single digits.

I guess I should blame the Jews, but I'm going to go out on a limb and put the blame on the Pastafarians and the Flying Spaghetti Monster deity.

Posted by: Orson at January 28, 2026 12:20 AM (dIske)

328 Silver spot at $116.05 per oz. That means an average condition pre 1965 dime has $8.29 worth of silver in it. Gold Spot at $5253.40 per oz.

This silver price is not a speculative bubble like 1980 or 2011 - this is an actual physical short fall of silver; we have been using more silver than we have mined for each of the past 5 years.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 27, 2026 11:51 PM (Da7Vv)
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Dang, so close.

Posted by: The Hunt Brothers at January 28, 2026 12:21 AM (rj6Yv)

329 320 The first car that I ever bought for myself was a Chevy Impala convertible, I loved that car.

My first car was a 1977 Chevy Camero Z28. Great car, but my wife hated it ..

Short story.... It was gone in 6 months after we got married.... So much for being 17 again....

Posted by: Jackson K. at January 28, 2026 12:21 AM (X7dyz)

330 266 Alexander was a great general. Great generals are forewarned. Forewarned is forearmed. Now, four is an odd number of arms for a general to have.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 27, 2026 11:30 PM (H6cKs)

/clears throat...

Posted by: Tars Tarkis, Jedak of Thark at January 28, 2026 12:22 AM (mP0Kj)

331 "The original buyer was a man from Moscow, and he owned an auto repair shop, and a fuel station. And no, he was no living in the USSR’s capital, but in Pennsylvania,..."
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 28, 2026 12:19 AM (QGaXH)

I'll be damned! The pesky Rooskies moved Moscow to Pennsylvania! Tricky bastards!

Posted by: Diogenes at January 28, 2026 12:22 AM (2WIwB)

332
Debby, you're present!

A few nights ago you asked about my POD, but I always get in to answer you just _after_ you slip away.

I got my POD, thanks for asking. No more whining from me as I get on to other disasters!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 28, 2026 12:23 AM (Px6E0)

333 322 Ah, I see Candace is highly suspicious of ice that doesn't melt in temperatures below freezing.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 28, 2026 12:15 AM (Ezs10)

It's that Jewish Weather machine!

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 28, 2026 12:23 AM (mP0Kj)

334 >>Silver spot at $116.05 per oz. That means an average condition pre 1965 dime has $8.29 worth of silver in it. Gold Spot at $5253.40 per oz.
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So three silver dimes will buy a 16 oz prime rib steak.

Posted by: mrp at January 28, 2026 12:24 AM (rj6Yv)

335 Leonid Brezhnev loved big, fast American cars. They had some bugs, though.

Posted by: mrp at January 28, 2026 12:17 AM (rj6Yv)
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"I hear you." - Bob, NSA

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 12:24 AM (VxQkd)

336 Phyllis Diller owned a '65 Checker Wagon. Still had it when she died about 10 years ago. She had a couple other offbeat cars, too.
Posted by: The Pruitts of Southampton at January 27, 2026 10:46 PM (oftw2)

She was a big fan of motorsport. Friend of mine met her at the Kent raceway near Seattle. He said she was quite the babe.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 28, 2026 12:25 AM (8zz6B)

337 I don't ever remember an 'Impala' wagon. We were a Chevy family and, with 6 kids, always had a wagon. I'm calling bullshit...

Posted by: ChrisP at January 28, 2026 12:09 AM (5aGVH)

They definitely made them.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 28, 2026 12:25 AM (snZF9)

338 Ilhan Omar was sprayed with a liquid substance at a town hall tonight.
==
Odds that she paid someone to do it?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 27, 2026 11:18 PM (EXyHK)

I would not take your bet, sir.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 11:20 PM (lpTXP)

I hope she didn't write a check.

Posted by: Jussie Smollet at January 27, 2026 11:22 PM (ULPxl)

They had to pay cash. The Czech refused her check.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 28, 2026 12:26 AM (S/Y4j)

339 Does anyone know if women can use Rogaine ??

I am tired of wearing these cheap rags from the Salvation Army Store on my head...

Posted by: Ilham Omar at January 28, 2026 12:18 AM (X7dyz)

Maybe stop wearing the white head wrap and you'll stop looking like somebody's finger broke through the toilet paper.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 28, 2026 12:27 AM (snZF9)

340 It's that Jewish Weather machine!

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 28, 2026 12:23 AM (mP0Kj)
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Cloudy with a chance of meatballs kneidelach.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 12:27 AM (VxQkd)

341 >>Silver spot at $116.05 per oz. That means an average condition pre 1965 dime has $8.29 worth of silver in it. Gold Spot at $5253.40 per oz.
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So three silver dimes will buy a 16 oz prime rib steak.
Posted by: mrp at January 28, 2026 12:24 AM (rj6Yv)

***

If you're dining in Seattle, better bring a few more dimes.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 28, 2026 12:27 AM (2WIwB)

342 If you're dining in Seattle, better bring a few more dimes.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 28, 2026 12:27 AM (2WIwB)
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Even just to drive there!

https://youtu.be/-RwEpUHynTc

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 12:29 AM (VxQkd)

343 > 338 Ilhan Omar was sprayed with a liquid substance at a town hall tonight.

And this time it wasn't even her brother.

Posted by: North Korea at January 28, 2026 12:30 AM (IG3/x)

344 My folks owned a 1962 Pontiac Safari station wagon. All black, with a cop spotlight mounted on the driver's side. That caught Grandpa's attention, figuring with "hunting" season coming up, that might be "helpful". Dad laughed, Grandpa - not so much

Posted by: mrp at January 28, 2026 12:31 AM (rj6Yv)

345 Speaking Japanese with a southern accent

https://tinyurl.com/yc78f2av

Posted by: Kindltot at January 28, 2026 12:31 AM (rbvCR)

346 Ilhan Omar was sprayed with a liquid substance at a town hall tonight. Attacker was arrested. I hope it was pig urine.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 11:17 PM (IDEQi)
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Sorry. It was only virtual wine.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 12:32 AM (VxQkd)

347 88 78 There are 9.51 × 10²² atoms in an oz. of gold.
Posted by: pawn at January 27, 2026 10:21 PM (jnZe

That doesn’t sound like the avocado number. Maybe that’s the guacamole constant.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 27, 2026 10:25 PM (Sxl5b)

In case nobody posted it, Avocado's (Avogadro's) Number is 6.02 X 10^23 atoms per mole

The molecular (molar) weight of Au is 196.96 gm which converts to about 6.95 oz.

So one ounce of Au is about 1/7 of a mole...

Sometimes you just gotts to do the math.....sorry horde!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 28, 2026 12:32 AM (QGaXH)

348 Goodnight Horde. Stay warm!

Posted by: turambar at January 28, 2026 12:32 AM (Q0yOR)

349 Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

A special day today. Never Forget!

Posted by: Diogenes at January 28, 2026 12:32 AM (2WIwB)

350 If you're dining in Seattle, better bring a few more dimes.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 28, 2026 12:27 AM (2WIwB)
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In my defense, I didn't say 3 silver dimes would buy a prime rib "dinner".l In Seattle, that would be 3 Franklin half-dollars.

Posted by: mrp at January 28, 2026 12:35 AM (rj6Yv)

351 A special day today. Never Forget!

Posted by: Diogenes at January 28, 2026 12:32 AM (2WIwB)
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I never forget. Both Mrs. BD's and my family lost enough on all sides.

However, in Israel, we have 2-3 other dates on the Hebrew calendar to never forget. Holocaust Remembrance Day seems to be more US- European oriented.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 12:36 AM (VxQkd)

352 A special day today. Never Forget!

Posted by: Diogenes at January 28, 2026 12:32 AM (2WIwB)
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Also, that was yesterday here. And I gotta get out the door!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 12:37 AM (VxQkd)

353 The top pic. Is that White Sands, NM?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 28, 2026 12:38 AM (8zz6B)

354 In my defense, I didn't say 3 silver dimes would buy a prime rib "dinner".l In Seattle, that would be 3 Franklin half-dollars.
Posted by: mrp at January 28, 2026 12:35 AM (rj6Yv)


Ahhhh.
So you want something to drink as well.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 28, 2026 12:38 AM (2WIwB)

355 However, in Israel, we have 2-3 other dates on the Hebrew calendar to never forget. Holocaust Remembrance Day seems to be more US- European oriented.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 12:36 AM (VxQkd)

Mamdani getting elected tells me they don't remember shit here in the US.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 28, 2026 12:39 AM (snZF9)

356 A nice glass of red and the tip.

Posted by: mrp at January 28, 2026 12:40 AM (rj6Yv)

357 Mamdani getting elected tells me they don't remember shit here in the US.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 28, 2026 12:39 AM (snZF9)
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Mamdani is a symptom of many things not remembered.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 12:40 AM (VxQkd)

358 Also, that was yesterday here. And I gotta get out the door!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 12:37 AM (VxQkd


Point taken. I keep forgetting the time zones.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 28, 2026 12:41 AM (2WIwB)

359 Good night all.
See ya tomorrow.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 28, 2026 12:42 AM (2WIwB)

360 'night all!

Posted by: mrp at January 28, 2026 12:43 AM (rj6Yv)

361 I am out for the night too. It has been a long day, but productive. I got my '60 Lark back on the road, with a new brand X brake drum. Which actually fit with zero machine work.

Night, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 28, 2026 12:50 AM (8zz6B)

362 Well, 3/14 is Pi(e) day, so, um, yeah I think it could work if she were to cook the steak and...
Posted by: Sasquatch

Pi day, right. I knew it was something else day, but my tired brain got stuck on 5/4.

So ℿ,s&bj day? ehn, something not right about that. Must be time to sleep on it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1iHhWh9FtsQ

G'nite, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - I'm on the dark side of the road at January 28, 2026 12:51 AM (OJSFI)

363 Tried to ram a cop with my
Shit car
I fought the law and the law won.

I went to shoot a cop with my
Shit gun
I fought the law and the law won.

Flashbang blew off my right thumb.
I fought the law and the law won.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 28, 2026 12:52 AM (rbvCR)

364 Spent the last couple of days slowly removing a mini glacier from my parking space. It's good enough that I can get out now. Except, the car won't start. I'll take care of it later. Probably needs jumped. Cable is on the floor in the back seat. Little annoyed as the battery isn't that old. Got installed in July. Guess it was too cold. It's been in the single digits overnight around here. Not tonight though. Low teens now.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 28, 2026 12:53 AM (sAmhv)

365 Mamdani getting elected tells me they don't remember shit here in the US.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 28, 2026 12:39 AM (snZF9)
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Mamdani is a symptom of many things not remembered.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 12:40 AM (VxQkd)

Only became a citizen in 2018.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 28, 2026 01:01 AM (KDPiq)

366 Hi, Puddleglum. Sorry you have the car issues.

Batteries are crap, anymore... Put a new one in my (2003) truck in May, usually drive it once every week or two. Let it sit for 3 weeks? Nope. Dead. wth? It wasn't even *cold* yet, in early October. Previous battery was a (N)Everstart cheapest of the cheap and had lasted 5 years.

Took a while to charge with jump, but been driving it at least once a week since and no further problems.

Posted by: JQ at January 28, 2026 01:01 AM (rdVOm)

367 Oh, another thing Puddleglum-- I tried starting it too soon (not charged enough yet from the jump) and it triggered the 'check engine' light. *shrug* I scanned it, cleared the bogus codes --various sensor malfunctions, probably due to insufficient voltages-- and it hasn't come on again since.

Posted by: JQ at January 28, 2026 01:09 AM (rdVOm)

368 Just in and out tonight.

New nickname for pepper spray: "ICE spice".

Have a good one...

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 28, 2026 01:13 AM (IG3/x)

369 Interesting spam troll tonight. Anybody brave enough to click that link? Hovered over the link, (.fr). A French link. CBD back over there?

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 28, 2026 01:15 AM (sAmhv)

370 Batteries are crap, anymore... Put a new one in my (2003) truck in May, usually drive it once every week or two. Let it sit for 3 weeks? Nope. Dead. wth? It wasn't even *cold* yet, in early October. Previous battery was a (N)Everstart cheapest of the cheap and had lasted 5 years.

Took a while to charge with jump, but been driving it at least once a week since and no further problems.

Posted by: JQ at January 28, 2026 01:01 AM (rdVOm)

The pattern I noticed with batteries, especially the harley batteries of any brand, is they need to be fully charged before they're put in the vehicle. With the harleys if you don't charge them up to around 13.5 volts they never take a full charge in the bike. I have seen new batteries die in days. Its always the same story. Customer says he bought a new battery and it dies in a week. We asked if it was charged, they say the store told him it was charged. No..no, thats bullshit, and they always say that crap. I charge car batteries before putting them in too.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 28, 2026 01:17 AM (snZF9)

371 I don't click spam links. Not that brave, LOL.

Posted by: JQ at January 28, 2026 01:17 AM (rdVOm)

372 I charge car batteries before putting them in too.
Posted by: Berserker
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I have never done this. Really never had any problems until *this* battery. Too late now I guess, but *next time* I will pre-charge!

Posted by: JQ at January 28, 2026 01:19 AM (rdVOm)

373 I have never done this. Really never had any problems until *this* battery. Too late now I guess, but *next time* I will pre-charge!

Posted by: JQ at January 28, 2026 01:19 AM (rdVOm)

Definitely do that. Do a slower charge, not fast. Get it up over 13 volts.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 28, 2026 01:23 AM (snZF9)

374 Current car is still on its factory original battery & it's a 2018. (Hold me Mommy, I'm scared!)

If it can last until summer, oh please oh please... 8 years is the most I've ever gotten out of a car battery!

Old truck had a DieHard Silver for 12 years, but then it didn't have a sh!tload of electronic crap drawing on it 24/7.

Posted by: JQ at January 28, 2026 01:24 AM (rdVOm)

375 Used to be a great road house there back in the 70's. Ratskellers. And the drinking age was 19.
Good times...good times...
Posted by: Diogenes
----
And Wallace was just down the road.
I had a boss who.was a Waazoo alum, late 50's, and he had tales...

Posted by: buddhaha at January 28, 2026 01:28 AM (hKN+e)

376 Batteries that are low on charge get wrecked in the cold. It kills them dead. Its like they freeze and never come back.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 28, 2026 01:30 AM (snZF9)

377 I’m always suspicious of these barn finds also the people who claim they somehow got a rare car or bike for 200 bucks or some other ridiculous price.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 28, 2026 01:32 AM (XV/Pl)

378 It's the Sahara, AOP.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent at January 28, 2026 01:32 AM (/HDaX)

379 8 years for a car battery is pretty damn good.

Car battery prices are ridiculous now.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 28, 2026 01:35 AM (XV/Pl)

380 Everything is ridiculously priced now!

Thanks FJB.

Posted by: JQ at January 28, 2026 01:36 AM (rdVOm)

381
Looks like the guy who sprayed Ilhan only got her shirt. He's had a couple of DUIs, divorced, on disability (SSDI maybe?) looks a real mess.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 28, 2026 01:37 AM (Px6E0)

382 $40 is the new $25

Posted by: JQ at January 28, 2026 01:37 AM (rdVOm)

383 Looks like the guy who sprayed Ilhan only got her shirt. He's had a couple of DUIs, divorced, on disability (SSDI maybe?) looks a real mess.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Uh huh. Bet his bank account gets a sharp increase soon.

Posted by: JQ at January 28, 2026 01:39 AM (rdVOm)

384
Uh huh. Bet his bank account gets a sharp increase soon.
Posted by: JQ

============

Oddly, this is one Minnesota arrest that seems to be sticking! No habeas corpus, no army of protestors rushing to get him released, no GoFundMe for the guy who supposedly attacked Ilhan Omar.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 28, 2026 01:43 AM (Px6E0)

385 In the good old days we killed commies instead of electing them. Just sayin'

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 28, 2026 01:44 AM (NudWK)

386 Oddly, this is one Minnesota arrest that seems to be sticking! No habeas corpus, no army of protestors rushing to get him released, no GoFundMe for the guy who supposedly attacked Ilhan Omar.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia
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Of course not. They have to pretend he's MAGA. Wait & see... I agree with others here, who believe he's on her payroll and it was all an act.

Posted by: JQ at January 28, 2026 01:45 AM (rdVOm)

387 Whenever Ice Men invade the Capital to testify I feel like its Jan 6 all over again! All these men want to date me!

Posted by: Alexandria Occasional Cortex at January 28, 2026 01:46 AM (j/wwM)

388 No, AOC, they don't want to date you.

They probably only want you to show them your t*ts.

Posted by: JQ at January 28, 2026 01:55 AM (rdVOm)

389 No, AOC, they don't want to date you.

They probably only want you to show them your t*ts.

Posted by: JQ at January 28, 2026 01:55 AM (rdVOm)

I don't even want to see them. I've seen enough for 10 lifetimes, and never on a communist bitch.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 28, 2026 01:59 AM (snZF9)

390 Batteries: After driving, before I kill the engine I turn all electrical things, even the radio off, gather my stuff and the last thing is kill the engine.
Start the engine then organize whatever or just give it a bit before turning any appliance on. It seems to help.

I have heard and read that about charging before installing. Wish that thought was present when installing a new battery this summer.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 28, 2026 02:01 AM (UZwsW)

391 So, rainmandodo thinks it's ok if we sh00t some asshoe what throws a "milkshake" at us.

Alrighty then! GTG

Posted by: JQ at January 28, 2026 02:06 AM (rdVOm)

392 Wish that thought was present when installing a new battery this summer.
Posted by: Braenyard
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You & me both.

Posted by: JQ at January 28, 2026 02:11 AM (rdVOm)

393 One of our high school Friday night drinking buddies had occasional use of his dad's Checker station wagon. That was a big car. Keg party followed.
Posted by: Don Black
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One of my high school buddies had a 4 door 48 Dodge sedan. Suicide doors, and that back seat was drive-in heaven. When you sat on the seat.with your back was against the cushion, your knees were just past the edge and they were level with your ass. Plus there was about 2 feet of space to the back of the front seat.
Heavier than hell, flat head six and three on the tree. Not a hot rod, but it had it's position in the ecolgy.
They don't make 'em like that anymore.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 28, 2026 02:13 AM (hKN+e)

394 ...handing a designation to Shedeur Sanders (I don't actually care how his first name is spelled--its stupid--his dad could have picked an actual name) is just silly.
Posted by: Crusader
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You could spell it like my basic training company's first shirt favorite appellation for his charges -
S-H-I-T-H-E-A-D

Posted by: buddhaha at January 28, 2026 02:19 AM (hKN+e)

395 I remember working with an expert/engineer on a case who said " we could make lead into gold, it just isn't economical to do it" and I think it is probably true.

Posted by: bskb at January 28, 2026 02:22 AM (jTrj0)

396 O'Keefe and his crew go inside the mob in MN.
It's not a Hollywood drama, it's not contrived sensationalism but it is very real. It's more real in retrospect.

17:50 to close at 24:00 is a good synopsis.

https://xcancel.com/OKeefeMedia

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 28, 2026 02:23 AM (UZwsW)

397 Pushing 400

I'm helllpinnng.

Posted by: Slipshod Slingshot at January 28, 2026 02:29 AM (f1H1m)

398 Don't know if I can stay awake until 400, at this rate LOL

Posted by: JQ at January 28, 2026 02:31 AM (rdVOm)

399 Ok, I'll lay it up for "m" to swoop in at the 400th

Posted by: JQ at January 28, 2026 02:32 AM (rdVOm)

400 400?

Posted by: JQ at January 28, 2026 02:32 AM (rdVOm)

401 Hard to get there when the blogmasters keep deleting spam

Posted by: Slipshod Slingshot at January 28, 2026 02:32 AM (f1H1m)

402 Good night, Horde.

Posted by: JQ at January 28, 2026 02:32 AM (rdVOm)

403 Check the photos.

Peter Frampton
@peterframpton
In Nashville we are in the wake of a historic snow/ice storm. Trees down on cars & houses, over 100 elec poles have snapped, impeding the Linemen working even as more trees are falling. I want to thank ALL Linemen! We appreciate all you do 4 us. Be safe we are thinking of you. x

Posted by: 13times at January 28, 2026 02:33 AM (nvHeu)

404 Now JQ and I can sleep soundly

If separately. O

Posted by: Slipshod Slingshot at January 28, 2026 02:34 AM (f1H1m)

405 1 & 1/2 to go

Posted by: Skip at January 28, 2026 02:36 AM (Ia/+0)

406 We are just cold here in Bama. They say we are going to get another polar cold front Saturday. Sounds like it will be as bad as this last one. Not looking forward to it.

Posted by: Case at January 28, 2026 02:44 AM (E7+ue)

407 It is worse than that, the only real trading was in futures and options since actual delivery and storage is a hassle. So Silver stayed in whatever vault it was in and the ownership of each ounce was passed back and forth with the understanding that when the contract came up, it could be covered by selling it again.
But now no one trustst there is sufficient silver to cover the current contracts.
So everyone is demanding delivery, and there may be too little Silver in the world to cover everything that was sold, which means the exchanges may default.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 28, 2026 12:04 AM (rbvCR)

I cannot take that seriously. I have never heard of the sort.

Posted by: SciVo at January 28, 2026 02:54 AM (Sy6m/)

408 Ilhan Omar was sprayed with a liquid substance at a town hall tonight.

Odds that she paid someone to do it?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 27, 2026 11:18 PM (EXyHK)
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Nudge! Nudge! Wink! Wink!

https://tinyurl.com/3jbpnbbp

Verdict: suspicious but inconclusive.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 02:56 AM (VxQkd)

409 Ilhan Omar was sprayed with a liquid substance at a town hall tonight.

Odds that she paid someone to do it?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 27, 2026 11:18 PM (EXyHK)
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Nudge! Nudge! Wink! Wink!

https://tinyurl.com/3jbpnbbp

Verdict: suspicious but inconclusive.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 02:56 AM (VxQkd)

Nobody from our side would be stupid enough to risk jail for a squirt of water.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 28, 2026 03:16 AM (snZF9)

410 Nobody from our side would be stupid enough to risk jail for a squirt of water.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 28, 2026 03:16 AM (snZF9)
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There are stupid people everywhere. Unfortunately the left doesn't have a monopoly.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 03:30 AM (VxQkd)

411 Verdict: suspicious but inconclusive.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 28, 2026 02:56 AM (VxQkd)

Nobody from our side would be stupid enough to risk jail for a squirt of water.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads
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Close enough. They have overstayed their welcome. If they were born here they've still overstayed their welcome.

It's time for their white enablers to go with them.
Let them take their money n take their bags; put them all on planes and get them out of here.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 28, 2026 03:31 AM (UZwsW)

412 Posted by: JuJuBee, fact checker hammered by events at January 27, 2026 11:32 PM (1BdZW)

That's what I thought the picture looked like as well.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 28, 2026 03:52 AM (ix8EF)

413 TECH THREAD IS NOOD

Posted by: Skip at January 28, 2026 04:01 AM (Ia/+0)

414 Why does Omar have the emblem of the US House on the podium of a town hall meeting?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 28, 2026 04:08 AM (0KSrI)

Cuddles Cafe

eltzcastle.jpg
Eltz Castle

This better not be AI.

Wombats are awesome.

Golden retrievers being goofy.

Baby elephant is a... dick.

Bear cubs orphaned by a fire, and separated since the fire, are finally reunited.

Cats ignore you until it's time to play and no you don't get a vote.

Swan mother is very proud of her first egg.

Dog enjoys a light beating.

I cast Charm Person.

Sassy!

Another squirrel-dog friendship.

San Francisco in the 1920s. Skip ahead about 30 seconds to see the cars.

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1 Yay!

Posted by: Oddbob at January 27, 2026 07:30 PM (Fs0KI)

2 1

Posted by: davidt at January 27, 2026 07:32 PM (Q+gd/)

3 nope

Posted by: davidt at January 27, 2026 07:32 PM (Q+gd/)

4 Oh, my.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 27, 2026 07:32 PM (cxFcK)

5 Burp.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 27, 2026 07:32 PM (/HDaX)

6 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 27, 2026 07:36 PM (Ia/+0)

7 ROFL... seems the pictures we've been seeing of Armed Blacks in Minersoder are the 'New Black Panthers'... and the Original Black Panthers just told them to stop using the name because they don't agree with supporting Illegals.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 27, 2026 07:37 PM (mP0Kj)

8 We still go to the Balboa Theater

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 27, 2026 07:37 PM (RIvkX)

9 I did notify the previous thread but I guess "cafe is open" was too subtle without the keyword "nood." I'll try again.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 27, 2026 07:37 PM (Fs0KI)

10 I cast Charm Person.
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My cat Hexie cast "Dominate Human" a little over 3 years ago and the spell still hasn't worn off.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 27, 2026 07:38 PM (ESVrU)

11 ROFL... seems the pictures we've been seeing of Armed Blacks in Minersoder are the 'New Black Panthers'... and the Original Black Panthers just told them to stop using the name because they don't agree with supporting Illegals.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 27, 2026 07:37 PM (mP0Kj)

lmao

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 07:39 PM (dK+Kv)

12 And another river otter.

Evil nasty and aggressive. Why do you hate me, ace?

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 27, 2026 07:39 PM (74g9r)

13 The streets in Westwood Park have the oval design because it was built over a racetrack.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 27, 2026 07:39 PM (RIvkX)

14 Happy Tuesday, all!

Posted by: Caf at January 27, 2026 07:40 PM (qS/Xm)

15 Willowed: As I noted in Walls of Men, the problem for China is how you control the army while concentrating it for a major conflict. To invade Taiwan you must appoint a single operational commander, but once you do so, how do you stop him from marching on the capital?

Xi knows what happened in 1911, how Yuan Shi-kai was plucked from retirement by the Empress to put down a mutiny of his subordinates and to do so, he demanded full command authority. He got it, and deposed the monarchy, declaring himself president. He died in 1916, inaugurating the warlord era. Everyone in China knows this.

Communists cannot give a promise worth anything. It's all self-interest. When the Party is powerful, the Army is loyal, but the Party is stumbling, and the Army is worried at how many of its officers are getting purged. Xi appointed all the guys he's removing. He's burning his own cronies. That can't go on for long.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 07:40 PM (ZOv7s)

16 The bulldog having a food tantrum is funny.

Posted by: Tuna at January 27, 2026 07:40 PM (lJ0H4)

17 thanks, Ace!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 27, 2026 07:40 PM (Cjt/F)

18 Patching the roof on that castle or painting the window trim must be a death defying job.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 07:42 PM (wVcYX)

19 >>>This better not be AI.

Thanks for this. Little2 has to play a puppet in the next musical. This will be helpful.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 07:42 PM (dK+Kv)

20 I'm hoping th Secret Service puts this one in cuffs--Via GP:

Elliot Forhan, Democrat Candidate for Ohio Attorney General, went on his TikTok account to call for the execution of President Trump.

“I want to tell you what I mean when I saw that I am going to kill Donald Trump,” Forhan said.

“I mean, I’m going to obtain a conviction rendered by a jury of his peers at a standard of proof beyond a reasonable doubt based on evidence presented at a trial, conducted in accordance with the requirements of due process, resulting in a sentence duly executed of capital punishment,” he said.

“That is what I mean when I saw that I’m going to kill Donald Trump,” Forhan added.

Posted by: Crusader at January 27, 2026 07:42 PM (Cjcf6)

21 So gold is what 5150 an ounce? Sure. Thanks, Ace!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 27, 2026 07:43 PM (YlWIZ)

22 eh, I'll settle for "shot while trying to escape custody"

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 27, 2026 07:44 PM (Cjt/F)

23 Xi has a remarkable track record of acting just in time to maintain and expand his position. There have been a couple of coup attempts (or at least, real and meaningful coup plots) against him and he keeps winning. He has enough power and allies to get wind of them, and he moves fast to shut them down.

This *looks* like a big move, but it's hard to tell with Red China.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 07:38 PM (MABZ1)
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Yes, but he's wiping out his own allies. Those are his puppets he's arresting now. The economy is a mess, and with Venezuelan oil now going to the US, new supply shocks are going to hit.

The promise of the CCP was that they would make you rich and prosperous in exchange for total control. That bargain is breaking down. China lost face in a major way with the fall of Maduro. Japan is now openly rearming and also giving boats to the Philippines to buff up their Coast Guard. The US is back as well. Has the dynasty lost the Mandate of Heaven?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 07:44 PM (ZOv7s)

24 >>>This better not be AI.

I know that whenever ace says this, a massive shot of AI is coming our way.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 27, 2026 07:45 PM (syz1S)

25 The concluding shots show people emerging from the Forest Hill subway station and boarding a bus. The following shot shows the view across from the station, Laguna Honda Hospital. This is the largest county-owned long-term care community in the U.S.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 27, 2026 07:46 PM (RIvkX)

26 This has been an awful year in China. Massive flooding that was made worse by all the dams they are building. Factory fires are endemic, buildings and bridges are falling down after only a few years, and they have had some freaky weather/natural events, like frog plagues and freak snowstorms. The countryfolk say the gods are unhappy. The urban folks are getting laid off by the factory, which then burns down.

Do people know that every week they have a major vehicular homicide incident? Every week. Bollards are going up everywhere to try to stop it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 07:47 PM (ZOv7s)

27 Twin Peaks went Tango Uniform today. Filed for chap 11. I've never been. I've only been to a hooters once about 25 years ago. Can't say the food was great.

There are actually still a lot of breastaurants left but they're the pub style, often irish/scott themed locally owned places. You don't know what's on display until you go in. It's funny because my wife has a thing for pub food. So she'll get hankerin for fish and chips or something and will head in to a new place as a family and HONK! HONK! everywhere. The foods generally 100% better too.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 27, 2026 07:47 PM (3uBP9)

28 "This better not be AI."

I think I'm going to define the advance of AI by the number of times per month that Ace is skeptical.

Working backwards we're currently at 5 Aces and should hit 4.6 Aces by June

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 07:47 PM (ciYHQ)

29 And another river otter.

Evil nasty and aggressive. Why do you hate me, ace?
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 27, 2026 07:39 PM (74g9r)


Ooooooo......
Ace better be careful the next time he gets a physical.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 27, 2026 07:48 PM (2WIwB)

30 I saw Burg Eltz in Germany. Very imposing in person. It was closed the day we drove by.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 07:49 PM (ZOv7s)

31 I really love the color shifting paint they used on those cars in the 1920s video.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 27, 2026 07:49 PM (YGcde)

32 It’s Tummy Rub Tuesday!


Rub rub rub those fuzzy furry bellies!

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 27, 2026 07:50 PM (k0MVD)

33 Eltz Castle - Real castle or Disneyland for for Europe's elite?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 27, 2026 07:50 PM (/lPRQ)

34 And another river otter.

Evil nasty and aggressive. Why do you hate me, ace?
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 27, 2026 07:39 PM

How do you know it doesn't identify as a sea otter?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 27, 2026 07:51 PM (0sNs1)

35 It’s Tummy Rub Tuesday!


Rub rub rub those fuzzy furry bellies!
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 27, 2026 07:50 PM (k0MVD)
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Done and done!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 27, 2026 07:51 PM (ESVrU)

36 Patching the roof on that castle or painting the window trim must be a death defying job.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 07:42 PM (wVcYX)
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Scaffolding. Probably only need to do it once a generation.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 07:51 PM (ZOv7s)

37 Willowed from previous thread,
119 That's going to be a new rich haole development.
Posted by: Eromero at January 27, 2026 07:24 PM (LHPAg)

half goes to the obamas, half to oprah
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 27, 2026 07:27 PM
In that case we have our location for the next Jurassic Park.

Posted by: Eromero at January 27, 2026 07:52 PM (LHPAg)

38 Yes, but he's wiping out his own allies. Those are his puppets he's arresting now. The economy is a mess, and with Venezuelan oil now going to the US, new supply shocks are going to hit.

The promise of the CCP was that they would make you rich and prosperous in exchange for total control. That bargain is breaking down. China lost face in a major way with the fall of Maduro. Japan is now openly rearming and also giving boats to the Philippines to buff up their Coast Guard. The US is back as well. Has the dynasty lost the Mandate of Heaven?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 07:44 PM (ZOv7s)
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No doubt there are YUGE structural issues in Red China, many things are declining, and a major shakeup is due.

Xi might have decided that he may as well be the one to shake it up. Going after his allies and puppets? Is he? Or is it that they *were* his puppets, but perhaps were no longer? I don't know. Xi might is crafty and cunning and is a survivor. I'm not counting him out.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 07:53 PM (MABZ1)

39 37, LOL!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 27, 2026 07:53 PM (Cjt/F)

40 Eltz Castle - Real castle or Disneyland for for Europe's elite?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 27, 2026 07:50 PM (/lPRQ)
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There are a bunch of castles in the Rhineland that have been updated to be residences. All of them were destroyed by Louis XIV and the locals are still pissed about it. In the 19th Century, the hot thing to do was buy the ruin and make it into a Romantic fantasy castle. They were real fortresses at one time, though.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 07:54 PM (ZOv7s)

41 Scaffolding. Probably only need to do it once a generation.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 07:51 PM (ZOv7s)
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The scaffolding alone is probably an impressive feat of engineering.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 07:54 PM (MABZ1)

42 It’s Tummy Rub Tuesday!

Oh yeah

Posted by: Al Gore's second chakra at January 27, 2026 07:54 PM (gKWVE)

43 I cast Charm Person.

Yog's caption says "Bro just casted ... "

Yog, that's a female, not male, cat.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at January 27, 2026 07:54 PM (0sNs1)

44 It’s Tummy Rub Tuesday!

Rub rub rub those fuzzy furry bellies!
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 27, 2026 07:50 PM (k0MVD)
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Oh, right!

So, who is coming over?

Bueller?

Bueller?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 07:55 PM (MABZ1)

45 Happy cafe! I am stuffed from dinner. How is everyone?

Posted by: Piper at January 27, 2026 07:55 PM (Dd38x)

46 “That is what I mean when I saw that I’m going to kill Donald Trump,” Forhan added

I really hate this, it should incur the penalties for being both violent and a pussy (is he trans?). If you're going to run your mouth don't weasel into some lame attempt at plausible deniability.

Kill is not one of those words casually tossed around. "I'm going to destroy Forhan" is the usual hyperbole, but if you say "I'm going to kill Forhan" the table goes quiet with the more savy patrons glancing for the exits

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 07:56 PM (ciYHQ)

47 I'm hoping th Secret Service puts this one in cuffs--Via GP:

Elliot Forhan, Democrat Candidate for Ohio Attorney General, went on his TikTok account to call for the execution of President Trump.

“I want to tell you what I mean when I saw that I am going to kill Donald Trump,” Forhan said.

“I mean, I’m going to obtain a conviction rendered by a jury of his peers at a standard of proof beyond a reasonable doubt based on evidence presented at a trial, conducted in accordance with the requirements of due process, resulting in a sentence duly executed of capital punishment,” he said.

“That is what I mean when I saw that I’m going to kill Donald Trump,” Forhan added.

Posted by: Crusader at January 27, 2026 07:42 PM (Cjcf6)

Exhibit A for why the dems can never ever hold serious power in this country again, like ever. If they ever do its game over. We go to war, or we get hunted.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 07:56 PM (snZF9)

48 This better not be AI.
___________________________

Ummmm....Ok. I can see how you would be devastated if someone spent time manipulating digipix to present us with some foreign chick squirming around like she needs a restroom. That would be...disturbing.

Posted by: Orson at January 27, 2026 07:56 PM (dIske)

49 How much do I get if I don't write, "The walls are closing in on Xi?" Twenty five cents? What am I bid?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 27, 2026 07:56 PM (YlWIZ)

50 Ancient wisdom imparts "When someone says they're going to kill you, believe them."

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 27, 2026 07:57 PM (0sNs1)

51 How much do I get if I don't write, "The walls are closing in on Xi?" Twenty five cents? What am I bid?
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 27, 2026 07:56 PM (YlWIZ)
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Uhhhh, you just wrote it.

No bid.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 07:57 PM (MABZ1)

52 Xi might have decided that he may as well be the one to shake it up. Going after his allies and puppets? Is he? Or is it that they *were* his puppets, but perhaps were no longer? I don't know. Xi might is crafty and cunning and is a survivor. I'm not counting him out.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 07:53 PM (MABZ1)
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I'm not, either, but the issue he has is that there's nothing he can do within the constraints of the CCP. He's making noises that they need more state intervention in the economy. Yeah, that always works.

Also, constantly decapitating the military means it can't perform. What will happen if he does go after Taiwan and fails? Or - more likely - China is too short on oil to try it. What if the people riot and demand his ouster and the Army - seething with resentment - stands down?

That happened in 1989. Units refused orders to roll over the students. That's why they have National Armed Police now, but what if those units balk? Very dicey situation, and rounding up your most respected commanders - men who you grew up with by the way - is a desperate move.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 07:58 PM (ZOv7s)

53 I did a painting of Eltz castle.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 07:59 PM (KDPiq)

54 Bers, they were gonna do that anyhow. It’s been obvious for decades. Trump just ripped off their masks a little early, and I’m damn glad he did, before they cemented their control further than they have.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 27, 2026 07:59 PM (tXwiM)

55 I'm not, either, but the issue he has is that there's nothing he can do within the constraints of the CCP. He's making noises that they need more state intervention in the economy. Yeah, that always works.

Also, constantly decapitating the military means it can't perform. What will happen if he does go after Taiwan and fails? Or - more likely - China is too short on oil to try it. What if the people riot and demand his ouster and the Army - seething with resentment - stands down?

That happened in 1989. Units refused orders to roll over the students. That's why they have National Armed Police now, but what if those units balk? Very dicey situation, and rounding up your most respected commanders - men who you grew up with by the way - is a desperate move.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 07:58 PM (ZOv7s)
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It is, but as you've said, China has some serious problems. Xi also just got fucked in Central America. That is minor in the grand scheme of things, but things also add up.

Possibly desperation. Definitely a major power move, for whatever reason.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 07:59 PM (MABZ1)

56 Kill is not one of those words casually tossed around. "I'm going to destroy Forhan" is the usual hyperbole, but if you say "I'm going to kill Forhan" the table goes quiet with the more savy patrons glancing for the exits
Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 07:56 PM (ciYHQ)
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He thinks he's being smart by saying he'll be so Stunning and Brave that he will prosecute and execute the sitting president in a state that - does Ohio even have the death penalty? I never hear about it being used.

How does a state official try the president, anyway?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 08:00 PM (ZOv7s)

57 How much do I get if I don't write, "The walls are closing in on Xi?" Twenty five cents? What am I bid?
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 27, 2026 07:56 PM

My understanding is you get paid more than that for mentioning Prometheus.

However, the big money is, apparently, in being a dupe, lackey, and/or shill for Big Penguin.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 27, 2026 08:01 PM (0sNs1)

58 Exhibit A for why the dems can never ever hold serious power in this country again, like ever. If they ever do its game over. We go to war, or we get hunted.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 07:56 PM (snZF9)
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They always telegraph and project.

History teaches this. There are no mysteries here.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 27, 2026 08:02 PM (RIvkX)

59 Things are not going good for Winnie the Xi.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 27, 2026 08:02 PM (Cifda)

60 Is there an Or Eltz Castle?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 27, 2026 08:02 PM (2GVsD)

61 Thanks for the cafe, Ace. I love those old black and white (now colorized) movies.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at January 27, 2026 08:02 PM (nz1sK)

62 I am extremely smart, and also hate Donald Trump. Vote for me in this heavily Republican state so that I can arrest him for something and also try him in Ohio and then have a jury sentence him to death for whatever it is we have the death penalty for in Ohio.

I vow that he will die, and that is not a threat, because I am so very very smart in the law and stuff that once I put my mind to it, his conviction is assured. Yes, I am aware that others tried to do that, but they are not as smart and determined as I am. I have a Harry Potter tattoo on each butt cheek and that gives me twice the power Harry had!

Posted by: Democrat Candidate for Law Guy at January 27, 2026 08:03 PM (ZOv7s)

63 >>Exhibit A for why the dems can never ever hold serious power in this country again, like ever. If they ever do its game over. We go to war, or we get hunted.

I hope enough people are waking up to the fact that this is not going to stop until we stop them. This is a communist insurgency and the old rules of American politics don't mean anything anymore. It's not about Trump, it's about us. They will never accept people like us in charge.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 27, 2026 08:04 PM (viF8m)

64 I IS HERE. WHERE ARE MY CUDDLES? I WUZ PROMISED CUDDLES.

Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at January 27, 2026 08:04 PM (vgIIr)

65 60 Is there an Or Eltz Castle?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 27, 2026 08:02 PM (2GVsD)

Is that the one in Moronica?

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 08:04 PM (wVcYX)

66 Its amazing that even in the 20's the Ford model T's look like beat up rusty pieces of shit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 08:04 PM (snZF9)

67 Christopher Robin, "Winnie the Xi that is not a honey jar."

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 27, 2026 08:04 PM (2GVsD)

68 ... Yes, I am aware that others tried to do that, but they are not as smart and determined as I am. I have a Harry Potter tattoo on each butt cheek and that gives me twice the power Harry had!
Posted by: Democrat Candidate for Law Guy at January 27, 2026 08:03 PM (ZOv7s)
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LOL

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 08:04 PM (MABZ1)

69 >>>This better not be AI.

Might be real.

That tahitian hip shaking dance is similar.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 27, 2026 08:04 PM (/lPRQ)

70 I remember when the olympics were held in Red China in 2022. My how the media gushed and gloated and needed a few hankies to clean up all the splooge they shot across the TV screen on how advanced and modern the red chinamen were.

All lies of course. Red China is a backwards, filthy, dirty country full of savages.

Posted by: The Truth at January 27, 2026 08:05 PM (R/m4+)

71 Is that the one in Moronica?

Can you hum a few bars?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 27, 2026 08:05 PM (2GVsD)

72 Burg Eltz! Recognized the castle right away; six years back I painted it in the background of a scene for an SCA friend who had a German persona, so it needed a nice medieval German castle. He was delighted when I told him that it was an actual, existing castle which he could go visit if he liked!

https://history.westkingdom.org/scribal/
scribal_project.php?project_id=528

(Had to break the line with a space in there)

Posted by: tankascribe at January 27, 2026 08:05 PM (NtoJk)

73 I IS HERE. WHERE ARE MY CUDDLES? I WUZ PROMISED CUDDLES.
Posted by: Not Enough Lampposts at January 27, 2026 08:04 PM (vgIIr)
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I dunno about cuddles, but Nurse is handing out tummy rubs!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 08:05 PM (MABZ1)

74 >>> 56 Kill is not one of those words casually tossed around. "I'm going to destroy Forhan" is the usual hyperbole, but if you say "I'm going to kill Forhan" the table goes quiet with the more savy patrons glancing for the exits
Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 07:56 PM (ciYHQ)
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He thinks he's being smart by saying he'll be so Stunning and Brave that he will prosecute and execute the sitting president in a state that - does Ohio even have the death penalty? I never hear about it being used.

How does a state official try the president, anyway?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 08:00 PM (ZOv7s)

I can help! I'm smart!!!

Posted by: Tish James at January 27, 2026 08:05 PM (ULPxl)

75 Possibly desperation. Definitely a major power move, for whatever reason.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 07:59 PM (MABZ1)
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It's a move, but it speaks of weakness. You don't mobilize troops if you think you have the upper hand. The guy just disappears.

Turning the entire PLA into a Praetorian Guard is going to eat into its combat effectiveness (such as it is). Saddam's goons were optimized for internal security and we blew through them in record time. If I'm Taiwan, I'm encouraged.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 08:07 PM (ZOv7s)

76 Yeah about that

For being people so opposed to the death penalty they sure have hard-ons to give Trump the death penalty.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 27, 2026 08:07 PM (2GVsD)

77 I dunno about cuddles, but Nurse is handing out tummy rubs!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 08:05 PM

But only to furry bellies.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 27, 2026 08:07 PM (0sNs1)

78 I hope enough people are waking up to the fact that this is not going to stop until we stop them. This is a communist insurgency and the old rules of American politics don't mean anything anymore. It's not about Trump, it's about us. They will never accept people like us in charge.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 27, 2026 08:04 PM (viF8m)

They don't even accept anything American. They got triggered by the phrase Make American Great Again the second it rolled off the printing press. That was a tell right there.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 08:07 PM (snZF9)

79 I can't recall any Republican running for office saying "I'm going to kill Joe Biden". Of course he's brain dead anyway, but still,...........

Posted by: Case at January 27, 2026 08:07 PM (E7+ue)

80 1. Make a batch of vanilla pudding
2. Put pudding in an empty, clean mayonnaise container
3. Walk through a public place, eating pudding out of the container

Posted by: How to get personal space in a crowded place at January 27, 2026 08:08 PM (MABZ1)

81 Or the People's Liberation Army thinks, " we can knock you out."

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 27, 2026 08:08 PM (2GVsD)

82 >>> 77 I dunno about cuddles, but Nurse is handing out tummy rubs!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 08:05 PM

But only to furry bellies.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 27, 2026 08:07 PM (0sNs1)

What about at the TX MoMee?

Posted by: Tish James at January 27, 2026 08:08 PM (ULPxl)

83 Off timwalz sock!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 08:08 PM (ULPxl)

84 Turning the entire PLA into a Praetorian Guard is going to eat into its combat effectiveness (such as it is). Saddam's goons were optimized for internal security and we blew through them in record time. If I'm Taiwan, I'm encouraged.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 08:07 PM (ZOv7s)
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I am fine with reduced Red Chinese combat effectiveness. I'm also not usually that lucky.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 08:09 PM (MABZ1)

85
Possibly desperation. Definitely a major power move, for whatever reason.
Posted by: Joe Mannix

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My only thought is that I wonder if there is a faction that wanted immediate action to take action before Trump rebuilt the USA and made it much more impervious to their style of warfare (cutting essential goods for our supply chain, creating disturbance around the world that overwhelm,....) and a faction that wanted to wait and keep building strength.

Don't know which side is which though -- I always thought the military was way more militant than Xi, but not sure.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 27, 2026 08:09 PM (YGcde)

86 The PLA and their zaibatus can be bribed.

Trump, "Get rid of Xi and tariffs go down."

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 27, 2026 08:10 PM (2GVsD)

87 Xi has lost the Mandate of Heaven.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 27, 2026 08:11 PM (RIvkX)

88 I wonder if there's any connection at all between the foofraw in MN and the CCP shenanigans.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 08:11 PM (ULPxl)

89 Xi has lost the Mandate of Heaven.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 27, 2026 08:11 PM (RIvkX)
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He's still emperor.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 08:12 PM (MABZ1)

90 I dunno about cuddles, but Nurse is handing out tummy rubs!
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 08:05 PM

But only to furry bellies.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 27, 2026 08:07 PM (0sNs1)

What about at the TX MoMee?
Posted by: Tish James at January 27, 2026 08:08 PM

What happens at the TXMoMe stays at the TXMoMe.

And the First Rule of The Horse Trailer is not to talk about The Horse Trailer.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 27, 2026 08:12 PM (0sNs1)

91 "But only to furry bellies."

I'm in luck, then!

Posted by: Ouch the Grouch at January 27, 2026 08:12 PM (ZdhjE)

92 I missed the last thread, and I fail to see the point of it. From an electoral standpoint, the GOP will not make any significant gains in CA - particularly in Los Angeles, where this stunt might have some minimal impact. If Newsome runs for President, all of this will be spun as #DreamyResistance against the orangeman and Karen will flick her bean to Patrick Bateman anyway.

But it's even dumber than that. Why in the HELL should Donald Freakin' Trump be trying to help California scum in any manner - particularly the redolent scum of Pacific Palisades.

Why should he waste any time or political capital assisting millionaire Marxists who despise his voters, and who are hated by them in return?

What does he think will happen? That these rich botox pigs might open their wallets for the GOP? Fat chance.

Just let them suffer with the consequences of their poor decisions. I see no upside to helping them. I'd prefer he drove around CA starting more fires.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 08:12 PM (BI5O2)

93 Tampon Timmy only honeymooned in the PRC... really. /sarc?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 27, 2026 08:12 PM (2GVsD)

94 Posted by: How to get personal space in a crowded place


Well, that or tell those nearby that you are an insurance salesman.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 27, 2026 08:12 PM (cYBz/)

95 I wonder if there's any connection at all between the foofraw in MN and the CCP shenanigans.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 08:11 PM (ULPxl)
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My guess is "no."

The CCP probably has a hand in the Minnesota Insurgency somewhere - money, political capital, technology, something - but I doubt it's a major campaign or issue. This reeks of internal issues.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 08:13 PM (MABZ1)

96 WHEREAS the Left is deliberately baiting ICE in bad faith to provoke them into causing an incident that will pause the enforcement of immigration law

WHERAS the Left has edited their perception of reality to the point they can believe a video portrays the opposite of what it proves

WHERAS the Right lacks the will to counter an actual insurrection

WHEREAS Dorothy Parker told Mrs Johnson's 11th grade class that I was... small

BE IT RESOLVED that all Conflict Resolution Matrixes be upgraded with Option K: "Can I just shoot them"

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 08:13 PM (ciYHQ)

97 66 Its amazing that even in the 20's the Ford model T's look like beat up rusty pieces of shit.
Posted by: Berserker-
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One of my movie peeves is that when you watch a modern movie that takes place in the 70s or earlier, the cars all look pristine -- like show pieces. Clean and shiny with no dents or rust.

But if you watch any real footage from that era, the cars are a mess.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 27, 2026 08:14 PM (YGcde)

98 "He thinks he's being smart by saying he'll be so Stunning and Brave that he will prosecute and execute the sitting president in a state that - does Ohio even have the death penalty?"

He's deranged and therefore welcomed with open arms by the demorat party.

Posted by: fd at January 27, 2026 08:14 PM (vFG9F)

99 >>> 93 Tampon Timmy only honeymooned in the PRC... really. /sarc?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 27, 2026 08:12 PM (2GVsD)

Tiananmen Timmy and his commie bint wife were married on the anniversary of a very special date.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 08:14 PM (ULPxl)

100 The Minneapolis terrorists are wanting a Bloody Sunday.

But so far only their bad actors are getting popped.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 27, 2026 08:14 PM (2GVsD)

101 He's still emperor.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 08:12 PM (MABZ1)
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Yea. A testimony to brutal repression.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 27, 2026 08:14 PM (RIvkX)

102 One of the ways to determine if the hijinx in China are seroius or theater is to keep your eye on North Korea. If they start upping the shit talking and playing with their missiles again, it means Xi has more pressing matters than keeping NK on a leash.

Posted by: Orson at January 27, 2026 08:14 PM (dIske)

103 That can't be San Francisco...there's no queers parading around swinging their dicks in kids' faces, there's no zombie-like druggies passed out on the corner, there's no homeless alcoholics pissing in the gutter, there's no psychotic violent criminals roaming about, there's no AWFLs waiving their pro-commie signs around...

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 27, 2026 08:16 PM (XMwZJ)

104 Don't know which side is which though -- I always thought the military was way more militant than Xi, but not sure.
Posted by: bob

It was the received wisdom but who knows now.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 27, 2026 08:16 PM (mlg/3)

105 “For being people so opposed to the death penalty …”

No, that’s not true either.

Example - They are for “free speech” when they are not in power. Once they gain control, free speech went away. Sometimes you’ll hear people say “they hate guns”. No, the love guns. They just don’t want the rabble to be able to defend against their depredations.

It’s something to watch for, when they can start using the state to execute their enemies, they will.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 27, 2026 08:16 PM (tXwiM)

106 Common Tater

If it wasn't for hypocrisy, they would have no political ethos.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 27, 2026 08:17 PM (2GVsD)

107 But if you watch any real footage from that era, the cars are a mess.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 27, 2026 08:14 PM (YGcde)
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Some things were not, in fact, better in the good ole days. Cars really did get better. I think they peaked in the late 90s or early aughts. Good tolerances, good manufacturing, good engineering. Plenty of efficiency, generally very good reliability, decent comfort and a nice spread of features - all without too much high-tech bullshit that makes them impossible to work on or everything being crammed into tiny spaces for CAFE standards - and fewer gee-gaws to break because there was still a desire for something that wasn't a smartphone on wheels.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 08:17 PM (MABZ1)

108 Its amazing that even in the 20's the Ford model T's look like beat up rusty pieces of shit.
Posted by: Berserker-
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One of my movie peeves is that when you watch a modern movie that takes place in the 70s or earlier, the cars all look pristine -- like show pieces. Clean and shiny with no dents or rust.

But if you watch any real footage from that era, the cars are a mess.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus)


How long did cars last in the Rust Belt before being rust through?
Five years? And that was after taking it directly from the show room to Ziebart.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 27, 2026 08:18 PM (/lPRQ)

109 A Whereass sounds terrifying. I suppose you have to watch out for the full moon.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 27, 2026 08:18 PM (mlg/3)

110 Eygore, "Thereass!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 27, 2026 08:18 PM (2GVsD)

111 https://is.gd/vpaDqE
@mattvanswol
My favorite anti-ICE protest clip of all time is when a woman here in Asheville NC shows up to a protest wearing a mask, spells her FULL NAME LIVE ON THE NEWS...

...gets asked why she is wearing a mask

"It's a protective measure against fascism..."

...YOU SPELLED YOUR FULL LEGAL NAME LIVE ON AIR
[video]

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 08:19 PM (ULPxl)

112 Don't know which side is which though -- I always thought the military was way more militant than Xi, but not sure.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 27, 2026 08:09 PM (YGcde)
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There has been a complete inversion in power curves. Xi's best chance to invade was between 2022 and early 2025, when the military was demoralized and understrength, led by DEI nitwits and distracted by endless ancillary training modules that wasted time better spent on readiness.

I think Trump's belligerency when he came in, demanding parades and flyovers was an attempt to wave off China because we were still really weak. That's why Hegseth did the "all call" for the generals and talked the war talk - he wanted China (and Iran, and Russia) to hear it.

China is now going to be the one wasting training time teaching "Xi Jinping thought" and hunting for counterrevolutionaries.

As to the military, if they have any brains at all, they would regard invading Taiwan with existential dread.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 08:19 PM (ZOv7s)

113 Helena

They did take the sharp crayons away from her right?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 27, 2026 08:20 PM (2GVsD)

114 As to the military, if they have any brains at all, they would regard invading Taiwan with existential dread.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 08:19 PM (ZOv7s)
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Might not need to. The CCP has been playing a very long game of infiltration and subversion in Taiwan. I don't know if Xi is confident enough in his roadmap to take invasion off the table or not, but if he has, it could explain why he is comfortable purging the military and rebuilding it in his own image.

That's getting off into the ragged edges of wild speculation, though.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 08:21 PM (MABZ1)

115 That's what China really needs, Cultural Revolution II: Electric Bougaloo.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 27, 2026 08:21 PM (2GVsD)

116 That can't be San Francisco...there's no queers parading around swinging their dicks in kids' faces, there's no zombie-like druggies passed out on the corner, there's no homeless alcoholics pissing in the gutter, there's no psychotic violent criminals roaming about, there's no AWFLs waiving their pro-commie signs around...
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 27, 2026 08:16 PM (XMwZJ)

Pottersville. I had a nightmare once that looked like that.

Posted by: George Bailey at January 27, 2026 08:21 PM (wVcYX)

117 >>> 113 Helena

They did take the sharp crayons away from her right?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 27, 2026 08:20 PM (2GVsD)

Whatever for?!


I suppose it's *possible* she gave a fake name, or the name of someone she doesn't like, but I wouldn't bet on it.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 08:22 PM (ULPxl)

118 111 https://is.gd/vpaDqE
@mattvanswol
My favorite anti-ICE protest clip of all time is when a woman here in Asheville NC shows up to a protest wearing a mask, spells her FULL NAME LIVE ON THE NEWS...

...gets asked why she is wearing a mask

"It's a protective measure against fascism..."

...YOU SPELLED YOUR FULL LEGAL NAME LIVE ON AIR
[video]
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 08:19 PM (ULPxl)

Yes, but she's reduced the number of fascism particles that enter her mouth, thereby reducing them to an amount her immune system can resist.

Posted by: Dr. Science Explains The Science TM at January 27, 2026 08:24 PM (8UJw9)

119 One of my movie peeves is that when you watch a modern movie that takes place in the 70s or earlier, the cars all look pristine -- like show pieces. Clean and shiny with no dents or rust.

But if you watch any real footage from that era, the cars are a mess.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 27, 2026 08:14 PM (YGcde)
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My great-grandfather had a car (a Saxon) in 1916, and flat tires were so common that one spare wasn't often enough. You just got out and patched it, pumped it, and put it back on.

As a young driver, I had a small tool kit in the trunk, regularly had to chance flats, carried a bottle of oil because it burned so much, had to check the oil frequently, kept a wire coat hanger for if/when the muffler fell off (it did) and so on. I've never had the check the oil in a modern car. It just tells you. Also, oil changes are far less frequent.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 08:24 PM (ZOv7s)

120 🐕‍🦺

Posted by: fd at January 27, 2026 08:24 PM (vFG9F)

121 Feral river otters are territorial little gangsters and will jack you up.

A single pup, not so much.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 27, 2026 08:24 PM (oT7pT)

122 Cuba is suffering an almost complete collapse of the power grid on the island. Most appears because the oil they were getting from Venezuela or Mexico for the power plants throughout the island is not coming.

Mex President Scheinbaum has decided to not continue sending oil at the moment because of a dispute she is having with the US and Pres. Trump -- The subtext is that she does not appear to think she can win the argument.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 08:24 PM (rbvCR)

123 That can't be San Francisco...there's no queers parading around swinging their dicks in kids' faces, there's no zombie-like druggies passed out on the corner, there's no homeless alcoholics pissing in the gutter, there's no psychotic violent criminals roaming about, there's no AWFLs waiving their pro-commie signs around...
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 27, 2026 08:16 PM (XMwZJ)
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I went to SF for the first time in the middle of the last decade. It was a shithole. It smelled of piss. There were aggressive, violent zombies everywhere. Lots of trash. Lots of Graffiti. I was there for a conference, spending the nights at a hotel that ran like $500+ per night and walking through Thunderdome to the Moscone Center and other hotels and restaurants.

I told my mom how awful I found it and she said, "oh, that's sad. It was so nice when I was there."

She was there in 1965. The past is a foreign country.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 08:25 PM (MABZ1)

124 >>> 114 As to the military, if they have any brains at all, they would regard invading Taiwan with existential dread.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 08:19 PM (ZOv7s)
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Might not need to. The CCP has been playing a very long game of infiltration and subversion in Taiwan. I don't know if Xi is confident enough in his roadmap to take invasion off the table or not, but if he has, it could explain why he is comfortable purging the military and rebuilding it in his own image.

That's getting off into the ragged edges of wild speculation, though.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 08:21 PM (MABZ1)

They've been working on that here, too, haven't they?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 08:25 PM (ULPxl)

125 Cuba is suffering an almost complete collapse of the power grid on the island. Most appears because the oil they were getting from Venezuela or Mexico for the power plants throughout the island is not coming.

Mex President Scheinbaum has decided to not continue sending oil at the moment because of a dispute she is having with the US and Pres. Trump -- The subtext is that she does not appear to think she can win the argument.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 08:24 PM (rbvCR)
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The fall of Cuba became extremely likely when Maduro was taken out.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 08:26 PM (MABZ1)

126 We don't have to grease the chassis every 1500 miles anymore either, IYKWIM.

Posted by: fd at January 27, 2026 08:26 PM (vFG9F)

127 Might not need to. The CCP has been playing a very long game of infiltration and subversion in Taiwan.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 08:21 PM (MABZ1)
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Taiwan is going to outbreed China the way things are going. There are reports that China's population is already well below official figures, closer to 1.2 billion, some say even less. They've gone off the demographic cliff, and so will be fighting a war with an entire army made of only-child narcissists. I bet public tolerance for casualties will be tiny. There is no welfare, no death benefit, so when your draftee son gets whacked, there goes your hope of retirement.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 08:27 PM (ZOv7s)

128 I wonder if anyone has asked Maduro how it feels to be like a Domino's pizza

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 27, 2026 08:27 PM (2GVsD)

129 Its amazing that even in the 20's the Ford model T's look like beat up rusty pieces of shit.
Posted by: Berserker-

The first Model T rolled off the assembly line in 1908.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 27, 2026 08:28 PM (H6cKs)

130 I wish I had one of those Craftsman homes with all the current internal updates.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 08:28 PM (KDPiq)

131 Taiwan is going to outbreed China the way things are going. There are reports that China's population is already well below official figures, closer to 1.2 billion, some say even less. They've gone off the demographic cliff, and so will be fighting a war with an entire army made of only-child narcissists. I bet public tolerance for casualties will be tiny. There is no welfare, no death benefit, so when your draftee son gets whacked, there goes your hope of retirement.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 08:27 PM (ZOv7s)
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Yup. And the current recruitment window is post one-child. The policy was reversed more than a decade ago and wasn't enforced for well before that. They are done having kids.

So are we, but we're further back on the curve. Nobody knows what is going to happen. The advanced civilizations have all given up.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 08:28 PM (MABZ1)

132 Lloyd

The rich only male children will bribe some poor male peasant to take his place in the PLA.

Some Communism.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 27, 2026 08:29 PM (2GVsD)

133 I'm sure Xi's people believed Biden or Harris would win, and the US would collapse. But we didn't, and now the entire game has changed. I wonder if they knew they were weak, and that was their big hope.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 08:29 PM (ZOv7s)

134 The rich only male children will bribe some poor male peasant to take his place in the PLA.

Some Communism.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 27, 2026 08:29 PM (2GVsD)
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Perfect communism. It always goes that way.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 08:29 PM (MABZ1)

135 But if you watch any real footage from that era, the cars are a mess.
Posted by: bob

I grew up in NE Ohio around all the steel mills. The first time I traveled down south I simply could not get over the fact that the cars didn't have rust all over them.

I was shocked.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 27, 2026 08:30 PM (cYBz/)

136 I hope enough people are waking up to the fact that this is not going to stop until we stop them.
Posted by: JackStraw

Yes.

The Marxists have been playtesting how to defeat us. And we have been giving them infinite respawns. That's madness.

The Marxists may be many things but Stupid is not one of them. Given time, they will eventually figure it out. And generations will be enslaved in poverty to die of mass starvation or freeze to death.

Worse, I'm afraid America is more of a miracle than we appreciate. The Founding Fathers may have been unique. Even if a Marxist tyranny is eventually overthrown, the elements necessary to forge the dream that was Rome may no longer exist.

If we fail, it will be the 2nd Fall of Atlantis. We will blur into legend, and then myth. We have an obligation to humanity to not let this Republic fall.

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 08:30 PM (ciYHQ)

137 Moronica for morons!

https://youtu.be/C7AiVxHaSNA

Posted by: Moe Hailstone of Moronica at January 27, 2026 08:31 PM (wVcYX)

138 Oil changes were recommended every 2 months or 1000 miles prior to the 1950s, prior to detergent type multi-viscosity lubricants and oil filters hit the scene.

Model T looked spindly, but they were tough as nails. They had to be. Ford engineers discovered Vanadium as an alloy for steel, and used it in axles. It lends remarkable properties to steel, there’s a photo of an axle being twisted like a pretzel. It would be able to be unwound with no damage.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 27, 2026 08:31 PM (tXwiM)

139 Pottersville. I had a nightmare once that looked like that.
Posted by: George Bailey at January 27, 2026 08:21 PM (wVcYX)

Mr Potter had money because the savings and loan had leveraged out its investments through fractional reserve practices.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 08:31 PM (rbvCR)

140 The rich only male children will bribe some poor male peasant to take his place in the PLA.

Some Communism.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 27, 2026 08:29 PM (2GVsD)
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Of course. Chinese culture considers military service to be shameful, bandits with uniforms. The Chicoms tried to change that, but as I've said before, the US and Chinese militaries are roughly the same size in terms of total force.

The US is able to sustain itself using voluntary recruitment and did so despite fighting two increasingly unpopular wars. Recruiting collapsed under Biden, but is now going like gangbusters.

With four times the population, China must use conscription to fill out the ranks. BTW, one of the generals just placed under arrest was part of the military aristocracy, a career officer son of one of Mao's generals. His dad was buddies with Xi's dad. So what little military culture they have is being torn apart.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 08:33 PM (ZOv7s)

141 What? No. I wasn't preening in front of the mirror.

Was not!

But do you think this is my good side?

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 08:33 PM (ciYHQ)

142 Lloyd

That sounds like what Stalin did with the officer corps just before Adolf played tourist.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 27, 2026 08:34 PM (2GVsD)

143 We don't have to grease the chassis every 1500 miles anymore either, IYKWIM.
Posted by: fd

Related: after 70 years or so this comes in handy -

(links to Amazon)
https://t.ly/FUcGR

Posted by: Tonypete at January 27, 2026 08:34 PM (cYBz/)

144 Bailey was giving loans to people who could not pay them back.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 08:35 PM (zZu0s)

145 Related: after 70 years or so this comes in handy -

(links to Amazon)
https://t.ly/FUcGR
Posted by: Tonypete at January 27, 2026 08:34 PM (cYBz/)
++++
Classic

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 08:35 PM (MABZ1)

146 >There are a bunch of castles in the Rhineland that have been updated to be residences. All of them were destroyed by Louis XIV and the locals are still pissed about it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 07:54 PM (ZOv7s)

IIRC, the technical term for destroying a castle is "slighting".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 27, 2026 08:36 PM (IG3/x)

147 So are we, but we're further back on the curve. Nobody knows what is going to happen. The advanced civilizations have all given up.

Couples in my church are having children: many have 3, 4 or more. The future is for those who show up.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 27, 2026 08:36 PM (H6cKs)

148 That sounds like what Stalin did with the officer corps just before Adolf played tourist.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 27, 2026 08:34 PM (2GVsD)
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Yes, but Stalin still had a deep bench of combat-experienced men and a much stronger military culture. Also, the Russians took weapons seriously because they were more paranoid than Communist.

Chicoms have no military culture, and will happily sell cheap, defective equipment to the troops to make a buck, and flee to Vancouver when the fuzz rolls in.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 08:37 PM (ZOv7s)

149 Recently clarified a question I never bothered to learn the answer to. Some simple things I learned,

The difference between Mandarin and Cantonese.
It’s not understood by the other .

Cantonese is the main language of Chinese immigrants to the west. It’s spoken in Hong Kong,Macau



Mandarin is the official language of China and as you can imagine the CCP pushes its use and doesn’t allow broadcasts or school use of Cantonese in a lot of Cantonese areas.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 08:37 PM (KDPiq)

150 This bikini blonde with a bit of underboob wouldn't mind a night in a fairytale castle:
http://tiny.cc/9m7y001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 08:37 PM (MABZ1)

151 Hmmm. The Chinese look down on military culture while the Japanese worshiped it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 08:37 PM (zZu0s)

152 Bailey was giving loans to people who could not pay them back.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 08:35 PM (zZu0s)
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So like Bush, Obama and Biden?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 08:37 PM (ZOv7s)

153 Kim Jong Il said, "Rice is Socialism"

Here is your cup ful for your family, today, Comrade.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 08:38 PM (rbvCR)

154 > Some Communism.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 27, 2026 08:29 PM (2GVsD)

Hold our beer and watch us stretch the definition far enough to cover a hereditary monarchy..

Posted by: North Korea at January 27, 2026 08:38 PM (IG3/x)

155 Couples in my church are having children: many have 3, 4 or more. The future is for those who show up.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 27, 2026 08:36 PM (H6cKs)
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Indeed, and not enough are choosing to show up. If I have to guess, it will end in conquest. But who knows. We could *possibly* turn it around. The Far East is too far gone, as is most of Western Europe. France *might* be able to, as well. Odds are against it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 08:39 PM (MABZ1)

156 144 Bailey was giving loans to people who could not pay them back.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January

But they were paying them back!

Posted by: Piper at January 27, 2026 08:39 PM (Dd38x)

157 Looks more like Stalin after the war, purging all of the heroes

Posted by: Accomack at January 27, 2026 08:39 PM (T8bqm)

158 Hmmm. The Chinese look down on military culture while the Japanese worshiped it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 08:37 PM (zZu0s)
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Both societies have a four-tier hierarchy. For the Chinese, the Scholar-Bureaucrat is at the top of the stack. Then the peasant, then the artisan, and finally the merchant.

The Japanese put the Samurai on top. The results speak for themselves.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 08:39 PM (ZOv7s)

159 The Japanese put the Samurai on top. The results speak for themselves.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 08:39 PM (ZOv7s)
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Atomic ash?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 08:40 PM (MABZ1)

160 Burg Eltz! My favorite castle. Was there as a youngun waaay back in the day, and last there in 2007 with daughters. A three family-tree branch castle of the Eltz family, it is still owned by an Eltz. Worth the visit.

Posted by: Patches at January 27, 2026 08:40 PM (BkZ3B)

161 In the 70’s the commie protestors and Lefty domestic terrorists were far far worse than what we are seeing today. We can’t relax but I’m not scared of them.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 08:40 PM (KDPiq)

162 Just now, someone sprayed Omar with something:

"Omar, who represents Minneapolis in Congress was speaking at a town hall...
a man was seen running toward the podium Omar was speaking at and spraying the mystery substance at her from what appears to be a syringe. "

Posted by: fd at January 27, 2026 08:40 PM (vFG9F)

163 We be thinks Presdent Obana should go two that's Minneapoloss place two fix the mess that's idiot Trump maid.

Posted by: Mary Cloggistein from Brattleboro, Vt at January 27, 2026 08:41 PM (xl8DV)

164 Just now, someone sprayed Omar with something:

"Omar, who represents Minneapolis in Congress was speaking at a town hall...
a man was seen running toward the podium Omar was speaking at and spraying the mystery substance at her from what appears to be a syringe. "
Posted by: fd at January 27, 2026 08:40 PM (vFG9F)
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Her people are known for acid attacks. I doubt that's what it was.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 08:42 PM (MABZ1)

165 Indeed, and not enough are choosing to show up. If I have to guess, it will end in conquest. But who knows. We could *possibly* turn it around. The Far East is too far gone, as is most of Western Europe. France *might* be able to, as well. Odds are against it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 08:39 PM (MABZ1)
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There is a generational religious revival happening in the US. It's being led by young men, which is unique, as women tend to be more religious.

It will be uneven, with liberals effectively self-deleting while Christians becoming a much larger demographic. The decline of Christian faith has stopped and is starting to tick back up. I'm noticing lots of young families at Mass these days. More than I've ever seen.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 08:43 PM (ZOv7s)

166 Ok. In good faith, I have a question


What can we the people do about this? Do about any of this? I’m not going to go into a Seattle ICE Protest and start confronting people. I’m not going to yell at people wearing stupid buttons on their shirts. I’m not going to confront patients when they say stupid shit. Honestly, how can I be of any help?

I will not be bullied if directly confronted. But I won’t be stupid and get the shit beat out of me to be pure.

How can I help?

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 27, 2026 08:44 PM (IhIKR)

167 Atomic ash?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 08:40 PM (MABZ1)
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Would you rather live in Hiroshima or Detroit?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 08:44 PM (ZOv7s)

168 The difference between Mandarin and Cantonese.
It’s not understood by the other .

Posted by: Opinion

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Spoken.
But written, they are the same (mostly.)

That is the dilemma of a non-phonetic written language.

The funny bit is the Japanese use a derivative character set, and that means there can be dozens of ways to pronounce each character depending on how it is used, which depends of when and from where it got imported into Japan.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 27, 2026 08:44 PM (YGcde)

169 It will be uneven, with liberals effectively self-deleting while Christians becoming a much larger demographic. The decline of Christian faith has stopped and is starting to tick back up. I'm noticing lots of young families at Mass these days. More than I've ever seen.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 08:43 PM (ZOv7s)
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That is, I think, the *only* chance of a turnaround. Then if we just survive the dip, it might be okay.

A new "Great Awakening" is what I hope for. It's too late for many, but if the youth can do it, they can own the future lock, stock and barrel.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 08:44 PM (MABZ1)

170 Did he yell 'This is MAGA Country!'?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 08:45 PM (zZu0s)

171
Happy cafe! I am stuffed from dinner. How is everyone?
Posted by: Piper

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We're fine! We were talking about Ilhan Omar's wardrobe and styling a thread or two ago. You might have been interested.

Posted by: No Hablo Ingles at January 27, 2026 08:45 PM (Px6E0)

172 Would you rather live in Hiroshima or Detroit?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 08:44 PM (ZOv7s)
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Prewar? War era? Detroit. Hands down. No question. Same for the decade or so following the War.

Now? Hiroshima.

Entrenched corrupt leftism is the most destructive force ever discovered. Nukes pale in comparison.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 08:46 PM (MABZ1)

173 Just now, someone sprayed Omar with something:

"Omar, who represents Minneapolis in Congress was speaking at a town hall...
a man was seen running toward the podium Omar was speaking at and spraying the mystery substance at her from what appears to be a syringe. "
Posted by: fd

The right tool for the right job, people. Syringes are personal-space weapons. Get a super soaker.

Posted by: mikeski at January 27, 2026 08:46 PM (VHUov)

174 Representative Omar, who represents Minneapolis in Congress was speaking at a town hall when a man wearing a Trump Shirt was seen running toward the podium Omar was speaking at and spraying the mystery substance at her from what appears to be a syringe. "

CNN is reporting that screamed that Trump is great and Ms. Omar is a pig. Gov. Walz is calling for an investigation into this terrorist act and disrespect of an Honest Official US Government Official. Also investigate Trump's Obvious involvement.

Posted by: CNN Breaking News at January 27, 2026 08:47 PM (J9q9v)

175 NY Post has a pic of the syringe. It looks like piss.

Posted by: fd at January 27, 2026 08:47 PM (vFG9F)

176 CNN is reporting that screamed that Trump is great and Ms. Omar is a pig. Gov. Walz is calling for an investigation into this terrorist act and disrespect of an Honest Official US Government Official. Also investigate Trump's Obvious involvement.
Posted by: CNN Breaking News at January 27, 2026 08:47 PM (J9q9v)
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I believed it until I saw the sock.

We're through the looking glass.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 08:47 PM (MABZ1)

177 IIRC, the technical term for destroying a castle is "slighting".

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

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Yes, and it was done to reduce status of the owners. Ordered by the King.

I find it funny when these history programs show castles in ruins and then never mention why and how it got slighted. Usually it is because the owner fell into disfavor and the king didn't want them to have a defensive fortification which could be a threat.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 27, 2026 08:48 PM (YGcde)

178 The funny bit is the Japanese use a derivative character set, and that means there can be dozens of ways to pronounce each character depending on how it is used, which depends of when and from where it got imported into Japan.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 27, 2026 08:44 PM (YGcde)
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The Japanese rapidly translated European books of science and then the Chinese devoured them. They ignored Europeans as barbarians to their great detriment.

The other day in a hospital, I saw the usual multi-lingual sign, but for the first time pondered how close Mandarin and Japanese writings are.

Of course, there's old Mandarin and new Mandarin. Taiwan uses the older form, China the newer. But I think it's style, not characters per se.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 08:48 PM (ZOv7s)

179 But they were paying them back!
Posted by: Piper at January 27, 2026 08:39 PM (Dd38x)

And George was able to get the creditors to accept a delay in repayment, which was a financial hit, but he managed to head off the panic. It doesn't change the fact that he broke his own bank and had to negotiate repayment and/or reorganization with the creditors.
Without that, Potter could have scooped it all up at a discount from the ruins, since unlike Bailey, he had ready cash reserves.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 08:48 PM (rbvCR)

180 Chappelle had thoughts:

https://youtu.be/wZXoErL2124?si
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Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 08:48 PM (zZu0s)

181 Probably just a syringe of ICE water.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 08:48 PM (lpTXP)

182 Top pic: What a quaint little cottage.

When I see such places, I always wonder at their Windex budget. And for the staff dusting.

Posted by: mindful webworker - on the job at January 27, 2026 08:49 PM (OJSFI)

183 Yes, and it was done to reduce status of the owners. Ordered by the King.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 27, 2026 08:48 PM (YGcde)
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Yeah, that's not what happened to the Rhineland. Louis XIV invaded and occupied it, and was compelled to retreat. Rather than just go, he set fire to all the towns and villages and had the castles leveled. If there was any chance the Rhineland would ever end up as part of France, that ended it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 08:50 PM (ZOv7s)

184
It’s Tummy Rub Tuesday!
Rub rub rub those fuzzy furry bellies!
Posted by: nurse ratched

*pets MegaRoy*

*sneaks in a tummy rub*

*draws back stumpy fingers*

It's a trap. Don't do it.

He really doesn't care, sometimes it's leave me alone i'm sleep___ here, sometimes it's okay, i like this. Random. Just enough to make me try again.

He said "mrrrp" to Lucy, though.

Posted by: BifBewalski- at January 27, 2026 08:51 PM (QVmho)

185 We can’t relax but I’m not scared of them.
Posted by: Opinion fact

Good. Their corruption has handicapped them. I really love how that seems to always work out. They gotten so lazy with personal attacks that many no longer know how to form an argument.

And they've created a victim hierarchy that crybullies to compete for status unified only by their hatred of straight white males. Delusional and paranoid, left to their own devices they will turn on each other and tear themselves to bits.

But why should they have all the fun when we can give them a push?

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 08:52 PM (ciYHQ)

186 And George was able to get the creditors to accept a delay in repayment, which was a financial hit, but he managed to head off the panic. It doesn't change the fact that he broke his own bank and had to negotiate repayment and/or reorganization with the creditors.
Without that, Potter could have scooped it all up at a discount from the ruins, since unlike Bailey, he had ready cash reserves.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 08:48 PM (rbvCR)
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The modern version where we screw everyone out of everything is not an improvement.

The reminds me of "Noble House," where John Rhys-Davies launches a bank run on a Hong Kong mid-sized bank just for a lark.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 08:53 PM (ZOv7s)

187 The funny bit is the Japanese use a derivative character set, and that means there can be dozens of ways to pronounce each character depending on how it is used, which depends of when and from where it got imported into Japan.

When I was teaching physics at the university a Chinese colleague related how easy it was for him to do research in Japan because he could read all the signs and newspapers.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 27, 2026 08:54 PM (H6cKs)

188 And they've created a victim hierarchy that crybullies to compete for status unified only by their hatred of straight white males. Delusional and paranoid, left to their own devices they will turn on each other and tear themselves to bits.

But why should they have all the fun when we can give them a push?
Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 08:52 PM (ciYHQ)
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They are increasingly led by the idiot children of their cunningly evil founders.

They are still dangerous, but we're now able to trace and sever their logistics. Wars turn on such things. Take away the pay, and the army dissolves without giving battle.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 08:55 PM (ZOv7s)

189 F**k this weather.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 08:55 PM (77rzZ)

190 The difference between Mandarin and Cantonese.
It’s not understood by the other .
Posted by: Opinion

Spoken.
But written, they are the same (mostly.)
That is the dilemma of a non-phonetic written language.
The funny bit is the Japanese use a derivative character set, and that means there can be dozens of ways to pronounce each character depending on how it is used, which depends of when and from where it got imported into Japan.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus)

Japanese also has a much more complex grammar. They "borrowed" writing from the Chinese, then realized it wasn't good enough to map to their spoken language. So they invented an alphabet (a syllabary, actually, since every character is a syllable, not a phoneme) to add on to the Chinese. Mostly for conjugation.

So Japanese has kanji (Chinese pictograms), plus hiragana and katakana (which cover the same sounds, sort of like cursive vs block printing). Hiragana is used for most "Japanese" words, and katakana for transliterated foreign words. Katakana is also used for uncommon animal names (nobody expects you to remember the kanji for "blue-footed booby") and for emphasis, like typing in ALL CAPS.

Posted by: mikeski at January 27, 2026 08:55 PM (VHUov)

191 When I was teaching physics at the university a Chinese colleague related how easy it was for him to do research in Japan because he could read all the signs and newspapers.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 27, 2026 08:54 PM (H6cKs)
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China has a bunch of dialects that are completely incomprehensible, but they all use the same characters, so in terms of signs and notices, written documents, it doesn't matter.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 08:56 PM (ZOv7s)

192 133 I'm sure Xi's people believed Biden or Harris would win, and the US would collapse. But we didn't, and now the entire game has changed. I wonder if they knew they were weak, and that was their big hope.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 08:29 PM (ZOv7s)
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The fact that Xi didn't make his Taiwan move during President Auto Pen's reign sort of telegraphed their current state. And, as I've said before, keep an eye on how many riot police Beijing hires at a time. That gives you an idea of the state of the outer Provinces. Last hiring was about 6 months ago...300,000 new Riot police. My cousin was over there just a couple of months ago and said she was surprised by the overall attitude of the people she met (family included). They are losing their "compliance at all costs" attitude, and questioning high level decisions. Lots of factory jobs have been lost, and workers are not happy. The AI push isn't being taken well either. Then add that people are being locked out of their homes if their credit score below a certain threshold. Lots of new homeless in China.

Posted by: Orson at January 27, 2026 08:57 PM (dIske)

193
This bikini blonde with a bit of underboob wouldn't mind a night in a fairytale castle:
http://tiny.cc/9m7y001

Posted by: Joe Mannix

If her fairytale incorporates being severely dissapointed...I'm all in.

Posted by: BifBewalski- at January 27, 2026 08:57 PM (QVmho)

194 The Chinese “dialects” are separate languages. Same with Arabic “dialects.”

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 08:58 PM (77rzZ)

195 They don't have much to do in Minnesota do they.

Posted by: Case at January 27, 2026 08:58 PM (E7+ue)

196 Mortgages prior to World War 2 were usually seven year notes, 50% down, callable at any time. If you wanted a property in particular , go to the bank and pay off the mortgage and then in turn demand payment in full.

Lots of Hollywood movie plots revolved around this. Widow Jenny will lose the Ranch because of Evil Mr. Moneybags is demanding full payment of the mortgage.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 27, 2026 08:59 PM (ZvpQu)

197 If we fail, it will be the 2nd Fall of Atlantis

Well yeah. Tolkien's Akallabeth was an analogy between Numenor and the US. Numenor comes to Middle-Earth to defeat Sauron, which it does, but only to be corrupted, because Numenor by then already had turned from the way of the Valar.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 27, 2026 08:59 PM (gKWVE)

198 They are losing their "compliance at all costs" attitude, and questioning high level decisions. Lots of factory jobs have been lost, and workers are not happy. The AI push isn't being taken well either. Then add that people are being locked out of their homes if their credit score below a certain threshold. Lots of new homeless in China.
Posted by: Orson at January 27, 2026 08:57 PM (dIske)
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The Chinese are funny. They are totally obedient and long-suffering and then a switch if flipped and they go all Red Turbans/Taiping/Boxer Rebellion on your ass, and they don't care how many of them you kill because they are ANGRY.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 08:59 PM (ZOv7s)

199 Well yeah. Tolkien's Akallabeth was an analogy between Numenor and the US. Numenor comes to Middle-Earth to defeat Sauron, which it does, but only to be corrupted, because Numenor by then already had turned from the way of the Valar.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 27, 2026 08:59 PM (gKWVE)
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No. It was about a fallen world. Tolkien explicitly said he hated allegory and would not pollute his fantasy with modern political messages.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 09:00 PM (ZOv7s)

200 The Numenoreans captured Sauron...

Operation Paperclip...

I'm sure it's nothing. Tolkien hated allegory...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 09:00 PM (zZu0s)

201 I grew up in NE Ohio around all the steel mills. The first time I traveled down south I simply could not get over the fact that the cars didn't have rust all over them.

I was shocked.
Posted by: Tonypete

One thing I noticed down south - people are totally careless about dinging other people's cars when they park and swing open their doors dinging the car they are next to.
In the great salty white north chipping the edge of you door guarantees it will rust and nothing can fix it aside from getting a new door. The little ding because the other guy hit you with the edge of his door... Pfft. Easy to fix.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 27, 2026 09:01 PM (/lPRQ)

202 >>>In the 70’s the commie protestors and Lefty domestic terrorists were far far worse than what we are seeing today. We can’t relax but I’m not scared of them.

Posted by: Opinion fact

>I miss the days when Mad Magazine Sergio Aragones, the master cartoonist, would draw hippies getting the hickory shampoo from squads of cops. Good stuff.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 27, 2026 09:01 PM (oT7pT)

203 The Numenoreans captured Sauron...

Operation Paperclip...

I'm sure it's nothing. Tolkien hated allegory...
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 09:00 PM (zZu0s)
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Written before WW II.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 09:02 PM (ZOv7s)

204 Always fascinating to see how ewetubs algorithm goes. I pulled up that Dave Chappelle clip and now have a 'Nerdrotic is racist!' Thumbnail and 'Asmongold shows his true colors!!!'

That is interesting.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 09:04 PM (zZu0s)

205 Written before WW II.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 09:02 PM (ZOv7s)

History does not repeat, but it often rhymes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 09:04 PM (zZu0s)

206 England had 2 big waves of destruction, which is why there’s so many beautiful ruins. 1st wave, Dissolution of the Monasteries by Henry VIII tool out a lot of great religious estates.

2nd wave was under Cromwell during the Civil Wars. After he had to take a couple of castles twice, he vowed to never leave one he’d had to capture in serviceable condition, and he knocked down curtain walls, etc whenever he took one.

The two best preserved castles in England are Windsor and the Tower of London. Both were untouched because Cromwell liked them so much that he took them for his personal use, and wouldn’t allow anyone to harm them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 27, 2026 09:05 PM (Sxl5b)

207 The funny bit is the Japanese use a derivative character set, and that means there can be dozens of ways to pronounce each character depending on how it is used, which depends of when and from where it got imported into Japan.

When I was teaching physics at the university a Chinese colleague related how easy it was for him to do research in Japan because he could read all the signs and newspapers.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Without the alphabet/syllabary/phonetic-characters that Japanese added, the Chinese just use common character "words" that are pronounced the correct way to transliterate foreign words.

Thus the apocryphal story of Coca-Cola being written as "bite the wax tadpole" or "female horse attached with wax" in Chinese.

Coke currently has an "official" transliteration for Ko Ka Ko La: 可口可乐. Allow-mouth-allow-happiness. "Something palatable that brings joy."

Posted by: mikeski at January 27, 2026 09:05 PM (VHUov)

208 Numenor was Tolkien's version of Atlantis.

Posted by: davidt at January 27, 2026 09:06 PM (Q+gd/)

209 I wish I was a scion of the House of Eltz.

I'd like a piece of that castle.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 27, 2026 09:06 PM (JkO4W)

210 Hey guys. Anybody want to play a little two-hand touch the fanny? It’s kinda like the football game, but you play it naked. The first one to land two-hands right on the other man’s keester, gets a free entree at a Somali restaurant of your choice.

Posted by: Tim Walz at January 27, 2026 09:06 PM (aZ9eR)

211 >I miss the days when Mad Magazine Sergio Aragones, the master cartoonist, would draw hippies getting the hickory shampoo from squads of cops. Good stuff.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 27, 2026 09:01 PM (oT7pT)

FRAY!!!

Posted by: Groo the Wanderer at January 27, 2026 09:07 PM (7ujVx)

212 Just remember Fen's Law: "the Left doesn't really believe in the things they lecture the rest of us about"

ie. don't waste time energy and resources shelling a hill the enemy never occupied. For example, you can destroy their position on the minimum wage and it won't make a whiff of difference - because they don't really care about the minimum wage, its a stepstool to something else.

Or... something I've been hearing lately that I think better describes them:

“The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution."

It's always about power over others. These people are not the flip side of our coin, they are not your fellow countrymen. They are control freaks who will never leave us alone, any more than an abusive man would let his wife divorce him.

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 09:07 PM (ciYHQ)

213 History does not repeat, but it often rhymes.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 09:04 PM (zZu0s)
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The Downfall of Numenor is about sin, how the faithful became corrupted. That's it. That's the story. Men accept the Land of the Star gratefully, but then become greedy, and resent death, and turn on the elves but are still their ancient allies, and fight Sauron because he is their ancient enemy, but the idea of bringing him back as a trophy appeals to their pride and vanity, and he corrupts them even more.

Old Testament stuff.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 09:07 PM (ZOv7s)

214 210 Hey guys. Anybody want to play a little two-hand touch the fanny? It’s kinda like the football game, but you play it naked. The first one to land two-hands right on the other man’s keester, gets a free entree at a Somali restaurant of your choice.
Posted by: Tim Walz at January 27, 2026 09:06 PM (aZ9eR)

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Pick Six, man. PICK SIX!!!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 27, 2026 09:08 PM (JkO4W)

215 CNN has just found out that Gov Walz has decided to resign to spend more time with his family.

He also stated he will be also starting a new career doing Car Shield Commercials with Ice-T.

Posted by: CNN Breaking News at January 27, 2026 09:08 PM (X7dyz)

216 Written before WW II.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 09:02 PM (ZOv7s)

Tolkien knew that human nature stays constant.

I’ve heard a preacher say that the devil doesn’t really have any new tricks. He doesn’t need any, because the old tricks keep working so well.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 27, 2026 09:08 PM (Sxl5b)

217 >> State law requires me to inform you I have moved into your neighborhood

I laughed so hard at this, I queefed.

Does that make me a bad person?

Posted by: Tim Walz at January 27, 2026 09:08 PM (aZ9eR)

218 "Tolkien explicitly said he hated allegory "

Did he explain why?

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 09:09 PM (ciYHQ)

219 When I studied Mandarin, I hated those effing characters. Yeah, let’s make an effing art project just to write “Where is the bathroom?” What a dumb system.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 09:09 PM (77rzZ)

220 I resigned to spend less time with my wife, Gwen and more time with Abdi, my manservant.

Posted by: Tim Walz at January 27, 2026 09:10 PM (aZ9eR)

221 CNN has learned that VP Kami Harris will be starting her new career with Jacuzzi Bath remolding.

She stated if that Skinny Blond can do it so can I.

Posted by: CNN Breaking News at January 27, 2026 09:10 PM (X7dyz)

222 >>> 166 Ok. In good faith, I have a question


What can we the people do about this? Do about any of this? I’m not going to go into a Seattle ICE Protest and start confronting people. I’m not going to yell at people wearing stupid buttons on their shirts. I’m not going to confront patients when they say stupid shit. Honestly, how can I be of any help?

I will not be bullied if directly confronted. But I won’t be stupid and get the shit beat out of me to be pure.

How can I help?
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 27, 2026 08:44 PM (IhIKR)

For starters, continue doing what you've already been doing, which is treating your patients as well as you can (as opposed to some of the commie scum).

If we need you to lase some targets in the future I'm sure some other Morons can provide helpful advice.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 09:10 PM (ULPxl)

223 Oh, and eff Tolkien and all fantasy literature. What a freaking waste of time.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 09:12 PM (77rzZ)

224 Wow. Murkowski and Tillis both called for Noem to resign.

This is my shocked face. Well it’s my everyday face including when someone massages my fanny.

Posted by: Tim Walz at January 27, 2026 09:12 PM (aZ9eR)

225 Did he explain why?
Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 09:09 PM (ciYHQ)
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It's in the forward to the revised edition of LotR. He just says he's always despised it since he became old enough to recognize it.

A point of tension between him and C.S. Lewis.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 09:12 PM (ZOv7s)

226 iirc, The Fall of Numenor was the first story Tolkien wrote, while in the trenches during WWI.

Posted by: davidt at January 27, 2026 09:13 PM (Q+gd/)

227 Hey Piper! You might appreciate this (AI but so what) picture of Donny Two Scoops and Melania:
https://shorturl.at/daIgk

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 09:13 PM (ULPxl)

228 >> How can I help?
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 27, 2026 08:44 PM (IhIKR)

Have a scotch and watch the losers kill eachother.

Burp.

Posted by: Tim Walz at January 27, 2026 09:13 PM (aZ9eR)

229 How can I help?
Posted by: nurse ratched

For starters, continue doing what you've already been doing, which is treating your patients as well as you can (as opposed to some of the commie scum).
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

That is good advice. Live a good life and be a good example.

You won't reach the Good Drivers and Pretti Hate Machines of the world, but you'll let the persuadable know the Right aren't what the media make us out to be.

Posted by: mikeski at January 27, 2026 09:13 PM (VHUov)

230 Tolkien knew that human nature stays constant.

I’ve heard a preacher say that the devil doesn’t really have any new tricks. He doesn’t need any, because the old tricks keep working so well.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 27, 2026 09:08 PM (Sxl5b)
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The same heresies just keep coming back under new names. Once you see it, you can't unsee it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 09:14 PM (ZOv7s)

231 Allegory: a literary or artistic technique where characters, settings, and events in a story represent broader, hidden meanings, often moral, political, or philosophical, rather than just their literal surface narrative. Originating from the Greek allegoria ("speaking otherwise"), it conveys abstract truths through...

I don't see how he could say that. What's the Hollywood Writer's lament about there really only being six stories or something?

The ring's corruptive effect had no deeper meaning?

The flight of the elves?

Then lost King returning to his people to usher in a golden age? I've heard that one slot.

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 09:15 PM (ciYHQ)

232 224 Wow. Murkowski and Tillis both called for Noem to resign.

And does anyone really care about these two clowns ???

Posted by: Jackson at January 27, 2026 09:15 PM (X7dyz)

233 Been here nearly two hours and not a single cuttle. Cuttles Cafe my ass!

Posted by: DJ Jazzy Mel at January 27, 2026 09:15 PM (ZTJjv)

234 iirc, The Fall of Numenor was the first story Tolkien wrote, while in the trenches during WWI.
Posted by: davidt at January 27, 2026 09:13 PM (Q+gd/)
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The Fall of Gondolin, finally published as its own book. Highly recommend. It's seriously metal, more metal than anything he wrote afterwards.

Armored assault dragons filled with orcs. With flamethrowers. Yeah, he was in the shit.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 09:16 PM (ZOv7s)

235 229 Good Drivers. Heh.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 09:16 PM (77rzZ)

236 Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 09:16 PM (ZOv7s)

Ah, yes, you are correct.

Posted by: davidt at January 27, 2026 09:17 PM (Q+gd/)

237 I don't see how he could say that.
Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 09:15 PM (ciYHQ)
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He noted that there is a difference between allegory and applicability. The themes of Lord of the Rings are applicable to other things, but it is not a this=that code.

Animal Farm is allegory. You can't really take it seriously any other way. Tolkien hated that kind of thing where the story was just a mask for the real story. Just tell the real story, and if it resonates, it is because it applies to other things.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 09:18 PM (ZOv7s)

238 “ I saw the Lord always before me.
Because he is at my right hand,
I will not be shaken.
Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
my body also will rest in hope,
because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, you will not let your holy one see decay.
You have made known to me the paths of life;
you will fill me with joy in your presence.’

Acts 2:25-28

Posted by: Marcus T at January 27, 2026 09:20 PM (Uh88k)

239 Tolkien didn’t tell real stories, just that fantasy junk.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 09:20 PM (77rzZ)

240 Oh, and eff Tolkien and all fantasy literature. What a freaking waste of time.
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 09:12 PM (77rzZ)

You discount one of the primary drivers of young boys to good. Aside from upbringing. Fighting against evil. For love. Friendship. Duty. Honor. In context.

It is foolish to hand wave it away, man. Just like comic books.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 09:20 PM (zZu0s)

241 Ah, yes, you are correct.
Posted by: davidt at January 27, 2026 09:17 PM (Q+gd/)
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You are right that a lot of his writings are of that era. Anyone trying to argue that he was using post-war Europe as his template is disastrously wrong, and he even explained (in detail!) that if he was writing allegory, the Ring would not have been destroyed but used to overthrow Sauron, and then the West would fight amongst itself while Saruman discovered the secret of making his own One Ring and the two sides would square off in the Cold War.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 09:21 PM (ZOv7s)

242 232 224 Wow. Murkowski and Tillis both called for Noem to resign.

And does anyone really care about these two clowns ???
Posted by: Jackson at January 27, 2026 09:15 PM (X7dyz)
_________________________

Murkowski is a little miffed that she's about to lose her #1 position for federal disbursements per capita. Alaska receives the highest amount of federal funding per capita ($24,796 per resident in FY 2024). It's her campaign selling point. I get you the cash, you need to send me back so I can continue the gravy train to Alaska.

That's going to be dwarfed by Greenland.

Posted by: Orson at January 27, 2026 09:21 PM (dIske)

243 Tolkien didn’t tell real stories, just that fantasy junk.
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 09:20 PM (77rzZ)

Tolkien was a veteran of the Battle of the Somme. He watched all his friends from school die around him.

Show some respect.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 09:21 PM (zZu0s)

244 Tolkien didn’t tell real stories, just that fantasy junk.
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 09:20 PM (77rzZ)
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LOL, he's now under consideration for sainthood because his work has led so many people to God. That fantasy junk is now cited by seminarians as leading them to the priesthood.

Some junk.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 09:22 PM (ZOv7s)

245 "I’m not going to go into a Seattle ICE Protest and start confronting people."

That's smart. Street Protest is the weakest form of political power, so why compete for a descent to the bottom?

"How can I help?"
Posted by: nurse ratched

Hehe. You're going to smack me for saying this but..

run for office.

Seriously, when I was in DC one of our biggest headaches was getting qualified people to run for election. Too many wanted to focus on career and family instead, or had an embarrassing secret they were afraid would be publicly expksed

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 09:22 PM (ciYHQ)

246 Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 09:12 PM (77rzZ)

It's like in the great stories, Master Bulg, the ones that really mattered . . .

Posted by: gKWVE at January 27, 2026 09:23 PM (gKWVE)

247 240 There are plenty of historical examples of good, without Tolkien’s elves.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 09:23 PM (77rzZ)

248 >>How can I help?

Insurgencies by definition are a small group of people that use asymmetric techniques to demoralize and ultimately defeat a much larger and better equipped ruling population. In this case the insurgents are funded by billionaires including Neville Singham and the usual cast of characters. They also own what's left of the media and that's not nothing because this is an information and influence campaign more than anything.

Best thing we can do is stay resolved and not splinter. Not even when we think one who is fighting for us isn't doing everything we think is going fast or extreme enough. Their mission is to divide us, it's literally the only way they can win.

Everyone who is against them is on my side even if they aren't perfect. We settle personal scores later. We earned a reprieve with Trump but he's not going to be around forever and all we did was stop them. Now we have to go crush them.

I'm sick of hearing how scary they are. They need to start being afraid of us. Go ICE! Deport all of them.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 27, 2026 09:24 PM (viF8m)

249 There are plenty of historical examples of good, without Tolkien’s elves.
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 09:23 PM (77rzZ)

History, often in text form can be dry. It is just written that way. Stories that make it personal, that spark romance (romance meaning adventure) are powerful.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 09:25 PM (zZu0s)

250 >> "How can I help?"
Posted by: nurse ratched

Can you run an M240L? Just askin.

You’re a good person. Follow your instincts.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 27, 2026 09:25 PM (Uh88k)

251 244 Well, sainthood is a BS concept once you get beyond the Apostolic Era.

So Tolkien’s fiction is up there with Scripture now?

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 09:26 PM (77rzZ)

252 History isn’t dry if done properly.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 09:27 PM (77rzZ)

253 "Tolkien didn’t tell real stories, just that fantasy junk."

Hardly. He weaved European legend into a mythology to inspire Western Civilization.

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We see the light of those who find
A world has passed them by
To late to save a dream that's growing cold
We realize that fate must hide its face
From those who try
To see the distant signs of unforetold
Oh oh, take hold
From a haze came a rage of thunder
Distant signs of darkness on the way
Fading cries scream of pain and hunger
But in the night the light will guide your way
So take hold of the flame
Don't you see life's a game
So take hold of the flame
You've got nothing to lose, but everything to gain

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 09:27 PM (ciYHQ)

254 Well, sainthood is a BS concept once you get beyond the Apostolic Era.

I tried to stop the practice of slavery. Well, me and sis Macrina. Where were the pagans?

Posted by: Gregory of Nyssa at January 27, 2026 09:27 PM (gKWVE)

255 So Japanese has kanji (Chinese pictograms), plus hiragana and katakana (which cover the same sounds, sort of like cursive vs block printing). Hiragana is used for most "Japanese" words, and katakana for transliterated foreign words. Katakana is also used for uncommon animal names (nobody expects you to remember the kanji for "blue-footed booby") and for emphasis, like typing in ALL CAPS.
Posted by: mikeski at January 27, 2026 08:55 PM (VHUov)

Korean Hangul is the same sort of thing. Korea adopted Chinese characters, though it had had a sort of syllabary before that, due to the influence that Chinese and Confucianism had over the region. King Sejong developed Hangul to better record Korean, using Sanskrit as an inspiration, and developing the really mobile syllable blocks.
They still use Chinese characters, the older people still read them so they are found sprinkled in the papers and books .

Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 09:28 PM (rbvCR)

256 There are plenty of historical examples of good, without Tolkien’s elves.
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 09:23 PM (77rzZ)
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If you read the Siege of Gondor, you've also read the Siege of Vienna in 1683. How many young people are you going to convince to read about a battle in 1683?

The idea is to lead you to the deeper history, and he's done that. There are podcasts about the this, and even the Eastern Orthodox respect Tolkien's profound grasp of theology and the Council of God.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 09:28 PM (ZOv7s)

257 247 240 There are plenty of historical examples of good, without Tolkien’s elves.
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 09:23 PM (77rzZ)

Good lord Bulg, who broke your Lembas?

Posted by: Frodo Baggins at January 27, 2026 09:28 PM (3sXRv)

258 Well, sainthood is a BS concept once you get beyond the Apostolic Era.

So Tolkien’s fiction is up there with Scripture now?
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 09:26 PM (77rzZ)
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I get that you're angry about something, so I'm not going to argue with you.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 09:29 PM (ZOv7s)

259 240 There are plenty of historical examples of good, without Tolkien’s elves.
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 09:23 PM (77rzZ)
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I suppose you think we should get rid of all the fantastic events that happened in the Bible as well.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 27, 2026 09:29 PM (ESVrU)

260 There are plenty of historical examples of good, without Tolkien’s elves.
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 09:23 PM (77rzZ)

Sure. But can you name three?

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 09:31 PM (ciYHQ)

261 I'm not one of the smart people. But but stirring up Protestant vs. Catholic on the blog is probably not going to help against the Islamofascist threat that threatens us all.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 09:31 PM (lpTXP)

262 I would rather read about a factual siege of 1683 than some fantasy shit. I’ve loved actual history since I was a kid. It has the added bonus of being real, and not some made up bullshit involving wizards and elves and other shit.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 09:32 PM (77rzZ)

263 I suppose you think we should get rid of all the fantastic events that happened in the Bible as well.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 27, 2026 09:29 PM (ESVrU)
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It's kind of a weird take to say that fiction shouldn't reflect Christian virtues.

I guess Graham Greene and Evelyn Waugh and G.K. Chesterton were all just wasting their time.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 09:32 PM (ZOv7s)

264 I would rather read about a factual siege of 1683 than some fantasy shit. I’ve loved actual history since I was a kid. It has the added bonus of being real, and not some made up bullshit involving wizards and elves and other shit.
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 09:32 PM (77rzZ)
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"I don't like fantasy fiction so I must crap on people who do" is a heck of a take.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 09:33 PM (ZOv7s)

265 The fantasy aspect of Tolkien's stories is just the setting.

Posted by: davidt at January 27, 2026 09:34 PM (Q+gd/)

266 259 No, the Bible I believe.

What’s the difference between Tolkien and Scientology?

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 09:34 PM (77rzZ)

267 “ The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.”

Galatians 5:19-21

Posted by: Marcus T at January 27, 2026 09:34 PM (Uh88k)

268 Oh, and eff Tolkien and all fantasy literature. What a freaking waste of time.
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 09:12 PM (77rzZ)

You discount one of the primary drivers of young boys to good. Aside from upbringing. Fighting against evil. For love. Friendship. Duty. Honor. In context.

It is foolish to hand wave it away, man. Just like comic books.
Posted by: Aetius451AD


There is always Lovecraft.
For certain interpretations of good.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 27, 2026 09:34 PM (/lPRQ)

269 I would rather read about a factual siege of 1683 than some fantasy shit. I’ve loved actual history since I was a kid. It has the added bonus of being real, and not some made up bullshit involving wizards and elves and other shit.
Posted by: Bulg
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That's ok. You do you. Let others read fiction if they like.

Posted by: JQ at January 27, 2026 09:35 PM (rdVOm)

270 I would rather read about a factual siege of 1683 than some fantasy shit. I’ve loved actual history since I was a kid. It has the added bonus of being real, and not some made up bullshit involving wizards and elves and other shit.
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 09:32 PM (77rzZ)
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"I don't like fantasy fiction so I must crap on people who do" is a heck of a take.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 09:33 PM (ZOv7s)
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Yeah, I don't get it either. The sheer *anger* in the statement speaks volumes about something deeper going on. Myths and legends have been with humanity as long as we've tried to explain the natural world, including real-world historical events.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 27, 2026 09:35 PM (ESVrU)

271 Tolkien didn’t tell real stories, just that fantasy junk.
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 09:20 PM (77rzZ)

You do seem to have a hostility towards Tolkien. But that's cool, let it all out. I'm curious and I promise I won't judge or start an argument over it.

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 09:35 PM (ciYHQ)

272 Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 09:32 PM (77rzZ)

Bulgar, you seem intent on picking a fight on this one. I figure I have an idea on the sand in your vagina, so I'll leave you the fuck alone.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 09:36 PM (zZu0s)

273 "I don't like fantasy fiction so I must crap on people who do" is a heck of a take.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 09:33

AOS is plentiful in gored oxen.

Posted by: old chick at January 27, 2026 09:36 PM (F3Dlr)

274 The fantasy aspect of Tolkien's stories is just the setting.
Posted by: davidt at January 27, 2026 09:34 PM (Q+gd/)
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Tolkien had so much depth that it is frankly humbling. The guy was a historian, linguistic genius, even did Bible translations. His discussions of the Valar are directly linked to the Council of God and the orders of angels.

It's all happy fun with dragons, but if you dig deeper, it's crazy how much he wove into it. He is a great teaching tool, a pathway to the world of the Unseen, the spirit realm.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 09:36 PM (ZOv7s)

275 Bulg, is there someone you can call?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 09:37 PM (ULPxl)

276 270 Tolkien is not “myths and legends,” just one author’s imagination.



Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 09:39 PM (77rzZ)

277 You haven’t figured out Bulg’s MO yet? You can get him off the Catholic subject by bringing up the music you like.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 09:40 PM (KDPiq)

278 Tolkien is not “myths and legends,” just one author’s imagination.
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 09:39 PM (77rzZ)
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Stop it, dude. You're embarrassing yourself.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 09:41 PM (ZOv7s)

279 Bulg. Quick. Favorite Slipknot song.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 27, 2026 09:41 PM (Uh88k)

280 You haven’t figured out Bulg’s MO yet? You can get him off the Catholic subject by bringing up the music you like.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 09:40 PM (KDPiq)
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How about Mozart?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 09:42 PM (ZOv7s)

281 Blind Faith's album was perfect.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 09:42 PM (lpTXP)

282 Yeah, but I can see how someone could be all "aw hell, him again? Yes he was good but can we talk about anyone else". I got SO tired of seeing a dark elf with a large feline that I wanted to gouge my eyes out.

Imagine 3 Dritz's in one party each trying to out-mysterious each other. You find yourself double checking the volume of 20ft radius Fireball cast underground.

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 09:43 PM (ciYHQ)

283 I also thought Mad Magazine's Don Martin was a master cartoonist and humorist. We'll never see anyone again like these guys with their wit and talent.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 27, 2026 09:43 PM (oT7pT)

284 Oh c’mon. Ok let’s go with Linkin Park.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 27, 2026 09:43 PM (Uh88k)

285 I'm not one of the smart people. But but stirring up Protestant vs. Catholic on the blog is probably not going to help against the Islamofascist threat that threatens us all.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 09:31 PM (lpTXP)

It is the purity test thing. We start chewing on each others' guts and forget who we are supposed to fight.
It is like an Italian family argument where the majority takes time out to fight over why the others are supporting the majority position for the wrong reasons.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 09:44 PM (rbvCR)

286 BTW, it’s not just Tolkien I dislike, but fantasy in general. I’d probably hate The Wizard of Oz, too, if I hadn’t been raised on it.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 09:44 PM (77rzZ)

287 Nickelback. Discuss.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 09:44 PM (lpTXP)

288 Yeah, but I can see how someone could be all "aw hell, him again? Yes he was good but can we talk about anyone else". I got SO tired of seeing a dark elf with a large feline that I wanted to gouge my eyes out.

Imagine 3 Dritz's in one party each trying to out-mysterious each other. You find yourself double checking the volume of 20ft radius Fireball cast underground.
Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 09:43 PM (ciYHQ)
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The way you do that is you talk about something else. I was really geeked about China, so I talked about China. I didn't take a dump on everyone commenting on cute stuff.

I shall bring this before the membership committee! I promise you, I shall!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 09:44 PM (ZOv7s)

289 We're still Bat and Sea Stack free this year, so we are most pleased.

Posted by: Penguin Defense League, Enforcement Division at January 27, 2026 09:45 PM (oftw2)

290 Led Zeppelin had a lot of LoTR references.

Posted by: davidt at January 27, 2026 09:45 PM (Q+gd/)

291
I don't care for fantasy but I'm not being critical.

Are you drinking?

Posted by: fourseasons at January 27, 2026 09:45 PM (3ek7K)

292 >> It is like an Italian family argument where the majority takes time out to fight over gravy and sauce.

FIFY

And it’s macaroni, not pasta.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 27, 2026 09:45 PM (Uh88k)

293 Nickelback. Discuss.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 09:44 PM (lpTXP)

I don't give a fuck, Rockstar is a fun song.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 09:46 PM (zZu0s)

294 It’s Tummy Rub Tuesday!


Rub rub rub those fuzzy furry bellies!
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 27, 2026 07:50 PM (k0MVD)

***

It was also Geezer Golf Tuesday, but all the Geezers are still snow birding in warmer climes. (Wimps) But a few still showed up. I was able to win enough to cover my beer.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 27, 2026 09:46 PM (2WIwB)

295 I’d probably hate The Wizard of Oz, too, if I hadn’t been raised on it.
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 09:44 PM

It's an allegory about the oppression of the proletariat. The Munchkin slaves are ground beneath the heel of the capitalist "Good" Witch.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 27, 2026 09:46 PM (jc0TO)

296 OK, I guess I should stop. I’m enjoying this too much.

So, about that Abe Lincoln guy…

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 09:46 PM (77rzZ)

297 BTW, it’s not just Tolkien I dislike, but fantasy in general. I’d probably hate The Wizard of Oz, too, if I hadn’t been raised on it.
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 09:44 PM (77rzZ)
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When a topic comes up that I dislike, I either bring up a subject that I do enjoy (CHINA!!) or log off for the night.

Give it a try.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 09:47 PM (ZOv7s)

298 >>Blind Faith's album was perfect.

One of my all time favorites.

https://tinyurl.com/mv3se77w

Posted by: JackStraw at January 27, 2026 09:47 PM (viF8m)

299 Yeah, I don't get it either. The sheer *anger* in the statement speaks volumes about something deeper going on. Myths and legends have been with humanity as long as we've tried to explain the natural world, including real-world historical events.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Didn't Tolkien specifically set out to write a "Hero's Journey" myth for the Christian world? We didn't have an Epic of Gilgamesh, an Odyssey, or a Journey To The West, because the Bible is not myth. King Arthur is relatively weak sauce in comparison to the likes of Gilgamesh and Heracles.

Posted by: mikeski at January 27, 2026 09:47 PM (VHUov)

300 I don't give a fuck, Rockstar is a fun song.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 09:46 PM (zZu0s)
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Rockstar Sea Shanty is hilarious.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 27, 2026 09:47 PM (ESVrU)

301 And don't even get started on that old colonizing wizard with his advanced technology overawing the simple folk.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 27, 2026 09:47 PM (jc0TO)

302 There is always Lovecraft.
For certain interpretations of good.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 27, 2026 09:34 PM (/lPRQ)

I was thinking today that Tim Powers was doing a modern take on Lovecraft. Not so much the Elder and Deep and Old things, but more of the hidden world in plain sight.
Maybe more Jorge Borges

Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 09:47 PM (rbvCR)

303 If you guys would like to see a pretty good documentary about Oklahoma rednecks and seedy bars in the 70’s-80’s I recommend Red Dog.

It was made by Country song writer Luke Dick about his life as a kid and what he found out about his mom.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 09:48 PM (KDPiq)

304 Didn't Tolkien specifically set out to write a "Hero's Journey" myth for the Christian world? We didn't have an Epic of Gilgamesh, an Odyssey, or a Journey To The West, because the Bible is not myth. King Arthur is relatively weak sauce in comparison to the likes of Gilgamesh and Heracles.
Posted by: mikeski at January 27, 2026 09:47 PM (VHUov)
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I think it was more of an *English* mythology than one specifically for Christendom, though Tolkien's Catholicism is deeply woven throughout the Legendarium.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 27, 2026 09:48 PM (ESVrU)

305 "it’s not just Tolkien I dislike, but fantasy in general. I’d probably hate The Wizard of Oz, too, if I hadn’t been raised on it."

Is it the idealism of fantasy that irritates you?

Having been fcked over by my own idealism lately I can relate to the complaint it sets you up to be the Fool

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 09:49 PM (ciYHQ)

306 Bulg is right. Fiction and Fantasy are lies. Why would anyone spend time on lies? Phony, Fictitious, Nonsense. Put on your big boy/girl pants and stop the baloney.

Posted by: Truth Marching On at January 27, 2026 09:49 PM (oftw2)

307 Posted by: mikeski at January 27, 2026 09:47 PM (VHUov)

From what I understand, he thought England had been robbed by the Roman conquest of its inherent mythology, so he set out to write one.

Also, he explicitly wanted to write a world that had not had a savior or the concept of eventual triumph of good. He was also trying to explore Nordic fatalism in a lot of ways. He thought the idea of fighting on, when you KNOW you will lose AND there is no victory in the afterlife was the ultimate form of courage.

He was exploring a lot of themes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 09:50 PM (zZu0s)

308 don't give a fuck, Rockstar is a fun song.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 09:46 PM (zZu0s)

I like the video a lot.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 09:50 PM (KDPiq)

309 It's an allegory about the oppression of the proletariat. The Munchkin slaves are ground beneath the heel of the capitalist "Good" Witch.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 27, 2026 09:46 PM (jc0TO)

Pfft, it is about catspawing a murder scheme against rivals told from the fish's point of view.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 09:51 PM (rbvCR)

310 Beowulf was an English mythology story.

Anglo-Saxon more accurately.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 09:52 PM (KDPiq)

311 Amelia is trying to re-edumacate the sleepy British masses. Probably too late, but the memes have been fun.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 09:52 PM (lpTXP)

312 Didn't Tolkien specifically set out to write a "Hero's Journey" myth for the Christian world? We didn't have an Epic of Gilgamesh, an Odyssey, or a Journey To The West, because the Bible is not myth. King Arthur is relatively weak sauce in comparison to the likes of Gilgamesh and Heracles.
Posted by: mikeski at January 27, 2026 09:47 PM (VHUov)
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Yes, and what's interesting is how much the modern left HATES his work, and tries to vandalize it at every turn.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 09:52 PM (ZOv7s)

313 310 Beowulf was an English mythology story.

Anglo-Saxon more accurately.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 09:52 PM (KDPiq)

But even they are somewhat late comers.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 09:53 PM (zZu0s)

314 Thanks all, for letting me vent.

It was fun. But I still hate Tolkien, and fantasy in particular.

But I won’t belabor the topic any more.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 09:53 PM (77rzZ)

315 Yes, and what's interesting is how much the modern left HATES his work, and tries to vandalize it at every turn.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 09:52 PM (ZOv7s)
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Amazon's Rangzzz of (Girl)Power is the ultimate proof of this.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 27, 2026 09:54 PM (ESVrU)

316 Also, he explicitly wanted to write a world that had not had a savior or the concept of eventual triumph of good.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Which is sort of funny, because Gandalf saved his party by going mano-a-mano with the balrog of Moria, fell into the underworld with it, defeated it, and returned later, so changed that his closest friends didn't recognize him. Sounds familiar.....

Posted by: mikeski at January 27, 2026 09:55 PM (VHUov)

317 Be well, Bulg.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 09:55 PM (lpTXP)

318 Also, he explicitly wanted to write a world that had not had a savior or the concept of eventual triumph of good. He was also trying to explore Nordic fatalism in a lot of ways. He thought the idea of fighting on, when you KNOW you will lose AND there is no victory in the afterlife was the ultimate form of courage.

He was exploring a lot of themes.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 09:50 PM (zZu0s)
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Partially correct. Tolkien absolutely believed in the afterlife, and the spirit realm (and life after death) is infused into his work. The fatalism is that in the *material world* evil seems to keep winning, and he uses the Long Defeat to describe how evil seems to be winning but God's victory remains ultimately assured.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 09:55 PM (ZOv7s)

319 What is the problem with Nickelback?

Best I can is that everything not played on the radio really sucks and everybody who bought a CD feels ripped off.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 27, 2026 09:55 PM (/lPRQ)

320 The Silmarillion is even more intense in this regard. The good guys are heroic, incredibly brave, but they keep losing. They lose it all. Everything. Evil wins.

But then...you get the idea.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 09:57 PM (ZOv7s)

321 Sorry, folks. I grew up in a family of six argumentative kids. So sometimes I just need to recreate the family arguments, for old times’ sake. I have no personal animus against any of you.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 09:59 PM (77rzZ)

322 Which is sort of funny, because Gandalf saved his party by going mano-a-mano with the balrog of Moria, fell into the underworld with it, defeated it, and returned later, so changed that his closest friends didn't recognize him. Sounds familiar.....
Posted by: mikeski at January 27, 2026 09:55 PM (VHUov)
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Tolkien was planting the seeds for people to hear Christian stories and think "Hey, that's just like that book I read!" Make the mystic feel familiar. It has worked.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 09:59 PM (ZOv7s)

323 Sorry, folks. I grew up in a family of six argumentative kids. So sometimes I just need to recreate the family arguments, for old times’ sake. I have no personal animus against any of you.
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 09:59 PM (77rzZ)
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That's why we're here!

Posted by: Bulg's Free Family Therapy Clinic at January 27, 2026 10:00 PM (ZOv7s)

324 317 Thank you, Mary. I will try.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 10:00 PM (77rzZ)

325 NOOD

ONT

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 10:02 PM (ULPxl)

326 I thought Chevy wagons had names like Nomad, Brookwood, Kingswood, etc. Ford never called its wagons Galaxies, they used Ranch Wagon, Country Sedan and Country Squire. I'm slightly skeptical about that 409 Impala Wagon.

Posted by: Ford-The Wagon Master at January 27, 2026 10:21 PM (oftw2)

Trump Signs Executive Order to Speed Up Rebuilding LA

I don't know if he can do this but someone needs to do something.


President Trump is sidestepping thumb-twiddling California Democrats with an executive order aimed at fast-tracking the rebuilding of Los Angeles a year after devastating wildfires torched entire city blocks and left thousands homeless.

"I want to see if we can take over the city and state and just give the people their permits they want to build," Trump told the California Post Friday in an exclusive Oval Office interview when he signed the seven-page order.


Trump pointed the finger at California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass for the painfully slow rebuilding of homes ravaged by the January 2025 Pacific Palisades and Eaton fires, two of the most destructive blazes in LA history.

Wildfires destroyed an estimated 16,000 structures, but Los Angeles city and county officials have only issued 2,600 permits to rebuild so far.


In all, less than 15% of all homes destroyed by the fires have received necessary approvals to move forward, according to the Trump administration.

Trump's order is designed to "preempt" the building permit process -- and empower the federal government to maneuver around the needless obstacles imposed by Democratic leaders.

The order calls out the "nightmare" of delays and "bureaucratic malaise" at the California state and local levels -- and it will almost certainly be challenged by Democrats in power in the Golden State, despite displaced residents literally crying out to be made whole again.

Jessica Rogers, a Pacific Palisades resident who lost everything in the wildfires, burst into tears of joy when she learned the federal government was stepping in to pick up the slack.

...

Trump, a former real estate developer, said he was compelled to step in after touring the fire damage a year ago with first lady Melania Trump and seeing the devastation firsthand. He said he was shocked to see that even a year later, "there's nobody building."

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Under the order, the heads of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Small Business Administration (SBA) will issue regulations to preempt state and local permitting requirements and allow builders to self-certify to a federal agency that they have complied with health, safety and building standards.

Like I said, I can't imagine Trump has any power like this. The feds can't just set aside state laws. Even if the state in question is a basket-case run by lunatics.

...

Newsom spokeswoman Tara Gallegos hit back at Trump, calling the president "an old clueless idiot who believes that the state and federal governments can issue local rebuilding permits and LA gets its water from the Pacific Northwest."

Gallegos said Trump has "demonstrated a complete lack of leadership or compassion for this community." She charged Trump is concerned with "picking out gaudy gold décor and new flooring for his unnecessary remodel" as the community is "still waiting for him to grant disaster recovery funding.

"He should keep LA out of his mouth unless he is planning to grant them the federal disaster funding they need."

Such tough-guys!

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1 Corgis called.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 27, 2026 06:50 PM (0sNs1)

2 This is not within his power to do, it's 100% theater designed to smack newsome in the face.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 27, 2026 06:50 PM (0N4FZ)

3 Federal permitting can be expedited.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 27, 2026 06:52 PM (/lPRQ)

4 City of the Angels.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:52 PM (krQz2)

5 He should concentrate on rebuilding the White House that he knocked down.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:53 PM (krQz2)

6 Overregulation, greed, speculation. Ask Newsome about the Capital Annex going up right next to the Capital. Transparent for sure.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 27, 2026 06:53 PM (YlWIZ)

7 Something to club Brylcreme over the head with.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 27, 2026 06:53 PM (Cifda)

8
I wish he wouldn't. Newsom and Bass will take credit for it. He won't get a single vote from it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:53 PM (Px6E0)

9 I don't care. Let California stew in it.

Posted by: fd at January 27, 2026 06:53 PM (vFG9F)

10 "He should keep LA out of his mouth unless he is planning to grant them the federal disaster funding they need."
Such tough-guys!

Posted by: Ace


Hey Tara, get out of the way and let those people rebuild!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 27, 2026 06:53 PM (qo38o)

11 Yea but, they will still vote for the Idiot Democrats come November...........


This time the Democrats will be different !!!!!

NOT !!!

Posted by: Jackson K. at January 27, 2026 06:54 PM (3d4aC)

12 This is not within his power to do, it's 100% theater designed to smack newsome in the face.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 27, 2026 06:50 PM (0N4FZ)

It is intended to shame Newscum and Fatass Bass into doing their jobs.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 27, 2026 06:54 PM (8zz6B)

13
This is not within his power to do, it's 100% theater designed to smack newsome in the face.
Posted by: Mister Scott

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There may be something about infrastructure that he can expedite, but homes? Nyah.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:55 PM (Px6E0)

14 Willowed:
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Also alcohol consumption is way down.

Posted by: coba at January 27, 2026 06:52 PM (IuIym)
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Kamala is only one woman.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:55 PM (krQz2)

15 Can he appoint Carolla as LA Rebuilding Czar?

Posted by: Unceldave at January 27, 2026 06:55 PM (E+1ea)

16 If he wanted to really help he should have signed an executive order preventing California from granting all the building permits. He should basically just sign orders that are the opposite of whatever he wants a leftist to do.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 27, 2026 06:56 PM (3uBP9)

17 Namecalling. Mean girls deserve an apology.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 27, 2026 06:56 PM (YlWIZ)

18 Can't Trump declare the Palisades a "Disaster Area"?

I know he might as well throw all of Southern California and Sacramento in there to be consistent.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:57 PM (krQz2)

19 That Tara bitch could use some hickory in her mouth. Just sayin.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 27, 2026 06:57 PM (V92c/)

20 Also alcohol consumption is way down.

Posted by: coba at January 27, 2026 06:52 PM (IuIym)
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Kamala is only one woman.
Posted by: Axeman

There is Another

Posted by: *hic* at January 27, 2026 06:57 PM (AP7fj)

21 It is intended to shame Newscum and Fatass Bass into doing their jobs.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 27, 2026 06:54 PM

Aren't you close enough to 29 to have lost a soupcon of such optimism?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 27, 2026 06:58 PM (0sNs1)

22 It's far beyond his powers as President. But it'll be fun seeing Newscum and Bass sue to stop him from speeding up the rebuild.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 27, 2026 06:59 PM (s0JqF)

23 Wait. Did the Cali Spokehole just say that the rebuilding delays are entirely on Cali and has nothing to do with Federal anything while demanding Federal money?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 27, 2026 06:59 PM (/lPRQ)

24 >>> 21 It is intended to shame Newscum and Fatass Bass into doing their jobs.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 27, 2026 06:54 PM

Aren't you close enough to 29 to have lost a soupcon of such optimism?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 27, 2026 06:58 PM (0sNs1)

He didn't say it would *work*.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 06:59 PM (ULPxl)

25 Like I said, I can't imagine Trump has any power like this. The feds can't just set aside state laws.

True, but he could unleash the Feds on the State if they drag their heels, acting as the property owners' advocates. Fun thing, the State cannot lie to the Feds without committing a crime. Lie to a citizen? All the time. Lie to Feds? It's prosecution time.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 27, 2026 06:59 PM (mlg/3)

26
Wait. Did the Cali Spokehole just say that the rebuilding delays are entirely on Cali and has nothing to do with Federal anything while demanding Federal money?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

Posted by: No Hablo Ingles at January 27, 2026 07:00 PM (Px6E0)

27 Staying keep something "out of your mouth" is so Will Smith. What next you gonna slap a bitch?

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 27, 2026 07:00 PM (wBaIH)

28 Hey Gavin! How does Trump's ass taste?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 27, 2026 05:04 PM (RIvkX)

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 27, 2026 07:01 PM (RIvkX)

29 Read its been a hard road to rebuild due to red tape

Posted by: Skip at January 27, 2026 07:01 PM (Ia/+0)

30 California DOE NOT GET ITS WATER FROM the pacific Northwest.

Reservoirs, ground water, and sierra snow-pack. But not so much anymore reservoirs as democrats like to blow up dams and though voted for have not built any new reservoirs.... oh and they don't like to fill them anyway. much better to let water run straight out to the ocean. It's the smart thing to do.

Tara Gallegos is dumb cvnt and loves to show that in public.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 27, 2026 07:01 PM (xvV+O)

31
I think he's just stirring the pot to get the CA Donks arguing with each other. He won't get a single vote to change from Donk to GOP, but I don't think he really cares.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 27, 2026 07:01 PM (y9nCu)

32 What kind of an idiot would want to rebuild anything in California?

Posted by: Estelle Costanza at January 27, 2026 07:01 PM (R/m4+)

33 I suppose Trump could declare Palisades a national park and let the residents live on it.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 27, 2026 07:02 PM (8avO+)

34 Newsom is a POS. If the people would put their crack pipes down they would realize that fact.

Posted by: Case at January 27, 2026 07:02 PM (E7+ue)

35 I think Trump is going to kick Newsom in the nuts any chance he gets even if it's just raise awareness. Hard to believe Newsom is near the top of the Democrat 2028 wish list and the midterms are coming. Make one of the faces of the left.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 27, 2026 07:02 PM (viF8m)

36 Wait. Did the Cali Spokehole just say that the rebuilding delays are entirely on Cali and has nothing to do with Federal anything while demanding Federal money?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 27, 2026 06:59 PM (/lPRQ)
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Apparently California won't lift a finger to help its own residents unless it can graft massive amounts of taxpayer dollars from the federal government first.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 27, 2026 07:02 PM (ESVrU)

37 What kind of an idiot would want to rebuild anything in California?
Posted by: Estelle Costanza at January 27, 2026 07:01 PM (R/m4+)

Cause your life savings is in that plot.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 27, 2026 07:02 PM (8avO+)

38 What are they going to do, argue that no rebuilding should take place?

...

Question withdrawn.

Posted by: Part-time Thinker at January 27, 2026 07:02 PM (YG+k7)

39 Let LA get the government it tolerates.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 07:03 PM (zZu0s)

40 Nope. This is what Trump doesn't understand. Many of you don't understand.

I don't care about LA. That thing about "we''re all Americans" ? That died after the post 9/11 reaction from the NorthEast.

I don't care how long LA takes to rebuild. Don't care if it does. Not my problem. Not my countrymen. Not one ounce of political will. Not one thin red dime.

Posted by: Nope at January 27, 2026 07:03 PM (GvwA4)

41 I hate this. Really. I know that those who were wiped out by the fires are getting royally fucked by California's incompetent, vindictive and corrupt government - but at some point, there *must* be accountability.

Trump should not be helping them. The feds have no interest here. As so many like to say, "actions have consequences" or "elections have consequences" - except that they don't. There's always *someone* willing to bail their asses out.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 07:04 PM (MABZ1)

42 Newsom is a POS. If the people would put their crack pipes down they would realize that fact.
Posted by: Case at January 27, 2026 07:02 PM (E7+ue)

I think they do, even the lefties. There isn't the cult of personality about him that often goes with being a Dem politician.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 27, 2026 07:04 PM (8avO+)

43 I should be sympathetic, I should be sympathetic, I should be sympathetic -

Posted by: tubal at January 27, 2026 07:04 PM (pDt9x)

44 Rebuilding L.A. > Rebuilding Gaza

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 27, 2026 07:04 PM (RIvkX)

45 The Federal Government has no authority over State regulations, said the State imbeciles that think they have authority over Federal regulations.

Posted by: Little Larry Sellers at January 27, 2026 07:04 PM (th/4a)

46 "Like I said, I can't imagine Trump has any power like this."

Not only, but wouldn't it be prudent to tear out all the strangle vines, vampyre shoots and wisp weed before planting the strawberry bush?

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 07:04 PM (ciYHQ)

47 Like I said, I can't imagine Trump has any power like this. The feds can't just set aside state laws. Even if the state in question is a basket-case run by lunatics.
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I can't imagine it either, and the courts will certainly - and probably even *properly* for once - overturn it.

But the whole thing is stupid. He shouldn't do it even if he does have the power to do it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 07:05 PM (MABZ1)

48 Went to a party in Laguna Beach and there were quite a few Palisade people there. They were all pissed that permits are not moving but all of them will never vote for a republican. I don't think they thought it funny when I laughed at their stupidity.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 27, 2026 07:05 PM (xvV+O)

49 44 Rebuilding L.A. > Rebuilding Gaza
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 27, 2026 07:04 PM (RIvkX)

Rebuilding North Carolina >>>Rebuilding LA>>>>>Rebuilding Gaza

Posted by: tubal at January 27, 2026 07:05 PM (pDt9x)

50 You're right, he can't do this.

But I think what's happening is Trump is once again baiting the left to take the 20 side of an 80-20 issue.

The left is predictable, and he's fishing for Newsom and Bass to sue him to not allow people to rebuild.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at January 27, 2026 07:06 PM (lCHt6)

51 Grandmaster Trolling.

Posted by: davidt at January 27, 2026 07:06 PM (Q+gd/)

52 California DOE NOT GET ITS WATER FROM the pacific Northwest.

Reservoirs, ground water, and sierra snow-pack. But not so much anymore reservoirs as democrats like to blow up dams and though voted for have not built any new reservoirs.... oh and they don't like to fill them anyway. much better to let water run straight out to the ocean. It's the smart thing to do.

Tara Gallegos is dumb cvnt and loves to show that in public.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 27, 2026 07:01 PM (xvV+O)

There are a few reservoirs in the LA area, one is in the hills behind Palisades. The state let them run dry out of neglect. One near me is full and very pretty from the nearby trails.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 27, 2026 07:06 PM (8avO+)

53 47 Like I said, I can't imagine Trump has any power like this. The feds can't just set aside state laws. Even if the state in question is a basket-case run by lunatics.
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I can't imagine it either, and the courts will certainly - and probably even *properly* for once - overturn it.

But the whole thing is stupid. He shouldn't do it even if he does have the power to do it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 07:05 PM (MABZ1)


Yeah, not sure what he’s doing here.

Posted by: tubal at January 27, 2026 07:06 PM (pDt9x)

54 Off topic but with Frey refusing to meet with Homan in MPLS, where does that leave The Donald?

I though PDT reported one of those "perfect" phone calls with Frey.

Posted by: M. Gaga at January 27, 2026 07:06 PM (KiBMU)

55 ... and the number one reason the State says they cannot rebuild there - lack of utilities, no water for fire suppression.

I just made that up.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 27, 2026 07:07 PM (/lPRQ)

56 Staying keep something "out of your mouth" is so Will Smith. What next you gonna slap a bitch?

Yeah. That's why he slapped Chris Rock. Because he's roughly six foot, and Chris Rock comes up to roughly the height of my daughter.

He's a bully. And he's confident in his bully because what happens when some white dude pulls out a black-jack and commences to beating Will Smith's ass ?

His body-guards will jump in. And then chaos will ensue. And then a Judge will decree that John Q Citizen can't just put Will Smith's bodyguards down like that. Because ... Will Smith.

Posted by: Nope at January 27, 2026 07:07 PM (GvwA4)

57 Trump Signs Executive Order to Speed Up Rebuilding LA

You know who else built things?

Bring on the Nuremberg Trials.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 27, 2026 07:09 PM (gLikB)

58 Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:53 PM (krQz2)

Must be breaktime from the gloryhole.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 27, 2026 07:09 PM (5xuJ/)

59 There's always *someone* willing to bail their asses out.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 07:04 PM (MABZ1)

Someone like Dick Luger. He got sent packing from Indiana. Why ?

In large part, because he voted for Tarp I which included bailout checks to California and Illinois.

Posted by: Nope at January 27, 2026 07:10 PM (GvwA4)

60 Define perfect for all values of perfect.
Trump says shit all the time.

Posted by: Accomack at January 27, 2026 07:10 PM (GbONR)

61 When you request federal funding, you might expect that audits and regulation would come with it.

Newsom is a fucking greasy amateur.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 27, 2026 07:11 PM (oT7pT)

62 "That thing about "we''re all Americans" ? That died after the post 9/11 reaction from the NorthEast."

For me it was Charlie Kirk. We simply can't share this country with people who celebrate our death. They need to leave. While that's still an option.

And if it becomes necessary to give an anti-hero the power (and resulting blame) to disappear 10 million, I'm your huckleberry. The Constitution is not a suicide pact.

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 07:11 PM (ciYHQ)

63 I can't imagine it either, and the courts will certainly - and probably even *properly* for once - overturn it.

But the whole thing is stupid. He shouldn't do it even if he does have the power to do it.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 07:05 PM (MABZ1)


Yeah, not sure what he’s doing here.

Posted by: tubal at January 27, 2026 07:06 PM (pDt9x)

Meh. I am willing to concede that I do not see the larger picture. And Trump's earned a little bit of playing room.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 07:12 PM (dK+Kv)

64 All upside on this stunt. California will refuse, take the admin to court, win every time, and with every win, cheer and mock Trump. Meanwhile nothing gets built. And (some) people will wonder why California is fighting so hard to deny help for their residents that were burned out of their homes.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 27, 2026 07:12 PM (Dv3i1)

65 Kamala is only one woman.
Posted by: Axeman

There is Another
Posted by: *hic* at January 27, 2026 06:57 PM (AP7fj)
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Yoda, is that you?

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 07:14 PM (krQz2)

66 As long as the trannie smelts are protected, in the end, that is all that matters.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 27, 2026 07:14 PM (vbXSk)

67 Trump Signs Executive Order to Speed Up Rebuilding LA
—Ace

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Just one question: Is this going to cost me anything?

If no, then do what you want. I couldn't care less.

If you're going to use my money though.....

Posted by: BurtTC at January 27, 2026 07:14 PM (5a1QR)

68 "Yeah, not sure what he’s doing here."

Usually these kinds of moves are some form of "your shoelace is untied", so I try to be patient and have faith.

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 07:15 PM (ciYHQ)

69 Note, the Calif No Speed Rail Project is still being funded by the State...

They are still holding meetings... they just had one in Merced CA trying to decide where to put the Train station...

Now... this is where to put a train station 20 years, after the project was planned? HUH?

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 27, 2026 07:15 PM (mP0Kj)

70 Yeah, not sure what he’s doing here.

Posted by: tubal at January 27, 2026 07:06 PM (pDt9x)

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He's making Sacramento spurn help to Californians.

This is almost definitely a chess move.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 07:16 PM (krQz2)

71 See what comes of it I guess. My guess is not a whole lot. Not emotionally invested in it to be honest.

Posted by: tubal at January 27, 2026 07:16 PM (pDt9x)

72 Did the Cali Spokehole just say that the rebuilding delays are entirely on Cali and has nothing to do with Federal anything while demanding Federal money?"

Talking out both sides of one's mouth...

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 07:16 PM (XuXeR)

73 "Yeah, not sure what he’s doing here."

He's fucking with them.

Posted by: davidt at January 27, 2026 07:17 PM (Q+gd/)

74 Just one question: Is this going to cost me anything?

Just one answer ... yes. It's California. Trump just cost you and I money. Federal Funds and grift and graft are going to flow.

If the Golden Scalp Weasel doesn't realize what he did ? And at this point, if he doesn't he's as dumb as his political opponents claim.

Well - then he's just that dumb.

Posted by: Nope at January 27, 2026 07:17 PM (GvwA4)

75 Meh. I am willing to concede that I do not see the larger picture. And Trump's earned a little bit of playing room.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 07:12 PM (dK+Kv)
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It's all upside, and he gets Newscum to claim "credit" for nothing being done. They'll gleefully go to court, and arguments will be presented documenting California's shitshow regulatory environment, so Trump wins even if he loses.

I think he expects to lose, but will rally swing voters who like the idea of "doing something" when people have no homes.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 07:17 PM (ZOv7s)

76 LOL!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 27, 2026 07:17 PM (Cjt/F)

77 Karen Bass is running for mayor.

James Woods never mentioned how his house survived the fire- he posted a photo after the fire - the cliff-side of his property was really well cleared - but I think he also had some sort of water cistern and huge Rainbird ag sprinklers fire system.

Posted by: 13times at January 27, 2026 07:18 PM (c8VnL)

78
A cynical view of this is that the fires were
allowed to burn intentionally, and CA prevents rebuilding because they intend to acquire the properties at bargain prices.

I wonder what the largely Democrat voters of Pacific Palisades think about how their government has done them. Changed their view at all?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 27, 2026 07:18 PM (Az0rf)

79 Note, the Calif No Speed Rail Project is still being funded by the State...

They are still holding meetings... they just had one in Merced CA trying to decide where to put the Train station...

Now... this is where to put a train station 20 years, after the project was planned? HUH?
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 27, 2026 07:15 PM (mP0Kj)

they can't get the train to LA or SFO either. lots of plans tho

Posted by: Oldcat at January 27, 2026 07:18 PM (8avO+)

80 When you request federal funding, you might expect that audits and regulation would come with it."

NOOOOOO!

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 07:19 PM (XuXeR)

81 Some good theories guys. If it makes the Democrats look stupid then that would be a good thing.

Posted by: tubal at January 27, 2026 07:19 PM (pDt9x)

82 What about the Hurricane Helene victims?

Posted by: Eromero at January 27, 2026 07:19 PM (LHPAg)

83 One thing I've learned is that Trump plays the long game, and that includes throwing caltrops in the road for the leftists to run over while he is already focusing on something more important.

I choose not to get het up every time he does or says something weird.

And it's actually humorous to see him piss off so many people so often. Keeps me from the black hole of despair.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 27, 2026 07:19 PM (0aYVJ)

84 64 All upside on this stunt. California will refuse, take the admin to court, win every time, and with every win, cheer and mock Trump. Meanwhile nothing gets built. And (some) people will wonder why California is fighting so hard to deny help for their residents that were burned out of their homes.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 27, 2026 07:12 PM (Dv3i1)

It is just like the 2008 Economic catastrophe we had, that was used to make certain people very rich...

It is about not allowing people to rebuild, so they will be forced to sell.

It's like the Lahaina fire 2.5 years ago... where most of the burned area has STILL no permission to rebuild.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 27, 2026 07:19 PM (mP0Kj)

85 Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:53 PM (krQz2)

Must be breaktime from the gloryhole.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 27, 2026 07:09 PM (5xuJ/)
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I'm just riffing on a automatic suggestion in google search.

I was typing in my search "What was the date that Trump knocked down (the east wing)" and by the time I typed "down" the second suggestion was "the white house".

It's like how stupid people do there have to be in order for that to be the phrasing of the second search?!

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 07:19 PM (krQz2)

86 I wonder what the largely Democrat voters of Pacific Palisades think about how their government has done them. Changed their view at all?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 27, 2026 07:18 PM (Az0rf)
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The voter fraud is probably epic. Trump likely carried the state in an honest election.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 07:20 PM (ZOv7s)

87 He's a bully. And he's confident in his bully because what happens when some white dude pulls out a black-jack and commences to beating Will Smith's ass ?

Posted by: Nope

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Calling him a bully is giving him way too much credit.

He's a bitch. A woman. A twerp who has no power, but also knows that Chris Rock was not going to throw down with him when he threw a tantrum because he is a prissy little cuck and all you can do is feel sorry for him.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 27, 2026 07:20 PM (YGcde)

88 I think he expects to lose, but will rally swing voters who like the idea of "doing something" when people have no homes.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 07:17 PM (ZOv7s)

You may be right. My point was mainly, "Enjoy the ride, guys."

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 07:21 PM (dK+Kv)

89 Some good theories guys. If it makes the Democrats look stupid then that would be a good thing.
Posted by: tubal at January 27, 2026 07:19 PM (pDt9x)
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Trump is also turning the page on Minnesota. Gotta change the news headlines.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 07:21 PM (ZOv7s)

90 >>I think he expects to lose, but will rally swing voters who like the idea of "doing something" when people have no homes.

The Trump team has been saying for some time that Trump will be acting as if he is on the ballot this midterm and make it a national election. Newsom is one of the foils.

I expect him to go hard at Newsom and paint him as the option if his supporters don't get out and vote.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 27, 2026 07:21 PM (viF8m)

91 It rattles the cage. Might get attention. Worst case is that some people may have rebuilding approved...

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 07:21 PM (XuXeR)

92 Yea but, they will still vote for the Idiot Democrats come November...........

Cali has the most transparently rigged elections in the world. In 2024 they kept recounting for over a month in order to secure wins for Karen Bass and others. They provably did not vote for this, because Bass lost on the first 2 weeks of recounts.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 27, 2026 07:21 PM (P9pDS)

93 > he is planning to grant them the federal disaster funding they need

Sorry, Gaggle-Ho: you won't be collecting any payola in the form of "disaster funding".

Have you considered getting a job?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 27, 2026 07:21 PM (IG3/x)

94 I think he expects to lose, but will rally swing voters who like the idea of "doing something" when people have no homes.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 07:17 PM (ZOv7s)
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Exactly.

It would interrupt the default quiet, and make California say explicitly to citizens "You're screwed".

It has the potential to be a significant stroke.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 07:22 PM (krQz2)

95 Meh. I am willing to concede that I do not see the larger picture. And Trump's earned a little bit of playing room.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 07:12 PM (dK+Kv)

The opposite. All the shit about "political capital" and "pick your battles" ? Crap told to you by Old School Boomer Republicans.

Trump is showing you how easy it is. Even Trump can do it. Just get up, every day, and fight them on every front. You know - just like every Liberal President does.

Now imagine what could happen when somebody with some focus and discipline gets the job. With an attention span over fifteen minutes. Without the need to go to Twitter.

AtC said he best. Trump removed the masks.

Posted by: Nope at January 27, 2026 07:22 PM (GvwA4)

96 Trump's authority here is, indeed, questionable. But the beauty of what he has done is that - to stop it - Newscum & Base will have to sue him. Wonder how popular it will be to have taxpayer money spent to prevent people from re-building their homes . . . ??

Posted by: One-Eyed Cat Peepin' in the Seafood Store at January 27, 2026 07:22 PM (FhMCZ)

97 It's all upside, and he gets Newscum to claim "credit" for nothing being done. They'll gleefully go to court, and arguments will be presented documenting California's shitshow regulatory environment, so Trump wins even if he loses.

I think he expects to lose, but will rally swing voters who like the idea of "doing something" when people have no homes.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 07:17 PM (ZOv7s)
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I doubt that will work. This is asinine. It will do nothing but cost.

I'm very Trumpy overall, but I want not one thin dime or one ounce of effort to go into California. Nothing. Let them reap what they have sown. It is a state of communists, demons and traitors who do nothing but obstruct and oppress their own residents and attempt to butt-fuck everyone else in the country. The mere idea of helping California fills me with bile.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 07:22 PM (MABZ1)

98 LA is a port city so the interest of all these continental United States has an interest in it not being run by fools.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 27, 2026 07:22 PM (gKWVE)

99 they can't get the train to LA or SFO either. lots of plans tho
Posted by: Oldcat at January 27, 2026 07:18 PM (8avO+)

Weirdest part of this whole debacle... AMTRACK already HAS trains running from San F to LA. Have for decades.

They do not run full.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 27, 2026 07:22 PM (mP0Kj)

100 OT: I might have a jerb interview later this week. 'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' is hitting hard for me.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 27, 2026 07:23 PM (gKWVE)

101 I'm very Trumpy overall, but I want not one thin dime or one ounce of effort to go into California. Nothing. Let them reap what they have sown. It is a state of communists, demons and traitors who do nothing but obstruct and oppress their own residents and attempt to butt-fuck everyone else in the country. The mere idea of helping California fills me with bile.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 07:22 PM (MABZ1)

I LIVE in Calif, and don't want any Fed money coming here.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 27, 2026 07:23 PM (mP0Kj)

102 OT: I might have a jerb interview later this week. 'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' is hitting hard for me.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 27, 2026 07:23 PM (gKWVE)
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Good luck!!!!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 07:23 PM (MABZ1)

103 Sorry, I ranted a bit there.

I have way too much experience with bullies. Bullies are people who abuse power just to show they have power over you. They can harass you, so they do, to show others what big power they have.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 27, 2026 07:23 PM (YGcde)

104 Hmmmm...
I wonder if President Trump has information that suggests California could be in play?

Posted by: Diogenes at January 27, 2026 07:23 PM (2WIwB)

105 92, bingo

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 27, 2026 07:24 PM (Cjt/F)

106 It is just like the 2008 Economic catastrophe we had, that was used to make certain people very rich...

It is about not allowing people to rebuild, so they will be forced to sell.

It's like the Lahaina fire 2.5 years ago... where most of the burned area has STILL no permission to rebuild.
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 27, 2026 07:19 PM
That's going to be a new rich haole development.

Posted by: Eromero at January 27, 2026 07:24 PM (LHPAg)

107 You may be right. My point was mainly, "Enjoy the ride, guys."
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 07:21 PM (dK+Kv)
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Trump likes to treat the media like a lazy kitty that can't resist a laser pointer. He's bored with Walz, that's going to be more of a slow burn anyway, so now he's going to pick a fight in California. Let the FBI turn the crews in peace and quiet.

Then he's turn to Iran. Assets are probably in place or close to it. Greenland will just be announced as a by-the-way and people will ponder what all the excitement was about.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 07:24 PM (ZOv7s)

108 They are still holding meetings... they just had one in Merced CA trying to decide where to put the Train station...
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 27, 2026 07:15 PM (mP0Kj)

The initial leg, IF it ever gets built, will link Merced and Bakersfield, two destinations between which no one outside of a Merle Haggard song has ever wanted to travel.

And those guys all have their own pickups.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 27, 2026 07:24 PM (IG3/x)

109 They do not run full."

We'll ban airplanes!

/except for us, your leaders

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 07:25 PM (XuXeR)

110 I wonder what the largely Democrat voters of Pacific Palisades think about how their government has done them. Changed their view at all?

Karen Bass lost her election. How she eventually won was even more obviously fake than Biden's 2020 toilet flush.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 27, 2026 07:25 PM (P9pDS)

111 Yeah, not sure what he’s doing here.
Posted by: tubal at January 27, 2026 07:06 PM (pDt9x)

He's reminding America how much Democrats care about them (always be campaigning) and Trump often gets things done by shaming his opponents into doing the right thing.

Posted by: Emmie at January 27, 2026 07:25 PM (FMtrg)

112 Trump kicked off his midterm campaign season today. It's bigger than California.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 27, 2026 07:26 PM (viF8m)

113 Merced and Bakersfield, two destinations between which no one outside of a Merle Haggard song"

Ahem
/Buck Owens

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 07:26 PM (XuXeR)

114 I think he expects to lose, but will rally swing voters who like the idea of "doing something" when people have no homes.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

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I think the play is to get Newscum to go hard on why we need to have 8 year delays to build anything. He wants him to defend his miserable record.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 27, 2026 07:26 PM (YGcde)

115 I wonder if President Trump has information that suggests California could be in play?

Posted by: Diogenes at January 27, 2026 07:23 PM (2WIwB)

If he does he should fire whatever pretty pert tits glasses nerd told him that.

Because anyone that's every been to California ... anywhere south of San Fran ... knows that shit is not happening. Not until you do Operation Wetback for several years.

Posted by: Nope at January 27, 2026 07:27 PM (GvwA4)

116 I expect him to go hard at Newsom and paint him as the option if his supporters don't get out and vote.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 27, 2026 07:21 PM (viF8m)
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The voting fraud thing will also break out sooner or later. The map the Dems drew will be their doom because it will put even more seats in play. There's a reason why you are getting panicked cries of "keep ICE away from polling places!' all of a sudden.

Why? Why would American citizens even care? Oh. Ooooh.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 07:27 PM (ZOv7s)

117 Hmmmm...
I wonder if President Trump has information that suggests California could be in play?

Posted by: Diogenes at January 27, 2026 07:23 PM


There were a couple of polls in the last few weeks that indicate that it might be possible for a republican to win the governors job. Not sure how reliable they are but it shook up some democrats along with the sacramento bee newspaper.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 27, 2026 07:27 PM (0N4FZ)

118 I hate this. Really. I know that those who were wiped out by the fires are getting royally fucked by California's incompetent, vindictive and corrupt government - but at some point, there *must* be accountability.
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That is not possible in a One-Party State

That is the whole point of a One-Party State.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 27, 2026 07:27 PM (RIvkX)

119 That's going to be a new rich haole development.
Posted by: Eromero at January 27, 2026 07:24 PM (LHPAg)

half goes to the obamas, half to oprah

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 27, 2026 07:27 PM (Cjt/F)

120 The initial leg, IF it ever gets built, will link Merced and Bakersfield, two destinations between which no one outside of a Merle Haggard song has ever wanted to travel.

And those guys all have their own pickups.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 27, 2026 07:24 PM (IG3/x)

And that is 2.5 hours by car... I know... I live at one end of it.

And then, because the train stations don't have much around them, and there is very little public transportation, you will have to rent a car.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 27, 2026 07:27 PM (mP0Kj)

121 I have way too much experience with bullies. Bullies are people who abuse power just to show they have power over you. They can harass you, so they do, to show others what big power they have.
Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 27, 2026 07:23 PM (YGcde)

I was bullied as a skinny kid with a body that was in no hurry to hot puberty. I kind of strolled into it. that stopped in the 9th grade. We were playing lunchtime football and during a pass play I knocked my assigned bully's dick in the dirt. He got up and whined about clipping. Nobody bought it.

But yes. It was clipping. Heh. One of the few good memories of junior high school.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 27, 2026 07:28 PM (0aYVJ)

122 Trump may have his faults, everybody does. But the man is not dumb.

Posted by: Case at January 27, 2026 07:28 PM (E7+ue)

123 I wonder if President Trump has information that suggests California could be in play?

If the votes were counted honestly, California would have several more Republican seats and LA would not have Karen Bass as mayor.

All the people saying the people there deserve it must also believe Biden really did win legitimately in 2020, because the elections out West are weirder than any Atlanta toilet.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 27, 2026 07:29 PM (P9pDS)

124 Once again, Trump uses leverage. He always does. Newsom and his staff can gripe all they want....but watch how they now swing into action to expedite the process. Too late. Trump just upped the ante, and now any expedited process credit swings back to him.

Solid sneak attack politics . This Trump guy seems to be getting the hang of this.

Posted by: Orson at January 27, 2026 07:29 PM (dIske)

125 "keep ICE away from polling places!' all of a sudden.

Why? Why would American citizens even care? Oh. Ooooh.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 07:27 PM (ZOv7s)

Every Calif voter is auto mailed a ballot... and the signature they are supposed to check on the outside of the envelope, they don't.

Soooo... pure fraud now. A simple voter reg card, fake name, sent to an address, and you vote.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 27, 2026 07:29 PM (mP0Kj)

126 Cafe is open for bidness.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 27, 2026 07:30 PM (Fs0KI)

127 I'd like to see Trump sponsor a class-action lawsuit of victimized homeowners against the State of Califzuela, Gruesome Newsum, The County of Lost Angeles, The City of Lost Angeles, and Karen Hook-Mouth.

Including all manner of damages as a result of their negligence, incompetence, and general assholery.

Bankrupt Califzuela Now!

I'm pretty sure I saw General Assholery open for somebody ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 27, 2026 07:30 PM (5NBTt)

128 That is not possible in a One-Party State

That is the whole point of a One-Party State.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 27, 2026 07:27 PM (RIvkX)
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Yes, of course. But outsiders helping insulate them from consequences can do nothing but make it worse.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 07:30 PM (MABZ1)

129 But yes. It was clipping. Heh. One of the few good memories of junior high school.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 27, 2026 07:28 PM (0aYVJ)


My best memory was seeing Kathy L's boob during lunch.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 27, 2026 07:32 PM (2WIwB)

130 Okay, over 100. About Chyna...

New Years Celebrations were banned in China this year. They even fenced off town squares. Crowds came out to count, and the lights went out. No reason given, other than Xi Jinping is afraid of crowds right now.

No big deal, you say, it's not a major holiday, but it has become popular, and last year it was a major tourist draw. Been that way for a while.

It's now being confirmed that 1,000 PLA officers (and their families) are being rounded up. Troops gathering in Beijing, all other garrisons told to stand down. The Central Military Committee, a combination of Joint Chiefs and Cabinet, is basically wiped out. Xi is exercising direct contacts outside official lines. (cont)

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 07:32 PM (ZOv7s)

131 There were a couple of polls in the last few weeks that indicate that it might be possible for a republican to win the governors job. Not sure how reliable they are but it shook up some democrats along with the sacramento bee newspaper.

Remember, the recall petition for Newsom, which had pretty strict verification requirements, won easily. But when CA's professional vote counters got involved in the actual election he cruised to a "win".

Posted by: Ian S. at January 27, 2026 07:34 PM (P9pDS)

132 Feb. 17 is the Lunar New Year, a very big deal. Will that be shut down, too? Fireworks are also banned at the moment, yes, IN CHINA. This is a regime consumed with fear.

Some say Xi wants to move on Taiwan and the generals demurred. It's likely going to end in a bloodbath, with most troops getting sunk en route by a combination of Japanese subs, Taiwan's drone swarms and Chinese operational ineptitude. Cult of personality dictatorships rarely produce veteran troops. China's last major military conflict was against Vietnam in 1979 and they got owned. BTW, Xi is removing the last veterans of that conflict from higher command, always smart to get those guys out of the way before the next war.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 07:35 PM (ZOv7s)

133 What will be fun to watch is the state arguing against expediting reconstruction. As a former Californian, I say let them stew.

Posted by: Darth Randall at January 27, 2026 07:35 PM (kJocM)

134 Some say Xi wants to move on Taiwan and the generals demurred. It's likely going to end in a bloodbath, with most troops getting sunk en route by a combination of Japanese subs, Taiwan's drone swarms and Chinese operational ineptitude.

Also the PLA is using Chinese-built weapons, which don't have a great track record.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 27, 2026 07:38 PM (P9pDS)

135 It's now being confirmed that 1,000 PLA officers (and their families) are being rounded up. Troops gathering in Beijing, all other garrisons told to stand down. The Central Military Committee, a combination of Joint Chiefs and Cabinet, is basically wiped out. Xi is exercising direct contacts outside official lines. (cont)
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 07:32 PM (ZOv7s)
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Xi has a remarkable track record of acting just in time to maintain and expand his position. There have been a couple of coup attempts (or at least, real and meaningful coup plots) against him and he keeps winning. He has enough power and allies to get wind of them, and he moves fast to shut them down.

This *looks* like a big move, but it's hard to tell with Red China.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 07:38 PM (MABZ1)

136 126 Cafe is open for bidness.
Posted by: Oddbob at January 27, 2026 07:30 PM (Fs0KI)

Sorry for being so cryptic.

NOOD!!!!

Posted by: Oddbob at January 27, 2026 07:39 PM (Fs0KI)

137 As I noted in Walls of Men, the problem for China is how you control the army while concentrating it for a major conflict. To invade Taiwan you must appoint a single operational commander, but once you do so, how do you stop him from marching on the capital?

Xi knows what happened in 1911, how Yuan Shi-kai was plucked from retirement by the Empress to put down a mutiny of his subordinates and to do so, he demanded full command authority. He got it, and deposed the monarchy, declaring himself president. He died in 1916, inaugurating the warlord era. Everyone in China knows this.

Communists cannot give a promise worth anything. It's all self-interest. When the Party is powerful, the Army is loyal, but the Party is stumbling, and the Army is worried at how many of its officers are getting purged. Xi appointed all the guys he's removing. He's burning his own cronies. That can't go on for long.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 07:39 PM (ZOv7s)

138 Some say Xi wants to move on Taiwan and the generals demurred. It's likely going to end in a bloodbath, with most troops getting sunk en route by a combination of Japanese subs, Taiwan's drone swarms and Chinese operational ineptitude. Cult of personality dictatorships rarely produce veteran troops. China's last major military conflict was against Vietnam in 1979 and they got owned. BTW, Xi is removing the last veterans of that conflict from higher command, always smart to get those guys out of the way before the next war.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 07:35 PM (ZOv7s)
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Xi doubtless wants to be the only emperor in modern - or even near-modern - history to fully reunify China, but I kind of doubt that this is about Taiwan (at least for now). It could be, but I suspect this is defeating a major coup attempt out of the PLA. Whether that coup attempt - of that's what this is, of course - was about Taiwan, I have no idea.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 07:40 PM (MABZ1)

139 Rebuilding in LA, rebuilding in LA-ay?
Nobody rebuilds in LA.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 27, 2026 07:40 PM (n5tGW)

140 Rebuilding in LA, rebuilding in LA-ay?
Nobody rebuilds in LA.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 27, 2026 07:40 PM (n5tGW)

141 Cali has the most transparently rigged elections in the world. In 2024 they kept recounting for over a month in order to secure wins for Karen Bass and others. They provably did not vote for this, because Bass lost on the first 2 weeks of recounts.
Posted by: Ian S.

Certain Detroit precincts would just pencil in whatever they wanted the vote tally to be. Actual votes or number of ballots mattered.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 27, 2026 07:41 PM (/lPRQ)

142 If he does he should fire whatever pretty pert tits glasses nerd told him that.

Because anyone that's every been to California ... anywhere south of San Fran ... knows that shit is not happening. Not until you do Operation Wetback for several years.
Posted by: Nope at January 27, 2026 07:27 PM (GvwA4)

Trump is for Oxygen. Tell me, how he is dumb to suppose that is a good strategy?

Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 07:43 PM (rbvCR)

143 64 All upside on this stunt. California will refuse, take the admin to court, win every time, and with every win, cheer and mock Trump. Meanwhile nothing gets built. And (some) people will wonder why California is fighting so hard to deny help for their residents that were burned out of their homes.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 27, 2026 07:12 PM (Dv3i1)

That's a good point, which reminds me of how Trump is now using Obama's victory over Arizona in establishing the supremacy of Federal authority over the enforcement of immigration law. With all the noise Democrats have been making about how they'll do this and that the next time they're in power, have they said something about forcing localities to allow buildings they don't want? Like rapefugee/immivader housing projects in the suburbs?

Maybe Trump's just baiting them into taking the unpopular side of another 80/20 for kicks and giggles, but he has advisers clever enough to do two things at a time, so maybe there's a more strategic angle to it. Like, winning something elsewhere and blocking future socialist schemes, if they lose in L.A. now.

Posted by: SciVo at January 27, 2026 07:46 PM (Sy6m/)

144 Trump's authority here is, indeed, questionable. But the beauty of what he has done is that - to stop it - Newscum & Base will have to sue him. Wonder how popular it will be to have taxpayer money spent to prevent people from re-building their homes . . . ??
Posted by: One-Eyed Cat Peepin' in the Seafood Store

Details matter, put in some one liners like -

- Buildings shall be issued as approved within 28 calendar unless quicker review shows itemized code violations.
- Any erroneous cited violations result in waiver all other alleged violations and automatic approval.
- Failure to address contested code violations on same regulat business day shall result in automatic approval.
- Building Permit fee shall be $1.

Etc.

All individual sections are severable .

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 27, 2026 07:48 PM (/lPRQ)

145 I expect him to go hard at Newsom and paint him as the option if his supporters don't get out and vote.

Has California given us their new Congressional District map?

It would be interesting to see what formerly locked-in districts might be in trouble or even flip R because of the arrogant dilution of "voters" if Trump campaigns well enough in California.

I have zero confidence that the retards in the Senate care enough about this country to pass the SAVE Act.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 27, 2026 07:50 PM (a4flb)

146 Trump is for Oxygen. Tell me, how he is dumb to suppose that is a good strategy?

Easy, Genius. When you fight a true Ideological Enemy ? They won't be persuaded by More Oxygen. You're just wasting resources.

Posted by: Nope at January 27, 2026 07:54 PM (GvwA4)

147 CA High-Speed Rail 🚄💨
@CaHSRA
·
6h
Reminder! There is still time to share your comments on the Los Angeles to Anaheim Draft EIR/EIS.


Better late than never! LMAO

Posted by: 13times at January 27, 2026 08:02 PM (nU4+m)

148 @2 This is not within his power to do, it's 100% theater designed to smack newsome in the face.
That never stopped a Democrat administration. And who knows, maybe there's some obscure subsection of the Clean Air Act that can be twisted to justify it.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 27, 2026 08:07 PM (XMwZJ)

149 Weirdest part of this whole debacle... AMTRACK already HAS trains running from San F to LA. Have for decades.

They do not run full.
Posted by: Romeo13

My trains always run full

Check me out on OnlyFans

Posted by: The Lovely and Talented (!) Ella Emhoff at January 27, 2026 08:11 PM (AP7fj)

150 Trump builds towers, Gavin builds a high speed train.
One is real, one is grift.

Posted by: Don Lemon Needs to be sent to Gaza at January 27, 2026 08:18 PM (rALtm)

151 He might have the power.

FEMA regs allow the federal government to override zoning, environmental, permitting etc. at the state level. How else can FEMA do a cleanup or repair a road or bridge during a natural disaster? That power has never been used in this way, but I don't see a major issue.

The dems will use, but good luck arguing in court that the cleanup and rebuilding need to happen slower. After over a year. Either way it is a potential win for trump.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at January 27, 2026 08:50 PM (tV890)

152 138 Some say Xi wants to move on Taiwan and the generals demurred. It's likely going to end in a bloodbath, with most troops getting sunk en route by a combination of Japanese subs, Taiwan's drone swarms and Chinese operational ineptitude.

China is dying. They are in a death spiral and know it. Only radical action can save the day, but they that got them into this mess is in charge. They need a radical change in direction to even survive the next 10 years, and they are not getting that from Xi. Invading Tiawan might be the hail Mary ploy for Xi to stay in power. But it will be a fucking bloodbath and only accelerate China's decline.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at January 27, 2026 08:57 PM (tV890)

153 If China Invades Taiwan, Imagine Ukraine X100. Not sure if China will win, but it will cost them everything.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at January 27, 2026 08:57 PM (tV890)

154 California is exhibit A of how to fuck your entire state up.
Leftist control has literally burned the fuckin place down


What a national travesty and in a the blink of an eye too


They had it made and then it went straight into the shitter as soon as the left got hold of it.

Posted by: melodicmetal at January 27, 2026 09:29 PM (XLfSN)

155 What he should do is have the DoJ look in to California show walking permits and naturally telling people they won't be able to build, in order to force them in selling their property to Chinese firms for pennies on the dollar.

Posted by: Rbastid at January 27, 2026 10:45 PM (7BhDo)

156 Tara Gallegos, who went to San Joaquin Delta College goes nuclear in all her Newsom Communications. I liked the, "keep LA out of your mouth" ode to Will Smith as if we didn't know that Newsom got drunk on Tequilla for a week after watching the fire with his hands in his pockets. The LAFD was on standdown for 3 days until the winds died down. The local water reservoir was drained, and is still drained!
But Tara Gallegos, who lives in Sacramento, has to show us how much she hates the United States of America.

Posted by: wferrin at January 28, 2026 05:05 AM (CLI7x)

An Investigation Into Ilhan Omar's Sudden Fortune and Foreign Dealings Was Opened -- Under the Biden Administration

And when the Corruption Hawks of the Biden Administration think that you're grifting money from foreign interests, you're shadier than a $400,000 Hunter Biden "watercolor."

The Justice Department under the Biden administration opened an investigation into Representative Ilhan Omar, Democrat of Minnesota, in 2024 to scrutinize her finances, campaign spending and interactions with a foreign citizen, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

The inquiry, initiated by the U.S. attorney's office in Washington and the department's public integrity unit in June of that year, appears to have stalled for lack of evidence, according to one of the people who requested anonymity to discuss internal department matters.

Uh-huh.


The investigation appeared to be thrust into the public spotlight on Monday, when President Trump blindsided department officials by posting about it on Truth Social, singling out Ms. Omar. It was part of a rambling statement announcing a shake-up of the team overseeing immigration raids in Ms. Omar's Minneapolis district that misspelled her name.

"The DOJ and Congress are looking at 'Congresswoman' Illhan Omar, who left Somalia with NOTHING, and is now reportedly worth more than 44 Million Dollars," he wrote. "Time will tell all."

It was not clear whether Mr. Trump was referring to another investigation altogether or how he arrived at the $44 million figure.

Ms. Omar, a Somali-born refugee who emigrated to the United States when she was 12, has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.

"Sorry, Trump, your support is collapsing and you're panicking," she wrote on social media on Monday. "Right on cue, you're deflecting from your failures with lies and conspiracy theories about me. Years of 'investigations' have found nothing."


...

Ugly personal attacks against Ms. Omar have been a staple of Mr. Trump's speeches since her election to Congress in 2018, when she and Representative Rashida Tlaib, Democrat of Michigan, made history as the first two Muslim women elected to Congress.

Ms. Omar's sharp criticism of Israel, her repetition of antisemitic tropes and her comparison of U.S. actions to those of Hamas have elicited bipartisan criticism.

But few people have demonized her more than Mr. Trump, who has veered into racist and xenophobic vitriol, in the view of Ms. Omar and other critics of the president.

...

In recent weeks, House Republicans have threatened to open their own investigation into Ms. Omar, an apparent effort to tie her to the Minnesota fraud scandal that has revealed evidence that some members of the Somali community set up companies that billed state agencies for social services that were never provided.

Representative James R. Comer of Kentucky, the Republican chairman of the House Oversight Committee, has vowed to subpoena Ms. Omar's husband. His venture capital firm made millions over the past few years, according to Ms. Omar's financial disclosures.

No evidence has yet been produced showing that Ms. Omar was connected to the fraud scheme. A spokeswoman for Ms. Omar said her office had received no official inquiries from the Oversight Committee or the Justice Department.

Mr. Comer is still seeking to raise ethical questions about how Ms. Omar's husband has been able to accumulate his wealth and he has promised an update on a potential investigation soon.

His "winery" isn't a real winery.

It's a "virtual winery." I don't know what that means. I would guess it means he just buys other people's wines and puts it into his own bottles, maybe?

Adam Housley
@adamhousley

So after doing a quick dive. This was a virtual winery with basically one wine that nobody in wine country had ever heard of. There is absolutely zero chance the valuation on this went from $20,000 to $ 5 million in one year.

The whole business is accused of being a, get this, fraudulent scheme.

U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar's husband accused of swindling investor in their California winery

Tim Mynett and his business partner Will Hailer deny defrauding the investor, while another company they started owes $1.2 million to cannabis growers in South Dakota


In fall 2021, D.C.-area restaurant owner Naeem Mohd was presented with an unbelievable investment opportunity.

Two political operatives turned venture capitalists would triple Mohd's money in just 18 months if he invested $300,000 in their new California winery.

The pair had been paid in grapes by a former client and had hired a well-respected Sonoma winemaker to turn those grapes into profit.

I guess that's why it's a "virtual winery." They literally just took grapes given to them by a "client" and put them into barrels.

And somehow this turned into a $40 million business in a year.

They promised if they didn't pay Mohd the full $900,000 on time, they would tack on 10% monthly interest on any outstanding balance, according to the contract shared with the Minnesota Reformer.

The offer might have seemed suspicious if not for the person making it: Tim Mynett, a well-connected political consultant and husband to U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, whom he married in 2020.

Mynett came recommended by Mohd's attorney, Faisal Gill, a former Democratic operative himself who knew Mynett from his days working on Keith Ellison's congressional campaigns. Mynett and Gill had been friends since. Omar endorsed Gill in his unsuccessful bid for L.A. County Attorney, and Gill donated $1,000 to Omar's campaign in 2021.

"I trusted Tim," Gill said in an interview. "If it was not for Tim, the deal would have never happened."

Mohd wired the $300,000 to Mynett and his long-time business partner Will Hailer, with whom he founded a political consultancy called E Street Group in 2018.

But 18 months came and went without Mohd receiving the 200% return he was promised from the winery, eStCru.

Mynett and Hailer only returned Mohd's $300,000 -- about a month late -- according to a lawsuit Gill filed on behalf of Mohd in California last fall seeking at least $780,000.

The complaint, which has not been previously reported, claims the pair "fraudulently misrepresented ... that estCru, LLC was a legitimate company."

Hailer and Mynett deny they defrauded Mohd. Rather, they say they simply struggled to build a successful business in a challenging industry during the COVID-19 pandemic.

"ESTCRU LLC like many wineries is living invoice to invoice, sale to sale to stay afloat given the economic conditions of the industry," Hailer wrote in response to a list of questions from the Reformer. Hailer declined requests for an interview on the phone.

The winery's struggling finances represent a significant change in fortune for Mynett and Hailer since Omar announced she would no longer use their firm E Street Group on her campaigns after paying them around $3 million in the 2020 election.

Still, Hailer defended the potential for large returns in the wine business, writing, "If any investor put $X dollars in to allow the company to purchase grapes and we turned those grapes into bottles of wine that we sold you would see a 3 or 4x return."

This sounds like a scam. Actual wineries struggle to make this much of a return. Heck, they struggle to save into business. So this "business's" big innovation is to just not bother growing the grapes yourself?

Posted by: Ace at 05:42 PM




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1 Deport her.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 05:43 PM (lpTXP)

2 While you're at it, find out what the hell happened to her hair.

Posted by: kingsman at January 27, 2026 05:43 PM (ehY6c)

3 Little Rag Head needs a visit from a Blackhawk.....

Posted by: Jackson at January 27, 2026 05:45 PM (J9q9v)

4 Nood Ilhan Omar

please no

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 27, 2026 05:46 PM (PYyV9)

5 Have none of the democrat propagandists understand that Trump doesn't do things without an underlying reason.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 27, 2026 05:47 PM (xvV+O)

6 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at January 27, 2026 05:47 PM (LdBR/)

7 Honestly I wish people would stop doing these kind of investigations and reporting on them. All it does is eat another layer out of my stomach because not a damn thing will come from it. You can just add it to the gigantic scroll 8 miles long of crimes the left gets away with while Republicans have the power to do something about it.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 27, 2026 05:47 PM (PYyV9)

8 Ugly personal attacks against Ms. Omar have been a staple of Mr. Trump's speeches since her election to Congress in 2018, when she and Representative Rashida Tlaib, Democrat of Michigan, made history as the first two Muslim women elected to Congress.
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"Ugly personal attacks?"

Is the NYT lobbing these right over the plate on purpose?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 05:48 PM (MABZ1)

9 A Stupid-aligned Paladin cannot Detect Magic, as much as a Detect Opportunity To Be An Ass.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 05:48 PM (krQz2)

10 Somalian wine gets ripe in time

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 27, 2026 05:48 PM (NtVYv)

11 But few people have demonized her more than Mr. Trump, who has veered into racist and xenophobic vitriol, in the view of Ms. Omar and other critics of the president.
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Oh, blow me.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 05:48 PM (MABZ1)

12 Convict.
Deport.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 27, 2026 05:48 PM (xcxpd)

13 Somali money laundering. To jail with her, her "spouse", her retarded daughter, and there rest of her barbaric clan.

Posted by: runner at January 27, 2026 05:49 PM (g47mK)

14 Why would we investigate Omar Sharif who died on 10 July 2015 ????

And you call me a box of rocks and an idiot ????

Posted by: Kami Harris at January 27, 2026 05:49 PM (38587)

15 8 Ugly personal attacks against Ms. Omar have been a staple of Mr. Trump's speeches since her election to Congress in 2018, when she and Representative Rashida Tlaib, Democrat of Michigan, made history as the first two Muslim women elected to Congress.
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"Ugly personal attacks?"

Is the NYT lobbing these right over the plate on purpose?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 05:48 PM (MABZ1)

I mean...they ARE ugly people...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 27, 2026 05:49 PM (xcxpd)

16 She's just a plucky immigrant who made it rich through hardly working and grift.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 05:49 PM (lpTXP)

17 Pam Bondi knocked over three nuns and a 9 year old girl on crutches to get to a Fox News show and talk about his.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 27, 2026 05:49 PM (PYyV9)

18 A Stupid-aligned Paladin cannot Detect Magic, as much as a Detect Opportunity To Be An Ass.
Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 05:48 PM (krQz2)
---
The can cast Feeblemind at will, but only on themselves.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 05:49 PM (ZOv7s)

19 old wine, new bottles.

Biblical.

Posted by: alanon at January 27, 2026 05:50 PM (OhUhe)

20 17 Pam Bondi knocked over three nuns and a 9 year old girl on crutches to get to a Fox News show and talk about his.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 27, 2026 05:49 PM (PYyV9)

How was she dressed?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 27, 2026 05:50 PM (xcxpd)

21 Say it with me now - unexpectedly !!!

Posted by: Adriane the Monday Critic on Tuesday . . . waiting for Clyde the Camel. . . at January 27, 2026 05:51 PM (3ZUWJ)

22 Uhm. All financial transactions and movements are tracked, you can find out pretty quickly how and from where money inflowed and outflowed.

That is if you are serious about finding out such things.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 27, 2026 05:51 PM (XV/Pl)

23 It's a "virtual winery." I don't know what that means. I would guess it means he just buys other people's wines and puts it into his own bottles, maybe?
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I doubt it. That would require *some* infrastructure. Bottles and filling equipment and distribution and whatnot.

I bet it's a "white label" operation. Some real wine outfit - purely because of their scale and tremendous amount of business at all levels globally, I would make a wild guess that it's Gallo - just slaps their label on it and drops it into distribution at the client's direction, or uses their own distribution for a bigger cut.

Just like lots of "store brand" goods. The store specifies the formulation or picks from the menu, and the manufacturer puts their label on it and sends it out the door.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 05:51 PM (MABZ1)

24 I'm in wine country and know vintners. It is a very difficult business that is usually used for tax offsets and write offs like avocado orchirds are. I know very few independent wineries that make it... and they know what they are doing. Dentists and doctors used to be the main independents in Santa Ynez valley in our neck of the woods.

This is another stealing Somali scam to fleece the taxpayers. Nothing is legit.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 27, 2026 05:51 PM (xvV+O)

25 I'm sure all of them have investigations like this after the first few years. They need something to hang over these loathsome creatures of fear, hate, and power.

"Lack of evidence, Ilhan... for now."

I suspect the DoJ has hundreds of such investigations on ice, and Trump/Bondi are leaking this one because he wants to bag that Somali bitch.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 05:51 PM (BI5O2)

26 Not true! I was sipping some eStCru just last night haters! Or that might have been a box of Sutter Home Pink Surprise...anyway, leaved Omar alone! Hic...

- Hillary

Posted by: Cheri at January 27, 2026 05:52 PM (oiNtH)

27
Virtual wine is the safest kind to drink while driving.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 05:52 PM (krQz2)

28 I find it hard to believe that anybody would trust an attorney named Faisal.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 27, 2026 05:53 PM (8zz6B)

29 "I always use virtual wine when cooking"
--Jamie Oliver

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 27, 2026 05:53 PM (PYyV9)

30 So after doing a quick dive. This was a virtual winery with basically one wine that nobody in wine country had ever heard of. There is absolutely zero chance the valuation on this went from $20,000 to $ 5 million in one year.
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Easily could have.

It's the "valuation," not the value. How was the valuation determined? All it would take is one Party-connected "investor" throwing a million bucks at the Party Preference in exchange for 20% of the "business" (which makes it not a donation subject to reporting, just a bum investment - oh whoops, whoopsie, this one didn't pan out) to arrive at a $5 million "valuation."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 05:53 PM (MABZ1)

31 "The pair had been paid in grapes by a former client and had hired a well-respected Sonoma winemaker to turn those grapes into profit."

paid in grapes? he gave $300,000 to his new business partners who lacked liquidity, because all their money was tied up in grapes?

I love this country, but some of these people are really getting on my nerves.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 27, 2026 05:53 PM (w/O5Q)

32 Somali has a rich and fruitiful wine growing region?

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 05:54 PM (wVcYX)

33 "Virtual Winery" sounds a lot like so many Bourbon brands. They don't make anything themselves. They go to MGP or one of the other huge distillers and buy barrels with the mashbill they want, then blend it up and sell it as their own.

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 05:54 PM (5aZAZ)

34 So they couldn't pay an investor back but the winery is valued at many times that?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 27, 2026 05:54 PM (n5tGW)

35 lol

Grifter Bidens smelled blood in the water and wanted their cut.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 05:54 PM (dK+Kv)

36 Isn't it fascinating that Hunter Biden and his art proficiency have just fallen off the face of the Earth. No interest whatsoever. No galleries or glam mags insisting that he grant them an exclusive to cover his nouveau lifestyle and artistic niche. No agents clamoring for him to tour with his art. No fanbase artisans or Hollywood groupies chasing him for autographs. Nothing.

And on the financial side, no concern or notice about the unique circumstance of getting historic payouts for his initial tranche of content and then not even a cent once his dad got excommunicated during the reelection campaign. Media amnesia in fullest of force.

It's such a mystery and no one in the MFM is interested in follow-up. It's so very puzzling. I get the sense that they were a tad disingenuous during the election. I suspect they might have been misleading me on other things, too. Don't want to be hasty but I'm having some persistent concerns.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at January 27, 2026 05:54 PM (gLikB)

37 What makes the profit even weirder? Long established wineries in Calif are closing because of regulatory problems, AND lack of sales.

Even the largest Liquor distributor here closed.

Money Laundering?

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 27, 2026 05:54 PM (mP0Kj)

38 Omar is a Somali fraudster, but dumb as a stump. Hubby set these companies up to siphon money from other fraud committed by Somalis with the aid of the Minnesota DFL. Grab hubby and put the screws to him. He'll sing like a bird. Hit the weak link. He's it

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 05:54 PM (IDEQi)

39 That woman is a product of a poor environment. There's nothing wrong with Ilhan Omar, I can prove it.

Posted by: Randolph Duke at January 27, 2026 05:55 PM (R/m4+)

40 Inbreeding is a Somali team sport.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 27, 2026 05:55 PM (Cifda)

41 I guess that's why it's a "virtual winery." They literally just took grapes given to them by a "client" and put them into barrels.
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I still don't buy it. That would require work. Even for a bad product, it would require capital and effort, and likely a payroll consisting at *least* of laborers and someone who can make into wine, however bad.

That's a real operation at that point. I don't see it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 05:55 PM (MABZ1)

42 19 billion dollars of fraud in Minnesota. Often with Somalis are involved.

What are the odds that it would involve the most politically powerful Minnesota Somali??!!

Especially with a net worth around 40 million.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 05:55 PM (krQz2)

43 They promised if they didn't pay Mohd the full $900,000 on time, they would tack on 10% monthly interest on any outstanding balance, according to the contract shared with the Minnesota Reformer.
__________

10% per month? Them's mafia vig rates.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 27, 2026 05:55 PM (XvL8K)

44 I would make a wild guess that it's Gallo - just slaps their label on it and drops it into distribution

Forty million buck Chuck?

Posted by: Oddbob at January 27, 2026 05:55 PM (Fs0KI)

45 Grab hubby and put the screws to him. He'll sing like a bird. Hit the weak link. He's it

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I approve this message !

Posted by: runner at January 27, 2026 05:56 PM (g47mK)

46 So instead of getting the grapes wholesale, you buy hem retail?

Growing your own grapes is much cheaper than buy grapes someone else grew. Likely 20% cheaper.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 27, 2026 05:56 PM (tV890)

47
>>stalled for lack of evidence

===============

This wouldn't surprise me. Ilhan strikes me as a very devious and savvy operator, capable of keeping her fingerprints off her work. I hear she frustrates her staff with her thickness about policies and processes, but fraud is a different way of thinking.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 05:56 PM (Px6E0)

48 This sounds like a scam. Actual wineries struggle to make this much of a return. Heck, they struggle to save into business. So this "business's" big innovation is to just not bother growing the grapes yourself?
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I'm going to assume "white-label" unless there's compelling evidence otherwise. Buy a run of wine from a real maker and launder money through it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 05:56 PM (MABZ1)

49 Seems a little odd that a "devout Muslim" like Ilhan Omar would invest in a winery as alcohol is considered haram (forbidden) in Islam.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 27, 2026 05:56 PM (ESVrU)

50 nbreeding is a Somali team sport.

===

Just Somali ...??

Posted by: runner at January 27, 2026 05:56 PM (g47mK)

51 Virtual Wine, Chateau 2115.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 05:57 PM (krQz2)

52 Seems a little odd that a "devout Muslim" like Ilhan Omar would invest in a winery as alcohol is considered haram (forbidden) in Islam.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 27, 2026 05:56 PM (ESVrU)

It's for a good cause !

Posted by: Muslim Brotherhood at January 27, 2026 05:57 PM (g47mK)

53 Seems a little odd that a "devout Muslim" like Ilhan Omar would invest in a winery as alcohol is considered haram (forbidden) in Islam.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 27, 2026 05:56 PM (ESVrU)
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Muslims don't care. Even if they don't partake themselves, business is business.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 05:57 PM (MABZ1)

54 paid in grapes? he gave $300,000 to his new business partners who lacked liquidity, because all their money was tied up in grapes?

I love this country, but some of these people are really getting on my nerves.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 27, 2026 05:53 PM (w/O5Q)
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I mean, you can also just sell the grapes. The whole thing is just layers of stupid cover stories.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 05:57 PM (ZOv7s)

55 Hey, that winery has delivered many cases of their best wine to the National Learing Center, as a treatment for their ADHD students. Definitely not a scam.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 27, 2026 05:57 PM (Da7Vv)

56 #36 Hunter's baby mamma wants him locked up. Seems he's not making good on court ordered child support. Who in the hell could have seen that coming?? And this woman wanted her child Navy to have the Biden last name? I hope that she has woken up out of her stupor.

Posted by: Cheri at January 27, 2026 05:57 PM (oiNtH)

57 This is another "litmus test" the administration is faced with.

Minneapolis and Portland were two... and one failed, the other's in limbo.

If she's ejected from Congress (which would be the minimum) I'd be surprised.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 27, 2026 05:58 PM (jtM2q)

58 That woman is a product of a poor environment. There's nothing wrong with Ilhan Omar, I can prove it.
Posted by: Randolph Duke at January 27, 2026 05:55 PM (R/m4+)

She'd make an acceptable prostitute in a lower-tier brothel.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 27, 2026 05:58 PM (8zz6B)

59

She is a smug looking con artist.

Posted by: four seasons at January 27, 2026 05:58 PM (3ek7K)

60 We will sell no wine before its time.

Posted by: eStCru LLC at January 27, 2026 05:59 PM (wVcYX)

61 We traded all of our virtual wine made from the grapes we supposedly acquired as payment from a former client for two pieces of Hunter Biden's artwork, then donated the proceeds to an NGO that totally doesn't pay us hilariously handsome salaries for not actually doing any work.

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 05:59 PM (5aZAZ)

62 Seems a little odd that a "devout Muslim" like Ilhan Omar would invest in a winery as alcohol is considered haram (forbidden) in Islam.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Tomorrow, she'll be an investor in a pig farm.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 27, 2026 05:59 PM (Cifda)

63 She'd make an acceptable barely employed prostitute in a lowerbottom-tier brothel.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 27, 2026 05:58 PM (8zz6B)
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FIFY

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 05:59 PM (MABZ1)

64 @46 "Perfesser" I doubt virtual wineries are Haram, the alcohol doesn't exist

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 06:00 PM (IDEQi)

65 Seems a little odd that a "devout Muslim" like Ilhan Omar would invest in a winery as alcohol is considered haram (forbidden) in Islam.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Tomorrow, she'll be an investor in a pig farm.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 27, 2026 05:59 PM (Cifda)
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Yeah, and then her "husband" will quietly disappear, never to be heard from again...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 27, 2026 06:00 PM (ESVrU)

66 No one is above the law. No, really.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 27, 2026 06:00 PM (YlWIZ)

67 @46 "Perfesser" I doubt virtual wineries are Haram, the alcohol doesn't exist
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 06:00 PM (IDEQi)
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Good point.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 27, 2026 06:00 PM (ESVrU)

68 Possibly already covered, but there are many different kinds of "winery" business. Usually off-label or alternative label wines from a particular actual winery will simply be bottled and labeled differently. Trader Joe's has several wineries that provide the juice on which TJ's puts its various labels, as an example.

And sourcing grapes off-estate is very common. So those two things don't in themselves raise the least suspicion. The $ numbers obviously do. A valuation like that would need to rest on a hefty revenue number and probably even medium-term contracts, which I believe are completely absent.

Housley's in the wine business himself for years so he can speak authoritatively about all this off the cuff.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 27, 2026 06:01 PM (U/Byj)

69 This thing is going to get even bigger.

Once the AWFLs find out they can buy balloon headed rapetard wine from THE Ilhan Omar, they're gonna drink enough of this swill to float the USS Lincoln all the way to Iran.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 06:01 PM (BI5O2)

70 Virtual feet in virtual vats of virtual grapes virtually stomp out virtual grapes in keeping with long traditions.

It's virtually organic and uncontaminated by things that affect non-virtual wine making.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:01 PM (krQz2)

71 I do not think a "virtual winery" ever touches grapes. Or barrels, or bottles or wine.

This is like Eddie Murphy buying and selling pork bellies - it is all on paper.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 27, 2026 06:01 PM (YGcde)

72 No one is above the law. No, really.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 27, 2026 06:00 PM (YlWIZ)
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Hah! You had us there for a second!

Posted by: The January 6 Select Committee at January 27, 2026 06:02 PM (krQz2)

73 If Ilhan is ejected from Congress- the Somalis will riot. She'll be their version of George Floyd, just alive And yes, I think she's a crook- crooked with her lies to become a citizen and her crooked schemes

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 06:02 PM (ix8EF)

74 Virtual wine headaches are better than actual wine headaches.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 27, 2026 06:03 PM (n5tGW)

75 Hearings! We need to hold hearings!!!!

Posted by: Weasel at January 27, 2026 06:03 PM (3zhHY)

76 The inquiry... appears to have stalled for lack of evidence

The check cleared. What a rookie. She was trying to grift without cutting everyone else in on the action.

Posted by: t-bird at January 27, 2026 06:04 PM (kIFVO)

77 This is all just sour grapes.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at January 27, 2026 06:04 PM (WmF8p)

78 See, now, I would believe that Omar produces a lot of whine.

Are you sure it's not a whinery?

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:04 PM (krQz2)

79 Pagan Pink.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 27, 2026 06:04 PM (Kt19C)

80 Omar without headgear has hair like Larry from the Three Stooges

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 06:04 PM (IDEQi)

81 75 Hearings! We need to hold hearings!!!!
Posted by: Weasel at January 27, 2026 06:03 PM (3zhHY)

Shirtsleeves ready to be rolled up!

Posted by: The GOP at January 27, 2026 06:05 PM (PiwSw)

82 69 This thing is going to get even bigger.

Once the AWFLs find out they can buy balloon headed rapetard wine from THE Ilhan Omar, they're gonna drink enough of this swill to float the USS Lincoln all the way to Iran.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice


Wait till they find out it's just Thunderbird with a different label.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 27, 2026 06:05 PM (sAmhv)

83

The bad news? The entire Somali demographic is as corrupt and immoral as the day is long. The good news, is that with an average 65 IQ they really can't get away with much

Posted by: imp at January 27, 2026 06:05 PM (g6TN6)

84 Ah, well, "an update on a potential investigation soon" ...

my faith in the institutions is restored!

/s

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 27, 2026 06:05 PM (Cjt/F)

85 If Ilhan is ejected from Congress- the Somalis will riot. She'll be their version of George Floyd, just alive And yes, I think she's a crook- crooked with her lies to become a citizen and her crooked schemes
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 06:02 PM (ix8EF)

So? Let them riot. Then you can machine-gun them in droves. And deport the survivors.

Never let the threat of riots veto a good action.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 27, 2026 06:05 PM (8zz6B)

86 I'd love to see the Somalis riot because she got tossed. All the better to see these fraudsters.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 27, 2026 06:06 PM (n5tGW)

87 What's with doing wine anyway? All the celebrities are doing gin and tequila.

Although Francese Wine might be good. Cool bottles

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 27, 2026 06:06 PM (PYyV9)

88 And when the Corruption Hawks of the Biden Administration think that you're grifting money from foreign interests,

i'm'a just assume biden just wanted to make certain he was getting his cut.

Posted by: anachronda at January 27, 2026 06:06 PM (sGtp+)

89 If Omar is bounced from Congress, and I hope she is, she'll just be replaced by a dumber Somali

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 06:06 PM (IDEQi)

90
Shirtsleeves ready to be rolled up!
Posted by: The GOP at January 27, 2026 06:05 PM (PiwSw)
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And issue subpoenas which BETTER NOT be ignored!

Posted by: Weasel at January 27, 2026 06:06 PM (3zhHY)

91 Time for sternly-worded letters.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 27, 2026 06:06 PM (Cifda)

92 Ilhan Omar musical number with her Hollywood pals.

https://tinyurl.com/3aftjxah

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 06:07 PM (lpTXP)

93 Hearings! We need to hold hearings!!!!
Posted by: Weasel at January 27, 2026 06:03 PM (3zhHY)
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GOP used "hearings"
It's super ineffective!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:07 PM (MABZ1)

94
"If any investor put $X dollars in to allow the company to purchase grapes and we turned those grapes into bottles of wine that we sold you would see a 3 or 4x return."

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Okay, COVID's over. Surely you've gotten some new investors? As far as I can tell, you

1 - get the investors' money,

2 - purchase grapes,

3 - turn those grapes into bottles of wine,

4 - sell them to (investor? any consumer who wants them?),

5 - and pay the investor back 3 or 4 times what he invested.

3 OR 4 TIMES YOUR ORIGINAL INVESTMENT???

Why isn't EVERYONE giving you money to purchase grapes?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:07 PM (Px6E0)

95 eStCru is a "a women-led winery in California. Winemaker, Erica Stancliff crafts these wines in partnership with exceptional winemakers and small-lot growers in Lodi, Clarksburg, Sonoma County, and Willamette Valley, OR."

So, they don't even source within one region. This is blended wine.

Their Facebook page has ...148 followers.

They are ripping off Saint-Émilion Grand Cru from France. My guess is they were trying to blend up a version of St Cru wine using cheap wine from other Vinters. If they could do it and convince a gullible public their version of St Cru was worth half what the real things costs, fair play. But likely they failed - thousands of people have tried to blend up cheap wine and get it to taste like expensive wines - never works.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at January 27, 2026 06:07 PM (tV890)

96 Thunderbird was a fortified bum wine, no?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 06:07 PM (zZu0s)

97 Omar gets stuff for her thanks to Biden. Figures.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at January 27, 2026 06:07 PM (ZRzmB)

98 And when the Corruption Hawks of the Biden Administration think that you're grifting money from foreign interests,
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Their crime was a lack of10% for the Big Guy.

They might have fixed that.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:07 PM (krQz2)

99 89 If Omar is bounced from Congress, and I hope she is, she'll just be replaced by a dumber Somali
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 06:06 PM (IDEQi)

What's the residence requirement up there?

Posted by: Jasmine Crockett, thinking ahead at January 27, 2026 06:07 PM (PiwSw)

100

"replaced by a dumber somali"

That lightbulb-headed goon is still drifting around

Posted by: imp at January 27, 2026 06:07 PM (g6TN6)

101 Why haven't we see photos or video of Ilhan Omar, or Nancy Pelosi for that matter, barefoot and stomping grapes in the great tradition of the old country?

They both need a new PR staff.

So does AOC before her ass explodes and she resembles a rhino.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 27, 2026 06:08 PM (oT7pT)

102 Seems a little odd that a "devout Muslim" like Ilhan Omar would invest in a winery as alcohol is considered haram (forbidden) in Islam.

I lied. Devoutly.

Posted by: Am I My Brother's Keeper? Yeah, I guess I am. at January 27, 2026 06:08 PM (kIFVO)

103
If Omar is bounced from Congress, and I hope she is, she'll just be replaced by a dumber Somali
Posted by: Smell the Glove

=============

Omar Fateh doesn't care what you call him as long as he gets the job.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:08 PM (Px6E0)

104 This thing is going to get even bigger.

Once the AWFLs find out they can buy balloon headed rapetard wine from THE Ilhan Omar, they're gonna drink enough of this swill to float the USS Lincoln all the way to Iran.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 06:01 PM (BI5O2)
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It will be ironic when the AWFLs make Omar *actually* rich.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:08 PM (MABZ1)

105 Ugly personal attacks against Ms. Omar
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Not being funny but has anyone endured more "ugly personal attacks" than the Trumps? I love the Left and their phony crying.

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 06:08 PM (E0p3T)

106 Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 06:06 PM (IDEQi)

Probably true.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 06:08 PM (ix8EF)

107 75 Hearings! We need to hold hearings!!!!
Posted by: Weasel at January 27, 2026 06:03 PM (3zhHY)

We hold all the...wait. Oh hearings, not herrings. Never mind.

Posted by: Big Penguin at January 27, 2026 06:09 PM (TbWk/)

108 73 If Ilhan is ejected from Congress- the Somalis will riot. She'll be their version of George Floyd, just alive And yes, I think she's a crook- crooked with her lies to become a citizen and her crooked schemes
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026

We should speak to Mr. ilhan ‘s ex wife. I am thinking she would have some insight into his business acumen. Wasn’t she a doctor?

Posted by: Piper at January 27, 2026 06:09 PM (pZEOD)

109 Actual wineries struggle to make this much of a return.

In the Pacific Northwest, most wineries are run as hobby businesses by rich people - they don't need to make money.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 27, 2026 06:09 PM (n1OCj)

110 >>>This sounds like a scam. Actual wineries struggle to make this much of a return.

It's a write off, Jerry.

Posted by: Max Power at January 27, 2026 06:09 PM (Hucnr)

111 They are ripping off Saint-Émilion Grand Cru from France. My guess is they were trying to blend up a version of St Cru wine using cheap wine from other Vinters. If they could do it and convince a gullible public their version of St Cru was worth half what the real things costs, fair play. But likely they failed - thousands of people have tried to blend up cheap wine and get it to taste like expensive wines - never works.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at January 27, 2026 06:07 PM (tV890)

I remember Stemilion. It angries up your stem cells.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 27, 2026 06:09 PM (8zz6B)

112 In the Pacific Northwest, most wineries are run as hobby businesses by rich people - they don't need to make money.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 27, 2026 06:09 PM (n1OCj)
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So, like sports teams?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:09 PM (MABZ1)

113 BTW Comer was among the worms whimpering about the ickiness of ICE enforcement in MN after the two retards got themselves kilt. A perfect example of a useless GOP empty suit. Twenty years ago many of us there marveled at the number of miniature personalities who had somehow attained positions of influence. It seems much worse now, hard as that is to fathom.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 27, 2026 06:10 PM (U/Byj)

114 So, they don't even source within one region. This is blended wine.

I can't stand wine but supposedly there is some really good stuff being made in the Willamette Valley

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 27, 2026 06:10 PM (PYyV9)

115 By the way, you can "value" your winery as anything you like. These valuations take into account what you actually own, what you can sell, and what you think your good name is worth. Obviously the later is something you get to set.

My guess is the company as worth maybe $500k, and they just added some zeros for their "good name."

Posted by: The Whine Guy at January 27, 2026 06:10 PM (tV890)

116 You will be suprised to find that if a crime is committed by communists in one of the communist held states it is not a crime.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 27, 2026 06:10 PM (3uBP9)

117 thousands of people have tried to blend up cheap wine and get it to taste like expensive wines - never works.

Ahem.

Posted by: The Gallo Family! at January 27, 2026 06:11 PM (n1OCj)

118 Night Train has entered the chat.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 27, 2026 06:11 PM (Cifda)

119 The bad news? The entire Somali demographic is as corrupt and immoral as the day is long. The good news, is that with an average 65 IQ they really can't get away with much
Posted by: imp at January 27, 2026 06:05 PM (g6TN6)
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Hence it is likely that it was facilitated by Dems, for a share.

With so much stolen, I'm thinking that it's possible that the Somalis actually received a minority of the graft, and the Dem engineers took a much bigger part.

But it's the fraud that is necessary to keep the money flowing out of the treasury.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:11 PM (krQz2)

120 63 She'd make an acceptable barely employed prostitute in a lowerbottom-tier brothel.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 27, 2026 05:58 PM (8zz6B)
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FIFY

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 05:59 PM (MABZ1)

++++

Even at the bottom tier brothel, she looks mean like a viper. I know men have their needs but good God, you may end up with your unit either damaged or gone after a romp with her.

Posted by: washrivergal at January 27, 2026 06:12 PM (5fQW6)

121 Salt the earth of the winery!!!

Oh, wait.. Virtual.. shit.

Posted by: Blanco at January 27, 2026 06:12 PM (MHpW9)

122 So, like sports teams?

The sign that you have officially Made It in the Pacific Northwest is to start your own boutique winery.

It's not expected to make money - it's done for social status.

Posted by: The Gallo Family! at January 27, 2026 06:12 PM (n1OCj)

123 Leftists don't go after each other unless one wants the others position

Posted by: Skip at January 27, 2026 06:12 PM (Ia/+0)

124 So the feds harrass me for years because I spent 30 bucks buying some generic ass part from a retailer who they later hemmed up via a confidential informant on totally pedantic charges (and who later killed themselves because the feds said he was going to get life, leaving behind a family)...

But Omar runs a multi million dollar money laundering scheme a 5 year old could probably figure out, and they just shrug and give up because they "can"t find evidence".

OK, sure. I still have the part; I showed it to my kids and explained how some people in government are evil fucks.

Posted by: heya at January 27, 2026 06:12 PM (h3Fno)

125 By the way, you can "value" your winery as anything you like. These valuations take into account what you actually own, what you can sell, and what you think your good name is worth. Obviously the later is something you get to set.

Same thing with real estate, you can overvalue. Unless you're president Trump, then its somehow illegal.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 27, 2026 06:12 PM (PYyV9)

126 By the way, you can "value" your winery as anything you like. These valuations take into account what you actually own, what you can sell, and what you think your good name is worth.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at January 27, 2026 06:10 PM (tV890)
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Then it sounds like they are getting around mark-to-market.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:12 PM (krQz2)

127 "So after doing a quick dive. This was a virtual winery with basically one wine that nobody in wine country had ever heard of. There is absolutely zero chance the valuation on this went from $20,000 to $ 5 million in one year."


They have to launder that stolen US taxpayer money somehow.


I remember drug dealers buying up tons of gift cards with cash at the gas stations all over our town next to the casino. They would take those cards to the casino and run them through the cash machine and get $100 bills. You knew when they were in the casino because there were stacks of discarded gift cards in the trash can next to the atm's.


Once they had pockets full of $$$ they would go and "gamble" on table games putting $20-30,000 on the table to buy chips with. After a couple of bets they cash out and take the chips to the cash windows where they would get checks for the chips. They could take those checks and put them in the bank all perfectly legal.


After a year or so the casino State police unit pretty much shut that avenue down.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 27, 2026 06:12 PM (0N4FZ)

128 Even at the bottom tier brothel, she looks mean like a viper. I know men have their needs but good God, you may end up with your unit either damaged or gone after a romp with her.
Posted by: washrivergal at January 27, 2026 06:12 PM (5fQW6)
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I wouldn't fuck Ilhan Omar with Ace's dick and Garrett doing the pushing.

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 06:13 PM (5aZAZ)

129 I'll gladly take $44M in "investments" today for a bottle of wine on Wednesday.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 27, 2026 06:13 PM (vbXSk)

130 Even at the bottom tier brothel, she looks mean like a viper. I know men have their needs but good God, you may end up with your unit either damaged or gone after a romp with her.
Posted by: washrivergal at January 27, 2026 06:12 PM (5fQW6)
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Not at all. It's fine. There are also a TON of fringe benefits.

Posted by: Her Brother at January 27, 2026 06:13 PM (MABZ1)

131 All this fraud by politicians and I'm worried about if I should round down my IRA distribution to the nearest hundred as part of my 72t SEPP distribution.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 27, 2026 06:13 PM (Vh9CX)

132 The reality is that most wineries are like many restaurants and bars: they are owned by rich people who already have piles of money and who are looking for a vanity investment.

It’s not about profits, it’s about vanity. I know. I was part owner two speakeasy-type lounges in Manhattan. I didn’t care about any financial return. I wanted a cool, flashy investment that would attract hot girls. I got what I wanted.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 27, 2026 06:13 PM (ILvsn)

133 I wouldn't touch her without a 10 foot pole

Posted by: Skip at January 27, 2026 06:13 PM (Ia/+0)

134 The Donald is bragging about no crime in D.C.
Hmmm. Point of order Mr. President. It's crime all the way to the gates of hell. Carry on.

Posted by: kingsman at January 27, 2026 06:13 PM (ehY6c)

135 Night Train has entered the chat.
Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory

I had nothing to do with it~~~!!

Posted by: Bob Seger at January 27, 2026 06:13 PM (mlg/3)

136 "119 The bad news? The entire Somali demographic is as corrupt and immoral as the day is long. The good news, is that with an average 65 IQ they really can't get away with much
Posted by: imp at January 27, 2026 06:05 PM (g6TN6)
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Hence it is likely that it was facilitated by Dems, for a share.

With so much stolen, I'm thinking that it's possible that the Somalis actually received a minority of the graft, and the Dem engineers took a much bigger part.

But it's the fraud that is necessary to keep the money flowing out of the treasury.
Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:11 PM (krQz2)"

Prog whiteys are facilitating the fraud for a cut. Some of them even fill out all the paperwork.

Posted by: heya at January 27, 2026 06:14 PM (h3Fno)

137 This thread needs a musical accompaniment:

https://youtu.be/g0lmX06odhw

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 27, 2026 06:14 PM (8zz6B)

138 Not at all. It's fine. There are also a TON of fringe benefits.
Posted by: Her Brother at January 27, 2026 06:13 PM (MABZ1)
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Or should I say "minge benefits"

HEYO

Posted by: Her Brother at January 27, 2026 06:14 PM (MABZ1)

139 We will sell no wine...

...before its crime.

Posted by: Somalian Citizen Kane at January 27, 2026 06:14 PM (47/pr)

140 She'd make an acceptable prostitute in a lower-tier brothel.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 27, 2026 05:58 PM (8zz6B)

Not if they want any business. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 06:14 PM (snZF9)

141 I heard MPD is finally pulled the green flying dildoes out of their asses and going to work. Color me unconvinced.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 27, 2026 06:14 PM (wBaIH)

142 Maybe Michelle, Hillary, and Kamala can do a wine tasting.

I still think Ilhan looks as if she smells terrible.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 27, 2026 06:14 PM (s0JqF)

143 Peace and tolerance

@CollinRugg
NEW: Democrat Ohio Attorney General candidate Elliot Forhan says he is going to “kill Donald Trump” if he’s elected.

“I want to tell you what I mean when I say that I am going to kill Donald Trump,” the former Ohio state representative said.

“I mean I'm going to obtain a conviction rendered by a jury of his peers at a standard of proof beyond a reasonable doubt based on evidence presented at a trial conducted in accordance with the requirements of of due process resulting in a sentence duly executed of capital punishment.”

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 27, 2026 06:14 PM (mlg/3)

144 I wouldn't fuck Ilhan Omar with Ace's dick and Garrett doing the pushing.

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 06:13 PM (5aZAZ)

Don't encourage them.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 06:15 PM (dK+Kv)

145 Shirtsleeves ready to be rolled up!

Posted by: The GOP at January 27, 2026 06:05 PM (PiwSw)
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Cue Judas Priest's "Sleeves Are Gonna' Roll"

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:15 PM (krQz2)

146 There's an address in the docs - it's 1160 Hopper in Santa Rosa. Business name is Punchdown Cellars. They do custom bottling.

Posted by: beckster at January 27, 2026 06:15 PM (I7J98)

147 Wait until George Will finds out.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 27, 2026 06:15 PM (YlWIZ)

148 It’s not about profits, it’s about vanity. I know. I was part owner two speakeasy-type lounges in Manhattan. I didn’t care about any financial return. I wanted a cool, flashy investment that would attract hot girls. I got what I wanted.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 27, 2026 06:13 PM (ILvsn)
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I worked with a couple of guys who bought into a nightclub for that purpose. They didn't end up losing much, but the point was access, status and the club sluts that came with them.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:15 PM (MABZ1)

149 We ain't lyin' about taqiyya.....

Posted by: Blessed Emom at January 27, 2026 06:16 PM (9CBNQ)

150 I wouldn't touch her without a 10 foot pole

"I have one of those in my backpack"
--D&D Character

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 27, 2026 06:16 PM (PYyV9)

151 “I mean I'm going to obtain a conviction rendered by a jury of his peers at a standard of proof beyond a reasonable doubt based on evidence presented at a trial conducted in accordance with the requirements of of due process resulting in a sentence duly executed of capital punishment.”

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 27, 2026 06:14 PM (mlg/3)
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Remember when Dems thought capital punishment was "too mean".

Of course, they meant for murderers and manglers.

Not for political opponents.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:16 PM (krQz2)

152 I wouldn't fuck Ilhan Omar with Ace's dick and Garrett doing the pushing.

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 06:13 PM (5aZAZ)

Don't encourage them.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 06:15 PM (dK+Kv)
——

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. Omar is an an average-attractiveness woman in a land of mutated abominations.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 27, 2026 06:16 PM (ILvsn)

153 Ilhan’s a one.
Rich, too

Posted by: Accomack at January 27, 2026 06:17 PM (8jVAy)

154 I wouldn't touch her without a 10 foot pole

-- The Paolo has entered the chat --

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:17 PM (krQz2)

155 Tha' bisch done stolt my money, she post to brings me some wine.'

Posted by: Eromero at January 27, 2026 06:17 PM (LHPAg)

156 "38 Omar is a Somali fraudster, but dumb as a stump. Hubby set these companies up to siphon money from other fraud committed by Somalis with the aid of the Minnesota DFL. Grab hubby and put the screws to him. He'll sing like a bird. Hit the weak link. He's it
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 05:54 PM (IDEQi) "

r's should have been doing this for 20 years or more; and I've been saying so for at least that long.
squeeze any of these scum as hard as a prosecutor would squeeze a dope dealer (back in the Before Time) and you would get a ream of dirt on every associate and contact ... but the will to investigate seems sadly lacking. weird, innit? you'd think they didn't want to know, or something ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 27, 2026 06:17 PM (Cjt/F)

157 The Donald is bragging about no crime in D.C.

Only if the next shutdown happens. I think we're scheduled for Friday.

Posted by: t-bird at January 27, 2026 06:17 PM (kIFVO)

158
By the way, you can "value" your winery as anything you like. These valuations take into account what you actually own, what you can sell, and what you think your good name is worth. Obviously the later is something you get to set.

==============

And if you're really sharp, you can cash out big on your winery, software firm, whatever, when it inevitably implodes. Ask the WeWork guy.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:17 PM (Px6E0)

159 Buying up grapes and then making your own commercial wine happens

Posted by: Skip at January 27, 2026 06:17 PM (Ia/+0)

160 Seems obvious this is a way to collect bribes.

You want her to vote on your issue?

Buy 100 cases of her husband's wine.

Its probably "decent" but charge 5X normal price.

Except wine pricing is subjective so its legal.

Posted by: coba at January 27, 2026 06:18 PM (IuIym)

161 Night Train has entered the chat.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory
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What a dick!

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:18 PM (krQz2)

162 Except wine pricing is subjective so its legal.
Posted by: coba at January 27, 2026 06:18 PM (IuIym)
++++
like art!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:18 PM (MABZ1)

163 For Somalians being lot IQ they sure know how to pirate and stealing

Posted by: Skip at January 27, 2026 06:19 PM (Ia/+0)

164 Running a winery is pretty much a losing biz.

Especially in California.

What keeps you afloat is the subsides from state and federal entities.

Unless... you produce a nice, marketable product. Which is rare. Even in Europe, where they're tastes are unsophisticated.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 27, 2026 06:19 PM (jtM2q)

165 96 Thunderbird was a fortified bum wine, no? Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 06:07 PM (zZu0s)

It was port wine with lemon juice. I tried it once - not half bad. Port wine has a naturally higher alcohol content then regular wine. 20% ABV. Reg wine is more like 5-15%.

It was made by Gallo and targeted African Americans. Gallo employed celebrity actor James Mason to help market the wine in television ads. The ads are hysterical. Huge seller.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at January 27, 2026 06:20 PM (tV890)

166 For Somalians being lot IQ they sure know how to pirate and stealing
Posted by: Skip at January 27, 2026 06:19 PM (Ia/+0)

What little brain power they have is intensely focused.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 27, 2026 06:20 PM (8zz6B)

167 And yes, OFC it would be a virtual winery. They don't want to do any of the work.

And yes, OFC that means they can write off all their trips to Napa as business expenses.

Posted by: coba at January 27, 2026 06:21 PM (IuIym)

168 165 96 Thunderbird was a fortified bum wine, no? Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 06:07 PM (zZu0s)

It was port wine with lemon juice. I tried it once - not half bad. Port wine has a naturally higher alcohol content then regular wine. 20% ABV. Reg wine is more like 5-15%.

It was made by Gallo and targeted African Americans. Gallo employed celebrity actor James Mason to help market the wine in television ads. The ads are hysterical. Huge seller.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at January 27, 2026 06:20 PM (tV890)
_______
Why did they use Rommel?

Posted by: Eeyore at January 27, 2026 06:21 PM (s0JqF)

169 It’s not about profits, it’s about vanity. I know. I was part owner two speakeasy-type lounges in Manhattan. I didn’t care about any financial return. I wanted a cool, flashy investment that would attract hot girls. I got what I wanted.
Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 27, 2026 06:13 PM (ILvsn)
++++
I worked with a couple of guys who bought into a nightclub for that purpose. They didn't end up losing much, but the point was access, status and the club sluts that came with them.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:15 PM (MABZ1)
——

Exactly. I expected to lose every penny. The fact that only lost some of the pennies was a surprise. But even if I lost them all, it was worth it because if you own a hot club you are considered very cool, and the girls will be lined up.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 27, 2026 06:21 PM (ILvsn)

170 Maybe Michelle, Hillary, and Kamala can do a wine tasting.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 27, 2026 06:14 PM (s0JqF)
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There's no way you can take Kamala's judgment, because the 50% gin she adds changes the whole profile.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:21 PM (krQz2)

171 144 I wouldn't fuck Ilhan Omar with Ace's dick and Garrett doing the pushing.

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 06:13 PM (5aZAZ)

Don't encourage them.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 06:15 PM (dK+Kv)


+++++

LOL. You Morons are a riot.

Posted by: washrivergal at January 27, 2026 06:21 PM (5fQW6)

172
I'd like to see Ilhan without all that head raggery. VERY unpopular opinion, but I bet she looks attractive. Anyway, she's good with accessories, colors, makeup, and she has an interesting ethnic-flavored wardrobe.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:22 PM (Px6E0)

173 The corruption in our local,state, and federal governments is, I believe,far more extensive than we yet know. It is a knife at the throat of America.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 27, 2026 06:22 PM (2WIwB)

174 night moves

Posted by: doug at January 27, 2026 06:22 PM (Hy+R4)

175 what's the word?
Thunderbird!
what's the price?
Thirty twice!

there are 4 more lines that I cannot remember ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 27, 2026 06:22 PM (Cjt/F)

176 156 "38 Omar is a Somali fraudster, but dumb as a stump. Hubby set these companies up to siphon money from other fraud committed by Somalis with the aid of the Minnesota DFL. Grab hubby and put the screws to him. He'll sing like a bird. Hit the weak link. He's it Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 05:54 PM (IDEQi) "

Not one of these Somali fraudsters have struck me as some sort of financial genius. And yes, she is also dumb as a stump. But if you make zero effort to catch them, and they steal from the public treasurer?

Posted by: The Whine Guy at January 27, 2026 06:23 PM (tV890)

177 I worked with a couple of guys who bought into a nightclub for that purpose. They didn't end up losing much, but the point was access, status and the club sluts that came with them.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:15 PM (MABZ1)

In my day it was called being in a band. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 06:23 PM (snZF9)

178 The corruption in our local,state, and federal governments is, I believe,far more extensive than we yet know. It is a knife at the throat of America.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 27, 2026 06:22 PM (2WIwB)
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Also, the District of Corruption.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:23 PM (krQz2)

179 While we're thinking about Omar's behavior, let us not forget the reason George Santos was tossed out of Congress.

Surely Omar should be held to the same standards, correct? (Of course, she has the magical 'D' after her name, so I won't hold my breath waiting for her to be treated the same as Santos.)

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 27, 2026 06:23 PM (Eo/8K)

180 This busty brunette in a one-piece wouldn't mind a glass of wine:
http://tiny.cc/7h7y001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:23 PM (MABZ1)

181 I will sell no wine before it's time - I Omar

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 27, 2026 06:24 PM (NtVYv)

182 The can cast Feeblemind at will, but only on themselves.
Posted by.: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Unless of course they are feebleminded.

Sorry, Richard's fault that we needed a rule for that.

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 06:24 PM (ciYHQ)

183
Buying up grapes and then making your own commercial wine happens
Posted by: Skip

============

What about the 3-4x ROI? How often does that happen?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:24 PM (Px6E0)

184 night moves
Posted by: doug at January 27, 2026 06:22 PM (Hy+R4)
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I remember.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:24 PM (krQz2)

185 Annie Green Springs

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 27, 2026 06:24 PM (Kt19C)

186 In my day it was called being in a band. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 06:23 PM (snZF9)
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Sure, but that requires that you play or sing, form the band, go play gigs, etc. These guys had full-time jobs. Buying into a nightclub just requires an opportunity and some cash.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:25 PM (MABZ1)

187 ...lack of evidence...
Isn't the mere fact that your net worth goes from -$40k to +$30M prima facie evidence of corruption? Come on, man...

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 27, 2026 06:25 PM (XMwZJ)

188 >>> 172
I'd like to see Ilhan without all that head raggery. VERY unpopular opinion, but I bet she looks attractive. Anyway, she's good with accessories, colors, makeup, and she has an interesting ethnic-flavored wardrobe.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:22 PM (Px6E0)

Because *we* are paying for it.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 06:25 PM (ULPxl)

189 This busty brunette in a one-piece wouldn't mind a glass of wine:
http://tiny.cc/7h7y001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:23 PM (MABZ1)


She's going to need help sitting up.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 27, 2026 06:25 PM (2WIwB)

190
What about the 3-4x ROI? How often does that happen?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:24 PM (Px6E0)
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Far greater things have been done by Hillary with cattle futures.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:26 PM (krQz2)

191 There is a whole lot of math that doesn't add up in this.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 27, 2026 06:26 PM (0KSrI)

192 This busty brunette in a one-piece wouldn't mind a glass of wine:
http://tiny.cc/7h7y001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:23 PM (MABZ1)

"X" marks the spot.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 27, 2026 06:26 PM (8zz6B)

193 http://tiny.cc/7h7y001

Shadow gives her birthing hips.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 27, 2026 06:26 PM (Kt19C)

194 I like her smile and she is a hot shade of chocolate

Posted by: Accomack at January 27, 2026 06:26 PM (GbONR)

195 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:23 PM (MABZ1)

Really weird photo. Weird proportions of
Her legs.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 06:26 PM (PFs9e)

196 For Somalians being lot IQ they sure know how to pirate and stealing
Posted by: Skip at January 27, 2026 06:19 PM (Ia/+0)

wellll, all kinds of creatures are great at stealing, that is the first thing some animals and raptors learn

Posted by: runner at January 27, 2026 06:26 PM (g47mK)

197 I'd like to see Ilhan without all that head raggery. VERY unpopular opinion, but I bet she looks attractive.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:22 PM (Px6E0)

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I've always thought she has a rather pleasing bone structure and good skin.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:27 PM (krQz2)

198
Karen: "you simply MUST try this new cab, Caryn... it's called 'Five Brides,' and it's from Somali, woman-owned vintner...."

Caryn: "This tastes like it came out of a crankcase."

Karen: "...and that vintner is Ilhan Omar."

Caryn: "it does take just a minute to develop on the palate. It's quite good, actually. It has a robust, foetid earthiness, with overtones of sand, and... blood, I think. I will have Paolo drive Ken's QX60 down to Trader Joe's and tow back a trailer load of it."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 06:27 PM (BI5O2)

199 Sure, but that requires that you play or sing, form the band, go play gigs, etc. These guys had full-time jobs. Buying into a nightclub just requires an opportunity and some cash.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:25 PM (MABZ1)

With the money I pissed away over the years on gear, yeah I could have probably bought a club.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 06:27 PM (snZF9)

200 Did they lay off Biden's 87,000 IRS agents?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 27, 2026 06:27 PM (YlWIZ)

201 166 For Somalians being lot IQ they sure know how to pirate and stealing Posted by: Skip at January 27, 2026 06:19 PM (Ia/+0)

My kid's hamster kept getting out of its cage. I was frustrated because, I'm much smarter than a hamster. Then I realized, the hamster has 24/7 to try to get out of his cage, I have only a couple of minutes to think about keeping him in.

Also, Somalis have been stealing aid money from NGOs in Somalia since 1978.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at January 27, 2026 06:28 PM (tV890)

202 I've always thought she has a rather pleasing bone structure and good skin.
So does Big Mike.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 27, 2026 06:28 PM (XMwZJ)

203 177 I worked with a couple of guys who bought into a nightclub for that purpose. They didn't end up losing much, but the point was access, status and the club sluts that came with them.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:15 PM (MABZ1)

In my day it was called being in a band. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 06:23 PM (snZF9)
——

I was in a metal band back in the day too! But the night club brought in way more chicks.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 27, 2026 06:28 PM (ILvsn)

204 159 Buying up grapes and then making your own commercial wine happens

Posted by: Skip at January 27, 2026 06:17 PM (Ia/+0)

+++++

Yeah, for sure. There certainly are a lot of different varieties of wines; the shelves are full of them. But many don't last, and it has become sort of a Ponzi scheme or shell game for some naive investors.

Posted by: washrivergal at January 27, 2026 06:28 PM (5fQW6)

205 Today's posts seem to be just a parade of dweebs. Well, any coverage of current events involving leftists usually devolves into a parade of dweebs, but today seems to be attracting more and more of them.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 27, 2026 06:28 PM (6Bc88)

206 Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:23 PM (MABZ1)

And the swimsuit looks cartoonishly painted on.
Not one of cash cow's better AI efforts.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 06:28 PM (PFs9e)

207 Richard's the one who kept ducking behind a wall every time the rogue's dart hit him. And re-establishing displacement every time he broke line of slight, thwarting every successful counter-strike he made.

Was the slowest most humiliating death I've witnessed.

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 06:29 PM (ciYHQ)

208 I've always thought she has a rather pleasing bone structure and good skin.
So does Big Mike.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 27, 2026 06:28 PM (XMwZJ)
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No way does Michelle have the bone structure of Omar.

She's got a bone structure.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:29 PM (krQz2)

209 I've always thought she has a rather pleasing bone structure and good skin.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:27 PM (krQz2)

She is demonic but not physically unattractive.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 06:29 PM (lpTXP)

210 It was $30 million last month. $44 million now. Checks came in this month.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 27, 2026 06:29 PM (MZ+PY)

211 200 Did they lay off Biden's 87,000 IRS agents?
Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 27, 2026 06:27 PM (YlWIZ)

And where are all the sidearms they purchased for them?

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 27, 2026 06:29 PM (6Bc88)

212
The corruption in our local,state, and federal governments is, I believe,far more extensive than we yet know. It is a knife at the throat of America.
Posted by: Diogenes

===============

Up and down the hierarchy. We have to stop creating these damned Programs. You want more Latina girls to get into computer science? Start a program! Find a Program Director in your DEI Rolodex or hell, your family tree, and start taking money. When your Latina program needs more money, make some secret handshakes with a shady real estate developer and somehow waive all the restrictions on 10-story buildings on the coast.

I get sick thinking about all the grift. Just, for now, No More "Programs."

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:30 PM (Px6E0)

213 I was in a metal band back in the day too! But the night club brought in way more chicks.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 27, 2026 06:28 PM (ILvsn)


Ok, so he was proficient at stocking the shelves. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 06:30 PM (snZF9)

214 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:22 PM (Px6E0)

I join you in your unpopular opinion.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 06:30 PM (PFs9e)

215
Honestly I wish people would stop doing these kind of investigations and reporting on them. All it does is eat another layer out of my stomach because not a damn thing will come from it. You can just add it to the gigantic scroll 8 miles long of crimes the left gets away with while Republicans have the power to do something about it.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor

===============

In all seriousness, does anyone think Comer is going to find anything actionable?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:30 PM (Px6E0)

216 I've always thought she has a rather pleasing bone structure and good skin.
So does Big Mike.
Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 27, 2026 06:28 PM (XMwZJ)

Especially between her legs.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 27, 2026 06:31 PM (8zz6B)

217 >>> Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 06:27 PM (BI5O2)

If this isn't in the comments of the week I'll have to (temporarily) rename myself Karen so I can call the management of this blog.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 06:31 PM (ULPxl)

218 Did they lay off Biden's 87,000 IRS agents?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 27, 2026 06:27 PM


They never got hired. That money timed out with the BBB.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 27, 2026 06:31 PM (0N4FZ)

219
I don't care about the her bone structure and nice skin.

She is a piece of shit who is stealing hardworking American's money.


Posted by: fourseasons at January 27, 2026 06:31 PM (3ek7K)

220 180 This busty brunette in a one-piece wouldn't mind a glass of wine:
http://tiny.cc/7h7y001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:23 PM (MABZ1)

*******

Any pictures of her wearing a bikini as real as the grapes Omar used?

Asking for a friend...

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 27, 2026 06:32 PM (Eo/8K)

221 11 But few people have demonized her more than Mr. Trump, who has veered into racist and xenophobic vitriol, in the view of Ms. Omar and other critics of the president.
++++
Oh, blow me.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 05:48 PM (MABZ1)

If they think Trump is racists and xenophobic, imagine what they would make of our comments. LOL.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 27, 2026 06:33 PM (6Bc88)

222 In all seriousness, does anyone think Comer is going to find anything actionable?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:30 PM (Px6E0)
++++
Sure he will. They aren't subtle and they aren't hiding. We don't even *need* Comer to find anything. The "citizen journalists" and the like are finding plenty all on their own.

It's out there now. There is surely much more, and it will possibly even be found.

The problem isn't the "investigation" or whatever, the problem is that these "investigations" have an unblemished record of resulting in nothing. The Party rules.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:33 PM (MABZ1)

223 Virtual Winery serving virtual wine makes 40 mil in a year. Yeah, I should have taken that job.
It is definitely a scam. Don't know about Winerys but a small local brewery I like has been quietly building up for years. They are still afloat but still very limited reach in my state. You would never see that kind of money that fast; just more Hunty Biden paintings.

Posted by: Nelly at January 27, 2026 06:33 PM (7gpcF)

224 After a year or so the casino State police unit pretty much shut that avenue down. Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 27, 2026 06:12 PM (0N4FZ)

The classic is a laundromat. All cash; nobody knows how much it is actually pulling in. The goal of the laundromat was simply to make enough money to keep the lights on and pay the rent. The profit was cycling dirty money through the business.

Posted by: The Whine Guy at January 27, 2026 06:34 PM (tV890)

225 157 The Donald is bragging about no crime in D.C.

Only if the next shutdown happens. I think we're scheduled for Friday.
Posted by: t-bird


Just in time for that possible Nor'easter arriving in Babylon DC. Maybe. Or not. The weather witchdoctors are still reading the chicken entrails.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 27, 2026 06:34 PM (sAmhv)

226 >>>No way does Michelle have the bone structure of Omar.

She's got a bone structure.

Posted by: Axeman

>Big Mike is one tooth short of being an extraterrestrial Predator.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 27, 2026 06:34 PM (oT7pT)

227 I notice she didn't say "hey, let me show you where this money came from", she just attacked Trump.

Its all laundering.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 27, 2026 06:35 PM (n5tGW)

228 Ugly personal attacks against Ms. Omar

--

Ms.? I find that curious. Also, I'm perplexed. The NYT is concerned about "ugly personal attacks," but not the ones we've heard for 8 years about Donald Trump. Those using ugly personal attacks didn't get a blip of coverage. How mysterious!

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 27, 2026 06:35 PM (qBdHI)

229 >>> 224
==
The classic is a laundromat. All cash; nobody knows how much it is actually pulling in. The goal of the laundromat was simply to make enough money to keep the lights on and pay the rent. The profit was cycling dirty money through the business.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at January 27, 2026 06:34 PM (tV890)

Didn't Uncle Palp claim to own and run a laundromat?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 06:35 PM (ULPxl)

230 197 I'd like to see Ilhan without all that head raggery. VERY unpopular opinion, but I bet she looks attractive.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:22 PM (Px6E0)

---
I've always thought she has a rather pleasing bone structure and good skin.
Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:27 PM (krQz2)

I rather doubt any of the pleasing or good features survive her insouciant elitist sneer.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 27, 2026 06:35 PM (6Bc88)

231 I don't understand people who can't land nav, can't swim, and write TLDR

I hand you a 400 page book of playboy models, and you say that's too many?

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 06:35 PM (ciYHQ)

232 ... Caryn: "it does take just a minute to develop on the palate. It's quite good, actually. It has a robust, foetid earthiness, with overtones of sand, and... blood, I think. I will have Paolo drive Ken's QX60 down to Trader Joe's and tow back a trailer load of it."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 06:27 PM (BI5O2)
++++
:: throws flag ::

How did Caryn find the totem animal of the hyper-cucks? Only he would marry her...

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:35 PM (MABZ1)

233 I've always thought she has a rather pleasing bone structure and good skin.
Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:27 PM (krQz2)

Meh. I’ve seen better bone structure on an iodine bottle.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 27, 2026 06:36 PM (Sxl5b)

234 I gotta say that probably nothing will happen.

Posted by: Guy who always says nothing will happen and is usually right at January 27, 2026 06:36 PM (vFG9F)

235 214 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:22 PM (Px6E0)

I join you in your unpopular opinion.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 06:30 PM (PFs9e)

+++++

I just can't get past that flash of evil I see in her eyes. It negates all her other positive attributes for me.

Posted by: washrivergal at January 27, 2026 06:36 PM (5fQW6)

236 I don't care about the her bone structure and nice skin.

She is a piece of shit

Posted by: fourseasons at January 27, 2026 06:31 PM (3ek7K)
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Shit doesn't have bones.

I didn't say her looks redeem her in any way. As an artist who studied facial anatomy, I just notice classic or aesthetic lines and spacing. It means no more than that assessment.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:37 PM (krQz2)

237 Only if the next shutdown happens. I think we're scheduled for Friday.
Posted by: t-bird at January 27, 2026 06:17 PM (kIFVO)
++++
The House passed a nicely sold-out bill.

I hope Trump vetoes it.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:37 PM (MABZ1)

238 "Sorry baby, you're adorable but I've had too much sex today"

What?

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 06:37 PM (ciYHQ)

239
172
I'd like to see Ilhan without all that head raggery. VERY unpopular opinion, but I bet she looks attractive. Anyway, she's good with accessories, colors, makeup, and she has an interesting ethnic-flavored wardrobe.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:22 PM

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Has she had the genital mutilation surgery, or is that just for little people?

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 27, 2026 06:37 PM (6E9xV)

240 "Years of 'investigations' have found nothing."

This is true. The investigations have found nothing to explain her meteoric rise in personal wealth.

Posted by: Emmie at January 27, 2026 06:37 PM (FMtrg)

241 For those of you crushed by the big winter storm in the Lower 48, we are in the process of getting about a foot and a half of snow since last night, still snowing. Business as usual.

I understand the panic in the deep south, but bitching about winter in NYC or Boston is just plain silly. OMG! It is snowing! We are all gonna die! But then, it is winter....

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 27, 2026 06:38 PM (6Bc88)

242 The movie The Accountant has some info on money laundering and autistic kung fu, a fun ride.

Posted by: kingsman at January 27, 2026 06:38 PM (ehY6c)

243
The problem isn't the "investigation" or whatever, the problem is that these "investigations" have an unblemished record of resulting in nothing.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

================

"Years of 'investigations' have found nothing" is the one statement Ilhan has ever made that's objectively true, verifiable, and timeless.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:39 PM (Px6E0)

244 >>> 241 For those of you crushed by the big winter storm in the Lower 48, we are in the process of getting about a foot and a half of snow since last night, still snowing. Business as usual.

I understand the panic in the deep south, but bitching about winter in NYC or Boston is just plain silly. OMG! It is snowing! We are all gonna die! But then, it is winter....
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 27, 2026 06:38 PM (6Bc8

I stocked up before the freeze. I'm mostly grumpy because I didn't think I had moved to $)@*(%&#*^*(# North Dakota.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 06:39 PM (ULPxl)

245 "Years of 'investigations' have found nothing" is the one statement Ilhan has ever made that's objectively true, verifiable, and timeless.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:39 PM (Px6E0)
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Well, *resulted* in nothing. Who knows what they found.

Maybe did find nothing. These investigators all play "three wise monkeys."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:40 PM (MABZ1)

246
Has she had the genital mutilation surgery, or is that just for little people?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

================

I'm certain she's had it. FGM rate in Somalia is said to be 99%.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:41 PM (Px6E0)

247 Why was the Biden Administration investigating her since she was a Democrat?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 06:41 PM (PFs9e)

248
Well, *resulted* in nothing. Who knows what they found.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!)

===============

Good distinction.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:41 PM (Px6E0)

249 >>> 245 "Years of 'investigations' have found nothing" is the one statement Ilhan has ever made that's objectively true, verifiable, and timeless.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:39 PM (Px6E0)
++++
Well, *resulted* in nothing. Who knows what they found.

Maybe did find nothing. These investigators all play "three wise monkeys."
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:40 PM (MABZ1)

She didn't *intend* to become amazingly wealthy.

Posted by: James Comey, pine-scented druid philosopher at January 27, 2026 06:41 PM (ULPxl)

250 90. 91. 92..

"Oh you can just stop at $100, that's enough for me"

What?

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 06:41 PM (ciYHQ)

251 I wouldn't fuck Ilhan Omar with Ace's dick and Garrett doing the pushing.
Posted by: ballistic

Somebody run that puppy through an AI prompt for the ONT

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 27, 2026 06:41 PM (vid9O)

252 She’s a loon.
The hubby is a dork.
They’re rich.
She’s a one.

Posted by: Accomack at January 27, 2026 06:41 PM (GbONR)

253 I'm certain she's had it. FGM rate in Somalia is said to be 99%.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:41 PM (Px6E0)
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Maybe that's the reason she seems so angry.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:42 PM (krQz2)

254
It's 40 degrees here in Wyoming today. We are having a mild winter here. It's strange.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 27, 2026 06:42 PM (3ek7K)

255 >>>Ugly personal attacks against Ms. Omar

Brought to you by people whose ideological opponents are all Nazis.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 06:42 PM (dK+Kv)

256 I stocked up before the freeze. I'm mostly grumpy because I didn't think I had moved to $)@*(%&#*^*(# North Dakota.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 06:39 PM (ULPxl)

How is Bluebell the hen faring?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 27, 2026 06:43 PM (8zz6B)

257
I didn't say her looks redeem her in any way. As an artist who studied facial anatomy, I just notice classic or aesthetic lines and spacing. It means no more than that assessment.
Posted by: Axeman

==============

Yes. There are some objectively attractive, spiritually repulsive women out there.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:43 PM (Px6E0)

258 Ilyan might be physically attractive, but I remember one of my bosses. The interview was great! Hot young female boss! Woo hoo!

She was a demon. All of her physical attractiveness was gone once I started work. Every employee lived in fear of her. She slept her way to the top, everyone knew it, and she knew everyone knew it, and she wanted to wield what power she had, and she was a cruel, mean, nasty piece of work that would make most Karens say "that's too far!"

Literally got fired by her twice. The first time my boss in another division had to intervene and force her to rehire me. The second time she'd run the company into the ground with a lot of help from Obama's regulations, and my entire division got let go.

Posted by: Sam MacGee. at January 27, 2026 06:43 PM (/ZkOF)

259 "Estate produced wine, often labeled as "Estate Bottled" or "Estate Grown," is produced entirely from grapes grown on land owned or controlled by the winery, with all crushing, fermentation, and bottling occurring on the same property."

Key Aspects of Estate Produced Wine:

Definition: The winery must own or control (via long-term lease) 100% of the vineyards.

Production: 100% of the grapes must be crushed, fermented, and bottled on-site.

Appellation: All grapes must be grown within the same American Viticultural Area (AVA) as the winery.

Posted by: 13times at January 27, 2026 06:43 PM (G5wD6)

260 I have bouts of hope for our country.

I think that's my problem.

Too much hope.

However, the Lord can do anything he wants. And we have to be available to his works.

So I keep on hoping...at least a little bit.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:44 PM (krQz2)

261 She’s a one.

Posted by: Accomack at January 27, 2026 06:41 PM (GbONR)

She's so repulsive that I wouldn't even hate F her.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 06:44 PM (dK+Kv)

262 Wasn't there a search for the DC J6 Bomber under Biden that found....nothing?

And then suddenly, evidence was discovered.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 27, 2026 06:44 PM (iMotb)

263
Maybe that's the reason she seems so angry.
Posted by: Axeman

================

I think it may account for a few things about that whole society. Maybe some anthropologist has researched it. I'd be interested to know.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:45 PM (Px6E0)

264 Don't mind me. Ace asked if I could do background chatter for the ambiance

"Walter! You naughty boy! Who could have imagined..."

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 06:45 PM (ciYHQ)

265 This busty brunette in a one-piece wouldn't mind a glass of wine:
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 06:23 PM

Skips leg day.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 27, 2026 06:45 PM (0sNs1)

266 I'm certain she's had it. FGM rate in Somalia is said to be 99%.

--

Ayaan Hirsi Ali's description of her FGM at age 5, and her sister's at age 4, is the stuff of nightmares. Held down by her grandmother, legs spread, with some man basically using scissors and clippers to cut off her labia and clitoris. With no anesthesia. In a room in their house. No medical personnel. No pain relief. Just reading her describing the incredible pain and screaming will make your knees buckle. Then they both got stitched together and had their legs tied together for weeks to keep them still until a thick layer of scar tissue formed. Ultimately sealing together their vaginas, leaving them flat with no opening and only a small trickle for peeing. This apparently goes on until these women are married and the husband busts through the scar tissue, leaving them in blinding pain.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 27, 2026 06:46 PM (qBdHI)

267 >>> 256
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How is Bluebell the hen faring?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 27, 2026 06:43 PM (8zz6B)

She and the other chickens have done pretty well. They are somewhat puzzled and irritated about the cold white stuff on the ground that discourages them from running amok eating grass and seeds.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 06:46 PM (ULPxl)

268 Key Aspects of Estate Produced Wine:

Definition: The winery must own or control (via long-term lease) 100% of the vineyards.

Production: 100% of the grapes must be crushed, fermented, and bottled on-site.

Appellation: All grapes must be grown within the same American Viticultural Area (AVA) as the winery.
Posted by: 13times at January 27, 2026 06:43 PM (G5wD6)

Can you make "Estate-Grown" wine from thistles? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 27, 2026 06:46 PM (8zz6B)

269 Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:44 PM (krQz2)

Good for you. Me too, and keep on praying!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 06:46 PM (PFs9e)

270 She said, "I'll turn you on Sonny to something strong, play the song with the funky break"

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 06:46 PM (ciYHQ)

271
I get so outraged over Ilhan, it may be too much. I just seethe over that hateful little demon.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:47 PM (Px6E0)

272 Can you make "Estate-Grown" wine from thistles? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 27, 2026 06:46 PM (8zz6B)

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Castor Bean Ricin Wine FTW!

/Things I learned from "Breaking Bad" ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 27, 2026 06:48 PM (fbMoU)

273 I think it may account for a few things about that whole society. Maybe some anthropologist has researched it. I'd be interested to know.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:45 PM (Px6E0)
---
Saw some lady on X who was theorizing that what was really driving AWFLs further all the time was a lack of a strong man in their lives. She got a bit bawdy as well, talking about how sex relieves stress. But she really meant that it's just a frustration that builds because they hate what they also feel they need.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 06:49 PM (krQz2)

274 Lack of Evidence

There was a ton of evidence. Then we destroyed it.
*shrugs*
-FIB

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 27, 2026 06:49 PM (Dv3i1)

275 I'm certain she's had it. FGM rate in Somalia is said to be 99%.

--

Ayaan Hirsi Ali's description of her FGM at age 5, and her sister's at age 4, is the stuff of nightmares. Held down by her grandmother, legs spread, with some man basically using scissors and clippers to cut off her labia and clitoris. With no anesthesia. In a room in their house. No medical personnel. No pain relief. Just reading her describing the incredible pain and screaming will make your knees buckle. Then they both got stitched together and had their legs tied together for weeks to keep them still until a thick layer of scar tissue formed. Ultimately sealing together their vaginas, leaving them flat with no opening and only a small trickle for peeing. This apparently goes on until these women are married and the husband busts through the scar tissue, leaving them in blinding pain.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 27, 2026 06:46 PM (qBdHI)

In Omar's case, I find myself devoid of compassion.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 06:49 PM (dK+Kv)

276
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 27, 2026 06:46 PM (qBdHI)

==============

There are several of those accounts out there. The first and possibly worst one I ever read was by an Egyptian woman, Nawal El Saadawi.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:49 PM (Px6E0)

277 "I submit to you that your Empire is illogical because it cannot endure. I submit that you are illogical to be a willing part of it."

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 06:50 PM (ciYHQ)

278 I'm just pissed at being the sucker all the time.

If my state passed that no looking into places receiving govt funds thing like VA, I am opening up a somali day care.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 27, 2026 06:50 PM (n5tGW)

279 Down in New Orleans where everything's fine
All them cats love Somali wine

Some buy the fifth
Some buy the quart

When you buy Somali you're doin' things smart

Posted by: Sicks "Miklos" McGee, drinking Spo-de-o-Dee at January 27, 2026 06:50 PM (AP7fj)

280 Nood. If I was in LA.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 27, 2026 06:51 PM (0sNs1)

281 It's 40 degrees here in Wyoming today. We are having a mild winter here. It's strange.

Posted by: fourseasons
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Here, as well. Was almost 50F today. Nights were in the 20s & high teens for a few, recently. Now a tiny chance of snow tonight. It'll melt right away. Highs in 40s-low 50s coming up.

Strange, indeed!

Posted by: JQ at January 27, 2026 06:52 PM (rdVOm)

282
Saw some lady on X who was theorizing that what was really driving AWFLs further all the time was a lack of a strong man in their lives. She got a bit bawdy as well, talking about how sex relieves stress. But she really meant that it's just a frustration that builds because they hate what they also feel they need.
Posted by: Axeman

==============

Except these women have no idea what they're missing. They simply hate having sex; there's nothing in it for them and men are insatiable.

As for the men, there's evidence that they're affected by a field of partners consisting of "tabletops," as mutilated women are called.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:52 PM (Px6E0)

283 Also alcohol consumption is way down.

So...who's buying this wine?

maybe its exported to Somalia.

Posted by: coba at January 27, 2026 06:52 PM (IuIym)

284
One of the big Gallo industrial wineries is about a mile down the road from my shop. Looks like an oil refinery with a shit-load of huge storage tanks. Has it's own rail spur and they load tanker cars all the time, probably to send off raw wine for bottling in other facilities.

Everything looks like it's made from stainless steel. I imagine that the wine is very... fresh.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 27, 2026 06:53 PM (y9nCu)

285 Can you make "Estate-Grown" wine from thistles? Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Grandaddy made elderberry wine on his farm estate.

Never bothered to put labels on the bottles

Posted by: Miklos avec Neck Rouge at January 27, 2026 06:53 PM (AP7fj)

286 Nood. If I was in LA.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 27, 2026 06:51 PM (0sNs1)
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Ahem. were

Posted by: That Guy at January 27, 2026 06:54 PM (krQz2)

287 The grapes thing sounds like a way to funnel money without campaign funding. Sell the 'grapes' for a low price like Hillary's cattle futures, then buy the wine and divide the profits. Then the money is Omars.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 27, 2026 06:55 PM (8avO+)

288 (notes from flute, Alugalug Cat)

https://tinyurl.com/mr3kubh8

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 06:56 PM (ciYHQ)

289 I'm certain she's had it. FGM rate in Somalia is said to be 99%.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:41 PM (Px6E0)

This is yet another thing I do not get about Islam. If the gal is not into it... it takes almost all of the fun out of it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 06:59 PM (zZu0s)

290 For Somalians being lot IQ they sure know how to pirate and stealing Posted by: Skip at January 27, 2026 06:19 PM (Ia/+0)

My kid's hamster kept getting out of its cage. I was frustrated because, I'm much smarter than a hamster. Then I realized, the hamster has 24/7 to try to get out of his cage, I have only a couple of minutes to think about keeping him in.

Also, Somalis have been stealing aid money from NGOs in Somalia since 1978.
Posted by: The Whine Guy at January 27, 2026 06:28 PM (tV890)

I'm sure there are plenty of non Somali's helping out with these scams in exchange for a percentage of the take or something.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 27, 2026 07:00 PM (8avO+)

291 Everything looks like it's made from stainless steel. I imagine that the wine is very... fresh.


It is. Gallo ages their wine on the truck.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 27, 2026 07:01 PM (a4flb)

292 And if you're really sharp, you can cash out big on your winery, software firm, whatever, when it inevitably implodes. Ask the WeWork guy.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 06:17 PM (Px6E0)

I swear these people do absolutely zero due diligence before investing or acquiring. Take Theranos for example. People threw hundreds of millions of dollars at that chick having done no inquiry whatsoever.

Posted by: Somehow dumb people get rich at January 27, 2026 07:03 PM (TbWk/)

293 Back in 1998-2000 we went to check out a new brewery in Kenwood (Napa)- a very large Krones bottling line/shop - probably 500+ bottles a minute. Everything was spanking new. It sat there idle. Bottling lines that size should be operating two shifts. We never saw the kettles and uni-tanks. It was connected to a well established winery.

Ale was good, the only problem was no one was buying it. Never once saw it on shelves at the grocery store. It went belly-up.

Posted by: 13times at January 27, 2026 07:08 PM (tGUk4)

294 > This is yet another thing I do not get about Islam. If the gal is not into it... it takes almost all of the fun out of it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 06:59 PM (zZu0s)

Well, here's the thing: you know that you are capable of making it fun for the woman, or at least that is part of your goal.

Your typical Muzzie has no such goal and probably wouldn't be capable of performing it anyway. They're pathologically insecure about their sexual prowess. That's why they keep their women in harems, put bags over their heads, and so on... to make sure they don't meet any men who might be capable of pleasing a woman. In the extreme, they use surgery to make sure she can't possibly be pleased by anyone.

It is a sick, sick culture and it needs to be eradicated from the face of the earth.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 27, 2026 07:19 PM (IG3/x)

295 There are successful vineyards, wineries and winos.

LA Time, 2015
Nancy Pelosi’s vineyard makes her fourth-richest Californian in Congress 🙄
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Aside from that: It looks like eStCru LLC was registered to ship wine in Maryland until mid-2023.

Odd. (eStCru LLC is linked to Tim Mynett (husband of Rep. Ilhan Omar) and his business partner Will Hailer.

From the West Pike website: (In part) "Will Hailer is the Co-Founder and Partner at West Pike focuses on creating long-term value through opportunistic investments in the beverage industry. We accomplish that through transformation to operations, vertical integration, sustainability and decades of experience.

Will spent almost two decades rising within the leadership ranks of politics in the United States – ultimately serving as the Senior Advisor to the Chairman at the Democratic National Committee. ..."
---
Bloomberg, Nov 21, 2024, 'Byju's founder 'tried to regain firm' with cash hidden from US lenders'
Raveendran allegedly recruited Hailer, who is a former political consultant, to try to buy out US creditors owed more than $1.2 billion under a loan
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'Investment' in clean energy infrastructure?'

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 27, 2026 07:26 PM (NFX2v)

MSNBC Airs Fake Photo of Dead "Protester" Alex Pretti, Modified by AI to Make Him Look More Masculine, Handsome, and Heroic

NottheBee has a hilarious recap of this latest propaganda from "MSNOW."


Before getting to that: Although the media keeps referring to this terrorist as an "ICU nurse," the truth is he was an unemployed bum who quit his job to be a full-time paid agitator.

And he's a violent agitator:

Julie Kelly
@julie_kelly2

NEW: CNN reporting that Alex Pretti broke a rib during a separate altercation with federal officers a week before he was fatally shot attempting to obstruct an immigration operation.

According to sources, Pretti was already known to federal authorities for his involvement in obstructing raids and targeting officers.

CNN: "The earlier incident started when he stopped his car after observing ICE agents chasing what he described as a family on foot, and began shouting and blowing his whistle, according to a source who asked not to be named out of fear of retribution.

Pretti later told the source that five agents tackled him and one leaned on his back -- an encounter that left him with a broken rib. The agents quickly released him at the scene. Pretti was later given medication consistent with treating a broken rib, according to records reviewed by CNN."

OH.

Here's Pretti.

pretti.jpg
"State law requires me to inform you I have moved into your neighborhood"

Below, the real photo of the dead "protester" and his "Alpha Chad" AI Deepfake.

The AI photo makes him look like he hoists tankards of magical mead after fighting side-by-side with Thor.

The real photo shows a cashew-headed dweeb who has his penis nice and tucked for a night out cruising at the local playground.

Huh. They also seem to have taken the photo to Miami for a quick weekend tan.

This.

Takes.

BALLZZZ:

Real Twitter Journalists have discovered more completely-real pictures of the dead "protester."

This is their go-to move:


Posted by: Ace at 04:45 PM




Comments

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1 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at January 27, 2026 04:46 PM (LdBR/)

2 1st

Posted by: m at January 27, 2026 04:46 PM (SSiCQ)

3 2nd

Posted by: Thanatopsis at January 27, 2026 04:46 PM (LdBR/)

4 I'll go nood

Posted by: Thanatopsis at January 27, 2026 04:46 PM (LdBR/)

5 I saw a Lesbian Gender Goblins ad before a TJM video.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 27, 2026 04:47 PM (2aYv8)

6 12 year old Trayvon Martin smiles from somewhere.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 27, 2026 04:47 PM (Fs0KI)

7 Pretti's not gonna peel off any of my groupies, is he?
-- Luigi Mangione

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 04:47 PM (77rzZ)

8 McDreamy the terrorist.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 27, 2026 04:47 PM (8CIFn)

9 ICE killed Fabio!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 04:48 PM (ZOv7s)

10 At least they didn't show his eighth grade picture. Guess that's only reserved for favored criminals

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 04:48 PM (IDEQi)

11 I'll go nood
Posted by: Thanatopsis

Um...are yu a nubile 'Ette? Otherwise, please don't.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 04:48 PM (77rzZ)

12 I laughing so hard. Bust a gut, even.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 04:49 PM (wVcYX)

13 I like the long haired one...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 27, 2026 04:49 PM (VE6XX)

14 The memes

Posted by: steevy at January 27, 2026 04:49 PM (YwEeS)

15 Oh and what evidence is there of growing outrage?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 27, 2026 04:49 PM (8CIFn)

16 Looks at 2nd photo of Renee.

So much for dinner.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 27, 2026 04:49 PM (/HDaX)

17 They thickened up his pencil neck

Posted by: Ben Had at January 27, 2026 04:49 PM (0KSrI)

18 So, the dude is supposed the be a cross between Thor and Reacher?

That's funny.

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 04:49 PM (XuXeR)

19 This would have made my job so much easier.

Posted by: Comrade who airbrushed Stalin's photos at January 27, 2026 04:50 PM (PiwSw)

20 ICU Nurse Giga Chad!

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 04:50 PM (wVcYX)

21 Why would they have to photoshop a picture of the dead guy I wonder?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 27, 2026 04:50 PM (0N4FZ)

22 Maybe the Washington Post could look into this?

Posted by: Crusader at January 27, 2026 04:50 PM (Cjcf6)

23 If I were a left wing protesters, they'd show me as a Wookie with thick and luxurious hair.

But being how I truly am, they'd make me look like a Skunk Ape who was raiding a community garbage can.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 27, 2026 04:50 PM (0xwPn)

24 The long flowing locks are a good look. Maybe they did that when they buried him.

Posted by: turambar at January 27, 2026 04:51 PM (Q0yOR)

25 So he was an unemployed professional agitator...Goodbye Saint Alex

Posted by: It's me donna at January 27, 2026 04:51 PM (VE6XX)

26 Think of the trashy romance novel cover image deals!

Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 27, 2026 04:51 PM (MSlZp)

27 Pretti looks a person the The Rick Wilson would like to get to know better.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 27, 2026 04:51 PM (abIsI)

28 They thickened up his pencil neck
Posted by: Ben Had at January 27, 2026 04:49 PM (0KSrI)

They thickened up everything.

You can get the MSNOW result in Photoshop by doing a simple image enlargement left to right and increasing the image saturation.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 27, 2026 04:51 PM (/HDaX)

29 I noticed a resemblance to Tom Selleck.

Posted by: fd at January 27, 2026 04:51 PM (vFG9F)

30 "Before getting to that: Although the media keeps referring to this terrorist as an "ICU nurse," the truth is he was an unemployed bum who quit his job to be a full-time paid agitator."


The wife was HR for the VA for years and she is pretty sure this guy "resigned" in lieu of getting fired.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 27, 2026 04:51 PM (0N4FZ)

31 Didn't Newsweek get in trouble for making Obama "darker" on one of their covers?

Posted by: Adriane the Lack of Vacuum Critic. . . at January 27, 2026 04:51 PM (BFjD6)

32 Making him look more attractive to heterosexual women, brought to you by the same people who can't tell you what is a woman, but that trans women are women.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 27, 2026 04:51 PM (HXT0k)

33 So he was an unemployed professional agitator...Goodbye Saint Alex
Posted by: It's me donna at January 27, 2026 04:51 PM (VE6XX)
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He died doing what he loved.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 04:52 PM (ZOv7s)

34 >>>Nicolle Wallace while showing AI-enhanced Pretti photo:
"Donald Trump and his administration are demanding once again that you do not believe your eyes and ears."

What is she even on about there?

Posted by: m at January 27, 2026 04:52 PM (SSiCQ)

35 MS-MAO.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 04:52 PM (krQz2)

36 I'll go nood
Posted by: Thanatopsis

Um...are yu a nubile 'Ette? Otherwise, please don't.
***
What I do at home is no-one's business.








Posted by: Thanatopsis at January 27, 2026 04:52 PM (LdBR/)

37 MSNOW, I'm protesting too! Who's a girl gotta blow to get a glow-up around here?!?!

Posted by: Lena Dunham at January 27, 2026 04:52 PM (JCZqz)

38 No telling what sort of manifesto this guy had but we'll probably never see.

Bring a pistol and two full clips to "observe" law enforcement. Sure, okay.

Posted by: Leupold at January 27, 2026 04:52 PM (eIzlH)

39 lolrofl those fakes! rofl

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 04:52 PM (N8ZBc)

40 They thickened up everything.

You can get the MSNOW result in Photoshop by doing a simple image enlargement left to right and increasing the image saturation."

/ the Paolo, he needs no...thickening

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 04:52 PM (XuXeR)

41 Here's Pretti.
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Pretti is as Pretti does.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 04:53 PM (krQz2)

42 The MemeLords are undefeated.

Posted by: garrett at January 27, 2026 04:53 PM (ZcsJV)

43 Nicole Wallace?

If she had half a brain she might be dangerous.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 27, 2026 04:53 PM (RIvkX)

44 They forgot the halo.

Posted by: davidt at January 27, 2026 04:53 PM (Q+gd/)

45 Why does Renee look like she's standing on the prow of the Titanic?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 27, 2026 04:53 PM (8CIFn)

46 These lefty loons are ugly.

Besides being batsh**t crazy.

That is all.

Posted by: TecumsehTea at January 27, 2026 04:53 PM (nz1sK)

47 I noticed a resemblance to Tom Selleck.
Posted by: fd

You shut your filthy mouth!

Posted by: She Hobbit at January 27, 2026 04:53 PM (ftFVW)

48 I mean this is not just choosing an old picture like they did with Good or Trayvon Martin, this is next level.

Posted by: steevy at January 27, 2026 04:53 PM (YwEeS)

49 eh. He was lawfully carrying and shot multiple times after his gun was removed.

Ruby Ridge
Waco

Those use to mean something. Now it's just trust the government. If they shoot you, you deserved it...

Posted by: Diabeetus at January 27, 2026 04:54 PM (0VkZe)

50 Still, extremely punchable.

Posted by: Get out of my fucking shot at January 27, 2026 04:54 PM (jZ3ZM)

51 I noticed a resemblance to Tom Selleck."

They both have faces?

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 04:54 PM (XuXeR)

52 Alex Pretti doesn't have GAINZZZ -- he has Gains (dog food) for dinner.

Posted by: zombie at January 27, 2026 04:54 PM (se8lQ)

53 "Donald Trump and his administration are demanding once again that you do not believe your eyes and ears."

Sigh....

Their Accusations are their Confessions

Again...

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 27, 2026 04:54 PM (a4flb)

54
Rowwrrr!

*bites heel of hand*

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at January 27, 2026 04:54 PM (Dv3i1)

55 lol the Pshop neural filters! they can change the expression on your face too

anyway the weird thing is 'why'

why do this, ladies?

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 04:54 PM (emBoF)

56 You cannot hate the media enough but you can surely try each day.

Posted by: turambar at January 27, 2026 04:54 PM (Q0yOR)

57 My boner is so hard right now, its girth would choke AI.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 27, 2026 04:54 PM (oT7pT)

58 >>Didn't Newsweek get in trouble for making Obama "darker" on one of their covers?


The One Drop More Rule

Posted by: garrett at January 27, 2026 04:54 PM (ZcsJV)

59 The odds that Pretti didn't have shit on his hard drive that would make a seasoned Special Victims detective throw up in his own lap are about the same as the odds that Sydney Sweeney and Kate Upton are going to show up at my front door and beg to have a three-way.

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 04:55 PM (5aZAZ)

60 Nurse Giga Chand would have the entire hospital system's patients lined up for his surgical prep. Women and men alike.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 04:55 PM (wVcYX)

61 My plan is to unremember this dude's name by sundown tomorrow.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 27, 2026 04:55 PM (RIvkX)

62 Full name: Alex Paolo Pretti.

Posted by: zombie at January 27, 2026 04:55 PM (se8lQ)

63 Why does Renee look like she's standing on the prow of the Titanic?"

Movie was the last time she went on a date?

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 04:55 PM (XuXeR)

64 Those use to mean something. Now it's just trust the government. If they shoot you, you deserved it...
Posted by: Diabeetus

You could, you know, not interfere when the cops are arresting someone.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 27, 2026 04:55 PM (Dv3i1)

65 And the story about him being thrown to the ground by ICE when he was yelling and blowing his whistle in an earlier encounter is bunk too.. They don't throw you to the ground for that.. He was obviously doing more like blocking with his vehicle ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 27, 2026 04:55 PM (VE6XX)

66 So the left accidently made Pretti into a hilarious meme.

Posted by: Max Power at January 27, 2026 04:56 PM (SwyyQ)

67 Alex Pretty-Boy.

Posted by: zombie at January 27, 2026 04:56 PM (se8lQ)

68 Pretti looks a person the The Rick Wilson would like to get to know better.
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How many handies does he have to give him to know him better?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 27, 2026 04:56 PM (HXT0k)

69 55 lol the Pshop neural filters! they can change the expression on your face too

anyway the weird thing is 'why'

why do this, ladies?
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 04:54 PM (emBoF)

B/c it's a scientific fact - people have less sympathy for ugly people...and he was ugly in the real pic.

Same for fat people.

Posted by: Nova Local at January 27, 2026 04:56 PM (tOcjL)

70 Good -n- Pretty

Posted by: muldoon at January 27, 2026 04:56 PM (qgHp7)

71 "Donald Trump and his administration are demanding once again that you do not believe your eyes and ears."
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What did your eyes see when Ashli Babbitt was shot?

At what vector was Byrd's life *threatened*?

Can you tell from any recording that Byrd actually announced himself?

I danced on nobody's grave. But you did the dance over a woman ostensibly executed, because you liked the political result.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 04:56 PM (krQz2)

72 eh. He was lawfully carrying and shot multiple times after his gun was removed.
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Not exactly. He was issued a permit by the State of Minnesota. Its requited to be on one's person when one carries in that state. He didn't have that on him. So matter what we think of Minnesota's gun laws and the constitutionality of requiring a permit, its not accurate to assert he was "lawfully carrying".

Posted by: Crusader at January 27, 2026 04:57 PM (Cjcf6)

73 I still feel bad for his parents. They tried to talk some sense into him.

Posted by: garrett at January 27, 2026 04:57 PM (ZcsJV)

74 He was lawfully carrying and shot multiple times after his gun was removed.
-
It's not like the gun was taken and five minutes later they shot him. It was a few camera frames.

In any case, he went to the scene looking for trouble and got it. No one compelled him to go there. So yes, this specific asshole deserved it.

Posted by: Methos at January 27, 2026 04:57 PM (vSvIl)

75 That's fucking hilarious.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 04:57 PM (zZu0s)

76 Sydney Sweeney and Kate Upton are going to show up at my front door and beg to have a three-way."

Hmmm.

Well, a man can dream, I guess.

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 04:57 PM (XuXeR)

77 Hansome Breaux

Posted by: muldoon at January 27, 2026 04:57 PM (qgHp7)

78 27 Pretti looks a person the The Rick Wilson would like to get to know better.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 27, 2026 04:51 PM (abIsI)

Looks like a person The Rick Wilson would like to get behind.

Posted by: m at January 27, 2026 04:57 PM (SSiCQ)

79 My boner is so hard right now, its girth would choke AI.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 27, 2026 04:54 PM (oT7pT)

Linda Lovelace, even!

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 04:57 PM (wVcYX)

80 Where are the real journalists of yesteryear?

You know, Jim Acosta, Brian "Sex Machine" Stelter, and Dan Rather?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 27, 2026 04:57 PM (0sNs1)

81 I want him riding bareback on a black stallion (in any sense you care for).

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 27, 2026 04:58 PM (kpS4V)

82 Why can't Rachel Maddow use AI on her face?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 27, 2026 04:58 PM (8CIFn)

83 Here's Pretti.
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Pretti is as Pretti does.
Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 04:53 PM (krQz2)
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Err... did.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 04:58 PM (krQz2)

84 And the story about him being thrown to the ground by ICE when he was yelling and blowing his whistle in an earlier encounter is bunk too.. They don't throw you to the ground for that.. He was obviously doing more like blocking with his vehicle ?
Posted by: It's me donna

===

I would bet its the same as what happened to Floyd.

You only get a few minutes where a cop is choking a guy, what you didn't see was a nearly hour long video where Floyd was fighting multiple officers to simply be put in the back of a squad car and wouldn't allow himself to be arrested.

Posted by: Leupold at January 27, 2026 04:58 PM (eIzlH)

85 Wait, they can thicken necks?

Posted by: Adam Schiff at January 27, 2026 04:58 PM (PiwSw)

86 "I noticed a resemblance to Tom Selleck.
Posted by: fd

You shut your filthy mouth!
Posted by: She Hobbit "


They both have two ears and a nose.

Posted by: fd at January 27, 2026 04:58 PM (vFG9F)

87 Can't remember the last time a media photo was labeled 'file photo,' or 'stock photo,' or 'artist's conception.'

They'll report the crash of a C172, and use a file photo of a B747 to headline the story, without mentioning 'this is a file photo of a completely different kind of aircraft.'

Astronomy news is the worst; they put up animations and cartoons 95% of the time, without stating that the images are BS, not photographic.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 04:59 PM (N8ZBc)

88 He’s how do you say in English a pedo who like young boys, yes?

Posted by: Really?? at January 27, 2026 04:59 PM (4uLDQ)

89 Pretti, ain't so.

Posted by: Joe Mama at January 27, 2026 04:59 PM (TezPK)

90 brought to you by the same people who can't tell you what is a woman, but that trans women are women.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice

There was a commentator for a video game race recently how was happy to "see more fem representation" because both she and both runners were actual women.

Which would mean more (maybe) if she weren't also on team "men cosplaying as women are also totes women"

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 27, 2026 04:59 PM (a+4eV)

91 I want him riding bareback on a black stallion"

Ah, er....

Hmm.

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 04:59 PM (XuXeR)

92 Not exactly. He was issued a permit by the State of Minnesota. Its requited to be on one's person when one carries in that state. He didn't have that on him.

While true, 1) it is a misdemeanor of the "fix it ticket" variety and 2) the officers couldn't have known it at the time so it is irrelevant to whether or not their actions were justifiable.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 27, 2026 04:59 PM (Fs0KI)

93 Um...are yu a nubile 'Ette? Otherwise, please don't.
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 04:48 PM

All 'ettes are nubile. It's in their contract.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 27, 2026 04:59 PM (0sNs1)

94 Same for fat people.
Posted by: Nova Local at January 27, 2026 04:56 PM (tOcjL)

Vertical stripes are slimming.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 04:59 PM (wVcYX)

95 Sydney Sweeney and Kate Upton are going to show up at my front door and beg to have a three-way."

Hmmm.

Well, a man can dream, I guess.
Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 04:57 PM (XuXeR)

What was the Chris Rock joke?

'We decided to have a dick sucking contest and thought you'd be a good judge.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 05:00 PM (zZu0s)

96 Daily Mail has the same pic. I suppose everyone got the buff Pretti pic. They couldn't find one of him in his Boy Scout uniform?

Posted by: fd at January 27, 2026 05:00 PM (vFG9F)

97 Remember when Bill Clinton burned a bunch of women and children alive because some harmless religious kook was home-schooling kids?

Remember when Bill Clinton had his goons kick in the door and hold fully-automatic rifles on a 5 year old boy in order to deport him back to Cuba?

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 27, 2026 05:00 PM (HXT0k)

98 I guess they're getting really tired of people pointing on the their horrible women are manatees and their horrible men all look like Smeagol driving a rape van.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 05:00 PM (BI5O2)

99 Spent some time in Photoshop and they did a little more work than I initially suspected. His torso's been thickened preferentially compared to his head. And they straightened his nose.

That's for starters.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 27, 2026 05:00 PM (/HDaX)

100 59 ... Sydney Sweeney and Kate Upton are going to show up at my front door and beg to have a three-way
Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 04:55 PM (5aZAZ)

... with ...?

Posted by: m at January 27, 2026 05:01 PM (SSiCQ)

101 "...and their horrible men all look like Smeagol driving a rape van."
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Ha!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 27, 2026 05:02 PM (kpS4V)

102 Why didn't they show him in the Burt Reynolds Playgirl pose?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 27, 2026 05:02 PM (8CIFn)

103 Lying liars who lie.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at January 27, 2026 05:02 PM (5yDGQ)

104 Boy, if I had this tech. Oh Boy!

Posted by: Dr. Joe Gurgles at January 27, 2026 05:02 PM (R/m4+)

105 ok speaking of penises ...

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms?!! anyone watching?

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 05:02 PM (emBoF)

106 I the Democratic Party HQ basement, where they do the focus-grouping and meme-testing, they have a Panty Moistometer, which measures the moistness of AWFL panties when shown various potential martyr photos.

"Luigi Mangioni -- Moistness level 7.6! Release the Martyr Propaganda Machine!"

"Crazy bum who set that woman on fire on the subway — Moistness level 1.9. Better hold off on this one."

"Alex Pretti — Mostness level 3.8. Hmmmm. Not quite hgih enough. Deploy the Photoshop! Deploy the Photoshop!"

Posted by: zombie at January 27, 2026 05:02 PM (se8lQ)

107 >>I still feel bad for his parents. They tried to talk some sense into him.

Mama tried.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 27, 2026 05:02 PM (viF8m)

108 Now is why I wish we could post photos. Anyone see him in his pretty pink frilly dress going up stairs?

Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2026 05:03 PM (RoI99)

109 The only picture they could find of Trayvon was as a 10 year old.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 27, 2026 05:03 PM (0KSrI)

110 "he went to the scene looking for trouble and got it. No one compelled him to go there"

That settles it for me. If you want to be a lefty hero Fighting The Man in CQB, don't bring a lethal weapon unless you want to get dead. Go hand to hand, hero. I don't know why people haven't figured that out yet.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 05:03 PM (N8ZBc)

111 Just a friendly reminder none of the arrested Jan 6 protesters had a gun on them.

Posted by: Leupold at January 27, 2026 05:03 PM (eIzlH)

112 Nicole Wallace stabbed Sarah Palin in the back. Even if you don't like Palin , Wallace is a complete scumbag

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 05:03 PM (IDEQi)

113 A new meme, thank God.

Posted by: Marco Rubio dressed as Chewbacca for the next Star Wars Dumpster Fire at January 27, 2026 05:03 PM (RxC5d)

114 Fake news love to fake news, they can't help themselves.

Posted by: Case at January 27, 2026 05:03 PM (E7+ue)

115 Not exactly. He was issued a permit by the State of Minnesota. Its requited to be on one's person when one carries in that state. He didn't have that on him.

While true, 1) it is a misdemeanor of the "fix it ticket" variety and 2) the officers couldn't have known it at the time so it is irrelevant to whether or not their actions were justifiable.
Posted by: Oddbob at January 27, 2026 04:59 PM (Fs0KI)
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It also requires when encountering an officer, that you tell the officer "I have a gun", where it is, and you don't touch it, but simply point to it.

Gee, I wonder why you can't just hand it to him since, "no cops life is in danger" in the case of one handing it over to the cops.

I mean I was just getting my gun out, and some badly trained cop overreacted!!, just because I'm not supposed to be reaching for it!

Fascism everywhere!

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 05:03 PM (krQz2)

116 the odds that Sydney Sweeney and Kate Upton are going to show up at my front door and beg to have a three-way.

There a reason the Las Vegas sportsbooks don't, how you say, post odds on The Paolo's encounters.

Posted by: Paolo at January 27, 2026 05:03 PM (0sNs1)

117 >>Mama tried.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 27, 2026 05:02 PM (viF8m)


Exactly.

Posted by: garrett at January 27, 2026 05:04 PM (ZcsJV)

118 Sydney Sweeney and Kate Upton are going to show up at my front door and beg to have a three-way
Posted by: ballistic

Butterface or weird torso?

Embrace the power of "and"!

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 05:04 PM (77rzZ)

119 ok speaking of penises ...

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms?!! anyone watching?
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 05:02 PM (emBoF)

Iirc, they are saying the most recent episode had a giant cock in it.

And not George RR Martin...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 05:04 PM (zZu0s)

120 President Donald Trump signed an executive order placing the federal government in charge of the rebuild in Los Angeles, CA, following the January 2025 Pacific Palisades wildfires.

“I want to see if we can take over the city and state and just give the people their permits they want to build,” Trump told The California Post.

Trump pointed out the failures of Gov. Gavin Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass, as well as the Biden administration’s slow response.
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Hey Gavin! How does Trump's ass taste?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 27, 2026 05:04 PM (RIvkX)

121 "Health care professionals" have been showing their asses since COVID, at least.

Posted by: mr tmz at January 27, 2026 05:04 PM (rJ48h)

122 This.

Takes.

BALLZZZ:
++++
No it doesn't. It takes merely being a "newsman."

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 05:04 PM (MABZ1)

123 I wonder if both parents were Italian?

USUALLY Italian moms spoil their sons so hard they're too busy eating yummy food to go protesting

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 05:05 PM (emBoF)

124 Someone's gotta put Pretti's face on that classic 1970s-era "handsome Jesus" image found in so many Catholic households in that era.

Posted by: zombie at January 27, 2026 05:05 PM (se8lQ)

125 Amazing people believe these fucktards this day in age.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 27, 2026 05:05 PM (Cifda)

126 Iirc, they are saying the most recent episode had a giant cock in it.


IT WAS MASSIVE

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 05:05 PM (emBoF)

127 Looks like they learned it from the Palestinian School of Journalism.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 27, 2026 05:05 PM (ESVrU)

128 This is their go-to move:
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One manifestation of it, sure.

The real "move" is merely deception. Nothing more, nothing less, nothing else.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 05:05 PM (MABZ1)

129 AWFLs need their fantasies, and the reality was just too ugly for that.

Posted by: brak at January 27, 2026 05:05 PM (jGJov)

130 Um, no, this is not Ruby Ridge or Waco.
This Pretti guy’s death is the result of months of leftist agitators creating chaos and escalating their tactics until two of their own are martyred.

I don’t blame ICE or the Feds because all of these people as a group were, and still are, asking for it.

Their entire aim is to totally derail the deportation agenda Trump was elected for and that game plan is working almost exactly how they wanted.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 27, 2026 05:05 PM (6ydKt)

131 oh zombie I'm sure someone has

if not I'll do it

I was thinking more the "buff SpongeBob" image tho

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 05:06 PM (emBoF)

132 Second picture from "Achilles"- LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 05:06 PM (rZCVI)

133 Looks at 2nd photo of Renee.

So much for dinner.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 27, 2026 04:49 PM (/HDaX)

Was that pic before or after the lead facial?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 05:06 PM (snZF9)

134 If I had a gun and a CWP, and I took my gun to a protest and did not follow the protocol for concealed carry with police officers, I can't say I don't have the right to bear arms.

But I certainly wouldn't expect that it was a big surprise that I ended up shot.

You win stupid prizes when you play stupid games.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 05:06 PM (krQz2)

135 Rittenhouse went looking for trouble according to libs. They were wrong. This dude may have been looking for trouble but from the video, he was not a threat.

Keep shooting people for no reason, govies. See where that gets you. See where it gets most governments.

Ruby Ridge
Waco

We've seen it before...

And now it's coming for all of us.

Posted by: Diabeetus at January 27, 2026 05:07 PM (0VkZe)

136 Vertical stripes are slimming.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 04:59 PM

I, myself, have been ridiculed by the 'ettes for offering this most excellent fashion advice to them.

Life is unfair.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 27, 2026 05:07 PM (0sNs1)

137 109 The only picture they could find of Trayvon was as a 10 year old.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 27, 2026 05:03 PM (0KSrI)


All the photos of him at his graduation with honors from Cambridge University in England were destroyed when his family's house burned down.

Posted by: Gref at January 27, 2026 05:07 PM (5rh/l)

138 IT WAS MASSIVE
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 05:05 PM (emBoF)

Someone on Nerdrotic and Azs podcast said they asked the director if it was a prosthetic and he said he assumed it was real.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 05:07 PM (zZu0s)

139 "State law requires me to inform you I have moved into your neighborhood"

------------

* snort *

Cruel, but fair.

Why do all these pedos -- to get off on protecting pedos -- always look like pedos? /rhetorical

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 27, 2026 05:07 PM (gRinF)

140 eh. He was lawfully carrying and shot multiple times after his gun was removed.
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Not exactly. He was issued a permit by the State of Minnesota. Its requited to be on one's person when one carries in that state. He didn't have that on him. So matter what we think of Minnesota's gun laws and the constitutionality of requiring a permit, its not accurate to assert he was "lawfully carrying".

Posted by: Crusader at January 27, 2026 04:57 PM


And the AG for the state of minnesota is on record arguing last year in federal court that there is ZERO constitutional right to carry a gun during a protest.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 27, 2026 05:08 PM (0N4FZ)

141 Iirc, they are saying the most recent episode had a giant cock in it.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 05:04 PM (zZu0s)
++++
Chick show?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 05:08 PM (MABZ1)

142 anyway A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is really really good so far

I like Ren Faires so I've seen a lot of jousts and the ones in this show are EPIC

just really well shot

good stuff

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 05:08 PM (emBoF)

143 Someone's gotta put Pretti's face on that classic 1970s-era "handsome Jesus" image found in so many Catholic households in that era.

Decoupaged onto a heavily varnished piece of wood with a clock. "Jesus, would you look at the time!"

Posted by: Oddbob at January 27, 2026 05:08 PM (Fs0KI)

144 Mama tried.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 27, 2026 05:02 PM (viF8m)
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She told me not to come

(Phrasing Guard)

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 05:08 PM (krQz2)

145 Not that I would care to see the result...

Does Grok still mangle images to put people in pink bikinis?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 27, 2026 05:08 PM (a4flb)

146 As Garison Keiler might say, "It was a Pretti Good week in lake Woebegone.

JWM

Posted by: jwm at January 27, 2026 05:08 PM (74GGw)

147 I would not say A Knight is a chick show?

it was a pretty out-of-context weiner

and SHOCKING!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 05:08 PM (emBoF)

148 I saw the internet lawyers on X claiming the MN version of the Good Samaritan law includes a provision for coming to the aid of someone being wrongfully arrested.

And that actually, it was the federal officers who committed a crime by interfering with his attempts to render aid to the woman on the ground.

Retardedness that dense rivals a black hole.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 27, 2026 05:08 PM (HXT0k)

149 So friggin funny. The MSM are absolute imposters. We're supposed to believe even one single word they barf out when they pull stunts like this?

Posted by: washrivergal at January 27, 2026 05:09 PM (f3j4c)

150 Iirc, they are saying the most recent episode had a giant cock in it.


IT WAS MASSIVE
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 05:05 PM (emBoF)

Long Dong Silver rides again?!?

Hi Ho Silver!

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 05:09 PM (wVcYX)

151 I can bench press a full pack of tampons !!!!!

Just ask Timmy Walz when we go to the gym and he is my spotter !!!!!

Posted by: Alex Pretti at January 27, 2026 05:09 PM (thvln)

152 Chick show?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 05:08 PM (MABZ1)

Game of Thrones universe. Its supposed to be a series of short stories Martin wrote that ARENT nihilistic and evil.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 05:09 PM (zZu0s)

153 , they are saying the most recent episode had a giant cock in it.


IT WAS MASSIVE
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Calm down honey, its a prosthetic. I keep mine in a safe at home.

Posted by: Marky Mark at January 27, 2026 05:09 PM (Mw2aG)

154 I seen so many things I ain't never seen before
Don't know what it is, I don't wanna see no more

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 27, 2026 05:10 PM (RIvkX)

155 And the AG for the state of minnesota is on record arguing last year in federal court that there is ZERO constitutional right to carry a gun during a protest.

We're going to start crediting what Keith Ellison says now? That way lies madness stupidity.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 27, 2026 05:10 PM (Fs0KI)

156 Retardedness that dense rivals a black hole.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 27, 2026 05:08 PM

They need to stay in their lane.

Posted by: Tim Walz at January 27, 2026 05:10 PM (0sNs1)

157 Ooh. Pretty! Megyn Kelly says that, legally, his first altercation with ICE made his second experience one in which he "assumed the risk" of danger. Like someone tells you, "don't come up the walk , it's icy". You reply , "no problem , I have good boots." Then what happens is on you

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 27, 2026 05:10 PM (A6kjH)

158 Hindustan Times
Who is Rachel Canoun? Alex Pretti's ex-wife breaks silence after Minneapolis shooting, ‘it doesn’t surprise me that...’
Alex Jeffrey Pretti's ex-wife, Rachel Canoun, shared insights on his political activism and confirmed he had a concealed carry permit.
Published on: Jan 25, 2026 6:14 PM IST
By Shweta Kukreti

Everyone but Miller missed an article about prior political activism? 🤔


Everyone missed but for Miller?

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 27, 2026 05:10 PM (NFX2v)

159 I did look it up. yes MM its a prosthetic

way to spoil everyone lol

I just figured the actor was like 4 feet tall

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 05:10 PM (emBoF)

160 I suppose everyone got the buff Pretti pic. They couldn't find one of him in his Boy Scout uniform?

Posted by: fd at January 27, 2026 05:00 PM (vFG9F)
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He's ready for Tiger Beat.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 05:11 PM (krQz2)

161 Geez! If they wanted a celery to teach about snow, they should've got Hunter!

https://is.gd/vF61Ic

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 27, 2026 05:11 PM (L/fGl)

162 Willem DaFoe is still the reigning champion, unless he also wore a prosthetic dong in Antichrist, which, who knows

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 05:11 PM (emBoF)

163 Does Grok still mangle images to put people in pink bikinis?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 27, 2026 05:08 PM (a4flb)
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Pretti in pink?

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 05:11 PM (krQz2)

164 he feels pretti! oh so pretti!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 05:12 PM (emBoF)

165 102 Why didn't they show him in the Burt Reynolds Playgirl pose?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 27, 2026 05:02 PM (8CIFn)

++++

LOL!

Posted by: washrivergal at January 27, 2026 05:12 PM (f3j4c)

166 The most popular classes at nursing school are "Making Dramatic and Threatening TikTok Videos" and "Sticking it to the Patriarchy!"

Posted by: Wally at January 27, 2026 05:13 PM (65cLN)

167 162 Willem DaFoe is still the reigning champion, unless he also wore a prosthetic dong in Antichrist, which, who knows
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 05:11 PM (emBoF)

i seem to remember a scene from a film named Boogie Nights that you might enjoy.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 27, 2026 05:13 PM (6ydKt)

168 155 And the AG for the state of minnesota is on record arguing last year in federal court that there is ZERO constitutional right to carry a gun during a protest.

We're going to start crediting what Keith Ellison says now? That way lies madness stupidity.
Posted by: Oddbob at January 27, 2026 05:10 PM (Fs0KI)

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The Left has no standards, only feels bound by laws when they're helpful

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 27, 2026 05:13 PM (A6kjH)

169 Massive, meh

Person that collects stallions for articial insemination.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 27, 2026 05:13 PM (0KSrI)

170 Perennial ace-favorite Rick Wilson weighs-in:

"I want Stephen Miller to be the number one in the Nuremberg Trials when this is done. I want Stephen Miller to be the first one that is tried and convicted and f*cking DANGLES!"

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 27, 2026 05:13 PM (0sNs1)

171 I'm actually pretty impressed that they are bothering to touch up a real picture. I am surprised they didn't just prompt their AI system "Generate a sympathetic image of Pretti"

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 05:13 PM (MABZ1)

172 Dude's remake is dreamy....

I want to have his baby, then kill it.

Posted by: Karan's SSRI Shriveled Brain at January 27, 2026 05:14 PM (jtM2q)

173 i seem to remember a scene from a film named Boogie Nights that you might enjoy.


that was a prosthetic tho

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 05:14 PM (emBoF)

174 And now it's coming for all of us.
Posted by: Diabeetus at January 27, 2026 05:07 PM (0VkZe)

No. For the first time in a long time, it is *not* coming for all of us.

Posted by: Methos at January 27, 2026 05:14 PM (vSvIl)

175 Its supposed to be a series of short stories Martin wrote that ARENT nihilistic and evil.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 05:09 PM (zZu0s)
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This is a paradox, isn't it?

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 05:14 PM (krQz2)

176 Perennial ace-favorite Rick Wilson weighs-in:

"I want Stephen Miller to be the number one in the Nuremberg Trials when this is done. I want Stephen Miller to be the first one that is tried and convicted and f*cking DANGLES!"
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 27, 2026 05:13 PM (0sNs1)
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Go 69 with Kevin Williamson, you fag cuck.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 05:14 PM (MABZ1)

177 171 I'm actually pretty impressed that they are bothering to touch up a real picture. I am surprised they didn't just prompt their AI system "Generate a sympathetic image of Pretti"


that's probably exactly what they did - but now you use a reference image

so they used the first image as the reference and then said "make him YUMMIER"

or something

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 05:15 PM (emBoF)

178 170 Perennial ace-favorite Rick Wilson weighs-in:

"I want Stephen Miller to be the number one in the Nuremberg Trials when this is done. I want Stephen Miller to be the first one that is tried and convicted and f*cking DANGLES!"
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 27, 2026 05:13 PM (0sNs1)

Seems like a law enforcement visit is in order...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 27, 2026 05:15 PM (tOcjL)

179 Pretti wasn't at a "protest."

He was part of a vigilante mob helping a wanted criminal escape capture.

And the same assholes now suddenly "he had a 2nd Amendment right to carry!!" are the same assholes that pass laws requiring you to keep your gun in your house locked up in a safe and unloaded at all times.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 27, 2026 05:15 PM (HXT0k)

180 B/c it's a scientific fact - people have less sympathy for ugly people...and he was ugly in the real pic.

Same for fat people.
Posted by: Nova Local at January 27, 2026 04:56 PM (tOcjL)
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Yup. Also less likely for a doctor to make "heroic efforts" to save them.

If you want doctors to go all out on trying to save you, be young and attractive!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 05:15 PM (MABZ1)

181 "I want Stephen Miller to be the number one in the Nuremberg Trials when this is done. I want Stephen Miller to be the first one that is tried and convicted and f*cking DANGLES!"



he seriously said that. the KKK Rick Wilson?

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 05:15 PM (emBoF)

182 are saying the most recent episode had a giant cock in it.


IT WAS MASSIVE
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Calm down honey, its a prosthetic. I keep mine in a safe at home.
Posted by: Marky Mark at
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seem to remember a scene from a film named Boogie Nights that you might enjoy
==
prosthetic. In safe. At home.

Posted by: Marky Mark at January 27, 2026 05:16 PM (Mw2aG)

183 I got my first lesson with this bullshit when I was around 15. Some brawl happened outside of a local school. Dude had some kind of club or wood type weapon. Another dude got it from him and whacked him with it and he died. The dead dude was black, dude who smoked him was white. The newspaper picture they showed was when he was this little 7-8 year old cherub faced kid with a nice smile. In reality he was 15-16, and a fucking gorilla sized dude. I had seen both of them around town so I knew right away the picture was bullshit and knew what they were trying to do. I never forgot that lesson, and never really trusted the media since.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 05:16 PM (snZF9)

184 Any sane girl would swipe left regardless.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 27, 2026 05:16 PM (XV/Pl)

185 Pretti looks like a gay high school math teacher.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 27, 2026 05:16 PM (8CIFn)

186 Why can't Rachel Maddow use AI on her face?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 27, 2026 04:58 PM (8CIFn)

I can’t find it now, but there was a meme showing Maddow from her high school yearbook (actually kind of pretty), Maddow as she is now (you’ve seen her), followed by a picture of Gene Shalit. It made me laugh.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 27, 2026 05:17 PM (H6cKs)

187 Tom Homan after looking at an untouched picture of Rene Good.............

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kUfCj409_lU

Posted by: Jasper at January 27, 2026 05:17 PM (thvln)

188 "I want Stephen Miller to be the number one in the Nuremberg Trials when this is done. I want Stephen Miller to be the first one that is tried and convicted and f*cking DANGLES!"

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 27, 2026 05:13 PM (0sNs1)

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And "Left his gun in the toilet" Michael Byrd? When does he go to the Trials for executing an actually unarmed protestor?

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 05:17 PM (krQz2)

189 You cannot hate the media enough.

And, no matter what they look like, they are looking as good as they ever will there on the Morgue slab.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 27, 2026 05:17 PM (2WIwB)

190 This busty bikini blonde at the beach doesn't subscribe to any news services because she sees no reason to pay money for lies when she get lies for free at any bar she pleases:
http://tiny.cc/ge7y001

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 05:17 PM (MABZ1)

191
I guess this is the media recognizing that 2026 is not the 1960s in that-

There's no cute hippy chicks pushing this revolution,

2026's version of the revolution is all mutants, pedos, ugly land whales, and loony alcoholic wine-soaked cat ladies.

Very uncool.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 27, 2026 05:17 PM (iJfKG)

192 Cashew headed dweeb? My God man, dweebs are allergic to nuts!

Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 27, 2026 05:17 PM (4b7CV)

193 2026's version of the revolution is all mutants, pedos, ugly land whales, and loony alcoholic wine-soaked cat ladies.


heh heh

yep

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 05:18 PM (emBoF)

194 I don't know enough about the events to draw any hard conclusions but its obvious this gut is a gormless male feminist who probably is unsafe around women and possibly children.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 27, 2026 05:18 PM (PYyV9)

195 Pretti wasn't at a "protest."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 27, 2026 05:15 PM (HXT0k)
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He was at an Obstruction.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 05:18 PM (krQz2)

196 Impotent has been mouths off tough guy shit in between sucking cock under an overpass.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 27, 2026 05:19 PM (0KSrI)

197
that was a prosthetic tho

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 05:14 PM (emBoF)


Oh, was it?
I didn't look that closely.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 27, 2026 05:19 PM (6ydKt)

198 ... There's no cute hippy chicks pushing this revolution,

2026's version of the revolution is all mutants, pedos, ugly land whales, and loony alcoholic wine-soaked cat ladies. ...
Posted by: naturalfake at January 27, 2026 05:17 PM (iJfKG)
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Outside of the professional insurgents being run by the government and NGOs, they are actually the same people.

Those "cute hippie chicks" are just old crones now.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 05:19 PM (MABZ1)

199 This busty bikini blonde at the beach doesn't subscribe to any news services because she sees no reason to pay money for lies when she get lies for free at any bar she pleases:
http://tiny.cc/ge7y001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a

That's Karoline Leavitt isn't it? /kidding

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 27, 2026 05:19 PM (8CIFn)

200 190 This busty bikini blonde at the beach doesn't subscribe to any news services because she sees no reason to pay money for lies when she get lies for free at any bar she pleases:

Look at the size of those Chest Muscles !!!!!

She must be able to Bench Press 500 Lbs Dude !!!!!

Posted by: Jasper at January 27, 2026 05:19 PM (thvln)

201 Also every lefty and libertarian can go ahead and fucking spare me their sudden concern over legal gun ownership and/or concealed carry.

Fuck right off with that shit you faggots. Now that it's politically advantageous to you, you're suddenly experts on and big fans of CCW? Eat my whole ass.

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 05:19 PM (5aZAZ)

202 their horrible men all look like Smeagol driving a rape van.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 05:00 PM (BI5O2)

××××+++++×××××

Comment of the Week.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 27, 2026 05:20 PM (Vvh2V)

203 Why can't Rachel Maddow use AI on her face?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 27, 2026 04:58 PM (8CIFn)

I can’t find it now, but there was a meme showing Maddow from her high school yearbook (actually kind of pretty), Maddow as she is now (you’ve seen her), followed by a picture of Gene Shalit. It made me laugh.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 27, 2026 05:17 PM (H6cKs)

What's wrong with your face?!?

Posted by: Mr. Plinkett at January 27, 2026 05:20 PM (wVcYX)

204 2026's version of the revolution is all mutants, pedos, ugly land whales, and loony alcoholic wine-soaked cat ladies.

and very old people. Its like a cartoon of stereotypes for leftists. Which is why I do not think this is landing very well with normies and why they keep very carefully selecting pictures of these people. Like only showing pictures of Rachel Goode from 20 years ago.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 27, 2026 05:20 PM (PYyV9)

205 So I missed the China thread and have seen some updates on various Youtube channels...

There are major troop movements underway around Beijing. This is not normal. No one knows who is on what side, but tanks rolling down the street is not something done lightly. I'm thinking we're just about done with this dynasty.

The Mandate of Heaven is up for grabs again.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 05:20 PM (ZOv7s)

206 I'm supposed to believe what is said on, "em snow?" As in snow job?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 27, 2026 05:20 PM (YlWIZ)

207 194 I don't know enough about the events to draw any hard conclusions but its obvious this gut is a gormless male feminist who probably is unsafe around women and possibly children.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 27, 2026 05:18 PM (PYyV9)



Was

Posted by: It's me donna at January 27, 2026 05:21 PM (VE6XX)

208 Those "cute hippie chicks" are just old crones now.

Yeah its the cute hippie chicks... from 1969. They are great grandmothers now, assuming they didn't murder all their offspring in the name of grrl power.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 27, 2026 05:21 PM (PYyV9)

209 I can’t find it now, but there was a meme showing Maddow from her high school yearbook (actually kind of pretty), Maddow as she is now (you’ve seen her), followed by a picture of Gene Shalit. It made me laugh.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 27, 2026 05:17 PM (H6cKs)
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Hate really does alter your features as you age. People who are happy and pleasant age better. Hate consumes you.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 05:21 PM (ZOv7s)

210 Fuck right off with that shit you faggots. Now that it's politically advantageous to you, you're suddenly experts on and big fans of CCW? Eat my whole ass.
Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 05:19 PM (5aZAZ)
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That shift has been happening for a while. The radical trannies are all-in on gunning up and reflexively oppose *any* 2A infringement. They believe that they will be targeted by gun laws, and it will hurt their preparations to fight the literal trans genocide.

Left activists are increasingly pro-gun for the war they are preparing to fight.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 05:22 PM (MABZ1)

211 I noticed a resemblance to Tom Selleck.
Posted by: fd
_________

James Brolin as P.W. Herman.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 27, 2026 05:22 PM (XvL8K)

212 "I want Stephen Miller to be the number one in the Nuremberg Trials when this is done. I want Stephen Miller to be the first one that is tried and convicted and f*cking DANGLES!"

--------------

Nuremberg Trials may not end well for you and the other treasonous fucks on your side.

Be careful what you wish for ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 27, 2026 05:22 PM (qs+9c)

213 190 This busty bikini blonde at the beach doesn't subscribe to any news services because she sees no reason to pay money for lies when she get lies for free at any bar she pleases:
http://tiny.cc/ge7y001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 05:17 PM (MABZ1

Knocking me out with those American thighs....and wicked sharp elbows.

Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 27, 2026 05:22 PM (4b7CV)

214 Smeagol driving a rape van

I am horse laughing over here LOL

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 05:22 PM (5aZAZ)

215 This is their go-to move:
Posted by: Ace at 04:45 PM

I would be interested in a plain description of how that transition "from MAGA mom to lesbian gender goblin" was effectuated. Was there brainwashing involved, like reverse CBT? I presume drugs were involved, but which ones? (Including all, whether recreational, prescription, or OTC.)

Can just any normal person be turned into a psychopath, or does it require a specific vulnerability. Are there telltales along the way that can be used to wake someone up and warn him or her off the path, or at least take measures to guard your interests against them?

Posted by: SciVo at January 27, 2026 05:23 PM (Sy6m/)

216 Was
Posted by: It's me donna

True, he's now standing tall before The Man.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 27, 2026 05:23 PM (PYyV9)

217 I don't think he looked ugly in the first picture- just rather plain , snd he had a pleasant smile even in the unaltered photo. I think he probably had a good heart to go into medicine before he became rather warped. Plus, he must have been really angry to go back for another ICE encounter after having his rib broken the first time.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 05:23 PM (rZCVI)

218 Show up at for a fight with a waistband carry? Stick to the ER, Ginger.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 27, 2026 05:23 PM (YlWIZ)

219 they are saying the most recent episode had a giant cock in it"

There's a junk, er antique... shop in Tomball with an 8 foot tall cock (rooster) out front... should get it and have it looking over the fence.

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 05:23 PM (XuXeR)

220 The Donald has appeared for speeching in Iowa.

Posted by: kingsman at January 27, 2026 05:23 PM (ehY6c)

221 Oh Vctoria Nuland is another one. 20s looked ok, pleasant even. Now looks like Gollums mom.

Posted by: Marky Mark at January 27, 2026 05:24 PM (Mw2aG)

222 Well, this is it for Trump. Experts say Minneapolis is his Afghanistan.

Posted by: fd at January 27, 2026 05:24 PM (vFG9F)

223 This busty bikini blonde at the beach doesn't subscribe to any news services because she sees no reason to pay money for lies when she get lies for free at any bar she pleases:
http://tiny.cc/ge7y001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 05:17 PM (MABZ1)

Oh,, zank you Doctor!

Posted by: Inga at January 27, 2026 05:24 PM (wVcYX)

224 217 I don't think he looked ugly in the first picture- just rather plain , snd he had a pleasant smile even in the unaltered photo. I think he probably had a good heart to go into medicine before he became rather warped. Plus, he must have been really angry to go back for another ICE encounter after having his rib broken the first time.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 05:23 PM (rZCVI)
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Dude looks like a pedo. Period. He has The Look.

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 05:25 PM (5aZAZ)

225 Also every lefty and libertarian can go ahead and fucking spare me their sudden concern over legal gun ownership and/or concealed carry.

Fuck right off with that shit you faggots. Now that it's politically advantageous to you, you're suddenly experts on and big fans of CCW? Eat my whole ass.
Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 05:19 PM (5aZAZ)
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But they are equivocating on "concealed carry" because Pretti did nothing according to the rules of "concealed carry". In other words, he was the same as a gangbanger with a piece and not a citizen with a permit.

As I pointed out above, just the idea that you are not to touch your gun in the presence of an officer, indicates that you can't just do what you want because you're not actually trying to kill them, as taking your gun out would not be.

They are trying to make this out as badly trained, when what they are really saying is that these guys are not reacting perfectly enough to people when they feel like obstructing and resisting arrest.

This is typical classic 20th-century Democratic "Our people have no agency."

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 05:25 PM (krQz2)

226 6 "12 year old Trayvon Martin smiles from somewhere."
Beat me to it.

Posted by: Malcolm Kirkpatrick at January 27, 2026 05:25 PM (E5t/r)

227 Also every lefty and libertarian can go ahead and fucking spare me their sudden concern over legal gun ownership and/or concealed carry.

Fuck right off with that shit you faggots. Now that it's politically advantageous to you, you're suddenly experts on and big fans of CCW? Eat my whole ass.
Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 05:19 PM (5aZAZ)
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You can spot the fakes who claim to be conservative as well, because they clearly do not know anything about the law of concealed carry, or how one interacts with the cops.

The reason why lawful gun owners have such spotless backgrounds is because they are acutely aware that being armed comes with additional responsibilities. Picking a fight with a cop while packing heat is a great way to get shot, as we've seen.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 05:25 PM (ZOv7s)

228 I don't have much in the way of sympathy for this guy, but the official statement seemed exaggerated, i.e. the "he intended to massacre as many law enforcement as he could" thing. Eh...other than he was armed I haven't seen evidence of that. Nevertheless deliberately physically interfering with and obstructing federal immigration officers is a crime and he put himself at risk. Whether this is a "lawful but awful" shoot is hard for me to tell at this point despite watching the video and stabilized/slowed video several times.

Posted by: Walz wants his martyrs at January 27, 2026 05:25 PM (TbWk/)

229 Oh Vctoria Nuland is another one. 20s looked ok, pleasant even. Now looks like Gollums mom.
Posted by: Marky Mark at January 27, 2026 05:24 PM (Mw2aG)
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Age is unkind to most, but becoming a communist and creature of power will compound its effects mightily.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 05:25 PM (MABZ1)

230 don't have much in the way of sympathy for this guy, but the official statement seemed exaggerated, i.e. the "he intended to massacre as many law enforcement as he could" thing. Eh...other than he was armed I haven't seen evidence of that. Nevertheless deliberately physically interfering with and obstructing federal immigration officers is a crime and he put himself at risk. Whether this is a "lawful but awful" shoot is hard for me to tell at this point despite watching the video and stabilized/slowed video several times.
Posted by: Walz wants his martyrs at January 27, 2026 05:25 PM (TbWk/)
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He's a communist street fighter. I'm not going to sweat the details.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 05:26 PM (MABZ1)

231 " Show up at for a fight with a waistband carry? Stick to the ER, Ginger.
Posted by: Hokey Pokey"

He had no holster? Oh brother. What a gangsta.

Posted by: fd at January 27, 2026 05:27 PM (vFG9F)

232 Hate really does alter your features as you age. People who are happy and pleasant age better. Hate consumes you.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 05:21 PM (ZOv7s)

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Very true. The most attractive people in my life are the ones (not consumed with self- and other-hate) who can laugh the most -- which is one of the reasons I hang out here.

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 27, 2026 05:27 PM (qs+9c)

233 Word to the wise: When noodle arms grabs a gun, it's not the equalizer you think it is

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 27, 2026 05:27 PM (wBaIH)

234 Age is unkind to most, but becoming a communist and creature of power will compound its effects mightily."

Add the DC duo of smoking and drinking...a lot

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 05:27 PM (XuXeR)

235 213 190 This busty bikini blonde at the beach doesn't subscribe to any news services because she sees no reason to pay money for lies when she get lies for free at any bar she pleases:
http://tiny.cc/ge7y001
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 05:17 PM (MABZ1

All Lefty Females of the opposite sex of today are...
1. Fat Slobs
2. Ugly as the Predator Creature
3. Purple/Pink/Blue Hair to include Nostril Hairs
4. 50 Nose and Face piercings
5. Che Guevara Tattoos all over their disgusting bodies
6. Have an IQ of -10
7. Homos
8. Waddle when they walk
9. Even Plastic surgery would not help
10. If my dog had their face, I would shave its ass and teach it to walk backwards...

Posted by: Jasper at January 27, 2026 05:27 PM (thvln)

236 Very true. The most attractive people in my life are the ones (not consumed with self- and other-hate) who can laugh the most -- which is one of the reasons I hang out here.
Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 27, 2026 05:27 PM (qs+9c)
++++
:: slinks away ::

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 05:27 PM (MABZ1)

237 Geez

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 27, 2026 05:28 PM (2GVsD)

238 about the same as the odds that Sydney Sweeney and Kate Upton are going to show up at my front door and beg to have a three-way.

Hey, that could, for sure, happen to me. I'm awaiting their knock any second now.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 27, 2026 05:28 PM (Da7Vv)

239 Dude looks like a pedo. Period. He has The Look.

Yeah, I would be concerned with him around kids.

Whether this is a "lawful but awful" shoot is hard for me to tell at this point

Yeah I can't decide right now but the Trump Administration's response was ridiculously over the top and the "you cannot carry guns to a protest" thing was not just wrong but stupid.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 27, 2026 05:28 PM (PYyV9)

240 Ugly as the Predator Creature

"Take that back or I'll cry!" - Emo Predator from last movie.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 27, 2026 05:29 PM (2GVsD)

241 Hey, that could, for sure, happen to me. I'm awaiting their knock any second now.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 27, 2026 05:28 PM (Da7Vv)
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Spoiler Alert: The knock is Jehovah's Witnesses

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 05:29 PM (MABZ1)

242 Pump Biden up and turn him loose on this one.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 27, 2026 05:29 PM (YlWIZ)

243 They are trying to make this out as badly trained, when what they are really saying is that these guys are not reacting perfectly enough to people when they feel like obstructing and resisting arrest.

This is typical classic 20th-century Democratic "Our people have no agency."
Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 05:25 PM (krQz2)
The reason why lawful gun owners have such spotless backgrounds is because they are acutely aware that being armed comes with additional responsibilities. Picking a fight with a cop while packing heat is a great way to get shot, as we've seen.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 05:25 PM (ZOv7s)
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Exactly on both accounts. No sane, sober, rational gun owner/concealed carrier would do the things this idiot did. Namely, bring a gun to a place where he had a reasonable expectation of being in a confrontation with the cops, then get into a confrontation with the cops, etc. etc. It's stupidity all the way down.

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 05:29 PM (5aZAZ)

244 don't have much in the way of sympathy for this guy, but the official statement seemed exaggerated, i.e. the "he intended to massacre as many law enforcement as he could" thing. Eh...other than he was armed I haven't seen evidence of that. N

Posted by: Walz wants his martyrs at January 27, 2026 05:25 PM (TbWk/)
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Maybe they are speaking from past encounters.

It is overdone in this one case, but we know that he had prior run ins.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 05:29 PM (krQz2)

245 Asking if an ICE agent made a bad call is the wrong question.

If you watch video of this clown, he was screaming, blowing whistles, getting physical, etc. With a pistol and two full clips. While law enforcement is trying to do their job.

He's squarely to blame for getting killed. He wasn't some person off to the side filming.

Posted by: Leupold at January 27, 2026 05:29 PM (eIzlH)

246 Also Worm food was carrying two loaded extended Sig mags. A lot of rounds

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 27, 2026 05:29 PM (wBaIH)

247 The P320 apparently has some issues. Soft recall a few years back for an UPgrade. It looked on the video like the officer was taking it off him and taking it away while other officers were restraining him and it discharged. Right behind the officers that were holding him. Thats when they reacted. Shit happens. When it does, its best if you havent put yourself in the line of fire with an unreliable weapon.

Posted by: I said it at January 27, 2026 05:30 PM (Mw2aG)

248 These Lefty Women are so bad that they make Big Mike look good !!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Ralph Dorfman at January 27, 2026 05:30 PM (J9q9v)

249 Whoever in Trump's event team handed "Lower Prices" signs to people behind PDT should be fired and horsewhipped. It's a
free optic for Democrat ads.

Posted by: Gref at January 27, 2026 05:30 PM (5rh/l)

250 All Lefty Females of the opposite sex of today are.

Ok. I'll ask. What is a "lefty female of the opposite sex"? Wouldn't that make them a fake transgender?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 05:30 PM (rZCVI)

251 ALWAYS the go-to move...
Why, it was just yesterday that we mourned the "youths" such as Trayvon and Michael...with photos taken from when they were 12 yrs old...

Posted by: UncleJefe at January 27, 2026 05:30 PM (gAuAm)

252 When I was a kid, I would watch a lot of WWII documentaries on TV like The Big Picture and The Twentieth Century. The years went by and I learned more, particularly about aircraft, and realized that a particular plane could not have been at Midway as they implied because it wasn't even built yet. They were just flat out lying to me! I was shocked!

Incidentally, a common clip they often played during such shows is the burning Jeep being driven away allegedly at the Bulge. I must've seen that 100 times.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 27, 2026 05:30 PM (L/fGl)

253 He had no holster? Oh brother. What a gangsta.
Posted by: fd at January 27, 2026 05:27 PM (vFG9F)
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I thought he did, and one of the cops got it, but other cops while grappling heard the "GUN!" saw the empty holster and that he had something in his hand and immediately eliminated the threat.

If you want to be a pacifist martyr to show off ICE brutality, attacking a cop while packing heat is NOT how you achieve that.

How many rules of lawful carry did that guy violate?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 05:30 PM (ZOv7s)

254 ShainS has been to the TXMOME

Posted by: Ben Had at January 27, 2026 05:31 PM (0KSrI)

255 If Ginger had that Sig in a holster I take it back.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 27, 2026 05:31 PM (YlWIZ)

256 > Spoiler Alert: The knock is Jehovah's Witnesses
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Twice in 15 year have they "knocked on our door." They're local, not too rabid, but...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 27, 2026 05:31 PM (jtM2q)

257 I am starting to H8 AI, soon no one will know the difference and everything will be fake

Posted by: Skip at January 27, 2026 05:31 PM (Ia/+0)

258 Also Worm food was carrying two loaded extended Sig mags. A lot of rounds

And a crappy gun. But the 2nd amendment doesn't state how many rounds you can carry. Was it especially wise? No, but neither was Rittenhouse walking around with a rifle at a riot. Turned out okay for him but still. Use your heads people.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 27, 2026 05:31 PM (PYyV9)

259 Pretti Predator was in a scrimmage with ICE officers.

Bad things happen in confusing dynamic situations.

IE - play stupid games win fatal prizes.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 27, 2026 05:31 PM (2GVsD)

260 250 All Lefty Females of the opposite sex of today are.

Ok. I'll ask. What is a "lefty female of the opposite sex"? Wouldn't that make them a fake transgender?

You are correct Grasshopper .........

Posted by: Ralph Dorfman at January 27, 2026 05:32 PM (J9q9v)

261 He's a communist street fighter. I'm not going to sweat the detail
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 05:26 PM (MABZ1)

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Yep, it always ends bad for commie revolutionaries sooner or later.

It's almost like they don't teach history anymore ... almost.

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 27, 2026 05:32 PM (qs+9c)

262 Mama Ace: One should not speak ill of the dead.

Ace: Hold my Zima

>>>Below, the real photo of the dead "protester" and his "Alpha Chad" AI Deepfake.

>>>The AI photo makes him look like he hoists tankards of magical mead after fighting side-by-side with Thor.

>>>The real photo shows a cashew-headed dweeb who has his penis nice and tucked for a night out cruising at the local playground.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 05:32 PM (dK+Kv)

263 This busty bikini blonde at the beach"

East coast/ Atlantic? Sand seems...grainy. And dirty.
Gulf coast sand is white...

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 05:32 PM (XuXeR)

264 The progression of AI fakes is gold. This is the true value of AI.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 05:32 PM (dK+Kv)

265 about the same as the odds that Sydney Sweeney and Kate Upton are going to show up at my front door and beg to have a three-way.

Hey, that could, for sure, happen to me. I'm awaiting their knock any second now.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 27, 2026 05:28 PM (Da7Vv)

I'm just about done changing their flat tire on the side of the road. Boy, these gals sure are appreciative!

Posted by: Middle Aged Day Dreams at January 27, 2026 05:33 PM (wVcYX)

266 The P320 apparently has some issues

Yeah that's the one that goes off very easily when dropped or jarred. Which could have happened, I dunno We'll see eventually. The chances of him being an idiot that led to a beatdown ala "how not to get your ass kicked by the police" from Chris Rock are high.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 27, 2026 05:33 PM (PYyV9)

267 This photo edit was a lame attempt to sway normies to the "cause" - not to further frenzy the leftists. Otherwise, they'd have given him a man-bun and an earring.

Posted by: Halfhand at January 27, 2026 05:33 PM (z0w8y)

268 So, I have not seen the part of the video where ICE is "pushing a lady down".

Can someone describe what ICE was doing with the female-ish person?

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 05:33 PM (krQz2)

269 How many rules of lawful carry did that guy violate?

Only one but it's the most important one: don't be a dumbass.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 27, 2026 05:33 PM (Fs0KI)

270 East coast/ Atlantic? Sand seems...grainy. And dirty.
Gulf coast sand is white...

East coast US has nasty beaches, I am used to the west coast. I was so underwhelmed seeing the Atlantic, it has even smaller breakers than Oregon.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 27, 2026 05:34 PM (PYyV9)

271 Ameilia is more believable than 'roid-rage' Pretti.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 27, 2026 05:34 PM (2GVsD)

272 Oh, this dumbass' gun was a P320?

I had not heard that detail. Not saying he deserved to get shot over it, but anyone carrying that fucking thing is taking their life into their own hands.

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 05:34 PM (5aZAZ)

273 Adding the tanning to his mayonnaise complection was classic.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 27, 2026 05:35 PM (0KSrI)

274 Yeah that's the one that goes off very easily when dropped or jarred. Which could have happened, I dunno We'll see eventually. The chances of him being an idiot that led to a beatdown ala "how not to get your ass kicked by the police" from Chris Rock are high.
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There is video of the gun discharging in the cops hand. It looked like it surprises him. He isnt looking at it when it goes off. It happens right behind the other guys. They cant see who has the gun, only hear the shot....

Posted by: I said it at January 27, 2026 05:35 PM (Mw2aG)

275 Arresting Rick Wilson's pedo boyfriend is exactly like killing 6 million Jews.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 27, 2026 05:35 PM (HXT0k)

276 Does the MFM actually believe more attractive victims of ICE help the cause more than unattractive victims? That seems odd.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 27, 2026 05:35 PM (8CIFn)

277 Can someone describe what ICE was doing with the female-ish person?

She was blocking the road as usual. Like the dipstick woman who grabbed a flash bang grenade and it went off in her hand. Or the cute little boy in the hoodie being picked up by cops because his dad abandoned him to run away. Or the guy maced in the face for trying to grab the officer's gun. They only ever show the reaction, not the cause.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 27, 2026 05:35 PM (PYyV9)

278 Hey, don't WE get any respect in this situation?

Posted by: Nicolle Wallace's Hair and Makeup Team at January 27, 2026 05:35 PM (PiwSw)

279 I'm not a big fan of this post.

Posted by: Cashew-Headed Dweeb at January 27, 2026 05:35 PM (oftw2)

280 Come and knock on my door
I've been waiting for you
Where the kisses are hers and hers and his
Three's company, too

Posted by: Middle Aged Day Dreams at January 27, 2026 05:36 PM (wVcYX)

281 East coast US has nasty beaches, I am used to the west coast"

Moved from CA to NYC as a young'n... friends said "let's go to the beach"
I was... .unimpressed.

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 05:36 PM (XuXeR)

282 Yeah I can't decide right now but the Trump Administration's response was ridiculously over the top and the "you cannot carry guns to a protest" thing was not just wrong but stupid.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 27, 2026 05:28 PM (PYyV9)
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If you're going to there to bait cops, it's stupid, doubly so when your allies are blowing whistles, banging things and trying to get the cops in a state of alarm and agitationleft.

Who are you going to need it against, the cops? Or are your lefty pals going to mug you? Lock it in the car.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 05:36 PM (ZOv7s)

283 East coast US has nasty beaches, I am used to the west coast. I was so underwhelmed seeing the Atlantic, it has even smaller breakers than Oregon.
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 27, 2026 05:34 PM (PYyV9)
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The Atlantic does have the advantage, compared to the US Pacific coast, of not being so freezing-dick cold you can't swim in it without a wetsuit.

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 05:36 PM (5aZAZ)

284 Christopher you forgot one of their 'heroes'

The Xir who tussled with a cop armed with a pepper ball gun. Xir is now called One-Eyed Xir.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 27, 2026 05:37 PM (2GVsD)

285 247 The P320 apparently has some issues. Soft recall a few years back for an UPgrade. It looked on the video like the officer was taking it off him and taking it away while other officers were restraining him and it discharged. Right behind the officers that were holding him. Thats when they reacted. Shit happens. When it does, its best if you havent put yourself in the line of fire with an unreliable weapon.

Posted by: I said it at January 27, 2026 05:30 PM (Mw2aG)

Is it confirmed Pretti's pistol fired while in possession of a LEO?

If it did unintentionally discharge then, there are possible reasons other than a generic P320 design flaw. Including mishandling by the LEO.

Posted by: Gref at January 27, 2026 05:37 PM (5rh/l)

286 Pretti is going down the memory hole soon.

>>@nypost

>>Alex Pretti was ‘known’ to feds, had rib broken in anti-ICE protest a week before he was killed by Border Patrol

Posted by: JackStraw at January 27, 2026 05:37 PM (viF8m)

287 Can someone describe what ICE was doing with the female-ish person?

In the mostly widely seen video, one officer pushes someone (presumably "the woman" but who knows) and Pretti steps in between them very close to the officer. Then he gets dogpiled. What exactly happens after that is what is in dispute.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 27, 2026 05:38 PM (Fs0KI)

288 Waaaa.... Waaaaa..... Waaaaa....

Timmy, please go get me some Midol quick..............

Posted by: Alex Pretti at January 27, 2026 05:38 PM (J9q9v)

289 She was blocking the road as usual.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 27, 2026 05:35 PM (PYyV9)
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So the agents tried to move her out of the way and spazzing brought her to the ground instead, or does it look more like a body slam? (My money is on the former).
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They only ever show the reaction, not the cause.
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Of course they don't.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 05:38 PM (krQz2)

290 East coast US has nasty beaches, I am used to the west coast"

Moved from CA to NYC as a young'n... friends said "let's go to the beach"
I was... .unimpressed.

Both coasts are nasty compared to Gulf of America beaches.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at January 27, 2026 05:38 PM (V362x)

291 Twice in 15 year have they "knocked on our door." They're local, not too rabid, but...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 27, 2026 05:31 PM (jtM2q)
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They tried it once since we moved in and haven't come back. Their Hall is only a few blocks from here.

I'll say I enjoyed their visit. They are welcome back anytime.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 27, 2026 05:38 PM (RIvkX)

292 Its supposed to be a series of short stories Martin wrote that ARENT nihilistic and evil.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I'm not sure I believe he can write those.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 27, 2026 05:38 PM (a+4eV)

293 The Atlantic does have the advantage, compared to the US Pacific coast, of not being so freezing-dick cold you can't swim in it without a wetsuit.

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 05:36 PM (5aZAZ)

Swimming in warm sewage is a selling point?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 05:38 PM (dK+Kv)

294 >>>I am starting to H8 AI, soon no one will know the difference and everything will be fake

Posted by: Skip

>Never trust anything you see. I had some entity catfishing me with a sexbot. Still it's okay to look.

Seems the preferred app was affiliated with a Russian intelligence service.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 27, 2026 05:38 PM (oT7pT)

295 You are also making the same case as a hate crime as opposed to just a run of the mill murder.

Is it not wrong no matter who is killed or why the killer did it?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 04:34 PM (zZu0s)

No I wasn't. I wasn't making a legal case. I was perfectly clear.

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 05:38 PM (E0p3T)

296 Both coasts are nasty compared to Gulf of America beaches."


Mmmm. Destin..

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 05:39 PM (XuXeR)

297 I thought the pistol was a CZ? Big beavertail on the image I saw.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 27, 2026 05:39 PM (xcxpd)

298
OT:

Apparently, Neil Young has declared war on Greenland.

Neil Young gifts free access to his music to Greenlanders.

https://tinyurl.com/2s4ym34u

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 27, 2026 05:39 PM (y9nCu)

299 Pretti acted like a stupid paladin in a D&D game, and like a stupid paladin ends up dead. Except he can't do a re-roll and get a new character.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 27, 2026 05:40 PM (2GVsD)

300 Late but pertinent comment.
There is a picture of him in a tutu. He was a trans. This is a whole new way of looking at what he did.

Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 27, 2026 05:40 PM (t/2Uw)

301 confirmed Pretti's pistol fired while in possession of a LEO?

If it did unintentionally discharge then, there are possible reasons other than a generic P320 design flaw. Including mishandling by the LEO.
÷÷
That is one of the possibles. I could not see his finger clearly in the video. IYKWIMAITTYD

Posted by: I said it at January 27, 2026 05:40 PM (Mw2aG)

302 Do you mind if we dance with your dates ????

Posted by: Ralph Dorfman at January 27, 2026 05:40 PM (J9q9v)

303 I think i might know why so many Antifa turn out to be pedos and sex pests.

I doubt it's something most of them would say aloud, but I think deep down, they know our society will not tolerate their deviance yet, and their only hope of a self-actualized life is a Marxist takeover that will allow them to run wild on helpless children.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 05:40 PM (BI5O2)

304 It's like if someone has too many drinks and he dies from a drunk driving accident.

It's that he "deserved" to die for having one too many drinks, it's that his recklessness directly caused it to happen and put others in danger.

This guy is squarely to blame why he died.

Posted by: Leupold at January 27, 2026 05:40 PM (eIzlH)

305 I'm not a big fan of this post.
Posted by: Cashew-Headed Dweeb at January 27, 2026 05:35 PM (oftw2)
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LOL. I bet.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 05:40 PM (MABZ1)

306 Those "cute hippie chicks" are just old crones now.

-
I noticed the cute Hawaiian girl in the opening credits of the Jack Lord Hawaii Five-O. (They used to like cute girls in those days.) Then I thought that was 55 years ago. She must be all old and wrinkly now if even still alive. Damn that Stephen Hawking and his History of Time!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 27, 2026 05:41 PM (L/fGl)

307 Was that pic before or after the lead facial?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 05:06 PM (snZF9)

Impossible to tell.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 27, 2026 05:41 PM (/HDaX)

308 Pretti Predator was in a scrimmage with ICE officers.

Bad things happen in confusing dynamic situations.

IE - play stupid games win fatal prizes.
Posted by: Anna Puma

Not just one incident. He broke a rib apparently from chasing ICE around earlier this month. That should have been the time for some introspection. Nope, went back for round two with a gun. He escalated things again and again. He's responsible for his actions and their results.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 27, 2026 05:41 PM (mlg/3)

309 292 Its supposed to be a series of short stories Martin wrote that ARENT nihilistic and evil.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I'm not sure I believe he can write those.
Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 27, 2026 05:38 PM (a+4eV)

His Havilan Tuff stories aren't too bad.

But the Dunc and Egg stories are merely 'lighter'. They aren't happy or uplifiting.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 27, 2026 05:41 PM (xcxpd)

310 In the mostly widely seen video, one officer pushes someone (presumably "the woman" but who knows) and Pretti steps in between them very close to the officer. Then he gets dogpiled. What exactly happens after that is what is in dispute.
Posted by: Oddbob at January 27, 2026 05:38 PM (Fs0KI)
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White Knighting during an arrest in progress while packing heat. Guy was probably feeling the most testosterone in his barren, frustrated life as faced the cop with a heater on his belt.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 05:41 PM (ZOv7s)

311 Swimming in warm sewage is a selling point?

There are always tradeoffs

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 27, 2026 05:41 PM (PYyV9)

312 Swimming in warm sewage is a selling point?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 05:38 PM (dK+Kv)

Try swimming in the East River.

Posted by: Kramer at January 27, 2026 05:41 PM (wVcYX)

313 Sig 320 is a bad gun? No, but lousy carpenters always blame their tools.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 27, 2026 05:41 PM (wBaIH)

314 298
OT:
Apparently, Neil Young has declared war on Greenland.

Hey Hey, My My Rock and Roll will die in Greenland...

Posted by: Ralph Dorfman at January 27, 2026 05:42 PM (J9q9v)

315 P320 AXG combat pistol. Looke like it had a holo sight or something on top.

Posted by: I said it at January 27, 2026 05:42 PM (Mw2aG)

316 Pretti acted like a stupid paladin in a D&D game, and like a stupid paladin ends up dead. Except he can't do a re-roll and get a new character.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 27, 2026 05:40 PM (2GVsD)
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Except I don't think his alignment was "Lawful Stupid."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 27, 2026 05:42 PM (ESVrU)

317 You are also making the same case as a hate crime as opposed to just a run of the mill murder.
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Yeah, I don't see why an extreme disregard for the life of others isn't worth punishing as much as "hate".

If you've committed more than one murder, you're a pretty hateful person by definition.

But "hate crimes" are a way the lefty/Dems had of making sure that while they were generally soft on crime, the crimes they didn't like were the most punished.

Dems have been tilting this pinball table for a long time now.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 05:42 PM (krQz2)

318 Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 27, 2026 05:40 PM (t/2Uw)

How do we know is it's not some fake AI thing?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 05:42 PM (rZCVI)

319 Swimming in warm sewage is a selling point?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 05:38 PM (dK+Kv)
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Sewage? Where the hell are you swimming?

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 05:42 PM (5aZAZ)

320 Is it confirmed Pretti's pistol fired while in possession of a LEO?

I don't think that's been confirmed yet.

If it did unintentionally discharge then, there are possible reasons other than a generic P320 design flaw. Including mishandling by the LEO.

Just statistically speaking, I would suspect mishandling before The P320 Problem* just because people acting in haste and high adrenaline don't have the best fine motor skills.

* which I do believe exists, just not with every P320

Posted by: Oddbob at January 27, 2026 05:42 PM (Fs0KI)

321 Also Worm food was carrying two loaded extended Sig mags. A lot of rounds
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 27, 2026 05:29 PM (wBaIH)

Not really. Stock 17 round mags from the factory and 2 reloads. That's only 51 rounds plus one in the chamber.

That is the standard number on my belt when I go into town (just I carry .45ACP not 9mm). If I am going to a larger city I add two more reloads.

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at January 27, 2026 05:43 PM (3WwMI)

322 They tried it once since we moved in and haven't come back. Their Hall is only a few blocks from here.

I'll say I enjoyed their visit. They are welcome back anytime.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 27, 2026 05:38 PM (RIvkX)
++++
"Door-to-door missionary in San Francisco" must not be a pleasant experience in any way. It's a city run by hell demons and largely populated by atheists and deviants reveling in their hedonism and evil eras.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at January 27, 2026 05:43 PM (MABZ1)

323 Then I thought that was 55 years ago. She must be all old and wrinkly now if even still alive.

Yeah that always hits me when I see a cutie in an old movie or show. Wow she's pretty... but she's an old granny now, so sad Wish they could stay pretty forever

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 27, 2026 05:43 PM (PYyV9)

324 Sig 320 is a bad gun
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Well a soft recall means the mfg was concerned enough to do something expensive. I dont own one. I have a 229 that I love.

Posted by: I said it at January 27, 2026 05:43 PM (Mw2aG)

325 What's Trump going to do not that Neil Young has parried him by sending free music to Greenland.

Trump will not recover.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 05:43 PM (krQz2)

326 Except I don't think his alignment was "Lawful Stupid."
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 27, 2026 05:42 PM (ESVrU)
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Textbook case of Chaotic Stupid.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 05:44 PM (ZOv7s)

327 Swimming in warm sewage is a selling point?

Worked for Hedorah.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 27, 2026 05:44 PM (2GVsD)

328 Except I don't think his alignment was "Lawful Stupid."

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 27, 2026 05:42 PM (ESVrU)
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But he did have a leveled-up proficiency in stupid.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 05:44 PM (krQz2)

329 Nood Ilhan Omar.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 05:45 PM (lpTXP)

330 Come and knock on my door
I've been waiting for you
Where the kisses are hers and hers and his
Three's company, too
Posted by: Middle Aged Day Dreams at January 27, 2026 05:36 PM (wVcYX)


Middle aged my ass! If you remember the song, you're elderly.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 27, 2026 05:45 PM (Hx0tZ)

331 Nood BroFo

Posted by: AZ Hi Desert (Gringo fuertemente armado-Tempus belli) at January 27, 2026 05:45 PM (3WwMI)

332 s it confirmed Pretti's pistol fired while in possession of a LEO?

I don't think that's been confirmed yet.
÷=
They havent admitted it yet but it is clearly the case from cell phone video that has been up on X since it happened.

Posted by: I said it at January 27, 2026 05:45 PM (Mw2aG)

333 Except I don't think his alignment was "Lawful Stupid."
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 27, 2026 05:42 PM (ESVrU)
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Textbook case of Chaotic Stupid.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 27, 2026 05:44 PM (ZOv7s)
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You're forgetting his devotion to it.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 05:45 PM (krQz2)

334 This busty bikini blonde at the beach

Speaking of AI, I notice the fingers on her left hand look like they belong on her right hand.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 27, 2026 05:46 PM (Da7Vv)

335 Then I thought that was 55 years ago. She must be all old and wrinkly now if even still alive.

Yeah that always hits me when I see a cutie in an old movie or show. Wow she's pretty... but she's an old granny now, so sad Wish they could stay pretty forever
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 27, 2026 05:43 PM (PYyV9)

That's what I love about these high school girls college girls, man. I get older, they stay the same age.

Posted by: Wooderson at January 27, 2026 05:46 PM (wVcYX)

336 @298

>> Neil Young gifts free access to his music to Greenlanders.

He doesn’t own the rights to his music, so unless he’s going to fork out money for Spotify subscriptions, he’s not doing dick.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 27, 2026 05:46 PM (XV/Pl)

337 In other words, they made him look less like a Mega Jew

Posted by: Masturbatin' Pete at January 27, 2026 05:53 PM (CKIwv)

338 I had not heard that detail. Not saying he deserved to get shot over it, but anyone carrying that fucking thing is taking their life into their own hands.
Posted by: ballistic


At the Minneapolis Border Patrol shooting, the suspect was armed with a SIG Sauer P320 AXG Combat, a high-capacity 9mm pistol with a threaded barrel, extended 20–21 round magazine, and a SIG Romeo optic—a setup costing $1,500–$2,000.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2026 05:56 PM (RoI99)

339 The Italian guys I went to Catholic school with loved, respected, and also feared their moms, the way one fears the ocean.
Not only did she fill them with yummy food, but would also take the polenta stick to them if they stepped out of line, and they all knew it

Posted by: barbarausa at January 27, 2026 05:57 PM (enw9G)

340 You think its coincidence dumb lefty#2 gets shot just as dumb lefty#1 is proven to be responsible for her own death thanks to video evidence?

Posted by: ObsidianKnife at January 27, 2026 06:06 PM (TumvK)

341 319 Swimming in warm sewage is a selling point?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 05:38 PM (dK+Kv)
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Sewage? Where the hell are you swimming?

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 05:42 PM (5aZAZ)

San Diego beaches had that problem for awhile because Tijuana was dumping its sewage in the ocean and it went north.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 27, 2026 06:15 PM (6ydKt)

342 303 I think i might know why so many Antifa turn out to be pedos and sex pests.

I doubt it's something most of them would say aloud, but I think deep down, they know our society will not tolerate their deviance yet, and their only hope of a self-actualized life is a Marxist takeover that will allow them to run wild on helpless children.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 05:40 PM (BI5O2)

That would be a particular case of the more general motivating belief, "Come the Revolution, I will be deemed more attractive." Although I guess to include predators, it would have to rephrased more like, "Come the Revolution, I will have easier access to attractive partners [or prey]."

Posted by: SciVo at January 27, 2026 06:43 PM (Sy6m/)

343 I like that they put some hair on the "cashew-headed dweeb," Ace.

What a dummy he was. What a dumbo lesbian Good was.

Her becoming lesbo did not help her looks at all. Ladies need men. It's that simple.

I actually don't know what I am talking about, but she looks bad in that photo. Like she hasn't slept for a year, shaved off her eyebrows, and is on drugs bad.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 27, 2026 06:57 PM (WONhk)

344 That's your take, ace? Stephen Miller calls a freshly dead ICU Nurse an assassin moments after border patrol shoot him. They shot an unarmed man who was lying on the ground, then stood back and shot him several more times.

Then your President says you should not bring a gun to a protest, forgetting that you fuckers bring guns to pretty much every protest ever. Kyle Rittenhouse brought a gun to a protest.

You all have no moral or political consistency. You are all awful pieces of shit and you know it. You were all used by the malignant narcissist and you know he never liked you, never agreed with you. Just used you like the true "useful idiot" you always accused me of being.

You stand for nothing. I used to respect you ace. Something happened with COVID where you all lost the fucking plot.

Posted by: Seattle Slough at January 27, 2026 08:04 PM (KcqqB)

345 You're missing the point: They modified his photo to make him look far less JEWISH

They know the lib dems that watch their show are virtually all genocidal anti-semites that would have zero sympathy for him if they hadn't made him look caucasian.

Posted by: Aarradin at January 28, 2026 01:04 AM (5kvQv)

Tim Walz: ICE Arresting Illegal Alien Killers and Rapists Is Just Like the Nazis Hunting Anne Frank; CNN Guest: ICE Is Going to Start Putting People "In Ovens"

The Party of Smart People, everybody.

Tim Walz stunned reporters Sunday by comparing illegal aliens facing ICE enforcement in Minnesota to Anne Frank hiding from the Nazis, reaching for a Holocaust analogy as he attacked President Trump's immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities.

Standing before reporters, Walz claimed that children across Minnesota are now afraid to leave their homes because of the administration's expanded ICE presence. "We have got children in Minnesota hiding in their houses, afraid to go outside," he said, invoking Anne Frank's diary as a parallel. "Many of us grew up reading that story. Somebody's going to write that children's story about Minnesota."

The Holocaust Museum had to explain that Anne Frank was not an illegal alien gang member who had been issued a final order of deportation years ago.

US Holocaust Museum
@HolocaustMuseum

Anne Frank was targeted and murdered solely because she was Jewish. Leaders making false equivalencies to her experience for political purposes is never acceptable. Despite tensions in Minneapolis, exploiting the Holocaust is deeply offensive, especially as antisemitism surges.


Fat gay retard communist embarrasses himself. Breaking news.


Meanwhile, on CNN, the Jewish Jake Tapper was informed that DHS illegal alien detention facilities are "concentration camps" and that ICE hasn't started putting people into ovens... "yet."

Jake Tapper seems to squirm a little but I'm quite sure he wasn't rude to his leftwing pal.


This Nobel Prize Laureate runs a joint called "Moon Palace Books."

Luke Thompson
@ltthompso

Jan 26

It's a choice to put the owner of "Moon Palace Books" on tv as a representative of the Minnesota business community. That the CNN producers thought it was a good choice is telling.

Posted by: Ace at 03:45 PM




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1 liars!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 27, 2026 03:46 PM (Cjt/F)

2 doing what they do best!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 27, 2026 03:47 PM (Cjt/F)

3 nooding now

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 27, 2026 03:47 PM (Cjt/F)

4 CNN Guest: ICE Is Going to Start Putting People "In Ovens"

Have you been to Somalia?!?! It's hot a fuck!

Posted by: Confused Moron at January 27, 2026 03:48 PM (qRFD6)

5 If that's the case...better stay out of their way.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 03:48 PM (GBKbO)

6 Democrats: The Party of Hamas and Somehow Also Anne Frank

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 03:48 PM (cxiKi)

7 fucking commies!

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 27, 2026 03:49 PM (jrgJz)

8 Meanwhile, on CNN, the Jewish Jake Tapper was informed that DHS illegal alien detention facilities are "concentration camps" and that ICE hasn't started putting people into ovens... "yet."

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America sounds awful.

All immigrants should leave before the ovens fire up.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 03:49 PM (GBKbO)

9 WSJ gave Walz top spot on their Opinion page today.

I’m sure it was just as coherent as his recent speech. /s

Posted by: Lizzy at January 27, 2026 03:49 PM (Hkcdp)

10 Somebody's going to write that children's story about Minnesota.

And I'm going to read it to them. Naked.

Posted by: Tim Walz at January 27, 2026 03:49 PM (68/6A)

11 Willowed from last thread:


422 Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 03:45 PM (77rzZ)

I couldn't do what she does. She has seen some truly awful things in the last 10 years.

The first thing she harped on my son for was even riding on a motorcycle, neverminded getting one (he listened to her).

They are called donor cycles for a reason.

Posted by: Ann at January 27, 2026 03:47 PM (w9jrX)

Posted by: Ann at January 27, 2026 03:49 PM (w9jrX)

12 party of mind-numbed robots, more like ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 27, 2026 03:49 PM (Cjt/F)

13 You'll never find my ass in Moon Palace Books.

Posted by: Pantsless Sociopath at January 27, 2026 03:49 PM (oftw2)

14 So close to Pride Month, I mean Holocaust Rememberance Day??

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 03:49 PM (cxiKi)

15 Is anyone creeped out by that sign language freak?

When did Gilbert Gottfried rape an ostrich egg?

It distracts from the communism.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 27, 2026 03:50 PM (SjXb3)

16 Willowed:

Trump is currently visiting local businesses in IA. He is currently at the Machine Shed in Urbandale, which Martha M. informed us all is a local farm equipment company.

Errr, ummm, no dear Martha, as anyone knows in N IL or E IA Machine Shed is a restaurant chain, known for down home family style food. And you can plainly tell by looking at the footage. A John Deere sign does not make it an equipment dealer.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at January 27, 2026 03:46 PM (55Qr6)

That should be obvious. Even Trump isn’t rich enough to shop at a John Deere dealer.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 27, 2026 03:50 PM (l3YAf)

17 These retards are obsessed with casting themselves as Storming Normandy.

Posted by: XTC at January 27, 2026 03:50 PM (6Uni8)

18 Frankly, I am surprised by that statement from the US Holocaust Museum. I guess I am too used to betrayal.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 27, 2026 03:50 PM (jc0TO)

19 When you’ve lost the Holocaust Museum…

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 27, 2026 03:51 PM (EXyHK)

20 Where exactly are these ovens, Jake Tapper?
They don’t even try to sound plausible, just use the most extreme propaganda and scare the NPCs into total meltdown.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 27, 2026 03:51 PM (Hkcdp)

21 "It's a choice to put the owner of "Moon Palace Books" on tv as a representative of the Minnesota business community."

Who knows, it might be the least leftist bookshop in the metropolis. The whole place has been crazy lefty going all the way back to VietNam, at least.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 03:51 PM (N8ZBc)

22 Jake's guest sure has a nose for concentration camps. IYKWIMAITYD

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 27, 2026 03:51 PM (wBaIH)

23 Meanwhile, on CNN, the Jewish Jake Tapper was informed that DHS illegal alien detention facilities are "concentration camps" and that ICE hasn't started putting people into ovens... "yet."
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Projection

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 27, 2026 03:51 PM (Dv3i1)

24 Tim Walz stunned reporters Sunday by comparing illegal aliens facing ICE enforcement in Minnesota to Anne Frank

RETARD!

Posted by: Donny Two Sccops, driving by in The Beast at January 27, 2026 03:51 PM (ULPxl)

25 Nothin says lovin like something from the oven!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 27, 2026 03:51 PM (Kt19C)

26 Histrionic psychopaths.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 03:51 PM (zZu0s)

27 ICE Is Going to Start Putting People "In Ovens"
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That right there is my favorite fever dream of the week.

Maybe month.

Every time they find a ICE agent checking out appliance stores they can post it on ICE Watch.

"SEE!! SEE!!! It's HAPPENING!!"

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 03:51 PM (krQz2)

28 Nothin says lovin like something from the oven!
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 27, 2026 03:51 PM (Kt19C)

*pokes belly*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 03:51 PM (zZu0s)

29 Running some ovens and furnaces might warm this place upa bit. It's freezing out there.

Posted by: Chilly Willy at January 27, 2026 03:51 PM (oftw2)

30 CNN Guest: ICE Is Going to Start Putting People "In Ovens"


About time. It is cold up there in minnesota.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 27, 2026 03:52 PM (0N4FZ)

31 Democrats pretend they freed the slaves, granted Civil Rights and fought the Nazis when in reality they kept slaves, fought against Civil Rights and were Nazi sympathizers. It's something.

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 03:52 PM (cxiKi)

32 that is to say, mind-numbed murderbots!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 27, 2026 03:52 PM (Cjt/F)

33 23 Meanwhile, on CNN, the Jewish Jake Tapper was informed that DHS illegal alien detention facilities are "concentration camps" and that ICE hasn't started putting people into ovens... "yet."
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Projection

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 27, 2026 03:51 PM (Dv3i1)

=====

Sid was around this morning saying we needed to be purged.

I'm sure it was just a turn of phrase and he actually meant "treated with respect in the ebb and flow of the democratic process."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 03:52 PM (GBKbO)

34 We're going to hell, Commisar.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 03:52 PM (zZu0s)

35 ICE is enforcing laws enacted by congress. The trouble comes when they are attacked, resisted and impeded as encouraged by Waltz, Frey, Omar and others. Compare this to Texas where they obey federal law with no rioting or deaths while deporting more than 100 times the illegals that they are deporting in Minnesota.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 27, 2026 03:52 PM (syu79)

36 13 You'll never find my ass in Moon Palace Books.
Posted by: Pantsless Sociopath at January 27, 2026 03:49 PM (oftw2)
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Are you saying your ass is for sale somewhere else?

Posted by: Eeyore at January 27, 2026 03:52 PM (s0JqF)

37 BOMBSHELL: Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis protester had a prior run-in with ICE just a WEEK earlier. He obstructed an immigration op, got tackled by agents (broke his rib), but they released him on scene.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 27, 2026 03:52 PM (ewjUl)

38
I fear that all the AWFLs are really witches and want to boil children down in large caldrons.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 03:53 PM (krQz2)

39 'Moon Palace Books'

As I'm watching the guy for some reason Three Dog Night's song 'Liar' keeps playing in my head.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 27, 2026 03:53 PM (QGaXH)

40 Jake's guest sure has a nose for concentration camps. IYKWIMAITYD
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 27, 2026 03:51 PM

I'm choking here.

That was so bad.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 27, 2026 03:53 PM (jc0TO)

41 Why is that commie douchebag wearing a pink winter hat indoors? Some sort of statement? Probably. All these raging maniacs do is preen and make statements.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 27, 2026 03:53 PM (sAmhv)

42 What's with the bald non-binary retard doing sign language and smiling WAY too much?

Posted by: DEI for the deaf at January 27, 2026 03:53 PM (TbWk/)

43 We're going to hell, Commisar.

Alles klar?

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 27, 2026 03:53 PM (EXyHK)

44 35 ICE is enforcing laws enacted by congress. The trouble comes when they are attacked, resisted and impeded as encouraged by Waltz, Frey, Omar and others. Compare this to Texas where they obey federal law with no rioting or deaths while deporting more than 100 times the illegals that they are deporting in Minnesota.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 27, 2026 03:52 PM (syu79)

=====

Trump was never supposed to actually reverse immigration.

Trump was never supposed to find the fraud in the immigration system.

Trump was never supposed to survive Butler.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 03:53 PM (GBKbO)

45 37 Guy was determined to be a martyr.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 03:53 PM (N8ZBc)

46 That bald sign language lady who does the Elaine Benes dance while gesticulating is just another bit of performative justice BS. Everybody has captions on their TVs.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 27, 2026 03:53 PM (kpS4V)

47 Is anyone creeped out by that sign language freak?

When did Gilbert Gottfried rape an ostrich egg?

It distracts from the communism.
Posted by: sifty boones at January 27, 2026 03:50 PM (SjXb3)


Fright sight!

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 03:53 PM (wVcYX)

48 "We have got children in Minnesota hiding in their houses, afraid to go outside"

Lotsa whining and boo-hooing from the left about people (supposedly) afraid to leave their houses. Well ... why are they afraid? Because they're illegal criminals? Then they should be afraid.

Retards like Walz and others are only highlighting why ICE is there in the first place: because the city is crawling with criminal illegals. It's about time criminals start fearing law enforcement again.

If you're an immigrant in the country legally, you have zero to fear from ICE. Like, literally zero. It's sorta like walking through security at the airport. If you're not packing a machine gun and a pound of coke, you've got nothing to worry about. But if you do, then you should be worried.

One more thing to those illegals hiding from ICE in their houses: ICE can get you in your house too.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 03:53 PM (iFTx/)

49 That retard said The Diary of Anne Frank is a children's book.

He actually, retardedly said that retarded thing.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 03:53 PM (BI5O2)

50 26, there it is in a nutshell

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 27, 2026 03:54 PM (Cjt/F)

51 Is this the warmth of collectivism I've been hearing about?

Posted by: fd at January 27, 2026 03:54 PM (vFG9F)

52 Hysterical faggots being hysterical faggots. News at 11!

Posted by: Barf at January 27, 2026 03:54 PM (5aZAZ)

53 Ah, the moon palace... not to be confused by the Sun Room.

Posted by: Inogame at January 27, 2026 03:54 PM (53oGX)

54 Some of the Reich's first victims were the mentally disabled. Walz wouldn't stand a chance.

Posted by: Get On The Bus! at January 27, 2026 03:54 PM (oftw2)

55 Say, is Obama National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes still on the National Holocaust Museum board?

Posted by: Lizzy at January 27, 2026 03:54 PM (Hkcdp)

56 Since leftists always show their hand, this guy saying ICE is going to start putting people in ovens is him wishing they could put us in ovens

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 27, 2026 03:55 PM (syu79)

57 [face palm gesture]

Posted by: runner at January 27, 2026 03:55 PM (g47mK)

58 Sid was around this morning saying we needed to be purged.

I'm sure it was just a turn of phrase and he actually meant "treated with respect in the ebb and flow of the democratic process."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 03:52 PM (GBKbO)
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What did he say about Capitol Executioner Michael Byrd?

If they want to screech about "executions" they need to consider incidents that look a lot more like executions than Good who was moving her car without concern for engaging officer's safety.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 03:55 PM (krQz2)

59
>>It's a choice to put the owner of "Moon Palace Books" on tv as a representative of the Minnesota business community. That the CNN producers thought it was a good choice is telling.

=============

I'd put these curiosities on as an exhibition, not an expert or representative. I bet at some point even people like Jake Tapper are going to yell Enough.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 03:55 PM (rCdCn)

60 The NFL sucks, but you probably don't hate the league as much as you should

https://tinyurl.com/35epa8cr

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 27, 2026 03:55 PM (r/2wJ)

61 Now I want to go to the Machine Shed:
https://shorturl.at/u4zuv

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 03:55 PM (ULPxl)

62 49 That retard said The Diary of Anne Frank is a children's book.

He actually, retardedly said that retarded thing.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 03:53 PM (BI5O2)
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The only books he knows are children's books. Especially pornographic ones. The fact is he has the face of the neighborhood child molester. Even worse than Biden.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 27, 2026 03:55 PM (s0JqF)

63 They want violent insurrection.

They call people nazis because they want to make it acceptable to murder them.

They want you dead.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 27, 2026 03:55 PM (zjgNU)

64 Comparisons the left has made in the last two weeks:

- breaking into a church to hunt ICE agents is just like Jesus chasing out the money changes

- arresting illegal alien pedophiles and rapists is just like the Nazis arresting Anne Frank.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 27, 2026 03:55 PM (HXT0k)

65 48 If you're an immigrant in the country legally, you have zero to fear from ICE. Like, literally zero. It's sorta like walking through security at the airport. If you're not packing a machine gun and a pound of coke, you've got nothing to worry about. But if you do, then you should be worried.

One more thing to those illegals hiding from ICE in their houses: ICE can get you in your house too.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 03:53 PM (iFTx/)

=====

"Even under Republican presidents, we're left alone." It's the thinking that immigrants could have until 2025.

No Republican will ever run for president and have a chance on anything less than mass deportations for a generation.

The incentives have changed. Completely. "I can just hang out in the shadows and maybe eventually I'll just get citizenship," doesn't work anymore when every 4 years we can get another president who says, "ICE going door to door is the mild option."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 03:55 PM (GBKbO)

66 Linda Good. She looked like a witch.

Proves my point.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 03:56 PM (krQz2)

67 They should burn in fucking hell for pulling this shit on Holocaust Rememberance Day.

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 03:56 PM (cxiKi)

68 58 What did he say about Capitol Executioner Michael Byrd?

If they want to screech about "executions" they need to consider incidents that look a lot more like executions than Good who was moving her car without concern for engaging officer's safety.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 03:55 PM (krQz2)

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He quickly started talking about how much he likes to eat hobo ass.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 03:56 PM (GBKbO)

69 Yeah Walz would have been a prime candidate for Aktion T4.

Of course, these days, those kinds of nurses all play for his team.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 03:57 PM (BI5O2)

70 Comparisons the left has made in the last two weeks:

- breaking into a church to hunt ICE agents is just like Jesus chasing out the money changes

- arresting illegal alien pedophiles and rapists is just like the Nazis arresting Anne Frank.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 27, 2026 03:55 PM (HXT0k)
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A non-fixed platform world can contain multitudes.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 03:57 PM (krQz2)

71 When did Gilbert Gottfried rape an ostrich egg?

Posted by: sifty boones


Love is Love, H8r!!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 27, 2026 03:57 PM (sAmhv)

72 "- breaking into a church to hunt ICE agents is just like Jesus chasing out the money changes

- arresting illegal alien pedophiles and rapists is just like the Nazis arresting Anne Frank.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice"


Wait until they crucify Tim Walz.

Posted by: fd at January 27, 2026 03:57 PM (vFG9F)

73 This country could enter a new era of prosperity if we, as a nation, rose up and told every woman over 30 with no children and every flaming homosexual to shut the fuck up and get in line.

Every. Single. Time you see stories like this and it's some AWFL or ridiculous caricature of a power bottom boo-hoo whining and crying because someone said mean words and their words are literally violence and genocide to whatever supposedly-marginalized faction of obnoxious asswads they belong to. Shut uppppppp.

Posted by: Barf at January 27, 2026 03:57 PM (5aZAZ)

74 Does Walz know anything about the millions slaughtered by his ChiCom buddies?

Posted by: torabora at January 27, 2026 03:57 PM (C6lX6)

75 Nothin' sez luvin like someone citin' ovens.

Posted by: Joe Mama at January 27, 2026 03:57 PM (TezPK)

76 >> That retard said The Diary of Anne Frank is a children's book.

Not enough masturbation for a modern liberal children’s book.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 27, 2026 03:57 PM (l3YAf)

77 Well it's f'n cold in the great white north.
At least an oven is a dry heat.

Mebbe they're just trying to be Minnesota Nice.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 27, 2026 03:57 PM (Hx0tZ)

78 Wait until the Marxists get control and watch them fill Gulags up
Hope I get to Los Angeles and get to build that fast train

Posted by: Skip at January 27, 2026 03:58 PM (Ia/+0)

79
Democrats: This is just like The Holocaust!!!

Also Democrats: Death to Zionism and the Jewish State!!!

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 03:58 PM (cxiKi)

80
"We have got children in Minnesota hiding in their houses, afraid to go outside"

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I'm hiding in my house, afraid I could get hit by a bus and taken to an ER where Nurse Evil is on duty.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 03:58 PM (rCdCn)

81 As we all know the NAZI's great crime was...rounding up illegal Dutch Jews in Germany on welfare and making them go back home to the Netherlands.

I mean...that's the analogy here isn't it?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 03:58 PM (sKqQm)

82 38
I fear that all the AWFLs are really witches and want to boil children down in large caldrons.
Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 03:53 PM (krQz2)

We men aren't completely blameless. We need to find our voices and speak up. Over my life time (I grew up in the 60's) I believe we've completely ceded our natural authority to the women.

I blame Arthur Lake for triggering the decline.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 27, 2026 03:58 PM (QGaXH)

83 Every. Single. Time you see stories like this and it's some AWFL or ridiculous caricature of a power bottom boo-hoo whining and crying because someone said mean words and their words are literally violence and genocide to whatever supposedly-marginalized faction of obnoxious asswads they belong to. Shut uppppppp.
Posted by: Barf at January 27, 2026 03:57 PM


I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 27, 2026 03:58 PM (jc0TO)

84 79
Democrats: This is just like The Holocaust!!!

Also Democrats: Death to Zionism and the Jewish State!!!

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 03:58 PM (cxiKi)

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Also: "Bring all the brown people here where the Holocaust is happening!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 03:58 PM (GBKbO)

85
15 Is anyone creeped out by that sign language freak?

When did Gilbert Gottfried rape an ostrich egg?

It distracts from the communism.
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They're even more retarded than I imagined in my home state, I give you the signer with 'her' birthday recognized by the state back in 2021:

Key details about Nic Zapko:
Role: She appeared at nearly all of Gov. Walz's in-person pandemic press conferences.
Recognition: Governor Walz officially proclaimed March 9, 2021, as ""Nic Zapko Day" in Minnesota" to honor her service, which coincided with her birthday.
Viral Attention: Her expressive,, energetic style earned her widespread positive attention on social media.

Posted by: beckster at January 27, 2026 03:59 PM (I7J98)

86 Democrats: This is just like The Holocaust!!!

Also Democrats: Death to Zionism and the Jewish State!!!

That reminds me of:

Muslims: The Holocaust is a lie

Also Muslims: Its a shame Hitler didn't kill more Jews

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 03:59 PM (sKqQm)

87 84 Ha!

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 03:59 PM (N8ZBc)

88 What's wrong with putting criminals in "concentration camps" or, if the crime is severe enough, into "ovens" (executions)?

Criminals belong in concentration camps (prisons) or executed.

The holocaust was the holocaust not because Jews were put in concentration camps or killed, but because they were innocent of any crimes.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 03:59 PM (iFTx/)

89 Moon Palace Books. That's a show!

Posted by: Seinfeld at January 27, 2026 04:00 PM (wVcYX)

90 Turn about is fair play. Hey, nurse are you a liberal? If so, don't fucking touch me

Posted by: Ben Had at January 27, 2026 04:00 PM (0KSrI)

91 I fear that all the AWFLs are really witches and want to boil children down in large caldrons.

A fair number of them are. It reminds me of Chesteron's maxim, ""When people stop believing in God, they do not believe in nothing; they believe in anything"

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 04:00 PM (sKqQm)

92 We have got children in Minnesota hiding in their houses, afraid to go outside"

It's been -12, numbnutz. Nobody with a functional brain is hanging around outside.

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 04:00 PM (XuXeR)

93 Will Trump have a nice, productive conversation with Walz about this?

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 27, 2026 04:00 PM (WHfpM)

94 I asked Grok, and it turns out the name "Moon Palace" refers to a restaurant featured in a novel by Paul Auster, a place the protagonist loved to eat. It is meant to signify intellectual curiosity and existential chance. In short, this store is owned by a fool slowly being separated from his money by a landlord.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 27, 2026 04:00 PM (cmYp8)

95 Nic Zapko, Queen of the Galactic Spastic Force.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 04:00 PM (N8ZBc)

96 >> The holocaust was the holocaust not because Jews were put in concentration camps or killed, but because they were innocent of any crimes.

Nobody is guilty of rape on stolen land, hater.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 27, 2026 04:01 PM (l3YAf)

97 The left: Vax deniers should be put in camps!

Also the left: If we don't stop ICE they'll put people in camps!

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 04:01 PM (sKqQm)

98 46 That bald sign language lady who does the Elaine Benes dance while gesticulating is just another bit of performative justice BS. Everybody has captions on their TVs.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 27, 2026 03:53 PM (kpS4V)

I figure the sign language is for the people in the room - particularly the reporter from Deaf Weekly....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 27, 2026 04:01 PM (QGaXH)

99 88 What's wrong with putting criminals in "concentration camps" or, if the crime is severe enough, into "ovens" (executions)?

Criminals belong in concentration camps (prisons) or executed.

The holocaust was the holocaust not because Jews were put in concentration camps or killed, but because they were innocent of any crimes.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 03:59 PM (iFTx/)

=====

I think all poor criminals should be deported to enlightened countries with maximum diversity (as few white people as possible) and socialized medicine to free them of the bounds of capitalism.

Save them from the hellscape that is America.

"I'm deporting myself because America is a hellscape, but all brown people should be in America." It's the worst duel attitudes one can hold, and they should be shamed for holding it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 04:01 PM (GBKbO)

100 Ha-ha! It's always about the Joos. Walz is nuts. The people of MN who voted for this guy all have encephalitis.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 27, 2026 04:01 PM (oT7pT)

101 When I am elected Your King, We shall not suffer this matter to proceed.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 27, 2026 04:01 PM (cYBz/)

102 38
I fear that all the AWFLs are really witches and want to boil children down in large caldrons.
Posted by: Axeman


TEEHEEHEEHEEHEEE!!!!

Posted by: The Coven of Karens who rule NoVA at January 27, 2026 04:01 PM (sAmhv)

103 I think my favorite children's book was Night, by Elie Wiesel.

The best part is where Wiesel says "where is G-d? Right here, hanging from this gallows. That night, the soup tasted of corpses."

Eat your heart out, A.A. Milne!

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 04:01 PM (BI5O2)

104 Key details about Nic Zapko:
Role: She appeared at nearly all of Gov. Walz's in-person pandemic press conferences.
Recognition: Governor Walz officially proclaimed March 9, 2021, as ""Nic Zapko Day" in Minnesota" to honor her service, which coincided with her birthday.
Viral Attention: Her expressive,, energetic style earned her widespread positive attention on social media.
Posted by: beckster at January 27, 2026 03:59 PM (I7J9

She acts like Christia Freeland on a 30 day meth binge

Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 04:01 PM (rbvCR)

105 "We have got children in Minnesota hiding in their houses, afraid to go outside"

Now do the slums of every major American city.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 04:01 PM (N8ZBc)

106 Does a leftist of the Jewish persuasion like Jake Tapper think he'd survive a leftist revolution? They become anti-Semitic quickly. Given the lefts pseudo alliance with the muzzies that would make it doubly anti-Semitic. Schmuck

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 04:01 PM (IDEQi)

107 I think it's been found that the Anne Frank diary was actually a fiction written by some guy metaphorically.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 27, 2026 04:02 PM (n5tGW)

108 Afternoon, Horde. Busy working on cars. Judging by reports, maybe I'm misdirecting my efforts, and should work on gubs instead.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 27, 2026 04:02 PM (8zz6B)

109 importing and protecting third world Jihadi Somalis savages like Ilhan Omar who scream for annihilation of the Jews, and who stole billions to send to Jihadists abroad is ..what exactly ? guys, this guy was this >< close to being our VP...in many ways he is much much worse than Karamola

Posted by: runner at January 27, 2026 04:02 PM (g47mK)

110 They falsely said we were insurrectionists, then revealed themselves as insurrectionists. Now they're falsely calling us Nazis......

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 04:02 PM (cxiKi)

111 "Economic blackout"? Besides tours of Prince's Paisley Palace, what the hell do they produce?

Posted by: Josephistan at January 27, 2026 04:02 PM (y9ksN)

112 Viral Attention: Her expressive,, energetic style earned her widespread positive attention on social media"

"Widespread "? That's a euphemism for Only Fans, right?

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 04:03 PM (XuXeR)

113 Good Night, Moon Palace Books.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 27, 2026 04:03 PM (kpS4V)

114 Arent broken ribs terribly painful? Never had one, knock wood but I hear they are a bitch. Any normal person with a broken rib would be staying in their recliner until it heals. If the rib story is not fake, Pretti was a nurse so may have been able to get enough painkillers to be able to stand to go out. As a nurse he 'should' have known that level of painkillers would cloud his judgement.

Posted by: PaleRider at January 27, 2026 04:03 PM (hhkIi)

115 "Economic blackout"? Besides tours of Prince's Paisley Palace, what the hell do they produce?
Posted by: Josephistan

Raspberry Berets?

Posted by: Tonypete at January 27, 2026 04:03 PM (cYBz/)

116 It's about time people started recognizing how criminal the Jews are. You can't tell me Anne Frank wasn't behind 9/11.

Posted by: Ilhan Omar at January 27, 2026 04:03 PM (65cLN)

117 We have got children in Minnesota hiding in their houses, afraid to go outside"
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Ah, but nobody is shooting paint balls at them if they do go out.

So we went through worse in 2020.

We actually did. 2021 was a lot more like Nazi Germany. What with armed soldiers lining the streets of DC, and AGs like Dana Nessel threatening and performing prosecutions on what you weren't supposed to use your speech rights for: questioning the validity of an election.

And they can't even say "Well, some Nazi Germany because so-and-so were free to say such-and-such without consequences."

No, they tried to silence all dissent as "dangerous".

But again, in a world of free-flowing fantasy, that doesn't even have to be as bad as it was. We were "all in it together", though some of us were in the French Laundry without a mask, while the White Witch of Michigan wouldn't let people look at paint in stores.

Anybody who thinks this is more repressive than 2020 is LARPing.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 04:03 PM (krQz2)

118 Isn't there a truism that all arguments eventually reference Hitler, and the first person to do it loses the debate?

Posted by: Taylor at January 27, 2026 04:03 PM (vt7xw)

119 TMJ, your analysis accurate - re illegal aliens having to worry - but it really only becomes accurate if the next 3 years sees not just removal of criminals but *massive* systematic removal of non-criminal illegals and elimination of their employment opportunities. Welfare magnet can be/somewhat is already being turned off.

A simple and classic deterrence situation.

Even if in their infinite idiocy the American people put another cretin like Obama or Biden in the WH, there will be a significant deterrent effect *if* there has been a thorough removal of the massive current illegal population.

Anything less - and every disastrously stupid hint of amnesty in any form for anyone - and this Trump term is just a brief speed bump, with the process to resume later. It's amazing to see elected GOP like the idiot governor of OK use the term "immigration reform" while whining about "tactics" and optics. But I also see many online non-idiotic non-totalitarian/racist types musing about how icky it all is, and hinting at "compromise" and ..... amnesty. Intending illegal migrants are as rational and practical as these weak-minded little girl adults are emotional and reckless.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 27, 2026 04:04 PM (U/Byj)

120 That retard said The Diary of Anne Frank is a children's book.


Yes.. The most uplifting part is when She and her sister are thrown into a concentration camp where they both die !Kids really love to read that

Posted by: It's me donna at January 27, 2026 04:04 PM (VE6XX)

121 That the CNN producers thought it was a good choice is telling.
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So is Fake Tapper sitting there with that wan smile.

Write a book about your pain Fake Tapper!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 27, 2026 04:04 PM (RIvkX)

122 Democrats: This is just like The Holocaust!!!

Also Democrats: Death to Zionism and the Jewish State!!!
Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 03:58 PM (cxiKi)
****
Threadwinner

Posted by: torabora at January 27, 2026 04:04 PM (C6lX6)

123 "We have got children in Minnesota hiding in their houses, afraid to go outside"


It is a common AWFL fantasy that ICE is going to break down their doors and come after them.

Now...whether its to arrest them or ravage them isn't really clear, but they are certainly excited about the idea

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 04:04 PM (sKqQm)

124 Isn't there a truism that all arguments eventually reference Hitler, and the first person to do it loses the debate?

Posted by: Taylor at January 27, 2026 04:03 PM (vt7xw)

We are post debate.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 04:04 PM (dK+Kv)

125 Weird, the shadow over this guys upper lip makes it look like he has a Hitler mustache.

Posted by: Get out of my fucking shot at January 27, 2026 04:04 PM (jZ3ZM)

126 "We have got children in Minnesota hiding in their houses, afraid to go outside"


It is a common AWFL fantasy that ICE is going to break down their doors and come after them.

Now...whether its to arrest them or ravage them isn't really clear, but they are certainly excited about the idea
Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 04:04 PM (sKqQm)
_______________

DETAINED BY DESIRE

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 04:04 PM (iFTx/)

127 and should work on gubs instead"

*looks at box of parts. Then looks at 10/22*

Yeah, why not.

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 04:05 PM (XuXeR)

128 It's about time people started recognizing how criminal the Jews are. You can't tell me Anne Frank wasn't behind 9/11.

Posted by: Ilhan Omar at January 27, 2026 04:03 PM (65cLN)
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Ann Frank was one of the people who "did something"?

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 04:05 PM (krQz2)

129 116 It's about time people started recognizing how criminal the Jews are. You can't tell me Anne Frank wasn't behind 9/11.
Posted by: Ilhan Omar at January 27, 2026 04:03 PM (65cLN)

You might be on to something..

Posted by: Tucker at January 27, 2026 04:05 PM (VE6XX)

130 When did Gilbert Gottfried rape an ostrich egg?

Posted by: sifty boones
......

From the looks of it, about 40 years ago.

Posted by: wth at January 27, 2026 04:05 PM (UjdFS)

131 Where exactly are these ovens, Jake Tapper?
They don’t even try to sound plausible, just use the most extreme propaganda and scare the NPCs into total meltdown.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 27, 2026 03:51 PM (Hkcdp)

Who da fuck needs ovens, when you own Kilauaea Lava Lake? All you need is a trebuchet.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 27, 2026 04:05 PM (8zz6B)

132 119 Even if in their infinite idiocy the American people put another cretin like Obama or Biden in the WH, there will be a significant deterrent effect *if* there has been a thorough removal of the massive current illegal population.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 27, 2026 04:04 PM (U/Byj)

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Well, according to both the census bureau and BLS, the first 9 months of Trump's term saw at least 2.5 million people leave. At that rate (with reduced ICE funding compared to 2026 onward), that's everyone Biden let in gone by the start of 2029.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 04:05 PM (GBKbO)

133 38 I fear that all the AWFLs are really witches and want to boil children down in large caldrons.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 03:53 PM (krQz2)

They might want to be. That way they can act like movie characters and say movie lines.

Posted by: XTC at January 27, 2026 04:05 PM (6Uni8)

134 It is a common AWFL fantasy that ICE is going to break down their doors and come after them.

Now...whether its to arrest them or ravage them isn't really clear, but they are certainly excited about the idea
Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 04:04 PM (sKqQm)

It makes boring, unimportant people who know they are boring and unimportant feel as if they mean something to someone.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 04:05 PM (rbvCR)

135 Good Night, Moon Palace Books.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 27, 2026 04:03 PM (kpS4V)
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good one!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 27, 2026 04:05 PM (cmYp8)

136 "Night, by Elie Wiesel" Added to my list, thanks!
https://tinyurl.com/57abdyt6

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 04:06 PM (N8ZBc)

137 Raspberry Berets?"

Yeah. The kind you find in a second hand store ..

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 04:06 PM (XuXeR)

138 116 It's about time people started recognizing how criminal the Jews are. You can't tell me Anne Frank wasn't behind 9/11.
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She had nothing to do with 9/11 because she was too busy building space lasers.

Posted by: Candace Owens at January 27, 2026 04:06 PM (5aZAZ)

139 That retard said The Diary of Anne Frank is a children's book.


Yes.. The most uplifting part is when She and her sister are thrown into a concentration camp where they both die !Kids really love to read that
Posted by: It's me donna at January 27, 2026 04:04 PM (VE6XX)
_______

I did read her diary when I was a kid. It was required reading at school.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 04:06 PM (iFTx/)

140 This Nobel Prize Laureate runs a joint called "Moon Palace Books."

It is sadly true that most indy bookshops are run by whacked out lefties or old hippies.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 27, 2026 04:06 PM (Fs0KI)

141 There should be a screenplay where Ann Frank survives, but with amnesia, while her subconscious drives her to become a Nazi hunter in Paraguay.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 27, 2026 04:06 PM (jc0TO)

142 It is a common AWFL fantasy that ICE is going to break down their doors and come after them.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 04:04 PM (sKqQm)
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Then let's see the video.

Somebody ought to be able to record ICE officers going door to door asking where they "People of Color" are at.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 04:06 PM (krQz2)

143 Moon Palace Books and Learing Center.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 27, 2026 04:07 PM (PiwSw)

144 Yes, we all remember how Jews kept trying to sneak IN to Nazi Germany and how, if the Nazis caught them, they were given a free ticket back home.

Oh, wait.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 27, 2026 04:07 PM (IG3/x)

145 It's too bad we don't have any a-political cultural icons right now because someone needs to tell the left that they are headed down a pathological dead end. They really need a movement to get the left to step out of politics and social media content. It's destroyed their brains.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 27, 2026 04:07 PM (mlg/3)

146
Old & Busted: White Punk On Dope.
New Hotness: White Clowns On Dope.

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 27, 2026 04:07 PM (gRinF)

147 Night, by Elie Wiesel" Added to my list, thanks!
https://tinyurl.com/57abdyt6
Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 04:06 PM (N8ZBc)



it is an excellent book, but so dark that after reading it I lost faith in humanity. literally.

Posted by: runner at January 27, 2026 04:07 PM (g47mK)

148 74 Does Walz know anything about the millions slaughtered by his ChiCom buddies?
Posted by: torabora


That's a Good Slaughter.
..
..
Trouble. I meant Trouble!!

Posted by: Retard Waltz at January 27, 2026 04:07 PM (sAmhv)

149 Has anyone pointed out this Walz shmuck locked up children in their houses for months?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 27, 2026 04:07 PM (RIvkX)

150 took me a while to shake that feeling of doom off

Posted by: runner at January 27, 2026 04:07 PM (g47mK)

151
Then: No human is illegal

Now: Robbery, rape, pedophilia, murder and rape aren't illegal!

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 04:07 PM (cxiKi)

152 124 Isn't there a truism that all arguments eventually reference Hitler, and the first person to do it loses the debate?

Posted by: Taylor at January 27, 2026 04:03 PM (vt7xw)
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Godwin's Law

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 04:07 PM (5aZAZ)

153 That retard said The Diary of Anne Frank is a children's book.
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Somebody should drive by his house and comment about that.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 04:07 PM (krQz2)

154 Remember when the Germans offered the Greek Jews $3k to voluntarily return to Greece and, if they did so, they could apply for citizenship and later to return to Germany if they wanted?

But you know what really happened?
A bunch of Jews fled Germany from the Nazis and Democrat hero FDR said, "don't you f'ing kikes dare land here!"
And that Nazi rally at MSG in New York was back when FDR and the Democrats were comfortably winning NY.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 27, 2026 04:07 PM (HXT0k)

155 You know who else had a secret Moon bookstore?

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 04:07 PM (wVcYX)

156 ICE agents should dress up as creepy clowns. It might scare the shit out of the rioters.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 27, 2026 04:08 PM (8CIFn)

157 And now, from THE Rick Wilson . . .

Rick Wilson: "I know I'll get canceled for saying this. I know I'm gonna get in trouble. I want Stephen Miller to be the number one in the Nuremberg Trials when this is done... the first one that is tried and convicted and f**king dangles!"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 27, 2026 04:08 PM (L/fGl)

158 145 It's too bad we don't have any a-political cultural icons right now because someone needs to tell the left that they are headed down a pathological dead end. They really need a movement to get the left to step out of politics and social media content. It's destroyed their brains.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 27, 2026 04:07 PM (mlg/3)
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Sydney Sweeney is iconic to me.

Well, some parts of her.

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 04:08 PM (5aZAZ)

159 > It is a common AWFL fantasy that ICE is going to break down their doors and come after them.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 04:04 PM (sKqQm)
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And they all have their "handmaid" costumes all laid out and ready to go.


Was it PJ O'Rourke how said no one ever had a sex fantasy about being ravished by a liberal?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 27, 2026 04:08 PM (IG3/x)

160 I pulled up that Nobel Laureate's webpage for "Moon Palace Books" and it linked to "Stand with Minnesota."

Before I could 86 the page I happened upon one of the most entertaining reads in a long time. It's the "Testimonies of What it's Like in Minnesota".

You have to read these. They're entertaining as hell. One of the best is some parent claiming the schools are "training" the elementary students on how to deal with ICE if they come to the schools.

https://tinyurl.com/42r8jeu7

Posted by: Orson at January 27, 2026 04:08 PM (dIske)

161 ICE agents should dress up as creepy clowns. It might scare the shit out of the rioters.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 27, 2026 04:08 PM (8CIFn)
_____

Or the rioters might get turned on and want to fuck them ....

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 04:08 PM (iFTx/)

162 Afternoon, Horde. Busy working on cars. Judging by reports, maybe I'm misdirecting my efforts, and should work on gubs instead.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 27, 2026 04:02 PM (8zz6B)

Let your imagination flow by installing gubs on cars.
relays, linkage, horn button, some assembly required, and you're the guy to do it.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 27, 2026 04:09 PM (Hx0tZ)

163 140 This Nobel Prize Laureate runs a joint called "Moon Palace Books."

It is sadly true that most indy bookshops are run by whacked out lefties or old hippies.
Posted by: Oddbob at January 27, 2026 04:06 PM (Fs0KI)

Documentary footage:

https://youtu.be/-XAKkViqvc0

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 27, 2026 04:09 PM (PiwSw)

164 "after reading it I lost faith in humanity. literally."

The only place for Faith is with God. People will let you down every time.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 04:09 PM (N8ZBc)

165 I have a simulation of Anne Frank's house in VR for my Oculus. It's pretty sobering to go through.

It's insulting to compare what she and all Jews suffered to immigration enforcement here.

Posted by: Taylor at January 27, 2026 04:09 PM (vt7xw)

166 108 Afternoon, Horde. Busy working on cars. Judging by reports, maybe I'm misdirecting my efforts, and should work on gubs instead.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 27, 2026 04:02 PM (8zz6B)

I think you're in a good place working on cars. Living your best life.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 27, 2026 04:09 PM (QGaXH)

167 it is an excellent book, but so dark that after reading it I lost faith in humanity. literally.
Posted by: runner

It all started with the bite out of an apple.

Note bene - The Apple logo also has a bite out of an apple.

Coincidence or not?

Posted by: Tonypete at January 27, 2026 04:09 PM (cYBz/)

168 130 When did Gilbert Gottfried rape an ostrich egg?

Posted by: sifty boones
......

From the looks of it, about 40 years ago.
_________________
And the crazy part? She was born deaf and has a hearing partner sign to her what Walz is saying and then she does her dramatic 'reading' of what was signed to her.

Posted by: beckster at January 27, 2026 04:09 PM (I7J98)

169 I'll say it again:

Even Somalis drive by Walz house and yell "retard"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 04:09 PM (IDEQi)

170 Busy working on cars.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

The original battery in my late wife's 2019 Mini Copper is going bad. I get the caution that the battery has excessive discharge going on whenever I turn the motor off. Not a surprise given the battery is over six years old.

I figured I'd buy a new battery for it and install it myself. I've done that plenty of times in my life on other cars I've owned.

I popped the hood on the Mini and couldn't locate the battery. So, I went to YouTube to search for a tutorial and found one.

Holy shit!

The amount of things that have to be removed first just to get to the battery is effin' ridiculous.

It's a Mini, space is of a premium, I get it. But damn...

Posted by: one hour sober at January 27, 2026 04:10 PM (Y1sOo)

171 I'm being followed by a Moon Palace,
Moon Palace, Moon Palace.
-- Cat Stevens before he lost his freaking mind

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 04:10 PM (77rzZ)

172 147 Night, by Elie Wiesel" Added to my list, thanks!
https://tinyurl.com/57abdyt6
Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 04:06 PM (N8ZBc)



it is an excellent book, but so dark that after reading it I lost faith in humanity. literally.
Posted by: runner at January 27,

Great book but it is dark indeed.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 27, 2026 04:10 PM (8CIFn)

173 That bald sign language lady who does the Elaine Benes dance while gesticulating is just another bit of performative justice BS. Everybody has captions on their TVs.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 27, 2026 03:53 PM (kpS4V)

Eris, you are a lady. The other 'Ettes are ladies. Sign language critter is a woman (presumably). Odds are good she is not a lady.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 27, 2026 04:10 PM (8zz6B)

174 Tim Walz is setting records for dumb and retarded things said in less than 30 days.

Posted by: Guinness Book Of Ass at January 27, 2026 04:10 PM (R/m4+)

175 We men aren't completely blameless. We need to find our voices and speak up. Over my life time (I grew up in the 60's) I believe we've completely ceded our natural authority to the women.

I blame Arthur Lake for triggering the decline.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 27, 2026 03:58 PM (QGaXH)

Male authority over women has essentially been outlawed. You so much as object to anything destructive or antisocial a does it's abuse. You'll get hit with a divorce, DVRO or both if it's your wife. Or socially you get shamed and demeaned. You get marginalized/ostracized in friend circles and church congregations. It's a bad state of affairs.

Posted by: Patriarchy is good, despite Lifetime Channel moview at January 27, 2026 04:10 PM (TbWk/)

176 YEah, that'll totally defuse the situation

@EndWokeness 6m
BREAKING: Philly DA Krasner vows to "hunt down" ICE agents, labels them "WANNABE NAZlS!"

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 27, 2026 04:10 PM (mlg/3)

177 Walz is an absolute buffoon.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 27, 2026 04:10 PM (2WIwB)

178 That bald sign language lady who does the Elaine Benes dance while gesticulating is just another bit of performative justice BS. Everybody has captions on their TVs.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 27, 2026 03:53

Commie Mondami has a great one too in NY. Hysterical.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at January 27, 2026 04:10 PM (55Qr6)

179 This Nobel Prize Laureate runs a joint called "Moon Palace Books."

It is sadly true that most indy bookshops are run by whacked out lefties or old hippies.
Posted by: Oddbob at January 27, 2026 04:06 PM (Fs0KI)

What a bunch of losers!

Posted by: Comic Book Guy at January 27, 2026 04:10 PM (wVcYX)

180 Just show a damn passport to a CBP official at a PoE. Cut the melodrama.

Posted by: Cow Demon at January 27, 2026 04:10 PM (OXjSg)

181 Moon Palace Quality Bok Center

Posted by: Josephistan at January 27, 2026 04:10 PM (y9ksN)

182 The Moon Palace is a Harsh Trans-Mistress

Posted by: Woke Robert Heinlein at January 27, 2026 04:10 PM (PiwSw)

183 Experts say the threat of widespread insanity brought on by AI is worse than you think

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Damn! It works fast!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 27, 2026 04:10 PM (L/fGl)

184 claiming the schools are "training" the elementary students on how to deal with ICE if they come to the schools"

Crew served weapons. Children generally can't handle full sized arms...

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 04:10 PM (XuXeR)

185 I will just assume the link is to the Women and Women First Bookstore from "Portlandia".

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 27, 2026 04:10 PM (kpS4V)

186 Was it PJ O'Rourke how said no one ever had a sex fantasy about being ravished by a liberal?


I'm reminded of the fact the FNM felt the need to alter Pretti's picture to make him look more masculine in the pictures of him they are showing...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 04:10 PM (sKqQm)

187 [snip]

It's destroyed their brains.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 27, 2026 04:07 PM (mlg/3)

------------

"Is feature, not bug, conrade!"

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 27, 2026 04:10 PM (gRinF)

188 I pulled up that Nobel Laureate's webpage for "Moon Palace Books" and it linked to "Stand with Minnesota."

Before I could 86 the page I happened upon one of the most entertaining reads in a long time. It's the "Testimonies of What it's Like in Minnesota".

You have to read these. They're entertaining as hell. One of the best is some parent claiming the schools are "training" the elementary students on how to deal with ICE if they come to the schools.

https://tinyurl.com/42r8jeu7
Posted by: Orson at January 27, 2026 04:08 PM (dIske)
_______

Ah. I love that the page is really just another filthy money-grab. "Donate! Help immigrant families pay their rent! Donate!" It's all just another scam and grift. Not one cent of any donations will be spent on immigrants.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 04:11 PM (iFTx/)

189 "Over my life time (I grew up in the 60's) I believe we've completely ceded our natural authority to the women."

After suffrage, it was all over.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 04:11 PM (N8ZBc)

190 Rick Wilson : The Penis Speaks

Posted by: steevy at January 27, 2026 04:11 PM (YwEeS)

191 Courageous pushback by jake tapper. I am so in awe.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 27, 2026 04:11 PM (37b7Y)

192 We actually did. 2021 was a lot more like Nazi Germany. What with armed soldiers lining the streets of DC, and AGs like Dana Nessel threatening and performing prosecutions on what you weren't supposed to use your speech rights for: questioning the validity of an election.
---
Newscum didn't send officers to the beach armed with paintball guns.

Meal Team Six didn't kick in the door of that bar loaded with pepper balls.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 27, 2026 04:11 PM (HXT0k)

193 "started putting people into ovens..." 425 degrees for two hours, then reduce heat to 350 for another two hours. A long slow bake works best. And don't forget to baste.

Fucking assholes.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 27, 2026 04:12 PM (MZ+PY)

194 it is an excellent book, but so dark that after reading it I lost faith in humanity. literally.
Posted by: runner at January 27, 2026 04:07 PM (g47mK)

as you should. People suck.
Put your faith in God and God alone.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 27, 2026 04:12 PM (Hx0tZ)

195 Communists couldn't give a crap about fellow Communists killed off, the ones killed are those who turned against the Party

Posted by: Skip at January 27, 2026 04:12 PM (Ia/+0)

196 116 It's about time people started recognizing how criminal the Jews are. You can't tell me Anne Frank wasn't behind 9/11.
Posted by: Ilhan Omar


You're so hot!

Posted by: Cucker Tarlson at January 27, 2026 04:12 PM (sAmhv)

197 So children being cooped up cuz COVID is Anne Frankish and NAZI too, rite?

Posted by: pudinhead at January 27, 2026 04:12 PM (1D2Ie)

198 claiming the schools are "training" the elementary students on how to deal with ICE if they come to the schools"

Crew served weapons. Children generally can't handle full sized arms...
Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 04:10 PM

Remote detonated explosive vests.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 27, 2026 04:12 PM (jc0TO)

199 They should burn in fucking hell for pulling this shit on Holocaust Rememberance Day.
Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 03:56 P

Sidenote: I agree in principle, but not in particular. I don't give a fuck what day it is. A statement is repugnant or not. It does not matter what day or month orbyear it is. If something is wrong, it is wrong.

I always hated the usage of 'during blah blah?' Who gives a flying fuck?

Pet peeve.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 04:12 PM (zZu0s)

200 Don Rickles did it better.

Posted by: He was funnier at January 27, 2026 04:12 PM (2Ez/1)

201 157 And now, from THE Rick Wilson . . .

Rick Wilson: "I know I'll get canceled for saying this. I know I'm gonna get in trouble. I want Stephen Miller to be the number one in the Nuremberg Trials when this is done... the first one that is tried and convicted and f**king dangles!"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 27, 2026 04:08 PM (L/fGl)

======

Oh...that's what's going to get him canceled, huh?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 04:12 PM (GBKbO)

202 We men aren't completely blameless. We need to find our voices and speak up. Over my life time (I grew up in the 60's) I believe we've completely ceded our natural authority to the women.

I blame Arthur Lake for triggering the decline.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 27, 2026 03:58 PM (QGaXH)

Male authority over women has essentially been outlawed. You so much as object to anything destructive or antisocial a does it's abuse. You'll get hit with a divorce, DVRO or both if it's your wife. Or socially you get shamed and demeaned. You get marginalized/ostracized in friend circles and church congregations. It's a bad state of affairs.
Posted by: Patriarchy is good, despite Lifetime Channel moview at January 27, 2026 04:10 PM (TbWk/)

Take her in hand and put her over your knee, pilgrim. You can thank me later.

Posted by: G.W. McClintock! at January 27, 2026 04:12 PM (wVcYX)

203 Philly DA Krasner vows to "hunt down" ICE agents"

How, exactly?

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 04:13 PM (XuXeR)

204 185 I will just assume the link is to the Women and Women First Bookstore from "Portlandia".
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 27, 2026 04:10 PM (kpS4V)

Correct.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 27, 2026 04:13 PM (PiwSw)

205 TJM that will leave millions and millions more longer term illegals, who must also be removed. This disaster didn't start in 2021.

Absent the key move - turning off the employment magnet - over the medium term this will all amount to nibbling around the edges. And tea leaves on this central issue are not encouraging.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 27, 2026 04:13 PM (U/Byj)

206 At some point in my day, today it is 2pm, the retardation of MN weighs heavy and I have to back away and recharge.

I do hope they get some shock and awe soon by our military. Who swoop in and take away Pedo Mouth Walz in a helicopter. Hopefully to a psych ward.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 27, 2026 04:13 PM (WONhk)

207 4 Isn't there a truism that all arguments eventually reference Hitler, and the first person to do it loses the debate?

Posted by: Taylor at January 27, 2026 04:03 PM (vt7xw)
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No, it's simply an observation that as a conversation proceeds without end the probability that someone will mention Hitler approaches 1.

People made that stupid "you lose' argument, when Nazis are the generally agreed example of a empiric standard or "evil".

It means nothing more than that somebody is using the non-sectarian, secular, *mostly* universal* standard of what definitely is not good ("Mostly universal": apart from the middle east and Muslim South East Asia where Mein Kampf has been a best seller.)

A conversation:

"Hey, you know what I just noticed about Germany in the 30s, the Nazis-"

"You lose! You mentioned the Nazis!"

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 04:13 PM (krQz2)

208 I feel like the real work of mass deportations could just be some AI type work on Social Security numbers and what benefits are going where.

Go after the employers and use the IRS.

99% of illegal immigration is economic.

Posted by: Leupold at January 27, 2026 04:13 PM (eIzlH)

209 Where exactly are these ovens, Jake Tapper?
They don’t even try to sound plausible, just use the most extreme propaganda and scare the NPCs into total meltdown.

--

Judging by TikTok Lunatics, it can be the most ludicrous, and even offensive lies, and plenty of dummies and suckers on the left will believe it.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 27, 2026 04:13 PM (qBdHI)

210 Was it PJ O'Rourke how said no one ever had a sex fantasy about being ravished by a liberal?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 27, 2026 04:08 PM

Yes. I was just about to type that, but I had to delete a fundraising text from LTC Bearclaw.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 27, 2026 04:14 PM (Wnv9h)

211 I always hated the usage of 'during blah blah?' Who gives a flying fuck?

Pet peeve.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

During the six-month lead-up to Pride Month?? Really??

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 04:14 PM (77rzZ)

212 Jake Tapper is such a cuck he won't even slap around a retard soy boi.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 27, 2026 04:14 PM (oT7pT)

213 And the crazy part? She was born deaf and has a hearing partner sign to her what Walz is saying and then she does her dramatic 'reading' of what was signed to her.
Posted by: beckster at January 27, 2026 04:09 PM (I7J9

Why not just have the hearing partner, who is already signing, be the interpreter? Why the extra step?

Posted by: SciVo at January 27, 2026 04:14 PM (Sy6m/)

214

This drooling halfwit was supposed to be a heartbeat away from the Presidency.

As I've noted in the past, one of the worst parts about our regime is that most of them are dishwater dull mediocrities who wouldn't be fit to lead a one car funeral in a meritocratic society.

It's one thing to be lorded over by Stalin and Beria. It's quite another to be lorded over by men like John Brennan and Tim Walz, who try to read bowls of spaghetti-os. It's quite sad, and I think it may be unique in modern times, since we got away from inbred monarchs - and they at least had some real brainiacs around to help rein in their rampant tardery.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 04:14 PM (BI5O2)

215 PDT speaking in Iowa soon.

https://youtu.be/mEJtcMEYKQw
Right Side Broadcasting Network

Posted by: m at January 27, 2026 04:14 PM (SSiCQ)

216 -- Cat Stevens before he lost his freaking mind
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 04:10 PM (77rzZ)

Poor Cat Stevens. I prefer to pretend that he died in a tragic ballooning accident. Makes it less sad.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at January 27, 2026 04:14 PM (XPM1I)

217 It's a Mini, space is of a premium, I get it. But damn...
Posted by: one hour sober at January 27, 2026 04:10

My neighbor had to ask his mechanic where the battery was, turned out to be under the back seat. WTF?

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at January 27, 2026 04:14 PM (55Qr6)

218 How did an idiot like Therick get a platform in the first place?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 27, 2026 04:14 PM (8CIFn)

219 And now, from THE Rick Wilson . . .

Rick Wilson: "I know I'll get canceled for saying this. I know I'm gonna get in trouble. I want Stephen Miller to be the number one in the Nuremberg Trials when this is done... the first one that is tried and convicted and f**king dangles!"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 27, 2026 04:08 PM (L/fGl)

======

Oh...that's what's going to get him canceled, huh?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 04:12 PM (GBKbO)
_____

Is Rick Wilson the cuck, the faggot, the pedo, the fat guy, the degenerate scumbag, or the fat cuck faggot degenerate scumbag pedo?

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 04:15 PM (iFTx/)

220 Join us Wednesday night at the Elks Lodge. Starts at 7:00.

Posted by: The Flat Moon Society at January 27, 2026 04:15 PM (2Ez/1)

221 118 Isn't there a truism that all arguments eventually reference Hitler, and the first person to do it loses the debate?

Posted by: Taylor

Only the Fuhrer would make that assertion.

Posted by: Franz Liebkind at January 27, 2026 04:15 PM (oftw2)

222 Who gives a flying fuck?"

And this during....*checks calender* 4 months before pride month?

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 04:15 PM (XuXeR)

223 And now, from THE Rick Wilson . . .

Rick Wilson: "I know I'll get canceled for saying this. I know I'm gonna get in trouble. I want Stephen Miller to be the number one in the Nuremberg Trials when this is done... the first one that is tried and convicted and f**king dangles!"

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 27, 2026 04:08 PM (L/fGl)

Irony alert: The Rick Wilson is more likely to suffer the proposed fate.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 04:15 PM (dK+Kv)

224 The rhetoric is intentionally as incendiary as possible because they really need to divert attention from the massive fraud machine.

Posted by: steevy at January 27, 2026 04:15 PM (YwEeS)

225 Spain is set to legalize 500,000 illegal aliens today, which of course gives them free movement anywhere in the EU.

The Re-Reconquista.

Lovely.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 27, 2026 04:15 PM (IG3/x)

226 205 TJM that will leave millions and millions more longer term illegals, who must also be removed. This disaster didn't start in 2021.

Absent the key move - turning off the employment magnet - over the medium term this will all amount to nibbling around the edges. And tea leaves on this central issue are not encouraging.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 27, 2026 04:13 PM (U/Byj)

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Employers are being prosecuted.

But people want Lenar prosecuted even though Lenar subcontracts employment and can't be held legally liable for subcontractors hiring illegals knowingly.

And saying, "Deporting more than 10 million in 4 years isn't good enough," is silly.

It's more than fucking Eisenhower did. It's letting the perfect be the enemy of the good.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 04:15 PM (GBKbO)

227 The only place for Faith is with God. People will let you down every time.
Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 04:09 PM (N8ZBc)

the descent of some of the most enlightened people in Europe to the complete evil madness was very swift

Posted by: runner at January 27, 2026 04:15 PM (g47mK)

228 Isn't there a truism that all arguments eventually reference Hitler, and the first person to do it loses the debate?

Posted by: Taylor at January 27, 2026 04:03 PM (vt7xw)
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Godwin's Law
Posted by: ballistic

Sounds like something Hitler would say.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 27, 2026 04:15 PM (L/fGl)

229 Criminals belong in concentration camps (prisons) or executed.

The holocaust was the holocaust not because Jews were put in concentration camps or killed, but because they were innocent of any crimes.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 03:59 PM (iFTx/)

This is an interesting opinion- and wrong. It just feels viscerally wrong.

Considering you had both death camps and work camps, my argument would be camps themselves are not at issue, the genocide and slavery are. So it is treatment.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 04:15 PM (zZu0s)

230
it is an excellent book, but so dark that after reading it I lost faith in humanity. literally.
Posted by: runner at January 27,

Great book but it is dark indeed.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January

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I'm not sure I'd like to read it at this particular time. Already seeing a lot of darkness in humanity



Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 27, 2026 04:16 PM (37b7Y)

231 She had nothing to do with 9/11 because she was too busy building space lasers.

She didn’t die. She built a time machine, moved to the future, and started a smart military blog that never writes about the military.

Inscrutable people, they are.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 27, 2026 04:16 PM (EXyHK)

232 Is Rick Wilson the cuck, the faggot, the pedo, the fat guy, the degenerate scumbag, or the fat cuck faggot degenerate scumbag pedo?
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 04:15 PM (iFTx/)
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Yes.

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 04:16 PM (5aZAZ)

233 219 Is Rick Wilson the cuck, the faggot, the pedo, the fat guy, the degenerate scumbag, or the fat cuck faggot degenerate scumbag pedo?

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 04:15 PM (iFTx/)

=====

Yes.

But the one with the confederate flag cooler.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 04:16 PM (GBKbO)

234 "How did an idiot like Therick get a platform in the first place?"

There's a good documentary that shows the sausage-making behind the scenes at the Lincoln Project and affiliates. Cinema verite style.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 04:16 PM (N8ZBc)

235 Why the extra step?"

Keeps employment # up...

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 04:17 PM (XuXeR)

236 That bald sign language lady who does the Elaine Benes dance while gesticulating is just another bit of performative justice BS. Everybody has captions on their TVs.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 27, 2026 03:53

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I assumed it was rear Admiral Levine after a haircut.

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 27, 2026 04:17 PM (gRinF)

237 119 Anything less - and every disastrously stupid hint of amnesty in any form for anyone - and this Trump term is just a brief speed bump, with the process to resume later. It's amazing to see elected GOP like the idiot governor of OK use the term "immigration reform" while whining about "tactics" and optics. But I also see many online non-idiotic non-totalitarian/racist types musing about how icky it all is, and hinting at "compromise" and ..... amnesty. Intending illegal migrants are as rational and practical as these weak-minded little girl adults are emotional and reckless.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 27, 2026 04:04 PM (U/Byj)

I don't believe the illegal immigration problem won't truly be solved until we use the nuclear option - constitutional amendment that says 'if you ever entered the country illegally at any age you are ineligible to vote, hold public office or employment, or benefit from programs intended to address disparate outcomes or historical racism. There shall be no amnesties given including those already applied'.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 27, 2026 04:17 PM (QGaXH)

238 CNN Guest: ICE Is Going to Start Putting People "In Ovens"

Never forget Their Accusations are their Confessions

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 27, 2026 04:17 PM (a4flb)

239 DETAINED BY DESIRE
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 04:04 PM (iFTx/)

“You need to move your car,” the tall, dark haired agent said, Hitlerishly.

“I’m.. I’m.. a legal observer!” she blurted out, her face flushed. It was at this moment she legally observed his rippling muscles and deep, piercing gray-blue eyes.

“I’ll have to arrest you, then, and you don’t want that. Please move your car.”

Her skin tingled as sweat broke out. Defiantly she said, “Don’t you dare put your big, strong NAZI hands on me and pin me down on the road and cuff my arms behind my back!” But it came out as a breathy whisper, all resistance drained from her. She was once again a shy schoolgirl, bashful and ashamed.

“You smell like cat pee,” he said, as he pulled her from the vehicle. “I only took this ICE job to get some exercise. It’s lonely being a 38 year-old single billionaire vampire.”

“Fascist!” she thought. But she was biting her lower lip and the words would not come out.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 27, 2026 04:17 PM (l3YAf)

240 Know who else wanted to put people in ovens?

Posted by: EasyBake at January 27, 2026 04:17 PM (2Ez/1)

241
I mentioned the War once, but I think I got away with it.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 04:18 PM (krQz2)

242 My neighbor had to ask his mechanic where the battery was, turned out to be under the back seat. WTF?
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at January 27, 2026 04:14 PM (55Qr6)


Weight distribution with the goal of better handling.
Its not just a lack of room.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 27, 2026 04:18 PM (Hx0tZ)

243 > It’s lonely being a 38 year-old single billionaire vampire.

LOL!


Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 27, 2026 04:18 PM (IG3/x)

244 My base is rapidly panicking, as the finance people are all convinced a shutdown is coming this weekend over Dem politicians trying to mollify their increasingly unhinged base. Shutdown until they can have some fig-leaf of holding DHS accountable, or something.

It's going to be a shit show.

Also, their are rumors on social media that ICE will be staging at our facility, and "observers" are monitoring for signs they're here, so security is spinning up. Such a colossal waste. I just hope we don't have retards blocking the gates or trying to hop the fence...

Posted by: Military Moron at January 27, 2026 04:18 PM (JCZqz)

245 240 Know who else wanted to put people in ovens?
Posted by: EasyBake at January 27, 2026 04:17 PM (2Ez/1)

The witch in "Hansel and Gretel?"

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 27, 2026 04:19 PM (PiwSw)

246 “You smell like cat pee,” he said, as he pulled her from the vehicle. “I only took this ICE job to get some exercise. It’s lonely being a 38 year-old single billionaire vampire.”

“Fascist!” she thought. But she was biting her lower lip and the words would not come out.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 27, 2026 04:17 PM (l3YAf)

Not enough minotaurs

Posted by: Oldcat at January 27, 2026 04:19 PM (8avO+)

247 244 My base is rapidly panicking, as the finance people are all convinced a shutdown is coming this weekend over Dem politicians trying to mollify their increasingly unhinged base. Shutdown until they can have some fig-leaf of holding DHS accountable, or something.

It's going to be a shit show.

Also, their are rumors on social media that ICE will be staging at our facility, and "observers" are monitoring for signs they're here, so security is spinning up. Such a colossal waste. I just hope we don't have retards blocking the gates or trying to hop the fence...

Posted by: Military Moron at January 27, 2026 04:18 PM (JCZqz)

=======

I hope they do it again.

And I hope it goes on for months.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 04:19 PM (GBKbO)

248 There's a good documentary that shows the sausage-makingswallowing behind the scenes at the Lincoln Project and affiliates. Cinema verite style.
Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 04:16 PM

FTFY

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 27, 2026 04:19 PM (jc0TO)

249 It's long past time for some senior figure to go nuclear on the vile idiotic reckless rhetoric from garbage like Walz and Krasner. High enough profile and histrionic enough that it breaks through the media blackout.

I believe Dems took significant vote/$ hit in 2024 from Jewish Americans due to the obvious reasons. This absurd "Nazi" slander and the cretin buffoon Walz's comments should be answered and the public's faces pushed into it. Not only Jews will be repulsed and astonished.

The Holocaust Museum issued a tepid response to Walz's insane gibberish, sort of what one expects from denatured dumbed-down Beltway institutions. The wider slanders need to be directly answered.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 27, 2026 04:19 PM (U/Byj)

250 I mentioned the War once, but I think I got away with it.
Posted by: Axeman

No, you didn't!
-- Basil Fawlty

Posted by: Tonypete at January 27, 2026 04:19 PM (cYBz/)

251 My neighbor had to ask his mechanic where the battery was, turned out to be under the back seat. WTF?
Posted by: Farmer

I don't see the problem?

Posted by: Humvees at January 27, 2026 04:19 PM (JCZqz)

252 Irony alert: The Rick Wilson is more likely to suffer the proposed fate."

First read that as "prolapsed fate"

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 04:20 PM (XuXeR)

253 Willowed:

Her statement is a felony.

Its a bit more than that. Its a federal felony to threaten government agents. Because she did that via electronic communications she can be indicted and tried anywhere in the USA where wires reach. What a fking dumb a$$.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 27, 2026 04:20 PM (Da7Vv)

254 Spain is set to legalize 500,000 illegal aliens today, which of course gives them free movement anywhere in the EU.

The Re-Reconquista.

Lovely.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

The same Spain that signed the letter of protest over Maduro's capture?

That tracks.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at January 27, 2026 04:20 PM (yFLFB)

255 Poor Cat Stevens. I prefer to pretend that he died in a tragic ballooning accident. Makes it less sad.
Posted by: hobbitopoly

Yeah. I really liked his music. His version of "Morning Has Broken" was awesome.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 04:20 PM (77rzZ)

256 Moon Palace would make a good name for a Prog band.

Posted by: Delurker at January 27, 2026 04:20 PM (gtcuf)

257 "My neighbor had to ask his mechanic where the battery was, turned out to be under the back seat. WTF?"

I dimly recall a seat electrical fire in an old VW bug. We were ripped. It was awesome. Maybe it was in a Simka.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 04:20 PM (N8ZBc)

258 Never forget Their Accusations are their Confessions
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 27, 2026 04:17 PM (a4flb)

Confession through projection, to put it another way.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 27, 2026 04:21 PM (MZ+PY)

259 DOD appropriations part of the current package? Didn't think so.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 27, 2026 04:21 PM (U/Byj)

260 240 Know who else wanted to put people in ovens?

Cat Stevens.

Posted by: Delurker at January 27, 2026 04:21 PM (gtcuf)

261 I understand you can see a lot of assholes at Moon Palace.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 04:21 PM (krQz2)

262 The people who demanded you not go out in public without a mask and a shot are the ones who wanted camps.

In fact, Australia did build concentration camps for people who refused the shot, and were lauded for it by the left.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 27, 2026 04:21 PM (0U5gm)

263 >> Jake Tapper seems to squirm a little but I'm quite sure he wasn't rude to his leftwing pal.

That was most likely from the dildo someone put in his squeakhole last night.

Posted by: That Guy at January 27, 2026 04:21 PM (wn0/z)

264 FWIW, most of the people who work at Barnes & Nobel are also lefties, they're just easier to ignore.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 27, 2026 04:21 PM (Fs0KI)

265 We actually did. 2021 was a lot more like Nazi Germany. What with armed soldiers lining the streets of DC, and AGs like Dana Nessel threatening and performing prosecutions on what you weren't supposed to use your speech rights for: questioning the validity of an election.

And they can't even say "Well, some Nazi Germany because so-and-so were free to say such-and-such without consequences."

No, they tried to silence all dissent as "dangerous".

But again, in a world of free-flowing fantasy, that doesn't even have to be as bad as it was. We were "all in it together", though some of us were in the French Laundry without a mask, while the White Witch of Michigan wouldn't let people look at paint in stores.

Anybody who thinks this is more repressive than 2020 is LARPing.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 04:03 PM (krQz2)

Don't forget Biden's nuremberg speech with eerie red lighting.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 04:22 PM (snZF9)

266 I hope they do it again.

And I hope it goes on for months.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

They already passed a DHS/ICE funding bill, right? Reddit dems were flipping out over 7 "traitors" that joined Republicans to increase ICE funding. If true, a shutdown would affect them, but I'm not sure if it was just a part of the general budget they were bitching about.

Posted by: Military Moron at January 27, 2026 04:22 PM (JCZqz)

267 Know who else wanted to put people in ovens?
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Nebuchadnezzar's advisors?

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 04:22 PM (krQz2)

268 Rick Wilson: "I know I'll get canceled for saying this. I know I'm gonna get in trouble. I want Stephen Miller to be the number one in the Nuremberg Trials when this is done... the first one that is tried and convicted and f**king dangles!"
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Comparisons like this are functionally no different than denying the Holocaust ever happened.

And he knows he won't get cancelled.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 27, 2026 04:22 PM (HXT0k)

269 >“You smell like cat pee,” he said, as he pulled her from the vehicle. “I only took this ICE job to get some exercise. It’s lonely being a 38 year-old single billionaire vampire.”

“Fascist!” she thought. But she was biting her lower lip and the words would not come out.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 27, 2026 04:17 PM (l3YAf)

Where's the movie pitch guy when you need him.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 27, 2026 04:22 PM (NgqoH)

270 266 They already passed a DHS/ICE funding bill, right? Reddit dems were flipping out over 7 "traitors" that joined Republicans to increase ICE funding. If true, a shutdown would affect them, but I'm not sure if it was just a part of the general budget they were bitching about.

Posted by: Military Moron at January 27, 2026 04:22 PM (JCZqz)

=====

The OBBB included appropriations for ICE through the start of 2029.

Any funding over DHS is about the TSA, essentially.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 04:22 PM (GBKbO)

271 The only place for Faith is with God. People will let you down every time.
Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 04:09 PM (N8ZBc)

the descent of some of the most enlightened people in Europe to the complete evil madness was very swift
Posted by: runner at January 27, 2026 04:15 PM (g47mK)

Remember, the antisemitism plank was a unifying plank in the Nazi platform. Just about anyone could admit 'doing something' about the Jews was a good idea

Posted by: Oldcat at January 27, 2026 04:23 PM (8avO+)

272 TJM I doubt it would go on very long if it happens.

Shutting down everything to guarantee free medical care for illegals wasn't much of a political winner. Doing it to stop removals of violent criminal illegals .... unlikely to fare better.

The US is largely politically dead or clueless, but not *quite* yet so bad that such insane tactics offer much to the perps.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 27, 2026 04:23 PM (U/Byj)

273 I did not know Jake Tapper was "of the tribe."

You learn something new every day at the smart military blog.

Posted by: Delurker at January 27, 2026 04:23 PM (gtcuf)

274 Damn. I'm so happy I no longer live in DC

I would be hunting that murderous nurse down right now, and getting into all manner of stupid trouble.

Whew

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 04:23 PM (ciYHQ)

275 My neighbor had to ask his mechanic where the battery was, turned out to be under the back seat. WTF?
Posted by: Farmer

I don't see the problem?
Posted by: Humvees at January 27, 2026 04:19 PM (JCZqz)

Where Hitler approved their placement in the Volkswagen Beetle.

Posted by: Dr. Ferdinand Porsche at January 27, 2026 04:23 PM (wVcYX)

276 Schumer says Democrats are going to shutdown the government again if ICE funding isn’t stripped from the bill, ICE agents stop wearing masks and immigration enforcement doesn’t stop.

Plus they need to stop being mean.

Here we go.

Posted by: That Guy at January 27, 2026 04:23 PM (wn0/z)

277 Harvest Moon Chinese Buffet in Merrifield used to be my go-to Chinese place when I worked nearby.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 04:23 PM (77rzZ)

278 239: Disinterested FDA Director

LoL!!!!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 27, 2026 04:23 PM (sAmhv)

279 Remember Leftists blame their actions on opponents

Posted by: Skip at January 27, 2026 04:23 PM (Ia/+0)

280 FWIW, most of the people who work at Barnes & Nobel are also lefties, they're just easier to ignore.
Posted by: Oddbob at January 27, 2026 04:21 PM (Fs0KI)
_______

Guy in bookstore: "Do you have Trump's new book on immigration?"

Purple-haired lefty worker: "Get the fuck out of here and don't come back!"

Guy: "Yea, that's the one. You got it?"

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 04:24 PM (iFTx/)

281 Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 04:12 PM (zZu0s)

Egregious and insulting things can be made more egregious and insulting and sometimes in the siliiest ways. That said, aniversaries have meant something to people since we started keeping calendars. There are many who don't know the day or month or year their recent ancestors perished . They are honored today. It's one day. And failing to honor such things is the path to oblivion.

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 04:24 PM (cxiKi)

282 Wrap Cat stevens in pig skin. Then drop him in a pile of pig shit.

Posted by: New Delhi sidewalk shitter at January 27, 2026 04:24 PM (Fe9ZC)

283 turned out to be under the back seat. WTF?"

Ever work on a later model Chrysler product?

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 04:24 PM (XuXeR)

284 Know who else wanted to put people in ovens?

Phalaris

Actually, he may have been the first.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 27, 2026 04:24 PM (cYBz/)

285 It’s lonely being a 38 year-old single billionaire vampire.

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“Twilight” Star Kristen Stewart Planning to Move Out of the U.S. – Because of Trump

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Where are we going to get our sparkly vampire entertainment now?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 27, 2026 04:24 PM (L/fGl)

286 213 And the crazy part? She was born deaf and has a hearing partner sign to her what Walz is saying and then she does her dramatic 'reading' of what was signed to her.
Posted by: beckster at January 27, 2026 04:09 PM (I7J9

Why not just have the hearing partner, who is already signing, be the interpreter? Why the extra step?
Posted by: SciVo at January 27, 2026 04:14 PM (Sy6m/)
___________________________

How come they never let me play, and always pick the fat chick with spastic fingers?

Posted by: Closed Captioned at January 27, 2026 04:24 PM (dIske)

287 280 Ha!

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 04:24 PM (N8ZBc)

288 4 CNN Guest: ICE Is Going to Start Putting People "In Ovens"

Have you been to Somalia?!?! It's hot a fuck!
Posted by: Confused Moron at January 27, 2026 03:48 PM (qRFD6)

Come on, everyone knows Ice goes in the Freezer...

Geeeezzzz...

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 27, 2026 04:24 PM (mP0Kj)

289 272 TJM I doubt it would go on very long if it happens.

Shutting down everything to guarantee free medical care for illegals wasn't much of a political winner. Doing it to stop removals of violent criminal illegals .... unlikely to fare better.

The US is largely politically dead or clueless, but not *quite* yet so bad that such insane tactics offer much to the perps.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 27, 2026 04:23 PM (U/Byj)

=====

Oh, I don't expect it to go on too long. They got their win in winning two governor's races they were probably going to win anyway last time. No special election in the near future to twist into a win.

If they want to drag it out to the midterms, I welcome them. They'll lose hundreds of thousands in the federal workforce from firing...but they'll win...blue states I guess.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 04:24 PM (GBKbO)

290 The Re-Reconquista.
Lovely.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Kind of funny. Muslims call converts to Islam "reverts", because they believe Islam is that natural state of things, so people are "reverting" back to normal.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 27, 2026 04:24 PM (JCZqz)

291 Rick Wilson: "I know I'll get canceled for saying this. I know I'm gonna get in trouble. I want Stephen Miller to be the number one in the Nuremberg Trials when this is done... the first one that is tried and convicted and f**king dangles!"
---
Comparisons like this are functionally no different than denying the Holocaust ever happened.

And he knows he won't get cancelled.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 27, 2026 04:22 PM (HXT0k)


Being on the Bulwark is worse than being cancelled.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 27, 2026 04:24 PM (8avO+)

292 @Disinterested FDA Director, I've read a lot worse than that on the beach.

Posted by: Taylor at January 27, 2026 04:24 PM (DJPFk)

293 >Know who else wanted to put people in ovens?

Hansel and Gretel.

Posted by: davidt at January 27, 2026 04:24 PM (Q+gd/)

294 Rick Wolson had lots of time to type things, while his wife is being roundly rogered by one of her many, many bulls.

Posted by: Delurker at January 27, 2026 04:25 PM (gtcuf)

295 Yeah. I really liked his music. His version of "Morning Has Broken" was awesome.
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 04:20 PM (77rzZ)

Me, too. He did a little song called "Katmandu" that I absolutely love, and no it's not the obnoxious Bob Seger version.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at January 27, 2026 04:25 PM (XPM1I)

296 Welp, another shutdown it shall be then. The traffic will once again be better in my neighborhood.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 27, 2026 04:25 PM (n5tGW)

297 They put the battery under the seat in VWs so it would not have as far to fall when the floor below it rusted out.

Posted by: fd at January 27, 2026 04:25 PM (vFG9F)

298 Nebuchadnezzar's advisors?"

No bull?

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 04:25 PM (XuXeR)

299 Harvest Moon Chinese Buffet in Merrifield used to be my go-to Chinese place when I worked nearby.

That reminds me. Anyone in the West Michigan area interested in a Mini-MoMe at a Chinese Buffet in Muskegon? If I organize it, it will be mid to late April.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 27, 2026 04:26 PM (EXyHK)

300 PDT speaking in Iowa soon.

https://youtu.be/mEJtcMEYKQw
Right Side Broadcasting Network
Posted by: m at January 27, 2026 04:14 PM (SSiCQ)
*****
He's on Fox speaking to Will Cain.
Great interview

Posted by: redridinghood at January 27, 2026 04:26 PM (NpAcC)

301 I would expect that the Holocaust Museum in DC has a lot of left leaning staff. I am glad that they did the correct thing anyway, as far as Walz' awful statement .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 04:26 PM (ix8EF)

302 My neighbor had to ask his mechanic where the battery was, turned out to be under the back seat. WTF?
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at January 27, 2026 04:14 PM (55Qr6)

We have one. Great little car, but when the battery died, I went on U-Tube to figure out how to replace it, because it was not apparent to the untrained eye. Took it to the garage down the street, and it was worth every penny to have them do it.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 27, 2026 04:26 PM (MZ+PY)

303 Don't threaten , chuckie. Go ahead on.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 27, 2026 04:26 PM (0KSrI)

304 "They put the battery under the seat in VWs so it would not have as far to fall when the floor below it rusted out."

To short out against the seat springs! It was hilarious. We were young.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 04:26 PM (N8ZBc)

305 266 I hope they do it again.

And I hope it goes on for months.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

They already passed a DHS/ICE funding bill, right? Reddit dems were flipping out over 7 "traitors" that joined Republicans to increase ICE funding. If true, a shutdown would affect them, but I'm not sure if it was just a part of the general budget they were bitching about.
Posted by: Military Moron at January 27, 2026 04:22 PM (JCZqz)

They did not. There are departments funded - DOW and DHS are 2 biggies that are not (although ICE has enough funds until 2028, so it will not be hurting under the shutdown)...

SNAP is funded, DOJ is funded, so some issues from last time won't occur again.

Posted by: Nova Local at January 27, 2026 04:26 PM (tOcjL)

306 Air cooled VW cars had the battery under the back seat. There was a cover for the terminals, but if it was missing, the seat springs could get hot or start a fire. The horsehair stuffing smelled terrible lit up like that.

Posted by: Air-cooled Guy at January 27, 2026 04:26 PM (oftw2)

307 >>>Know who else wanted to put people in ovens?

Cat Stevens.

Posted by: Delurker

>Roseanne Barr?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 27, 2026 04:26 PM (oT7pT)

308 Buick puts batteries under the back seat too. What you thought was Grandpa might have just been hydrogen sulfide.

Posted by: fd at January 27, 2026 04:27 PM (vFG9F)

309 Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 04:03 PM (krQz2)

Don't forget Biden's nuremberg speech with eerie red lighting.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 04:22 PM (snZF9)
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Yeah, I don't usually leave the "Red Wall" speech out.

There was a theory that advertisers used to put subliminal messages about cancer into ad pictures because the subconscious fear of cancer in smokers would make them anxious and feel week and reach for a cigarette to "calm their nerves".

That's what I felt about that speech. It's a signal that can easily be denied. A dog whistle to their opponents that "Yes, you should be afraid." And because it wasn't overly overt, the supporters can just screw up their face and say "What are you talking about?!"

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 04:27 PM (krQz2)

310 “You smell like cat pee,” he said, as he pulled her from the vehicle. “I only took this ICE job to get some exercise. It’s lonely being a 38 year-old single billionaire vampire.”

-----

I can't stop laughing im gonna die

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 04:27 PM (BI5O2)

311 293 >Know who else wanted to put people in ovens?

Hansel and Gretel.
Posted by: davidt at January 27, 2026 04:24 PM (Q+gd/)


Not the ovens!!

Posted by: Gingy at January 27, 2026 04:27 PM (i0Hi3)

312 Maduro's Brown Note?

"SCRAMBLE LIKE COCKROACHES": Minnesota State Police Deploy LRAD Against Rioters

The tactical environment in Minnesota has reached a new level of enforcement. Minnesota State Police were captured on video testing and deploying the Long Range Acoustic Device (LRAD) to disperse crowds of radical agitators who have been attempting to paralyze federal operations.

The device was recorded being tested with a verbal count before the high-decibel acoustic waves were directed at the crowd.

As the LRAD was activated, rioters were seen scrambling in all directions, with officers repeatedly commanding the crowd to "Move back!"

Unlike standard megaphones, the LRAD is a non-lethal weapon that uses focused sound to create physical discomfort, forcing even the most committed agitators to retreat.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2026 04:27 PM (RoI99)

313 249 It's long past time for some senior figure to go nuclear on the vile idiotic reckless rhetoric from garbage like Walz and Krasner. High enough profile and histrionic enough that it breaks through the media blackout.

I believe Dems took significant vote/$ hit in 2024 from Jewish Americans due to the obvious reasons. This absurd "Nazi" slander and the cretin buffoon Walz's comments should be answered and the public's faces pushed into it. Not only Jews will be repulsed and astonished.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 27, 2026 04:19 PM (U/Byj)
-----
Assumes facts not in evidence. For reasons known but to God, most American Jews are urban lefty retards. Dems can make all the asinine and repulsive comparisons to the Holocaust all they want and they might lose a handful of Jewish voters, but not enough to make any sort of measurable difference where it matters.

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 04:27 PM (5aZAZ)

314 Harvest Moon Chinese Buffet in Merrifield"

Used to frequent Garvey's back in the day...

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 04:27 PM (XuXeR)

315 It wasn't the kids.
It was ME!

Posted by: The WITCH in Hansel and Gretel at January 27, 2026 04:28 PM (2Ez/1)

316 "Know who else wanted to put people in ovens?"

Was it Nebuchadnezzar? He was a prick.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 04:28 PM (N8ZBc)

317 The people who demanded you not go out in public without a mask and a shot are the ones who wanted camps.

In fact, Australia did build concentration camps for people who refused the shot, and were lauded for it by the left.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 27, 2026 04:21 PM (0U5gm)

They also shot dogs who were in rescues...with bullets. Despite offers from many to take in the dogs.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 27, 2026 04:28 PM (8avO+)

318 The best thing about the shutdown is the somali daycare funding will be delayed.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 27, 2026 04:28 PM (n5tGW)

319 Used to frequent Garvey's back in the day...
Posted by: man

Do you mean Grady's? Yeah, that was a good place.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 04:28 PM (77rzZ)

320 "Know who else wanted to put people in ovens?"

Was it Nebuchadnezzar? He was a prick.
Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 04:28 PM (N8ZBc)

Always liked the name "Abednego"

Posted by: Oldcat at January 27, 2026 04:28 PM (8avO+)

321 If I were Thune I’d invite Schumer into my office after a chipotle taco lunch. Then let a few rip.

Posted by: That Guy at January 27, 2026 04:29 PM (wn0/z)

322 Why not just have the hearing partner, who is already signing, be the interpreter? Why the extra step?
Posted by: SciVo

2 possibilities (not mutually exclusive)

1- she's not hideously repulsive enough to appeal to Walz' core audience. They want to see themselves represented.

2- like they said in Godfather II, there are lots of buffers between to button men and the head of the family. If she signs something that ends up problematic, you can spread blame so it's no ones fault, and you'll just adjust procedures and do some retraining.

Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 27, 2026 04:29 PM (JCZqz)

323
How can this be happening? Not a conflict of interest?

Eric Daugherty
@EricLDaugh
·
2h
🚨 HOLY SMOKES. Minnesota federal Judge Patrick Schiltz is a DONOR and VOLUNTEER for the pro-illegal alien Immigrant Law Center...

...and is the same judge who shielded DON LEMON from accountability after storming the church, AND is threatening to hold ICE Director Todd Lyons in contempt, per
@BillMelugin_


The judicial cartel IS REAL.

It needs to be purged. How can we have a republic when the judiciary is tainted like this?

Posted by: beckster at January 27, 2026 04:29 PM (I7J98)

324 “Twilight” Star Kristen Stewart Planning to Move Out of the U.S. – Because of Trump

Hey, she can buy Rosie's house. Send my brokerage fee to...

Posted by: Oddbob at January 27, 2026 04:29 PM (Fs0KI)

325 They also shot dogs who were in rescues...with bullets. Despite offers from many to take in the dogs.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 27, 2026 04:28 PM (8avO+)
___________________________

COOL BEANIES !!!!!!!

Posted by: Kristi Noem at January 27, 2026 04:29 PM (dIske)

326 Not enough minotaurs
Posted by: Oldcat at January 27, 2026 04:19 PM (8avO+)

“This human flesh isn’t even my true form,” the ICE agent said, helping her into the back of his SUV.

She detected a hint of vulnerability. But in a bad boy kind of way, not in a way that would give her the ick.

“I’m actually a minotaur.”

A rich, minotaur-vampire NAZI she thought. I can fix him. Only I can save him and turn him into a man who cares about social justice. The kind of man I would be attracted to.

But can he save me? Her mind was racing. She needed and ativan and a box of wine to help her think clearly.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 27, 2026 04:30 PM (l3YAf)

327 Your facts are opinions and their opinions are facts.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 27, 2026 04:30 PM (tV890)

328 Always liked the name "Abednego"
Posted by: Oldcat

Not to be confused with Rahab the harlot, whose nickname was "Toabedwego."

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 04:30 PM (77rzZ)

329 Meanwhile... Ukraine war still goin.

Iran still in rebellion.

ChiComs just had a purge of 5 out of 7 of their Highest Military guys (over the weekend apparently).

EU saying they don't need us to defend them (OK, your terms are acceptable)...

And in Minesoder, the National Guard is giving aid and comfort and donuts, to rioters.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 27, 2026 04:30 PM (mP0Kj)

330 Assumes facts not in evidence. For reasons known but to God, most American Jews are urban lefty retards. Dems can make all the asinine and repulsive comparisons to the Holocaust all they want and they might lose a handful of Jewish voters, but not enough to make any sort of measurable difference where it matters.
Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 04:27 PM (5aZAZ)

I'll continue to try and keep them alive despite our political differences.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 27, 2026 04:30 PM (8avO+)

331 320 "Know who else wanted to put people in ovens?"

Was it Nebuchadnezzar? He was a prick.
Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 04:28 PM (N8ZBc)

Always liked the name "Abednego"
Posted by: Oldcat


The first Italian Jew.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 27, 2026 04:30 PM (sAmhv)

332 "Know who else wanted to put people in ovens?"

Gozer the Traveler. He will come in one of the pre-chosen forms. During the rectification of the Vuldrini, the traveler came as a large and moving Torg! Then, during the third reconciliation of the last of the McKetrick supplicants, they chose a new form for him: that of a giant Slor! Many Shuvs and Zuuls knew what it was to be roasted in the depths of the Slor that day, I can tell you!

Posted by: Louis at January 27, 2026 04:30 PM (wVcYX)

333 *would no longer be attracted to

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 27, 2026 04:30 PM (l3YAf)

334 Another gem of 2021.

After telling us for months that "Healthcare was a basic fundamental human right", they suddenly adopted the tune that maybe if you don't take the Jab, you shouldn't get any healthcare.

2021 definitely was a full meal on how dangerous and capricious the left side and their drones are.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 04:30 PM (krQz2)

335 Do you mean Grady's? Yeah, that was a good place"

Nah. Garvey's was on the NE corner of 50 and Gallows. Mrs worked at Best Products across the street...

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 04:30 PM (XuXeR)

336 324 “Twilight” Star Kristen Stewart Planning to Move Out of the U.S. – Because of Trump


Bye, bye.. One less untalented Hollywood actress/lesbian

Posted by: It's me donna at January 27, 2026 04:31 PM (VE6XX)

337 DateRepublican's sign-language interpreter is pretty hot.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 04:31 PM (77rzZ)

338 EU saying they don't need us to defend them (OK, your terms are acceptable)...

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 27, 2026 04:30 PM (mP0Kj)

About a minute later the EU dude denied that he had said that when a reporter mentioned it. He had said it.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 27, 2026 04:31 PM (8avO+)

339 322 Why not just have the hearing partner, who is already signing, be the interpreter? Why the extra step?
Posted by: SciVo

2 possibilities (not mutually exclusive)

1- she's not hideously repulsive enough to appeal to Walz' core audience. They want to see themselves represented.

2- like they said in Godfather II, there are lots of buffers between to button men and the head of the family. If she signs something that ends up problematic, you can spread blame so it's no ones fault, and you'll just adjust procedures and do some retraining.
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I read that they love her expressions AND the fact she is deaf (extra bonus points).

Posted by: beckster at January 27, 2026 04:31 PM (I7J98)

340 IIRC, Nebuchadnezzar ('Nez' to his homies) put up a hundred foot tall statue. He decreed that everybody in the nation had to face it and prostrate themselves, any old time Nez felt like it. (He had a killer horn section to sound the siren.) What a prick.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 04:32 PM (N8ZBc)

341 DateRepublican's sign-language interpreter is pretty hot.

That was a Freudian auto-correct.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 27, 2026 04:32 PM (EXyHK)

342 Always liked the name "Abednego"

Posted by: Oldcat
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"Rack, Shack, and Benny" -- Old Veggie Tales.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 04:32 PM (krQz2)

343 Ativan and a box of wine hahaha

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 04:32 PM (BI5O2)

344 324 “Twilight” Star Kristen Stewart Planning to Move Out of the U.S. – Because of Trump

Hey, she can buy Rosie's house. Send my brokerage fee to...
Posted by: Oddbob


This is because The Critical Drinker said mean things about her.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 27, 2026 04:32 PM (sAmhv)

345 Nah. Garvey's was on the NE corner of 50 and Gallows. Mrs worked at Best Products across the street...
Posted by: man

I think we're talking about the same place. I thought it was called "Grady's," but you may be correct.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 04:32 PM (77rzZ)

346 I popped the hood on the Mini and couldn't locate the battery. So, I went to YouTube to search for a tutorial and found one.

Holy shit!

The amount of things that have to be removed first just to get to the battery is effin' ridiculous.

It's a Mini, space is of a premium, I get it. But damn...

Posted by: one hour sober at January 27, 2026 04:10 PM (Y1sOo)

I had a 2000 dodge intrepid. great car, went 200K with no issues, but changing the battery was brutal. You had to remove the front passenger side tire to access a panel that had to be removed just to get to the battery.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 04:33 PM (snZF9)

347 Schumer Shutdown will guarantee a Free Cuber fast not to mention a heavy push by ICE. Lets play this game. Oh, and Iran.

Posted by: pudinhead at January 27, 2026 04:33 PM (1D2Ie)

348
Go after the employers and use the IRS.

99% of illegal immigration is economic.
Posted by: Leupold at January 27, 2026 04:13 PM (eIzlH)

Embrace the power of “and”. Go after the ants AND the sugar that attracts them,

Posted by: Cow Demon at January 27, 2026 04:33 PM (2oNrx)

349 She didn’t die. She built a time machine, moved to the future, and started a smart military blog that never writes about the military.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair

Ah Hastings. Must I always remind you to exercise the little grey cells! A smart military blog that never writes about the military? Non mon ami. Look closely, every 3rd line, every 3rd letter, a pattern emerges...

Hastings: Dirigible? Dirigible!

Very good Hastings

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 04:33 PM (ciYHQ)

350 DateRepublican's sign-language interpreter is pretty hot.

That was a Freudian auto-correct.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair

LOL.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 04:33 PM (77rzZ)

351 IIRC, Nebuchadnezzar ('Nez' to his homies) put up a hundred foot tall statue. He decreed that everybody in the nation had to face it and prostrate themselves, any old time Nez felt like it. (He had a killer horn section to sound the siren.) What a prick.
Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 04:32 PM (N8ZBc)
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By the account of the Book of Daniel, though, he felt tricked by his advisors when he found out that Daniel was implicated.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 04:33 PM (krQz2)

352 340 IIRC, Nebuchadnezzar ('Nez' to his homies) put up a hundred foot tall statue. He decreed that everybody in the nation had to face it and prostrate themselves, any old time Nez felt like it. (He had a killer horn section to sound the siren.) What a prick.
Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 04:32 PM (N8ZBc)

The Tower of Power horn section. Yep, Elton John had them on some of his records.

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 27, 2026 04:34 PM (PiwSw)

353 324 “Twilight” Star Kristen Stewart Planning to Move Out of the U.S. – Because of Trump


Bye, bye.. One less untalented Hollywood actress/lesbian

Posted by: It's me donna at January 27, 2026 04:31 PM (VE6XX)

Right? DO let the door hit you on the ass on your way out.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 04:34 PM (snZF9)

354
“Twilight” Star Kristen Stewart Planning to Move Out of the U.S. – Because of Trump

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 27, 2026 04:24 PM (L/fGl)
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Oh no!

Unremarkable bint with a flat ass and a mediocre set of cans.

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 04:34 PM (5aZAZ)

355 This is because The Critical Drinker said mean things about her.

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What dud he say? That she can't act? That can't have offended her... I mean she has to know, right? Right?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 04:34 PM (BI5O2)

356 348
Go after the employers and use the IRS.

99% of illegal immigration is economic.
Posted by: Leupold at January 27, 2026 04:13 PM (eIzlH)

Embrace the power of “and”. Go after the ants AND the sugar that attracts them,

Posted by: Cow Demon at January 27, 2026 04:33 PM (2oNrx)

=====

The Biden admin gave millions of them real SSNs.

"We verified their SSNs. We are free from liability."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 04:34 PM (GBKbO)

357 Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 04:24 PM (cxiKi)

Respect is not an anniversary kind of thing. Either something is wrong to say or it isn't.

You are also making the same case as a hate crime as opposed to just a run of the mill murder.

Is it not wrong no matter who is killed or why the killer did it?

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 04:34 PM (zZu0s)

358 >>> 38 I fear that all the AWFLs are really witches and want to boil children down in large caldrons.

the folklore around witches arose in part from stories of older women who separated themselves from the village and couldn't be trusted, especially around children, passed down and embellished

historians will tell you it was just sexism, but the reality is AWFLs have always been with us

Posted by: brak at January 27, 2026 04:34 PM (jGJov)

359 351 Yes, IIRC Daniel converted him to the true God, or at least got him to respect a power bigger than himself.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 04:34 PM (N8ZBc)

360 202 Take her in hand and put her over your knee, pilgrim. You can thank me later.
Posted by: G.W. McClintock! at January 27, 2026 04:12 PM (wVcYX)

That's probably a little too far. But we could try pushing back a little. We don't have to all be 'Stanley Ropers'.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 27, 2026 04:34 PM (QGaXH)

361 324 “Twilight” Star Kristen Stewart Planning to Move Out of the U.S. – Because of Trump

Hey, she can buy Rosie's house. Send my brokerage fee to...
Posted by: Oddbob


This is because The Critical Drinker said mean things about her.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 27, 2026 04:32 PM (sAmhv)

She better avoid Scotland then

Posted by: Oldcat at January 27, 2026 04:35 PM (8avO+)

362 If I was a deaf person in MN watching that press conference, I don't know what would scare me more, Walz at the podium looking like a demented Elmer Fudd, or that flailing bald lady doing the hokey pokey sign language.

Posted by: Cheri at January 27, 2026 04:35 PM (oiNtH)

363
Bugs Bunny put some people in ovens.

In fairness, it kinda was in self-defense with the mobsters who had guns.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 04:35 PM (krQz2)

364 Man, I guess it is "Grevey's." Like the zebra.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 04:35 PM (77rzZ)

365 I think we're talking about the same place. I thought it was called "Grady's," but you may be correct."

Nah. Mrs says it was Grevey's.

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 04:36 PM (XuXeR)

366 I watch a lot of really weird tinfoil conspiracy videos on Youtube. Recently saw this one that used Astrology to prove that the next Super Bowl will actually be a satanic ritual. THAT kind of sounded reasonable.

Posted by: Max Power at January 27, 2026 04:36 PM (SwyyQ)

367 Celebrities always leaving because of Trump, just not quite landing anywhere else.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 27, 2026 04:36 PM (n5tGW)

368 Right? DO let the door hit you on the ass on your way out.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

(Sobs)

Posted by: Brie Larson at January 27, 2026 04:36 PM (JCZqz)

369 '“Twilight” Star Kristen Stewart Planning to Move Out of the U.S.'

Maybe she'll finally crack a fucking smile. First time in her career.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 04:36 PM (N8ZBc)

370 Posted by: Cheri at January 27, 2026 04:35 PM

The phrasing made me laugh. Thanks, and I agree with you.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 04:36 PM (ix8EF)

371 Psycho, have you seen the mountain lion that is wandering around San Francisco?

Posted by: Calvin's army of snowmen at January 27, 2026 04:36 PM (79pEw)

372 38 I fear that all the AWFLs are really witches and want to boil children down in large caldrons.

the folklore around witches arose in part from stories of older women who separated themselves from the village and couldn't be trusted, especially around children, passed down and embellished

historians will tell you it was just sexism, but the reality is AWFLs have always been with us
Posted by: brak at January 27, 2026 04:34 PM (jGJov)

When I was in college and grad school I used to chat policy with liberals and leftists (this was the 80s). I used to be able to get them advocating mass murder in about 10 minutes. All of them.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 27, 2026 04:37 PM (8avO+)

373 I'll continue to try and keep them alive despite our political differences.
Posted by: Oldcat at January 27, 2026 04:30 PM (8avO+)
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Well yeah me too, but I'll stop short of going out of my way to change their minds and vote republican, or do any sort of wish-casting about how THIS time it's different and the Dems have said something so awful the Jewish folk will vote for someone else. Fool's errand.

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 04:37 PM (5aZAZ)

374 363 Bugs Bunny invented FAFO.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 04:37 PM (N8ZBc)

375 Seems like even when they leave they don't stay gone.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 27, 2026 04:37 PM (0KSrI)

376 I watch a lot of really weird tinfoil conspiracy videos on Youtube. Recently saw this one that used Astrology to prove that the next Super Bowl will actually be a satanic ritual. THAT kind of sounded reasonable.
Posted by: Max Power at January 27, 2026 04:36 PM (SwyyQ)

Well, New England IS involved.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 27, 2026 04:37 PM (8avO+)

377 Another nurse. Arrested at the Springhill Suites in Maple Grove last night while protesting ICE staying there.



Square profile picture
Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok
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BREAKING: One of the anti-ICE rioters arrested in Minnesota has been identified as registered nurse Freya James Ebbesen.

Would you feel comfortable with this person assisting in your labor and delivery?

You can contact the birth center where Freya works here: 6125455311

Posted by: beckster at January 27, 2026 04:37 PM (I7J98)

378 The Biden admin gave millions of them real SSNs.

"We verified their SSNs. We are free from liability."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 04:34 PM (GBKbO)
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And maximum benefits that someone who paid in can hardly get.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 04:38 PM (krQz2)

379 Bugs Bunny invented FAFO.
Posted by: gp

"You realize, of course, that this means war."

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 04:38 PM (77rzZ)

380 , I guess it is "Grevey's." Like the zebra."

Ken. UK and Bullits BB player

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 04:38 PM (XuXeR)

381 Alex Pretti was ‘known’ to feds, and had rib broken in anti-ICE protest a week before he was killed by Border Patrol

Posted by: SMOD at January 27, 2026 04:38 PM (RHGPo)

382 I would give Kristen Stewart a hand moving out of the country, but...

Posted by: Michelle Fields at January 27, 2026 04:38 PM (Q+gd/)

383 What exactly would Rick Wilson be cancelled from? You can't be cancelled from being an ahole

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 04:38 PM (IDEQi)

384 Whoops, Psycho, that was me.

Posted by: bluebell at January 27, 2026 04:38 PM (79pEw)

385 I watch a lot of really weird tinfoil conspiracy videos on Youtube. Recently saw this one that used Astrology to prove that the next Super Bowl will actually be a satanic ritual. THAT kind of sounded reasonable.
Posted by: Max Power at January 27, 2026 04:36 PM (SwyyQ)


Astrology is older than Satanism.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 27, 2026 04:38 PM (8avO+)

386 Embrace the power of “and”. Go after the ants AND the sugar that attracts them
Posted by: Cow Demon at January 27, 2026 04:33 PM (2oNrx)

+ ACESPADESHQ FOR DUMMIES +

Fire everything!

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 04:38 PM (ciYHQ)

387 And, if my good friend Rocky were in this stove, would I throw a lighted match in?!

Posted by: Bugs Bunny at January 27, 2026 04:38 PM (krQz2)

388 I'd like to see an AI of the "get your shine box" changed to get your wine box.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 27, 2026 04:39 PM (n5tGW)

389 383 What exactly would Rick Wilson be cancelled from? You can't be cancelled from being an ahole

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 04:38 PM (IDEQi)

======

From Patterico's inner circle.

Patterico wants to see Noem suffer first because he likes watching women cry.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 04:39 PM (GBKbO)

390 388 LOL

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 04:40 PM (N8ZBc)

391 383 What exactly would Rick Wilson be cancelled from? You can't be cancelled from being an ahole
Posted by: Smell the Glove

If you're kicked off a show no one watches for your controversial comments, are you really canceled?

Posted by: Deep Thoughts at January 27, 2026 04:40 PM (JCZqz)

392 BREAKING: One of the anti-ICE rioters arrested in Minnesota has been identified as registered nurse Freya James Ebbesen.

Would you feel comfortable with this person assisting in your labor and delivery?

You can contact the birth center where Freya works here: 6125455311
Posted by: beckster at January 27, 2026 04:37 PM (I7J9

And they keep telling me how hard-working nurses are. From the ones dancing in empty hospitals during Covid to this one rioting in her spare time, someone is lying.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 27, 2026 04:40 PM (8avO+)

393 Recently saw this one that used Astrology to prove that the next Super Bowl will actually be a satanic ritual. THAT kind of sounded reasonable.
Posted by: Max Power at January 27, 2026 04:36 PM (SwyyQ)

I'll be surprised if it's NOT a satanic ritual.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at January 27, 2026 04:40 PM (XPM1I)

394 Kristen Stewart will be shoving things down her throat in her upcoming porn career.

Posted by: steevy at January 27, 2026 04:40 PM (YwEeS)

395 Fun Fact: It's a well known fact that the reason we have the Easy-Bake oven for our children is because the Germans perfected the technology a century ago.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 27, 2026 04:40 PM (oT7pT)

396 Axios - 1 hour ago -
Politics & Policy
Scoop: Stephen Miller behind misleading claim that Alex Pretti wanted to "massacre" agents
Marc Caputo



Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 27, 2026 04:40 PM (NFX2v)

397 Celebrities always leaving because of Trump, just not quite landing anywhere else.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 27, 2026 04:36 PM (n5tGW)
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None of them have the guts to do what they are asking for here: Just barge into the country and make yourself at home.

That's the real test of a society they seem to want to live in.

All ballless when it comes to immigration in other countries.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 04:41 PM (krQz2)

398 383 What exactly would Rick Wilson be cancelled from? You can't be cancelled from being an ahole
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 04:38 PM (IDEQi)
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Turns out that the vagrants that patronize the glory hole at the bus station where Rick works have strong opinions about Steven Miller.

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 04:41 PM (5aZAZ)

399 Posted by: beckster at January 27, 2026 04:37 PM (I7J98

I imagine that Freya- the Norse Goddess of love, beauty and blessings-wouldn't be too impressed either.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 04:41 PM (ix8EF)

400 Here's the Insty link to Kristen Stewart:

https://instapundit.com/772219/

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 27, 2026 04:41 PM (PiwSw)

401 400

Posted by: m at January 27, 2026 04:41 PM (SSiCQ)

402 396 Axios - 1 hour ago -
Politics & Policy
Scoop: Stephen Miller behind misleading claim that Alex Pretti wanted to "massacre" agents
Marc Caputo



Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 27, 2026 04:40 PM (NFX2v)


How do they know that he didn't ? Did they ask him ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 27, 2026 04:41 PM (VE6XX)

403 I always find it interesting that the two notable hunters in the Torah were dicks (Esau and Nimrod) and Nebuchadnezzar lived among wild animals. It's a bit of a theme.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 04:42 PM (BI5O2)

404 Freya James Ebbesen"

No relation to Buddy Ebsen?

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 04:42 PM (XuXeR)

405 363 Bugs Bunny invented FAFO.
Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 04:37 PM (N8ZBc)

They didn't know him very well, did they?

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 04:42 PM (wVcYX)

406 I'm reminded of the black chick several years back, somewhere in Florida, I think, who infiltrated a press conference given by the chief of police on some local crime. She offered to be the sign language person, except she didn't know sign language. It was all gibberish. Funny as shit.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 27, 2026 04:42 PM (Y1sOo)

407 What exactly would Rick Wilson be cancelled from? You can't be cancelled from being an ahole

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 04:38 PM (IDEQi)
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Somebody in Minnesota was.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 04:42 PM (krQz2)

408 Psycho, have you seen the mountain lion that is wandering around San Francisco?
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Hi blubell, yes wandering around a very tony part of town. It is rather... large.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 27, 2026 04:43 PM (RIvkX)

409 Here's the Insty link to Kristen Stewart:

I'd hit it. (Hic!) On a slow Tuesday. If Huma weren't around. I guess.

Posted by: Hillary! at January 27, 2026 04:43 PM (JCZqz)

410 Posted by: hobbitopoly at January 27, 2026 04:40 PM (XPM1I)

Well Bad Bunny in his dresses is bad enough.


Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 04:43 PM (ix8EF)

411 should burn in fucking hell for pulling this shit on Holocaust Rememberance Day.
Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 03:56 PM (cxiKi)
****
Better to rule in Hell than serve in heaven is their last ditch belief system.

Posted by: torabora at January 27, 2026 04:44 PM (C6lX6)

412 Bugs Bunny >>> Bad Bunny

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 04:44 PM (krQz2)

413 403 YD, I wouldn't call Esau a dick, just a dim bulb. He didn't hold anything against Jacob for outsmarting him.

And how was Nimrod a dick? I don't recall him doing anything awful.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 04:44 PM (77rzZ)

414 Psycho, have you seen the mountain lion that is wandering around San Francisco?
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Hi blubell, yes wandering around a very tony part of town. It is rather... large.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 27, 2026 04:43 PM (RIvkX)

Probably someone's pet. In my area some years ago they had to shoot a tiger that got out and was wandering in the hills near a school.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 27, 2026 04:44 PM (8avO+)

415 The dark night of fascism is always descending in the United States and yet lands only in Europe.
Tom Wolfe

Posted by: SMOD at January 27, 2026 04:44 PM (RHGPo)

416 I would not pay for murder, bloody his face some.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 27, 2026 04:44 PM (EyfuW)

417
Kristen Stewart: prettiest skank in the trailer park

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 27, 2026 04:44 PM (y9nCu)

418 Too friggin' funny. I don't want to bother shortening the URL so go to Insty and click the link with the headline "BEGUN, THE AI WARS HAVE."

Posted by: Oddbob at January 27, 2026 04:44 PM (Fs0KI)

419 And how was Nimrod a dick? I don't recall him doing anything awful.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 04:44 PM (77rzZ)

He tried to shoot my eye out.

Posted by: God at January 27, 2026 04:45 PM (Q+gd/)

420 Kristen Stewart tried to stay in the news by coming out as a lesbian. Now she's leaving the country. Bye

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 04:45 PM (IDEQi)

421 Kristen Stewart: prettiest skank in the trailer park
Posted by: IllTemperedCur

What!?!? Where is the bitch!?!?!

Posted by: Tonya Harding at January 27, 2026 04:45 PM (JCZqz)

422 nood msnbc

Posted by: m at January 27, 2026 04:45 PM (SSiCQ)

423 Better to rule in Hell than serve in heaven is their last-ditch belief system.
Posted by: torabora

I never understood that line until Obama.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 04:46 PM (77rzZ)

424 And how was Nimrod a dick? I don't recall him doing anything awful.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 04:44 PM (77rzZ)
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"Hunter" does not have a good connotation to Israelites and Canaanites.

He also did Babel: Man's enterprise of rebellion against the Lord.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 04:46 PM (krQz2)

425 And how was Nimrod a dick? "

It's right there in his name, nimrod....

/heh

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 04:46 PM (XuXeR)

426 Searched for "Kristen Stewart smiling." Those are called 'grimaces,' Mister Google Search!

It's like she's trying to smile, but can't stop gritting. Chewing ten-penny nails.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 04:46 PM (N8ZBc)

427 Nood

Posted by: Thanatopsis at January 27, 2026 04:47 PM (LdBR/)

428 402. How do they know that he didn't ? Did they ask him ?
Posted by: It's me donna

Dead men tell no tales.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 27, 2026 04:47 PM (NFX2v)

429 And how was Nimrod a dick? I don't recall him doing anything awful.

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Not directly in Torah, no. But Talmudic tradition holds that he was an idolatry who tried to set Abraham on fire and built the Tower of Babel.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 04:49 PM (BI5O2)

430 CNN is not even trying anymore. Why bother. The people still watching arent going anywhere no matter how ridiculous it becomes. It you are A 27 yo booker for CNN do you really think your going to go to the effort of finding someone who can pass for reasonable. Nope. Found this schmoo off of a TikToc feed and he answered the mfcking phone when Called. Full stop. Work day done.

Posted by: Low low effort journalism at January 27, 2026 04:49 PM (Mw2aG)

431 385 I watch a lot of really weird tinfoil conspiracy videos on Youtube. Recently saw this one that used Astrology to prove that the next Super Bowl will actually be a satanic ritual. THAT kind of sounded reasonable.
Posted by: Max Power at January 27, 2026 04:36 PM (SwyyQ)

__________________________

Seattle Seahawks (SS) vs. New England Patriots (NEP)

AKA: Schutzstaffel (SS) vs. Needle Exchange Program (NEP)

Yeah, I could see that as a Satanic ritual.

Posted by: Orson at January 27, 2026 04:51 PM (dIske)

432 Putting people in ovens? Sign me up! It's cold up here in the Yukon!

Posted by: Sam MacGee. at January 27, 2026 04:55 PM (/ZkOF)

433 In my experience the media always uses your best picture, unless they hate you

Posted by: Zombie Trayvon Martin at January 27, 2026 05:01 PM (Mw2aG)

434 "Shut uppppppp."

My preferred go-to is
"Stop masturbating."

I told my brother I was going to start deploying this, and he said to let him know when I did so he could be on the lookout for story at 6/film at 11.

Posted by: barbarausa at January 27, 2026 05:03 PM (enw9G)

435 The saddest part of their lies is how embarrassingly bad they are. They don't even respect us enough come up with good and clever lies, just pathetic, weak lies.

Of course, I say "us". I mean their weak-minded followers. They really think the people who agree with them are completely brain dead.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 27, 2026 05:09 PM (tV890)

436 Former President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice (DOJ) began an investigation into the finances of Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), the Somali refugee turned far-left politician, after reports suggested that she has amassed a multi-million-dollar net worth since being elected to Congress, the New York Times reports.

Posted by: SMOD at January 27, 2026 05:23 PM (fXVlG)

437 Crease these Marxist Rat assholes' foreheads with a tire iron just to wake them up a little and maybe confess their sins. That's what it's going to come to anyway.

Posted by: Detest and piss on Marxist Rat bastards at January 27, 2026 05:33 PM (dbmpc)

FIRE ALL AWFLs: Virginia Nurse Says She'll Use Drugs to Paralyze and Poison ICE Agents

She works for VCU Health -- which says that her calls to paralyze and poison people are "inappropriate" and under investigation, but they have not fired her.

She's currently suspended and not in a position to poison patients -- but no firing.


Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok

Meet Melinda, a healthcare worker at @VCUHealth. She posted a series of videos encouraging people to inject ICE agents with succinylocholine, a temporary paralysis drug, and spray poison on them. She also encourages woman to go on dates with agents and drug their food.

Any comment @VCUHealth
? How can you have such a vile person working with patients? How can anyone feel safe at your facilities if you employ such people?

Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok

BREAKING UPDATE: Malinda just SCRUBBED her tiktok account

Still no word from @VCUHealth

They're taking a Wait and See Attitude about the Angel of Death nurse:

vcuhealth.png

She also seems to work for Duke University Hospital. When the hospital was asked about this Angel of Death nurse, instead of responding, they... just deleted people's texts asking questions about this likely future murderess.

And she's not the only nurse urging others to do harm to patients. The below creature, who is more filter than human being, not only wished severe birth-related complications on Karoline Leavitt, but also tells nurses to discriminate against ICE agents.


We have "red flag" laws for guns. We need red flag laws for health care workers -- if someone informs the authorities that you are an ideologically-twisted sociopath or borderline personality disorder bitch, you need to have your licenses pulled until you can demonstrate to a panel that you have completed 6-12 months of psychological counseling and testing.

If it saves just one life, right?

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1 FOIST?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 27, 2026 02:42 PM (WONhk)

2 I have no doubt that some of these loonies made sure "anti vaxxers" died during COVID

Posted by: steevy at January 27, 2026 02:43 PM (YwEeS)

3 Note how these strong, powerful women are demanding others kill for their cause?

Get out on the front lines, commie!!

The revolution needs your blood!!

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 27, 2026 02:43 PM (HXT0k)

4 This is what war looks like.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder,Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 02:44 PM (97pax)

5 Bitch sounds sane.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 02:45 PM (zZu0s)

6 "Who cares what is going on in colleges! Those attitudes will never survive in the real world"

-All the GOPe, 10 years ago.


This is a DIRECT result of the complete takeover of medical schools and pushing DEI as the most important goal of EVERY professional.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 27, 2026 02:45 PM (zjgNU)

7 I can fix her.

- Some dude, sonewhere.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder,Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 02:45 PM (97pax)

8 FIRE ALL AWFLs: Virginia Nurse Says She'll Use Drugs to Paralyze and Poison ICE Agents

Hamas School of Nursing, Rape, Murder, and Rape

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 27, 2026 02:45 PM (gbOdA)

9 To be fair, there are a lot of borderline personalities out here, ace.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 02:46 PM (zZu0s)

10 Succinlylociline, you say?

Posted by: The Artist Formerly known as H Biden at January 27, 2026 02:47 PM (wGerL)

11 Administrative leave (Likely with pay!), not fired.

Thank you Nurse's Union! Glad you support the best.

Posted by: Gunslinger at January 27, 2026 02:47 PM (R2gO3)

12 "Nurse" Melinda, help is on the way!

Headline (Fox News):

"Biden speaks out against immigration crackdown in Minnesota, says it goes against American values"

Posted by: mrp at January 27, 2026 02:47 PM (rj6Yv)

13 Arms are 67 and face is around 50
also $50k in work

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 27, 2026 02:47 PM (gbOdA)

14 Hamas School of Nursing, Rape, Murder, and Rape

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 27, 2026 02:45 PM (gbOdA)

You said rape twice.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder,Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 02:47 PM (97pax)

15 I can fix her.

- Some dude, sonewhere.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder,Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 02:45 PM (97pax)

The second gal IS kind of hot...

I know it's wrong, but...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 02:47 PM (zZu0s)

16 Lexi, better filters. You're old.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 27, 2026 02:47 PM (ewjUl)

17 My wife is extremely happy she retired from being an RN and putting up with the non-stop liberal bullshit being spouted by too many of her co-workers.

And by those co-workers I mean almost exclusively white female nurses.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at January 27, 2026 02:47 PM (wtvvX)

18 I can fix her.

- Some dude, sonewhere.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder,Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 02:45 PM

Define "fix"...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 27, 2026 02:47 PM (Wnv9h)

19 My sister in law is a retired RN. She told me that nurses are not what they used to be, that they are lazy and poorly taught and uninterested in learning. I believe her.

Posted by: huerfano at January 27, 2026 02:47 PM (98kQX)

20 Second gal also has that sharp jaw wegovy face.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 02:47 PM (zZu0s)

21 Well, there goes the "trust-based" society.

Posted by: Mr. Barky at January 27, 2026 02:47 PM (vnzIL)

22 "Biden speaks out against immigration crackdown in Minnesota, says it goes against American values"

Posted by: mrp at January 27, 2026 02:47 PM (rj6Yv)

Die already, useless pedo traitor.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder,Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 02:48 PM (97pax)

23 Again, these are not our countrymen. These are enemies who EVERY DAY make it clear they want us dead.

They want you dead, they want your family dead, they want the memory of you erased.

They serve evil gladly.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 27, 2026 02:48 PM (zjgNU)

24 You said rape twice.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder,Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 02:47 PM

There's a W Goldberg holding on line 3

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 27, 2026 02:48 PM (ewjUl)

25 Define "fix"...

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 27, 2026 02:47 PM (Wnv9h)

In position? In temperature?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder,Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 02:49 PM (97pax)

26 I can fix her.

- Some dude, sonewhere.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder,Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 02:45 PM

Define "fix"...
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 27, 2026 02:47 PM (Wnv9h)

I can.

Posted by: Guy who named his dick Thorazine at January 27, 2026 02:49 PM (zZu0s)

27 >>The second gal IS kind of hot...

I know it's wrong, but...

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 02:47 PM

You know she doesn't look like that, right?

Posted by: huerfano at January 27, 2026 02:49 PM (98kQX)

28 The below creature, who is more filter than human being

"More filter than human...twisted and evil."

- Stuff Obi Wan Kenobi might have said

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 27, 2026 02:49 PM (Wnv9h)

29 succinylocholine deez nuts

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 27, 2026 02:49 PM (l3YAf)

30
OUT: Hippocratic Oath
IN: Hypocritic Oath

"First, figure out their politics"

Posted by: Tex Lovera at January 27, 2026 02:49 PM (wtvvX)

31 This is what war looks like.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder,Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 02:44 PM (97pax)

Ironically, in previous wars, medical professionals made it a point of pride that they treated ally and enemy equally when they were in their care.

So, it's not the kind of war our country has ever waged. But these people aren't Americans.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 27, 2026 02:49 PM (zjgNU)

32 Those two vile women are murderers in principle. Firing isn't enough. I don't know what is appropriate but they need to regret their insanity.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 27, 2026 02:49 PM (8CIFn)

33 Arrest her for plotting a murder

Posted by: Skip at January 27, 2026 02:50 PM (Ia/+0)

34 >> Kyle Becker
@kylenabecker
Normie America has weighed in on mass deportations.

Between 55% to 64% want ALL illegals deported. No exceptions.

Don't let the anti-ICE thugs fool you. They are for chaos, criminals, and corruption. They are against democracy, the rule of law, and YOU.

Link to CNN video via X post

https://tinyurl.com/f9wmj9v7

Posted by: Marcus T at January 27, 2026 02:50 PM (ittVa)

35 I'll bet they shook their thangs in coof-era choreography, too, these tireless, selfless Women of Care.

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at January 27, 2026 02:50 PM (NYInA)

36 That vagina-faced dead fuck Pretti was a nurse too. What is it with nurses? I dated more than my fair share. They were always ... fun. What happened? I strongly suspect these filthy sericata aren't real nurses, so much as paper-pushing NPC drones with mental health problems.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 02:50 PM (iFTx/)

37 ugh healthcare is a hot mess

scary

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 02:51 PM (emBoF)

38 The second gal IS kind of hot...

She has the filters set on "kill" so who knows what she really looks like.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 27, 2026 02:51 PM (2ocoG)

39 I'm sure their words were taken totally out of context

Posted by: 496 at January 27, 2026 02:51 PM (rlR9Y)

40 34 >> Kyle Becker
@kylenabecker
Normie America has weighed in on mass deportations.

Between 55% to 64% want ALL illegals deported. No exceptions.

Don't let the anti-ICE thugs fool you. They are for chaos, criminals, and corruption. They are against democracy, the rule of law, and YOU.

Link to CNN video via X post

https://tinyurl.com/f9wmj9v7

Posted by: Marcus T at January 27, 2026 02:50 PM (ittVa)

======

Joe Blow doesn't care about Maria, the innocent maid, anymore.

That went away a long time back, before Biden.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 02:51 PM (GBKbO)

41 You know she doesn't look like that, right?
Posted by: huerfano at January 27, 2026 02:49 PM (98kQX)

Oh come on, surely the honey badger wants a little pet!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 02:51 PM (zZu0s)

42 Spanking might be a start.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 27, 2026 02:51 PM (8CIFn)

43
Certain videos have come to our attention.

Administrative counseling is underway.

This matter is closed.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2026 02:51 PM (tgvbd)

44 Makes a trip to the Doc or the ER a real adventure now, yes? You a certain demographic you better have your papers in order when you go, in a manner of speaking. Beware the Danger Hair and Face Hardware.

Posted by: tubal at January 27, 2026 02:51 PM (pDt9x)

45 36 That vagina-faced dead fuck Pretti was a nurse too. What is it with nurses? I dated more than my fair share. They were always ... fun. What happened? I strongly suspect these filthy sericata aren't real nurses, so much as paper-pushing NPC drones with mental health problems.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 02:50 PM (iFTx/)

=====

"The hard sciences like medicine will always be free of leftist indoctrination."
-state level GOP for 30 years

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 02:52 PM (GBKbO)

46 A fair bulk of the NYC nurses at major hospitals are illegal immigrants. The state allows them to even get their RN.

That plus the AWFL’s have poisoned the system.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 27, 2026 02:52 PM (ittVa)

47 we talk about sectors being feminized - like say teaching. it's really hard to become a teacher if you're male now. the ladies will push. you. out.

you can basically only teach in HS (maybe) and boys' schools.

that is due to females being territorial.

same thing happened in health care. and like education, it has not improved things.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 02:52 PM (emBoF)

48 I heard new VA governor already offered her a position in State Department of Health.

Posted by: epador at January 27, 2026 02:52 PM (TRnzq)

49 My late wife was a nurse. I also dated a nurse until I found out she was crazy.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 27, 2026 02:52 PM (8CIFn)

50 >> Joe Blow doesn't care about Maria, the innocent maid, anymore.

That went away a long time back, before Biden.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 02:51 PM (GBKbO)

GW Bush says, hey.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 27, 2026 02:53 PM (ittVa)

51 That vagina-faced dead fuck Pretti was a nurse too. What is it with nurses? I dated more than my fair share. They were always ... fun. What happened? I strongly suspect these filthy sericata aren't real nurses, so much as paper-pushing NPC drones with mental health problems.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 02:50 PM (iFTx/)

That is what they've been trained to do.

But conservatives warning about the complete takeover of higher education were just chicken littles, according the the "smart" conservative set, 10 years ago.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 27, 2026 02:53 PM (zjgNU)

52 The cancer has metastasized.

This country cannot survive such evil.

Posted by: Czech Chick at January 27, 2026 02:53 PM (vK/Ja)

53 All of these psycho women nurses are pure White Bread.

Posted by: tubal at January 27, 2026 02:53 PM (pDt9x)

54 Think about this:

How many health care jobs exist solely because of the crush of illegals using the system for free?
How many have reported emergency rooms packed with nothing but non-English speakers?

Every government program in every blue state is a minimum of 30% fraud.

How many billions are we paying for this?
How many thousands of AWFLs are we employing merely to take care of illegals?

The deportation of illegals and the ending of the fraud isn't just an existential, extinction-level event for the Democrats ...
It is going to wipe out 3-4 generations of leftie culture.
That "Life of Julia" they put out wasn't aspirational for the future--it was descriptive of several decades of female college graduates. School, college, gov job, gov retirement.
Women who have spent their entire lives inside the artificial government ecosystem.
Where the entire of government exists to support them.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 27, 2026 02:54 PM (HXT0k)

55 >> What is it with nurses?

The medical profession produces God Complexes. Add in women who have spent their whole lives being lied to and told they are strong and indulging every antisocial impulse they have is “empowering” and this is what you get.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 27, 2026 02:54 PM (l3YAf)

56 Willowed!

How do we know there aren't (slightly) smarter psychos doing this already?

If or when someone pulls that, they may pick the wrong family member of friend to do that to...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 02:54 PM (ULPxl)

57 That plus the AWFL’s have poisoned the system.


the bullying AWFLs love the immigrant nurses

they can push them around and make them do the shit work and those girls can't say much

it's perfection for your typical (bossy) nursing type

(sorry just thinking about my friends who went into nursing. they were ALL queen bee types)

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 02:54 PM (emBoF)

58 The second gal IS kind of hot...

---

She has the filters set on "kill" so who knows what she really looks like.

Posted by: Ian S.

The pic in the Trump Sucks shirt is what she looks like. Pair that with the hot soup of insanity in her brain pan and she's a 0 all day.

Posted by: Grudge Harbor at January 27, 2026 02:54 PM (yFLFB)

59 Second lady:

Neck wrinkles that she hides with turtleneck. Also insane.

1/10.

Would not bang.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 02:54 PM (GBKbO)

60 Kyle Becker
@kylenabecker
Normie America has weighed in on mass deportations.

Between 55% to 64% want ALL illegals deported. No exceptions.

Don't let the anti-ICE thugs fool you. They are for chaos, criminals, and corruption. They are against democracy, the rule of law, and YOU.

Link to CNN video via X post

https://tinyurl.com/f9wmj9v7
Posted by: Marcus T at January 27, 2026 02:50 PM (ittVa)
_____

Only 55-64%? I'll bet any amount of money the real numbers are higher than that.

Sure, there's some percent who won't give up cheaper tacos or $15 blowjobs from Maria and Pedro.

But the vast majority of normal people stopped giving a rat's flying asshole fuck about these parasites a long time ago. The Somali fraud reveal was just the inflection point that made it socially acceptable to admit it.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 02:54 PM (iFTx/)

61 Women who have spent their entire lives inside the artificial government ecosystem.
Where the entire of government exists to support them.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 27, 2026 02:54 PM (HXT0k)

All paid for by money stolen from actually-productive citizens. (Primarily white men.)

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 27, 2026 02:55 PM (l3YAf)

62 The second gal IS kind of hot...

She has the filters set on "kill" so who knows what she really looks like.
Posted by: Ian S
_________

From her neck in the t-shirt photo, she looks to be at least 50.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 27, 2026 02:55 PM (XvL8K)

63 I have no doubt that some of these loonies made sure "anti vaxxers" died during COVID

It was common to give COVID patients with severe symptoms Midazolam which is a sedative AND respiratory depression.

That's right - giving someone with breathing issues something that makes it worse...intentionally.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 02:55 PM (sKqQm)

64 Avoid nurses and teachers as a general rule.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 02:55 PM (wVcYX)

65 "you need to have your licenses pulled until you can demonstrate to a panel that you have completed 6-12 months of psychological counseling and testing."

I would never give their licenses back. They can never be trusted to be around patients and would still be a huge liability to the hospital.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 27, 2026 02:55 PM (NpAcC)

66 Paralytic my ass.

It's not foolproof anymore thanks to mass-spec, but succinylcholine remains a popular poison for murderers because it metabolizes so quickly that it doesn't show up in normal tox screening.

She's talking about murdering people. These are credible death threats, it's felony menacing, arrest her.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 02:55 PM (BI5O2)

67 $15 blow jobs?!

That's cheaper than in town!

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 02:56 PM (zZu0s)

68 Czech Chick

The solution to the Nike Riots gave the Eastern Roman Empire another 600 years of life.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 27, 2026 02:56 PM (u82oZ)

69 These are not nurses who have the heart of a nurse. I can say this because I was one.

In the late 90's I taught as a clinical adjunct professor in the med center. My 12 students a year were a minority of people who wanted to be nurses. The others were former EMT's and LPN's who wanted their RN license for better pay.

I saw immediately the difference, and not just my age, because some were nearly my age.

I became a RN at 23yrs old. The 50 of us I graduated with were put through a grinder to graduate (we were told 1/2 of us would not make it and that proved true). We all had the heart of a nurse, if that makes sense. It was an honor, not a paycheck.

While I am all for raised pay for nurses and teachers vs the NFL, these hollow vessels who base politics on care should not share my degree.

I did see that Bondi has told the State Board in FL to end the license for that one nurse. While it is Virginia, I doubt they will comply.

How does this beetch know their politics? It is not listed on information. Does she research every patient? If so, she's not busy enough. If you were assigned to me I would not care how you voted or your job. I was keeping you alive.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 27, 2026 02:56 PM (WONhk)

70 That vagina-faced dead fuck Pretti was a nurse too. What is it with nurses? I dated more than my fair share. They were always ... fun.

Nowadays, nurses have the stereotype of being super easy, but also super likely to cheat. I don't think that was true in the past, or maybe I just had my head in the sand.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 27, 2026 02:56 PM (2ocoG)

71 2 I have no doubt that some of these loonies made sure "anti vaxxers" died during COVID

Posted by: steevy at January 27, 2026 02:43 PM (YwEeS)

Absolutely. When I was in the hospital, one of the nurses was clearly out to kill me until she was taken off duty from my room.

She'd previous got in my face and shouted at the top of her lungs "YOU'VE KILLED MY CHILDREN! YOU FUCKING KILLED MY CHILDREN!!!!"

Posted by: XTC at January 27, 2026 02:56 PM (6Uni8)

72 Hey Melinda. Harm any member of my family and we will have a little chat. And you'd better pray your attorney is better than mine.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 27, 2026 02:56 PM (2WIwB)

73 >> $15 blowjobs from Maria and Pedro

I was told the price was $20. Illegals really are undercutting the wages of American workers!

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 27, 2026 02:56 PM (l3YAf)

74 67 $15 blow jobs?!

That's cheaper than in town!
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 02:56 PM (zZu0s)

See... Doing the blow jobs Americans won't do...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 27, 2026 02:56 PM (VE6XX)

75 This lady is nuttier than a squirrel turd.


Run Forrest Run


Bunny boiler for sure

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 27, 2026 02:56 PM (NtVYv)

76 Ironically, in previous wars, medical professionals made it a point of pride that they treated ally and enemy equally when they were in their care.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

My Mom was a flight nurse in WWII. She had a story about one time they were transporting some wounded GIs back to the States, as well as some wounded German POWs. The whole lot got airsick. The Americans and the Germans were passing the upchuck pails around to each other freely, regardless of alligience.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 02:57 PM (77rzZ)

77 They were interviewing the NYC nurses out on strike for higher pay and all kinds of ridiculous benefits. Most of them were barely literate and you wouldn’t want them to treat your dog. They are part of the reason healthcare costs are out of control. The other part are healthcare companies, who are finally getting pounded today because Trump said he isn’t paying them a big increase next year for Medicare Advantage and some other programs. Of course they went right to- patient care will suffer. You know of you don’t maintain their 11% and growing profit margins.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 27, 2026 02:57 PM (ittVa)

78 She'd previous got in my face and shouted at the top of her lungs "YOU'VE KILLED MY CHILDREN! YOU FUCKING KILLED MY CHILDREN!!!!"
Posted by: XTC at January 27, 2026 02:56 PM (6Uni

LOT of crazy people out there during covid.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 02:57 PM (zZu0s)

79 Women have just really gone off the rails. I hope Republicans can cobble a lasting majority without white women.

I was reading some report where women globally have moved so far left in just the last 10 years and much of it is being blamed on social media.

Posted by: Leupold at January 27, 2026 02:57 PM (eIzlH)

80 ICE should do the Doc Holiday thing if they find themselves in here care (or orbit) : hold a loaded handgun and when she approaches say: "Now darlin' we ain't gonna hurt each other, are we?"

Posted by: Joe Mama at January 27, 2026 02:57 PM (TezPK)

81 60 Only 55-64%? I'll bet any amount of money the real numbers are higher than that.

Sure, there's some percent who won't give up cheaper tacos or $15 blowjobs from Maria and Pedro.

But the vast majority of normal people stopped giving a rat's flying asshole fuck about these parasites a long time ago. The Somali fraud reveal was just the inflection point that made it socially acceptable to admit it.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 02:54 PM (iFTx/)

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I think most people are inured to tales of woe from people they don't know in general.

Just..."I've heard of the travails of the oppressed as the most important thing in the world for the past 50 years, always needing my money to alleviate it, and it's not alleviated. Fuck it. I just want to watch football."

So, the messaging war is PR between committed ideologues and doesn't actually reach many persuadable people because the numbers of those able to be persuaded is vanishingly small.

Empathy exhaustion.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 02:57 PM (GBKbO)

82 Sounds an awful lot like we're in the middle of some sort of insurgency. The enemy, they're inside the wire.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 27, 2026 02:57 PM (jtM2q)

83 It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies and nosers-out of unorthodoxy.

Posted by: Winston Smith at January 27, 2026 02:57 PM (jc0TO)

84 Given their public confession of murderous tendencies should any deaths on their watch be investigated?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 27, 2026 02:58 PM (8CIFn)

85 Investigating the fraud isn't going to take away the livelihood of a few thousand skinnies--it's going to take away the jobs of several thousand to hundreds of thousands of social workers, case managers, care providers, teachers, etc.

Women who have no career prospects outside of fully dependent direct or indirect government funding.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 27, 2026 02:58 PM (HXT0k)

86 Lets say there is a COVID-19 Wuhan vax death under her care.

Sue the hospital, personally sue the HR director, and the hiring manager?

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 27, 2026 02:58 PM (u82oZ)

87 Nowadays, nurses have the stereotype of being super easy, but also super likely to cheat. I don't think that was true in the past, or maybe I just had my head in the sand.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 27, 2026 02:56 PM (2ocoG)

Sounds like you coulda had it somewhere else.

I coulda had a V8

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 27, 2026 02:58 PM (NtVYv)

88 I was reading some report where women globally have moved so far left in just the last 10 years and much of it is being blamed on social media.

The media has tried to frame it as men moving far to the XXXTREME right, but in actuality men haven't moved.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 27, 2026 02:58 PM (2ocoG)

89 Hey Melinda. Harm any member of my family and we will have a little chat. And you'd better pray your attorney is better than mine.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 27, 2026 02:56 PM (2WIwB)

Weird name for a Garand, but OK.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder,Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 02:58 PM (97pax)

90 58 The second gal IS kind of hot...

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She has the filters set on "kill" so who knows what she really looks like.

Posted by: Ian S.

The pic in the Trump Sucks shirt is what she looks like. Pair that with the hot soup of insanity in her brain pan and she's a 0 all day.
Posted by: Grudge Harbor at January 27, 2026 02:54 PM (yFLFB)
******
Even her picture in the Trump Sucks shirt has a filter.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 27, 2026 02:59 PM (NpAcC)

91 >> She'd previous got in my face and shouted at the top of her lungs "YOU'VE KILLED MY CHILDREN! YOU FUCKING KILLED MY CHILDREN!!!!"

I wonder how many abortions she’d had.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 27, 2026 02:59 PM (l3YAf)

92 FIRE ALL AWFLs: Virginia Nurse Says She'll Use Drugs to Paralyze and Poison ICE Agents
—Ace
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We just need to push out the psychotic ones.

That's the thing about social media, they let you know who they are pretty quick.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 02:59 PM (krQz2)

93 The NHS gets all sorts of similar complaints about abuse of Jewish patients in their system.

Two nurses who promised to harm Jewish patients in Australia not only lost their jobs, their nurse credentials were canceled.

They can go practice "medicine" among their own savage people.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 27, 2026 02:59 PM (RIvkX)

94 This is only just the beginning. It's going to get a whole lot worse from here.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at January 27, 2026 02:59 PM (V362x)

95 Where have you gone, Nurse Dixie McCall?
Male patients turn their pleading eyes to you.
Woo, woo, woo.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 02:59 PM (wVcYX)

96 Hopefully, DOJ or HHS sent a quick letter to these hospitals letting them know they will be held responsible if this person deliberately harms a patient.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 27, 2026 02:59 PM (n5tGW)

97 She looks like the sort of smug bitch who would do it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 27, 2026 03:00 PM (RIvkX)

98 47.
Fat ugly chicks, Indians running from malpractice cases, and orderlies from African countries are what you'll find working in hospitals as a rule. Sprinkle in a few Asian woman newbies in the ER right out of UCLA who are marking time until they can open a private practice.

I've worked in and renovated many of the older hospitals in the Western US. Competency, English fluency, and hard work are rare enough to shine like a diamond in a goat's ass in a hospital. I wouldn't trust most nurses and orderlies I meet work as morticians.

But they got lots of time to dance on the interwebs.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 27, 2026 03:00 PM (H3o1i)

99 Remember when people said it's easy not to be canceled?

You know: "Just don't be an asshole."

I think it's easy not to threaten people with lethal poisoning or advocate the use of lethal poisons.

But that's me.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 03:00 PM (krQz2)

100 What was Pretti boy before he became a RN at age 32yrs?

Just curious if anyone knows. While his age is not an issue, as many change fields, as I said... EMT's and LPN's...it matters at times.

I would tell my EMT's to look at the whole person, not the injury, surgery or illness. Because all of that depends on how they will deal with the problem and heal.

The fact that he broke a rib prior in a fight makes him more rabid. The second time he brought a gun. His parents told him to basically knock it off, but his martyrdom won.

DEI hiring is one issue. Do they vet anyone anymore?

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 27, 2026 03:00 PM (WONhk)

101 Apologies for the lengthy paste-in, but I think this X comment fits the bill:
_______________________________


Disaffected
@DisaffectedPod
You should preferentially distrust nurses. I know that sounds shocking because you're still working on the old image of a profession of caring women.

That's not been true for a long time.

Nursing is a sink for pathological personalities. The number of borderline and narcissistic and sociopathic nurses today is noticeable. You can't not see it unless you've decided not to see it.

It's not mysterious either. Pathological personalities, especially female, are attracted to "caring" professions.

Why?

1. Automatic public trust. Those of you "shocked" by what I'm saying are doing exactly what they want you to. They're trading on an outdated image.

2. Social camouflage to hide their wicked behavior and to make any criticism of them look "unhinged."

3. The ability to control others, especially life and death.

Same reason you see so many insane sociopathic teachers and social workers.

Posted by: beckster at January 27, 2026 03:00 PM (I7J98)

102 The funny thing is...these nurses/medical professionals would absolutely demand that we provide top notch medical care to the worst of the worst terrorists during military operations.

Abu the Terrrorist must receive the same level of medical care as U.S. soldiers also wounded.

But ICE agents? Nope. They get worse care than our terrorist enemies.

Posted by: EFG at January 27, 2026 03:00 PM (Xt8HN)

103 85 Investigating the fraud isn't going to take away the livelihood of a few thousand skinnies--it's going to take away the jobs of several thousand to hundreds of thousands of social workers, case managers, care providers, teachers, etc.

Women who have no career prospects outside of fully dependent direct or indirect government funding.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 27, 2026 02:58 PM (HXT0k)

====

The modern Democrat Party built a patronage system of unskilled professionals who get paid to be Excel warriors and PowerPoint ninjas.

"I can pivot table like nobody's business!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 03:01 PM (GBKbO)

104 The media has tried to frame it as men moving far to the XXXTREME right, but in actuality men haven't moved.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 27, 2026 02:58 PM (2ocoG)

Men have actually moved to the left, but women have sprinted to the left. Most of the political issues in our day would have been unthinkable a century ago, or at any previous time in history.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 27, 2026 03:01 PM (l3YAf)

105 Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA

Good to see you posting. Horde minds and all that.

May your coterie of tall, drink of water, barmaids be keeping you warm.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 27, 2026 03:01 PM (u82oZ)

106 It's always the women.

Posted by: G. Orwell at January 27, 2026 03:01 PM (2Ez/1)

107 90.

Look at her arms in the Trump sucks shirt. Age will out, filters be damned.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 27, 2026 03:01 PM (H3o1i)

108 And you'd better pray your *undertaker* is better than mine.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 27, 2026 03:01 PM (Kt19C)

109 "In the end they're not coming after me, they are coming after you and I'm just standing in the way."
PDT June, 2023

Posted by: old chick at January 27, 2026 03:01 PM (F3Dlr)

110 When does Melinda start complaining about losing her right to free speech?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 27, 2026 03:02 PM (8CIFn)

111 Trust the science

Posted by: Cray Cray at January 27, 2026 03:02 PM (UM59F)

112 She'd previous got in my face and shouted at the top of her lungs "YOU'VE KILLED MY CHILDREN! YOU FUCKING KILLED MY CHILDREN!!!!"

The FNM was desperate to scare people through threats to their children but people started to notice kids were fairly immune to COVID, rather then being able to publish long lists of dead kids the FNM had to keep calling people COVID deniers but with no evidence.

Until a child died from COVID. This was the FNM's moment! They got a bunch of pictures of this, I believe 11 year old, and started claiming he had no co-morbities or anything so COVID was going to kill all the children that didn't get the clot shot

But unfortunately for them people looked at the pictures. The kid was 300lb or more. No co-morbities my ass.

And then that story just...went away...but didn't stop the terror campaign to get people to clot shot their kids

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 03:02 PM (sKqQm)

113 The only decent nurses I’ve met are ex military. One of them sewed the tip of my finger back on because the doc was too backed up. I bought her a new pair of shears as a thank you. She was floored.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 27, 2026 03:02 PM (ittVa)

114 Same reason you see so many insane sociopathic teachers and social workers.
Posted by: beckster at January 27, 2026 03:00 PM (I7J9

Makes sense.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 03:02 PM (zZu0s)

115 >>> 79 Women have just really gone off the rails. I hope Republicans can cobble a lasting majority without white women.

I was reading some report where women globally have moved so far left in just the last 10 years and much of it is being blamed on social media.
Posted by: Leupold at January 27, 2026 02:57 PM (eIzlH)

I say again: I want all 'Ettes to have a feralgov nation-wide License To Slap A Dumb (And/Or Psycho) Bitch.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 03:02 PM (ULPxl)

116 one of my kids (boy) was inclined towards pre-med. he'd be great at it too, nurse or dr or DO. very calm, easy going, ties flies well lol. detailed and steady. started out as a Chem major bc advisors said that might help a male get into med school (bio was too common).

after a while he just realized it was a no-go for males and switched to chem e. he's doing well but recently mentioned how much he wishes he could have stayed pre-med. but he knows there's just no point to it now.

that's a LOT of guys. a lot of good potential health care workers are turning their backs on the field.

just hope Elon does well with the HC robots.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 03:02 PM (emBoF)

117 There's another nurse clip out there where he says he won't administer anesthesia to MAGA

Posted by: the dandy at January 27, 2026 03:02 PM (8l8nW)

118 96 Hopefully, DOJ or HHS sent a quick letter to these hospitals letting them know they will be held responsible if this person deliberately harms a patient.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 27, 2026 02:59 PM (n5tGW)

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I'd like to see the DOJ go after the licensing boards, to be honest.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 03:02 PM (GBKbO)

119 Well somebody is still angry at Daddy isnt she??

Posted by: Donnie Two Scoops at January 27, 2026 03:02 PM (Mw2aG)

120 If these facilities will not fire these people, they are opening themselves up for a volley of lawsuits if something, anything, goes wrong under their care.

I'd think the board of directors would have already sh*tcanned them.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at January 27, 2026 03:02 PM (XPM1I)

121 This is healthy.

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 03:03 PM (cxiKi)

122 these sick bitches need their licenses pulled permanently

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 27, 2026 03:03 PM (zbJmM)

123 Succinylocholine was used by a psycho pediatric nurse around San Antonio in the early 80s to kill a bunch of kids.

Posted by: mishdog at January 27, 2026 03:03 PM (v8DuT)

124 Count de Monet

Julie London. What pipes. What a figure!

* wistful sigh *

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 27, 2026 03:03 PM (u82oZ)

125 "I can pivot table like nobody's business!"
Posted by: TheJamesMadison


My wife is a pivot-table ninja.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 03:03 PM (77rzZ)

126 I think it's easy not to threaten people with lethal poisoning or advocate the use of lethal poisons.

But that's me.
Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 03:00 PM (krQz2)

Right? I imagine most commenters here have gone decades without doing those things.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 27, 2026 03:03 PM (2ocoG)

127 This really hurts. I've met so many wonderful nurses due to a family member that had serious health issues. I'd hate to think some of them might secretly harbor similar thoughts. I've always held nurses in the highest esteem.

Posted by: Max Power at January 27, 2026 03:04 PM (SwyyQ)

128 Is is wrong of me to celebrate the fact that there is an actual health care worker involved this time, and not just some 30 year old Somali with a forehead the size of a beach ball racking in the government checks?

Posted by: Orson at January 27, 2026 03:04 PM (dIske)

129 I was reading some report where women globally have moved so far left in just the last 10 years and much of it is being blamed on social media.


its the stress of working and not having families

the COVID thing worked bc it gave them a BREAK. to stay home! they kept it going! the schools stayed closed bc the MOMS (who worked) wanted to stay home!

and as "email jobs" dry up, they are going to get crazier and crazier

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 03:04 PM (emBoF)

130 126 I think it's easy not to threaten people with lethal poisoning or advocate the use of lethal poisons.


And if you were actually going to do it would you say so on TikTok ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 27, 2026 03:04 PM (VE6XX)

131 Welp, guess I'm not getting sick.

Posted by: Weasel at January 27, 2026 03:05 PM (3zhHY)

132 >>> 84 Given their public confession of murderous tendencies should any deaths on their watch be investigated?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 27, 2026 02:58 PM (8CIFn)

Yes.

>>> 96 Hopefully, DOJ or HHS sent a quick letter to these hospitals letting them know they will be held responsible if this person deliberately harms a patient.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 27, 2026 02:59 PM (n5tGW)

You misspelled "arrested as accomplices to murder".

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 03:05 PM (ULPxl)

133
It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies and nosers-out of unorthodoxy.

Posted by: Winston Smith at January 27, 2026 02:57 PM

I've watched Pulp Fiction half a dozen times and I don't remember Winston ever saying that in that movie

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 27, 2026 03:05 PM (tljrc)

134 64 Avoid nurses and teachers as a general rule.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 02:55 PM (wVcYX)

My mother was a nurse.
My brother married a nurse.
His son married a nurse.

As a paramedic of 20 years, I had a handful of nurses hit on me. I would not date nurses.

Posted by: Baron Munchausen at January 27, 2026 03:05 PM (VakNL)

135 She picked the wrong profession to be in.

Posted by: Case at January 27, 2026 03:05 PM (E7+ue)

136 I've always held nurses in the highest esteem.
Posted by: Max Power at January 27, 2026 03:04 PM (SwyyQ)

They trade on that man. It sucks but people are kind of shit- at least some of them.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 03:05 PM (zZu0s)

137 Lexie lawler sounds like a pron name

Posted by: Them Dukes at January 27, 2026 03:05 PM (HcoTw)

138 These are some nasty fucking creatures.

I hate social media but it is at least good in that it roots out these whackjobs.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 27, 2026 03:05 PM (oT7pT)

139 I was reading some report where women globally have moved so far left in just the last 10 years and much of it is being blamed on social media.

The media has tried to frame it as men moving far to the XXXTREME right, but in actuality men haven't moved.

In 2012 Obama ran on a platform opposing gay marriage and tranny rights.

As of 2026 the FNM calls that extreme right wing NAZIism.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 03:05 PM (sKqQm)

140 I say again: I want all 'Ettes to have a feralgov nation-wide License To Slap A Dumb (And/Or Psycho) Bitch.

And I have no objections to 'Ettes having one.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 27, 2026 03:05 PM (2ocoG)

141 btw there's a weird movie - Exorcist III? - on Night Flight right now and the 70s era nurse character on there is hilarious.

she'd fit in with these ladies! so I guess this isn't that new. you get some cray cray with nurses lol

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 03:06 PM (emBoF)

142 101 Why?

1. Automatic public trust. Those of you "shocked" by what I'm saying are doing exactly what they want you to. They're trading on an outdated image.

2. Social camouflage to hide their wicked behavior and to make any criticism of them look "unhinged."

3. The ability to control others, especially life and death.

Same reason you see so many insane sociopathic teachers and social workers.

Posted by: beckster at January 27, 2026 03:00 PM (I7J9

I've known this for a long time. After my mother died, my mother later ended up marrying a nurse. She's generally got a mean and nasty personality. She'd always say she liked working with mentally disabled elderly people the best, because they generally never spoke, so they never said anything to piss her off.

Posted by: XTC at January 27, 2026 03:06 PM (6Uni8)

143 Melinda, She Wolf Of The Democrat SS

Posted by: New Hollyweird Movie at January 27, 2026 03:06 PM (R/m4+)

144 Julie London. What pipes. What a figure!

* wistful sigh *
Posted by: NaCly Dog

In some of her pics on the internet, she looks a lot like Maureen O'Hara. Even has the red hair in some.

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 03:06 PM (77rzZ)

145 Geez, TDS is bringing a lot of Toxic Femininity to the surface.

Plus stupidity. How dumb to film yourself letting your inner demon out and sharing it with the world.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 27, 2026 03:06 PM (Dv3i1)

146 Now you know why the Left wanted to federalize healthcare.

Make conservative working people subsidize illegals, then kill the conservative working people. Then... profit?

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 03:06 PM (cxiKi)

147
I know a lot of heroic nurses and other health professionals as well as active military who have earned the admiration of all.

Disinterested FDA Director should stop the blanket hate he spews here.

Posted by: Auspex at January 27, 2026 03:06 PM (Y8DZL)

148 In Texas, you are allowed to call people all sorts of nasty names but you cannot say I'M GONNA KILL YOU MOTHERFUCKER. That is considered a "terroristic threat". You go to Huntsville for that and it's not for the camping.
There might be some leeway for heat-of-the-moment or joking around, but not if you literally have access to poisons and stated a motive.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 27, 2026 03:06 PM (gKWVE)

149 "Virginia Nurse Says She'll Use Drugs to Paralyze and Poison ICE Agents"


Her statement is a felony. She needs to be charged and sent to trial. But it's virginia so that is most likely not going to happen.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 27, 2026 03:07 PM (0N4FZ)

150 Right? I imagine most commenters here have gone decades without doing those things.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 27, 2026 03:03 PM (2ocoG)

No! Not poison! Lol.

*shifty eyes*

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 03:07 PM (zZu0s)

151 1. Automatic public trust. Those of you "shocked" by what I'm saying are doing exactly what they want you to. They're trading on an outdated image.

2. Social camouflage to hide their wicked behavior and to make any criticism of them look "unhinged."

3. The ability to control others, especially life and death.

Posted by: beckster at January 27, 2026 03:00 PM (I7J9
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Also, greater opportunity to sneak in a *kill* on critical patients and feel a little rush of power.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 03:07 PM (krQz2)

152 When you go in for a sore throat and the nurse says take off your pants, your antenna should go up. Lol.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 27, 2026 03:07 PM (ittVa)

153 Empathy. It's what's going to kill the west...

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 03:07 PM (XuXeR)

154 Ironically, in previous wars, medical professionals made it a point of pride that they treated ally and enemy equally when they were in their care.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian

*****

Yup. You said the same thing I said, except sooner, and more sucinctly.

100%

Posted by: EFG at January 27, 2026 03:07 PM (Xt8HN)

155 Men have actually moved to the left, but women have sprinted to the left. Most of the political issues in our day would have been unthinkable a century ago, or at any previous time in history.
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The scariest part about that discussion was that--even as the evidence piles up that they were wrong and wronged--they will never change.
Never go over to the traditional female role they desperately crave; husband, children, family.

We have only seen the opening act of these waves of rage.
Every 4 years, as they get older and their power--both political and sexual--wanes, they are going to get even more consumed with hate and outrage.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 27, 2026 03:07 PM (HXT0k)

156 When you go in for a sore throat and the nurse says take off your pants, your antenna should go up. Lol.

Ok, that's a 7 day suspension of your man card.

Well, unless the nurse is a guy.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 03:08 PM (sKqQm)

157 After my mother died, my mother later ended up marrying a -

"Father", one hopes. Unless she was a democrat

Posted by: gKWVE at January 27, 2026 03:08 PM (gKWVE)

158 >>> 118
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I'd like to see the DOJ go after the licensing boards, to be honest.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 03:02 PM (GBKbO)

You mean the licensing boards who were fine with tranny mutilation of adults for decades before they went after children? Those "professional" licensing boards?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 03:08 PM (ULPxl)

159
Ironically, in previous wars, medical professionals made it a point of pride that they treated ally and enemy equally when they were in their care.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian



My favorite line from "Hacksaw Ridge".

"He even sent down a few Japs.... They didn't make it."

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 27, 2026 03:08 PM (y9nCu)

160 Literally brainwashed insane bitches.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at January 27, 2026 03:08 PM (ufFY8)

161 Hey Melinda. Harm any member of my family and we will have a little chat. And you'd better pray your attorney is better than mine.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 27, 2026 02:56 PM (2WIwB)

Weird name for a Garand, but OK.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder,Disinformation Demon at January 27, 2026 02:58 PM (97pax)


A purveyor of justice.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 27, 2026 03:08 PM (2WIwB)

162 Paralyze somebody, they cant breathe on their own. They suffocate without respirator. Evil. Psychopathic death wish. Bet she is into s&m porn. Really sick. People are just objects to her. Objects that can suffer.

Posted by: Im not Dr Phil but... at January 27, 2026 03:08 PM (Mw2aG)

163 Are there any decent places left to live within a commute of Plano? I have a friend who is being relocated from South Texas and he wants to avoid the DFW libs. He also doesn’t want to live in one of those stacked cookie cutter communities around the lakes.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 27, 2026 03:09 PM (ittVa)

164 "We need red flag laws for health care workers -- if someone informs the authorities that you are an ideologically-twisted sociopath or borderline personality disorder bitch, you need to have your licenses pulled until you can demonstrate to a panel that you have completed 6-12 months of psychological counseling and testing."

There is one thing a nurse can do that will result in instant firing, immediate loss of nursing license, the 100% ending of their careers, and probable criminal prosecution. That thing is stealing drugs from the hospital or healthcare center.

Steal one Oxy pill and your life is over. But publicly call for the poisoning, maiming, and even death of your patients with political views you disagree with? "The hospital is investigating and will get back to you."

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 03:09 PM (iFTx/)

165 How much of this is feeling guilty over all their abortions? Sure, they'll deny it, but that means little.

Posted by: Eeyore at January 27, 2026 03:09 PM (s0JqF)

166 Mister Scott, once she promised to do harm to Federal agents it becomes a Federal case. AG Jay "Francis" Jones doesn't get juris-mah-diction.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 27, 2026 03:09 PM (gKWVE)

167 In 2012 Obama ran on a platform opposing gay marriage and tranny rights.

As of 2026 the FNM calls that extreme right wing NAZIism.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 03:05 PM (sKqQm)

Imagine telling our forefathers there are tens of millions of foreigners invading our land, paid for by stealing half the wealth of actually-productive American citizens. Imagine telling them we’re fighting over whether little boys can be chemically castrated and turn into girls.

Mister, we could use a man like Andy Jackson again.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 27, 2026 03:09 PM (l3YAf)

168 I say again: I want all 'Ettes to have a feralgov nation-wide License To Slap A Dumb (And/Or Psycho) Bitch.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 03:02 PM (ULPxl)
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Mrs. F. thinks she has a license to yell at any kid in San Francisco under age 10

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 27, 2026 03:10 PM (RIvkX)

169 We used to say treat your nurses well. They choose the size of your needle and catheter.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 03:10 PM (wVcYX)

170 142 >>>

FATHER ended up marrying, even.

Geez.

Posted by: XTC at January 27, 2026 03:10 PM (6Uni8)

171 158 >>> 118
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I'd like to see the DOJ go after the licensing boards, to be honest.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 03:02 PM (GBKbO)

You mean the licensing boards who were fine with tranny mutilation of adults for decades before they went after children? Those "professional" licensing boards?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 03:08 PM (ULPxl)

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Well, yes.

They seem to be divorced from their core mission and their legal monopoly on who gets to practice medicine in America.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 03:10 PM (GBKbO)

172 Never go over to the traditional female role they desperately crave; husband, children, family.

The funny thing is the FNM did, and still does, portray the corporate world as some fun happy land where everyone takes 3 hour lunches and work is sending one stressful email a day.

And obviously, even in a good job that's not true. The stress is high and constant. But this didn't led a lot of the people unhappy with this state to question the lie they were told...they channeled it into an argument this is because of sexism or the like...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 03:10 PM (sKqQm)

173 134 64 Avoid nurses and teachers as a general rule.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 02:55 PM (wVcYX)

My mother was a nurse.
My brother married a nurse.
His son married a nurse.

As a paramedic of 20 years, I had a handful of nurses hit on me. I would not date nurses.
Posted by: Baron Munchausen at January 27, 2026 03:05 PM (VakNL)
__________________________________

My dad was a principal
My mom a teacher
3 aunts teachers
grandfather founded a school and a teacher

Let's cool it on the generalizations. I've had the pleasure to deal with many caring, professional, and effective nurses. There will always be worms putting blemishes on the apple. That's nothing new....just louder and more prevalent.

Posted by: Orson at January 27, 2026 03:10 PM (dIske)

174 >102 The funny thing is...these nurses/medical professionals would absolutely demand that we provide top notch medical care to the worst of the worst terrorists during military operations.
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Makes perfect sense: Abu the Terrorist hates the same people they hate. The fact that Abu hates the nurses just as much doesn't enter their minds.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at January 27, 2026 03:10 PM (0bjKf)

175 my daughter is a night shift ER nurse in a major city, and yes she has her issues, but she is first and foremost a NURSE.
She has an associates degree, and is an RN, and ever since passing her boards has been hounded by every employer to get her BSN, with an eye toward MSN.
(associates' and bachelors' pass THE SAME BOARDS to be licensed).
One of the ways management bean counters keep costs down is to cycle in as many new BSNs as possible, because they are cheaper than experienced RNs of any stripe.
The turnover in the profession is intense, with most credentialing their way up and out to positions that have little to do with bedside care.
ALL RN to BSN programs can be done exclusively online, which tells me yes, it is exclusively a credentialing exercise.
Even ten years ago, in her associates' program classes, the rot that is ed was in nursing.
She took an elective entitled "Public health nursing in a multicultural world", which she though would be helpful--who knows where she might end up, and who she might be serving? Good to know customs, traditions, etc that would make her a better nurse!
(cont)

Posted by: barbarausa at January 27, 2026 03:10 PM (enw9G)

176 We may never know the motive.

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 03:11 PM (cxiKi)

177 But Bondi!

>>@EricLDaugh
·
49m
>>🚨 HOLY SMOKES. Minnesota federal Judge Patrick Schiltz is a DONOR and VOLUNTEER for the pro-illegal alien Immigrant Law Center...

>>...and is the same judge who shielded DON LEMON from accountability after storming the church, AND is threatening to hold ICE Director Todd Lyons in contempt, per @BillMelugin_

>>The judicial cartel IS REAL.

>>It needs to be purged. How can we have a republic when the judiciary is tainted like this?

Posted by: JackStraw at January 27, 2026 03:11 PM (viF8m)

178 172 The funny thing is the FNM did, and still does, portray the corporate world as some fun happy land where everyone takes 3 hour lunches and work is sending one stressful email a day.

And obviously, even in a good job that's not true. The stress is high and constant. But this didn't led a lot of the people unhappy with this state to question the lie they were told...they channeled it into an argument this is because of sexism or the like...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 03:10 PM (sKqQm)

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"My pivot tables will remember me after I die."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 03:11 PM (GBKbO)

179 19 My sister in law is a retired RN. She told me that nurses are not what they used to be, that they are lazy and poorly taught and uninterested in learning. I believe her.

Posted by: huerfano at January 27, 2026 02:47 PM (98kQX)

My wife agrees. No work ethic, always on their phones.

Not ALL of them, but WAAAAY too many.

Posted by: Tex Lovera at January 27, 2026 03:11 PM (wtvvX)

180 >>> 146 Now you know why the Left wanted to federalize healthcare.

Make conservative working people subsidize illegals, then kill the conservative working people. Then... profit?
Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 03:06 PM (cxiKi)

Only "conservative working" people...? Oh, that's where you *start*. OK!

Posted by: WEF at January 27, 2026 03:11 PM (ULPxl)

181 I was reading some report where women globally have moved so far left in just the last 10 years and much of it is being blamed on social media.
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History shows matriarchal societies go into decline. It's almost hard to trace the transition, because the society declines too fast.

Also meat eaters prevail over grain eaters.
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The media has tried to frame it as men moving far to the XXXTREME right, but in actuality men haven't moved.
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We've embraced a fucking 80s-90s-style democrat as our "hero"!

No, men have not "shifted right". That's an academic shell game.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 03:12 PM (krQz2)

182 They are so addicted to social media attention that they will post this stuff and ruin their careers. Literally crazy.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 27, 2026 03:12 PM (wGerL)

183 Pull your license until you have completed 6-12 months of psychological counseling and testing? No. Pull your license permanently. Unlike my right to bear arms, you have no right to work as a medical professional. If you don't want to be permanently banned from the profession, don't be a lunatic. Once you demonstrate you are, there is never a comfort level I have that you wouldn't relapse. Sorry, but you gotta find something else to do. BTW, this should extend not just to idiotic statements on social media, but to any conduct along these lines. I'm not a fan of zero tolerance stuff, but if there is a place for it, this is about the closest place you can find.

Posted by: DPICM at January 27, 2026 03:12 PM (zweKz)

184 Posted by: barbarausa at January 27, 2026 03:10 PM (enw9G)

I always want to read your nic first as "babirusa."

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 03:12 PM (77rzZ)

185 I have my PowerPoint Scroll, and wear it proudly.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 27, 2026 03:12 PM (ittVa)

186 The Yuge, Luxurious Trump Mental Asylums can't open fast enough.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 27, 2026 03:12 PM (CVQbL)

187 Social status, determined via social media.

Posted by: davidt at January 27, 2026 03:13 PM (Q+gd/)

188 The entire course was about the *fact* that AGW was going to cause mass migration and war for diminishing resources, and how would nurses be called upon to treat refugees of the climate crisis wars, with little to no backup and resources like water? Food? What hellish diseases will be rampant because of AGW and war?
Many new nurses come out of school as poisoned as any "studies" major from the Ivies.

Posted by: barbarausa at January 27, 2026 03:13 PM (enw9G)

189 We need red flag laws for health care workers -- if someone informs the authorities that you are an ideologically-twisted sociopath or borderline personality disorder bitch, you need to have your licenses pulled until you can demonstrate to a panel that you have completed 6-12 months of psychological counseling and testing.

Posted by: Ace at 02:40 PM
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These people are fundamentally broken. Their empathy chip, if they ever had one, is on the fritz.

They have no business being in healthcare. Ever.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 27, 2026 03:13 PM (ESVrU)

190 There is one thing a nurse can do that will result in instant firing, immediate loss of nursing license, the 100% ending of their careers, and probable criminal prosecution. That thing is stealing drugs from the hospital or healthcare center.

Steal one Oxy pill and your life is over. But publicly call for the poisoning, maiming, and even death of your patients with political views you disagree with? "The hospital is investigating and will get back to you."
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 03:09 PM

At my hospital chain you can get caught stealing opiates from patients twice. Nurses just get sent to substance abuse camp. You will get fired the third time.

On the other hand, pop hot once for weed and you're gone.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 27, 2026 03:13 PM (jc0TO)

191 One of the main goals of DEI has been accomplished: replacing competence at a job with loyalty to the party.

These people are doing exactly what those that hired them want them to do.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 27, 2026 03:13 PM (0U5gm)

192 Posted below by mistake


When I was a new grad, a friend and classmate (who is one of the biggest liberals I now know) wanted to unionize. She came to me for a vote & I told her I could not, if assigned that day, not work & abandon patients. She was not pleased & I did not care.

It came to a 3 way vote:
Vote for her little union
Vote for ACLU (I was horrified)
NO's won

She was maybe a "real nurse" as a charge RN like me for six months. After this tango, the nursing administration put her as VP or something of nursing (I can't remember). Sort of a bribe to shut her up. She went on for her MS in nursing and to bigger things.

She was very smart, or at least very well spoken. She's gone "far" in her career while I just worked jobs that I liked (always part time) and raised our chimps to be good men. I had fun and was never career focused, altho jobs were created for me as I was smart, dedicated, and can talk to anyone. I can even be charming if needed, which I know is a shock!

I think this person may still be working as I don't know. When I could read her twitter stuff it was obvious she was a radical Dim loon. I could see her protesting.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 27, 2026 03:13 PM (WONhk)

193 187 Social status, determined via social media.

Posted by: davidt at January 27, 2026 03:13 PM (Q+gd/)

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And yet I know that not all of you have liked and subscribed!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 03:14 PM (GBKbO)

194 Can you imagine the review which would have to be done to see if these crazy women have already killed someone or not?

And if someone had a Republican relative die on her watch...

Posted by: Thatch at January 27, 2026 03:14 PM (AKhi9)

195 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 27, 2026 03:13 PM (WONhk)

You're a real policy wonk.

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 03:14 PM (cxiKi)

196 AP News - Pima County Sheriff says a shooting has occurred involving US Border Patrol near the border. One person in critical condition.

https://tinyurl.com/2fxsraj8

Posted by: Nevyan at January 27, 2026 03:14 PM (a7HML)

197 If a nurse doesn’t get fired for threatening to murder patients because of their beliefs or job, maybe that’s also an issue with the hospital system.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 27, 2026 03:15 PM (ittVa)

198 History shows matriarchal societies go into decline. It's almost hard to trace the transition, because the society declines too fast.


I was reading a feminist take on the proto indo europeans.

Now history shows that when they domesticated the horse goods with their cultural marking start spreading all over Eurasia along with their male line DNA.

The feminist take? Well obviously the women in the other tribes around them found they PIE men with their horses SO HOT that they stopped having sex with their own men.

As opposed to what actually happened - the PIE men conquered all the tribes around them, killed their men, and took their women.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 03:15 PM (sKqQm)

199 Jack Straw I am not surprised, every Judge should be investigated before a verdict they are involved in.

Posted by: Skip at January 27, 2026 03:15 PM (Ia/+0)

200 I questioned management when one of our workers of 30 years seniority was fired after one hot weed test and they justified it that weed was illegal, whereas the opiates were not and were a quote Occupational Hazard unquote for nurses.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 27, 2026 03:15 PM (jc0TO)

201 History shows matriarchal societies go into decline. It's almost hard to trace the transition, because the society declines too fast.

Patriarchal societies don't always work longterm either, because the polygamy leads to inbreeding.
Almost as if the Western Catholic (and, yes, Jewish) system of dividing roles and boundaries helps make a civilization survive.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 27, 2026 03:15 PM (gKWVE)

202 I can even be charming if needed, which I know is a shock!

that is the least shocking thing I have ever heard!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 03:15 PM (emBoF)

203 >>It needs to be purged. How can we have a republic when the judiciary is tainted like this?

Posted by: JackStraw at January 27, 2026 03:11 PM (viF8m)
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I can't count the number of years that I have tried to sound the alarm on judge-encroachment.

People just like Mom and Dad Law saying they were right, and nobody else can do anything about it.

People actually like authoritarian behavior when it enables them.

I think I could to, if I didn't already understand that I have to steel myself against non-constitutional-republican partisan sentiments.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 03:15 PM (krQz2)

204 These are the sickest, most warped people I have ever seen. They are all seriously mentally ill and have no place in any medical setting whatsoever. What that filtered broad said about Karoline Levitt is just about the sickest thing I've ever read. It's demonic. They are demonic, twisted and psychotic. It's truly shocking. And that's saying a lot considering what we've all seen and lived through the past 15 years or so. What I would love to see is for each one of them to have gargantuan lawsuits brought against them from any patient that might've received substandard care. They've set themselves, and their employers up, for what I would believe is massive liability.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 27, 2026 03:15 PM (qBdHI)

205 Patriarchal societies don't always work longterm either, because the polygamy leads to inbreeding.


patriarchal does not equal polygamy

so no

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 03:15 PM (emBoF)

206 Nurse Ratched, ChristyBlinkyTheGreat, probably I'm forgetting other Moron/ettes >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> psycho commie bint "nurses"

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 03:16 PM (ULPxl)

207 AP News - Pima County Sheriff says a shooting has occurred involving US Border Patrol near the border. One person in critical condition.

https://tinyurl.com/2fxsraj8
Posted by: Nevyan at January 27, 2026 03:14 PM (a7HML)

Hope it’s not the LEO.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 27, 2026 03:16 PM (l3YAf)

208 Countess Elizabeth Bathory raises an eyebrow.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 27, 2026 03:16 PM (8CIFn)

209 When I got my last colonoscopy the nurse was super hot.

Funny too, we had each other cracking up. Nice lady. Looked like an angel.

I have mostly had good experiences with nurses, way better than doctors.

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 27, 2026 03:16 PM (NtVYv)

210 >Her statement is a felony. She needs to be charged and sent to trial. But it's virginia so that is most likely not going to happen.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 27, 2026 03:07 PM (0N4FZ)


A woman after my own heart!

Posted by: Jay Jones at January 27, 2026 03:16 PM (0bjKf)

211 And yet I know that not all of you have liked and subscribed!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 03:14 PM (GBKbO)

If you say nice things about me, or at least don't say any mean things because it hurts my feelings, I have like four YT accounts I could hit you up with.

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 03:16 PM (cxiKi)

212
Oh-oh-oh-oh
Tainted Judge

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 03:16 PM (krQz2)

213 We've embraced a fucking 80s-90s-style democrat as our "hero"!

Bill Clinton as he actually governed would get death threats from today's Democrat base.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 27, 2026 03:16 PM (2ocoG)

214 My sister in law is a retired RN. She told me that nurses are not what they used to be, that they are lazy and poorly taught and uninterested in learning. I believe her.

Posted by: huerfano at January 27, 2026 02:47 PM (98kQX)

My wife agrees. No work ethic, always on their phones.

Not ALL of them, but WAAAAY too many.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at January 27, 2026 03:11 PM (wtvvX)
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In my experience, nurses are fine and helpful. It's the interns and residents that are unreliable, pathologically full of themselves, and won't listen to you because they always know best. When my mom was in the hospital a while back, I almost punched a resident in the face.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 03:16 PM (iFTx/)

215 As opposed to what actually happened - the PIE men conquered all the tribes around them, killed their men, and took their women.



eh, toe-MAY-toh, toe-MAH-toh

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 03:17 PM (emBoF)

216 Well obviously the women in the other tribes around them found they PIE men with their horses SO HOT that they stopped having sex with their own men.


Was it the men they found hot, or the horses? *ducks*

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 03:17 PM (77rzZ)

217 Homan says they're making a database of everyone who's making threats or impeding Federal law enforcement . They'll then publish all the names and deeds. Let's see how they're employers like that. Easier than prosecution

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 03:17 PM (IDEQi)

218 211 If you say nice things about me, or at least don't say any mean things because it hurts my feelings, I have like four YT accounts I could hit you up with.

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 03:16 PM (cxiKi)

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Unless you're Ralph Bakshi, I think you'll be fine.

I'm not sure I can hold anyone in that level of contempt other than Bakshi.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 03:17 PM (GBKbO)

219 ... you need to have your licenses pulled until you can demonstrate to a panel that you have completed 6-12 months of psychological counseling and testing.

------------

Make Lobotomies Great Again!

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 27, 2026 03:17 PM (71m32)

220 >> When I got my last colonoscopy the nurse was super hot.

I hope to one day be pegged by a hottie.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 27, 2026 03:17 PM (l3YAf)

221 what the hell did Bakshi do lol

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 03:18 PM (emBoF)

222 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 03:18 PM (Zz0t1)

223
"Kyle Becker
@kylenabecker
17h
Normie America has weighed in on mass deportations.

Between 55% to 64% want ALL illegals deported. No exceptions.

Don't let the anti-ICE thugs fool you. They are for chaos, criminals, and corruption. They are against democracy, the rule of law, and YOU"

Posted by: runner at January 27, 2026 03:18 PM (g47mK)

224 "My pivot tables will remember me after I die."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 03:11 PM (GBKbO)

My '90s macros never call. They never write. They've gone over the Rainbow Bridge to romp and frolic on the spreadsheet farm.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 03:18 PM (wVcYX)

225 When will the NYT run a maudlin article about these poor nurses receiving death threats?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 27, 2026 03:18 PM (8CIFn)

226 If these facilities will not fire these people, they are opening themselves up for a volley of lawsuits if something, anything, goes wrong under their care.

I'd think the board of directors would have already sh*tcanned them.

Since Boca Regional is just a few miles from me, I checked. this Lexi Lawler bitch has indeed been shitcanned.

Posted by: Mike B at January 27, 2026 03:18 PM (uviyj)

227 >>> 216 Well obviously the women in the other tribes around them found they PIE men with their horses SO HOT that they stopped having sex with their own men.


Was it the men they found hot, or the horses? *ducks*
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 03:17 PM (77rzZ)

Hi!

Posted by: Morning Glory Minotaur Thing at January 27, 2026 03:18 PM (ULPxl)

228 These are just strong independent women speaking their truth. If you can't handle that you're an insecure misogynist Nazi incel loser.

Posted by: Like, all this toxic masculinity gives me ick at January 27, 2026 03:18 PM (TbWk/)

229 182 They are so addicted to social media attention that they will post this stuff and ruin their careers. Literally crazy.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 27, 2026 03:12 PM (wGerL)


Social media has ruined society.

While X is useful to see what the other side is up to, the rest is bs.

I honestly cannot imagine filming myself in a car, adjusting filters, yada, etc.

Thinking I am all that!

While I am probably not going to see my granddaughters grow up, I need to add the social media is evil to the letters I am going to write them about behaving. I need to get started!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 27, 2026 03:18 PM (WONhk)

230 I have no words that I can leave in the grey boxes.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 27, 2026 03:18 PM (uaYsl)

231 224 "My pivot tables will remember me after I die."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 03:11 PM (GBKbO)

My '90s macros never call. They never write. They've gone over the Rainbow Bridge to romp and frolic on the spreadsheet farm.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 03:18 PM (wVcYX)

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You birthed them, too. Ungrateful shits.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 03:18 PM (GBKbO)

232 More fuel as to why I won't go to the doctor. They want to kill me.

Liberalism is a disease. They keep proving it every day.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 03:18 PM (Zz0t1)

233 Almost as if the Western Catholic (and, yes, Jewish) system of dividing roles and boundaries helps make a civilization survive."

By George, I think he's.... read a history book.

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 03:18 PM (XuXeR)

234 Update about that shooting in Arizona -- it took place at Arivaca, AZ about 10 miles form the border and the shooting involved the Border Patrol and a suspect. The person who was wounded is in custody.

Posted by: Nevyan at January 27, 2026 03:19 PM (a7HML)

235 Lt. Bearclaw running for senate. He will take donations or donuts.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 27, 2026 03:19 PM (ewjUl)

236 When I had major surgery, there was only 2 nurses out of like 16 who weren't amazing. And then there were two that I swear were literal angels.

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 03:19 PM (cxiKi)

237 Bulg, lol!
Years ago I was in a chat group based in the UK, and was one of several Barbaras. All had another initial or acronym attached to distinguish comments, so I was "usa" since I'm from here.

Posted by: barbarausa at January 27, 2026 03:19 PM (enw9G)

238
Hope it’s not the LEO.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 27, 2026 03:16 PM (l3YAf)

I read it was the one they were trying to arrest.. It is on the border though and not ICE

Posted by: It's me donna at January 27, 2026 03:19 PM (VE6XX)

239 My '90s macros never call. They never write. They've gone over the Rainbow Bridge to romp and frolic on the spreadsheet farm.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 03:18 PM (wVcYX)

Macros were a lot of fun.

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 27, 2026 03:19 PM (NtVYv)

240 Homan says they're making a database of everyone who's making threats or impeding Federal law enforcement . They'll then publish all the names and deeds. Let's see how they're employers like that. Easier than prosecution

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 03:17 PM (IDEQi)

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Counter-Doxxing FTW!

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 27, 2026 03:19 PM (LwEnm)

241 And yet I know that not all of you have liked and subscribed!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 03:14 PM (GBKbO)

Who was it? Who among you doubted me and withheld your like and subscribe? I shall ferret you out!

Posted by: Cap'n TJM at January 27, 2026 03:20 PM (zZu0s)

242 another interesting poll :

"New - Trump approval (Hispanic voters)

🟢 Approve 53% (+
🟤 Disapprove 45% "



Posted by: runner at January 27, 2026 03:20 PM (g47mK)

243 235 Lt. Bearclaw running for senate. He will take donations or donuts.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 27, 2026 03:19 PM (ewjUl)

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This should answer which dream is more delusional:

Blue Florida or Blue Texas?

I'm betting Blue Texas will raise more money. Crockett will Black Girl Magic her way to $100 million in donations and a 10 point loss.

Vindmann will boring his way to $10 million in donations and a 15 point loss.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 03:20 PM (GBKbO)

244 217 Homan says they're making a database of everyone who's making threats or impeding Federal law enforcement . They'll then publish all the names and deeds. Let's see how they're employers like that. Easier than prosecution
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 03:17 PM (IDEQi)


Love this idea!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 27, 2026 03:20 PM (WONhk)

245 what the hell did Bakshi do lol"

Ah, LOTR?

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 03:20 PM (XuXeR)

246 She should be a nurse in prison. She will be surrounded by heroes.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 27, 2026 03:20 PM (EyfuW)

247 >> When I got my last colonoscopy the nurse was super hot.

I hope to one day be pegged by a hottie.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 27, 2026 03:17 PM (l3YAf)

Ehhh, I wouldn't go that far.

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 27, 2026 03:21 PM (NtVYv)

248 She also encourages woman to go on dates with agents and drug their food.
.......

Nobody wants to date these uggos.

Posted by: wth at January 27, 2026 03:21 PM (UjdFS)

249 NY Times, Sep 15, 2024
'How the last eight years made young women more liberal'
For a generation of girls raised to believe they could be anything, the Trump era moved their politics to the left, a new analysis

Of course. But that's young women in the past decade or so.

What happened to the AWFLs? I don't recall prior generations being raised to believe their futures were limited unless they were raised quite well-heeled. (And I didn't know many personally.)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 27, 2026 03:21 PM (NFX2v)

250 There was this 5 foot 2 blonde one that was like a pixie (the good parts of one) cute as a button and the sweetest most amazing disposition. Actually cheered me up.

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 03:21 PM (cxiKi)

251 >>> 244 217 Homan says they're making a database of everyone who's making threats or impeding Federal law enforcement . They'll then publish all the names and deeds. Let's see how they're employers like that. Easier than prosecution
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 03:17 PM (IDEQi)


Love this idea!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 27, 2026 03:20 PM (WONhk)

So they're going to offer bounties, right?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 03:21 PM (ULPxl)

252 218 Unless you're Ralph Bakshi, I think you'll be fine.

I'm not sure I can hold anyone in that level of contempt other than Bakshi.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 03:17 PM (GBKbO)

Not a fan of Wizards, eh?

Posted by: XTC at January 27, 2026 03:21 PM (6Uni8)

253 Patriarchal societies don't always work longterm either, because the polygamy leads to inbreeding.
Almost as if the Western Catholic (and, yes, Jewish) system of dividing roles and boundaries helps make a civilization survive.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 27, 2026 03:15 PM (gKWVE)

Those were patriarchal societies. Just as ancient Greece and Rome were.

All successful civilizations were patriarchal societies. (Cue feminist whining.)

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 27, 2026 03:21 PM (l3YAf)

254 And yet I know that not all of you have liked and subscribed!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 03:14 PM (GBKbO)


I don't have a google/youtube account. Sorry, not doing it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 03:21 PM (Zz0t1)

255 221 what the hell did Bakshi do lol

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 03:18 PM (emBoF)

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Coonskin.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 03:21 PM (GBKbO)

256 Are there any decent places left to live within a commute of Plano? I have a friend who is being relocated from South Texas and he wants to avoid the DFW libs. He also doesn’t want to live in one of those stacked cookie cutter communities around the lakes.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 27, 2026 03:09 PM


Depends on how far of a commute they want to make. Plan on 30-45 minutes if you want to get away from the metroplex completely. Decent places exist but they are filling up fast.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 27, 2026 03:21 PM (0N4FZ)

257 Homan says they're making a database of everyone who's making threats or impeding Federal law enforcement . They'll then publish all the names and deeds. Let's see how they're employers like that. Easier than prosecution

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 03:17 PM

Good! And not the Rene kind!

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 27, 2026 03:22 PM (ewjUl)

258 When I got my last colonoscopy the nurse was super hot.

I hope to one day be pegged by a hottie.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 27, 2026 03:17 PM (l3YAf)

?!!?

I did not know David French commented here.

Posted by: Cap'n TJM at January 27, 2026 03:22 PM (zZu0s)

259 And yet I know that not all of you have liked and subscribed!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 03:14 PM (GBKbO)

Who was it? Who among you doubted me and withheld your like and subscribe? I shall ferret you out!
Posted by: Cap'n TJM at January 27, 2026 03:20 PM (zZu0s)

Ferret ? = Mustelid = Weasel

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 27, 2026 03:22 PM (NtVYv)

260 As opposed to what actually happened - the PIE men conquered all the tribes around them, killed their men, and took their women.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 03:15 PM (sKqQm)
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This is that vacillating universe syndrome.

Past times were so hard on women.

Women were hot for raiders and so as empowered women chose raiders.

When it's more consistent with their general world view that alien men would take the women they want and have their way, through capture or rape.

This is probably why the most represented paternal gene is Central Asian. From Finland to the Americas, where the plains tribes were mostly displaced Huns, or so.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 03:22 PM (krQz2)

261 214 My sister in law is a retired RN. She told me that nurses are not what they used to be, that they are lazy and poorly taught and uninterested in learning. I believe her.

Posted by: huerfano at January 27, 2026 02:47 PM (98kQX)

My wife agrees. No work ethic, always on their phones.

Not ALL of them, but WAAAAY too many.
Posted by: Tex Lovera at January 27, 2026 03:11 PM (wtvvX)
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My sister in law is 75 and has been an RN for 53 years. She still works part time in a cardio ward at a suburban hospital in the MPLS area. She is shocked by the young nurses, says the same, that they're always on their phones, don't understand basic stuff, and most are minorities so DEI going on. She feels she can't retire yet b/c the cardio docs depend on her......can't trust the younger ones.

Posted by: beckster at January 27, 2026 03:22 PM (I7J98)

262 252 Not a fan of Wizards, eh?

Posted by: XTC at January 27, 2026 03:21 PM (6Uni

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Holy shit that movie is bad.

The funniest thing about Bakshi?

He's actually a terrible animator. His animation is uniformly awful. He was only ever partially saved by rotoscoping, and even then he still never added shadow passes so all of his characters look like they're floating.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 03:23 PM (GBKbO)

263 >>> 256 Are there any decent places left to live within a commute of Plano? I have a friend who is being relocated from South Texas and he wants to avoid the DFW libs. He also doesn’t want to live in one of those stacked cookie cutter communities around the lakes.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 27, 2026 03:09 PM


Depends on how far of a commute they want to make. Plan on 30-45 minutes if you want to get away from the metroplex completely. Decent places exist but they are filling up fast.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 27, 2026 03:21 PM (0N4FZ)

I could be wrong but it seems like the NE from Plano up is where the most growth is happening.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 03:23 PM (ULPxl)

264 Fat ugly chicks, Indians running from malpractice cases, and orderlies from African countries are what you'll find working in hospitals as a rule. Sprinkle in a few Asian woman newbies in the ER right out of UCLA who are marking time until they can open a private practice.

I've worked in and renovated many of the older hospitals in the Western US. Competency, English fluency, and hard work are rare enough to shine like a diamond in a goat's ass in a hospital. I wouldn't trust most nurses and orderlies I meet work as morticians.

But they got lots of time to dance on the interwebs.
Posted by: sifty boones at January 27, 2026 03:00 PM (H3o1i)

Interesting that the cost of healthcare has rocketed past the inflation of any other good, but the quality of the people in healthcare has been decreasing AND the work per worker has been increasing, while the pay has only risen with the rate of other wages...

Just WHERE is all the money going?.... (That's rhetorical, I know the answers.)

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 27, 2026 03:23 PM (zjgNU)

265 /off sock

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 03:23 PM (zZu0s)

266 Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 27, 2026 03:21 PM (NFX2v)

It has nothing to do with the "Trump Era". They eventually used Trump to help it along but...

It was a controlled mobilization effort which was planned earlier but deployed in 2014. I narrated it all right here on these pages, starting in about 2011. The Rise of Women was intended to coincide with eight years of Hillary, but it was all intended to divide, mobilize and weaponize. And it worked.

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 03:23 PM (cxiKi)

267
Coonskin.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 03:21 PM (GBKbO)


Dats RAYCISS!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 03:23 PM (Zz0t1)

268 I have never heard of Coonskin! that does sound bad sheesh

I liked his hobbit or whatever

I mean I haven't seen it since I was 5

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 03:23 PM (emBoF)

269 Instead of sexy nurse costumes this next Halloween will feature murderous nurse costumes.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 27, 2026 03:23 PM (8CIFn)

270 254 And yet I know that not all of you have liked and subscribed!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 03:14 PM (GBKbO)


I don't have a google/youtube account. Sorry, not doing it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 03:21 PM (Zz0t1)

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Or...you were first to like and subscribe.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 03:23 PM (GBKbO)

271 Are there any decent places left to live within a commute of Plano? I have a friend who is being relocated from South Texas and he wants to avoid the DFW libs. He also doesn’t want to live in one of those stacked cookie cutter communities around the lakes.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 27, 2026 03:09 PM


Mordor ?

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 27, 2026 03:24 PM (NtVYv)

272 And yet I know that not all of you have liked and subscribed!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 03:14 PM (GBKbO)
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I liked the ones that I've watched. And I was considering subscribing. But I don't subscribe to much.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 03:24 PM (krQz2)

273 >>> ?!!?

I did not know David French commented here.
Posted by: Cap'n TJM at January 27, 2026 03:22 PM (zZu0s)

Silly Cap'n TJM, French would want to watch his wife get pegged by one of the bulls.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 03:24 PM (ULPxl)

274
Remember when pedophiles sought out jobs as school janitors, camp counselors, physician to the gymnastic team, that sort of thing?

Is that what's going to happen to the allied health professions? People who want to deviously kill and harm conservatives will become nurses and slake their blood-thirst?

Nurses become the most suspicious people in the hospital?

Pretty scary. Terrifying, even. I wouldn't want to be taken to the ER with any conservative identifiers on me.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 03:24 PM (rCdCn)

275 He's actually a terrible animator. His animation is uniformly awful. He was only ever partially saved by rotoscoping, and even then he still never added shadow passes so all of his characters look like they're floating.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 03:23 PM (GBKbO)

His stuff is interesting. Dirty looking, but interesting.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 03:24 PM (zZu0s)

276 When my Dad was dying, we brought Mom from the assisted-living facility to be at his bedside. She had dementia, but as she was sitting there in her wheelchair, she was taking his pulse. "His pulse is weak," she said. Even in dementia her nurse training was kicking in.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 03:25 PM (77rzZ)

277 What happened to "First, do no harm"? Pie in the sky stuff?

Posted by: Case at January 27, 2026 03:25 PM (E7+ue)

278 My wife is a physician. Fortunately a sane one.

Well, except for the empathy she has for her "refugee" patients who constitute a large proportion of her clients.

I can't have a meaningful conversation with her about immigration without her thinking that I'm personally insulting her patients, who she genuinely cares about.

Posted by: Defenestratus at January 27, 2026 03:25 PM (WYStd)

279 268 I have never heard of Coonskin! that does sound bad sheesh

I liked his hobbit or whatever

I mean I haven't seen it since I was 5

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 03:23 PM (emBoF)

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If his LOTR ended at the end of Fellowship, I'd call it pretty good.

But it then squeezes the entirety of The Two Towers into 20 minutes, and it's a mess.

Tolkien's structure almost saved Bakshi from himself. Almost.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 03:25 PM (GBKbO)

280 Homan says they're making a database of everyone who's making threats or impeding Federal law enforcement . They'll then publish all the names and deeds. Let's see how they're employers like that. Easier than prosecution

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 03:17 PM

Big Pivot Tables!

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 03:25 PM (wVcYX)

281
I could be wrong but it seems like the NE from Plano up is where the most growth is happening.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 03:23 PM (ULPxl)


The 35/75 corridor, and any major freeway, really, is a bad idea. That's where they want to force a majority of the population.

Get away from the interstate highways if you want small town peace and quiet.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 03:25 PM (Zz0t1)

282 Lt. Bearclaw running for senate. He will take donations or donuts.
Posted by: Minnfidel
......

Dunkin Donuts not hiring?

Posted by: wth at January 27, 2026 03:25 PM (UjdFS)

283 >> Depends on how far of a commute they want to make. Plan on 30-45 minutes if you want to get away from the metroplex completely. Decent places exist but they are filling up fast.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 27, 2026 03:21 PM (0N4FZ)

Thanks. Yeah he doesn’t care about the commute. He just wants to be left alone when he goes home at night and get peace of mind when he’s away. He looked at some places to the NW and NE and was like I need to go out further. It’s like being on a monopoly board.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 27, 2026 03:25 PM (ittVa)

284 245 what the hell did Bakshi do lol"

Ah, LOTR?
Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 03:20 PM (XuXeR)

I thought the rotoscoping was pretty cool. The Ringwraiths were pretty scary looking, at least to the child version of me.

Posted by: Nazgul! Nazgul everywhere! at January 27, 2026 03:26 PM (TbWk/)

285 272 I liked the ones that I've watched. And I was considering subscribing. But I don't subscribe to much.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 03:24 PM (krQz2)

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Come and celebrate Terry Gilliam with me!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmMl7EIWq_o

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 03:26 PM (GBKbO)

286
I could be wrong but it seems like the NE from Plano up is where the most growth is happening.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket


The 2050 plan for DFW is solid buildout from Dallas to the Red River. The other directions, not so much.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 27, 2026 03:26 PM (0U5gm)

287 are we OT now? we need to talk about A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms guys

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 03:26 PM (emBoF)

288 What happened to "First, do no harm"? Pie in the sky stuff?
Posted by: Case at January 27, 2026 03:25 PM (E7+ue)


The Hippocratic Oath went out the window when they started lobbing the tits and dicks of kids in the name of "gender affirming care."

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 03:26 PM (Zz0t1)

289 >>> 277 What happened to "First, do no harm"? Pie in the sky stuff?
Posted by: Case at January 27, 2026 03:25 PM (E7+ue)

That's like, white supremacy, dude.

Posted by: super SMAHHHRRT modern HealthCare Professionals at January 27, 2026 03:26 PM (ULPxl)

290 >> Get away from the interstate highways if you want small town peace and quiet.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 03:25 PM (Zz0t1)

Any towns in particular brother ?

Posted by: Marcus T at January 27, 2026 03:26 PM (ittVa)

291 Silver spot at $111.25 per oz. That means an average condition pre 1965 dime has $7.25 worth of silver in it. Gold at $5153 per oz.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 27, 2026 03:26 PM (Da7Vv)

292 what the hell did Bakshi do lol
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 03:18 PM (emBoF)
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He *knows* what he did!

Posted by: Mrs. Bakshi at January 27, 2026 03:26 PM (krQz2)

293 Only in a country where women feel so absolutely secure from the repercussions of their words and actions could such threats be made.
Patriarchy has been berry berry good to them.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 27, 2026 03:27 PM (Hx0tZ)

294 Silly Cap'n TJM, French would want to watch his wife get pegged by one of the bulls.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 03:24 PM (ULPxl)

Hmmm. That's a horrific question:

Which is more gay? Watching your wife get pounded by multiple dudes or getting a dildo up your keister?

I'd have to go with the pegging as more gay. The other is more pathetic.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 03:27 PM (zZu0s)

295 The nurse in the video is announcing her intention to commit premeditated murder in the course of her employment. A shoulder shrug by her employers will not cut it, legally.

Posted by: tubal at January 27, 2026 03:27 PM (pDt9x)

296 Fritz the Cat had its moments.

Posted by: davidt at January 27, 2026 03:27 PM (Q+gd/)

297 263 I could be wrong but it seems like the NE from Plano up is where the most growth is happening.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 03:23 PM (ULPxl)

What's going on with the gigantic Muslim Colony they were building in East Plano?

Posted by: XTC at January 27, 2026 03:28 PM (6Uni8)

298 Nurses become the most suspicious people in the hospital?


No. It's the cleaning crew (mop & bucket) and maintenance techs (toolbox).

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 03:28 PM (wVcYX)

299 When you see stuff like this you have to understand.

These are not isolated people. They didn't just wake up one day and say this.

This is something they have said in their leftist circle for a LONG TIME, and were cheered on every time.

Conservatives need to wake TF up and understand that all these leftists ALL believe this.

Posted by: DudeAbiding at January 27, 2026 03:28 PM (setIA)

300 >> I'd have to go with the pegging as more gay.

Which is why I’ll never get a colonoscopy.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 27, 2026 03:28 PM (l3YAf)

301 They've set themselves, and their employers up, for what I would believe is massive liability.
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Yeah, its setting them up for liability. Only rational choice to terminate for cause. Lic should be pulled. That person is unsafe.

Posted by: And I am a hospital lawyer at January 27, 2026 03:28 PM (Mw2aG)

302 >>> 295 The nurse in the video is announcing her intention to commit premeditated murder in the course of her employment. A shoulder shrug by her employers will not cut it, legally.
Posted by: tubal at January 27, 2026 03:27 PM (pDt9x)

Legally, and especially *not* legally.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 03:28 PM (ULPxl)

303 I could be wrong but it seems like the NE from Plano up is where the most growth is happening.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 03:23 PM


You are not wrong that is where I live. rick who comments on here also lives up here. We are about an hour NE of Plano depending on traffic and the growth here is insane. 9 years ago it was a small town of 10,000 with the county seat and zero growth. We now have multiple 200-300 home developments that are either building or have been approved.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 27, 2026 03:28 PM (0N4FZ)

304 He's actually a terrible animator. His animation is uniformly awful. He was only ever partially saved by rotoscoping, and even then he still never added shadow passes so all of his characters look like they're floating.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 03:23 PM (GBKbO)

I liked Bakshi's "Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures" back in the 80's. I rarely missed a Saturday morning.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at January 27, 2026 03:28 PM (XPM1I)

305 I had a former sister in law that was a nurse. She is the classic AWFL. I wouldn't trust her to not let her liberalism interfere with her treatment of patients. Her liberalism goes into everything from child rearing,food, and car purchases. Why wouldn't it affect her ability to heal people?

Posted by: Frank Barone at January 27, 2026 03:28 PM (IifOV)

306 You know what would save more than one life?

Eliminating abortion.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 27, 2026 03:29 PM (0sNs1)

307 275 He's actually a terrible animator. His animation is uniformly awful. He was only ever partially saved by rotoscoping, and even then he still never added shadow passes so all of his characters look like they're floating.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 03:23 PM (GBKbO)

His stuff is interesting. Dirty looking, but interesting.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 03:24 PM (zZu0s)

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He never grew up from his underground comic origin. He never learned how to make his animation better. He mismanaged every animation team who ever worked for him (word is that he's an awful and abusive manager).

And he's fucking insane. Arrested development from the 60s and addled with drugs.

He's still alive. He put out a short film a few years ago. It's pretty much unwatchable.

Last Days of Coney Island.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 03:29 PM (GBKbO)

308 Huh, well waddya know...BOMBSHELL: Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis protester had a prior run-in with ICE just a WEEK earlier. He obstructed an immigration op, got tackled by agents (broke his rib), but they released him on scene.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 27, 2026 03:29 PM (ewjUl)

309 What happened to "First, do no harm"? Pie in the sky stuff?

Posted by: Case at January 27, 2026 03:25 PM (E7+ue)

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Duties have to make way for passions.

This is the outcome of the cultural revolution.

Nobody wants that stodgy "oath stuff", or formal conventions put on them (my wont is to concur as well).

I remember years and years of Donahue where expectations put on other people were unreasonable.

Everything is like the Pirate's Code to certain groups of people these days.

Posted by: Mrs. Bakshi at January 27, 2026 03:29 PM (krQz2)

310 the smarter killers don't post about their desires ...

Posted by: illiniwek at January 27, 2026 03:30 PM (vbXSk)

311 Any towns in particular brother ?
Posted by: Marcus T at January 27, 2026 03:26 PM (ittVa)

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Anyplace west of Valdosta and east of Mobile.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 27, 2026 03:30 PM (r4q3s)

312 Interesting that the cost of healthcare has rocketed past the inflation of any other good, but the quality of the people in healthcare has been decreasing AND the work per worker has been increasing, while the pay has only risen with the rate of other wages...

Just WHERE is all the money going?.... (That's rhetorical, I know the answers.)
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 27, 2026 03:23 PM (zjgNU)

If you think about it, everything has been going to shit while simultaneously becoming more expensive than ever. Cars, appliances, healthcare, education, customer service. Enshittification isn't just for SaaS anymore.

Posted by: Garbage products + shitty wages = C-Suite bonuses! at January 27, 2026 03:31 PM (TbWk/)

313 Which is more gay? Watching your wife get pounded by multiple dudes or getting a dildo up your keister?

I'd have to go with the pegging as more gay. The other is more pathetic.
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Thats a relief. I'll tell the guys that after i clean them up with my tongue!!!

Posted by: Captn Bill. AHOY!!! at January 27, 2026 03:31 PM (Mw2aG)

314 “Healthcareworker” - Marxist for “Doctor” or “nurse”

At least I cannot ever go to VCU Health. They will turn me away at the door for not being healthy,

Posted by: Cow Demon at January 27, 2026 03:31 PM (2oNrx)

315 Which is why I’ll never get a colonoscopy.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 27, 2026 03:28 PM

Someone's got to find and retrieve your urologist's class ring.

Posted by: Your Proctologist at January 27, 2026 03:31 PM (0sNs1)

316 Putting on my Hilaria Baldwin hat, is this not, what you say, conflict of interest?

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Bill Melugin
@BillMelugin_
NEW:
@FoxNews
has learned that Patrick J. Schiltz, the Minnesota federal judge who is threatening to hold ICE Director Todd Lyons in contempt of court & is ordering him to appear in court on Friday, appears in a 2019 list of donors & volunteers for the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota, an organization that provides free legal advice and representation for illegal immigrants. Judge Schiltz was appointed by President Bush in 2006.

Posted by: beckster at January 27, 2026 03:31 PM (I7J98)

317 Some have to go to a home. But for many we have to die hard.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 27, 2026 03:31 PM (EyfuW)

318 308 Huh, well waddya know...BOMBSHELL: Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis protester had a prior run-in with ICE just a WEEK earlier. He obstructed an immigration op, got tackled by agents (broke his rib), but they released him on scene.
Posted by: Minnfidel
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Be interested in when he purchased the gun now. Possible he bought it between that time and when he was unalived.

Posted by: whig at January 27, 2026 03:32 PM (E4rtv)

319
Any towns in particular brother ?
Posted by: Marcus T at January 27, 2026 03:26 PM (ittVa)


They'll want to look east of Plano as west requires WAY too much traffic to navigate. Lake Tawakoni and surrounding areas are still relatively quiet, last time I was out that way.

There are several small towns around that lake that could be considered. Work your way out a radius from there, I would think as a good starting point.

Depends on how far they want to drive.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 03:32 PM (Zz0t1)

320 If you think about it, everything has been going to shit while simultaneously becoming more expensive than ever. Cars, appliances, healthcare, education, customer service. Enshittification isn't just for SaaS anymore.
Posted by: Garbage products + shitty wages = C-Suite bonuses! at January 27, 2026 03:31 PM (TbWk/)

Tech allows for the company to be isolated from the customer and to not know about or care about what the customer wants.

Posted by: Cow Demon at January 27, 2026 03:32 PM (2oNrx)

321 the smarter killers don't post about their desires ...
Posted by: illiniwek at January 27, 2026 03:30 PM (vbXSk)

Exactly!

Posted by: Merv Griffin, Elevator Killer at January 27, 2026 03:32 PM (wVcYX)

322 I would like to see Homan's database. I will read up on Marxists in my AO with a high degree of interest. Very intently.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 03:32 PM (BI5O2)

323 266. It was a controlled mobilization effort which was planned earlier but deployed in 2014. I narrated it all right here on these pages, starting in about 2011. The Rise of Women was intended to coincide with eight years of Hillary, but it was all intended to divide, mobilize and weaponize. And it worked.
Posted by: ...

But wasn't the actual controlled mobilization effort by the O administration? And it's being continued on through today?

I was so surprised years ago by many of my friends (especially those with daughters), others that I worked with. They talked of a departure from the Bush family & Cheney, etc.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 27, 2026 03:33 PM (NFX2v)

324 "Alex Pretti, the Minneapolis protester had a prior run-in with ICE just a WEEK earlier. He obstructed an immigration op, got tackled by agents (broke his rib), but they released him on scene."

Reported that his dad said he had quit months ago, and had joined some radical protest group. They did not train him very well ... he should have listened to his father's advice "protest if you must, but don't do anything stupid".

Posted by: illiniwek at January 27, 2026 03:33 PM (vbXSk)

325
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 27, 2026 03:15 PM (qBdHI)

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I had to scroll a long way before I found what I was looking for in this thread. Thanks, Lady in Black.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 03:33 PM (rCdCn)

326 You know what would save more than one life?

Eliminating abortion.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 27, 2026 03:29 PM (0sNs1)
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That is against the State Church of Modern Convenience, heathen.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 03:34 PM (krQz2)

327 I will read up on Marxists in my AO with a high degree of interest. Very intently.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 03:32 PM

Sat cong, as was once said.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 27, 2026 03:34 PM (0sNs1)

328 310 the smarter killers don't post about their desires ...
Posted by: illiniwek at January 27, 2026 03:30 PM (vbXSk)

NO APPARENT MOTIVE, JUST KILL AND KILL AGAIN

Posted by: Slayer at January 27, 2026 03:34 PM (2oNrx)

329 Oh boy. There's going to be a sequel to Dirty Dancing and Jennifer Grey is in it. Squeee

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 03:34 PM (IDEQi)

330 Of course her name is Lexie Lawler. It just had to be.

Posted by: Dirac_Delta at January 27, 2026 03:34 PM (+aem1)

331 You are not wrong that is where I live. rick who comments on here also lives up here. We are about an hour NE of Plano depending on traffic and the growth here is insane. 9 years ago it was a small town of 10,000 with the county seat and zero growth. We now have multiple 200-300 home developments that are either building or have been approved.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 27, 2026 03:28 PM (0N4FZ)


I've been driving through your neck of the woods for almost 30 years.

I don't recognize Melissa or Anna anymore. Head up 75 to Van Alstyne, Howe and that area is just getting started.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 03:34 PM (Zz0t1)

332 Sounds like the basis of one of those crime shows ripped out of the headlines. Except the the murderous TV nurse would be a devout Christian and conservative.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 27, 2026 03:35 PM (8CIFn)

333 I would like to see Homan's database. I will read up on Marxists in my AO with a high degree of interest. Very intently.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 03:32 PM (BI5O2)

I keep a detailed mental list.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 27, 2026 03:35 PM (l3YAf)

334 There's going to be a sequel to Dirty Dancing and Jennifer Grey is in it. Squeee
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 03:34 PM (IDEQi)


How are they going to replace the dead guy? Swayze made that movie.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 03:35 PM (Zz0t1)

335 Damn, I have doctor's appointment in two weeks.

Posted by: Case at January 27, 2026 03:35 PM (E7+ue)

336 332 Sounds like the basis of one of those crime shows ripped out of the headlines. Except the the murderous TV nurse would be a devout Christian and conservative.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 27, 2026 03:35 PM (8CIFn)

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Well, at least they don't have to race swap her!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 03:35 PM (GBKbO)

337 Oh boy. There's going to be a sequel to Dirty Dancing and Jennifer Grey is in it. Squeee
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Who's gonna play the Swayze character?

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 03:35 PM (77rzZ)

338 Which is why I’ll never get a colonoscopy.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 27, 2026 03:28 PM (l3YAf)

Its not gay if youre unconscious?

Posted by: Ed Buck at January 27, 2026 03:35 PM (zZu0s)

339 Any towns in particular brother ?
Posted by: Marcus T at January 27, 2026 03:26 PM (ittVa)

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Anyplace west of Valdosta and east of Mobile.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 27, 2026 03:30 PM

Opp?

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 27, 2026 03:35 PM (jc0TO)

340 How are they going to replace the dead guy? Swayze made that movie.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 03:35 PM (Zz0t1)

Chris Farley is dead too.

Posted by: davidt at January 27, 2026 03:36 PM (Q+gd/)

341 Which is more gay? Watching your wife get pounded by multiple dudes or getting a dildo up your keister?

I'd have to go with the pegging as more gay. The other is more pathetic.
Posted by: Aetius451AD
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Eh, both are gay. FWIW, most cucks that watch like to get themselves off while watching the live pron show. That is super gay.

The cucks that the wife bans from the house or has to stay home are the submissives and presumably not gay.

Posted by: whig at January 27, 2026 03:36 PM (E4rtv)

342 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 03:32 PM (BI5O2)

I just assume I’m surrounded by them. Or at least sympathizers.

Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at January 27, 2026 03:36 PM (Uc10S)

343 Be interested in when he purchased the gun now. Possible he bought it between that time and when he was unalived.

It looked brand new and never fired, so that would track.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 27, 2026 03:36 PM (2ocoG)

344 @337 not him

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 03:36 PM (IDEQi)

345 335 Damn, I have doctor's appointment in two weeks.
Posted by: Case at January 27, 2026 03:35 PM (E7+ue)


Wear an Antifa Tshirt. Don’t bathe.

Posted by: tubal at January 27, 2026 03:36 PM (pDt9x)

346 >> Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 03:32 PM (Zz0t1)

Thanks. I think he looked in Blackland(?) or something.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 27, 2026 03:36 PM (ittVa)

347 Nurses become the most suspicious people in the hospital?

IIRC once of England's most prolific serial killers was a nurse. Amelia Dyer, also a nurse, murdered an estimated 400 or more infants in the 1800s running a baby farm. Male nurse in NJ murdered around 40 patients. There are several more well-publicized cases of nurses murdering patients. So...they already were the most suspicious people in the hospital.

Posted by: Psychos at January 27, 2026 03:36 PM (TbWk/)

348 I remember years and years of Donahue where expectations put on other people were unreasonable.

Everything is like the Pirate's Code to certain groups of people these days.
Posted by: Mrs. Bakshi at January 27, 2026 03:29 PM (krQz2)
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At least "If you're not with us, you're against us" still comes through loud and clear.

Posted by: mrp at January 27, 2026 03:36 PM (rj6Yv)

349 Of course her name is Lexie Lawler. It just had to be.
Posted by: Dirac_Delta

"Lexie" is probably a shortened form of "Alexandra."

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 03:36 PM (77rzZ)

350 334 There's going to be a sequel to Dirty Dancing and Jennifer Grey is in it. Squeee
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 03:34 PM (IDEQi)


How are they going to replace the dead guy? Swayze made that movie.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 03:35 PM (Zz0t1)

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How will anyone care about another legacy sequel?

Some studio is spending $200 million on a Masters of the Universe live action movie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DZmEx7wQI6RY

80s nostalgia is kind of a default money burner for studios right now.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 03:36 PM (GBKbO)

351 Who's gonna play the Swayze character?
Posted by: Bulg
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Probably some young stud so Grey can be the cougar.

Posted by: whig at January 27, 2026 03:37 PM (E4rtv)

352
The creepy 2nd gal sure has the weird trannie eyebrow thing working overtime.

Are sure "she's " not a trannie disguised by all the filtering?

Posted by: naturalfake at January 27, 2026 03:37 PM (iJfKG)

353 OT, some of You People may enjoy this picture of Donnie Two Scoops and Melania, even though it's AI:
https://shorturl.at/d2x7v

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 03:37 PM (ULPxl)

354 whig believe I read today that he got his gun/permit two years ago or something, before his divorce, FWIW.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 27, 2026 03:37 PM (U/Byj)

355 Is this my sign to quip "Quid Malmborg In Plano"?

Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 03:37 PM (rbvCR)

356 Blame the game, not the playa.

Posted by: WNBA Neon Green Marital Aid at January 27, 2026 03:38 PM (0sNs1)

357 I suspected Pretti was some kind of asshole, now I know he was.

Posted by: wth at January 27, 2026 03:38 PM (UjdFS)

358 The silver spot keeps going up, not because of market manipulation of the paper market, like in the 1980 or 2011 price run up, but because of an actual physical shortage of the metal for industrial and military usages.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 27, 2026 03:38 PM (Da7Vv)

359 Actually the Swayze character will probably be a trannie

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 03:38 PM (IDEQi)

360 It has struck me as hilarious from the git-go that they are talking up this guy working at the VA like that is a selling point.

Bitch, the VA has killed more GI's (especially Nam vets) than the enemy has. I know the cocksuckers killed my Dad in 2000.

Every vet in my family refers to the VA Hospital as "The place you go to die."

Pretti, the Scott Weiner Cosplayer, is even more suspect because he worked at the VA.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 27, 2026 03:38 PM (SjXb3)

361 What does this psychopathic creature think putting out this video does? rhetorical.

Bitch can be doxxed in 3.5 seconds
Enjoy eating Alpo you lunatic because it would be hard to find a job unless you move to Illinois.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 27, 2026 03:38 PM (0KSrI)

362 It looked brand new and never fired, so that would track.
Posted by: Ian S.
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I thought that too but willing to wait for confirmation I guess. Weedy sjw that gets a replay of being stuffed in his locker in high school might very well decide I'll get them this time.

Posted by: whig at January 27, 2026 03:38 PM (E4rtv)

363 351 Who's gonna play the Swayze character?
Posted by: Bulg
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Probably some young stud so Grey can be the cougar.
Posted by: whig at January 27, 2026 03:37 PM (E4rtv)

******

Jennifer Grey was so freakin' hot.

Till she got rid of that sweet, sweet semitic nose of hers.

What a loss.

Posted by: EFG at January 27, 2026 03:39 PM (rHQZF)

364 Poisoning ICE agents? I wonder how many American lives the ICE agents have saved by rolling up the criminal alien drug dealers. Bound to be in the tens of thousands, ungrateful libs.

Posted by: Rex B at January 27, 2026 03:39 PM (igX5u)

365 whig believe I read today that he got his gun/permit two years ago or something, before his divorce, FWIW.

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You mean some lady actually married that banana headed dork?

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 27, 2026 03:39 PM (qBdHI)

366 361 What does this psychopathic creature think putting out this video does? rhetorical.

Bitch can be doxxed in 3.5 seconds
Enjoy eating Alpo you lunatic because it would be hard to find a job unless you move to Illinois.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 27, 2026 03:38 PM (0KSrI)

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Two steps:

1. She doesn't think there will be consequences.

2. If there are, she can probably make more money on TikTok as new resistance hero and a GoFundMe than she ever did as a nurse.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 03:39 PM (GBKbO)

367 Depending on what part of the country the named Marxists live in, they could be in for real trouble. There's a lot of places where I bet the cops ain't gonna bend over to backward to run down leads on cases where the victims are all people who attacked or threatened cops.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 03:39 PM (BI5O2)

368 How are they going to replace the dead guy? Swayze made that movie.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 03:35 PM (Zz0t1)

Chris Farley is dead too.
Posted by: davidt at January 27, 2026 03:36 PM (Q+gd/)

Gregory Hines is dead and Mikhail Baryshnikov is a bit too old for the part.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 03:40 PM (wVcYX)

369 I read a book a while back called "Ordinary Men," about the tradesmen, shopkeepers and average middle aged men who joined the Einsatzgruppen in Germany during WWII. Their glee and ferocity in killing civilians made hardened soldiers sick. I'm seeing the same thing with these men and women on TikTok. God help us.

Posted by: moki at January 27, 2026 03:40 PM (wLjpr)

370 354 whig believe I read today that he got his gun/permit two years ago or something, before his divorce, FWIW.
Posted by: rhomboid
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If he is an illinois resident, you get an FOID card to buy and carry any firearm but dunno if you have to get each firearm licensed yet.

Posted by: whig at January 27, 2026 03:40 PM (E4rtv)

371 But wasn't the actual controlled mobilization effort by the O administration? And it's being continued on through today?

I was so surprised years ago by many of my friends (especially those with daughters), others that I worked with. They talked of a departure from the Bush family & Cheney, etc.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 27, 2026 03:33 PM (NFX2v)

I think it's just run from that WH then the DNC through the media.

If you remember 2011 it was black black black black black black all the time. You had it in movies, TV etc. Women was the next obvious pivot with Hillary coming (shudder) and they did it.

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 03:40 PM (cxiKi)

372 >>> 342 Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 03:32 PM (BI5O2)

I just assume I’m surrounded by them. Or at least sympathizers.
Posted by: thathalfrican - The One at January 27, 2026 03:36 PM (Uc10S)

Hey there! Good to see you pop in; hope you're avoiding most of the mini-timwalzes running around your AO.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 03:40 PM (ULPxl)

373 Testing connection

Posted by: Skip at January 27, 2026 03:40 PM (Ia/+0)

374 352
The creepy 2nd gal sure has the weird trannie eyebrow thing working overtime.

Are sure "she's " not a trannie disguised by all the filtering?

Posted by: naturalfake at January 27, 2026 03:37 PM (iJfKG)

If it was a troon it'd be dressed a lot more trashily. Spinny skirt, and the top would cut off at the shoulders. There'd be a collar around the neck, and way more eye makeup.

Posted by: XTC at January 27, 2026 03:40 PM (6Uni8)

375 I remember Grandpa and Grandma in the late 80s and early 90s complaining about... Champas? It was the Healthcare they had. Grandpa retired from the Army and Civil Service.

Posted by: Ed Buck at January 27, 2026 03:40 PM (zZu0s)

376 347 Nurses become the most suspicious people in the hospital?

IIRC once of England's most prolific serial killers was a nurse. Amelia Dyer, also a nurse, murdered an estimated 400 or more infants in the 1800s running a baby farm. Male nurse in NJ murdered around 40 patients. There are several more well-publicized cases of nurses murdering patients. So...they already were the most suspicious people in the hospital.
Posted by: Psychos at January 27, 2026 03:36 PM (TbWk/)

There was that one nurse who killed babies in the hospital in Kerrville, TX in the 1980s.

Posted by: Cow Demon at January 27, 2026 03:41 PM (2oNrx)

377 How are they going to replace the dead guy? Swayze made that movie.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 03:35 PM (Zz0t1)
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Who's going to put baby in a corner with Jerry Orbach gone?

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 03:41 PM (krQz2)

378 >> I wonder how many American lives the ICE agents have saved by rolling up the criminal alien drug dealers. Bound to be in the tens of thousands, ungrateful libs.

The libs want Americans to be killed by their immigrant pets. What do you think “replacement migration” means?

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 27, 2026 03:42 PM (l3YAf)

379 I read a book a while back called "Ordinary Men," about the tradesmen, shopkeepers and average middle aged men who joined the Einsatzgruppen in Germany during WWII. Their glee and ferocity in killing civilians made hardened soldiers sick.

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I read that book too. G*d help us for sure.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 27, 2026 03:43 PM (qBdHI)

380 Added to my list, thanks!
archive.org/details/ordinary-men

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 03:43 PM (N8ZBc)

381 *peeks in*
*scuttles out*

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 27, 2026 03:43 PM (W2Pud)

382 361 What does this psychopathic creature think putting out this video does? rhetorical.

Bitch can be doxxed in 3.5 seconds
Enjoy eating Alpo you lunatic because it would be hard to find a job unless you move to Illinois.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 27, 2026 03:38 PM (0KSrI)
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She'll be making bank showing the world her butthole on OnlyFans in short order.

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 03:43 PM (5aZAZ)

383 That data would be great for someone who wants to penetrate an Antifa cell and root out more Marxists and set them up for a serious problem somewhere down the line.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 03:43 PM (BI5O2)

384 360 It has struck me as hilarious from the git-go that they are talking up this guy working at the VA like that is a selling point.

Bitch, the VA has killed more GI's (especially Nam vets) than the enemy has. I know the cocksuckers killed my Dad in 2000.

Every vet in my family refers to the VA Hospital as "The place you go to die."

Pretti, the Scott Weiner Cosplayer, is even more suspect because he worked at the VA.
Posted by: sifty boones at January 27, 2026 03:38 PM (SjXb3)

My vet grandfather (long passed) said basically the same thing. To paraphrase, "if it's between going to the VA and dying, let me die."

Posted by: Seems to be a recurring theme at January 27, 2026 03:43 PM (TbWk/)

385 Godless women cosplaying ‘kill the Nazi.’
They need to stop and reassess their values and priorities. Find Jesus, stat!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 27, 2026 03:43 PM (Hkcdp)

386 Bitch can be doxxed in 3.5 seconds

Posted by: Ben Had at January 27, 2026 03:38 PM (0KSrI)
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Ben Had, dox that bitch.

Posted by: Axeman, Host of the Gameshow Dox That Bitch at January 27, 2026 03:43 PM (krQz2)

387 Social media has ruined society.

While X is useful to see what the other side is up to, the rest is bs.

I honestly cannot imagine filming myself in a car, adjusting filters, yada, etc.

Thinking I am all that!

While I am probably not going to see my granddaughters grow up, I need to add the social media is evil to the letters I am going to write them about behaving. I need to get started!
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 27, 2026 03:18 PM (WONhk)

Almost all the ills of social media were there for a generation or two before hand. Especially in liberal enclaves. Its leftism, not social media that is the problem

Posted by: Oldcat at January 27, 2026 03:43 PM (8avO+)

388 Before all the latest craziness, I had a personal rule to avoid relationships - even really short ones with near-strangers - with nurses. There's definitely a strong psycho element there. I never really considered that would be an issue professionally, but now...

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 27, 2026 03:44 PM (MZ+PY)

389 My DIL is a NICU nurse. She is far more conservative than my son. And, she works in NYS.

Posted by: Ann at January 27, 2026 03:44 PM (w9jrX)

390 The libs want Americans to be killed by their immigrant pets. What do you think “replacement migration” means?
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 27, 2026 03:42 PM (l3YAf)

We ain’t having enough kids so the powers that be want people brought in from anyplace else so they can have an easier time of imposing their will.

Posted by: Cow Demon at January 27, 2026 03:44 PM (2oNrx)

391 That murderous antinurse is going to get a medal from her governor for opposing the regime. Spirit of Virginia Award.

It was established by Youngkin.

Posted by: torabora at January 27, 2026 03:44 PM (C6lX6)

392 She sees karma in the negative. Stupid spirits, democrates and demons love love to brag about murder in the same sentence with your loved ones.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 27, 2026 03:44 PM (EyfuW)

393 Ryan Gosling will be the new Patrick Swayze.

It was foretold. All roles now go to Pedro Pascal or Ryan Gosling. Or both.

Sam Jackson will play the angry black man.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 27, 2026 03:44 PM (SjXb3)

394 Lexie,
You forgot to put the filter on your bingo wings granny.

Posted by: Minnfidel at January 27, 2026 03:44 PM (ewjUl)

395 375 I remember Grandpa and Grandma in the late 80s and early 90s complaining about... Champas? It was the Healthcare they had. Grandpa retired from the Army and Civil Service.
Posted by: Ed Buck at January 27, 2026 03:40 PM (zZu0s)

CHAMPUS. Now it's TRICARE.

Posted by: They try but fail at January 27, 2026 03:45 PM (TbWk/)

396 385 Godless women cosplaying ‘kill the Nazi.’
They need to stop and reassess their values and priorities. Find Jesus, stat!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 27, 2026 03:43 PM (Hkcdp)

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The embrace of materialism leads to the embrace of gnosticism.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 03:45 PM (GBKbO)

397 Jennifer Grey was so freakin' hot.

Till she got rid of that sweet, sweet semitic nose of hers.

What a loss.
Posted by: EFG at January 27, 2026 03:39 PM (rHQZF)
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Funny, she doesn't LOOK Druish!

Posted by: Barf at January 27, 2026 03:45 PM (5aZAZ)

398 My DIL is a NICU nurse. She is far more conservative than my son. And, she works in NYS.
Posted by: Ann


NICU nurses are amazing.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 03:45 PM (77rzZ)

399 How are they going to replace the dead guy? Swayze made that movie.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 03:35 PM (Zz0t1)

Can John Travolta get slimmed down? CGI can de-age and re-hair him.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 03:45 PM (wVcYX)

400 The Duke of Death. Duck, I says.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 27, 2026 03:45 PM (wBaIH)

401 Dirty dancing the waltz?

Posted by: Ben Had at January 27, 2026 03:45 PM (0KSrI)

402 >>> 393 Ryan Gosling will be the new Patrick Swayze.

It was foretold. All roles now go to Pedro Pascal or Ryan Gosling. Or both.

Sam Jackson will play the angry black man.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 27, 2026 03:44 PM (SjXb3)

*sobs*

Posted by: Jake Gyllenhaal at January 27, 2026 03:45 PM (ULPxl)

403
Someday when you're free
Why don't you come with me
And we'll *poison* ICE agents on a lark.
And maybe even do a MAGAt or two
As we *poison* ICE agents on a lark.

Posted by: Axeman, Host of the Gameshow Dox That Bitch at January 27, 2026 03:45 PM (krQz2)

404 I read that book too. G*d help us for sure.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 27, 2026 03:43 PM (qBdHI)

The Khmer Rouge is their planned path here.

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 03:45 PM (cxiKi)

405 Er, whut?

@DerrickEvans4WV 1h
🚨 JUST IN: Snickers, Skittles, Kit Kats, Jolly Ranchers and more flagged in Florida tests for elevated arsenic — regulators stayed quiet while families stayed uninformed.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 27, 2026 03:46 PM (mlg/3)

406 Oh boy, gotta love media accuracy...

Trump is currently visiting local businesses in IA. He is currently at the Machine Shed in Urbandale, which Martha M. informed us all is a local farm equipment company.

Errr, ummm, no dear Martha, as anyone knows in N IL or E IA Machine Shed is a restaurant chain, known for down home family style food. And you can plainly tell by looking at the footage. A John Deere sign does not make it an equipment dealer.

Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at January 27, 2026 03:46 PM (55Qr6)

407 There was that one nurse who killed babies in the hospital in Kerrville, TX in the 1980s.
Posted by: Cow Demon at January 27, 2026 03:41 PM (2oNrx)

There was the serial killer nurse Michael Swango that love to over medicate patients just to watch them die. Upwards of 60 patients IIRC.

Posted by: Rex B at January 27, 2026 03:46 PM (igX5u)

408 Ryan Gosling will be the new Patrick Swayze.

It was foretold. All roles now go to Pedro Pascal or Ryan Gosling. Or both.

Sam Jackson will play the angry black man.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 27, 2026 03:44 PM

What's Chris Pine up to these days? That guy is underrated.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 27, 2026 03:46 PM (jc0TO)

409 I was canceled by a female doctor with a purple streak in her hair for being what she called "non-compliant". She had a very nasty attitude. I was more than happy to leave. She works for the Integris Corporation. She was the second doctor in that organization that gave me a healthy fear of modern-day medical "professionals".

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 27, 2026 03:46 PM (g8Ew8)

410 388 Before all the latest craziness, I had a personal rule to avoid relationships - even really short ones with near-strangers - with nurses. There's definitely a strong psycho element there. I never really considered that would be an issue professionally, but now...
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 27, 2026 03:44 PM (MZ+PY)
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Nurses are crazy as hell but they fuck like minks.

Posted by: Barf at January 27, 2026 03:46 PM (5aZAZ)

411
It was foretold. All roles now go to Pedro Pascal or Ryan Gosling.

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It's gotta be pretty sweet to be one of the last handful of celebrities who are a legit box office draw.

Hollywood is now full of nobodies most people couldn't name and couldn't want to.

Might as well just start printing your own money.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 03:46 PM (BI5O2)

412 It was foretold. All roles now go to Pedro Pascal or Ryan Gosling.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 27, 2026 03:44 PM (SjXb3)
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Not so fast!

Posted by: Marco Rubio at January 27, 2026 03:47 PM (krQz2)

413 nood

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 03:47 PM (N8ZBc)

414 405.

Wait till they test the old lace.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 27, 2026 03:47 PM (SjXb3)

415 Incidentally, DukeHealth is all in on clot shots. They include it in their vaccine panel for six month olds.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 27, 2026 03:47 PM (wBaIH)

416 And how stupid do you have to be to boast about premeditated murder?

I cannot understand confessional, raging, and lecturing social media - who is their target audience? Who is their actual audience?

Posted by: Lizzy at January 27, 2026 03:47 PM (Hkcdp)

417 Lots of arsenic in most rice too.

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 03:47 PM (cxiKi)

418 Anybody see that clip of the protester who picked up an unexploded flash-bang to toss back at The Man? It -- guess what -- went off in her left hand and she screamed for a medic.

The comments were savage:

"Better put ICE on that!"

"And that's how a Lefty becomes a rightie!"

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 27, 2026 03:47 PM (kpS4V)

419 Virginia Nurse Says She'll Use Drugs to Paralyze and Poison ICE Agents

What do you think Covid vaccines are?

Posted by: Virginia Nurse at January 27, 2026 03:47 PM (68/6A)

420 🚨 JUST IN: Snickers, Skittles, Kit Kats, Jolly Ranchers and more flagged in Florida tests for elevated arsenic — regulators stayed quiet while families stayed uninformed.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

Did the Brewster sisters move to Florida?

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 03:47 PM (77rzZ)

421 nood!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 27, 2026 03:47 PM (Cjt/F)

422 Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 03:45 PM (77rzZ)

I couldn't do what she does. She has seen some truly awful things in the last 10 years.

The first thing she harped on my son for was even riding on a motorcycle, neverminded getting one (he listened to her).

They are called donor cycles for a reason.

Posted by: Ann at January 27, 2026 03:47 PM (w9jrX)

423 I've read that 1 to 4% of humans are psychopaths. So don't even bother asking why they think this is acceptable.
They are made that way.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 27, 2026 03:47 PM (VBYyL)

424 I read a book a while back called "Ordinary Men," about the tradesmen, shopkeepers and average middle aged men who joined the Einsatzgruppen in Germany during WWII. Their glee and ferocity in killing civilians made hardened soldiers sick.

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I read that book too. G*d help us for sure.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 27, 2026 03:43 PM (qBdHI)

Hannah Arendt in "The Origins of Totalitarianism" wrote about the banality of Evil. It isn't one monstrous boss you fight, it is that the system makes almost everyone evil.

Posted by: Oldcat at January 27, 2026 03:47 PM (8avO+)

425 People here the other day were saying it was hard to find buyers for your silver because of the price run up, so its kind of weird market. It's needed in the economy, but it's forced to be held/hoarded.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 27, 2026 03:48 PM (n5tGW)

426 Note this sadistic demon posts daily suggestions of this nature. Resistance, dontcha know.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 27, 2026 03:48 PM (Vvh2V)

427 Sam Jackson will play the angry black man.
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That stretch might get some Oscar notice.

Actually Jackson's biggest stretch was when he played a Jedi of the board species.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 03:48 PM (krQz2)

428 >>> 406 Oh boy, gotta love media accuracy...

Trump is currently visiting local businesses in IA. He is currently at the Machine Shed in Urbandale, which Martha M. informed us all is a local farm equipment company.

Errr, ummm, no dear Martha, as anyone knows in N IL or E IA Machine Shed is a restaurant chain, known for down home family style food. And you can plainly tell by looking at the footage. A John Deere sign does not make it an equipment dealer.
Posted by: Farmer, with his own historic take at January 27, 2026 03:46 PM (55Qr6)

Never heard of them.

Say, I wonder if they want to do a re-branding???

Posted by: Cracker Barrel CEO at January 27, 2026 03:49 PM (ULPxl)

429 Who's going to put baby in a corner with Jerry Orbach gone?
Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 03:41 PM (krQz2)

Nobody!

Posted by: Zombie Patrick Swayze at January 27, 2026 03:49 PM (Hx0tZ)

430 Swayze's character will be played by Lizzo, naturally.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 03:49 PM (BI5O2)

431 🚨 JUST IN: Snickers, Skittles, Kit Kats, Jolly Ranchers and more flagged in Florida tests for elevated arsenic — regulators stayed quiet while families stayed uninformed.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

Did the Brewster sisters move to Florida?
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 03:47 PM (77rzZ)

Arsenic and Hard Candy? LOL

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 03:49 PM (wVcYX)

432 Succinylcholine paralyzes all skeletal muscles, including those you use to breathe. When used in surgery, mechanical ventilation must be provided.

Otherwise, it's just a good way to murder someone.

Posted by: Mark at January 27, 2026 03:49 PM (+PPzM)

433 Hmmm. Skittles. Florida.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 03:50 PM (zZu0s)

434 Be interested in when he purchased the gun now. Possible he bought it between that time and when he was unalived.
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It looked brand new and never fired, so that would track.

When I saw the pic of the ($$$) gun, I thought it was one of three possibilities.

1) enthusiast
2) poseur
3) noob and the salesman knew a sucker when he saw one

Posted by: Oddbob at January 27, 2026 03:50 PM (Fs0KI)

435 Nood.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 27, 2026 03:51 PM (zZu0s)

436 There was a local news story this morning, Everett WA man sentenced to only 6 years- significant Fentanyl dealer and only 6 years.

Lamin Saho, Gambia immigrant to US. Over 200K fent pills. Will probably get sent back to Gambia. There's a DEA site listing the names of other traffickers they caught. Mostly foreign sounding names. One Kahlil or something, I think another named Antene Tesfaye. WTF

Posted by: Rex B at January 27, 2026 03:51 PM (igX5u)

437 Actually the Swayze character will probably be a trannie
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 03:38 PM (IDEQi)

Please, Rachel Zegler.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 03:51 PM (rbvCR)

438 There was the serial killer nurse Michael Swango that love to over medicate patients just to watch them die. Upwards of 60 patients IIRC.
Posted by: Rex B

He was a doctor not a nurse.

Posted by: Tuna at January 27, 2026 03:52 PM (lJ0H4)

439 People here the other day were saying it was hard to find buyers for your silver because of the price run up, so its kind of weird market. It's needed in the economy, but it's forced to be held/hoarded.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 27, 2026 03:48 PM (n5tGW)

Couple days ago I called around and local coin dealers weren't interested in buying silver ingots or rounds smaller than 10 oz. I'm going to assume because they can turn the larger bars around at spot filling enormous orders for delivery.

That seems to be the thing is that countries and institutional buyers are demanding delivery as opposed to 3rd party holding. Which many suspected isn't true, much like the bricks painted yellow in fort knox

Posted by: Zombie Patrick Swayze at January 27, 2026 03:53 PM (Hx0tZ)

440 Facebook SEIU
January 8 at 12:41 PM
Renee Nicole Good was killed by ICE. We demand full accountability and ICE out of our communities immediately.

It doesn't seem Ms. Good was affiliated with the SEIU. Following her death, numerous SEIU locals and affiliates (SEIU Local 1; 32BJ SEIU, and SEIU Healthcare Minnesota and Iowa) released statements of outrage, mourning, and solidarity with her family.

So at the minimum another union connection in her death, but unlike Peretti's who seems to have been a member of the AFGE. (Yeah, now suing the Trump administration, of course.)

Reportedly,
SEIU Healthcare Minnesota and Iowa represents over 50,000 workers, advocating for better pay and healthcare, and, yes, were in demonstrations like the People's March (Jan 2025) to oppose "fascism."

32BJ SEIU is also a large property services union with a presence in multiple cities, and involved in political actions against policies of the Trump regime.

SEIU Local 1: Represents diverse workers across the Midwest, advocating for economic justice and worker rights.

Again, often ANTIFA or not. It depends.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 27, 2026 03:54 PM (NFX2v)

441 Any towns in particular brother ?
Posted by: Marcus T at January 27, 2026 03:26 PM (ittVa)

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Anyplace west of Valdosta and east of Mobile.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 27, 2026 03:30 PM

Opp?
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 27, 2026 03:35 PM (jc0TO
****
Regardless, they're $20

Posted by: torabora at January 27, 2026 03:55 PM (C6lX6)

442 440.

Where's some of the big fraud in MN? Medicaid/Medicare Healthcare, services, etc.

One thing leads to another.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 27, 2026 03:57 PM (NFX2v)

443 There was the serial killer nurse Michael Swango that love to over medicate patients just to watch them die. Upwards of 60 patients IIRC.
Posted by: Rex B

He was a doctor not a nurse.
Posted by: Tuna at January 27, 2026 03:52 PM (lJ0H4)

My mistake. Thank you for the correction.

Posted by: Rex B at January 27, 2026 03:57 PM (igX5u)

444 It needs to be purged. How can we have a republic when the judiciary is tainted like this?

We can't.

Posted by: Kangaroos at January 27, 2026 04:00 PM (R/m4+)

445 Those two vile women are murderers in principle. Firing isn't enough. I don't know what is appropriate but they need to regret their insanity.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 27, 2026 02:49 PM (8CIFn)

What’s wrong with firing squads?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 27, 2026 04:07 PM (H6cKs)

446 Testing connection
Posted by: Skip at January 27, 2026 03:40 PM (Ia/+0)

It's not working.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 27, 2026 04:07 PM (5xuJ/)

447 I know a top of the line, super-duper, best ever, awesome, amazing Nurse right here on this Blog.

Posted by: DBCooper at January 27, 2026 04:07 PM (3oMnW)

448 Nurses are crazy as hell but they fuck like minks.
Posted by: Barf at January 27, 2026 03:46 PM (5aZAZ)

That is how my personal rule came about.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at January 27, 2026 04:16 PM (MZ+PY)

449 Her statement is a felony.

Its a bit more than that. Its a federal felony to threaten government agents. Because she did that via electronic communications she can be indicted and tried anywhere in the USA where wires reach. What a fking dumb a$$.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 27, 2026 04:17 PM (Da7Vv)

450 I had a third-degree tear when I gave birth, meaning I tore "from aft to stern" just like ole' Lexie wants for Karoline Leavitt. I haven't been the same since, and that was more than 20 years ago. I wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy. As a nurse she knows precisely what that would do to a woman's body. That there is a demon talking. The amount of evil in that statement of hers is beyond anything I've ever heard or imagined from someone in health care. And to put it publicly? I know TDS is real and all, but that is truly one of the most evil things I've ever heard. And she said it out loud for the world to hear.

Posted by: Average Jen at January 27, 2026 04:18 PM (/TlZs)

451 What does this psychopathic creature think putting out this video does? rhetorical.

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She will be rewarded. Dopamine hits. Attention. Co-psychopaths giving her props. She may get fired, but she will wind up with a senior position in the health dept or planned parenthood.

Posted by: Yup at January 27, 2026 04:23 PM (Mw2aG)

452 In regard to Malinda: I wouldn't do her with someone else's equipment, let alone my own. A big NO WAY!

Posted by: Crabby Appleton at January 27, 2026 04:26 PM (8zTHt)

453 Bu the way Lexie Lawler now has a GoFundMe to what, make up for lost income? I don't know, but I reported it, we'll see if enough other people have done so, pointing out how it should be illegal to profit from illegal and immoral statements. These people truly are sick.

Posted by: Average Jen at January 27, 2026 04:47 PM (/TlZs)

454 Nowadays, nurses have the stereotype of being super easy, but also super likely to cheat. I don't think that was true in the past, or maybe I just had my head in the sand.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 27, 2026 02:56 PM (2ocoG)
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Mary Renault is known today for her historical novels based on the [then] latest archeology.

Most of her work was check-out line nurse romances, mooning over Doctor Dreamy, while having soft-core (the softest) lesbian relationships with other nurses

Posted by: OldToby at January 27, 2026 05:26 PM (9m1UY)

455 And she said it out loud for the world to hear.
Posted by: Average Jen at January 27, 2026 04:18 PM (/TlZs)

It is demonic to wish that on anyone, much less by someone in her former profession.

All I can say is that I was trained to leave whatever was going on in my life when I clocked in. I had no thoughts of anything except the job ahead. No one died I was responsible for that was not supposed to...and those who did I comforted them and their families.

I can't fathom these thoughts of suffering and murder of patients. They all need to be stripped of their licenses and hauled off.

Shame on them all who think this way. I am thankful to have worked in a time where good care mattered, no matter who the patient was.

At the start of the 4yrs I taught RN's, I told them that it would take a lot of time before I trusted them with medications.Because they could kill someone under my watch.

I guess now these same students would rejoice! And I would fail their liberal butts and kick them out. Thank God I did not have to deal with that!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 27, 2026 07:03 PM (WONhk)

456 I don't think that was true in the past, or maybe I just had my head in the sand.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 27, 2026 02:56 PM (2ocoG)

Was not true in the past, Ian. At all. Oh, I am sure there were some cheaters and loose women. I did not know them, however.

I was the opposite of a loose woman or "easy." I did not believe in "settling" for anyone and rarely dated in HS or college.

Now? Who knows. But there are good people out there, you just have to find them. I'd suggest churches or groups of people enjoying hobbies or sports. Otherwise, no clue.

The quiet girl you work with might be far better than the loud one.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 27, 2026 07:08 PM (WONhk)

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Overrules Lawless Lowly District Judicial Insurrectionist, Removing Bullshit Restrictions on How ICE Can Handle Violent "Protesters"

Who knows, it's possible that this judge's lawless diktat that "protesters" should be allowed to be violent and ICE is barred from responding with non-lethal munitions like tear gas and pepper spray actually led to the death of the violent protesters.


MXM News:


A federal appeals court on Monday stepped in to stop what the Trump administration argued was an extraordinary act of judicial overreach, blocking a Minnesota order that effectively handcuffed federal immigration agents during enforcement operations.

The three-judge panel on the Eighth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals sided with the Trump administration and issued a full stay of a January injunction that had restricted how officers with Immigration and Customs Enforcement could respond while facing aggressive anti-ICE protests.

That lower-court order barred agents from making arrests, detaining individuals, or using pepper spray during confrontations unless heightened legal thresholds were met--rules critics warned would put officers at risk as agitators pressed into enforcement scenes.

The lowly district court judge and insurrectionist had claimed, in the face of all evidence, that the "protesters" were all uniformly peaceful and therefore ICE was barred from using any non-lethal force against them.



Reviewing the same video evidence cited by the district court, the appeals panel flatly rejected the idea that the encounters were uniformly peaceful, writing that the footage showed "a wide range of conduct, some of it peaceful but much of it not," with agents responding to rapidly changing situations.


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U.S. District Judge Katherine Menendez had accepted [violent "protesters'"] claims on January 16, finding the plaintiffs likely to succeed on First and Fourth Amendment grounds and issuing a sweeping injunction against the Department of Homeland Security and ICE.

Her ruling cited alleged instances in which agents used pepper spray, pointed weapons, made arrests, and conducted traffic stops against individuals she characterized as peacefully observing or protesting enforcement activity.

The appeals court was unmoved, emphasizing that the encounters varied widely--different officers, different protesters, different behavior, different locations--making a blanket prohibition not only unworkable but dangerous.

Attorney General Pam Bondi hailed the decision as a decisive stand for law enforcement.

"Liberal judges tried to handcuff our federal law enforcement officers, restrict their actions, and put their safety at risk when responding to violent agitators," Bondi wrote on X, noting that the Justice Department first secured a temporary pause and has now won a full stay.

In the meanwhile, Kash Patel says he's following the money and the FBI is investigating who is funding these violent revolutionary groups.

He also says the FBI is continuing to investigate the fraud network.

FBI Director Kash Patel said Monday the bureau has identified people and groups who are funding leftist protests aimed at Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Minnesota.

During an appearance on conservative commentator Benny Johnson's podcast, Patel confirmed that the FBI's investigation into the unrest is active and expanding.

"We've got ... investigations ongoing into the funding of this," Patel told Johnson, stressing that the protests are "not happening organically" and that investigators have made "substantial progress" in uncovering groups and individuals financially backing them.

Patel also asserted that federal authorities are examining encrypted left-wing chats connected to protest organizers in Minnesota -- warning those involved that they "should be worried" if they have violated federal statutes.

Some people are asking: Is this insurrection being staged not to protect illegal aliens but to protect the Democrat Party's fraud-farmers in blue cities?

In other words, are they attempting to block further investigation of the Somali and other organized crime looting of the federal treasury?

If this is just about protecting criminal illegals, why did the violent "protests" not begin until after the Nick Shirley revelations?!

Arthur MacWaters
@ArthurMacwaters

Let me get this straight:

1. prior administrations deported millions of people, and riots were basically nonexistent

2. the moment trump took office, a coordinated campaign by politicians/legacy media *directly called for resistance to ICE*

3. once riots happen and people are die, the spotlight shifts to stopping deportations and defunding ICE

If this was such a crime against humanity, why did no one riot in 2024?

The intention behind the unrest is NOT empathy.

Empathy is being manufactured on false grounds to achieve political aims. And people are getting hurt.

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1 foist.

Posted by: zombie at January 27, 2026 01:41 PM (se8lQ)

2 This is F'd up...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 27, 2026 01:42 PM (VE6XX)

3 Hurry up Kash!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 27, 2026 01:42 PM (8vUlE)

4
Spunge.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 27, 2026 01:42 PM (y9nCu)

5 Jeepers. Too bad the “media” doesn’t recognize being manipulated. Or perhaps they enjoy it.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 27, 2026 01:42 PM (W2Pud)

6 Personally, i'm kind of glad about these Minnesota protests. Illegal immigration is a solid 80-20 issue, so the Dems are on the wrong side if popular opinion, and their protests only make them look bad. Go for it, bozos.

Posted by: zombie at January 27, 2026 01:42 PM (se8lQ)

7 John Thune has a sad today.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 27, 2026 01:43 PM (abIsI)

8 Peaceful?

Playing "I'm not touching you" with armed Federal Agents is not peaceful.

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 01:43 PM (ciYHQ)

9 It's very evident that the left is trying to maximize deaths. They want to use these deaths as leverage.

Posted by: Emmie at January 27, 2026 01:44 PM (FMtrg)

10 Now fix bayonets and use CS gas.

/Had enjoyed but one expedition, ROE had pepper spray up top, CS has down by and just ahead of "free fire".

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 27, 2026 01:44 PM (/lPRQ)

11 that the "protesters" were all uniformly peaceful and therefore ICE was barred from using any non-lethal force against them.

I gotta say, that seem insane no matter how the "protesters" were behaving

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 27, 2026 01:44 PM (a+4eV)

12 and so it continues

Posted by: that guy that always thinks it's continuing at January 27, 2026 01:44 PM (jc0TO)

13 Impeachment Liar Alexander Vindman Announces Bid for Senate Vowing to Fight Trump – Calls Trump a “Tyrant” and Attacks ICE

The return of Chubbo.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 27, 2026 01:44 PM (abIsI)

14 It's very evident that the left is trying to maximize deaths. They want to use these deaths as leverage.
Posted by: Emmie at January 27, 2026 01:44 PM (FMtrg)
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Yep. They WANT to see their own foot soldiers stacked up like cordwood in the streets.

They are vile ghouls with NO regard for life.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 27, 2026 01:45 PM (ESVrU)

15 Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals is a great place to be if you're one of the good guys. 8CA is one of -- if not the -- most conservative courts of appeals in the country. Last I checked, all but maybe one or two of the judges were appointed by GOP presidents. Now, that's not a guarantee of anything, but it improves the odds.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 01:45 PM (iFTx/)

16 "We simply cannot validate a mob veto of federal immigration law. That can’t happen. It doesn’t matter what argument someone uses to reach that conclusion, because the conclusion is unacceptable."

Damn. Wish I had said that.

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 01:45 PM (ciYHQ)

17 Per a short video put out by Dr Oz: DR. OZ: “The U.S. Attorney, the FBI, everyone's now focused on the fact that in this state [California], which has about $30 BILLION worth of home & community based services, most of it might be fraudulent."

So I expect "immigration" riots in CA in the very near future.

https://tinyurl.com/34uwsnx9

Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 01:46 PM (rbvCR)

18 Remain calm! Pam Bondi is *on* this.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 27, 2026 01:46 PM (0sNs1)

19 8 Peaceful?

Playing "I'm not touching you" with armed Federal Agents is not peaceful.
Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 01:43 PM (ciYHQ)

Nor is blocking ICE with your vehicle, throwing frozen water bottles and fireworks, and screaming in their faces and blowing whistles..Not to mention hitting them with your car....

Posted by: It's me donna at January 27, 2026 01:46 PM (VE6XX)

20 I mean... if the judge issues a blanket prohibition on non- or less-than-lethal force, isn't that effectively requiring lethal force in all circumstances?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 27, 2026 01:46 PM (a+4eV)

21 What I really want is a stitch of all the Dem politicians saying they don't want to live in a country where you have to show your papers. Then stitch it to roving violent Leftist mobs demanding to see peoples ID after accusing them of being ICE.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 27, 2026 01:46 PM (w/O5Q)

22 Nancy Mace will come.

Posted by: Steiner at January 27, 2026 01:46 PM (j3Td7)

23 Impeachment Liar Alexander Vindman Announces Bid for Senate Vowing to Fight Trump – Calls Trump a “Tyrant” and Attacks ICE

The return of Chubbo.
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 27, 2026 01:44 PM (abIsI)

Isn't he in hibernation mode right now?

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 01:47 PM (wVcYX)

24 DC_Draino
@DC_Draino

This entire ICE fight is over the 2030 Census.

Democrats pushed millions of people in blue states to move out with their high taxes, Covid tyranny, and skyrocketing costs of living, so they opened the border floodgates under Biden to replace them with illegals.

President Trump is now mass deporting them so they’re violently fighting back.

The 2030 Census all comes down to the 2028 race though.

If Democrats steal the White House again, these 2030 Census numbers will get rigged worse than the 2020 election.

If a Republican wins, Dems will rightfully lose power in DC for decades.

Recognize where we are.

https://tinyurl.com/ybu5urmn

Posted by: redridinghood at January 27, 2026 01:47 PM (NpAcC)

25 Water cannons, in sub zero temperature, will disperse these people very quickly. Add some skunk scent and blue dye just for fun.

Posted by: Josephistan at January 27, 2026 01:47 PM (y9ksN)

26 "prior administrations deported millions of people, and riots were basically nonexistent"

Did they? I have long questioned how real any of the deportations were under Democrap presidents, and especially under Obama. I very strongly suspect it was all an op to con the rubes. In fact, I would bet money on it.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 01:47 PM (iFTx/)

27 It's very evident that the left is trying to maximize deaths. They want to use these deaths as leverage.
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I don't think that's accurate. They don't want so many deaths that the faceless minions of evil are discouraged from throwing temper tantrums.

Kyle Rittenhouse demonstrated that threshhold is apparently three in one night.

What they want is the one right death that will get them sympathy with the normies in order to justify larger "protests" and provide the narrative for the next round of election theft in November. Which will coincide with historic midterm trends, so most people will be expecting Dem gains.

Posted by: Methos at January 27, 2026 01:48 PM (vSvIl)

28 >>> 380
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Minnesota must be put down ruthlessly. If these people aren't dealt with harshly, this will be happening in every Dem city by summer.

They are probing for weakness, and appear to have found it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 01:37 PM (BI5O2)

And THAT is when you roll out the Insurrection Act.

I've been thinking about all the other states where we know similar crazy shit is going on... and that OrangeManBad needs to stomp this and stomp it good... and how most people aren't like us, and will need to see much more BS to tolerate things that need to happen.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 01:48 PM (ULPxl)

29 In other words, are they attempting to block further investigation of the Somali and other organized crime looting of the federal treasury?

No, of course not.

Posted by: Act Blue at January 27, 2026 01:48 PM (0sNs1)

30 Communists destroying Blue cities. No, don’t really see the problem in the long run.I suppose a counter argument might be “ we just can’t let them get away with it”, but I am not so sure that we won’t benefit in the long run.

Posted by: tubal at January 27, 2026 01:48 PM (pDt9x)

31 Isn't he in hibernation mode right now?
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 01:47 PM

I thought so. He ate the equivalent of 245 pastries yesterday.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 27, 2026 01:48 PM (jc0TO)

32 >>Did they? I have long questioned how real any of the deportations were under Democrap presidents, and especially under Obama. I very strongly suspect it was all an op to con the rubes. In fact, I would bet money on it.


The Obama Admin counted Turnbacks at the Border as Deportations.

There is your answer.

Posted by: garrett at January 27, 2026 01:48 PM (ZcsJV)

33 They WANT to see their own foot soldiers stacked up like cordwood in the streets.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

"Use up the Irish. Arrows cost money. The dead cost nothing"

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 01:49 PM (ciYHQ)

34 Again, interfering with federal law enforcement's execution of lawful deportation orders and and in violent manner and being armed to boot, is a recipe for being in a pine box.

That the left has convinced people to throw away their lives so that their corruption can continue is satanic.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 27, 2026 01:49 PM (bTSkt)

35 and so it continues
Posted by: that guy that always thinks it's continuing at January 27, 2026 01:44 PM (jc0TO)

I see one that rolls with the punches, as one must.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 01:49 PM (wVcYX)

36 All ICE agents in the thick of it should be issued huge snarling German Shepherds that haven't eaten in a week.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 27, 2026 01:49 PM (abIsI)

37 People forget that the Left is AlWAYS in apocalyptic crisis mode. Every moment is the moment of "Revolution." Every passing political outrage is an end-times catastrophe.

Ever seen interviews with activists from the 1968-1974 period? They all say the same thing, "We were convinced that the Revolution was happening. This was IT -- the moment America would fall. We were delirious with anticipation. Any day now, any moment now." Etc.

But of course it didn't happen.

Same with Reagan, same with Bush, yadda yadda, never ending. It's like a doomsday cult that constantly predicts the end iof the World, constantly gets embarrassed when it doesn't end, and then makes another ludicrous prediction, and no one ever points this out.

Posted by: zombie at January 27, 2026 01:49 PM (se8lQ)

38 25 Water cannons, in sub zero temperature, will disperse these people very quickly. Add some skunk scent and blue dye just for fun.
Posted by: Josephistan at January 27, 2026 01:47 PM (y9ksN)

Saw a video of a rioter picking up a flashbang, which then proceeded to go all 'splodey.

She's a Base-9 expert now.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 27, 2026 01:49 PM (LxER7)

39 Add some skunk scent and blue dye just for fun.
Posted by: Josephistan at January 27, 2026 01:47 PM

You know what's even better than skunk scent in this scenario?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 27, 2026 01:49 PM (0sNs1)

40 From the OP:

"Patel also asserted that federal authorities are examining encrypted left-wing chats connected to protest organizers in Minnesota -- warning those involved that they "should be worried" if they have violated federal statutes."
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I'm not an expert on such matters (but I can run a point-of-sale terminal!), but I surmise that the Feds are reading the nitwits' comms in real-time.

Posted by: mrp at January 27, 2026 01:50 PM (rj6Yv)

41 some on X are theorizing that DOGE actually did stop a whole lot of Leftist revenue streams, and then they quickly ramped up the ones that remained, including "HHS" type fraud in blue cities.

and then they kept ramping it up, out of necessity, until it was too big to ignore any longer.

so yeah, they're fighting hard in Minneapolis. it's existential for them at this point. they'll fight harder in LA.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 01:50 PM (emBoF)

42 Someone should be cross referencing the Signal Leak in MN with the Admin and Employee Role of the Local Universities.

ANTIFA and all Violent Protest Orgs are run directly out of Public Funded Universities.

ID those involved, their respective Institutions and then set about ending their Funding.

Posted by: garrett at January 27, 2026 01:50 PM (ZcsJV)

43 Data Republican released a bunch of info she found on who is funding this insurrection (lots of foreign donors)

link here: https://shorturl.at/zkcgj

Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at January 27, 2026 01:50 PM (V6W16)

44 Remain calm! Pam Bondi is *on* this.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 27, 2026 01:46 PM (0sNs1)

The DOJ literally did their job in this matter and people still bitch about Pam Bondi.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 01:50 PM (ExV1e)

45 He ate the equivalent of 245 pastries yesterday.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 27, 2026 01:48 PM

Pfffft.

Posted by: Meal Team Six at January 27, 2026 01:51 PM (0sNs1)

46 Jeepers. Too bad the “media” doesn’t recognize being manipulated. Or perhaps they enjoy it.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 27, 2026 01:42 PM

Those vermin know exactly what they're doing.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 27, 2026 01:51 PM (kgE5c)

47 24 DC_Draino
@DC_Draino

This entire ICE fight is over the 2030 Census.

...
Posted by: redridinghood at January 27, 2026 01:47 PM (NpAcC)
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No, dicknuts, it's not. It's much more simply the left having a conniption fit over ICE, like they've had conniption fits over a million other issues over the last couple of decades. This isn't 4d chess, there isn't some grand conspiracy to steal the 2030 census, none of that. The left is evil but it is also a movement filled with retards with short attention spans who can't remember the last issue they rioted over three months ago.

So tired of this stupid Twitter philosophizing.

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 01:51 PM (5aZAZ)

48 It's clear that the Democrats view their voters much the way Hamas does Palestinians: cannon fodder who's lives are most useful being sacrificed to further the hiding of their corruption and pursuit of gaining power.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at January 27, 2026 01:51 PM (MNCvZ)

49 Maybe a platoon of Gurkhas would be useful.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 01:51 PM (rbvCR)

50 What is this due process bs for illegals????

Posted by: MAC V SOG at January 27, 2026 01:52 PM (P4Pk9)

51 Much will be resolved in the Burning Time.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 27, 2026 01:52 PM (jc0TO)

52 44 Remain calm! Pam Bondi is *on* this.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 27, 2026 01:46 PM (0sNs1)

The DOJ literally did their job in this matter and people still bitch about Pam Bondi.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 01:50 PM (ExV1e)

Some deceased horses will be turned into glue by some people.

Posted by: tubal at January 27, 2026 01:52 PM (pDt9x)

53 39 Add some skunk scent and blue dye just for fun.
Posted by: Josephistan at January 27, 2026 01:47 PM

You know what's even better than skunk scent in this scenario?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 27, 2026 01:49 PM (0sNs1)

You know what? Based on the people I've seen in Minneapolis, soap would be a better deterrent than skunk scent.

Posted by: Josephistan at January 27, 2026 01:52 PM (y9ksN)

54 >>It's clear that the Democrats view their voters much the way Hamas does Palestinians: cannon fodder who's lives are most useful being sacrificed to further the hiding of their corruption and pursuit of gaining power.


Kill ALL Utilitarians.

It is the only way.

Posted by: garrett at January 27, 2026 01:52 PM (ZcsJV)

55 Isn't he in hibernation mode right now?
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 01:47 PM (wVcYX)
===

Somebody must have tossed a 12-piece box of Bear Claws at his front porch with a note inside.

Posted by: mrp at January 27, 2026 01:53 PM (rj6Yv)

56 I see one that rolls with the punches, as one must.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 01:49 PM

We roll with the paunches.

Posted by: Meal Team Six at January 27, 2026 01:53 PM (0sNs1)

57 All aboard the gravy train! We got some protestin' to do or we'll put a hold on you checks.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 27, 2026 01:53 PM (oT7pT)

58 37 People forget that the Left is AlWAYS in apocalyptic crisis mode. Every moment is the moment of "Revolution."
Posted by: zombie at January 27, 2026 01:49 PM (se8lQ)
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Yes. This. A million times, this.

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 01:53 PM (5aZAZ)

59 32 >>Did they? I have long questioned how real any of the deportations were under Democrap presidents, and especially under Obama. I very strongly suspect it was all an op to con the rubes. In fact, I would bet money on it.


you would be correct. they weren't doing any actual deportations, except maybe homeschooling German visa-holders

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 01:53 PM (emBoF)

60 Add some skunk scent and blue dye just for fun.
Posted by: Josephistan at January 27, 2026 01:47 PM

You know what's even better than skunk scent in this scenario?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 27, 2026 01:49 PM (0sNs1)

Something in the penguin mephitic line?

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 01:53 PM (wVcYX)

61 Some people are asking: Is this insurrection being staged not to protect illegal aliens but to protect the Democrat Party's fraud-farmers in blue cities?

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This is the only reason it is happening. They are willing to fight and kill to keep their grift going. The democrat party will cease to exist as a political force if the fraud and illegal issue are fixed.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 27, 2026 01:53 PM (0U5gm)

62
How many of these road-apple "rulings" have stood up on appeal? My guess is you can count them on one hand.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2026 01:53 PM (tgvbd)

63 The feds do a lot of examining. Mostly of each others buttholes.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 27, 2026 01:53 PM (abIsI)

64 Hi Ace:
The order was administratively stayed last Wednesday, and not in effect this weekend, so no, it's not what got the scumbag killed

Posted by: Greg the Class Traitor at January 27, 2026 01:53 PM (7ZpCO)

65 >>> 47
==
So tired of this stupid Twitter philosophizing.
Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 01:51 PM (5aZAZ)

If you can set aside the BREAKING!!! drama of twatter - do you think that the Census and its impact on feralgov funding, not to mention congresscritter seats and the Electoral College - isn't an issue at all for the commies?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 01:53 PM (ULPxl)

66 Not just was the order an illegal "don't do that which is already illegal" order, it certified a class--over the clear, obvious SCOTUS precedent.

That "middle ground" that Kavanagh tried craft on the "no nationwide injunctions" has been smeared with shit by the left as they wiped their asses with the opinion.

Exactly as anyone could have predicted.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 27, 2026 01:53 PM (HXT0k)

67 The Democrat Party's ability to hold power depends on illegal immigration, massive fraud (welfare and elections), and violence. It is an enemy of the Republic no different than it was in the Civil War. To the degree that martyrs are good for their cause, they are no different than Hamas.


I'm even willing to accept this was probably a bad/premature shoot, but that's exactly the point. The reason you don't fuck around with law enforcement, especially while carrying, is the same reason you assume every gun is loaded. You don't know when you're going to encounter the asshole, trigger-happy cop, so you assume the one you're dealing with is one of those and behave yourself.

Posted by: the dandy at January 27, 2026 01:54 PM (8l8nW)

68 The left is evil but it is also a movement filled with retards with short attention spans who can't remember the last issue they rioted over three months ago.

The retards who're rioting don't need to remember what they rioted about three months ago. Their employers know and their employers told them to go to MN and riot about this. Why is that? Or are the foreign governments and billionaires who're paying for all of this retards who don't know what they're doing also?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 01:54 PM (ExV1e)

69 Kyle Rittenhouse demonstrated that threshhold is apparently three in one night.
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Whoops, *two*

Terminator arm guy lived.

Posted by: Methos at January 27, 2026 01:54 PM (vSvIl)

70 Reminder that "nonviolent" means "with all nonphysical means intended to provoke violence".

Posted by: gKWVE at January 27, 2026 01:55 PM (gKWVE)

71 All ICE agents in the thick of it should be issued huge snarling German Shepherds that haven't eaten in a week.
Posted by: Maj. Healey


Just unlease a cargo container load of bath salt and meth fueled great apes on them.... And throw some Viagra in there too.

- Shit Zog would say

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 27, 2026 01:55 PM (/lPRQ)

72 @47 agreed. If the nation is still functioning in 2030 the the left will come up with some new BS. The best that can be hoped for ,given the feckless GOPe , is that the left will immolate themselves before then

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 01:56 PM (IDEQi)

73
Some people are asking: Is this insurrection being staged not to protect illegal aliens but to protect the Democrat Party's fraud-farmers in blue cities?

_____________

Immigrants mean fraudulent votes and fraudulent grift. Dismantling this structure means doom for the left.

Trump "lost" MN by 4 percent. Get rid of the fraud structure and see the results.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2026 01:56 PM (tgvbd)

74 Maybe a platoon of Gurkhas would be useful.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 01:51 PM (rbvCR)

Billy Fish and Walker, Texas Ranger for crowd control!

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 01:56 PM (wVcYX)

75 On the one hand I assume the riots and insurrection in Minnesota are primarily to deflect from the fraud. It's apparent the unrest is being orchestrated by the state government and the Minneapolis city government. Names we've come to know.

The Somali angle isn't important, but I'd bet there's a strong connection between them, and in all honesty, every other immigrant group nationwide who's in on the fraud. If it's not the lightbulb heads it's the Mexicans or the ghetto welfare queens, or....

But they're all tied to state and local government officials who are running the fraud from office. It's how you steal about 38 trillion dollars from the taxpayers over a couple decades.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 27, 2026 01:56 PM (jtM2q)

76 Our ruling class's cupidity and lawlessness makes the Late Republic's look virtuous and disciplined. Marcus Licinius Crassus would have looked at these people and puked.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 01:56 PM (BI5O2)

77 "If a Republican wins, Dems will rightfully lose power in DC for decades."

No, not any Republican. The GOP has come to stand for impotence and treachery. The factions that are going along to get along will promote a counterfeit Trump. Be wary, we are so close

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 01:56 PM (ciYHQ)

78 So tired of this stupid Twitter philosophizing.
Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 01:51 PM (5aZAZ)

It is a bunch of people on both sides trying to get the world and the politics to go on as it has since 1981.
Some because it gives them power, some because it gives them a solid base for their political plans or continuing fraud, some because their plans involve the destruction of the US and want to take power instead, and some because it makes the world simple and easy to understand, and some because "the bed is so warm, I don't want to get up and face the new day"

The participation in a conspiracy is as varied as the people in it. And if it is political there are probably three times more reasons to get involved than there are participants.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 01:56 PM (rbvCR)

79 I mean... if the judge issues a blanket prohibition on non- or less-than-lethal force, isn't that effectively requiring lethal force in all circumstances?
Posted by: FeatherBlade

That's how I read it. No NERF bullets? Well, ok then.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 27, 2026 01:56 PM (CVQbL)

80 Trump "lost" MN by 4 percent. Get rid of the fraud structure and see the results.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh


Without the (already admitted to in court) fraudulent votes, Trump won Minnesota.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 27, 2026 01:57 PM (0U5gm)

81 30 Communists destroying Blue cities. No, don’t really see the problem in the long run.I suppose a counter argument might be “ we just can’t let them get away with it”, but I am not so sure that we won’t benefit in the long run.
Posted by: tubal

I hate that they are destroying our cities. What they did to Detroit (for example) is terrible. These cities should have passed Paris, Rome and London (except w/o the old buildings) as examples of peak civilization by now. But sometime starting in the '60s they said eff it.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 27, 2026 01:57 PM (Dv3i1)

82 t's very evident that the left is trying to maximize deaths. They want to use these deaths as leverage.
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Yep. They WANT to see their own foot soldiers stacked up like cordwood in the streets.

The only question is why don't the patsies notice and say "Hey, wait a minute?" I mean, the last two were maybe clearly stupid but not unintelligent.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 27, 2026 01:57 PM (Fs0KI)

83 The Obama Admin counted Turnbacks at the Border as Deportations.

There is your answer.
Posted by: garrett


Must suck for those that thought they could be issued a visa on entry - sorry bud. You are on the deported list now.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 27, 2026 01:57 PM (/lPRQ)

84 You say Lt. Bearclaw is running the Senate in Florida?

https://is.gd/xlZwUl
@BowesChay
Meanwhile in Miami.

A $500k Rolls Royce SUV with Ukraine's coat of arms and registration plate that says says "Thief" in Ukrainian seen in Miami

Please send more cash. They need to buy the latest model.

==
fwiw I think "vor" is OMG Russian, not KEEEV Ukrainian.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 01:58 PM (ULPxl)

85 Kill ALL Utilitarians.

It is the only way.
Posted by: garrett at January 27, 2026 01:52 PM (ZcsJV)

At first I thought you wrote "Unitarians" and thought that was a bit much, if justifiable, then I looked the second time.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 01:58 PM (rbvCR)

86 These people can't skim a little off the top; buy a home, a car, a boat and go on, no; they need two or three million dollar homes and cars and vacations at the most expensive resorts.

These people have earned exhibition.
They deserve it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 27, 2026 01:59 PM (UZwsW)

87 Zog?

Posted by: Glenn at January 27, 2026 01:59 PM (vneJl)

88 That judge achieved what he wanted.
Now they are screaming about another leftist loon that got himself killed.

Posted by: Erebus- Ex Killer Whale at January 27, 2026 01:59 PM (kCu8X)

89 - Shit Zog would say

I miss Zod (or is it ZOD?). I hope he's doing OK.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 27, 2026 01:59 PM (Fs0KI)

90 Also, another cartel judge has ordered the Border Patrol chief to appear in his court as to whether he should be held in contempt.

The issue is whether the BP has sufficient resources to process all the people they are arresting.

The judge is whining because some shitbag illegal has had to wait 8 days now on his bond hearing.

Except ... bond isn't required in immigration.
AFAIK, that's made-up "judge" law.

And the judge is whining that somehow it's the BP fault there as so many habeas petitions.
But, didn't we just have a ruling that illegals cannot appeal their final order of removal via habeas?

Oh right: Cartel judges are the law.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 27, 2026 02:00 PM (HXT0k)

91 "If a Republican wins, Dems will rightfully lose power in DC for decades."

No, not any Republican. The GOP has come to stand for impotence and treachery. The factions that are going along to get along will promote a counterfeit Trump. Be wary, we are so close
Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 01:56 PM (ciYHQ)

We stand proud and firm for impotence!

Posted by: GOPe at January 27, 2026 02:00 PM (wVcYX)

92 *Breaking* news: It turns out that Alex Pretti was injured in a scuffle with federal agents in Minneapolis a week before he was shot.

Pretti, was left with a broken rib after being tackled by a group of officers during a protest against Donald Trump's immigration crackdown, according to a CNN source*.

The alleged assault occurred after Pretti stopped his car after seeing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers chasing a family on foot.

Pretti allegedly began shouting and blowing a whistle, and was then tackled to the ground by five agents. The source claimed one officer leaned on his back, causing his ribs to break.

The ICU nurse, who allegedly 'thought he was going to die', was reportedly released at the scene - but allegedly remained on federal agents' radar.

* Since this isn't being reported by CNN Senior Correspondent Brian Stelter, we don't know if it's reliable.

Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre at January 27, 2026 02:00 PM (0sNs1)

93 isn't some grand conspiracy to steal the 2030 census

----

It's not a conspiracy, nor would it be stealing. Our ruling class counts illegals as residents of districts, so they can run up Dem numbers in Congress. All totally above board.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 02:00 PM (BI5O2)

94 You know what? Based on the people I've seen in Minneapolis, soap would be a better deterrent than skunk scent.
Posted by: Josephistan


A bit of soap as a wetting agent would help ensure 100% coverage of the blue dye... And hot pepper juice to the pits and crotch.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 27, 2026 02:01 PM (/lPRQ)

95 There is no more beautiful love story than a hickory nightstick meeting the commie skull of its dreams.

It makes me misty.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 27, 2026 02:01 PM (BORNO)

96 85 Kill ALL Utilitarians.

It is the only way.
Posted by: garrett
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Gulp. ...um, that's a rather broad reference/use of that word. Don't you think?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 27, 2026 02:01 PM (UZwsW)

97 No, not any Republican. The GOP has come to stand for impotence and treachery. The factions that are going along to get along will promote a counterfeit Trump. Be wary, we are so close
Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 01:56 PM

Those homos should be dragged from their closet, faces wet with tears and red with shame.

Posted by: Lindsay Graham at January 27, 2026 02:01 PM (jc0TO)

98 "The participation in a conspiracy is as varied as the people in it."

Interesting point. That would mean they could be turned against each other.

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 02:02 PM (ciYHQ)

99 We stand proud and firm for impotence!
Posted by: GOPe

Zombie Bob Dole has something to help with that probl...er... nevermind.

Posted by: Zombie Bob Dole at January 27, 2026 02:02 PM (Dv3i1)

100
Kill ALL Utilitarians.

It is the only way.
Posted by: garrett

__________

Oh, thought you said "Unitarians".

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2026 02:02 PM (tgvbd)

101 My “conservative Republican” sent out an email telling everyone he is very concerned about the shooting in Minneapolis.

Oddly he isn’t concerned about the insurrection by Antifa nor the millions of illegals in the country that they’re protecting.

This is the GOP.

Posted by: Really?? at January 27, 2026 02:02 PM (4uLDQ)

102 FFS this idiocy about the previous administration deporting millions. Some dim ones even talking about how Obama deported so many. All to lay the basis for their stupid, stale and redundant "gotcha!" that ...... SEE, THEY ONLY DO THIS WHEN TRUMP TAKES OFFICE!

Both the named administrations - obviously - facilitated massive increases in illegal alien presence. The Obama "deportations" were mostly close to the border and after immediate apprehension, which don't require almost any process whatsoever.

Obviously the country has been dumbed down beyond recognition in recent decades. But the pathetic teenage bleatings about "hypocrisy!" such as the one cited by ace still amaze.

Oh - and the anti-ICE actions pre-dated MN and happened/are happening elsewhere. It's not - obviously - about "distraction". It has its own objectives.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 27, 2026 02:03 PM (U/Byj)

103 Kill ALL Utilitarians.

It is the only way.
Posted by: garrett

__________

Oh, thought you said "Unitarians".
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2026 02:02 PM (tgvbd)

At least he didn't say "golfers".

Posted by: Carl Spackler at January 27, 2026 02:03 PM (wVcYX)

104 >A federal appeals court on Monday stepped in to stop what the Trump administration argued was an extraordinary act of judicial overreach
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implies there are ordinary ones

Posted by: Don Black at January 27, 2026 02:03 PM (ZxPkt)

105 Something in the penguin mephitic line?
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 01:53 PM

Apparently President Trump is planning on importing penguins to Greenland, which certainly would make for a shorter supply chain for this important, and so far under-utilized, crowd control material.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 27, 2026 02:03 PM (0sNs1)

106 The alleged assault occurred after Pretti stopped his car after seeing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers chasing a family on foot.

Pretti allegedly began shouting and blowing a whistle, and was then tackled to the ground by five agents. The source claimed one officer leaned on his back, causing his ribs to break.

The ICU nurse, who allegedly 'thought he was going to die', was reportedly released at the scene - but allegedly remained on federal agents' radar.

Shouting and blowing a whistle will not get you tackled to the ground.. He must have been blocking with his car

Posted by: It's me donna at January 27, 2026 02:03 PM (VE6XX)

107 This is the GOP.
Posted by: Really?? at January 27, 2026 02:02 PM (4uLDQ

Yup the GOP smells blood and their masters have let them off their leashes.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 02:03 PM (BI5O2)

108 I thought Minnesota was full of stolid, big boned Scandis who I didn't think they were given to this type of insanity.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 27, 2026 02:04 PM (8CIFn)

109 Elon musk gets to the heart of mattets in a single sentence.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 27, 2026 02:04 PM (Nbp2x)

110
Good & Pretti could be the name of a new, sustainable, organic, sweet and sour compost treat!



Posted by: Auspex at January 27, 2026 02:04 PM (Y8DZL)

111 Meant “Conservative Republicans” member of Congress who emailed

Posted by: Really?? at January 27, 2026 02:04 PM (4uLDQ)

112 Not that most here don't know this stuff but there was a whole article about antifa action about a year ago.

Basically the "peaceful protesters" and "journalists" are deployed specifically to obfuscate and protect the violent actors, who are the actual actors. They use several levels of violence and have operatives on each side of the law to aid in it. Like other terrorists they use advanced communciation.

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 02:04 PM (cxiKi)

113 The lack of discretion among this generation of bust-out gangsters is embarrassing.

Posted by: Ray Patriarca at January 27, 2026 02:04 PM (wBaIH)

114 43 Data Republican released a bunch of info she found on who is funding this insurrection (lots of foreign donors)

link here: https://shorturl.at/zkcgj
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at January 27, 2026 01:50 PM (V6W16)
_________________________

I'm surprised no one in ANTIFA or any of the other apparatchiks have gone after her physically. They've made an effort (a poor one) to damage her reputation. But, considering the damage she's doing to the Left, you'd expect them to be breaking into her house with clubs and knuckledusters.

Posted by: Orson at January 27, 2026 02:04 PM (dIske)

115 >>> 108 I thought Minnesota was full of stolid, big boned Scandis who I didn't think they were given to this type of insanity.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 27, 2026 02:04 PM (8CIFn)

I suspect many of the rioters have Crossed State Lines.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 02:04 PM (ULPxl)

116 Rocked-ribbed for her pleasure, even.

Posted by: GOPe at January 27, 2026 02:05 PM (wVcYX)

117 65 >>> 47
==
So tired of this stupid Twitter philosophizing.
Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 01:51 PM (5aZAZ)

If you can set aside the BREAKING!!! drama of twatter - do you think that the Census and its impact on feralgov funding, not to mention congresscritter seats and the Electoral College - isn't an issue at all for the commies?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 01:53 PM (ULPxl)
******
It makes a big difference and it matters.
This is not some sort of internet conspiracy.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 27, 2026 02:05 PM (NpAcC)

118 I guarantee if the Trump admin digs deep enough into these networks, they're not only going to find connections to the CCP, but the EU as well. Not sure what's worse.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 27, 2026 02:05 PM (mlg/3)

119 I miss Zod (or is it ZOD?). I hope he's doing OK.
Posted by: Oddbob

Yes. ZOD

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 27, 2026 02:05 PM (/lPRQ)

120
* Since this isn't being reported by CNN Senior Correspondent Brian Stelter, we don't know if it's reliable.
Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau
---

Saw it at the Guardian. They are playing up the, 'they shot him for no good reason', hard. But no decent video. Only edited to make him appear innocent.

If anyone has an address to some accurate video please post it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 27, 2026 02:06 PM (UZwsW)

121 Zog?
Posted by: Glenn at January 27, 2026 01:59 PM (vneJl)

King Zog, last native king of Albania.

He looked like Charlie Chaplin impersonating Rudy Valentino

Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 02:06 PM (rbvCR)

122 And is there a way to stop the foreign donors supporting the anti ICE riots?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 02:06 PM (rZCVI)

123 118 I guarantee if the Trump admin digs deep enough into these networks, they're not only going to find connections to the CCP, but the EU as well. Not sure what's worse.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

Canada.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 27, 2026 02:06 PM (Dv3i1)

124 >>> 114 43 Data Republican released a bunch of info she found on who is funding this insurrection (lots of foreign donors)

link here: https://shorturl.at/zkcgj
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at January 27, 2026 01:50 PM (V6W16)
_________________________

I'm surprised no one in ANTIFA or any of the other apparatchiks have gone after her physically. They've made an effort (a poor one) to damage her reputation. But, considering the damage she's doing to the Left, you'd expect them to be breaking into her house with clubs and knuckledusters.
Posted by: Orson at January 27, 2026 02:04 PM (dIske)

I thought there were at least several threats, and that the Cajun Navy (!) is providing security now.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 02:06 PM (ULPxl)

125 West Virginia Librarian Fat Sweat Beast Busted After Posting This Sick Message Calling on People to Assassinate President Trump

In 2026 why do we need public libraries or, as I like to call them, Homeless Daycare buildings?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 27, 2026 02:07 PM (abIsI)

126 Guys, guys, we all want those smelly hippies stacked like cordwood.

Can't we all get along, and make it happen?

Posted by: Ray Patriarca at January 27, 2026 02:07 PM (wBaIH)

127 25 Water cannons, in sub zero temperature, will disperse these people very quickly. Add some skunk scent and blue dye just for fun.

Posted by: Josephistan at January 27, 2026 01:47 PM (y9ksN)

Water cannons, in sub zero temperature, Cannons will disperse these people very quickly.

Fixed it for yah.

Posted by: Nevyan at January 27, 2026 02:07 PM (a7HML)

128 NEW: DOJ withdraws request for arrest warrants for Don Lemon, other protesters who disrupted church services in St. Paul, Minnesota after a federal judge refused to sign off. -New York Post

Posted by: Don Black at January 27, 2026 02:08 PM (ZxPkt)

129 I'm surprised no one in ANTIFA or any of the other apparatchiks have gone after her physically.
____

DataRepublican does not, I repeat, DOES NOT have information that could lead to the arrest and imprisonment of Hillary Clinton.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 27, 2026 02:08 PM (Dv3i1)

130 Kill ALL Utilitarians.

It is the only way.
Posted by: garrett

Whatever works, I suppose.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 02:08 PM (rbvCR)

131 22 And is there a way to stop the foreign donors supporting the anti ICE riots?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Pam is working it.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 27, 2026 02:08 PM (abIsI)

132 Pretti allegedly began shouting and blowing a whistle, and was then tackled to the ground by five agents. The source claimed one officer leaned on his back, causing his ribs to break.

The ICU nurse, who allegedly 'thought he was going to die', was reportedly released at the scene - but allegedly remained on federal agents' radar.

* Since this isn't being reported by CNN Senior Correspondent Brian Stelter, we don't know if it's reliable.
Posted by: AoSHQ Celebrity News Bureau and Rumour Centre
++++

Pretti may not have deserved getting DRT
But he sure as shit earned it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 27, 2026 02:08 PM (/lPRQ)

133 I have seen reports that they have arrested over 10k illegals in MN.

MN avoided losing a House seat and an EV by 500 people in 2020.

A seat and EV that would have went to ID.

MN is the left's last stand.
Because, if they lose there, they will never rally the public anywhere else.

I am eagerly awaiting the illegal order from the cartel judge who heard the completely ridiculous MN "the federal government can't enforce federal immigration law in MN because the real reason the federal government is enforcing immigration law is they want to enforce election integrity laws!!"

I can't imagine the Stupid Olympics Gold Medal performance that will win the day in that opinion.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 27, 2026 02:08 PM (HXT0k)

134 SO-

they got away with it
Thanks, Pam

Posted by: Don Black at January 27, 2026 02:08 PM (ZxPkt)

135 Welp, the Democrats have pulled out the Big Gun Guy:

“What has unfolded in Minneapolis this past month betrays our most basic values as Americans. We are not a nation that guns down our citizens in the street. We are not a nation that allows our citizens to be brutalized for exercising their constitutional rights. We are not a nation that tramples the 4th Amendment and tolerates our neighbors being terrorized.

The people of Minnesota have stood strong — helping community members in unimaginable circumstances, speaking out against injustice when they see it, and holding our government accountable to the people. Minnesotans have reminded us all what it is to be American, and they have suffered enough at the hands of this Administration. Violence and terror have no place in the United States of America, especially when it’s our own government targeting American citizens.

No single person can destroy what America stands for and believes in, not even a President, if we — all of America — stand up and speak out. We know who we are. It’s time to show the world. More importantly, it’s time to show ourselves.”

-- J. Robinette Biden

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 27, 2026 02:08 PM (0sNs1)

136 Multiple video'd examples of aggressive ICE operations in Mpls today. Impossible to do a detailed comparison, but no appearance of any "backing off".

Not to worry, the delusional retards here and elsewhere will continue to panic and fantasize.

And as noted by another commenter, the GOP continues to show how mostly worthless it is. Lots of 9-yr old girl emotional whining about "optics" and ickiness - when deluded idiots get themselves killed interfering with kinetic police operations. Check out the governor of OK ("reddest" state in the union) - he even, amazingly, talks about "immigration reform" in his stupid TV comments. Country has 3 years to give itself a chance, after which watch out below.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 27, 2026 02:09 PM (U/Byj)

137 From what I've seen over the years, I'm betting Minnesota is in the bottom 5 states for average IQ. I think it's why Somalis feel so at home there.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 02:09 PM (BI5O2)

138 So tired of this stupid Twitter philosophizing.
Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 01:51 PM (5aZAZ)

If you can set aside the BREAKING!!! drama of twatter - do you think that the Census and its impact on feralgov funding, not to mention congresscritter seats and the Electoral College - isn't an issue at all for the commies?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 01:53 PM (ULPxl)
******
It makes a big difference and it matters.
This is not some sort of internet conspiracy.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 27, 2026 02:05 PM (NpAcC)
________

The answer is that it's ... everything. Yes, for sure the census (and its resulting redistricting) is important, and part of the reason they riot. So is money. So is fraud. So is trying to force violent social change. So is the fact that the street thugs are outcast losers with nothing better to do with their time.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 02:09 PM (iFTx/)

139 Kill ALL Utilitarians.

It is the only way.
Posted by: garrett

Whatever works, I suppose.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 02:08 PM


ISWYDT

Posted by: Lindsay Graham at January 27, 2026 02:10 PM (jc0TO)

140 If Pam Bondi ordered the arrest of Robert Byrd (Ashli Babbitt's murderer), the narrative would change dramatically overnight.

Posted by: jwest at January 27, 2026 02:10 PM (KtqtS)

141 I thought Minnesota was full of stolid, big boned Scandis who I didn't think they were given to this type of insanity.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 27, 2026 02:04 PM

You've seen how they vote, right?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 27, 2026 02:10 PM (kgE5c)

142 The GOPe are some seriously stupid people. After Trump do they really think that everything will go back to normal and that their "good friends across the aisle" will play nice? The old time Dems are dying or being forced out, and all you have on the left are crazed , ignorant Marxists. The GOPe likes their "taste" that's given to them by the Dems but we're reaching a point where the Dems ain't going to give the GOPe their kibble

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 02:10 PM (IDEQi)

143 Cannons will disperse these people very quickly.
Posted by: Nevyan at January 27, 2026 02:07 PM

A 105mm Beehive round, set for muzzle burst, is impressive.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 27, 2026 02:11 PM (0sNs1)

144 No single person can destroy what America stands for and believes in, not even a President, if we — all of America — stand up and speak out. We know who we are. It’s time to show the world. More importantly, it’s time to show ourselves.”

-- J. Robinette Biden

Just stop showing yourself here, Dad, its creepy.
-Ashley Biden, Showering

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 27, 2026 02:11 PM (Dv3i1)

145 This is theater. Just like the covid bullshit psyop.

The GOP in Congress wants slave labor to wash cars and flip carne asada for small business owners. They want your local church and us tax cattle to pay for their bennies.

The Dems in Congress want slave labor to rape your wife and kids and kill you on the highway. They want an NGO and us tax cattle to pay for their bennies.

Both know that welfare programs and NGOs are easy to skim.

Samey same.





Posted by: sifty boones at January 27, 2026 02:11 PM (Jvy+X)

146 Pretti may not have deserved getting DRT

-------

Sat Cong.

No Marxist deserves to live.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 02:11 PM (BI5O2)

147 >>It makes a big difference and it matters.
This is not some sort of internet conspiracy.
__
The front-line scum may not have a full appreciation for the big picture, but you better believe that this well-organized and funded effort is to preserve Replacement "Theory" and the fraud it protects.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at January 27, 2026 02:11 PM (bNf8H)

148 They must be hiding something very big in Minnesota to send their foot soldiers there from all over the country
=======================
Minnesota hides a lot of stuff, it turns out.

I learned today Somalia has a GDP of less than $14 billion. No wonder all those people were willing, even eager, to move to the cold northern Minneapolis; they could nearly double their country's GDP. And the state politicians and Democrat residents will actually DEFEND their right to loot the place.

It's so insane that Idiocracy was too calm and serious a take, it turns out.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 27, 2026 02:11 PM (j7hh9)

149 Grown man who called girls C-word for posing with federal agents is Arizona Democratic Party treasurer

https://is.gd/Isnyia

-
All they are saying is give peace a chance, cunts!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 27, 2026 02:11 PM (L/fGl)

150 >>> 133
==
I can't imagine the Stupid Olympics Gold Medal performance that will win the day in that opinion.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 27, 2026 02:08 PM (HXT0k)

*laughs in Ketanji Onyika Brown-Jackson*

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 02:11 PM (ULPxl)

151 NEW: DOJ withdraws request for arrest warrants for Don Lemon, other protesters who disrupted church services in St. Paul, Minnesota after a federal judge refused to sign off. -New York Post
Posted by: Don Black at January 27, 2026 02:08 PM (ZxPkt)

And is there a grand jury about which you know nothing or is this just the latest instance of the feds disappointing you?

They appealed it. The appeals court said, "Yeah, he broke the law but we won't let you arrest him." Should they have gone to SCOTUS over Don Lemon?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 02:11 PM (ExV1e)

152 The EU has signed a deal with India to allow a million or so Indians into Europe, so they seem to have learned their lesson.

Say goodbye.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 27, 2026 02:11 PM (0U5gm)

153 I thought there were at least several threats, and that the Cajun Navy (!) is providing security now.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 02:06 PM (ULPxl)
_____________________

There's always threats. I'm talking about one of these ingrates like the guy casing out Brett Kavanaugh house with weapons. The Trans army idiots shooting up schools and churches. ANTIFA consistently setting law enforcement vehicles on fire. They have no shortage of violent unhinged people. They have multiple presidential assassins for Pete's sakes.

I'm not aware of any actual efforts to take her down. But the potential is surely there. She's doing real damage....consistently. I hadn't heard about the Cajun Navy providing protection...but cool on them.

Posted by: Orson at January 27, 2026 02:12 PM (dIske)

154 NEW: DOJ withdraws request for arrest warrants for Don Lemon, other protesters who disrupted church services in St. Paul, Minnesota after a federal judge refused to sign off. -New York Post
Posted by: Don Black at January 27, 2026 02:08 PM (ZxPkt)

My Life as a Snitch for the FBI
or my second career for the nation

--new book coming out next year by the beloved media personality Don Lemon

Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 02:12 PM (rbvCR)

155 Thanks, Pam
Posted by: Don Black at January 27, 2026 02:08 PM (ZxPkt)

Do you play video games? If so, do you know the characteristics of an NPC?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 02:12 PM (ExV1e)

156 Violence and terror have no place in the United States of America, especially when it’s our own government targeting American citizens.
------

Did this oatmeal bowl not pin a medal to the dude who shot Ashli?

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 02:13 PM (cxiKi)

157 137 From what I've seen over the years, I'm betting Minnesota is in the bottom 5 states for average IQ. I think it's why Somalis feel so at home there.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

Some of the dumbest people I've ever met were from Minnesota. Ice cube dumb.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 27, 2026 02:13 PM (abIsI)

158 >
Shouting and blowing a whistle will not get you tackled to the ground.. He must have been blocking with his car
Posted by: It's me donna
---

Guardian article on the recent event said he was in the street 'directing traffic' when he was actually causing disruption and attracting cops to remove him.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 27, 2026 02:13 PM (UZwsW)

159 Maybe a few federal judges should embed themselves with the nightly ICE patrols to make sure that ICE agents comport themselves with the non-lethality required by those judges. I'm sure that would inform their next ruling on a TRO about the use of force.

Posted by: Octochicken at January 27, 2026 02:13 PM (oCS0o)

160 I learned today Somalia has a GDP of less than $14 billion. No wonder all those people were willing, even eager, to move to the cold northern Minneapolis; they could nearly double their country's GDP. And the state politicians and Democrat residents will actually DEFEND their right to loot the place.

It's so insane that Idiocracy was too calm and serious a take, it turns out.

Posted by: Huck Follywood



I estimate that the Farm Labor Party in Minnesota got more than half of the fraud money.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 27, 2026 02:13 PM (0U5gm)

161 ‘No republican or democrat judges.’

- John Roberts

Posted by: Eromero at January 27, 2026 02:13 PM (zKPy8)

162 I miss Zod (or is it ZOD?). I hope he's doing OK.
Posted by: Oddbob

Me too, but I'm comforted by the knowledge that posting here is below him and ruling the planet is a full-time occupation.

Posted by: Auspex at January 27, 2026 02:14 PM (Y8DZL)

163 This snow/ice combination stinks. You gotta watch every step you take.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 02:14 PM (77rzZ)

164 If Democrats steal the White House again, these 2030 Census numbers will get rigged worse than the 2020 election.

If a Republican wins, Dems will rightfully lose power in DC for decades.
--
That's what I've been saying for months.
A 2030 census under Vance not only locks them out of the Presidency for decades ....

- they'll never have a majority on the Supreme Court in any of our lifetimes
- they'll be locked out of winning the House for decades as well

When you add in election integrity pushed by Trump then Vance, backed up by the SCOTUS, we will also see several more states flip solid red up and down the ballot.

The Democrat Party will be a discontinuous, hyper-localized party entirely confined to a few large cities.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 27, 2026 02:14 PM (HXT0k)

165 In other words, are they attempting to block further investigation of the Somali and other organized crime looting of the federal treasury?

---------

Next you'll be telling me that another blue shithole state is going to be passing legislation decriminalizing fraud & theft of federal funds.

Wait, wut?

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 27, 2026 02:14 PM (7U3kk)

166 Data Republican released a bunch of info she found on who is funding this insurrection (lots of foreign donors)

link here: https://shorturl.at/zkcgj
Posted by: Bitcoin Fixes Everything at January 27, 2026 01:50 PM (V6W16)
_________________________

I'm surprised no one in ANTIFA or any of the other apparatchiks have gone after her physically. They've made an effort (a poor one) to damage her reputation. But, considering the damage she's doing to the Left, you'd expect them to be breaking into her house with clubs and knuckledusters.
Posted by: Orson at January 27, 2026 02:04 PM (dIske)

I thought there were at least several threats, and that the Cajun Navy (!) is providing security now.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 02:06 PM (ULPxl)
___

Does anyone even know who she is? Yes, she's given some interviews (in a hoodie where it's not totally clear what she looks like). I think they released her name, but doing an image search returns like 10 different women. Most people don't even know she is deaf, but it's obvious from the interviews.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 02:14 PM (iFTx/)

167 >>SO-

>>they got away with it
Thanks, Pam

No they didn't. Since it's obvious that activist judges would not sign the arrest warrants the DOJ is going to take them to a grand jury instead.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 27, 2026 02:15 PM (viF8m)

168 It's about time that Lemon gets the justice from Don Corleone.

Posted by: Bonasersa at January 27, 2026 02:15 PM (9CBNQ)

169 >>> 154
==
My Life as a Snitch for the FBI
or my second career for the nation

--new book coming out next year by the beloved media personality Don Lemon
Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 02:12 PM (rbvCR)

Title needs to be more zippy.

I Was a Butterball Powerbottom for the Eff.Bee.EYE by Don Lemon.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 02:15 PM (ULPxl)

170 From what I've seen over the years, I'm betting Minnesota is in the bottom 5 states for average IQ. I think it's why Somalis feel so at home there.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
++++

That would be something for some (R) bigwig on national news to opine, "One does have admit that the large influxe of Somalis into Minnesota dig bring up the average state IQ, significantly."

Make the Scandi ice backs deny it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 27, 2026 02:15 PM (/lPRQ)

171 Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 02:14 PM (7

Yes; It does.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 02:15 PM (rZCVI)

172 Kill ALL Utilitarians.

It is the only way.
Posted by: garrett

__________

Oh, thought you said "Unitarians".
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2026 02:02 PM (tgvbd)

At least he didn't say "golfers".
Posted by: Carl Spackler

Pickleballers!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 27, 2026 02:16 PM (L/fGl)

173 Someone tell Bondi that America isn't her HR office cubicle.

I've had enough of her bullshit false starts and HOA Vice President fumbles.

Trump has a limited time to get shit done and the Macy's Cosmetic Counter Staff isn't getting it done.


Posted by: sifty boones at January 27, 2026 02:16 PM (Jvy+X)

174 "And is there a way to stop the foreign donors supporting the anti ICE riots?"

Yup "k-chk" Just waitin for Ripley

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 02:16 PM (ciYHQ)

175 Yes.there is a giant op ongoing in Minn. They know the current fat idiot is too stuoid to cover it up, as is the so called state AG. The real problem is that the systematic way the treasury was looted will lead back to how the democrats fund themselves and their cronies. IN ALL 50 STATES.

Posted by: Fat Darth Tim says he is your father at January 27, 2026 02:17 PM (Mw2aG)

176 If I'm ever in trouble with the law I don't want any special treatment. Just treat me like you do a fraudster from Somalia

Posted by: 496 at January 27, 2026 02:17 PM (HIHJq)

177 Guardian also played up conflict at White House with Noem. It is a curious thing.
Speculating: he's moving managers to shut up the media. One Xer said something to the effect, he removed the Doberman and substituted the Pit Bull.

Hopefully, ace will do a post on it.


Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 27, 2026 02:18 PM (UZwsW)

178 Yup "k-chk" Just waitin for Ripley
Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 02:16 PM (ciYHQ)

I'm sorry. I don't know what that means.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 02:18 PM (rZCVI)

179 Welp, the Democrats have pulled out the Big Gun Guy:

[ ...several grammatically correct sentences... ]

-- J. Robinette Biden

Calling BS on that one.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 27, 2026 02:18 PM (Fs0KI)

180 You mad, bro?

Posted by: Don Black at January 27, 2026 02:18 PM (ZxPkt)

181 Trump has a limited time to get shit done and the Macy's Cosmetic Counter Staff isn't getting it done.


Posted by: sifty boones

Gold.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 27, 2026 02:19 PM (abIsI)

182 Haven't eaten any in years, but I used to love Good and Plenty.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 27, 2026 02:19 PM (n5tGW)

183 ot:MHSGA — Make Hickory Shampoos Great Again

Posted by: DaveA at January 27, 2026 02:19 PM (FhXTo)

184 180.
Anyone not mad isn't paying attention or is making money off the status quo.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 27, 2026 02:19 PM (Jvy+X)

185 t's very evident that the left is trying to maximize deaths. They want to use these deaths as leverage.
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Yep. They WANT to see their own foot soldiers stacked up like cordwood in the streets.

The only question is why don't the patsies notice and say "Hey, wait a minute?" I mean, the last two were maybe clearly stupid but not unintelligent.
Posted by: Oddbob


Because they lie to them. Easily seen by the "why did you have real bullets" question and the idiot who picked up the flash bang. They were probably told, "it's just like Call of Duty. You have 10 seconds to throw it back".

Why do they lie? Because most people would not become a martyr otherwise if they knew they were going to die.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2026 02:20 PM (RoI99)

186 Yes; It does.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I had a fall a few minutes ago trying to clean off my car. Fortunately, I landed on snow so not hurt.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 02:20 PM (77rzZ)

187 oops

30 Concussion experts are available right now. They even have their own tents.

Posted by: DaveA at January 27, 2026 02:20 PM (FhXTo)

188 I Was a Butterball Powerbottom for the Eff.Bee.EYE by Don Lemon.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

This Reverend addresses Dandy Don.

https://is.gd/2wLktL

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 27, 2026 02:20 PM (L/fGl)

189 MHSGA — Make Hickory Shampoos Great Again
Posted by: DaveA


WWC - With Walnut Conditioners

Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2026 02:21 PM (RoI99)

190 I have managed to make it 58 years without getting shot by law enforcement. My secret strategy is that I don’t go out of my way to fuck with cops. Weird, huh?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 27, 2026 02:21 PM (u73oe)

191 All of the -isms we fight against are subsets of Utilitarianism.

Utilitarianism is unmoored from Principle and Reason.

Utilitarianism turns every person and every thing into a Tool to achieve its desired outcome.

Utilitarianism is anathema to Liberty.

Posted by: garrett at January 27, 2026 02:21 PM (ZcsJV)

192 Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 02:20 PM (77rzZ)

Take care of yourself.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 02:21 PM (rZCVI)

193 "the issue is never the issue; the issue is always the revolution."

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 27, 2026 02:21 PM (Cjt/F)

194 179 Welp, the Democrats have pulled out the Big Gun Guy:

[ ...several grammatically correct sentences... ]

-- J. Robinette Biden

Calling BS on that one.
Posted by: Oddbob at January 27, 2026 02:18 PM (Fs0KI)


That's rich coming from him considering it is because of him ICE has all these criminals to pick up

Posted by: It's me donna at January 27, 2026 02:21 PM (VE6XX)

195 These riots fit the legal definition of Domestic Terrorism, as they are violence being used to try to sway a political issue.

Foreign funding means this rises to International Terrorism, which brings in the Patriot Act....

Which opens this up to both the CIA, AND NSA...

I'll note, that we have not seen Bob around much the last couple weeks... I think he's busy... /smile

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 27, 2026 02:21 PM (mP0Kj)

196 Should they have gone to SCOTUS over Don Lemon?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Yes, this is one of our problems - the Left is willing to kill for their cause, we don't want any unnecessary drama.

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 02:21 PM (ciYHQ)

197 Impeachment Liar Alexander Vindman Announces Bid for Senate Vowing to Fight Trump – Calls Trump a “Tyrant” and Attacks ICE

The return of Chubbo.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

In Florida against GOP Sen. Ashley Moody.

Posted by: Cheri at January 27, 2026 02:22 PM (oiNtH)

198 >> 108 I thought Minnesota was full of stolid, big boned Scandis who I didn't think they were given to this type of insanity.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 27, 2026 02:04 PM (8CIFn)

I suspect many of the rioters have Crossed State Lines.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 02:04 PM (ULPxl

STATELINES!!!

Posted by: Npc at January 27, 2026 02:22 PM (i0Hi3)

199 Because they lie to them. Easily seen by the "why did you have real bullets" question and the idiot who picked up the flash bang. They were probably told, "it's just like Call of Duty. You have 10 seconds to throw it back".

I stand corrected. Some of them are genuinely stupid.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 27, 2026 02:22 PM (Fs0KI)

200 https://is.gd/HjnXfI
Kyle Becker
@kylenabecker
Normie America has weighed in on mass deportations.

Between 55% to 64% want ALL illegals deported. No exceptions.

Don't let the anti-ICE thugs fool you. They are for chaos, criminals, and corruption. They are against democracy, the rule of law, and YOU.
[video]

==
Between 55% to 64% of people who are willing to respond to pollsters with their leading questions...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 02:22 PM (ULPxl)

201 I learned today Somalia has a GDP of less than $14 billion.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 27, 2026 02:11 PM (j7hh9)

________________________

They, actually, have a "legitimate" GDP of $14 Billion. However, the richest man in Somalia (and his family) own Dahabshiil Money Transfer. Mohamed Said Duale is founder, chairman, and owner. He's a billionaire many times over. You'd have to assume that Somalia's biggest import and export is actual currency, not commodities. How much of this is legitmate and not a laundering operation is suspect.

Minnesota has three full branches of Dahabshiil Money Transfer right square in the middle of Minneapolis. In fact, you will find a branch or more where ever Somalis settle in bulk in the US. Makes you scratch your head. Someone is orchestrating the entire process. And, there is TSA footage of couriers transporting suitcases filled with cash by airline. Gosh, I wonder where that cash ended up. I have a good guess.

Posted by: Orson at January 27, 2026 02:22 PM (dIske)

202 You mad, bro?
Posted by: Don Black at January 27, 2026 02:18 PM (ZxPkt)

I assume that this is addressed to me. No, I'm not mad. None of you are sufficiently consequential in my life to produce anger. I'm bored by the daily cluster of people mimicking the seagulls from Finding Nemo with their cries of, "Bondi Bondi Bondi."

I appreciate conversation. Learning things I didn't know before. The occasional meme. But the comments are speckled with leavings. It's sad.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 02:23 PM (ExV1e)

203 Trump has a limited time to get shit done and the Macy's Cosmetic Counter Staff isn't getting it done.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 27, 2026 02:16 PM (Jvy+X)

Democrats have said Trump isn’t allowed to act as President. My hands are tied!

Posted by: Pam Blondi at January 27, 2026 02:23 PM (l3YAf)

204 Staid lions?

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 27, 2026 02:23 PM (jc0TO)

205 I'm sorry. I don't know what that means.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Ripley from Aliens. We're going to do it her way

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 02:23 PM (ciYHQ)

206 Impeachment Liar Alexander Vindman Announces Bid for Senate Vowing to Fight Trump – Calls Trump a “Tyrant” and Attacks ICE

The return of Chubbo.
Posted by: Maj. Healey

In Florida against GOP Sen. Ashley Moody.
Posted by: Cheri at January 27, 2026 02:22 PM (oiNtH)

I thought tweedledum was a state rep from virginia.?

Posted by: Npc at January 27, 2026 02:23 PM (i0Hi3)

207 I have to be honest I felt bad for the chick who lost her hand

she's dumb, yeah but ... ow

that just suuuuuuuuuuucked

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 02:23 PM (emBoF)

208 Nobody loves a dead protester like a fckin hippie.

Posted by: Fat Darth Tim says he is your father at January 27, 2026 02:24 PM (Mw2aG)

209 They appealed it. The appeals court said, "Yeah, he broke the law but we won't let you arrest him." Should they have gone to SCOTUS over Don Lemon?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 02:11 PM (ExV1e)

SCOTUS would never get involved in that level of infighting. They jumped the gun in going to the 8th circuit. They made a mistake right at the start by not finding a friendly judge they could take the original warrant to. And if there wasn't one they had, then that's an even bigger problem.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 27, 2026 02:24 PM (giMmT)

210 I have to be honest I felt bad for the chick who lost her hand

she's dumb, yeah but ... ow

that just suuuuuuuuuuucked
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 02:23 PM

It wasn't her wiping hand, so there's that.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 27, 2026 02:24 PM (jc0TO)

211 can a civil suit against Lemon and his little lemon party still continue? get them that way

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 02:24 PM (emBoF)

212 Yeah Jeremy Bentham can kiss my taint.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 02:25 PM (BI5O2)

213 I thought there were at least several threats, and that the Cajun Navy (!) is providing security now.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket



Oooooh. Hide me out on a Louisiana bayou and feed me cajun 3x a day.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2026 02:25 PM (RoI99)

214 I have to be honest I felt bad for the chick who lost her hand

she's dumb, yeah but ... ow

that just suuuuuuuuuuucked
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 02:23 PM

It wasn't her wiping hand, so there's that.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 27, 2026 02:24 PM (jc0TO)
_____

I laughed at her pain

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 02:25 PM (iFTx/)

215 >>> 209 They appealed it. The appeals court said, "Yeah, he broke the law but we won't let you arrest him." Should they have gone to SCOTUS over Don Lemon?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 02:11 PM (ExV1e)

SCOTUS would never get involved in that level of infighting. They jumped the gun in going to the 8th circuit. They made a mistake right at the start by not finding a friendly judge they could take the original warrant to. And if there wasn't one they had, then that's an even bigger problem.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 27, 2026 02:24 PM (giMmT)

How would you solve the 'bigger problem'?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 02:25 PM (ULPxl)

216 >>Anyone not mad isn't paying attention or is making money off the status quo.

Nothing wrong with anger if channeled properly. But I'm genuinley curious why it's become a reflex to blame Bondi for everything. She's the AG, she doesn't bring cases to courts and everyone knows we are in a period of unprecedented judical activism brought by leftists posing as activists. Jesus couldn't get these leftwing activists to follow the law.

What is the solution other than to keep pushing to get stuff done through the only channels that exist? It's slow and tedious but the Trump DOJ usually wins in the end.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 27, 2026 02:25 PM (viF8m)

217 Any operation involving a cadre of men trained in the art of violence has its risks. Especially when they are operating under the cover of civilian or military authority. Once you deploy them you’ve taken a calculated risk. One of those risks is that people who actively or inadvertently get in the way will be killed or wounded. These communists and traitors deliberately put themselves in the way. They knew the risks but didn’t think they would fall on them.

They chose badly.

Politics is another matter. What’s driving this is a desire to beat back four years of invasion by the Democrats. It’s furthermore driven by a CiNC who wants to fulfill those promises. Remember that when next cycle the subversives start pretending to be conservatives and saying Republicans didn’t deliver on mass deportations.

The communists will see this change in strategy as an affirmation their tactics are working. Expect to see them repeat these operations in places like NY. It’s already starting.

We have a giant shitpuddle ahead of us, and you’re about to find out who has the shoes to get through it.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 27, 2026 02:25 PM (ittVa)

218 can a civil suit against Lemon and his little lemon party still continue? get them that way
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 02:24 PM

Does the church want to risk getting burned to the ground?

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 27, 2026 02:25 PM (jc0TO)

219 The Royal Marines are back in the Arctic Circle - stronger than ever ❄️

The UK and Norway are embarking on a new era of joint operations to defend NATO’s northern flank and deter emerging threats.

LOL f*cking Norway. Anyone want to be in a freezing foxhole with Lars?

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 27, 2026 02:25 PM (abIsI)

220 Remember:
Pretti and Good were happy to be killed.
They wanted to be killed.
They believed, up until the cold seeped in as the blood gushed out, that their deaths would help their communist revolution.

I don't feel sorry for dead communists.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 27, 2026 02:25 PM (HXT0k)

221 > Data Republican released a bunch of info she found on who is funding this insurrection (lots of foreign donors)
----------
Awesome. But....

I would have hoped/thought the FBI already knew all the details. Yet, in looking deeper into this it isn't all that clear that the FBI was even on the trail. Or maybe they're just being, you know, secret about it all.

It's becoming harder to hide behind the details when everyone already knows what the FBI knows, or should have known.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 27, 2026 02:25 PM (jtM2q)

222 NEW: DOJ withdraws request for arrest warrants for Don Lemon, other protesters who disrupted church services in St. Paul, Minnesota after a federal judge refused to sign off. -New York Post

==

I guess they now have the green light to do it again.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 27, 2026 02:26 PM (qBdHI)

223 From what I've seen over the years, I'm betting Minnesota is in the bottom 5 states for average IQ. I think it's why Somalis feel so at home there.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

At least the scandis don't constantly bitch about the weather in winter, or summer either.

Posted by: old chick at January 27, 2026 02:26 PM (F3Dlr)

224 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer a

Yes; I was happy to see that, and his congregation applauded. I really do not think your average middle class AA who is a citizen is worked up about deportation of illegal alien criminals. I suppose the left has to work now at getting some AA to be a " victim" of ICE

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 02:26 PM (rZCVI)

225
Title needs to be more zippy.

I Was a Butterball Powerbottom for the Eff.Bee.EYE by Don Lemon.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 02:15 PM (ULPxl)

I read butterball powerbottom and immediately pictured the sex machine Brian Stelter.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 27, 2026 02:26 PM (xJGPn)

226 49 Maybe a platoon of Gurkhas would be useful.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 01:51 PM (rbvCR)

I have a whole company arriving at my digs in April.

Posted by: NZFrank with an M2 at January 27, 2026 02:27 PM (bgJ0E)

227 211 can a civil suit against Lemon and his little lemon party still continue? get them that way
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 02:24 PM (emBoF)

False Imprisonment is a Tort... Conspiracy can be added in...

So... yes...

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 27, 2026 02:27 PM (mP0Kj)

228 I have to be honest I felt bad for the chick who lost her hand

she's dumb, yeah but ... ow

that just suuuuuuuuuuucked
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 02:23 PM (emBoF)

She tried to throw a weapon at Federal LEOs who are removing scumbags from our society. If she had succeeded, an officer might be the one injured.

I only feel bad it didn’t kill her.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 27, 2026 02:27 PM (l3YAf)

229 They appealed it. The appeals court said, "Yeah, he broke the law but we won't let you arrest him." Should they have gone to SCOTUS over Don Lemon?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 02:11 PM (ExV1e)

SCOTUS would never get involved in that level of infighting. They jumped the gun in going to the 8th circuit. They made a mistake right at the start by not finding a friendly judge they could take the original warrant to. And if there wasn't one they had, then that's an even bigger problem.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 27, 2026 02:24 PM (giMmT)
___

I don't know how much of this reporting is correct. Wasn't it a magistrate judge that denied the warrant? If so, wouldn't the "appeal" go to a real Article III judge? I'm not a criminal lawyer, so I can't say for sure how this works, but I've never in my career got an order from a magistrate judge and then went straight to the circuit appeals court.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 02:27 PM (iFTx/)

230 . You gotta watch every step you take."

And every breath you take?

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 02:27 PM (XuXeR)

231 I have to be honest I felt bad for the chick who lost her hand

she's dumb, yeah but ... ow

that just suuuuuuuuuuucked
Posted by: BlackOrchid

Evil and stupid is no way to go through life.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 27, 2026 02:27 PM (L/fGl)

232 Protip. Do not pick up live grenades. That is all.

Posted by: tubal at January 27, 2026 02:27 PM (pDt9x)

233 How would you solve the 'bigger problem'?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 02:25 PM (ULPxl)

Either elect people to Congress who'll do their jobs - this take time - or start eliminating judges the old fashioned way - this destroys the country immediately and, probably, starts a chain of massive killings until we get a warlord.

We've been over a century getting into this mess. Getting out of it will take more than 12 months.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 02:27 PM (ExV1e)

234 >>> 219 The Royal Marines are back in the Arctic Circle - stronger than ever ❄️

The UK and Norway are embarking on a new era of joint operations to defend NATO’s northern flank and deter emerging threats.

LOL f*cking Norway. Anyone want to be in a freezing foxhole with Lars?
Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 27, 2026 02:25 PM (abIsI)

We sent FIVE troops this time!!!

Posted by: Queer Starmer at January 27, 2026 02:27 PM (ULPxl)

235 How would you solve the 'bigger problem'?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 02:25 PM (ULPxl)

Invoke the Insurrection Act. But Trump is trying not to go there.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 27, 2026 02:28 PM (giMmT)

236 some people get upset when I show them things from X

so what are the rules

Posted by: Don Black at January 27, 2026 02:28 PM (ZxPkt)

237 Take care of yourself.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Yeah, the car's not done yet, but I'm done for the day. Got the hood and windshield mostly clean and backed it out. Just gotta do the roof now, which is harder because it's got a rack on it that gets in the way when I try to push snow off the roof with the shovel.

I just wish it would warm up so the stuff would melt on its own.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 02:28 PM (77rzZ)

238 All the rules are unruly.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 27, 2026 02:28 PM (jc0TO)

239 222 NEW: DOJ withdraws request for arrest warrants for Don Lemon, other protesters who disrupted church services in St. Paul, Minnesota after a federal judge refused to sign off. -New York Post

==

I guess they now have the green light to do it again.
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 27, 2026 02:26 PM (qBdHI)


That's bad news. Two tier justice system

Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at January 27, 2026 02:28 PM (i0Hi3)

240 Pretti allegedly began shouting and blowing a whistle, and was then tackled to the ground by five agents. The source claimed one officer leaned on his back, causing his ribs to break.

-------

Did he purchase the gun as a result -- and it sounds like he had a grudge he thought he might settle ... poorly.

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 27, 2026 02:29 PM (3wW2+)

241 I was busy.
Did I miss the Don Lemon perp walk?

Posted by: Sidetracked at January 27, 2026 02:29 PM (2Ez/1)

242 I have a whole company arriving at my digs in April.
Posted by: NZFrank with an M2 at January 27, 2026 02:27 PM (bgJ0E)

I am told they are better at calming riots than K-9s

Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 02:29 PM (rbvCR)

243 Does anyone even know who she is? Yes, she's given some interviews (in a hoodie where it's not totally clear what she looks like). I think they released her name, but doing an image search returns like 10 different women. Most people don't even know she is deaf, but it's obvious from the interviews.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 02:14 PM (iFTx/)'

__________________________

Jennica Pounds. They doxxed her, and she admitted who she was. Apparently a software engineer.

And, the fact that they DID doxx her suggests that they wanted to compromise her safety, which is why I'm surprised she's being left alone physically.

Posted by: Orson at January 27, 2026 02:29 PM (dIske)

244
That's bad news. Two tier justice system
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at January 27, 2026 02:28 PM (i0Hi3)

No.. There's one.. Were just not included...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 27, 2026 02:29 PM (VE6XX)

245 The UK and Norway are embarking on a new era of joint operations to defend NATO’s northern flank and deter emerging threats.

LOL f*cking Norway. Anyone want to be in a freezing foxhole with Lars?
Posted by: Maj. Healey


Lars AND fermented seal farts? Hard pass.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2026 02:30 PM (RoI99)

246 I don't know how much of this reporting is correct. Wasn't it a magistrate judge that denied the warrant? If so, wouldn't the "appeal" go to a real Article III judge? I'm not a criminal lawyer, so I can't say for sure how this works, but I've never in my career got an order from a magistrate judge and then went straight to the circuit appeals court.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 02:27 PM (iFTx/)

HA has a long piece up on it, and Hinderaker had a post on it at Powerline. His opinion was that it had to be dropped because the DOJ was impatient and pissed off the Judge that should have handled the direct appeal. (it's explained fully there)

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 27, 2026 02:30 PM (giMmT)

247 Invoke the Insurrection Act. But Trump is trying not to go there.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 27, 2026 02:28 PM (giMmT)

Invoking the Insurrection Act won't do anything about rogue federal judges.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 02:30 PM (ExV1e)

248 All the rules are unruly.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 27, 2026 02:28 PM (jc0TO)

------------

We're gonna need one rule to rule them all.







Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 27, 2026 02:30 PM (3wW2+)

249 >>> 226 49 Maybe a platoon of Gurkhas would be useful.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 01:51 PM (rbvCR)

I have a whole company arriving at my digs in April.
Posted by: NZFrank with an M2 at January 27, 2026 02:27 PM (bgJ0E)

NZFrank! Hope you are doing well.

If you are able to make another TX MoMee, maybe you could bring some friends.

Posted by: Queer Starmer at January 27, 2026 02:30 PM (ULPxl)

250 >> But I'm genuinley curious why it's become a reflex to blame Bondi for everything

Some of it is deliberate and part of the OPFOR strategy to divide the electorate. The other part is ignorance. I say ignorance because these are the same people who would bitch like a tween girl when the case later fell apart because the prosecutors moved to fast without proper foundation. The people funding and organizing this aren’t stupid. They know exactly what they’re doing and have hidden behind a complex legal strategy designed to promote this as legitimate, constitutionally protected activities. In that regard, they’ve left themselves enough cover that when things go kinetic they have plausible deniability.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 27, 2026 02:30 PM (ittVa)

251 Remember class:

Once you pull the pin, Mr. Grenade is no longer your friend.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2026 02:30 PM (RoI99)

252 which is why I'm surprised she's being left alone physically."

You obviously have never met the Cajun Navy...

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 02:30 PM (XuXeR)

253 "SCOTUS would never get involved in that level of infighting."

No, that's not certain.

What IS certain is that SCOTUS won't do anything if we don't take the case to SCOTUS.

We need to learn to take the field even if we "know" we are going to lose. Murphy is always in play

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 02:31 PM (ciYHQ)

254 The movement for Alberta and Saskatchewan to leave Canada is picking up momentum. The two provinces are in the signature gathering phase to put this on the ballot.

https://youtu.be/0w1t85dL_MI

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 27, 2026 02:31 PM (HTCU3)

255 >> Did I miss the Don Lemon perp walk?

The lady Attorney General fucked it up. Again.

When the history of the fall of the American republic is written, the 19th Amendment will be cited as one of the biggest catastrophes to befall our civilization.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 27, 2026 02:31 PM (l3YAf)

256 Pretti allegedly began shouting and blowing a whistle, and was then tackled to the ground by five agents. The source claimed one officer leaned on his back, causing his ribs to break.
---
What do you tell a commie who gets his ribs broke interfering with law enforcement?

Nothing now, because he's been made a good commie.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 27, 2026 02:31 PM (HXT0k)

257 We're gonna need one rule to rule them all.

Do as thou wilt.

Posted by: Aleister Crowley at January 27, 2026 02:32 PM (jc0TO)

258 No doubt CA fraud is way larger than MN. But CA has other parts to its economy. MN GDP sure seems to be mostly based on fraud. And Target.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 27, 2026 02:32 PM (n5tGW)

259 , the 19th Amendment will be cited as one of the biggest catastrophes to befall our civilization."

*anyone else want popcorn? *

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 02:32 PM (XuXeR)

260 >>>I suspect many of the rioters have Crossed State Lines.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 02:04 PM (ULPxl

STATELINES!!!

Posted by: Npc

>If these protestors have crossed state lines they should automatically be considered terrorists at the first sign of violence or trespassing.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 27, 2026 02:32 PM (oT7pT)

261 The left knows who Data Republican is . Her husband runs a distillery and they tried to shut him down. Normies responded and bought his entire stock

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 02:32 PM (IDEQi)

262 >> Invoking the Insurrection Act won't do anything about rogue federal judges.

Arrest the judges.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 27, 2026 02:32 PM (l3YAf)

263 The bizarre assumption ere - that law enforcement enjoys fighting protectors. That they would ever deploy such countermeasures unless absolutely necessary.

There is not a cop in the world that WANTS a confrontation with peaceful protestors. They have to be pushed hard and goaded into a response.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 27, 2026 02:33 PM (urppY)

264 The movement for Alberta and Saskatchewan to leave Canada is picking up momentum. The two provinces are in the signature gathering phase to put this on the ballot.

https://youtu.be/0w1t85dL_MI
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram


Alberta needed 117,000 signatures in a month. They got 177,000 in one day.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2026 02:33 PM (RoI99)

265 A lively day at the US House of Representatives today -

12:32:40 PM - The Speaker announced that the House do now adjourn pursuant to clause 13 of Rule I. The next meeting is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on January 30, 2026.
12:32:12 PM - PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - The Chair led the House in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.
12:31:58 PM - SPEAKER'S APPROVAL OF THE JOURNAL - Pursuant to clause 13 of Rule I, the Journal of the last day's proceedings was approved.
12:31:13 PM - Today's prayer was offered by Rev. John Kellogg, Christ Church Capitol Hill, Washington DC
12:30:41 PM - The Speaker designated the Honorable Adrian Smith to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
12:30:00 PM - The House convened, starting a new legislative day.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 27, 2026 02:33 PM (NFX2v)

266 I don't know how much of this reporting is correct. Wasn't it a magistrate judge that denied the warrant? If so, wouldn't the "appeal" go to a real Article III judge? I'm not a criminal lawyer, so I can't say for sure how this works, but I've never in my career got an order from a magistrate judge and then went straight to the circuit appeals court.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 02:27 PM (iFTx/)

HA has a long piece up on it, and Hinderaker had a post on it at Powerline. His opinion was that it had to be dropped because the DOJ was impatient and pissed off the Judge that should have handled the direct appeal. (it's explained fully there)
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 27, 2026 02:30 PM (giMmT)
____

Well, if this is true then it's like I've been saying: building cases that seem even slam-dunky takes time, and if you jump the gun you blow the case.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 02:33 PM (iFTx/)

267 >>Once you pull the pin, Mr. Grenade is no longer your friend.


You either Cover that Grenade...or you get the fuck away from it.

There is no other option.

Posted by: garrett at January 27, 2026 02:34 PM (ZcsJV)

268 My first thought when I saw that commie idiot blow up her hand was:

Pancho and Lefty 2:

Posted by: sifty boones at January 27, 2026 02:34 PM (8eZuI)

269 It is remarkable to me that women will FEEL SORRY FOR criminal scumbags. The criminal who tried to throw a flashbang at agents enforcing the law recieved the her due. Oh i feel dad that Ma Barker got gunned down by the Feds after that robbery spree. You fck around, you find out. Dont matter who you are. This isnt a tv drama. Criminals are interferring with the arrest of other criminals. Its worse than a bank robbery. It is a revolt against the laws and officers of the United States. EVERY LAST ONE OF THOSE THUGS IS A TRAITOR.

Posted by: Fat Darth Tim says he is your father at January 27, 2026 02:34 PM (Mw2aG)

270 Title needs to be more zippy.

I Was a Butterball Powerbottom for the Eff.Bee.EYE by Don Lemon.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 02:15 PM (ULPxl)

I read butterball powerbottom and immediately pictured the sex machine Brian Stelter.
Posted by: CaliGirl

I thought of Stelter too.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 27, 2026 02:34 PM (HTCU3)

271 Re: Don Lemon. If you haven't seen it see Jack Straw's post at 167 if you haven't already read it.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 02:34 PM (rZCVI)

272 Frag out.

Posted by: Marcus T at January 27, 2026 02:34 PM (ittVa)

273 NEW: DOJ withdraws request for arrest warrants for Don Lemon, other protesters who disrupted church services in St. Paul, Minnesota after a federal judge refused to sign off. -New York Post

==

I guess they now have the green light to do it again.
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 27, 2026 02:26 PM (qBdHI)

That's bad news. Two tier justice system
Posted by: Cuthbert the Witless at January 27, 2026 02:28 PM (i0Hi3)

--------------


Prosecute them for federal civil rights violations.

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 27, 2026 02:35 PM (3wW2+)

274 >>> 262 Invoking the Insurrection Act won't do anything about rogue federal judges.
==
Arrest the judges.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 27, 2026 02:32 PM (l3YAf)

The "judges" are likely accomplices to or have committed at least one felony, not to mention acting in support of an invasion of the US.

Posted by: Queer Starmer at January 27, 2026 02:35 PM (ULPxl)

275 I didn't know Saskatchewan was also looking to break out

FREE YUKON

Posted by: Don Black at January 27, 2026 02:36 PM (ZxPkt)

276 >>. Just gotta do the roof now, which is harder because it's got a rack on it that gets in the way when I try to push snow off the roof with the shovel.


A Push Broom works well for this.

Posted by: garrett at January 27, 2026 02:36 PM (ZcsJV)

277 It is remarkable to me that women will FEEL SORRY FOR criminal scumbags. "

The women at Bonnie and Clyde's funeral agree....

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 02:36 PM (XuXeR)

278 It is remarkable to me that women will FEEL SORRY FOR criminal scumbags. The criminal who tried to throw a flashbang at agents enforcing the law recieved the her due.

--

For the record, I do not feel even 1% sorry for that woman. She got what she had coming.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 27, 2026 02:36 PM (qBdHI)

279 At least the scandis don't constantly bitch about the weather in winter, or summer either.
Posted by: old chick at January

Neither do cattle.

Thing is, Scandinavians in Europe aren't all 'tarded. My theory is this: for some reason, the original ones who settled MN were lower-than-average. Maybe it was lead in the water, whatever. So at some point, the smarter ones started to move away to get away from the droolers. Over time this eventually led to Tim Walz, Jesse Ventura and Al Franken becoming Lords of the Tarded North.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 02:36 PM (BI5O2)

280 The lady Attorney General fucked it up.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 27, 2026 02:31 PM (l3YAf)

How? What, exactly, did Bondi do to fuck it up?

I understand that all federal judges are just honest Joes, doing their job for the betterment of America. So the magistrate who refused the warrant only did so because Pam Fucking Bondi personally fucked things up, and then, in the appeal, they ruled that Lemon had broken the law but THEY wouldn't issue a warrant because Pam Fucking Bondi personally fucked things up.

And we know that Pam Fucking Bondi hasn't taken the matter to a grand jury because our Ouija board told us... but how, exactly did Pam Bondi fuck this up? Please explain, Law Master.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 02:36 PM (ExV1e)

281 Strike one.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 02:36 PM (ULPxl)

282 lol sorry sorry just my natural feminine weakness - and the fact that after losing use of my right hand due to complex wrist fracture last year I have issues with hand things

I saw an NFL player fall the way I did on his hand last year and I screamed and fainted!

I never used to be like this. seeing my wrist post-accident and then after they took the first cast off messed me up, big time

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 02:37 PM (emBoF)

283 Just gotta do the roof now, which is harder because it's got a rack on it that gets in the way when I try to push snow off the roof with the shovel"

Just do as most... go for a drive...

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 02:37 PM (XuXeR)

284 Remember the Alamo? Pearl Harbor? Shoulder of Orion?

How many defeats have inspired victory?

Imagine history if our boys had said "150 will never stop Santa Anna, let's get home"

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 02:38 PM (ciYHQ)

285 I'd like to see those Canuck provinces leave just because Canada doesn't have an army to fight a civil war. So it would be hilarious for them to try to fight the independence.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 27, 2026 02:38 PM (n5tGW)

286 I don't necessarily feel sorry for that woman I just can't. watch. that.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 02:38 PM (emBoF)

287
CNN Investigates
'Alex Pretti broke rib in confrontation with federal agents a week before death, sources say'
By Jeff Winter, Priscilla Alvarez, published Jan. 27, 2026

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 27, 2026 02:38 PM (NFX2v)

288 Arrest the judges.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 27, 2026 02:32 PM (l3YAf)

On what basis?

What you want is a dictator who will only ever rule the way you prefer. That's not gonna happen.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 02:38 PM (ExV1e)

289 I didn't know Saskatchewan was also looking to break out

FREE YUKON
Posted by: Don Black


And the NW territories! Make Alaska Contiguous!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2026 02:38 PM (RoI99)

290 are. This isnt a tv drama. Criminals are interferring with the arrest of other criminals. Its worse than a bank robbery. It is a revolt against the laws and officers of the United States. EVERY LAST ONE OF THOSE THUGS IS A TRAITOR.
Posted by: Fat Darth Tim says he is your father at January 27, 2026 02:34 PM (Mw2aG)

I just read about a study where they hooked up men and women to brain scans and showed them people playing a game, some of them were cheating. When the non cheaters received a shock men and women's empathy center lit up. When the cheaters received the shock the women's empathy center lit up but the men's pleasure center lit up with zero empathy.

Posted by: CaliGirl at January 27, 2026 02:38 PM (AywZy)

291 I didn't know Saskatchewan was also looking to break out
Posted by: Don Black

We'll take Dog River, but not Wullerton. *spit*

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 02:39 PM (77rzZ)

292 287
CNN Investigates
'Alex Pretti broke rib in confrontation with federal agents a week before death, sources say'
By Jeff Winter, Priscilla Alvarez, published Jan. 27, 2026
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 27, 2026 02:38 PM (NFX2v


Are they saying this because they think it makes him look more of a victim ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 27, 2026 02:39 PM (VE6XX)

293 CNN Investigates
'Alex Pretti broke rib in confrontation with federal agents a week before death, sources say'
By Jeff Winter, Priscilla Alvarez, published Jan. 27, 2026
Posted by: L


I didn't think you could blow a whistle with a broken rib.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2026 02:39 PM (RoI99)

294 Aw hell, Fen's about to speechify. I'm outta here

Posted by: NotFen at January 27, 2026 02:39 PM (ciYHQ)

295 Are they saying this because they think it makes him look more of a victim ?


yeppers

I'm pretty sure they're leaving a lot of salient details out

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 02:40 PM (emBoF)

296 Just gotta do the roof now, which is harder because it's got a rack on it that gets in the way when I try to push snow off the roof with the shovel"

Just do as most... go for a drive...
Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 02:37 PM (XuXeR)

In reverse with a sudden hard stop. Easy peasy!

Posted by: Count de Monet, Gulf Coast Stranger To Snow at January 27, 2026 02:40 PM (wVcYX)

297
Why die for Uranium City?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2026 02:40 PM (tgvbd)

298 >>> 288 Arrest the judges.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 27, 2026 02:32 PM (l3YAf)

On what basis?

What you want is a dictator who will only ever rule the way you prefer. That's not gonna happen.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 02:38 PM (ExV1e)

I doubt there is any legal reason right this moment. However, if we go to Insurrection Act, or worse open rebellion, I would think that opens up more choices.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 02:41 PM (ULPxl)

299 Since it's obvious that activist judges would not sign the arrest warrants the DOJ is going to take them to a grand jury instead.

--

Not knowing how this would actually work, but where would a grand jury be convened? IOW, what area would a grand jury be drawn from? I truly don't know.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 27, 2026 02:41 PM (qBdHI)

300 Good? I guess?!

Regarding the "peaceful protesters" is not what I see. Today I saw a video of a nitwit who grabbed a flash bang grenade, I guess to throw it back. Insted her fingers are burnt and shredded, what is left of them.

She? then ran towards the officers for some reason, whipped her hat off and screaming. What did she think would happen? A nerf grenade? Why? They are all idiots.

I have another issue: the F word used every other word. Like it is going to wound ICE officers. I am not offended but I think it is also lame in that it is used so often people are immune.

Same with the brave "soldiers of peace" putting their gloved middle finger in officer's faces.

Oh, yes! That will make them lay down and submit.

The collective IQ of these crowds is maybe pushing 100...all of them combined. Where are the Somolian protesters, eh? (I said eh like I am from Canada of MN).

I am disgusted with them all. I am also disgusted that charges are dropped against the church invaders and Lemon.

What did Trump tell Pedomouth Walz to suddenly have the police do their jobs? Patel said he has the information of who is paying?

Thank you, Ace, for all you do as I get most of my news here.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 27, 2026 02:41 PM (WONhk)

301 The magistrate who refused to sign the warrant is married to Ellisons asstnt state AG. Its political hackery all the way down. If it were James Okeefe interrupting a prayer service that warrant would have been signed so fast your head would spin.

Posted by: Fat Darth Tim says he is your father at January 27, 2026 02:42 PM (Mw2aG)

302 Are they saying this because they think it makes him look more of a victim ?


yeppers

I'm pretty sure they're leaving a lot of salient details out
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 02:40 PM (emBoF)
___

Eh, fuck this guy. He looked like a diseased vagina and got what he deserved. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 02:42 PM (iFTx/)

303 I don't think this helps the Pretti boys as much as they think it does.

If he went armed to a physical confrontation with broken ribs, it stands to reason he had no intention of fighting it out, and was planning to use that gun.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 02:43 PM (BI5O2)

304 The Trump Admin meticulously plays by the rules. This frustrates some people. The alternative to playing by the rules would have consequences they don’t want to deal with is my bet.

Posted by: tubal at January 27, 2026 02:43 PM (pDt9x)

305 She? then ran towards the officers for some reason, whipped her hat off and screaming ...

Well that was dumb, she should have run toward a social worker.

Posted by: old chick at January 27, 2026 02:43 PM (F3Dlr)

306 Alberta needed 117,000 signatures in a month. They got 177,000 in one day.
Posted by: rickb223

People were waiting in line for hours to sign. One town of 1100 people had 1800 people show up to sign. A and S know they drive the economy and pay for Quebec's and Ontario's welfare state. If I remember correctly A & S have 6 million peeps and they generate something like $300 billion. The people running these initiatives are talking to to people in the Trump administration is seems. The locals are rather riled up.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 27, 2026 02:43 PM (HTCU3)

307
Eh, fuck this guy. He looked like a diseased vagina and got what he deserved. Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 02:42 PM (iFTx/)


I'd say more of a diseased penis

Posted by: It's me donna at January 27, 2026 02:43 PM (VE6XX)

308 >> On what basis?

They are engaged in insurrection against the government of the United States and the clear will of voters who want every illegal removed.

>> What you want is a dictator who will only ever rule the way you prefer.

Yes.

>> That's not gonna happen.

You either get Our Dictator or Their Dictator. Those are your only choices. The left has already largely succeeded in getting Their Dictator. They just need another few years to flood the country with more foreigners to permanently dispossess American citizens.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 27, 2026 02:44 PM (l3YAf)

309 >>> 301 The magistrate who refused to sign the warrant is married to Ellisons asstnt state AG. Its political hackery all the way down. If it were James Okeefe interrupting a prayer service that warrant would have been signed so fast your head would spin.
Posted by: Fat Darth Tim says he is your father at January 27, 2026 02:42 PM (Mw2aG)

Heh. Political hackery isn't cause for arrest, but what if you find that a judge has accepted bribes?

"JUDICIAL IMMUNITY!!!" -- that dumb bint in uh, Wisconsin I think

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 02:44 PM (ULPxl)

310 Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 02:14 PM (iFTx/)

They went after her husband's liquor business. They know who she is.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 27, 2026 02:44 PM (Vvh2V)

311 Preeti getting a broken rib in a prior confrontation breaks both ways. The left will say "see, the feds are thugs". The normies will say "don't attack cops doing their jobs , you idiot,"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 02:44 PM (IDEQi)

312 292. 293. Are they saying this because they think it makes him look more of a victim ?

I didn't think you could blow a whistle with a broken rib.
--
🤷‍♀️ But you know how it goes once it's out there.

CNN has been putting out info. quickly that winds up a big story for a day or so. (I think it was 1st about the 5 year old being left & winding up with ICE, etc.)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 27, 2026 02:45 PM (NFX2v)

313 Women have agreed to be cattle for muz men for a while now without rising up.
Women routinely write letters to convicted monsters in prison and even marry them and enable further crimes when they get out.
Women judges routinely give easier sentences to monsters.
Women made 50 Shades of Ghey the #1 book for quite a while.

The value of Empathy is overrated.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 27, 2026 02:45 PM (Y14Xw)

314 The Trump Admin meticulously plays by the rules. This frustrates some people. The alternative to playing by the rules would have consequences they don’t want to deal with is my bet.
Posted by: tubal at January 27, 2026 02:43 PM (pDt9x)

Trump is not The Guy. He’s done some useful stuff, but mostly he’s bought us time to find The Guy.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at January 27, 2026 02:45 PM (l3YAf)

315 What did Trump tell Pedomouth Walz to suddenly have the police do their jobs? Patel said he has the information of who is paying?

Thank you, Ace, for all you do as I get most of my news here.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 27, 2026 02:41 PM (WONhk)

Probably that Xi gave Trump evidence and Trump is willing to use it if Prettyboy doesn't walk the line and say siryessir, and is willing to let the courts sort it out if he does

Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 02:46 PM (rbvCR)

316 I don't know that these are outbound state interlopers... if they were running that same 2020 playbook in MN, you'd figure at least one of the dead or wounded would have not been Minnesotan.

With all those stolen billions sloshing around, I think we may now know one big source where the out-of-state riot mobs were being bussed in from.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 02:46 PM (BI5O2)

317 Meanwhile a nurse in Virginia posted suggesting instead of anesthetic that she'd give a paralyzing drug to suspected ICE agents and MAGA. We're gonna need a bigger insane asylum.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 27, 2026 02:47 PM (2ocoG)

318 If my daughter brings up the "ICE executions" to me, I'm going to assign her a task

1. Find the video of Ashli Babbitt being shot on J6.
2. Do a slow-motion frame by frame viewing of it and to detect where any lethal force of climbing through a window unarmed almost killed Officer Byrd.

Outside of Joe Scarborough's lame "She was in the army, where they train like commandos, with registered lethal hands and stuff!".

I'll ask her if she saw a concealed toe blade deployed.

As much as I don't like to get political on my X stream, the contrast is too stark to care. It's not going to be a matter of "who deserves being dead", but just to point out that a not-too-well trained Officer Byrd was reprimanded for leaving his gun in a bathroom once.

And did far more what looks like an execution than what happened to Pretti (until he was down).

I've already anticipated "She shouldn't have been there."

You know, as if we can't say Pretti should not have been closing in on ICE agents, when he had been told to stay back. Both were approaching officers, and we can't even talk about when Babbitt was disarmed or what she was carrying where and whether she was in compliance.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 02:48 PM (krQz2)

319 >>Not knowing how this would actually work, but where would a grand jury be convened? IOW, what area would a grand jury be drawn from? I truly don't know.

Whig would be a better source for this question but I would think they'd try for somewhere not in downtown Minneapolis if possible. I worked for a company based in Minnesotat a few years ago and like most states when you outside the blue metro areas controlled by Democrats you see much more normal and reasonable people.

Last night the cops were actually assisting and aiding ICE in Minnesota. The part that isn't Minneapolis.

But in any case the enemy is on the other side not our side. We are seeing leftist activist judges across the country make outrageous ruling and overstepping their authority routinely. They are no different that woke Democrats in Congress. That's the enemy.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 27, 2026 02:48 PM (viF8m)

320 ...and that's nood bird-hands nurse.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 27, 2026 02:49 PM (2ocoG)

321 >>> 317 Meanwhile a nurse in Virginia posted suggesting instead of anesthetic that she'd give a paralyzing drug to suspected ICE agents and MAGA. We're gonna need a bigger insane asylum.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 27, 2026 02:47 PM (2ocoG)

How do we know there aren't (slightly) smarter psychos doing this already?

If or when someone pulls that, they may pick the wrong family member of friend to do that to...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 02:49 PM (ULPxl)

322 Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat


They are LARP'ing. Live Action Role Playing. They are acting like this is a game.

You can see it by her actions of grabbing a grenade. She was probably told "it's like Call of Duty. You have 10 seconds to throw it back".
By Good's wife asking why real bullets were used.
"They have rubber bullets"

Why? Because it's hard to get martyrs if they know death is a high probability.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2026 02:49 PM (RoI99)

323 Meanwhile a nurse in Virginia posted suggesting instead of anesthetic that she'd give a paralyzing drug to suspected ICE agents and MAGA. We're gonna need a bigger insane asylum.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 27, 2026 02:47 PM (

You just know these hideous viragos go home after work and cruise social media, checking out their patients, looking for who to harm.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 02:49 PM (BI5O2)

324 Unforced errors on our side like this Lemonaids fiasco can be overlooked in calmer times but this insurrection is too hot to get this right on the second or third try.

Posted by: sifty boones at January 27, 2026 02:50 PM (Y14Xw)

325 >>>Trump is not The Guy. He’s done some useful stuff, but mostly he’s bought us time to find The Guy.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director

>What does that even mean? If you're looking Jesus, visit a church.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 27, 2026 02:50 PM (oT7pT)

326
The movement for Alberta and Saskatchewan to leave Canada is picking up momentum. The two provinces are in the signature gathering phase to put this on the ballot.

https://youtu.be/0w1t85dL_MI
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram


Alberta needed 117,000 signatures in a month. They got 177,000 in one day.



We can always trade Canuckistan. Alberta and Saskatchewan for Minnesota and 100 tons of cheese curds to build up their strategic poutine reserve.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 27, 2026 02:51 PM (y9nCu)

327 CNN Investigates
'Alex Pretti broke rib in confrontation with federal agents a week before death, sources say'
By Jeff Winter, Priscilla Alvarez, published Jan. 27, 2026
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 27, 2026 02:38 PM (NFX2v

Are they saying this because they think it makes him look more of a victim ?
Posted by: It's me donna at January 27, 2026 02:39 PM (VE6XX)

-----------

Was wondering the same thing.

Turns out that for some idiots, the Second Amendment actually is a suicide pact.

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 27, 2026 02:51 PM (08TEw)

328 What is likely shows is that Peretti was down on the streets, trying to free persons being grabbed and held by ICE, obstructing ICE officers, etc. before his death.

BTW, many of the VA workers intensely disliked Trump his first administration, not counting the present.

As a side, don't think feds aren't antifa

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 27, 2026 02:52 PM (NFX2v)

329 267 >>Once you pull the pin, Mr. Grenade is no longer your friend.
There is no other option.
Posted by: garrett

I knew a guy named John Sjogren, nicknamed "Spider" who was a Marine on Okinawa during WW2 who would pick up the grenades discarded by his platoon mates who were afraid of getting them shot and blowing up, giving him a lot of extra firepower when storming Japanese pillboxes.

He was old, near crippled and still a road salesman in the 1980's, but people would stop what they were doing and stand up when he entered, as was due a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient.

Posted by: Auspex at January 27, 2026 02:52 PM (Y8DZL)

330 The 670-ish lower courts currently function as a distributed denial of service attack force against the 9 Supreme Court Justices. Or, more accurately, against between 2 and 6 of the Supreme Court Justices.

All SCOTUS can do is overturn the fraudulent lower court rulings one at a time. And that only after a significant amount of time and effort.

The lower courts constantly refuse to apply SCOTUS rulings to future cases. They absolutely can do that. They have done that. They will continue to do that until such time as the real boss of the lower courts fires a bunch of them for cause.

There is every reason to expect that Congress will continue to never do so.

Perhaps the President can arrest and prosecute a bunch of them for sedition or conspiracy.

Posted by: Tar Bae at January 27, 2026 02:52 PM (tH3Vp)

331 "prior administrations deported millions of people, and riots were basically nonexistent"

Did they? I have long questioned how real any of the deportations were under Democrap presidents, and especially under Obama. I very strongly suspect it was all an op to con the rubes. In fact, I would bet money on it.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 01:47 PM (iFTx/)

*******

As I understand / remember it, back when Obama was president, he needed/wanted to beat back Republican accusations that he was soft on illegal immigration. (Hint...he was soft on illegal immigration.)

So what he did, to tbeef up his reputation, was to re-classify border apprehensions. In the past, if you got stopped at the border, and sent back to Mexico, that didn't count as a deportation. Only if you made it to the interior, and then got picked up and sent back to Mexico, would that count as a deportation.

So, he just reclassified those who got picked up at the border and sent back to Mexico as deportations. And Viola! Obama was able to portray himself as a law and order guy to beat back negative Republican portrayals of him.

Ironically, it worked so well.. (cont,)

Posted by: EFG at January 27, 2026 02:52 PM (Xt8HN)

332 Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director

You're a troll, nothing more.

Posted by: Auspex at January 27, 2026 02:53 PM (Y8DZL)

333 NOOD

I say

NOOD

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 02:53 PM (ULPxl)

334 (cont.) that his retarded low information followers started to believe it, and started calling him the Deporter In-Chief and started pressuring HIM to stop deporting so many illegals.

Pretty freakin' ironic.

Posted by: EFG at January 27, 2026 02:53 PM (Xt8HN)

335 Tim

Shut up and listen. You will round up all the illegal felons on the list and hold them for ICE.

You will do this because of the felony murder rule applies to your conspiracy against the United States.

You will do this, because of what else is coming.

You will do this because I have the power to pardon you.

And the first step to that pardon is to do this now.

You will recieve additional instructions once this task is complete.

Posted by: Donnie Two Scoops at January 27, 2026 02:53 PM (Mw2aG)

336 Preeti getting a broken rib in a prior confrontation breaks both ways. The left will say "see, the feds are thugs". The normies will say "don't attack cops doing their jobs , you idiot,"
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 02:44 PM (IDEQi)
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I saw video of a very professional encounter between ICE and neighbors. The Karens in the crowd were all huffy "I'm going to record this on my PHONE!". The officer that seemed to be in charge was pleasant and said "Recording is not a problem,". And then, pointing several cars along the street back, he said, "But I'm going to need you to stay behind that white car. Videotaping is not a problem, but you have to clear the area."

So, I compare that to the observation that Pretti was told at least once that he was too close, and needed to put some distance. So, it kinda sounds like a case where standing too close to ICE officers after they have told you to step back is tantamount to obstruction.

Not a lawyer so I don't know these things.

But once Pretti's obstructing, putting their hands on him for "just videotaping with his First Amendment Rights" is reasonable.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 02:55 PM (krQz2)

337 >>So what he did, to tbeef up his reputation, was to re-classify border apprehensions. In the past, if you got stopped at the border, and sent back to Mexico, that didn't count as a deportation. Only if you made it to the interior, and then got picked up and sent back to Mexico, would that count as a deportation.

The Biden administration didn't just let millions of illegals into the country, they purposefly flew them all over the country to create the scenario we are seeing play out now. It's a hell of a lot harder to deport them from the interior, particulalry whem they are sent to sanctuary cities and states with activist judges.

That was all part of the plan. They only way they win is if we buckle.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 27, 2026 02:55 PM (viF8m)

338 Posted by: JackStraw at January 27, 2026 02:55 PM (viF8m)

****

My comment was directed to Elric the Blade regarding his comment/question/scepticism about Obama.

Posted by: EFG at January 27, 2026 02:57 PM (Xt8HN)

339 Like during C19 -

NY state nurses association: Hospitals Force Nearly 15,000 NYSNA Nurses Out on Largest Nurse Strike in New York City History
January 12, 2026

ABC News, More than 31,000 nurses, health care workers strike at Kaiser Permanente, arguing for safe staffing levels, fair wages (CA & HI)
The strike affects at least two dozen hospitals and hundreds of clinics.
January 26, 2026, 12:19 PM

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 27, 2026 02:58 PM (NFX2v)

340 Vile sacks of shit. The left has always been good with murder all thru history. Like peanut butter and jelly.

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at January 27, 2026 03:01 PM (amKBt)

341 Regarding nursing strikes...I could not do it.

When I was a new grad, a friend and classmate (who is one of the biggest liberals I now know) wanted to unionize. She came to me for a vote & I told her I could not, if assigned that day, not work & abandon patients. She was not pleased & I did not care.

It came to a 3 way vote:
Vote for her little union
Vote for ACLU (I was horrified)
NO's won

She was maybe a "real nurse" as a charge RN like me for six months. After this tango, the nursing administration put her as VP or something of nursing (I can't remember). Sort of a bribe to shut her up. She went on for her MS in nursing and to bigger things.

She was very smart, or at least very well spoken. She's gone "far" in her career while I just worked jobs that I liked (always part time) and raised our chimps to be good men. I had fun and was never career focused, altho jobs were created for me as I was smart, dedicated, and can talk to anyone. I can even be charming if needed, which I know is a shock!

I think this person may still be working as I don't know. When I could read her twitter stuff it was obvious she was a radical Dim loon. I could see her protesting.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 27, 2026 03:08 PM (WONhk)

342 If you're pinning your hopes on AG Barbie and Patel to do anything useful, you are a fool.

Posted by: p-squared at January 27, 2026 03:32 PM (0prFs)

343 Watch for purged PLA officer's be Walz's pals.

Posted by: torabora at January 27, 2026 04:45 PM (C6lX6)

Internet Claims: Chinese PM Xi Plotted Purge of Chinese Military, So the Military Plotted a Coup and Kidnapping. But Then Xi Launched a Counter-Coup.

Allegedly.

The claims of an actual coup attempt, with senior military leaders plotting to kidnap Xi, is an internet-based claim without any legacy media confirmation.

So far.

Here's the BBC:


The senior ranks of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) are in tatters.

The weekend purging of China's top general, Zhang Youxia, and another senior military officer, Gen Liu Zhenli, has left serious questions about what triggered the elite power struggles unfolding in the country - and what this means for China's warfighting capacity, whether it be any ambition to take Taiwan by force or engage in another major regional conflict.

Zhang, 75, was vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) - the Communist Party group headed by the country's leader Xi Jinping, which controls the armed forces.

The CMC, usually made up of around seven people, has now been whittled down to just two members - Xi and Gen Zhang Shengmin.

All others have been taken down in the "anti-corruption" crackdown following previous waves of detention.

The CMC is responsible for controlling millions of military personnel. It is so powerful that when Deng Xiaoping was the paramount leader of the country during the 1980s, this was the only position he held for most of that time.

That only Xi and one CMC general remain is unprecedented, according to Lyle Morris from the Asia Society Policy Institute.

"The PLA is in disarray," he told the BBC, adding that China's military now had "a major leadership void".

Asked what was really driving the culling of so many top generals, he said: "There are a lot of rumours floating around. We don't know, at this point, what is true and what is false... but it is certainly bad for Xi Jinping, for his leadership and control over the PLA."

Associate Professor Chong Ja Ian from the National University of Singapore also said he was not sure what the real reason was for Zhang's downfall but that there was a lot of speculation about it.

"Everything from leaking nuclear secrets to the United States to plotting a coup and factional infighting. There are even rumours of a gunfight in Beijing," he said.

"But Zhang and Liu's downfall along with the wild speculation highlight two things: that Xi remains unassailable and there are significant limits to information in Beijing which fuels uncertainty and feeds this speculation."

The official announcement that said Zhang and Liu were "under investigation" also said that they were accused of "serious violations of discipline and law", which is a euphemism for corruption.

...

The targeting of the generals may be about corruption, but it may also be about power politics, given how these purges have panned out in the past.

...

Xi may have stamped his authority, yet again, but the upheaval means ongoing frictions, he said.

"It's certainly a bad look for Xi and I think there's going to be significant turmoil in the PLA, with Xi and his leaders -- especially in the PLA -- for years to come."

The purging of the most senior generals also brings scrutiny on the next layer of officers who may be wondering who is next?

Twitter accounts claim -- again, without confirmation by the fake media -- that the military leaders Xi was about to arrest for corruption decided to strike first and kidnap Xi, but Xi got wind of this and arrested them first.

Cryptoanarhist
@manaxer2

A coup d'etat is being prepared in China.

What happened? I explain:

-- The largest purge of China's military leadership in half a century has recently begun. Generals are being prosecuted on charges of corruption and state crimes.

-- Even General Zhang Youxia, who was considered Xi's right-hand man, was accused of treason for spying on the United States.

-- Unconfirmed information is also circulating online about the suppression of an attempted military coup and an assassination attempt on Xi Jinping himself.

-- There is an active movement of military convoys in the direction of Beijing, now they are located 40 kilometers from the center of Beijing.

-- Local media reports that some of the equipment has already reached Beijing, and armed men have taken control of the historic Forbidden City

-- Along with this, there are reports that the existing PLA system has been stopped and replaced by the direct command of the Central Military Council using encrypted telegrams.

-- All units throughout the army have moved to the first level of combat readiness.

In addition, against the background of the events, Taiwan said it was closely monitoring "abnormal" changes in China's military leadership and urged Japanese fishermen to refrain from visiting islands disputed with China.

What do you think, will there be changes in our political system?


Is this true? I don't know, but it's important enough to at least mention, I think.

And no one believes the "Real Media" is the real media any longer. They're incompetents. I don't consider them to be an authoritative word.

Happy Tuesday!

Posted by: Ace at 12:25 PM




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1 Onest!

Posted by: Oddbob at January 27, 2026 12:25 PM (Fs0KI)

2 I'll go nood now. Don't watch.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 27, 2026 12:26 PM (Fs0KI)

3 Good afternoon Ace and everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 27, 2026 12:26 PM (Qbzeg)

4 LOL.

Who stole the fucking popcorn from the breakroom!?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 12:27 PM (bss/y)

5 In before the Game of Thrones reference!

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 12:27 PM (wVcYX)

6 If your going to take out the King, better be sure you can first

Posted by: Skip at January 27, 2026 12:28 PM (Qbzeg)

7 So the Military Plotted a Coup and Kidnapping. But Then Xi Launched a Counter-Coup.

Coup-Xi-coup!

Posted by: Charo at January 27, 2026 12:28 PM (Fs0KI)

8 You know what coup rhymes with!

Posted by: Tucker Shmarlson at January 27, 2026 12:28 PM (cxiKi)

9 So he's going to invade Taiwan now, right?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 12:28 PM (ULPxl)

10 Maybe the Washington Post could do a story on it?


Ha ha ha ha--I crack myself up sometimes!

Posted by: Crusader at January 27, 2026 12:28 PM (Cjcf6)

11 Communists killing and/or kidnapping and imprisoning each other.

Wake me up when something new happens. Same shit story for the last 100 years.

We're about a generation away from this shit here in the US.

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 12:28 PM (5aZAZ)

12 Coup-poo!

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 12:28 PM (wVcYX)

13 No weeping for either team, here.

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 27, 2026 12:28 PM (qo38o)

14 The senior ranks of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) are in tatters ...

-----------

Not to worry, comrades -- Rear Admiral Levine, Milley Vanilli, Lloyd Austin (Afronaut), and Lt. Col. Bearclaw are tanned, unarrested, and available!

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 27, 2026 12:29 PM (5NBTt)

15 You know what coup rhymes with!
Posted by: Tucker Shmarlson

Poo!

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 12:29 PM (77rzZ)

16 7 So the Military Plotted a Coup and Kidnapping. But Then Xi Launched a Counter-Coup.

Coup-Xi-coup!
Posted by: Charo at January 27, 2026 12:28 PM (Fs0KI)

It'd be nice if they all could fucking lose.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 12:29 PM (bss/y)

17 Seems like a big deal. I wonder why no one is covering it?

Posted by: huerfano at January 27, 2026 12:29 PM (98kQX)

18 Coup coup cou-joo

Posted by: I am the Eggman at January 27, 2026 12:29 PM (jc0TO)

19

I'm sure this got buried in the last thread, but the guy who got shot was an agitator known to ice who had his ribs broken the week before during a violent altercation with them in other words they knew who this guy was and when they saw a gun there was a reason for the response. Not really a justification but certainly you poke the bear enough you're going to get the claws

Posted by: imp at January 27, 2026 12:29 PM (g6TN6)

20 9 So he's going to invade Taiwan now, right?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 12:28 PM (ULPxl)

Right after purging the military? That's a Stalin before Barbarossa move there. (Note: it did not go well.)

Still, it would be on brand.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 12:30 PM (bss/y)

21 China is asshoe !!!



Posted by: SantaRosaStan at January 27, 2026 12:30 PM (94/H1)

22 How much of a coup can it be if shots aren't fired. These are generals, yes? Did none of their troops fire when whoever came to arrest the generals arrived?

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 27, 2026 12:30 PM (jc0TO)

23 and what group can arrest generals?

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 27, 2026 12:31 PM (jc0TO)

24 An issue every dictator must continually think about: Who guards the guards?

Posted by: Gref at January 27, 2026 12:31 PM (5rh/l)

25 He Weidong has the best name of all those guys.

Posted by: garrett at January 27, 2026 12:31 PM (ZcsJV)

26 So the coup against Pooh failed. *sigh*

Posted by: redridinghood at January 27, 2026 12:31 PM (NpAcC)

27
Come at the King, you best not miss.

It's all in Da Game, yo.

Posted by: Zombie Omar Little at January 27, 2026 12:31 PM (y9nCu)

28 >> The claims of an actual coup attempt, with senior military leaders plotting to kidnap Xi,

Not so fast, Rong Ranger.

Posted by: Xi Watidid at January 27, 2026 12:32 PM (7kply)

29 I guess they wanted some of the honey from Comrade Pooh's honey pot.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 27, 2026 12:32 PM (L/fGl)

30 and what group can arrest generals?
Posted by: toby928(c)

Specifics?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 27, 2026 12:32 PM (mlg/3)

31 None of this is anything new, grasshopper.

Posted by: Zombie Master Po at January 27, 2026 12:32 PM (Q+gd/)

32 1. Stage coup
2. ????
3. Profit!

Actually curious as to what would have changed in China if the coup was successful.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 27, 2026 12:32 PM (Dv3i1)

33 Coupbaya, my lord, coupbaya.....

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 27, 2026 12:32 PM (LxER7)

34 I am the Xi Man
I am the Zhang Man
Coup coup cachoo!!

Posted by: Tonypete at January 27, 2026 12:32 PM (cYBz/)

35 Why is it unfortunate that Xi stopped the coup? Whoever succeeds him won't be any better, perhaps worse. Does this Twitiot think there is some kind of Thomas Jefferspn type in the PLA?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 12:32 PM (BI5O2)

36 I rate this story fairly low on my "Did This Shit Really Happen?" scale. Not at zero. But low.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 12:32 PM (iFTx/)

37 22 so far.

Posted by: Counting Coup at January 27, 2026 12:32 PM (w9Wax)

38 When does Xi Jinping start rolling ball bearings in his hand and remarking about his disloyal officers?

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 12:33 PM (wVcYX)

39 He Weidong has the best name of all those guys.
Posted by: garrett

It is also the alias that The Paolo adopts when visiting China.
-- The Paolo

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 12:33 PM (77rzZ)

40 Remember the tires falling off the Russian vehicles in the initial invasion of Ukraine?


Yeah...I get the feeling that China's Military is in worse shape than Russia's was at that moment.

Posted by: garrett at January 27, 2026 12:33 PM (ZcsJV)

41 Gee Willikers, I wonder which of those six generals tipped off Xi???

Posted by: Tex Lovera at January 27, 2026 12:34 PM (wtvvX)

42 an internet-based claim without any legacy media confirmation.
______
Doesn't that mean it's probably true?

Posted by: Eeyore at January 27, 2026 12:34 PM (s0JqF)

43 8 You know what coup rhymes with!

Posted by: Tucker Shmarlson at January 27, 2026 12:28 PM (cxiKi)

NO COUP FOR YOU!!!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at January 27, 2026 12:34 PM (wtvvX)

44 I foresee an epidemic of people falling out of windows.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 27, 2026 12:34 PM (L/fGl)

45 So for all their Asian wiliness and cunning, Red China is no better than some 3rd world banana republic like Nicaraguaaaaa or the United States.

Posted by: Zombie Omar Torrijos at January 27, 2026 12:34 PM (R/m4+)

46 23 and what group can arrest generals?

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 27, 2026 12:31 PM (jc0TO)

My Praetorians!

Posted by: Ghosts of numerous Roman Emperors assasinated by their Praetorians at January 27, 2026 12:34 PM (5rh/l)

47 22 How much of a coup can it be if shots aren't fired. These are generals, yes? Did none of their troops fire when whoever came to arrest the generals arrived?
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 27, 2026 12:30 PM (jc0TO)

How much of an actual coup was the Erdogan Reichstag fire to draw out seditious military guys (which is what I am convinced it was) in... 2016?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 12:35 PM (bss/y)

48 Actually, I take it back. A couple would be good. It would, at least for a time, halt the flow of payments to Congress.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 12:35 PM (BI5O2)

49 So many coupes, so little time ....

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 12:35 PM (iFTx/)

50 So, Zerohedge isn't even running this, so I also rate the likelihood it happened, or happened just like this, as low...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 27, 2026 12:35 PM (tOcjL)

51 Looking at the org chart for Chinese leadership, I got a pretty good idea who leaked the coup attempt to Xi.

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at January 27, 2026 12:35 PM (LSR8N)

52 I’m guessing we will need to lockdown for the next shamdemic soon?

Posted by: Cray Cray at January 27, 2026 12:35 PM (UM59F)

53 Russia, in particular, Putin is bending over for the Chinese. A lot of the top generals are not pleased with that. So don’t be surprised if you see Putin go full Stalin.

Posted by: Xi Watidid at January 27, 2026 12:35 PM (7kply)

54 So the one guy was gonna join the coup but then he chickened out?

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 12:36 PM (77rzZ)

55 Did Xi take out the political officer first (Miao Hua in the white suit)?

Posted by: Captain Ramius at January 27, 2026 12:36 PM (wVcYX)

56 44 I foresee an epidemic of people falling out of windows.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 27, 2026 12:34 PM (L/fGl)

GRAVITY STORM HITS CHINA

Posted by: Tex Lovera at January 27, 2026 12:36 PM (wtvvX)

57 Wouldn't care if the night of the long knives is a month long
Or 2

Posted by: Skip at January 27, 2026 12:36 PM (Qbzeg)

58 The media isn't even the media. They're like a playgroup.

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 12:37 PM (cxiKi)

59 75.725 pct of internet rumors are pure bullshit.

The other 97pct are merely bullshit.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 27, 2026 12:37 PM (ZrSVF)

60 Did Xi take out the political officer first (Miao Hua in the white suit)?
Posted by: Captain Ramius at January 27, 2026 12:36 PM

He had a cup of tea.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 27, 2026 12:37 PM (jc0TO)

61 The worst part about a coup in China is that an hour later you want another.

Posted by: davidt at January 27, 2026 12:37 PM (Q+gd/)

62 Zhang, 75, was vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) - the Communist Party group headed by the country's leader Xi Jinping, which controls the armed forces.

The parallels to the dying days of the USSR are eerie. Many, if not most of these guys are "princelings", i.e. descendants of the original CCP guys. Xi is 72, and this guy is 75. Admittedly, Trump is older at 79, but he's that rare specimen who can clearly still keep up the pace. Zhang looks like he should be playing mahjong somewhere.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 27, 2026 12:37 PM (Riz8t)

63 Talk about a right hand man! Maybe he's the informer.

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 12:37 PM (cxiKi)

64 Fortune cookie says: "Don't go coup-coup today!"

Posted by: mrp at January 27, 2026 12:37 PM (rj6Yv)

65 The BBC you say?

I'll be over in the corner not listening to them.

Posted by: connected and litigious at January 27, 2026 12:38 PM (cS1cw)

66 Is this a chopsticks within chopsticks sort of deal?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 27, 2026 12:38 PM (jtM2q)

67
If only they seized Xi's Hunny Jar first.

Their coup would've succeeded.


Posted by: naturalfake at January 27, 2026 12:38 PM (iJfKG)

68 I mean it's not hard to figure out who talked.

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 12:38 PM (cxiKi)

69 I can just see Odd Job flinging his hat in a room full of generals...

Posted by: Tex Lovera at January 27, 2026 12:38 PM (wtvvX)

70 Xi was to have been taken out by military helicopter. Unfortunately, pilots Wi Tu Lo and Sum Ting Wong were not up to the task.

Posted by: Bang! Ding! Ow! at January 27, 2026 12:38 PM (oftw2)

71 Go long on Crab Rangoon futures.

Posted by: dananjcon at January 27, 2026 12:38 PM (8C1eU)

72 Little Xi Coup, you don't know what I've found.

Posted by: Chinese Beach Boys at January 27, 2026 12:38 PM (wVcYX)

73 Why do I need to know this or be upset that I don’t? I have to have some level of trust that the people who need to know this , do.

If you try to absorb every action in the world that can possibly effect you down the road you’re going to drive yourself insane.

The AA prayer is appropriate on that subject imo.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 12:38 PM (KDPiq)

74
What I'm wondering is what's going on with the PLA Strategic Rocket Force. Currently without a formal commander, being run on an interim basis by the Rocket Force Political Commissar. Who did HE side with? Because that could really end up being a shit-show.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 27, 2026 12:38 PM (y9nCu)

75
1. Stage coup
2. ????
3. Profit!

Actually curious as to what would have changed in China if the coup was successful.
Posted by: Chuck Martel

How did you get your hands on such a highly classified document outlining CIA protocol for the last 70 years?

Posted by: imp at January 27, 2026 12:38 PM (g6TN6)

76 ZH, as repeated often here, is a site run by a Russian intel operator. The news always skews to what is most beneficial to the Russians. They will not cover certain issues, or cover issues where they try to add to the chaos. They pose as libertarians, but if you read that site with the knowledge it is run by a Russian asset, you can see it a mile away.

Posted by: Xi Watidid at January 27, 2026 12:38 PM (7kply)

77 And it looks like Tex Lovera beat me to the leaker comment.

Double drat on you and your family, Tex!

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at January 27, 2026 12:38 PM (LSR8N)

78 Yeah, being a government functionary that late is bad for anything. Mind just is not quite as agile (Trump included, but I think he realized that and surrounds himself with 'young thinkers.' That actually speaks well of him as a leader.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 12:39 PM (bss/y)

79 There is leaked audio of the failed attempt. Transcript:

"Coup! You been here four hour! You go now!"

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 12:39 PM (cxiKi)

80 When does Xi Jinping start rolling ball bearings in his hand and remarking about his disloyal officers?
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 12:33 PM (wVcYX)

Totalitarian political systems don't, generally, breed loyalty in senior people.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 12:39 PM (ExV1e)

81 How will the People's Liberation Army take Taiwan and destroy the US Pacific Fleet in a day if only a tiny fraction of its troops are trusted enough to be issued live ammo?

Posted by: Gref at January 27, 2026 12:40 PM (5rh/l)

82 Twitter accounts claim -- again, without confirmation by the fake media -- that the military leaders Xi was about to arrest for corruption decided to strike first and kidnap Xi, but Xi got wind of this and arrested them first.

It's the little deuce coup
We don't know 'bout the plot.

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 27, 2026 12:40 PM (JN6Jq)

83 >>> 80 When does Xi Jinping start rolling ball bearings in his hand and remarking about his disloyal officers?
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 12:33 PM (wVcYX)

Totalitarian political systems don't, generally, breed loyalty in senior people.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 12:39 PM (ExV1e)

You only ever have semi-trusted lieutenants.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 12:40 PM (ULPxl)

84 I don't trust the "traditional" media, but I don't trust rando internet sleuths either. At any rate, here's hoping for both sides to lose in whatever shit is going down in China.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 27, 2026 12:41 PM (XMwZJ)

85 35 Why is it unfortunate that Xi stopped the coup? Whoever succeeds him won't be any better, perhaps worse. Does this Twitiot think there is some kind of Thomas Jefferspn type in the PLA?

Maybe. Or maybe there's intense dissatisfaction because enough other members of the Politburo understand that what they're doing now isn't working, and they're tired of having everything decided by Xi, who is completely isolated because nobody wants to bring him bad news. There are probably quite a few who wanted to continue the liberalization that was happening before Xi, if for no other reason than to save their own skins before the people revolt.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 27, 2026 12:41 PM (Riz8t)

86 You know what coup rhymes with!
Posted by: Tucker Shmarlson at January 27, 2026 12:28 PM

GROUP!

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at January 27, 2026 12:41 PM (y9ksN)

87 Reminds me of how much I loved the movie Death Of Stalin.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 12:41 PM (KDPiq)

88 80 When does Xi Jinping start rolling ball bearings in his hand and remarking about his disloyal officers?
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 12:33 PM (wVcYX)

Totalitarian political systems don't, generally, breed loyalty in senior people.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 12:39 PM (ExV1e)

Just read pretty much any account of Stalin. It is one long thing of him suspecting first this guy, then that, then the guy who accused the first guy gets axed (literally.) These guys are often talented, but paranoid (to be able to rise within the system) and then the power does NOT make them feel more secure. It just gives them the ability to strike first.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 12:42 PM (bss/y)

89 77 And it looks like Tex Lovera beat me to the leaker comment.

Double drat on you and your family, Tex!

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at January 27, 2026 12:38 PM (LSR8N)

Posted by: Tex Lovera at January 27, 2026 12:42 PM (wtvvX)

90 I remember an historical precedent. When Big Adolph murdered Ernst Roehm and the SA in the Night of the Long Knives, our betters at the NYT and the rest of the MSM interpreted it as Hitler rejecting radicalism and indicating his desire to join the brotherhood of nations. Peace was at hand.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 27, 2026 12:42 PM (L/fGl)

91 :-)

Posted by: Tex Lovera at January 27, 2026 12:42 PM (wtvvX)

92 Rhymes with 1989

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 27, 2026 12:42 PM (0U5gm)

93 Pooh got bloodied ... tough days

Posted by: illiniwek at January 27, 2026 12:42 PM (vbXSk)

94 Steiner-sahn will come.

Posted by: Xi at January 27, 2026 12:42 PM (Q+gd/)

95 Also, a power shake up in China could actually help world stability as they focus inward instead of fucking around globally.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 12:42 PM (bss/y)

96 Who will write the first article about this story, tying it to their hope that someone can coup Trump? Because that would be some original shit.

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 12:42 PM (cxiKi)

97 Looks like the Chicoms had their own version of Milley. I have a feeling that their version will receive a bit more harshness than merely having their portrait taken down.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at January 27, 2026 12:43 PM (CwhoI)

98 Media quiet because they have not received their existence instructions.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 27, 2026 12:43 PM (EyfuW)

99 Is the survivor (for now) Zhang the dude responsible for inspecting and disciplining the Chinese women military units in the PLA?

Lucky guy.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 12:43 PM (wVcYX)

100 94 Steiner-sahn will come.
Posted by: Xi at January 27, 2026 12:42 PM (Q+gd/)

Isn't -san honorific Japanese?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 12:43 PM (bss/y)

101 Oh no won't someone think of the Pokemen?

Posted by: fd at January 27, 2026 12:43 PM (BuPGZ)

102 76 ZH, as repeated often here, is a site run by a Russian intel operator. The news always skews to what is most beneficial to the Russians. They will not cover certain issues, or cover issues where they try to add to the chaos. They pose as libertarians, but if you read that site with the knowledge it is run by a Russian asset, you can see it a mile away.
Posted by: Xi Watidid at January 27, 2026 12:38 PM (7kply)

True, but it does post worldwide stuff, especially stuff that would weaken China. Anything that weakens other powers is good...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 27, 2026 12:44 PM (tOcjL)

103 Totalitarian political systems don't, generally, breed loyalty in senior people.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Bearded Spock world taught us that.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 27, 2026 12:44 PM (L/fGl)

104 The media hasn't written anything because their editor/boss in China was recently mysteriously disappeared. They will get back to you.

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 12:44 PM (cxiKi)

105 our betters at the NYT and the rest of the MSM interpreted it as Hitler rejecting radicalism and indicating his desire to join the brotherhood of nations. Peace was at hand.

Well, back in the 30s the NYT didn't like Pedos either.

Of course were the modern FNM to cover it they would focus on Hitler engaging in homophobia by killing Rohm...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 12:44 PM (sKqQm)

106 Does this mean Trump will lift the tariff on egg rolls?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 27, 2026 12:44 PM (oT7pT)

107 Chinese PM Xi Plotted Purge of Chinese Military.
Military Plotted a Coup and Kidnapping.
Xi Launched a Counter-Coup.

This is just begging to be put into Spy VS Spy format

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 12:44 PM (ciYHQ)

108 Looks like the Chicoms had their own version of Milley. I have a feeling that their version will receive a bit more harshness than merely having their portrait taken down.
Posted by: Citizen Cake

It was Milley who called Xi to tell him about the planned coup.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at January 27, 2026 12:44 PM (w9Wax)

109 Isn't -san honorific Japanese?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Yes, "san" is Japanese.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 12:45 PM (77rzZ)

110 Also, a power shake up in China could actually help world stability as they focus inward instead of fucking around globally.

Yup, that has been pointed out. Chris Chappell at China Uncensored does good work on this.

Xi Jinping Has Gone Full Stalin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW-eeWn0i2o

Posted by: Archimedes at January 27, 2026 12:45 PM (Riz8t)

111 Just being inscrutable.

Posted by: Xi at January 27, 2026 12:45 PM (Q+gd/)

112 As of now, I am in control here in The Peking Restaurant, pending return of Zhang Shawbang and that other yellow fella, XI JinPingapong".

Posted by: Zombie Alexander Haig at January 27, 2026 12:46 PM (R/m4+)

113 I'm grooving on the satellite-tracking website that someone posted a link to earlier.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 12:46 PM (77rzZ)

114 109 Isn't -san honorific Japanese?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Yes, "san" is Japanese.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 12:45 PM (77rzZ)


The Japs stole it from us!

Posted by: Mao Tse-Tung at January 27, 2026 12:46 PM (5rh/l)

115 Good. This is useful if we go into Iran.

Posted by: Rip N Read at January 27, 2026 12:46 PM (Xm0J1)

116 Never go Full Stalin

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 12:46 PM (iFTx/)

117 You only ever have semi-trusted lieutenants.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 12:40 PM (ULPxl)

There was a reason that emperors played host to their underlings offspring.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 12:46 PM (ExV1e)

118 99 Is the survivor (for now) Zhang the dude responsible for inspecting and disciplining the Chinese women military units in the PLA?

Lucky guy.

He's the guy supposedly running their anti-corruption campaign.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 27, 2026 12:46 PM (Riz8t)

119 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 12:46 PM (Zz0t1)

120 ZH, as repeated often here, is a site run by a Russian intel operator

TBH you can learn a lot by reading a wide swatch of media - I occasionally watch Indian news and their perspectives on Western issues are interesting...

ZH in particular was about the best media source on COVID back during the Junta's reign.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 12:46 PM (sKqQm)

121 Totalitarian political systems don't, generally, breed loyalty in senior people.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Can you expand? I spent last semester at the Chi Omega house.

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 12:47 PM (ciYHQ)

122 Forget it Ace, it's China.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 12:47 PM (Zz0t1)

123 But what about the counter counter counter coup?

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 12:47 PM (cxiKi)

124 Was the failed coup led by Wei Tu Lo?

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 27, 2026 12:47 PM (LxER7)

125 Serenity now...?

Posted by: Hong Kong Phooey at January 27, 2026 12:47 PM (vneJl)

126 Well, one thing we can be certain of is that Trump wasn't behind the coup. If he was, the media would be all over this story as it would be framed as an "epic diplomatic failure".

Posted by: supremejaxx at January 27, 2026 12:47 PM (BudYP)

127 WTF is wrong with South Korea? They’ve become even more anti-American. I didn’t think they would renege on the trade agreement.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 12:47 PM (KDPiq)

128 A shiny new donkey for the man who brings me the head of Colonel Montoya.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 27, 2026 12:47 PM (jc0TO)

129 Never go Full Stalin
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

Actually, those who knew both men actually thought that Lenin was more ruthless than Stalin.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 12:48 PM (77rzZ)

130 But what about the counter counter counter coup?

Soon to be a song by Boy George.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 27, 2026 12:48 PM (Riz8t)

131 Oh no won't someone think of the Pokemen?
Posted by: fd

All the time.

Posted by: Don Le Mon at January 27, 2026 12:48 PM (JN6Jq)

132 When will CBD and Sefton stage a Coup against Ace and move the blog to Israel?

Posted by: Mister Ghost at January 27, 2026 12:48 PM (TGPs7)

133 This is big. Zhang was his oldest friend and longtime collaborator. Zhang's parents and Xi's parents were business partners.

As he was being hauled away, Zhang must have thought, "Want a friend in Beijing? Buy a dog."

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 27, 2026 12:48 PM (PtAHv)

134 Seen on twitter:

Some Leftist Jan 8, 2026: The most disappointing thing to come out of this ICE shooting is that the right doesn't give a gunch about human life. Watching people malign a mother for being murdered by her country is insane

Same Leftist Jan 6 , 2025: Happy Ashli Babbit FAFO day to all who celebrate

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 12:49 PM (sKqQm)

135 When will CBD and Sefton stage a Coup against Ace and move the blog to Israel?
Posted by: Mister Ghost at January 27, 2026 12:48 PM

More fool you, there is no Ace.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 27, 2026 12:49 PM (jc0TO)

136 The most disappointing thing to come out of this ICE shooting is that the right doesn't give a gunch about human life.

A gunch?

Posted by: Archimedes at January 27, 2026 12:49 PM (Riz8t)

137 But what about the counter counter counter coup?
Posted by: ...


Chinese counting coup? They stole it from us!! Cultural appropriation!!!
-- Plains Indians

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 12:49 PM (77rzZ)

138 I'm no expert on Chinese politics but I love to make fun of their haircuts.

Posted by: wth at January 27, 2026 12:50 PM (UjdFS)

139 Know what they call a Whopper in Beijing?

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 27, 2026 12:50 PM (EyfuW)

140 It's like J6 all over again!
- the US media, probably

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 27, 2026 12:50 PM (n5tGW)

141 A gunch?
Posted by: Archimedes at January 27, 2026 12:49 PM

Shh. Xe's rolling.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 27, 2026 12:50 PM (jc0TO)

142 off sock

Posted by: Gref at January 27, 2026 12:50 PM (5rh/l)

143 Simone and Malcolm are not the presenters of information one would tolerate without drugs.
Possibly if there were a transcript.
A transcript is sometimes provided. Going to check.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 27, 2026 12:50 PM (UZwsW)

144 If you order a cocktail at a bar, does it come in a counter coupe?

Posted by: Archimedes at January 27, 2026 12:50 PM (Riz8t)

145 But what about the counter counter counter coup?
Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 12:47 PM (cxiKi)


Seems like we should go back to the art thread and read that one post describing cricket.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 12:50 PM (Zz0t1)

146 Wow somehow my text to speech rendered f*ck as gunch.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 12:50 PM (sKqQm)

147 I bet Candice Owens knows what happened.

Posted by: Cray Cray at January 27, 2026 12:51 PM (UM59F)

148 Coup Buster Buster Buster 2000!

Posted by: Every dictator should have one at January 27, 2026 12:51 PM (TbWk/)

149 An hour later they'll just want another coup

Posted by: Sifty boones at January 27, 2026 12:51 PM (Q8RbM)

150 very interesting...

Posted by: runner at January 27, 2026 12:51 PM (g47mK)

151 Never go Full Stalin
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

Actually, those who knew both men actually thought that Lenin was more ruthless than Stalin.
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 12:48 PM (77rzZ)

Stalin was John Gotti. Lenin was Lucky Luciano.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 12:51 PM (KDPiq)

152 Know what they call a Whopper in Beijing?
Posted by: thug dolphin at January 27, 2026 12:50 PM (EyfuW)

——————-

A Royale with Dog?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 27, 2026 12:51 PM (u73oe)

153 Time for a remake of 'Aguirre, The Wrath of God', with Xi, having purged everyone else, sitting alone on a raft screaming, "I, the Wrath of God, will marry my own daughter and with her I will found the purest dynasty the world has ever seen. Together, we shall rule this entire continent. We shall endure. I am the Wrath of God!"

Posted by: Citizen Cake at January 27, 2026 12:51 PM (CwhoI)

154 So that's Xinnie the Pooh 1 and The Hundred Acres of lesser Commies 0

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 12:51 PM (sKqQm)

155 140 It's like J6 all over again!
- the US media, probably
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 27, 2026 12:50 PM (n5tGW)

J6-J7

*up and down hand gesture*

Posted by: My God...they've brainrotted everything! at January 27, 2026 12:52 PM (TbWk/)

156 He did not arrest one guy! He is the one who betrayed the others!

Posted by: runner at January 27, 2026 12:52 PM (g47mK)

157 Know what they call a Whopper in Beijing?
Posted by: thug dolphin

A Loyale wit cheese?

Posted by: Stu Podaso at January 27, 2026 12:53 PM (JN6Jq)

158 I'm no expert on Chinese politics but I love to make fun of their haircuts.
Posted by: wth at January 27, 2026 12:50 PM (UjdFS)


1.2 Billion Moe Howard's.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 12:53 PM (Zz0t1)

159 In other news, Marco Rubio will soon be named General Contractor for Pacific Palisades.

Trump signs executive order for feds to take over LA’s ‘nightmare’ wildfire rebuild in huge boost for victims

https://is.gd/vRmma3

Posted by: Archimedes at January 27, 2026 12:53 PM (Riz8t)

160 For all you Fetterman lovers. He just called for Trump to fire Noem, and provide a path to citizenship for all the illegal already here who haven’t committed a crime.

There’s your moderate. Right on queue with getting New Democrat voters.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 27, 2026 12:53 PM (i7wqn)

161 WTF is wrong with South Korea? They’ve become even more anti-American. I didn’t think they would renege on the trade agreement.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 12:47 PM (KDPiq)

Remember when the SK President tried to remove the Parliament on the basis that they had been infiltrated by NK? Remember how he was removed and then the Parliament started cozying up to NK.

Probably a continuation of the same thing.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 12:53 PM (ExV1e)

162 very interesting...
Posted by: runner at January 27, 2026 12:51 PM (g47mK)

And Laugh In lives on!

Posted by: tbodie Lurker. Unless you are reading this. at January 27, 2026 12:53 PM (LSR8N)

163 147 I bet Candice Owens knows what happened.
Posted by: Cray Cray at January 27, 2026 12:51 PM (UM59F)

The Jooos decided to stick with Xi for now. He does the best of extending their tendrils (they also wanted to reward him for his hand in Charlie Kirk's assassination and getting them pictures of Charlie Kirk with Abby Shapiro's Giant Jugs (which they really liked) and Erika Kirk with Vance.)

Probably.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 12:53 PM (bss/y)

164 I lost my J6 meme of a lawn chair knocked over, lil help?

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 12:54 PM (ciYHQ)

165 Anyone ever think of skulking around behind a VPN and posting dumb leftist drivel here to "own the rightards"?

I imagine someone with some ingenuity could do it every day but it would take immense brains and skill.

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 12:54 PM (cxiKi)

166 You look at that guy and think, He has never held a gun.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 27, 2026 12:54 PM (EyfuW)

167 No transcript, thought it was the tube.
Surely they appeal to some.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 27, 2026 12:54 PM (UZwsW)

168 Actually, those who knew both men actually thought that Lenin was more ruthless than Stalin.

If you can force a socialist to address Stalin's crimes they'll usually argue Lenin and Trotsky would have been more humane.

But...its a bunch of bullshit. You can only have communism if you kill a shit-ton of people. And then you get the USSR not Marx's stupid Utopia.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 12:54 PM (sKqQm)

169 Now my cousin by marriage is going to be insufferable. I commented here a few days ago that she grew up in Mainland China, and recently returned from a trip to visit her family. She said that the first thing that struck her was the lessening of compliance (without questions) displayed the Chinese worker in the past.

Her words: "Something is brewing. Something big."

Oh, and she's convinced that COVID was not an accident. She, and a lot of people she knows in China, strongly believe it was a miscalulated effort to test what they thought was a controllable virus which would cull the non-producing (Elderly, infirm) while merely grazing the more healthy (producers). It was paired up with the draconian personal credit policies China put into place around the same time as the virus breakout. All to accomodate the dire situation created by the past one child rule.

Posted by: Orson at January 27, 2026 12:54 PM (dIske)

170 >>>Wow somehow my text to speech rendered f*ck as gunch.

Posted by: 18-1

>Chinese AI tech. There's a glitch in the matrix.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 27, 2026 12:54 PM (oT7pT)

171 So this whole thing was a Little Deuce Coup?

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 27, 2026 12:54 PM (n5tGW)

172 Look, if you're Russian, or anyone, it's not hard to push news that damages the United States.

Just report truthfully about its government. It would make a buzzard retch.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 12:55 PM (BI5O2)

173 > An issue every dictator must continually think about: Who guards the guards?

Saddam Hussein did a ruse a couple of times where he would stage a fake coup. He would have some of his guards rush in, take other guards hostage with a gun to their head and say something like, "We're taking over, you're with us or you're dead." If the guard accepted, they killed him. The people who refused would live.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 27, 2026 12:55 PM (Yp6az)

174 Know what they call a Whopper in Beijing?
Posted by: thug dolphin

A Meowmeow Surprise?

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 12:55 PM (cxiKi)

175 Actually, those who knew both men actually thought that Lenin was more ruthless than Stalin.
Posted by: Bulg
__________

Lenin didn't shoot other Bolsheviks. I guess he at least had that going for him.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 27, 2026 12:55 PM (XvL8K)

176 Is the survivor (for now) Zhang the dude responsible for inspecting and disciplining the Chinese women military units in the PLA?

Lucky guy.

He's the guy supposedly running their anti-corruption campaign.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 27, 2026 12:46 PM (Riz8t)

There are two Zhangs! I meant the lower right one, not the room-temperature upper left vice chairman.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 12:55 PM (wVcYX)

177 Good time to EMP the fishing fleet which is ruining Pacific South America's food supply.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 27, 2026 12:56 PM (gKWVE)

178 Remember when the high-ranking Chinese intelligence officer defected to the US during the first Trump term? Maybe Xi's purge had something to do with that.

Posted by: Brisco County Sr at January 27, 2026 12:56 PM (A/tlT)

179 171 So this whole thing was a Little Deuce Coup?
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 27, 2026 12:54 PM (n5tGW)

You don't know what I got.

Posted by: Xi at January 27, 2026 12:56 PM (bss/y)

180 I spent last semester at the Chi Omega house.
Posted by: Fen

Chi O, Chi O,
It's off to bed we go.
For just a buck you'll get a f**k,
Chi O, Chi O.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 12:56 PM (77rzZ)

181 Internet Claims: Chinese PM Xi Plotted Purge of Chinese Military, So the Military Plotted a Coup and Kidnapping. But Then Xi Launched a Counter-Coup.
—Ace
---
All in service to the Chinese People.

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 12:56 PM (krQz2)

182 1.2 Billion Moe Howard's.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Why, I ought ta . . .
- Winnie Xi Pooh

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 27, 2026 12:56 PM (L/fGl)

183 General Keyser Soze was seen leaving the room right before it all came down

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 27, 2026 12:56 PM (XHNFq)

184 He is no longer Chairman Xi, he is known amongst the ranks as Warlord Xi.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 27, 2026 12:56 PM (UZwsW)

185 From the NY Post coverage of the President signing the LA Palisades EO:

"Trump signed the executive order in front of The Post, seated at the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office. When he finished adding his name, he held it up and noted, “No autopen” in a jab at President Joe Biden’s notable use of the mechanical signature device. "

Posted by: mrp at January 27, 2026 12:56 PM (rj6Yv)

186 Orson I mean ... that all sounds pretty plausible

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 12:57 PM (emBoF)

187 "Coup's yo daddy now, beyotches??!!"

- Xi

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 27, 2026 12:57 PM (LxER7)

188 During the arrests, was everyone kung-fu fighting?

Posted by: Citizen Cake at January 27, 2026 12:57 PM (CwhoI)

189 If I were Taiwan, I'd sleep a little better tonight.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 27, 2026 12:57 PM (XHNFq)

190 coup coup for coup coup puffs

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 12:58 PM (KDPiq)

191 Oh, WTAF?!

Now I'm gonna be paying to rebuild homes for Marxist millionaires who want me dead?

Damn it. Damn it again. This is NOT what I voted for.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 12:58 PM (BI5O2)

192 So he's going to invade Taiwan now, right?

I suspect the ongoing purge of the PLA is a decent sized portion of why he hasn't.

(To clarify: the purge atop the PLA has been verified by e.g. the Wall Street Journal, as have several others in recent months. The coup attempt is the unverified part).

Posted by: Ian S. at January 27, 2026 12:58 PM (2ocoG)

193 Know what they call a Whopper in Beijing?
Posted by: thug dolphin

2 inches.

Posted by: Fang Fang Love You Loooong Time at January 27, 2026 12:58 PM (R/m4+)

194 During the arrests, was everyone kung-fu fighting?
Posted by: Citizen Cake at January 27, 2026 12:57 PM (CwhoI)

Sho Nuff

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 12:58 PM (KDPiq)

195 If the guard accepted, they killed him. The people who refused would live.

Posted by: bonhomme at January 27, 2026 12:55 PM (Yp6az)

So you're saying if they refused the fake coup they were rewarded but the people who went along with the fake coup were punished. But the fake coup people who went along with the fake coup were also rewarded but only because it was fake and they knew. And if you tried to fake the coup with the fakers but you were not a pre authorized faker, you would be punished, but if you were with the real fakers or one of the original real fakers, then you were rewarded. But only if you pretended to go along.

Got it.

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 12:58 PM (cxiKi)

196 An issue every dictator must continually think about: Who guards the guards?

In an authoritarian system the dictator has to rely on the people below him because he can't do everything himself. Generally he does this by formally or informally making them rich. Then those henchmen have to do with the people under them and so on.

It is a tough system to maintain because it is always in a henchman's benefit to remove the man above him if he can, which then leads to the need for constant terror and a cult of personality as you see in socialist systems. And you have to produce enough goods to keep your henchmen and the chain on down fat and happy.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 12:58 PM (sKqQm)

197 Maybe they’ll have to leave Iran alone long enough for that to run its course.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at January 27, 2026 12:59 PM (jYRYu)

198 So now Xi made himself Generalissimo ?? Great...

Posted by: runner at January 27, 2026 12:59 PM (g47mK)

199 During the arrests, was everyone kung-fu fighting?

No, but the kung-fu grip was widely used.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 27, 2026 12:59 PM (Riz8t)

200 If I were Taiwan, I'd sleep a little better tonight.
Posted by: Huck Follywood

They're gonna hit the bars and taiwan on in celebration.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 12:59 PM (77rzZ)

201 Interesting. There is an anti-ICE protest going on in London right now.

Are they stupid, or just showing us the international links of terrorist groups?

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 27, 2026 01:00 PM (0U5gm)

202 Meh, Chyna court intrigue has always been.
Let us know when is overthrown by a bunch of eunuchs.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 27, 2026 01:00 PM (/lPRQ)

203 I quit Zerohedge when they ran a haha-so-funny article about the Turkish ship that was going to Gaza to... I don't know what. Make a big spectacle and test Israeli resolve mostly.
So Zerohedge weighed in and joked that the Turks were bringing the fearsome "Turkish cavalry".

Posted by: gKWVE at January 27, 2026 01:00 PM (gKWVE)

204 In an authoritarian system the dictator has to rely on the people below him because he can't do everything himself. Generally he does this by formally or informally making them rich. Then those henchmen have to do with the people under them and so on.
---
Socialism, just like they drew it up!

Posted by: Axeman at January 27, 2026 01:00 PM (krQz2)

205 Now I'm gonna be paying to rebuild homes for Marxist millionaires who want me dead?

Damn it. Damn it again. This is NOT what I voted for.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 12:58 PM (BI5O2)


It doesn't say the government would pay for the rebuilding, only that they'll come in and clear the path for the permits to be issued. The EPA was only there for the cleanup and shockingly didn't screw it up and make things worse.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 01:00 PM (Zz0t1)

206 I mean, I know that international groups are paying protestors, but this looks stupid.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 27, 2026 01:00 PM (0U5gm)

207 Never go Full Stalin
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade
.......

I hesitate to comment until Field Marshal Zhukov weighs in.

Posted by: wth at January 27, 2026 01:00 PM (UjdFS)

208 Maybe they’ll have to leave Iran alone long enough for that to run its course.

==
I wanted to withdraw 5 Trillion Rial to buy an egg, but none of the banks were open and none of the ATMs worked !

Posted by: IRGC member at January 27, 2026 01:00 PM (g47mK)

209 No more yanky my wanky, the Weidong needs coup.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 27, 2026 01:00 PM (n5tGW)

210 I remember an historical precedent. When Big Adolph murdered Ernst Roehm and the SA in the Night of the Long Knives, our betters at the NYT and the rest of the MSM interpreted it as Hitler rejecting radicalism and indicating his desire to join the brotherhood of nations. Peace was at hand.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Roehm was a homosexual, as were a lot of the SA, and later the SS. Hitler feared Roehm wanted to replace him as leading the NASDP. In the world of those kind of people, violent , harsh homosexuality was viewed as being the ultimate in manliness, and heterosexuality was viewed as weakness. A total moral inversion....and you wonder why today, in the 21st century, birth rates in Europe have fallen through the floor, way below replacement rate.
But Xi Jinping is probably very wary now of who he can trust and who he can't. I don't foresee any "invasion" of Taiwan just this moment. I think all along this was a Sun Tzu gambit, to put so much pressure on Taiwan that they would voluntarily submit. I think that is still the plan.

Posted by: Pepperidge Farms remembers at January 27, 2026 01:01 PM (vcOmj)

211 So soon before Lunar New Year!

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 01:01 PM (iFTx/)

212 The checks will keep coming, right?

Posted by: Fang Fang at January 27, 2026 01:01 PM (wVcYX)

213 I had a very popular album titled Poohcoups of Blues.

Posted by: Ringo Starr at January 27, 2026 01:01 PM (oftw2)

214 Interesting. There is an anti-ICE protest going on in London right now.

Are they stupid, or just showing us the international links of terrorist groups?
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 27, 2026 01:00 PM (0U5gm)


They want a piece of that global racket money.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 01:01 PM (Zz0t1)

215 Why is Trump doing this? Why is he taking money from his voters and giving it to the wealthiest of our sworn enemies? What the everloving hell is that man thinking?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 01:01 PM (BI5O2)

216 True fact: The American disease naming scientists skipped Xi when they were using Greek letters for COVID variants.

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 01:02 PM (cxiKi)

217 It will be interesting to see how AI impacts socialist tyrannies, because it could reduce the number of henchmen the dictator needs - fewer henchmen means more stability.

But I suspect that this will make the standard socialist problem of information worse. Sure, AI can in theory analyze ridiculous amounts of data - but if one man is still making all the decisions that won't matter.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 01:02 PM (sKqQm)

218 The Brownshirts out numbered Hitler’s troops significantly. Paranoia ain’t always incorrect.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 01:03 PM (KDPiq)

219
Unfortunately, Xi received intelligence two hours before the incident and has since arrested nearly 3,000 people, including military personnel and their families!

_________

*runs in breathless*

Didja hear someone got shot in Minneapolis?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2026 01:03 PM (tgvbd)

220 160 For all you Fetterman lovers. He just called for Trump to fire Noem, and provide a path to citizenship for all the illegal already here who haven’t committed a crime.

There’s your moderate. Right on queue with getting New Democrat voters.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 27, 2026 12:53 PM (i7wqn)


Tells me the Dems intend to push hard to sell voters on compassion for everyone's lawn care guys and their illegal wives, kids, and abuelas, applying "all politics is local" across the nation. All politics is local is why Dems stay competitive in too many House elections.

Posted by: Gref at January 27, 2026 01:03 PM (5rh/l)

221 zerohedge is usually BS so why would I care if they reported on anything

and YD the EO is not giving them money, it's TRYING to allow people there to rebuild in a reasonable fashion.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 01:03 PM (emBoF)

222 Taiwan should know what happened.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 27, 2026 01:03 PM (EyfuW)

223 I Meme Therefore I Am
@ImMeme0
Jimmy Kimmel BURST into tears while telling an unhinged leftist mob in Minneapolis that he stands with them.

https://tinyurl.com/4s95wdhp

Posted by: redridinghood at January 27, 2026 01:03 PM (NpAcC)

224 I imagine someone with some ingenuity could do it every day but it would take immense brains and skill.
Posted by: ...

Nah, like I said last week, this is a hardened site - sophisticated skeptics with zero tolerance for bullshit. I've been counter-trolling for 30 years and I doubt I could get one past you guys ("oh that's exactly what a troll say!") although provoking friendly fire might be the way.

If I was the enemy I don't think I would disrupt, would be better to let the site flow naturally so you could study character

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 01:03 PM (ciYHQ)

225 But Xi Jinping is probably very wary now of who he can trust and who he can't. I don't foresee any "invasion" of Taiwan just this moment. I think all along this was a Sun Tzu gambit, to put so much pressure on Taiwan that they would voluntarily submit. I think that is still the plan.
Posted by: Pepperidge Farms remembers at January 27, 2026 01:01 PM (vcOmj)
========

Some reports have the PRC birthrate below replacement rates, too. How many parents want to send their only child to war?

Posted by: mrp at January 27, 2026 01:04 PM (rj6Yv)

226 Interesting. There is an anti-ICE protest going on in London right now.

Are they stupid, or just showing us the international links of terrorist groups?/i]

Complaining about unlimited immigration can get you arrested in Britain.

Imagine if Trump did the exact opposite here and arresting people for posting on social media that they were opposed to ICE...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 01:04 PM (sKqQm)

227
It doesn't say the government would pay for the rebuilding, only that they'll come in and clear the path for the permits to be issued. The EPA was only there for the cleanup and shockingly didn't screw it up and make things worse.

-----

Well at least there's that. But I still can't see why he's helping these bastards. If anything, he should be driving around SoCal starting more fires.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 01:04 PM (BI5O2)

228 The prot thickens!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 27, 2026 01:05 PM (ib8fW)

229 BREAKING! General Tso overthrown by Kung Pow!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 27, 2026 01:05 PM (L/fGl)

230 177 Good time to EMP the fishing fleet which is ruining Pacific South America's food supply.
Posted by: gKWVE
---------

Very civilized, I like it.
My thought had been for a sub to sink every 4th boat and admonishing the other boats to pick up survivors and leave. Then rinse and repeat in South China Sea.
Your idea is more sophisticated.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 27, 2026 01:05 PM (UZwsW)

231 Some reports have the PRC birthrate below replacement rates, too. How many parents want to send their only child to war?
ng up

Some reports? Nay nay. ALL of them. The only question is how much do the official stats downplay the catastrophic birth rate, which is now below 1 per fertile woman?

Posted by: Archimedes at January 27, 2026 01:05 PM (Riz8t)

232 16 7 So the Military Plotted a Coup and Kidnapping. But Then Xi Launched a Counter-Coup.

Coup-Xi-coup!
Posted by: Charo at January 27, 2026 12:28 PM (Fs0KI)

It'd be nice if they all could fucking lose.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 12:29 PM (bss/y)

Would be awesome they all end up in the same place, have an enormous gun battle and all that's left is one lowly PFC bleeding out with an empty gun sitting next to a bag of money. Rest in p*ss, commies.

Posted by: Nelly at January 27, 2026 01:05 PM (7gpcF)

233 If you are a coup-poo-pooer, remember that poo-pooing the coup against Xi-Pooh ignores the principal element: Xi's bearing down on corruption and fraud in the PLA and in the economy in general,

And that, for example, Dr Oz is estimating $30Billion in medical fraud in CA alone starting in the Russian-Armenian community, and if MN is any indicator, we will have antifa and "immigration" riots in LA reaaaaally soon.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 01:05 PM (rbvCR)

234 An issue every dictator must continually think about: Who guards the guards?

In an authoritarian system the dictator has to rely on the people below him because he can't do everything himself. Generally he does this by formally or informally making them rich. Then those henchmen have to do with the people under them and so on.

It is a tough system to maintain because it is always in a henchman's benefit to remove the man above him if he can, which then leads to the need for constant terror and a cult of personality as you see in socialist systems. And you have to produce enough goods to keep your henchmen and the chain on down fat and happy.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 12:58 PM (sKqQm)

You bet your sweet bippy!

Posted by: Junior Soprano at January 27, 2026 01:05 PM (wVcYX)

235 Some reports have the PRC birthrate below replacement rates, too. How many parents want to send their only child to war?
Posted by: mrp at January 27, 2026 01:04 PM

If only the CCCP had some way to force them.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 27, 2026 01:05 PM (jc0TO)

236 For all you Fetterman lovers. He just called for Trump to fire Noem, and provide a path to citizenship for all the illegal already here who haven’t committed a crime.

There’s your moderate. Right on queue with getting New Democrat voters.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 27, 2026 12:53 PM (i7wqn)

Almost the same as Rand Paul except work permits instead of citizenship.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 01:06 PM (KDPiq)

237 History teaches us that when a dictator purges the military of top brass, and then takes control of the armed forces nothing good comes of it. It most of the time is ignited by generals trying to tell the dictator that his ideas are slightly "off" and will lead to collapse of the country or a World War, and then dictator insisting on it, and then the brass realizing that the dude in charge is insane, the plot to remove him follows, betrayal, etc. etc....

Posted by: runner at January 27, 2026 01:06 PM (g47mK)

238 Jimmy Kimmel BURST into tears while telling an unhinged leftist mob in Minneapolis that he stands with them.

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Tears of an unfunny clown.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 27, 2026 01:06 PM (L/fGl)

239 Interesting. There is an anti-ICE protest going on in London right now.

Are they stupid, or just showing us the international links of terrorist groups?
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 27, 2026 01:00 PM (0U5gm)
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I'm not at all surprised that the Starmerites are anti-ICE. If DJT succeeds (and I believe he will), then the pressure on Starmer to institute a MBGA program will be overwhelming.

Posted by: mrp at January 27, 2026 01:07 PM (rj6Yv)

240 Lenin didn't shoot other Bolsheviks. I guess he at least had that going for him.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

Oh, sure he did, in the basement of the Big Lubyanka. "Iron Feliks" oversaw that. He wanted to eliminate anyone who might think about being a counter-revolutionary to his rule. Lenin's number of killed was nowhere close to Stalin's, just because he died (and Stalin probably was a party to him being poisoned).

Posted by: Pepperidge Farms remembers at January 27, 2026 01:07 PM (vcOmj)

241 o now Xi made himself Generalissimo ?? Great...
Posted by: runner

Short on the "general" and long on the "-issimo," as the saying goes.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 01:07 PM (77rzZ)

242 Some reports have the PRC birthrate below replacement rates, too. How many parents want to send their only child to war?

That's verified. China's got a demographic spiral just as bad as Korea and Japan. Worse in some ways. That's why the clock is ticking on Xi's ability to invade Taiwan.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 27, 2026 01:07 PM (UmGiD)

243 So you're saying if they refused the fake coup they were rewarded but the people who went along with the fake coup were punished. But the fake coup people who went along with the fake coup were also rewarded but only because it was fake and they knew. And if you tried to fake the coup with the fakers but you were not a pre authorized faker, you would be punished, but if you were with the real fakers or one of the original real fakers, then you were rewarded. But only if you pretended to go along.
Posted by: ...

How about we just shoot everyone and break early for the Kit Kat Club? I hear Ginger just got her DDs

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 01:08 PM (ciYHQ)

244 Frok Yu, Frok Yu, Frok Yu, You're Cool and Frok Yu!

Posted by: Woo Coup It Be Now at January 27, 2026 01:08 PM (UqwQn)

245 The claims of an actual coup attempt, with senior military leaders plotting to kidnap Xi, is an internet-based claim without any legacy media confirmation.
--

So you are telling me this is most likely true then.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 27, 2026 01:08 PM (xvV+O)

246 So this whole thing was a Little Deuce Coup?
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 27, 2026 12:54 PM (n5tGW)

You don't know what I got.

Posted by: Xi
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Only at AoSHQ

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 27, 2026 01:08 PM (XeU6L)

247 The Night Coupchago Died
Brother what a night it really was

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at January 27, 2026 01:08 PM (n5tGW)

248 @ImMeme0
Jimmy Kimmel BURST into tears while telling an unhinged leftist mob in Minneapolis that he stands with them.

https://tinyurl.com/4s95wdhp
Posted by: redridinghood at January 27, 2026 01:03 PM (NpAcC)


"We also want to see those Epstein files....."

Oh FFS........You mean the one's the Biden administration had for 4 years and didn't find ONE THING to topple the Trump candidacy in 2024?

You are SUCH a f*cking jackass. You're gonna have a DHS official on to make up for your woeful coverage of the right side of the aisle?

Asshole.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 01:08 PM (Zz0t1)

249 Kimmel cries more than a teenage girl who has an acne outbreak before school photos.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 01:09 PM (KDPiq)

250 I am just speculating about the goings on in the Middle Kingdom, of course !

Posted by: runner at January 27, 2026 01:09 PM (g47mK)

251 Tears of an unfunny clown.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 27, 2026 01:06 PM (L/fGl)
******
Too much estrogen.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 27, 2026 01:09 PM (NpAcC)

252 Jimmy Kimmel BURST into tears while telling an unhinged leftist mob in Minneapolis that he stands with them.
-----

How you gonna do that from NYC, ya little bitch?

Man up. Quit crying. Get a gun, go to MN and take on ICE agents. That's how you stand with the Pretti boys.

Do it. Do it now.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 01:09 PM (BI5O2)

253 214 Interesting. There is an anti-ICE protest going on in London right now. ... Are they stupid, or just showing us the international links of terrorist groups?
...
...They want a piece of that global racket money.


forWAR'd: CARPING FOR IT
MOUTHY LIBS WANT YOUR CHEESECAKE !!!

Release and deploy the deep magazine of NEPO-LIBs that have awaited their moment in the wings; indeed, FREE AND SPONSOR! the HUNTER BIDEN's, the NICK REINER's, the ever now, and future present Epstein's, Clinton's, Soros', the John Walker/American Taliban's, the James Fergie Chambers (Cox Heir and professional revolutionaries) who will proudly do unto their own people PRECISELY what they forbid us to do to our Adversaries.

We can`t be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans -- Arch Traitor-Bill Clinton'93

Some politco's are obviouslyl regretting the choice not to Depose DIMON and indict Brennan and his chorus-line of Dancin' Undead.
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-WhoRtheTargets
https://tinyurl.com/forWARd-ctHARRIS19takedown


Like Seriously. What could go Wrong?
Why so Serious?
https://tinyurl.com/EvilDoktor-HillarySoSerious
https://tinyurl.com/EvilDoktor-GavinUberAlles

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at January 27, 2026 01:09 PM (xSVfc)

254 Is the group aware of Maga man? https://youtu.be/654p_58VZhc?si=dxGWCWqunZbf0FvA

Posted by: John at January 27, 2026 01:10 PM (mrQ1i)

255 Chinese Fire Drill

Posted by: Wally at January 27, 2026 01:10 PM (65cLN)

256 The Emperor is still in charge. It could be worse. Imagine China split up by military warlords, each with his own stockpile of nuclear weapons.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 27, 2026 01:10 PM (+ltn5)

257 203 I quit Zerohedge when ...
Posted by: gKWVE
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ZH can be stupid and biased But they also bring articles of national and personal monetary (not as much) interest that are pertinent and untouched by the MSM.

The DM was also a spot but it's moved to more trash less info.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 27, 2026 01:10 PM (UZwsW)

258 Location! Location! Location!

Dustin Grage @GrageDustin
5h

So a lot of people are asking why police actually did their jobs last night.

What happened wasn’t in Minneapolis. It was in Maple Grove, a wealthier suburban community.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 27, 2026 01:10 PM (ib8fW)

259 Unfortunately, Xi received intelligence two hours before the incident and has since arrested nearly 3,000 people, including military personnel and their families!
++++

Internal State Police agile enough to liquidate thousands on a moments notice.

This is the domestic police force more powerful than the military that Obama promised us.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 27, 2026 01:11 PM (/lPRQ)

260 Is the group aware of Maga man? https://youtu.be/654p_58VZhc?si=dxGWCWqunZbf0FvA
Posted by: John at January 27, 2026 01:10 PM (mrQ1i)


"Fume"

LMMFAO

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 01:11 PM (Zz0t1)

261 A woman named Fanny Kaplan tried to assassinate Lenin for betraying the revolution, sort of like Charlotte Corday with Marat.

The Soviets blamed the "right" Socialist Revolutionaries and under Lenin persecuted them.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 01:11 PM (sKqQm)

262 "Jimmy Kimmel BURST"

Thoughts and Prayers etc

Posted by: Laced Romney Wig Mirror Salesmen Union 4 and Half at January 27, 2026 01:11 PM (UqwQn)

263 Interesting. There is an anti-ICE protest going on in London right now.

Are they stupid, or just showing us the international links of terrorist groups?
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 27, 2026 01:00 PM (0U5gm)

YES!

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 27, 2026 01:12 PM (xvV+O)

264 Kimmel cries more than a teenage girl who has an acne outbreak before school photos.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026

In my dad's HS chemistry class, they were doing an experiment with ammonium tri-iodide right before. One girl biffed it and blew a little bit up. Stained her hands and face brown and purple. Not happy.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 01:12 PM (BI5O2)

265 Commie Bastard Follies never get old.

Posted by: tubal at January 27, 2026 01:12 PM (pDt9x)

266 Frok Yu, Frok Yu, Frok Yu, You're Cool and Frok Yu!

Posted by: Woo Coup It Be Now at January 27, 2026 01:08 PM (UqwQn)

Lol

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 01:13 PM (cxiKi)

267
I can count on the fingers of one hand how many times I've cried as an adult.

Jimmy Kimmel cries weekly.

So, yes I'm more of a man than Jimmy, which sets the bar so low it's on the floor.

Posted by: Auspex at January 27, 2026 01:13 PM (Y8DZL)

268 How will the People's Liberation Army take Taiwan and destroy the US Pacific Fleet in a day if only a tiny fraction of its troops are trusted enough to be issued live ammo?
Posted by: Gref at January 27, 2026 12:40 PM (5rh/l)

During the final years of East Germany, the Russian armored units poised to roll through the Fulda gap had almost no operable tanks.
From the news and narrative, NATO was just about ready to surrender or die.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 01:13 PM (rbvCR)

269 Jimmy needs a hormone adjustment.

Posted by: tubal at January 27, 2026 01:13 PM (pDt9x)

270 The Emperor is still in charge. It could be worse. Imagine China split up by military warlords, each with his own stockpile of nuclear weapons.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
===

Intra nuke war in China would be my best guess.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 27, 2026 01:13 PM (xvV+O)

271 ImMeme0
Jimmy Kimmel BURST into tears while telling an unhinged leftist mob in Minneapolis that he stands with them.

https://tinyurl.com/4s95wdhp
Posted by: redridinghood at January 27, 2026 01:03 PM (NpAcC)
_

There is something seriously wrong with this guy. We joke about TDS, but this clown really has it. Trump broke his brain into mush. I really hope Kimmel commits suicide one day. The world is better off without him.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 01:14 PM (iFTx/)

272 What happened wasn’t in Minneapolis. It was in Maple Grove, a wealthier suburban community.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 27, 2026 01:10 PM (ib8fW)

Oh. So the people paying for the riots are the only ones being protected from them. Figures.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 01:14 PM (BI5O2)

273 Good to see so many of you brought your coup-puns.

Posted by: Editor at January 27, 2026 01:14 PM (8zVx0)

274 So was Walz an advisor in the coup?

Posted by: torabora at January 27, 2026 01:14 PM (6P8se)

275 So, yes I'm more of a man than Jimmy, which sets the bar so low it's on the floor.
Posted by: Auspex at January 27, 2026 01:13 PM (Y8DZL)
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So low, the bar is in the basement, next to the sump pump.

Posted by: mrp at January 27, 2026 01:14 PM (rj6Yv)

276 During the final years of East Germany, the Russian armored units poised to roll through the Fulda gap had almost no operable tanks.
From the news and narrative, NATO was just about ready to surrender or die.

During the late cold war period the US intelligence agencies claimed that the socialist country's economies were strong and that they weren't going anywhere so we would have to learn to co-exist...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 01:14 PM (sKqQm)

277 I find it interesting that the anti-ICE thing has gone international.

What business is it of the UK or the Italians or whomever else how we enforce our immigration laws? I think it would be comically retarded for there to be, for example, protests in the US over UK citizens being prosecuted for Mean Tweets.

Why, unless they have a stake in the game, do residents of other countries give a shit about US immigration enforcement?

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 01:15 PM (5aZAZ)

278 202 Meh, Chyna court intrigue has always been.
Let us know when is overthrown by a bunch of eunuchs.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 27, 2026 01:00 PM (/lPRQ)

Y'know, we just happen to have a bunch of spare eunuchs in this country. Does Beijing University give out student visas for cash?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 27, 2026 01:15 PM (w/O5Q)

279 OT: Hawaii Five-O is Nostradamus. ME TV is running an episode from 1969 in which this chick quack has a machine that diagnoses and treats disease from just a single drop of blood! Shades of Elizabeth Holmes.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 27, 2026 01:15 PM (L/fGl)

280 Or is the left just the same smooth-brained faggots everywhere and they use the same hive mind to care about the same shit, regardless of whether or not it actually affects them?

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 01:16 PM (5aZAZ)

281 Good to see so many of you brought your coup-puns.

Posted by: Editor at January 27, 2026 01:14 PM (8zVx0).
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In my best Chinese accent: Tears from the crip.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 27, 2026 01:16 PM (ib8fW)

282 I can count on the fingers of one hand how many times I've cried as an adult.

Jimmy Kimmel cries weekly.

So, yes I'm more of a man than Jimmy, which sets the bar so low it's on the floor.

Posted by: Auspex
===

I cried at my father's funeral.

When my mother died.

When 9 of my12 died.

At other extremely sad times I cussed and broke things.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 27, 2026 01:16 PM (xvV+O)

283 Why, unless they have a stake in the game, do residents of other countries give a shit about US immigration enforcement?

Its for home consumption. Its easier to arrest a Britain for opposing immigration on twitter if at the same time the British media is telling their LIVs that anti-immigration thought gets people murdered...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 01:16 PM (sKqQm)

284 Kimmel's wife crushed his balls into powder

that's what's wrong

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 01:16 PM (emBoF)

285 The Emperor is still in charge. It could be worse. Imagine China split up by military warlords, each with his own stockpile of nuclear weapons.

Where do you think those missiles would point, towards us, or towards the other warlords who want to kill them?

Posted by: Archimedes at January 27, 2026 01:16 PM (Riz8t)

286 Why, unless they have a stake in the game, do residents of other countries give a shit about US immigration enforcement?
Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 01:15 PM (5aZAZ)

Why do you call the plumber when your drain backs up?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 27, 2026 01:16 PM (JwNbV)

287 I wonder how many illegals live within a 20 mile radius of Fag Kimmel

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 01:16 PM (cxiKi)

288 270 The Emperor is still in charge. It could be worse. Imagine China split up by military warlords, each with his own stockpile of nuclear weapons.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy
===

Intra nuke war in China would be my best guess.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 27, 2026 01:13 PM (xvV+O)

This. They are a historically self obsessed people.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 01:16 PM (bss/y)

289 History teaches us that when a dictator purges the military of top brass, and then takes control of the armed forces nothing good comes of it. It most of the time is ignited by generals trying to tell the dictator that his ideas are slightly "off" and will lead to collapse of the country or a World War, and then dictator insisting on it, and then the brass realizing that the dude in charge is insane, the plot to remove him follows, betrayal, etc. etc....
Posted by: runner
++++

Wait until Xi figures these Generals did not pull these ideas out of their asses... Next on deck - 100,000 Staff Weenies and Intel staff.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 27, 2026 01:16 PM (/lPRQ)

290

Counter coup?!?!


I thought there was no math on this blog!

Posted by: naturalfake at January 27, 2026 01:16 PM (iJfKG)

291 Even General Zhang Youxia, who was considered Xi's right-hand man, was accused of treason for spying on the United States.

Wait, hold on: a Chinese general is being prosecuted for spying on the U.S.?

Posted by: PeregrineJohn at January 27, 2026 01:16 PM (M21OK)

292 really hope Kimmel commits suicide one day. The world is better off without him.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January


I understand the sentiment. But never wish that on any family.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 27, 2026 01:16 PM (W2Pud)

293 I Meme Therefore I Am
@ImMeme0
Jimmy Kimmel BURST into tears while telling an unhinged leftist mob in Minneapolis that he stands with them.

https://tinyurl.com/4s95wdhp
Posted by: redridinghood at January 27, 2026 01:03 PM (NpAcC)


I owe you an apology, Jimmy. I always thought that you were a cold, unimaginative, tight-lipped unfunnyman. But you're really quite emotional, aren't you?

Posted by: Major John Reisman at January 27, 2026 01:17 PM (wVcYX)

294 Why, unless they have a stake in the game, do residents of other countries give a shit about US immigration enforcement?

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 01:15 PM (5aZAZ)
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Worried that it will give native populations some bravery in standing up to what their elitists are doing to them.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 27, 2026 01:17 PM (xvV+O)

295 Kimmel's wife crushed his balls into powder

that's what's wrong

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 01:16 PM (emBoF)

Kimmel will think what you pay him to think.

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 01:17 PM (cxiKi)

296 During the late cold war period the US intelligence agencies claimed that the socialist country's economies were strong and that they weren't going anywhere so we would have to learn to co-exist...
Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 01:14 PM (sKqQm)
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The sooner everyone realizes that the last 30 years of the Cold War were just diplomats and spies on both sides jealously protecting their cushy-ass jobs, the better off we'll all be. That's all it boils down to.

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 01:17 PM (5aZAZ)

297 Good to see so many of you brought your coup-puns.
Posted by: Editor

Pardon me, do you have any Grey Coupon?

Posted by: The Xi Man's Mustard at January 27, 2026 01:18 PM (w9Wax)

298
Remember that when they call you a fascist it's the Stalinist term for Trotskyite.

Posted by: Auspex at January 27, 2026 01:18 PM (Y8DZL)

299 >> For all you Fetterman lovers. He just called for Trump to fire Noem, and provide a path to citizenship for all the illegal already here who haven’t committed a crime.

There’s your moderate. Right on queue with getting New Democrat voters.


Well, Lindsay Graham came out before the 2020 Elections and attempted to pass an Abortion Ban...

Never forget that these people aren't playing exclusively for their own side.

Posted by: garrett at January 27, 2026 01:18 PM (ZcsJV)

300 Xi is on borrowed time (even if it's just old age). No successor, and now he's alienated a big chunk of the PLA leadership. And now the PLA generals have to worry about getting arrested.

Couldn't happen to a better bunch of Commies. Hopefully, they can both lose.

Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 27, 2026 01:18 PM (pJWtt)

301 284 Kimmel's wife crushed his balls into powder

that's what's wrong
Posted by: BlackOrchid

And she probably despises him in his weakness.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 27, 2026 01:18 PM (Dv3i1)

302 So was Walz an advisor in the coup?

Posted by: torabora at January 27, 2026 01:14 PM (6P8se)

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They don't wire transfer him Yuan as "Tiannemann Tim" for nothin'.

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 27, 2026 01:18 PM (l79zN)

303 When 9 of my 12 dogs died.

I have got to proof read better.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 27, 2026 01:18 PM (xvV+O)

304 For all you Fetterman lovers. He just called for Trump to fire Noem

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 01:06 PM (KDPiq)
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Trump says otherwise:

https://tinyurl.com/46w9ez6y

So much fake nooz!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 27, 2026 01:19 PM (ib8fW)

305 Even General Zhang Youxia, who was considered Xi's right-hand man, was accused of treason for spying on the United States.

Wait, hold on: a Chinese general is being prosecuted for spying on the U.S.?

No, he was accused of spying FOR the US.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 27, 2026 01:19 PM (Riz8t)

306 OT: Hawaii Five-O is Nostradamus. ME TV is running an episode from 1969 in which this chick quack has a machine that diagnoses and treats disease from just a single drop of blood! Shades of Elizabeth Holmes.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer

Yeah, wasn't she also the actress that played the Romulan commander in the Star Trek episode "The Enterprise Incident"?
Steve McGarrett is....The Jack Lord!

Posted by: Pepperidge Farms remembers at January 27, 2026 01:19 PM (vcOmj)

307 254 Is the group aware of Maga man? https://youtu.be/654p_58VZhc?si=dxGWCWqunZbf0FvA

MSNOW's UncleSourpuss cornered that market long ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJgL9pbDLBE
TRA-LA-LA: Brennan's battle cry striking fear into the hear of Maga... and the reality.

Depose (not sue) DIMON.
Indict Brennan, at least 6 of the ctHARRIS/19
along with the Epstein Collaborators and offer it for PPV. we'd be back to normal by Dinnnertime.

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at January 27, 2026 01:19 PM (xSVfc)

308 Illegal alien felon fans now conducting recon in Milwaukee for ICE personnel and their lodgings.

Very curious if DOJ has a legal basis to go after systematic activity that supports interference with/harassment of LE.

Saw one speculative analysis a few days ago, there were the usual roundabout kinds of violations. But nothing specifically about what we're seeing in terms of organized planning and action up to the point of actual interference.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 27, 2026 01:19 PM (U/Byj)

309 Too bad Milley's picture is up there with a red X across his face.

Posted by: Beartooth at January 27, 2026 01:19 PM (GGatE)

310 Jimmy Kimmel BURST into tears while telling an unhinged leftist mob in Minneapolis that he stands with them.
===

Did anybody try to tell Jimmy Kibble to "Calm the fuck down!"

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 27, 2026 01:19 PM (xvV+O)

311 >>The sooner everyone realizes that the last 30 years of the Cold War were just diplomats and spies on both sides jealously protecting their cushy-ass jobs, the better off we'll all be. That's all it boils down to.


'The Spy and the Traitor' by Ben Macintyre is an interesting read.

Posted by: garrett at January 27, 2026 01:20 PM (ZcsJV)

312 Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 27, 2026 01:18 PM (xvV+O)

I thought that it was a reference to the demise of some sexy woman on some Star Trek Episode which I hadn't seen.

Posted by: Aliasjonesjones at January 27, 2026 01:20 PM (ix8EF)

313 Now I'm gonna be paying to rebuild homes for Marxist millionaires who want me dead?

Damn it. Damn it again. This is NOT what I voted for.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 12:58 PM (BI5O2)

Well you are already paying for the welfare, delta smelt and homeless fraud, surely you can't gibe at this modest expansion of the budget! It is for the children!

Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 01:20 PM (rbvCR)

314 Worried that it will give native populations some bravery in standing up to what their elitists are doing to them.

There it is. Can't have the plebs getting ideas.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 27, 2026 01:20 PM (Riz8t)

315 "Jimmy Kimmel BURST into tears while telling an unhinged leftist mob in Minneapolis that he stands with them."

Wow. Nothing screams "out of touch elitist" better than when a stand with the street protestors is treated ad a life altering event

"Some of my best friends are You People!"

Sure Jimmy

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 01:20 PM (ciYHQ)

316 Where are the women? No DEI?

Posted by: Avi at January 27, 2026 01:21 PM (fBZro)

317 I wonder if the guy that came up with the Amelia game has been fired yet?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 01:21 PM (sKqQm)

318 Wait, hold on: a Chinese general is being prosecuted for spying on the U.S.?

No, he was accused of spying FOR the US.
Posted by: Archimedes

Before Trump got in office, there would have been a coin flip between the CCP and the Biden DoJ to see who would win the pleasure of prosecuting him.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 27, 2026 01:21 PM (Dv3i1)

319 Did anybody try to tell Jimmy Kibble to "Calm the fuck down!"
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 27, 2026 01:19 PM (xvV+O)
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I think the AoS style guide would say that one should tell Jimmy Kimmel to "calm his tits."

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 01:21 PM (5aZAZ)

320 Yeah, wasn't she also the actress that played the Romulan commander in the Star Trek episode "The Enterprise Incident"?
Steve McGarrett is....The Jack Lord!
Posted by: Pepperidge Farms remembers

I think so. Whiny little cry bully.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 27, 2026 01:21 PM (L/fGl)

321 I don't trust anything the Beeb publishes.

Posted by: no one of any consequence at January 27, 2026 01:22 PM (qFwJc)

322 What role did public sector unions play in this attempted coup?

Posted by: torabora at January 27, 2026 01:22 PM (6P8se)

323 I thought that it was a reference to the demise of some sexy woman on some Star Trek Episode which I hadn't seen.
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7 of 9 was a 10!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 27, 2026 01:22 PM (Dv3i1)

324 Illegal alien felon fans now conducting recon in Milwaukee for ICE personnel and their lodgings.
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I'm so old I remember when Kyle Rittenhouse going 5 miles across state lines meant double super secret prosecution and other shit.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 27, 2026 01:22 PM (xvV+O)

325 Jimmy Kimmel BURST into tears while telling an unhinged leftist mob in Minneapolis that he stands with them.
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Did anybody try to tell Jimmy Kibble to "Calm the fuck down!"
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious


He's .....ACTING!

Posted by: Pepperidge Farms remembers at January 27, 2026 01:22 PM (vcOmj)

326 really hope Kimmel commits suicide one day. The world is better off without him.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January


I understand the sentiment. But never wish that on any family.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 27, 2026 01:16 PM (W2Pud)
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Why not? He's a deranged cocksucker who wants me dead. I'm happy to return the sentiment.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 01:22 PM (iFTx/)

327 Remember that when they call you a fascist it's the Stalinist term for Trotskyite.
Posted by: Auspex at January 27, 2026 01:18 PM (Y8DZL)

Stalinist term for Trotskyite was Trotskyite.

Posted by: runner at January 27, 2026 01:23 PM (g47mK)

328 During the late cold war period the US intelligence agencies claimed that the socialist country's economies were strong and that they weren't going anywhere so we would have to learn to co-exist...
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It’s more specific than that, if memory serves, they claimed this just a month or two prior to the collapse.

Both the Soviet Union and Mao’s Communists received crucial support through the US State Department, the FDR administration first formally recognized the Soviets, among a great many other things. Chaing was slow rolled on supplies and arms and left hanging.

Sen. McCarthy was correct about the communist subversion in the State Department, it resulted in communist gains in Yugoslavia as well. They had their thumb on the scale in a great many countries.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 27, 2026 01:23 PM (zcETD)

329
Lenin didn't shoot other Bolsheviks. I guess he at least had that going for him.
Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

Oh, sure he did, in the basement of the Big Lubyanka. "Iron Feliks" oversaw that. He wanted to eliminate anyone who might think about being a counter-revolutionary to his rule. Lenin's number of killed was nowhere close to Stalin's, just because he died (and Stalin probably was a party to him being poisoned).
Posted by: Pepperidge Farms remembers at January 27, 2026 01:07 PM (vcOmj)



Also, remember that Lenin was still dealing with the aftermath of the Civil War when he stroked out. He was still hunting down White Russians and simply hadn't gotten around to internal party purges yet.

One of the big mistakes the Spanish commies made during their civil war is that they spent more effort slaughtering their own fellow travelers than they did fighting Franco.

For every democide, there is a season.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 27, 2026 01:23 PM (y9nCu)

330 > She said that the first thing that struck her was the lessening of compliance (without questions) displayed the Chinese worker in the past.

I'm not sure what this means. Are you saying the average Chinese person is less compliant now to the government than they were in the past? I'm also not sure what the without questions parenthetical means. Are you saying they are less compliant, but that it's not necessarily due to questioning leadership, but something else like motivation?

Posted by: bonhomme at January 27, 2026 01:23 PM (Yp6az)

331 OT - Any new info on how NDH is doing after her transplant? Is Alex Pretti's heart working for her?

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 27, 2026 01:23 PM (jc0TO)

332 Remember that when they call you a fascist it's the Stalinist term for Trotskyite.
Posted by: Auspex

That's alot to process. Again, can I just shoot them?

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 01:24 PM (ciYHQ)

333 “Roehm was a homosexual, as were a lot of the SA, and later the SS. Hitler feared Roehm wanted to replace him as leading the NASDP. In the world of those kind of people, violent , harsh homosexuality was viewed as being the ultimate in manliness, and heterosexuality was viewed as weakness. A total moral inversion....and you wonder why today, in the 21st century, birth rates in Europe have fallen through the floor, way below replacement rate.“

Source?

Posted by: Cow Demon at January 27, 2026 01:25 PM (2oNrx)

334 Another RINO wuss, this one from NY:

https://tinyurl.com/27zmhuyz

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 27, 2026 01:26 PM (ib8fW)

335 Hawaii Five-O is Nostradamus. ME TV is running an episode from 1969 in which this chick quack has a machine that diagnoses and treats disease from just a single drop of blood! Shades of Elizabeth Holmes.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,



That is probably where she got the idea from.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 27, 2026 01:26 PM (0U5gm)

336 When 9 of my 12 dogs died.

I have got to proof read better.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 27, 2026 01:18 PM (xvV+O)
******
I thought you meant siblings.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 27, 2026 01:26 PM (NpAcC)

337 When 9 of my 12 dogs died.

I have got to proof read better.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 27, 2026 01:18 PM (xvV+O)
******
I thought you meant siblings.

Posted by: redridinghood



I thought he had a cyborg chick.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 27, 2026 01:27 PM (0U5gm)

338 5 In before the Game of Thrones reference

The Rannisters send their regards

Posted by: tintex at January 27, 2026 01:27 PM (jb0k+)

339 Anyone who has a "D" after their name after everything, they are telling you what they are.

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 01:28 PM (cxiKi)

340 73 Why do I need to know this or be upset that I don’t? I have to have some level of trust that the people who need to know this , do.

If you try to absorb every action in the world that can possibly effect you down the road you’re going to drive yourself insane.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 12:38 PM (KDPiq)

If you had an Asian vacation scheduled, consider putting it off until things settle down.

China's demographics, particularly with regard to excess males, leaves a limited window of opportunity for military adventurism, e.g. in Taiwan; IIRC, if they don't do it by 2050 at the outside, it won't get done. Chicoms are evil, not stupid, so they are presumably aware of what even strangers can see in their own society; as such, any major leadership changes in the military could be a signal for an increase or decrease in the imminence of action, and it's hard to say which as they are genuinely inscrutable.

Posted by: SciVo at January 27, 2026 01:28 PM (Sy6m/)

341 Coup coup kachoo!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 27, 2026 01:28 PM (H6cKs)

342 As of now, I am in control here in The Peking Restaurant, pending return of Zhang Shawbang and that other yellow fella, XI JinPingapong".
Posted by: Zombie Alexander Haig

I know the above a joke, but the way Haig got treated of his statement has bugged me since 1981, and is one of my top peeves.

"I'm in charge, here, now" wasn't Haig trying to be president in violation of the order of succession. It was him saying to the USSR that there is someone in charge answering the phones who *will* retaliate if the USSR tries anything in the chaos. (Chaos like the vice president being over the Pacific on Air Force Two at the time)

Sorry for the rant

Posted by: Chuck C at January 27, 2026 01:28 PM (D0HYP)

343 Greg Price
@greg_price11
Arlington, Virginia County Board Chairman Matt de Ferranti tells residents to call 9-11 if they see ICE in the community.

Democrat politicians are now encouraging people to use emergency services to track ICE.

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Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 27, 2026 01:28 PM (NFX2v)

344 The entire Chinese system is corrupt, so an "anti-corruption" crackdown could happen of any given day.

Posted by: SMOD at January 27, 2026 01:28 PM (RHGPo)

345
It's a nice day to start again
It's a nice day for a red wedding
It's a nice day to start again

Posted by: Birry Idol at January 27, 2026 01:29 PM (jc0TO)

346 Fortune cookie says "Tomorrow many rice bowls will be broken"

Posted by: mrp at January 27, 2026 01:29 PM (rj6Yv)

347 I think the AoS style guide would say that one should tell Jimmy Kimmel to "calm his tits."
Posted by: ballisti

That is too much talking.

Here we call them, pussies. Not to be confused with you good women here.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 27, 2026 01:29 PM (EyfuW)

348 Why not? He's a deranged cocksucker who wants me dead. I'm happy to return the sentiment.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade


It still falls under Jinx Rules (blame April Gillespie). Short version, if he has it coming he can exchange 3 Bad Karmic Comments for a Thwart Fate card.

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 01:30 PM (ciYHQ)

349 Remember that when they call you a fascist it's the Stalinist term for Trotskyite.
Posted by: Auspex

That's alot to process. Again, can I just shoot them?
Posted by: Fen
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Don't axe me these questions.

Posted by: Trotsky at January 27, 2026 01:30 PM (XeU6L)

350 Democrat politicians are now encouraging people to use emergency services to track ICE.

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Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 27, 2026
01:28 PM (NFX2v)

Of course they are they believe the polls that say they are "winning."

Posted by: It's me donna at January 27, 2026 01:30 PM (VE6XX)

351 OT: Hawaii Five-O is Nostradamus. ME TV is running an episode from 1969 in which this chick quack has a machine that diagnoses and treats disease from just a single drop of blood! Shades of Elizabeth Holmes.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer

Thing is, if Holmes hadn't been such a star-f___ she might have been able to keep the equipment and goals modest, and incrementally improved the system.
Instead she had people like Henry Kissinger on her board giving money and they were too big to ignore, welsh on, or survive screwing them over.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 01:31 PM (rbvCR)

352 Why not? He's a deranged cocksucker who wants me dead. I'm happy to return the sentiment.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 01:22 PM (iFTx/)

Thats the spirit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 01:31 PM (snZF9)

353 I thought a Trotskyite was someone with the Mexican Two-Step.

Posted by: wth at January 27, 2026 01:31 PM (UjdFS)

354 If you had an Asian vacation scheduled, consider putting it off until things settle down.

Posted by: SciVo at January 27, 2026 01:28 PM (Sy6m/)
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Lmao.

Just don't go to China in general, because supporting commie trash with tourist dollars is for losers and faggots.

The rest of Asia is fine. The Chicoms aren't going to do shit because they are a paper tiger that has a hard time projecting power onto the man-made islands they've created for themselves a couple hundred miles off their own shores.

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 01:31 PM (5aZAZ)

355 Orchid how are you feeling

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 01:31 PM (cxiKi)

356 The sooner everyone realizes that the last 30 years of the Cold War were just diplomats and spies on both sides jealously protecting their cushy-ass jobs, the better off we'll all be. That's all it boils down to.
Posted by: ballistic


And those swinging resorts and casinos that James Bond was always staying at (felly reimbursed).

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 27, 2026 01:31 PM (/lPRQ)

357 >>>BREAKING! General Tso overthrown by Kung Pow!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer

>P.F. Chang has mobilized an armored division to Tiananmen Square to stablize the Mongolian Beef Uprising.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 27, 2026 01:32 PM (oT7pT)

358 Anyone who has a "D" after their name after everything, they are telling you what they are.
Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 01:28 PM (cxiKi)

Does Double Ditto (double d's!) for anyone styling themselves in everyday social situations as:

Dr. Joe Shmendrik, PhD.

Begins and ends with a "D".

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 01:32 PM (wVcYX)

359 Democrat politicians are now encouraging people to use emergency services to track ICE.

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Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 27, 2026 01:28 PM (NFX2v)
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Just last week, the Minneapolis Chief of Police had to release a statement begging snitches NOT to use 911 to report ICE movements because it was interfering with real emergencies.

Posted by: mrp at January 27, 2026 01:32 PM (rj6Yv)

360 Why not? He's a deranged cocksucker who wants me dead. I'm happy to return the sentiment.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 01:22 PM (iFTx/)
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Let the retribution flow through you.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 27, 2026 01:33 PM (xvV+O)

361 >>>LOL.

Who stole the fucking popcorn from the breakroom!?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 12:27 PM (bss/y)

The breakroom has been annexed by The Barrell LTM due to concerns over lack of space.

Posted by: Max Power at January 27, 2026 01:33 PM (SwyyQ)

362 We should invade now.

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 27, 2026 01:33 PM (NtVYv)

363 Doesn't emergency services have enough to do helping sick people, putting out fires, etc. without also tracking ICE?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 01:34 PM (ix8EF)

364 Had a two week group tourist/historical trip to China forty years ago. Not good food, although they said they served us Peking duck in Beijing. We saw many dirt poor people back then. No doubt it looks way different now.

I would never go back.






Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 27, 2026 01:34 PM (RuRlp)

365 Strike them now while they are weak. Vaporize them like we should have done in 1966.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 27, 2026 01:34 PM (abIsI)

366 Democrat politicians are now encouraging people to use emergency services to track ICE.

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If it saves just one child.........

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 01:34 PM (cxiKi)

367 Greg Price
@greg_price11
Arlington, Virginia County Board Chairman Matt de Ferranti tells residents to call 9-11 if they see ICE in the community.

Democrat politicians are now encouraging people to use emergency services to track ICE.

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Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 27, 2026 01:28 PM (NFX2v)
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All part of Cloward-Piven. Overwhelm the system (emergency services in this case) until collapse.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 27, 2026 01:34 PM (ESVrU)

368 Afternoon Ace.
Kind of amusing to see Canada and the EU making nice with the Chinese when the Chinese are on the verge of collapse

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 01:35 PM (IDEQi)

369 Just last week, the Minneapolis Chief of Police had to release a statement begging snitches NOT to use 911 to report ICE movements because it was interfering with real emergencies.
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How is ICE in the neighborhood not a real emergency? ICE is literally, LI-TERRR-ILL-EEE, LITERALLY!!!!!, sending people back to their home countries!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 27, 2026 01:35 PM (Dv3i1)

370 363 Doesn't emergency services have enough to do helping sick people, putting out fires, etc. without also tracking ICE?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 01:34 PM (ix8EF)
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In Arlington, Virginia, tracking ICE takes precedence for 911 operators and first responders rather than any of that other crap.

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 01:35 PM (5aZAZ)

371 We should invade now.
Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 27, 2026 01:33 PM (NtVYv)

Where is ZOD, we should seek his counsel ?

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 27, 2026 01:35 PM (NtVYv)

372
I used to root for Wo Fat when he came up against Steve McGarrett.

Posted by: Auspex at January 27, 2026 01:35 PM (Y8DZL)

373 Don't axe me these questions.
Posted by: Trotsky at January 27, 2026 01:30 PM (XeU6L)

We don't get to pick and choose the results

Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 01:35 PM (rbvCR)

374 "Associate Professor Chong Ja Ian from the National University of Singapore also said he was not sure what the real reason was for Zhang's downfall but that there was a lot of speculation about it."

Was Walz in on it? 😉

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 27, 2026 01:36 PM (NFX2v)

375 Is there any such thing as a "counter-coup"? Or does a counter-coup just neutralize the original coup?

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 01:36 PM (iFTx/)

376 364 Had a two week group tourist/historical trip to China forty years ago. Not good food, although they said they served us Peking duck in Beijing. We saw many dirt poor people back then. No doubt it looks way different now.

I would never go back

Posted by: JM

I go there all the time. Honeymooned there, even.
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Jazz Hands!!!!

Posted by: Tim Walz at January 27, 2026 01:36 PM (Dv3i1)

377 Is there any such thing as a "counter-coup"? Or does a counter-coup just neutralize the original coup?
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 01:36 PM (iFTx/)

No coup for you !

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at January 27, 2026 01:36 PM (NtVYv)

378 Wan Hung Lo unavailable for comment

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 01:37 PM (5aZAZ)

379 China Observer has a new report out about the "coup." I don't know how accurate they are but after watching them for months now the channel seems to know what is happening. YMWV.

https://youtu.be/mlKdLEqwEa0

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at January 27, 2026 01:37 PM (HTCU3)

380 Democrat politicians are now encouraging people to use emergency services to track ICE.
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Minnesota must be put down ruthlessly. If these people aren't dealt with harshly, this will be happening in every Dem city by summer.

They are probing for weakness, and appear to have found it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 01:37 PM (BI5O2)

381 The Germans engineered a counter-coup for Mussolini.

It didn't last.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 27, 2026 01:38 PM (jc0TO)

382 Wait, hold on: a Chinese general is being prosecuted for spying on the U.S.?
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No, he was accused of spying FOR the US.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 27, 2026 01:19 PM (Riz8t
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That's some crazy shit right there!

Posted by: Mark Milley at January 27, 2026 01:38 PM (8vUlE)

383 Minnesota must be put down ruthlessly. If these people aren't dealt with harshly, this will be happening in every Dem city by summer.

They are probing for weakness, and appear to have found it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 01:37 PM (BI5O2)
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Nah. I think I'm coming down on the "Let 'em" side of the ledger. Let these retards tear each other limb from limb and then piss on the smoldering ashes after several cold beers.

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 01:39 PM (5aZAZ)

384 "The Rannisters send their regards"

Really wish they would pick a lane. They're either paying their debts or sending regards. And now House Tyrell is insisting they rate two. I just told them that "Growing Stronger" doesn't really count.

That wasn't my brightest.

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 01:39 PM (ciYHQ)

385 Another visitor? Send him away.

*mutters to self*
I need another visitor like I need another hole in my head.

Posted by: Trotsky at January 27, 2026 01:39 PM (wVcYX)

386 I hope Walz is using lube while he's porking Trump in his keister.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 27, 2026 01:39 PM (abIsI)

387 Minnesota must be put down ruthlessly. If these people aren't dealt with harshly, this will be happening in every Dem city by summer.

They are probing for weakness, and appear to have found it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 01:37 PM (BI5O2)

if the MN NatGuard and state police put it down, then it just becomes a "local problem solved as it should be" and it is a flash in the pan.

And if the pro-protesters go on to the next place to kick stuff apart, and maybe just then the Feds will start picking up the interstate travelers who conspired to commit crimes

Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 01:40 PM (rbvCR)

388 Nood

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 01:40 PM (5aZAZ)

389 That's some crazy shit right there!
Posted by: Mark Milley at January 27, 2026 01:38 PM (8vUlE)
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Not as crazy as the price for a 3-bedroom condo in Vancouver, BC!

Posted by: mrp at January 27, 2026 01:40 PM (rj6Yv)

390 Nah. I think I'm coming down on the "Let 'em" side of the ledger. Let these retards tear each other limb from limb and then piss on the smoldering ashes after several cold beers.

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I said that in 2020. They burned and looted and murdered from coast to coast.

They're preparing to do it again.

Send in the Marines. Suppress the rebellion. Arrest all of its leaders. Execute.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 01:40 PM (BI5O2)

391 Wan Hung Lo unavailable for comment
Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 01:37 PM (5aZAZ)

Maybe he's retracted prior comments.

Posted by: I Was In The Pool! at January 27, 2026 01:41 PM (wVcYX)

392 Democrat politicians are now encouraging people to use emergency services to track ICE.

Can't the operators just say "OK, thanks for calling" and hang up? Yeah, it's a disruption but it's not like they have to stay on the line and take a full report, is it?

Posted by: Oddbob at January 27, 2026 01:41 PM (Fs0KI)

393 Media is just waiting to see who signs their next check.

Posted by: JoshO at January 27, 2026 01:42 PM (xL2KH)

394 The MN state police began their baton charge with the announcement, "you are under arrest. Sit down where you are and await instructions"

That is an amazing thing, since that makes everyone who doesn't comply and gets nabbed resisting arrest.
Of course it makes the smart ones run away faster.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 01:42 PM (rbvCR)

395 291 Even General Zhang Youxia, who was considered Xi's right-hand man, was accused of treason for spying on the United States.

Wait, hold on: a Chinese general is being prosecuted for spying on the U.S.?
Posted by: PeregrineJohn
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Proof, Warlord Xi is an honorable man.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 27, 2026 01:43 PM (UZwsW)

396 Wan Hung Lo unavailable for comment
Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 01:37 PM

Sad!

Posted by: Sum Ting Wong at January 27, 2026 01:43 PM (0sNs1)

397 NOOD

8th circuit overrides timwalzed MN "judge"

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 01:43 PM (ULPxl)

398 One of the most offensive mechanisms the media uses for censorship is deciding what is or is not a story.

Massive riots and deaths in Iran? Ho hum

Attempted coup in China? Meh.

Renee Good being shot by a police officer? Stop the presses!

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 27, 2026 01:47 PM (urppY)

399 Something about China? I'll wait for the DNC press release to report it. -- The Real Media

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 27, 2026 01:55 PM (wBaIH)

400 Iran
Venezuela
Russia
Cuba
China
Yemen

What do these countries have in common? They all are foes of the U.S. Notice all of them are in deep trouble at the moment. The only name missing is North Korea, and they have been VERY quiet.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 27, 2026 02:11 PM (urppY)

401 Bad and evil countries should be afraid of us. They can keep being bad and evil, but should be terrified of interfering with other countries, go crossing certain lines.

Posted by: El Mariachi - Attorney at Law at January 27, 2026 02:12 PM (urppY)

402 So we get snacks when in the Barrel?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 27, 2026 02:39 PM (H6cKs)

403 I like to read this site. Really like Ace's amusing contempt for these grifting dirt bags.
However.
Why the Hell has nobody said what I've been watching for ever since China's and Russia's radar showed that they truly are paper tigers?
Here, I'll be magnanimous and spell it out:
M-A-D-U-R-O. R-A-D-A-R D-I-D N-O-T W-O-R-K.
Heads have to roll.

Posted by: Jack Hagan at January 27, 2026 02:59 PM (3b927)

404 "Curses. Foiled Again". !!!!

Sec of War has reneged on hi as promise to the rafical right to Courts Martial Capt Mark Mark Kelly for his seditious speech about not obeying illegal orders.

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 27, 2026 05:03 PM (7l+9u)

405 Holy Crap.

Shades of Stalin's purge of the Red Army officer corps just prior to the Hitler-Stalin pact....

Posted by: Beverly at January 27, 2026 05:06 PM (reMys)

The Morning Rant: Hickory Shampoos For The Win!

punk-monkey.jpg

The recent shootings in Minnesota are a natural result of the breakdown in respect for the legitimate activity of government, and the blurring of the line between legitimate protest against government policy, and violent action to force political change. That it is financed and managed by outside actors is made possible by the failures in our educational systems and our body politic...both have failed to support and defend the political philosophy that created American Exceptionalism

Americans have had numerous avenues to express disagreement with public policy and government behavior. Obviously, the first and most important way is simply to vote. We also have robust legal protections of our right to speak freely and criticize anything in society with which we disagree. And protest is a tried and true American tradition!

For instance, the non-violent protests against legal segregation (separate but equal) focused the country on its fundamental inequality. Yet the violent protests probably prolonged the fight for civil rights! The Supreme Court ruling which struck it down was rejected by some, most famously by Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus, who instructed the National Guard to block integration. President Eisenhower promptly nationalized the Arkansas Guard to end the challenge to legitimate federal government authority and action.

Regardless of what one might think of America's integration efforts (it has been a mixed bag at best), it is a legitimate expression of the will of the people and the equally legitimate action on the part of government.

The massive demonstrations and other legitimate political activity against unfettered abortion bore fruit after many years. The process worked...albeit very, very slowly!

According to the compliant media, many Americans disagree with the current administration's policy on immigration, and are against their efforts and methods to detain and deport illegal aliens who are also violent felons.

Whether that estimation is true is a matter of debate...I doubt very much that more than a small minority of Americans would defend the presence of violent criminals in our midst, regardless of their country of origin!

But there is a way to disagree, and our founders made it a matter of (hopefully) inviolable law!

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Notice that interesting word? "Peaceably!"

Physical interference with the legal activity of government or, for that matter, regular people, crosses the line, and is not protected by the United States Constitution. Our founders would have recoiled in horror had it been suggested to them that violence is a legitimate expression of discontent with an elected government. Any comparison to our revolution is specious and ahistoric. The British ruled us from afar, without any provision for representation or redress. That's the difference, and it is profound.

Violent protest should be met with immediate and overwhelming force. Tear gas, bean-bag rounds, batons, water cannon, bayonet lines...whatever it takes to disperse and render ineffective the attempted violent overthrow of our government and the legal structure of our republic!

Because that's what it is...insurrection, revolt revolution, civil war...call it whatever you wish, but it is the theft of our collective freedoms in service to a minority's belief in their own political philosophy.

Demonstrate, write your newspaper, vote, call your representatives, go door to door explaining your political philosophy. That's all marvelous, even if most people will disagree. But the second violence is used, it loses the protections of our Constitution and becomes law breaking thuggery, and I and many Americans firmly support instant and aggressive action to end it!

Hickory shampoos for the win!

[Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter and X/Twitter]. If you folks who are on X/Twitter would follow us it would be much appreciated!

Posted by: CBD at 11:00 AM




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1 But what about Taylor, too?!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 11:00 AM (GBKbO)

2 Munkeh!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 27, 2026 11:01 AM (UUvzi)

3 Got me a nice hickory crook top walking cane.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 27, 2026 11:02 AM (Kt19C)

4 "We also have robust legal protections of our right to speak freely and criticize anything in society with which we disagree."

The last nation on Earth with that blessing. Nothing else is as precious. We need to vigorously protect it.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 11:02 AM (N8ZBc)

5 Willowed, but important.

432 I've been really enjoying Witchfire.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

👍

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at January 27, 2026 11:02 AM (JCZqz)

6 It's a terrorist insurgency.

They should be cracking the books, following the money and orgs and RICOing the fuck out of the financiers.

We'll see if they do or not.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 27, 2026 11:03 AM (xcxpd)

7 The mob of nobodies with expensive cameras taking pictures that will never be seen does not equate to "press." They are crisis actors participating in an insurrection and have no legitimacy.

Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 27, 2026 11:03 AM (jUIA1)

8 7 It's a terrorist insurgency.

They should be cracking the books, following the money and orgs and RICOing the fuck out of the financiers.

We'll see if they do or not.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 27, 2026 11:03 AM (xcxpd)

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Patel is making the mouth noises that they are.

We'll see.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 11:03 AM (GBKbO)

9 We need to go back to having consequences for actions.

Especially for the left.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 27, 2026 11:03 AM (jtM2q)

10
MUNKEY

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 27, 2026 11:04 AM (y9nCu)

11 MONKEY!

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at January 27, 2026 11:04 AM (zjgNU)

12 Hickory shampoos for the win!
-

Tegrin?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 27, 2026 11:04 AM (UUvzi)

13 1 But what about Taylor, too?!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 11:00 AM (GBKbO)

It's Tippecanoe all the way for me

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 27, 2026 11:04 AM (xcxpd)

14 3 Got me a nice hickory crook top walking cane.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats

Dat's raciss!

Posted by: Civil Rights Walking Stick at January 27, 2026 11:04 AM (oftw2)

15 They're using a backhoe to clear the snow on the streets in my neighborhood. They're doing my street now.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 11:05 AM (77rzZ)

16 It's a terrorist insurgency.

They should be cracking the books, following the money and orgs and RICOing the fuck out of the financiers.

We'll see if they do or not.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 27, 2026 11:03 AM (xcxpd)

=====

Patel is making the mouth noises that they are.

We'll see.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 11:03 AM (GBKbO)

Yes, we'll see. I will be very disappointed if they just 'run out the clock' like a lot of Trump 1.0's admin.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 27, 2026 11:05 AM (xcxpd)

17 But what about Taylor, too?!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 11:00 AM (GBKbO)
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Fifty-four forty or fight!!!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 27, 2026 11:05 AM (OvMCw)

18 Hickory shampoos for the win!

Posted by: CBD at 11:00 AM

Gee, your blood smells terrific!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 27, 2026 11:05 AM (kgE5c)

19 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 11:05 AM (Zz0t1)

20 SPONGE!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 27, 2026 11:06 AM (kgE5c)

21 Sponge nailed it!

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 27, 2026 11:06 AM (xcxpd)

22
May I suggest that you use your nightstick, Officer?

-- Billy Ray Valentine, Capricorn

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 27, 2026 11:06 AM (xG4kz)

23 Gee, your blood smells terrific!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 27, 2026 11:05 AM (kgE5c)
-----------
Aaaand we're back to vampires.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 27, 2026 11:06 AM (OvMCw)

24 Interesting how TIMMEH! "Gargles Ballz" Walz suddenly decided to use the state troopers to, oh, I don't know, enforce the fucking law, after that convo with Trump.

Would love to see a transcript of that. Ideally the phrase "You do know that Maduro needs a cellmate, right?" was involved.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 27, 2026 11:06 AM (IG3/x)

25 It's always been said: Follow the money.

Yet it seems no one ever follows the money and the source is never extinguished.

We're never getting past this until the leftist billionaires are tried and convicted for treason and attempted overthrow of the US Government.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 11:07 AM (Zz0t1)

26 25 Interesting how TIMMEH! "Gargles Ballz" Walz suddenly decided to use the state troopers to, oh, I don't know, enforce the fucking law, after that convo with Trump.

Would love to see a transcript of that. Ideally the phrase "You do know that Maduro needs a cellmate, right?" was involved.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 27, 2026 11:06 AM (IG3/x)

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A detail I'd forgotten:

Antifa burned down a police station in 2020 in Minneapolis.

The politically minded leadership were most obviously okay with it, but the beat cops?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 11:07 AM (GBKbO)

27 Can anyone tell me what Original Sin is according to those accusing you of Original Sin? I'd really like to know.

Posted by: pudinhead at January 27, 2026 11:08 AM (1D2Ie)

28 I want to see how the feds handle the blatantly secessionist order of the Commonwealth Of Vagina to deny cooperation with Federal enforcement.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 27, 2026 11:08 AM (gKWVE)

29 Sponge nailed it!
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 27, 2026 11:06 AM (xcxpd)


MY MAN!!!!

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 11:08 AM (Zz0t1)

30 Sometimes a hickory shampoo is not enough. Try my Alberto VO-5 Hot Oil Treatment.

Posted by: Internationally Acclaimed Actress Rula Lenska at January 27, 2026 11:08 AM (oftw2)

31 '"We also have robust legal protections of our right to speak freely and criticize anything in society with which we disagree."

The last nation on Earth with that blessing. Nothing else is as precious. We need to vigorously protect it.'

That's why this sort of thing irks me. Please correct me if I'm wrong:

https://tinyurl.com/bpksesb8

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 11:08 AM (N8ZBc)

32 It worked, didn't it?

Posted by: Harry Reid at January 27, 2026 11:08 AM (2Ez/1)

33 25 PDT "Tim, lets clear the air on one thing. Do as I say and we won't release those shower room photos from your coaching days".

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 27, 2026 11:08 AM (gm9Sb)

34 Integration has failed American children just the way it was planned.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 27, 2026 11:09 AM (xvV+O)

35 I see a lot of people now criticizing Trump’s handling of the protest riots in his first term but they must have been quiet on aos back then because when it was rarely brought up , it was shut down that Trump was doing the correct thing. He was making the blue states look bad because their leaders weren’t doing anything . He shouldn’t go in and save their butts and get all the backlash.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 11:10 AM (KDPiq)

36 I think, the plural of Shampoo should be Shampoo.

Thank You for your attention to this matter

Posted by: Common Tater at January 27, 2026 11:10 AM (wO3Gh)

37 Decades of looting the US Treasury for trillions of dollars, with repayment expected from future generations, and then suddenly being called to account for their actions has caused something of a backlash from the thieves.

Posted by: mrp at January 27, 2026 11:10 AM (rj6Yv)

38 Demonstrate, write your newspaper, vote, call your representatives, go door to door explaining your political philosophy. That's all marvelous, even if most people will disagree. But the second violence is used, it loses the protections of our Constitution and becomes law breaking thuggery, and I and many Americans firmly support instant and aggressive action to end it!

Hickory shampoos for the win!
-----

In the Before times, I guess I would agree in principle.
Now I think we've given peace a chance.
Just let both sides have equal rights (and lefts)

Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 27, 2026 11:11 AM (Hx0tZ)

39 Meanwhile, the WSJ gave Tim Walz top of the Opinion page column space to spread his lies.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 27, 2026 11:11 AM (0yjaw)

40 But what about Taylor, too?!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

She still engaged to Travis?

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 11:12 AM (77rzZ)

41 Shampoo is used when there is no real poo to be found.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 27, 2026 11:12 AM (OvMCw)

42 I mean, the left still thinks the Biden administration sat on the Epstein files for 4 years and didn't comb through them to find ANYTHING to prevent Trump from running again.

Seriously.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 11:12 AM (Zz0t1)

43 >>> 29 I want to see how the feds handle the blatantly secessionist order of the Commonwealth Of Vagina to deny cooperation with Federal enforcement.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 27, 2026 11:08 AM (gKWVE)

I'm interested in how many counties participate in this timwalzry. Obviously NoVa and Richmond, but where else?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 11:12 AM (ULPxl)

44 A majority of the voting population voted to have the damage inflicted under Biden reversed, at least in part, by forcing the removal of the scum that invaded our country.

A noisy bunch of AWFL lesbians, geriatric cucks and Antifa incels think they can exercise a Heckler's Veto over what the people of this country duly voted for.

Trump should give them no quarter. No concessions.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 27, 2026 11:12 AM (fhCge)

45 Data Republican has done more in that area than a hundred thousand FIBs.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 27, 2026 11:12 AM (xvV+O)

46 The Supreme Court ruling which struck it down was rejected by some, most famously by Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus
——/

Who apparently deserves an apology, right? Universities now have returned to segregated by race classes, dorms, graduation ceremonies, among other things.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 27, 2026 11:13 AM (wO3Gh)

47 Shampoo is used when there is no real poo to be found.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 27, 2026 11:12 AM (OvMCw)


Poo is a funny word.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 11:13 AM (Zz0t1)

48 > It's a terrorist insurgency.
----------
It's certainly an insurgency, but from within. Funded from outside. Most likely China.

Neville Roy Singham, an American born billionaire living in Singapore and aligned with the ChiComs has been fingered more than once as being a principle funder for the Minnesota riots. His name keeps cropping up when people look into the money trail from the principles involved in Minneapolis back to the NGO's and then from the NGO's to the financiers.

Why this fucker is still alive baffles me.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 27, 2026 11:13 AM (jtM2q)

49 BEHOLD: The will of the people in evidence everywhere, yet existent in no one.

That those who Govern have Rights, that you as Citizen do not; to decide who must be sacrificed that 'they' may continue to live.

"Every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory" -- Shameless Politico THUG, Nancy Pelosi'09 in Red China.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMhwddNQSWQ
DARE TO BE ST00P1D

The purpose of Gov't is to rein in the rights of the people -- Bill Clinton'93 on MTV

forWAR'd !!!

Posted by: MANFRED the Heat Seeking OBOE at January 27, 2026 11:14 AM (06Ir1)

50 Our founders would have recoiled in horror had it been suggested to them that violence is a legitimate expression of discontent with an elected government.

Not that I disagree, CBD, but how do you square that with the violence in Boston before the Revolution? Houses destroyed, tea sheds pulled down, tarring and feathering and so on?

Although, I do find it darkly funny that, when the Shays Rebellion began in Massachusetts, Abigail Adams was at the forefront of calling for Shays and his men to be executed for resisting the established government.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 27, 2026 11:14 AM (ufSfZ)

51 Gavin Newsom is encouraging the protestors to "keep going" by which he means get some more insane losers killed. "That's how we win!"

Posted by: Oglebay at January 27, 2026 11:14 AM (GPa4z)

52 Ace alert. Ace,if you're listening, tune to TCM. A documentary now on that will help you with your French language studies.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 27, 2026 11:14 AM (gm9Sb)

53 "it is a legitimate expression of the will of the people and the equally legitimate action on the part of government."

By that "logic" pumping the country full of turd worlders is also a legitimate action. Biden was elected, his voters wanted this.

Posted by: connected and litigious at January 27, 2026 11:14 AM (cS1cw)

54 Poo is a funny word.
Posted by: Sponge


I watching you, Loundeye!
-- Xi Jinping

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 11:14 AM (77rzZ)

55 mean, the left still thinks the Biden administration sat on the Epstein files for 4 years and didn't comb through them to find ANYTHING to prevent Trump from running again.

Seriously.....
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 11:12 AM (Zz0t1)

The Left have always relied on useful idiots. The smarter of those idiots realize after it’s too late that they’ve been lied to all along.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 11:14 AM (KDPiq)

56
I'm interested in how many counties participate in this timwalzry. Obviously NoVa and Richmond, but where else?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 11:12 AM (ULPxl)


Timwalzry......seems a synonym for 'dipshittery.'

Well done.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 11:15 AM (Zz0t1)

57 Shampoo? Julie Christie was my costar.

Posted by: Warren Beatty at January 27, 2026 11:15 AM (wVcYX)

58 .
.
What's goin' on?
.
Maybe this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rj7xI3xmIAk
.

Posted by: Marooned at January 27, 2026 11:15 AM (kt8QE)

59 45 A majority of the voting population voted to have the damage inflicted under Biden reversed, at least in part, by forcing the removal of the scum that invaded our country.

A noisy bunch of AWFL lesbians, geriatric cucks and Antifa incels think they can exercise a Heckler's Veto over what the people of this country duly voted for.

Trump should give them no quarter. No concessions.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 27, 2026 11:12 AM (fhCge)

=====

Remember...the riots of BLM in 2020 worked so well that six states had to shut down ballot counting in them middle of the night to ballot box stuff like Tammany Hall (300,000 phantom votes in GA alone) to barely get Trump out of office.

The American people do not like rioters, and they tend to blame the ones rioting.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 11:15 AM (GBKbO)

60 >>It's always been said: Follow the money.

Yet it seems no one ever follows the money and the source is never extinguished.



Online sleuths do, but then. . . no prosecutions. Not when our FBI and DoJ are staffed with like-minded radicals, who are more likely to be coordinating with them than arresting them.

Honestly, if the DoJ doesn't take action against both the funders and the activist leaders in MN, including the state senators and Walz staffers, then they WILL do this in every major city, and they WILL win in 2028.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 27, 2026 11:16 AM (0yjaw)

61
1 But what about Taylor, too?!
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 11:00 AM (GBKbO)

Taylor?
Taylor?

What is this, some Planet of the Apes reboot?

Posted by: John Tyler at January 27, 2026 11:16 AM (Sxl5b)

62 Poo is a funny word.
Posted by: Sponge


I watching you, Loundeye!
-- Xi Jinping
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 11:14 AM (77rzZ)
-------------
There is (or was) a Chinese restaurant in the Crescenta Valley named the Poo Ping Palace.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 27, 2026 11:16 AM (OvMCw)

63 gp,

Three technicians were asphyxiated. One died and one is kind of menially deficient now. They walked into an area in the MLP that had been purged with nitrogen which is a normal procedure before launch.

NASA installed a oxygen monitoring system in purged compartments with local and remote alarms that I was a big part of at the time.

Posted by: pawn at January 27, 2026 11:16 AM (jnZe8)

64 yum yum shit
yummy shit pebbles
in my mouth

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith...who puts the anal in anal sex at January 27, 2026 11:17 AM (1+VNF)

65 Some things seem similar but they’re nothing alike.

The Left constantly make illogical comparisons because they are the devil’s minions who mix in just a bit of truth with the big lies.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 11:17 AM (KDPiq)

66 Gavin Newsom is encouraging the protestors to "keep going"
——-

Ah, the old “let’s you and him fight”. Stunning and brave, he is.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 27, 2026 11:17 AM (wO3Gh)

67 https://x.com/AmerRedistrict/status/
2016151110235423153

@AmerRedistrict
🚨2030 Apportionment Forecast🚨
+4: TX
+2: FL
+1: AZ, GA, ID, NC, UT

-4: CA
-1: IL, MN, NY, OR, PA, RI, WI

=====

Dems are fucked nationally unless they can mess with the Census again.

Black Girl Magic will save them, I'm sure.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 11:17 AM (GBKbO)

68 40 Meanwhile, the WSJ gave Tim Walz top of the Opinion page column space to spread his lies.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 27, 2026 11:11 AM (0yjaw)

The media arm of the Washington Generals? I dropped them 20 years ago but still get mail begging me to re-subscribe.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 27, 2026 11:17 AM (LxER7)

69 Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 27, 2026 11:17 AM (1+VNF)


You DICK!!!!

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at January 27, 2026 11:17 AM (Zz0t1)

70 > 1 Gavin Newsom is encouraging the protestors to "keep going" by which he means get some more insane losers killed. "That's how we win!"
Posted by: Oglebay at January 27, 2026 11:14 AM (GPa4z)

How dumb would you have to be to be a voluntary martyr for this dimwitted sack of hair gel?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 27, 2026 11:17 AM (IG3/x)

71 Shampoo is used when there is no real poo to be found.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 27, 2026 11:12 AM (OvMCw)

Ersatzpoo?

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 11:18 AM (wVcYX)

72 There is (or was) a Chinese restaurant in the Crescenta Valley named the Poo Ping Palace.
Posted by: Captain Obvious


I think they showed that sign on America's Funniest Home Videos back in the day.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 11:18 AM (77rzZ)

73 By that "logic" pumping the country full of turd worlders is also a legitimate action.

Posted by: connected and litigious at January 27, 2026 11:14 AM (cS1cw)

Uh..no. It was illegal.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 27, 2026 11:18 AM (Zv8bq)

74 Yeah I was always hesitant to order the poo poo platter.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 11:18 AM (KDPiq)

75 >>Gavin Newsom is encouraging the protestors to "keep going" by which he means get some more insane losers killed. "That's how we win!"


"Bingo!"
-- Hamas, who uses Pali deaths to get other countries to hate Israel, too

Posted by: Lizzy at January 27, 2026 11:18 AM (0yjaw)

76 63 Yes, thanks!

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 11:18 AM (N8ZBc)

77 According to the compliant media, many Americans disagree with the current administration's policy on immigration, and are against their efforts and methods to detain and deport illegal aliens who are also violent felons.

I read two different views of the current situation. It's interesting that two good writers reach such opposite conclusions. I'm now leaning more towards the first analysis.

The Walz is caving in to Trump
Talk softly and carry a big Insurrection Act of 1807
https://is.gd/iJ0MYN

Trump’s Playbook for Saving ICE, Reversing the PR Fallout, and Securing Our Border Forever and Ever
https://tinyurl.com/y2x3fewd

Posted by: Archimedes at January 27, 2026 11:19 AM (Riz8t)

78 Can anyone tell me what Original Sin is according to those accusing you of Original Sin? I'd really like to know.
Posted by: pudinhead at January 27, 2026 11:08 AM (1D2Ie)

In Catholic theology, original sin is the innate condition to sinfulness of all mankind, as a consequence of Adam and Eve disobeying God. It is the justification for infant baptism, to wipe away the sin.

In Democrat theology, original sin is the innate condition of racism of all whites, as a consequence for employing the Peculiar Institution in the founding and expansion of America. It is permanent and cannot be wiped away.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 27, 2026 11:19 AM (ufSfZ)

79 When I try to poo but can't, it's a faux poo.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 11:19 AM (77rzZ)

80 If the law enforcement and judiciary do not provide then vigilance committees will.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at January 27, 2026 11:19 AM (xvV+O)

81 ASS is a dumbass.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 27, 2026 11:19 AM (8CIFn)

82
Uh..no. It was illegal.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 27, 2026 11:18 AM (Zv8bq)


Hey! Welcome back.

The link in your nick is still fubar.

Posted by: Jeff Spicoli at January 27, 2026 11:19 AM (Zz0t1)

83 DAMN......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 11:19 AM (Zz0t1)

84 81 ASS is a dumbass.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 27, 2026 11:19 AM (8CIFn)

=====

Well, he does keep showing up to tell us about how much he loves eating his own shit.

That's his legacy.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 11:19 AM (GBKbO)

85 Who apparently deserves an apology, right? Universities now have returned to segregated by race classes, dorms, graduation ceremonies, among other things.
Posted by: Common Tater

And a lot of blacks are calling for segregation as well. Honestly, it makes me wonder why we bothered.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 27, 2026 11:20 AM (7xrfc)

86 A new poll indicates Antifa’s tactics are the 20 side of an 80/20 issue. The Dems can’t help themselves being on the losing side of these 80/20 issues.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 27, 2026 11:20 AM (QZThv)

87 Could someone with the unusual name like Orval Faubus get elected today?

Posted by: Rashida Tlaib at January 27, 2026 11:20 AM (Dv3i1)

88
Uh..no. It was illegal.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 27, 2026 11:18 AM (Zv8bq)



There is no law only Zuul.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 11:20 AM (Zz0t1)

89 Headline (CNN):

"Minnesota judge orders acting ICE director to appear in court"

Excerpt:

"Acting Immigration and Customs Enforcement Director Todd Lyons has been ordered to appear in federal court this Friday to explain why he should not be held in contempt for violating a judge’s order in the case of a man who is challenging his detention."

Posted by: mrp at January 27, 2026 11:20 AM (rj6Yv)

90 Hickory Shampoos For The Win!

And don't stop! Says right on the bottle: Lather, Rinse, Repeat.

Posted by: t-bird at January 27, 2026 11:20 AM (++1kQ)

91 Why do I feel compelled to say I'm taking my dog out for a poop rather than shit? Doggie defecation seems kind of too lofty.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 27, 2026 11:21 AM (8CIFn)

92 https://is.gd/Mbskuu
@TonySeruga
Employees at U.S. Bancorp in Minneapolis, Minnesota, are being investigated for assisting Somali and Venezuelan criminal enterprises to steal millions from banking ATMs across the nation, using malware named Ploutus, one of the most advanced and profitable families of ATM malware ever discovered, notable for its modular architecture, deep hardware interaction, and the level of insider cooperation often required for successful deployment.

Each compromised ATM can yield $20k-$200k per operation, meaning a small 10-person ring can empty millions of dollars' worth of cash overnight.

And because many ATMs still run Windows 7 Embedded or XP, updating is nontrivial - banks depend on vendor-proprietary runtimes. That systemic rot is the real story here; Ploutus just revealed how fragile the entire ATM infrastructure remains.

Banks underreport jackpotting for fear of losing public confidence.
==
Does ANYONE believe the timwalzed inbred muslhams came up with this all on their own? or even with help from the bank employees?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 11:21 AM (ULPxl)

93 86 A new poll indicates Antifa’s tactics are the 20 side of an 80/20 issue. The Dems can’t help themselves being on the losing side of these 80/20 issues.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 27, 2026 11:20 AM (QZThv)

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Issue polling is rife with major issues ranging from question phrasing ("Do you oppose the murder of Americans trying to save innocent guests in America and Trump?") to the fact that issue polling has a real hard time translating into actual voting patterns.

How many years did we hear about how America needed universal background checks, but it never materialized into a wipeout of the NRA owned Republican party that opposed it?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 11:21 AM (GBKbO)

94 The link in my nic should work...

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 27, 2026 11:21 AM (Zv8bq)

95 Could someone with the unusual name like Orval Faubus get elected today?
Posted by: Rashida Tlaib at January 27, 2026 11:20 AM (Dv3i1)
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William Manchester quipped that if he did not exist, it would not be necessary to invent him.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 27, 2026 11:22 AM (OvMCw)

96 Honestly, if the DoJ doesn't take action against both the funders and the activist leaders in MN, including the state senators and Walz staffers, then they WILL do this in every major city, and they WILL win in 2028.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 27, 2026 11:16 AM (0yjaw)

On the one hand, yes retribution should be taken against the organizers, as a matter of public order and respect for legal authority.
But no, this won’t happen in many other cities. Minneapolis is the dying husk of a once great city that never recovered from George Floyd and the Covid catastrophes, and now it is completely controlled by the grifters their flying monkey armies. It’s quietly become their HQ; that’s why they’re fighting so hard.
And sadly, no matter what happens, Minneapolis will never truly recover from this. It’s well on its way to becoming another Detroit, or Baltimore. Just a rotting shell of something that once was beautiful.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 27, 2026 11:22 AM (Sxl5b)

97 Start with the press, next the judges and then the commie troops.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 11:22 AM (KDPiq)

98 Herbal Essence Shampoo.

Yes! Oh, Yes! YES!!!

She'll want a cigarette afterwards.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 11:22 AM (wVcYX)

99 I watching you, Loundeye!
-- Xi Jinping
Posted by: Bulg

The difficulty is with the L not the R.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 27, 2026 11:22 AM (KAi1n)

100 We'll be OK if the people who voted for Trump vote in November. Hopefully, the economy will be doing so well even the media will be unable to downplay it. If the Ds win back the House, here comes more impeachment crap. I know people hate the RINOs but the Dems simply cannot be given any more powe.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v at January 27, 2026 11:22 AM (Kxi0p)

101 Gavin Newsom is encouraging the protestors to "keep going" by which he means get some more insane losers killed. "That's how we win!"
Posted by: Oglebay at January 27, 2026 11:14 AM (GPa4z)
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One "hand in the cookie jar" governor encourages another "hand in the cookie jar" governor to keep forkin' those cookies out of the cookie jar.

Posted by: mrp at January 27, 2026 11:22 AM (rj6Yv)

102 Could someone with the unusual name like Orval Faubus get elected today?
——

Styles Bridges has entered the chat. Olympia Snow for honorable mention, not to mention Estes Kefauver.

‘Jes regular folk, I’m sure.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 27, 2026 11:22 AM (wO3Gh)

103 If you haven't seen, here's a 5:30 minute video of a green-haired smellie in Minneapolis biting off the ICE agent's finger tip. The bite happens about halfway through, but she was lighting them the whole time (and some uggo-butch they/them tried to save her and appears to have been arrested as well).

It appears green-haired spit on the officer as they were trying to push her into the second car, which prompted them to push her face away, which is when she bit them. Felony assault, maximum around 20 years I think, if they go for the max charge.

https://tinyurl.com/mw8kmsdd

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 27, 2026 11:23 AM (JCZqz)

104 The link in my nic should work...
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 27, 2026 11:21 AM (Zv8bq)


Click it. I dare you.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 11:23 AM (Zz0t1)

105 101 We'll be OK if the people who voted for Trump vote in November. Hopefully, the economy will be doing so well even the media will be unable to downplay it. If the Ds win back the House, here comes more impeachment crap. I know people hate the RINOs but the Dems simply cannot be given any more powe.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v at January 27, 2026 11:22 AM (Kxi0p)

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The OBBB fully funded ICE through 2029 (even appropriations). The DOJ will keep functioning.

The Senate will never vote to convict.

Democrats will have nothing but making asses of themselves and hearings.

Should actually be kind of amusing.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 11:24 AM (GBKbO)

106 I think I remember DJT promising deportation of violent illegals. I don't remember if he promised deportation of all illegals, but for the past few months public opinion has clearly favored it. If that's what he wants, he has to stand behind ICE 100%.

If DJT can't make it happen, nobody can, IMHO.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 11:24 AM (N8ZBc)

107 That must be a Pixy glitch.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 27, 2026 11:24 AM (Zv8bq)

108 In Democrat theology, original sin is the innate condition of racism of all whites, as a consequence for employing the Peculiar Institution in the founding and expansion of America. It is permanent and cannot be wiped away.

But it can be wiped out with a single drop...

Posted by: Barack Hussein Obama at January 27, 2026 11:24 AM (++1kQ)

109 32 '"We also have robust legal protections of our right to speak freely and criticize anything in society with which we disagree."

The last nation on Earth with that blessing. Nothing else is as precious. We need to vigorously protect it.'

That's why this sort of thing irks me. Please correct me if I'm wrong:

https://tinyurl.com/bpksesb8
Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 11:08 AM (N8ZBc)

Not a fan. Also not a fan of Florida's "halo" law, which we've already seen get abused by cops walking more than 25 feet away from their scene, getting right in the face of someone silently filming and telling them to move back or they'll be arrested, then continue to stay right on top of them telling them to move back as they move back. These are laws primed for abuse and probably unconstitutional on their face, and probably as applied. Don't know if there have been such challenges made or not.

Posted by: Chipping away the 1st Amendment isn't the answer at January 27, 2026 11:24 AM (TbWk/)

110 The difficulty is with the L not the R.
Posted by: Dark Litigator

Some of us have twouble with both.
-- Elmer Fudd

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 11:24 AM (77rzZ)

111 Most romantic place in the world?
St Louis. Take your girl to the arch and kiss her between the legs!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 27, 2026 11:24 AM (Kt19C)

112 >>I mean, the left still thinks the Biden administration sat on the Epstein files for 4 years and didn't comb through them to find ANYTHING to prevent Trump from running again.


Do they, though?
The newfound Epstein obsession is a classic NPC upgrade. Swap out BLM with J6, the J6 with Ukraine, then Ukraine with Epstein, then Epstein with ICE.

The propaganda/brainwashing is so dang effective it's frightening. I would be amazed if these same new Epstein obsessives were also mocking many on the right who were saying "Epstein didn't kill himself!"

The Clinton have to be laughing their azzes off, given how they were the ones who were so close to Epstein. They didn't just frequent the island, the whole family vacationed at his New Mexico ranch.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 27, 2026 11:24 AM (0yjaw)

113 Polls have consistently have shown 75%+ support deporting criminals aliens and 50-55% support deporting ALL illegals. Other than the most insane leftists nobody wants ms13 gang bangers in the country the country. And most people also want Jose the grander gone.

The people are with Trump. But the GOP as usual goes wobbly because the NYT calls them mean words.

Posted by: Really?? at January 27, 2026 11:25 AM (4uLDQ)

114 Orval Faubus was young Slick's political mentor.

Posted by: mrp at January 27, 2026 11:25 AM (rj6Yv)

115 CBD, this tome shows exactly why you were kicked out of the Pub - you WERE chatting up Amelia!
Can’t have that in dear old Blighty.

Posted by: RI Red at January 27, 2026 11:25 AM (iaf7q)

116 Speaking of weird names, WTF was up with Kenesaw Mountain Landis?

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 11:25 AM (77rzZ)

117 107 I think I remember DJT promising deportation of violent illegals. I don't remember if he promised deportation of all illegals, but for the past few months public opinion has clearly favored it. If that's what he wants, he has to stand behind ICE 100%.

If DJT can't make it happen, nobody can, IMHO.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 11:24 AM (N8ZBc)

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"largest mass deportation operations in history" direct quote from the campaign, said repeatedly.

History includes Operation Wetback.

And, remember, 10x the number of deportations are happening in TX alone than Minnesota.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 11:25 AM (GBKbO)

118
Pseudopoo

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 27, 2026 11:26 AM (XeU6L)

119 Rand Paul says the gang members, murderers, rapists and child molesters can stay, but they don't get citizenship. Maybe Rand's neighbor could build an apartment complex for tren de aragua.

Posted by: Oglebay at January 27, 2026 11:26 AM (GPa4z)

120 Mul-ti-poo!

Posted by: Leeloo at January 27, 2026 11:26 AM (wVcYX)

121 >>>Sometimes a hickory shampoo is not enough. Try my Alberto VO-5 Hot Oil Treatment.

Posted by: Internationally Acclaimed Actress Rula Lenska

>I would pay money to see Don "Cheesedick" Lemon get a trim at the salon.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 27, 2026 11:27 AM (oT7pT)

122
The Clinton have to be laughing their azzes off, given how they were the ones who were so close to Epstein. They didn't just frequent the island, the whole family vacationed at his New Mexico ranch.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 27, 2026 11:24 AM (0yjaw)


Aren't they supposed to be jailed like Bannon was for ignoring the congressional subpoena?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 11:27 AM (Zz0t1)

123 117 Thanks, TJM!

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 11:27 AM (N8ZBc)

124 119 Rand Paul says the gang members, murderers, rapists and child molesters can stay, but they don't get citizenship. Maybe Rand's neighbor could build an apartment complex for tren de aragua.

Posted by: Oglebay at January 27, 2026 11:26 AM (GPa4z)

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Doctrinal libertarian is bad on immigration, more at 11.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 11:27 AM (GBKbO)

125 A Georgia high school in my district had a "student led" walkout the other day along with others to protest ICE enforcing immigration law. Naturally the schools staff was very supportive of it. The kids are leading the way to the future!

Now it has come out the school has, get this, 6% proficiency in math and 16% in reading. Can't make this shit up. But at least the students can make protest signs.

Posted by: Don Lemon at January 27, 2026 11:27 AM (GUOwU)

126 James Madison, I want the focus of Congressional hearings to be fraud, not Trump's "crimes."

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v at January 27, 2026 11:27 AM (Kxi0p)

127 The dude named his company Lululemon because Chinese people can't say it.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 11:27 AM (Zz0t1)

128 Too cool if you are on Starlink. Tracks & shows what satellite you are connected to.


https://tinyurl.com/mt7cez7v

Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2026 11:27 AM (RoI99)

129 126 James Madison, I want the focus of Congressional hearings to be fraud, not Trump's "crimes."

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v at January 27, 2026 11:27 AM (Kxi0p)

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Hearings do shockingly little.

The Benghazi hearings taught me that.

The real prize isn't congressional hearings, it's running the DOJ.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 11:28 AM (GBKbO)

130 https://is.gd/NH6l7a
@nettermike
LAWYER UP": Former DOJ Chief of Staff Issues Grave Murder Charge Warning to Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan

The legal walls are closing in on Minnesota's Lieutenant Governor. Following the explosive revelation that Peggy Flanagan allegedly operated as a "dispatch admin" for the radical ICE-interference network under the handle "Flan Southside," one of the nation's top legal minds has issued a chilling warning about her future.

The Felony Murder Warning .....

(read the whole thing)
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Stop fucking talking about this and do it.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 11:28 AM (ULPxl)

131 >>I think I remember DJT promising deportation of violent illegals.


IIRC, he said he'd focus on getting the violent ones out *first*. He ran on deportations of all illegals.

It is the sanctuary cities/states that cause the collection of longtime residents when they force ICE to go into the immigrant communities to scoop up those not released directly to them by local LEOs.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 27, 2026 11:28 AM (0yjaw)

132 “ … violating a judge’s order in the case of a man who is challenging his detention.”

What flavor of “man” we talkin’ about? An illegal alien? Foreign national with a student visa that expired in 1997?

Notice their strategy. Foreigners can get in en masse, by the millions and millions, but can only be removed one at a time, through a byzantine bureaucratic obstacle course of legal sophistry and fairy tales.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 27, 2026 11:28 AM (wO3Gh)

133 And because many ATMs still run Windows 7 Embedded or XP, updating is nontrivial - banks depend on vendor-proprietary runtimes.

In the XP time frame I can kind of see it, but by the mid oughts it should’ve been obvious that anything embedded should be on Linux or one of the BSDs with Qt as the UI.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 27, 2026 11:29 AM (QZThv)

134 Accept that civil and uncivil disobedience has a price. There is no cheap grace in this world.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 27, 2026 11:29 AM (jc0TO)

135 ==
Stop fucking talking about this and do it.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 11:28 AM (ULPxl)


This.

In before the "nothing will happen" guy.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 11:29 AM (Zz0t1)

136 So, is driving around chasing ICE in SUVs, then when they stop to do anything, getting out of your chase vehicle, and blowing whistles, air horns, screaming "fuck ICE" and trying to get as close as possible but avoiding contact, is that violence?

Should that be met with hickory shampoos?

Because that is what they are trained to do. The stupid ones that step over the line get cuffed and detained and are back out on the street within hours, but the pros know how to keep things humming at the chaos level.

Posted by: M. Gaga at January 27, 2026 11:30 AM (KiBMU)

137 134 Accept that civil and uncivil disobedience has a price. There is no cheap grace in this world.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 27, 2026 11:29 AM (jc0TO)

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"Obstruction of a law enforcement operation carries risks...especially if your operating a deadly weapon (a car) or have a deadly weapon on you (a gun)."
-things not told leftists, it seems

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 11:30 AM (GBKbO)

138 The difficulty is with the L not the R.
Posted by: Dark Litigator

Some of us have twouble with both.
-- Elmer Fudd
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 11:24 AM (77rzZ)
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Welease Wodewick!

Posted by: Pontius Pilate at January 27, 2026 11:30 AM (OvMCw)

139 The real prize isn't congressional hearings, it's running the DOJ.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 11:28 AM (GBKbO)
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Yup.

Posted by: Startled Grandpa at January 27, 2026 11:30 AM (rj6Yv)

140 Now it has come out the school has, get this, 6% proficiency in math and 16% in reading. Can't make this shit up. But at least the students can make protest signs.
Posted by: Don Lemon at January 27, 2026 11:27 AM (GUOwU)

Doubt it. The protest signs were probably mass produced using taxpayer money and distributed to the kids by the teachers union. Similar to every other "spontaneous grassroots protest" we've seen for the last 25 years

Posted by: Orchestrated and coordinated at January 27, 2026 11:30 AM (TbWk/)

141 >>Hearings do shockingly little.


IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THEY USE HEARINGS PERFORMANCES TO FUNDRAISE, IN ORDER TO BE REELECTED AND THEN HOLD MORE HEARINGS.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at January 27, 2026 11:31 AM (0yjaw)

142 Aren't they [The Clintons] supposed to be jailed like Bannon was for ignoring the congressional subpoena?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 11:27 AM (Zz0t1)

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White Trash Privilege.

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 27, 2026 11:31 AM (5NBTt)

143
https://tinyurl.com/mt7cez7v
Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2026 11:27 AM (RoI99)


He has 9580 satellites up there? Damn......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 11:31 AM (Zz0t1)

144 141 >>Hearings do shockingly little.


IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE THEY USE HEARINGS PERFORMANCES TO FUNDRAISE, IN ORDER TO BE REELECTED AND THEN HOLD MORE HEARINGS.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at January 27, 2026 11:31 AM (0yjaw)

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Too real, Ben.

Too real.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 11:31 AM (GBKbO)

145 No idea why the link is broken.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 27, 2026 11:31 AM (Zv8bq)

146 > But at least the students can make protest signs.
Posted by: Don Lemon at January 27, 2026 11:27 AM (GUOwU)

Or at least carry pre-printed ones funded by Soros.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 27, 2026 11:32 AM (IG3/x)

147 145 No idea why the link is broken.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 27, 2026 11:31 AM (Zv8bq)

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Works now!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 11:32 AM (GBKbO)

148 He has 9580 satellites up there? Damn......
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

Haha! Musk is soooooo stupid!

Anyway come here and look at this! A garbage disposal? What is that!

Posted by: AOC at January 27, 2026 11:32 AM (Dv3i1)

149 did trump promise to deport all illegals

Yes, Donald Trump has repeatedly promised to carry out the "largest deportation operation in American history"
. As of January 2026, he is actively pursuing this goal through multiple executive and legislative actions during his second term.

Scope of the Promise

Total Targets: Trump has stated he aims to deport millions of undocumented immigrants, with campaign-era estimates ranging from 11 million up to 25 million people.
Prioritization: While the administration claims to prioritize the removal of "the worst of the worst" (violent criminals, gang members, and drug traffickers), officials have stated they will not "walk away" from any person in the country illegally.

It's very easy to say the word "all". He hasn't.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 27, 2026 11:32 AM (Riz8t)

150 No schools that I know of in my area did any walkouts. It’s a right-ish area generally but there is a strong AWFL contingent. I guess their children didn’t have enough numbers to persuade other to protest. And the one thing kids hate the most is being in the minority on something so they didn’t bother. Easy to be “brave and strong” when everyone else around agrees with you. A bit harder when most people disagree.

Oh and out schools are at 80-90% state achievement levels. Weird how that works huh?

Posted by: Really?? at January 27, 2026 11:33 AM (4uLDQ)

151 Could someone with the unusual name like Orval Faubus get elected today?
——

Styles Bridges has entered the chat. Olympia Snow for honorable mention, not to mention Estes Kefauver.

**NH pol Dick Swett has entered the chat**

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 27, 2026 11:33 AM (ufSfZ)

152 No idea why the link is broken.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 27, 2026 11:31 AM (Zv8bq)


Now that it's fixed, sure.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 11:33 AM (Zz0t1)

153 So a teacher may be fired for posting ‘ Go ICE’

That’s like firing a teacher for posting ‘Go America!’

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 11:33 AM (KDPiq)

154 Speaking of weird names, WTF was up with Kenesaw Mountain Landis?
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 11:25 AM (77rzZ)
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Parents were Georgian ACW buffs?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 27, 2026 11:33 AM (OvMCw)

155 Then when they get back in power, the moment a conservative of any kind has a single hair out of place or says one thing about disagreeing, the alligator tears flow from all corners of libtardia.

Weird situation we're in.

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 11:33 AM (cxiKi)

156 No idea why the link is broken.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 27, 2026 11:31 AM (Zv8bq)

Because it had "acecomments.mu.nu" before the CJN link and the CJN link itself had an extraneous ":" in it.

Posted by: Unrequested tech support at January 27, 2026 11:34 AM (TbWk/)

157 The people are with Trump. But the GOP as usual goes wobbly because the NYT calls them mean words.

Posted by: Really?? at January 27, 2026 11:25 AM (4uLDQ)

They go wobbly because they are on the payroll.

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 11:34 AM (cxiKi)

158 Time to call it a day, go shovel and then nap.

See you all tomorrow.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 27, 2026 11:34 AM (ufSfZ)

159 No idea why the link is broken.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

You were in the pub?
-- George Costanza

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 11:34 AM (77rzZ)

160 158 Time to call it a day, go shovel and then nap.

See you all tomorrow.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 27, 2026 11:34 AM (ufSfZ)

=====

Ciao, mio amico.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 11:34 AM (GBKbO)

161 154 Speaking of weird names, WTF was up with Kenesaw Mountain Landis?
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 11:25 AM (77rzZ)
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Parents were Georgian ACW buffs?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 27, 2026 11:33 AM (OvMCw)
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Fun fact: My G-G-Grandfather fought there.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 27, 2026 11:34 AM (LxER7)

162 From the CNN article mentioned above:

"In the court filing on Monday, Schiltz wrote: “The practical consequence of respondents’ failure to comply has almost always been significant hardship to aliens (many of whom have lawfully lived and worked in the United States for years and done absolutely nothing wrong).”"

Respondents: Feds
Schlitz: Judge

Posted by: Startled Grandpa at January 27, 2026 11:34 AM (rj6Yv)

163 Time to call it a day, go shovel and then nap.

See you all tomorrow.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 27, 2026 11:34 AM (ufSfZ)



Tomorrow? That's not a nap. That's a long, deep sleep.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 11:35 AM (Zz0t1)

164 Arrest Peggy 'hijab' Flannigan and the Tampon Timmy operative.

They are nice high profile targets.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 27, 2026 11:35 AM (KWEa6)

165 Have a good one, MP4.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 11:35 AM (77rzZ)

166 Fun fact: My G-G-Grandfather fought there.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 27, 2026 11:34 AM (LxER7)

You should see someone about that stutter.

Posted by: Biden's speech therapist at January 27, 2026 11:35 AM (TbWk/)

167 i like the taste of hobo ass

Posted by: Sid at January 27, 2026 11:36 AM (eSM61)

168 Too real, Ben.

Too real.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

We failed to revoke Obamacare, but we have a razor-thin margin in the house, so despite having three-thirds of the branches of government, we need you to donate to the GOPe so we can elect MORE GOPe candidates to cover for the GOPe congressman that vote against your interests.

Posted by: GOPe at January 27, 2026 11:36 AM (JCZqz)

169 Recent video on X shows Minnesota state police aggressively dispersing a radical mob from the motel housing ICE agents. Hours after Trump call to Walz.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at January 27, 2026 11:36 AM (zqeQL)

170 125 A Georgia high school in my district had a "student led" walkout the other day along with others to protest ICE enforcing immigration law.
==

Students will walkout in support of anything if it means they get out of class.

Posted by: J. Frank Parnell at January 27, 2026 11:36 AM (0bjKf)

171 Could someone with the unusual name like Orval Faubus get elected today?
——

Styles Bridges has entered the chat. Olympia Snow for honorable mention, not to mention Estes Kefauver.

**NH pol Dick Swett has entered the chat**
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 27, 2026 11:33 AM (ufSfZ)

Strother Martin. What's a Strother?

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 11:36 AM (wVcYX)

172 The way I remember civil disobedience/nonviolent non-cooperation was supposed to work is: you do it, you get arrested, you take your lumps, and don't complain about it. Taking the lumps gracefully is making the point.

Guys like Pretti who deliberately wade into an LE fight, carrying a gun, ought to expect something bad to happen.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 11:36 AM (N8ZBc)

173 Sid, you ignorant slut.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 27, 2026 11:36 AM (u73oe)

174 I’ve not seen one national conservative voice point out that there were no protests or even a raised voice by the Left when the Somali cop murdered Justine Diamond for no reason.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 11:37 AM (KDPiq)

175 Fun fact: My G-G-Grandfather fought there.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 27, 2026 11:34 AM (LxER7)


"This one goes out to the O'Malley twins."

- - - - - - Adrian Cronauer

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 11:37 AM (Zz0t1)

176 Doubt it. The protest signs were probably mass produced using taxpayer money and distributed to the kids by the teachers union. Similar to every other "spontaneous grassroots protest" we've seen for the last 25 years

Posted by: Orchestrated and coordinated at January 27, 2026 11:30 AM (TbWk/)

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The GloboHomo Deep State, ChiComms, and Mexican Cartels (BIRM thrice) -- especially via "Birthright Citizenship" and "Birth Tourism" have been working in this manner for decades to overthrow the USA.

See Peter Schweizer's latest book "The Invisible Coup: How American Elites and Foreign Powers Use Immigration as a Weapon."

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 27, 2026 11:37 AM (5NBTt)

177 Does peaceful protest include the right to bite off fingers? Just asking for the crazy purple haired nose ringed AWFLs….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 27, 2026 11:37 AM (YobFY)

178 Posted by: Sid at January 27, 2026 11:36 AM (eSM61)

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Sounds like we have every right to oppose you to the fullest extent of our abilities since our lives and livelihoods are on the lines.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 11:37 AM (GBKbO)

179 >>Too real, Ben.

Too real.


SEEING TREY GOWDY GO OFF ON HOW ILLEGALL THE PRETTI WAS HIT PRETTY D@MN HARD. IT'S FUNNY HOW GOWDY'S MR. TOUGH-TALKING-FORMER-PROSECUTER FIGHTING THE DEMS ILLEGALITY ACT ENDED AS SOON AS HE INKED A DEAL WITH FOX.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at January 27, 2026 11:38 AM (0yjaw)

180 Fun fact: My G-G-Grandfather fought there.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 27, 2026 11:34 AM (LxER7)
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Mine was out of the Army by then, but his former regiment was in the campaign.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 27, 2026 11:38 AM (OvMCw)

181 Fun fact: My G-G-Grandfather fought there.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 27, 2026 11:34 AM (LxER7)

You should see someone about that stutter.
Posted by: Biden's speech therapist at January 27, 2026 11:35 AM (TbWk/)

Or, just take up singing.

Posted by: Mel Tillis at January 27, 2026 11:38 AM (wVcYX)

182 Sid is like Oprah. You’re a Nazi /!; you’re a Nazi and you’re Nazi.

🤣

Posted by: Really?? at January 27, 2026 11:38 AM (4uLDQ)

183 Does peaceful protest include the right to bite off fingers? Just asking for the crazy purple haired nose ringed AWFLs….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 27, 2026 11:37 AM (YobFY)

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"We call that pieceful protest, h8r!"

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 27, 2026 11:38 AM (5NBTt)

184 169 Recent video on X shows Minnesota state police aggressively dispersing a radical mob from the motel housing ICE agents. Hours after Trump call to Walz.
Posted by: Going deep. Out. at January 27, 2026 11:36 AM (zqeQL)

I believe that was a different city Than Minneapolis....

Posted by: It's me donna at January 27, 2026 11:39 AM (VE6XX)

185 Are green activists gluing themselves to streets or damaging priceless works of art acting within the bounds of protedt?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 27, 2026 11:39 AM (8CIFn)

186 Could someone with the unusual name like Orval Faubus get elected today?

I know, sounds like a low IQ hillbilly. What do you expect out of Crackerville?

Posted by: Kweisi Mfume at January 27, 2026 11:39 AM (R/m4+)

187 Effortless protesting

White Housr comment line open between 10 and 3
202 456-1111 Call and support the immigration policy and federal law enforcement.

Capitol switchboard 202 224- 3121
Perfect place to express opinions on the rogue judiciary.

A million phone calls is a powerful statement and you don't even have to get off your ass.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 27, 2026 11:39 AM (0KSrI)

188 >>> 164 Arrest Peggy 'hijab' Flannigan and the Tampon Timmy operative.

They are nice high profile targets.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 27, 2026 11:35 AM (KWEa6)

Roll into the house with a SWAT tank and drag her ass out at 3am when it's about -20.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 11:39 AM (ULPxl)

189 184 169 Recent video on X shows Minnesota state police aggressively dispersing a radical mob from the motel housing ICE agents. Hours after Trump call to Walz.
Posted by: Going deep. Out. at January 27, 2026 11:36 AM (zqeQL)

I believe that was a different city Than Minneapolis....

Posted by: It's me donna at January 27, 2026 11:39 AM (VE6XX)

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I believe it was St. Paul, but the night before no cops showed up.

So, yes, change.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 11:39 AM (GBKbO)

190 Because it had "acecomments.mu.nu" before the CJN link and the CJN link itself had an extraneous ":" in it.

Posted by: Unrequested tech support at January 27, 2026 11:34 AM (TbWk/)

Both of which were added by the system. This isn't my first rodeo.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 27, 2026 11:40 AM (Zv8bq)

191 The root cause of all of this is that Civil War 2 happened in the late 60s/early 70s when there were 1000 marxist bomb explosions a day in the US and the media covered about 5 of them total. Now the people setting off those bombs control most of the government, and you can see why their hand-picked manchur, err, man-Kenyan candidate Obama was going to be The One to usher in full communism.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 27, 2026 11:40 AM (2ocoG)

192 VA should learn from PA for once: Automatic pay raises

Trib Live, Pennsylvania
Pa. lawmakers among highest-paid in the country, thanks to automatic pay raises

Only New York, California lawmakers make more
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ABC 27 News, Pennsylvania Politics
'Shapiro to start 2026 as highest-paid governor in U.S.'

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 27, 2026 11:40 AM (NFX2v)

193 "Could someone with the unusual name like Orval Faubus get elected today?"

Can't see why not.

Posted by: Ilhan Omar at January 27, 2026 11:40 AM (N8ZBc)

194 Sid is like Oprah. You’re a Nazi /!; you’re a Nazi and you’re Nazi.

I'm a Nazi, he's a Nazi, she's a Nazi, we're a Nazi, wouldn't you like to be a Nazi too?

Posted by: Archimedes at January 27, 2026 11:40 AM (Riz8t)

195 SEEING TREY GOWDY GO OFF ON HOW ILLEGALL THE PRETTI WAS HIT PRETTY D@MN HARD. IT'S FUNNY HOW GOWDY'S MR. TOUGH-TALKING-FORMER-PROSECUTER FIGHTING THE DEMS ILLEGALITY ACT ENDED AS SOON AS HE INKED A DEAL WITH FOX.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at January 27, 2026 11:38 AM (0yjaw)

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"Miss me yet?" -- Paul Ryno

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 27, 2026 11:40 AM (5NBTt)

196 You g-g-guys!

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 27, 2026 11:40 AM (LxER7)

197 >>Could someone with the unusual name like Orval Faubus get elected today?


The only unusual names that win are Star Wars names.

DiVeRsItY iS oUr StReNgTh!!

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at January 27, 2026 11:40 AM (0yjaw)

198 I respect the left for being consistent. They are rioting in support of a dead guy shot by federal police. Just like they rioted in support of Ashli Babbit when she was killed by federal police.

Posted by: Really?? at January 27, 2026 11:40 AM (4uLDQ)

199 174 I’ve not seen one national conservative voice point out that there were no protests or even a raised voice by the Left when the Somali cop murdered Justine Diamond for no reason.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 11:37 AM (KDPiq)

She was walking toward the police car with a purpose, which placed the officer in reasonable fear of imminent death or great bodily harm to himself. Good shoot.

Posted by: She was wielding white privilege y'know at January 27, 2026 11:41 AM (TbWk/)

200 I believe it was St. Paul, but the night before no cops showed up.

So, yes, change.

There's video Sunday night of St. Paul police coming to one of the hotels under siege and then pulling a U-turn in the middle of the road and going back. The fact that local, county, and state police all were arresting Antifa last night is a pretty big deal.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 27, 2026 11:41 AM (2ocoG)

201 "Uh..no. It was illegal."

Not according to the DOJ.

Posted by: connected and litigious at January 27, 2026 11:41 AM (cS1cw)

202 Test

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 27, 2026 11:41 AM (Zv8bq)

203 Are green activists gluing themselves to streets or damaging priceless works of art acting within the bounds of protedt?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 27, 2026 11:39 AM (8CIFn)

To me, that would fall under Disorderly Conduct, possibly Disturbing The Peace. But I am not a prosecutor or a cop. just an ordinary shmoo.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 11:41 AM (wVcYX)

204 42 I mean, the left still thinks the Biden administration sat on the Epstein files for 4 years and didn't comb through them to find ANYTHING to prevent Trump from running again.

Seriously.....
Posted by: Sponge
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The professional left doesn't believe in anything which makes it easy to suddenly pivot to whatever the hive mind is thinking today on an issue.

Like RAM, their memories are cleared when they sleep and then reboot to whatever new OS upgrades are present today for their reaction models.

Those on the Right though have long term memories and that often causes a slow burn when the current lefty du jour cause for the hivemind which totally contradicts what they said a day, week, month, or years before.

There are some puppeteers behind all of it but like most experts, they are certainly not infallible and those puppeteers seem to be getting more stupid and less wise as time goes by.

Posted by: whig at January 27, 2026 11:42 AM (E4rtv)

205 Are green activists gluing themselves to streets or damaging priceless works of art acting within the bounds of protedt?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 27, 2026 11:39 AM (8CIFn)


They fixed global warming, so they would only need to lick a flagpole.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 11:42 AM (Zz0t1)

206 136 So, is driving around chasing ICE in SUVs, then when they stop to do anything, getting out of your chase vehicle, and blowing whistles, air horns, screaming "fuck ICE" and trying to get as close as possible but avoiding contact, is that violence?

Should that be met with hickory shampoos?

Because that is what they are trained to do. The stupid ones that step over the line get cuffed and detained and are back out on the street within hours, but the pros know how to keep things humming at the chaos level.
Posted by: M. Gaga at January 27, 2026 11:30 AM (KiBMU)

I hear good things about suppressed Ruger 10/22's

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 27, 2026 11:42 AM (xcxpd)

207 https://is.gd/txcvqp
@jimcramer
I am a huge gold bug, but I am NOT a silver bug. If there were no sentimental value to it, i would try to cash in on family silver. It is getting ridiculous...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 11:42 AM (ULPxl)

208 My grandfather was a tough SOB. He nearly took out a platoon single-handedly but was captured and spent the rest of the war in an allied POW camp.

Posted by: Oglebay at January 27, 2026 11:42 AM (GPa4z)

209 200 There's video Sunday night of St. Paul police coming to one of the hotels under siege and then pulling a U-turn in the middle of the road and going back. The fact that local, county, and state police all were arresting Antifa last night is a pretty big deal.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 27, 2026 11:41 AM (2ocoG)

======

I suspect the call with Walz was along the lines of, "We have all the receipts. You can help us or not. Oh, by the way, I expect Homan to be treated with respect. Good guy. Obama liked him."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 11:42 AM (GBKbO)

210 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 27, 2026 11:42 AM (u82oZ)

211 167 Can a revolt against nazism really be called insurrection? The current government HAS to be resisted. A truth and reconciliation process must be put in place to purge MAGA supporters from daily life in the near future.
Posted by: Sid

Damn Sid, what's your Reddit username? I'm curious which Redditard talking about Nuremberg 2.0 is you.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 27, 2026 11:42 AM (JCZqz)

212 I never trusted Trey Gowdy because I can’t take anyone seriously with hair that completely ridiculous… clown show

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 27, 2026 11:42 AM (YobFY)

213 Test
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 27, 2026 11:41 AM (Zv8bq)


FAILED!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 11:42 AM (Zz0t1)

214 > Rand Paul says the gang members, murderers, rapists and child molesters can stay, but they don't get citizenship.
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Park a couple campers outside his house. Put these gangbangers, murderers and rapists in them.

Let Rand Paul simmer in the juices of his own policies.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 27, 2026 11:43 AM (jtM2q)

215 205 Are green activists gluing themselves to streets or damaging priceless works of art acting within the bounds of protedt?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 27, 2026 11:39 AM (8CIFn)


They fixed global warming, so they would only need to lick a flagpole.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 11:42 AM (Zz0t1)

Go straight to the triple dog dare.

Posted by: Has anyone seen Flick? at January 27, 2026 11:43 AM (TbWk/)

216 Biting off fingers. Smashing windows and occupying hotel lobbies. Burning garbage in dumpsters. Collecting a paycheck.

All in a day's work for the Modern Commie.

Posted by: mrp at January 27, 2026 11:43 AM (rj6Yv)

217 Peaceful demonstrations = persuasion

Violent protests = force

If you can't persuade, it's because your arguments are weak

Posted by: Emmie at January 27, 2026 11:43 AM (FMtrg)

218 The talking point on Reddit: Trump is a pedo (per Epstein files) so because of that, ice arresting kid rapists is a bad thing.

Posted by: Really?? at January 27, 2026 11:44 AM (4uLDQ)

219 "Are green activists gluing themselves to streets or damaging priceless works of art acting within the bounds of protedt?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA "

No, but I'm hoping in Minnesota somebody tells them to touch a light pole with their tongue to show solidarity with the illegals.

Posted by: Ripley at January 27, 2026 11:44 AM (GUOwU)

220 202 Test
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 27, 2026 11:41 AM (Zv8bq)

*scoffs*

*holds up card*

1.1

Posted by: East German Judge at January 27, 2026 11:44 AM (ULPxl)

221 I am a huge gold bug...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

Have I got a story for you!

Posted by: Edgar Allan Poe at January 27, 2026 11:44 AM (JCZqz)

222 The current government HAS to be resisted. A truth and reconciliation process must be put in place to purge MAGA supporters from daily life in the near future.


You're calling for the eradication of people that don't think like you, but you're calling THEM Nazis.

Yet you can't see who the bad guy really is here........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 11:44 AM (Zz0t1)

223 174 I’ve not seen one national conservative voice point out that there were no protests or even a raised voice by the Left when the Somali cop murdered Justine Diamond for no reason.
Posted by: Opinion fact
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Because it is useless as moderates just want peace at any price and leftists are immune to shame and charges of hypocrisy. Like Muslims, they view lying and distortion as holy when directed at their causes.

Posted by: whig at January 27, 2026 11:44 AM (E4rtv)

224 Rand Paul says the gang members, murderers, rapists and child molesters can stay, but they don't get citizenship.

Now you know why I beat his ass.

Posted by: Rene Boucher, Neighbor at January 27, 2026 11:44 AM (R/m4+)

225 MHSGA — Make Hickory Shampoos Great Again

If it’s good enough for Richard Daley in 68 it should be fine now

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 27, 2026 11:44 AM (YobFY)

226 Rand Paul says the gang members, murderers, rapists and child molesters can stay, but they don't get citizenship.

Second look at Rand Paul's neighbor?

Posted by: Ian S. at January 27, 2026 11:44 AM (2ocoG)

227 So does Sid the anti-Nazi know what day it is today? Because that seems like something an anti-Nazi would kow.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 11:44 AM (77rzZ)

228 If you can't persuade, it's because your arguments are weak

Sooo...you're saying there is jello in his words of death for all men to see?

Posted by: Archimedes at January 27, 2026 11:44 AM (Riz8t)

229 Off sock. So I'm waiting for the warmest part of the day (-8degF windchill; balmy) to put the final restraining bracket on the car battery. The bolt is in a poorly accessible spot, and has about 125 threads on it for no good reason. This damn wind persists for a few more days.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 11:44 AM (N8ZBc)

230 I hear good things about suppressed Ruger 10/22's
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 27, 2026 11:42 AM (xcxpd)

If they were that good you wouldn't be hearing much of anything.

Posted by: *thwip* at January 27, 2026 11:45 AM (TbWk/)

231 *know*

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 11:45 AM (77rzZ)

232 Go straight to the triple dog dare.
Posted by: Has anyone seen Flick? at January 27, 2026 11:43 AM (TbWk/)
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Breach of protocol, but he fell for it.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 27, 2026 11:45 AM (OvMCw)

233 221 I am a huge gold bug...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

Have I got a story for you!
Posted by: Edgar Allan Poe at January 27, 2026 11:44 AM (JCZqz)

Pfffft. Poser.

Posted by: Franz Kafka at January 27, 2026 11:45 AM (TbWk/)

234 >> I never trusted Trey Gowdy because I can’t take anyone seriously with hair that completely ridiculous… clown show


Yeah, like Jim Jordan with his "get down to business" rolled up sleeves. It has always been performative, though I admit to being so thirsty for someone to act that I wanted to believe the hearings would lead to action. They are good at pretending to care. Or they were.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 27, 2026 11:45 AM (0yjaw)

235 227 So does Sid the anti-Nazi know what day it is today? Because that seems like something an anti-Nazi would kow.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 11:44 AM (77rzZ)

=====

Sid just came to tell the world his favorite taste of ass.

It's hobo.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 11:46 AM (GBKbO)

236 Wonder if the deal with Walz is you get local police to help ice out and you will not serve prison time for Somali fraud. It’s the logical thing, benefits both sides.

Posted by: Really?? at January 27, 2026 11:46 AM (4uLDQ)

237 205 Are green activists gluing themselves to streets or damaging priceless works of art acting within the bounds of protedt?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 27, 2026 11:39 AM (8CIFn)


They fixed global warming, so they would only need to lick a flagpole.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 11:42 AM (Zz0t1)

Go straight to the triple dog dare.
Posted by: Has anyone seen Flick? at January 27, 2026 11:43 AM (TbWk/)

Flick? Flick who? *shrugs*

Posted by: Ralphie Parker at January 27, 2026 11:46 AM (wVcYX)

238 I’ve not seen one national conservative voice point out that there were no protests or even a raised voice by the Left when the Somali cop murdered Justine Diamond for no reason.

The left's only principle is "more power for us". Anything they do or say in service of that goal is fine, even if it's the opposite of what they did or said previously. So they don't care when that stuff is pointed out, and pointing it out is useless beyond any normies that see it.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 27, 2026 11:46 AM (2ocoG)

239 I never trusted Trey Gowdy because I can’t take anyone seriously with hair that completely ridiculous… clown show
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

I'm standing right here, you know.
-- Boris Johnson

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 11:46 AM (77rzZ)

240 Hate to say it, but we need more angry leftwing vermin shot by cops. Violence is the only thing these mongrels understand. So make them understand the hard way.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 11:46 AM (iFTx/)

241 I hear good things about suppressed Ruger 10/22's"

Si. Have a CF model. Veeeery nice

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 11:46 AM (XuXeR)

242 "Could someone with the unusual name like Orval Faubus get elected today?"

We named one of our starships after him!

Posted by: The Planetary Union at January 27, 2026 11:47 AM (w9Wax)

243 Would a high-class hobo be a heaubeau?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 27, 2026 11:47 AM (OvMCw)

244 If you can't persuade, it's because your arguments are weak
Posted by: Emmie
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The left never was about persuading, it is about applying lies so as to get power. Once in power, the long train to widespread death and poverty starts. Like Venezuela.

They are not good people because what they want for society can only be acquired by proactive coercive force by the state against dissenters and political opposition.

Most on the right simply want to be left alone to raise their families in a safe and prosperous nation.

Posted by: whig at January 27, 2026 11:47 AM (E4rtv)

245 Wonder if the deal with Walz is you get local police to help ice out and you will not serve prison time for Somali fraud. It’s the logical thing, benefits both sides.

I suspect it's along those lines, plus Walz testifying against Flanigan and Ellison.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 27, 2026 11:47 AM (2ocoG)

246 Remember when a rodeo clown was hunted down for wearing an Obama mask?

Boy that Trump guy sure has thin skin. He won't even take a bullet like tough guy Obama.

Posted by: MJ at January 27, 2026 11:48 AM (XOmY9)

247 "I’ve not seen one national conservative voice point out that there were no protests or even a raised voice by the Left when the Somali cop murdered Justine Diamond for no reason."

Hypocrisy is such a big part of our lives now, pointing it out seems ... pointless anymore. Dog bites man.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 11:48 AM (N8ZBc)

248 The thing they want, they won’t say. Because it’s so deliciously evil and depraved. Imagine Jeffrey Dahmer or John Wayne Gacey’s thoughts before they dove headfirst into torture and murder. That’s where the left’s minds are right now, but their targets are Christians and Jews. Time for ‘intervention’?

Posted by: Eromero at January 27, 2026 11:48 AM (zKPy8)

249 Damn Sid, what's your Reddit username? I'm curious which Redditard talking about Nuremberg 2.0 is you.
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison

The Rick Wilson called for Stephen Miller to be the first one brought to Nuremberg 2.0 and dangle from the rope. I don't know what charges Mr Wilson would bring on Mr Miller, probably doesn't matter.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 27, 2026 11:48 AM (Dv3i1)

250 Hickory is nice...bamboo can work too.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 27, 2026 11:48 AM (2WIwB)

251 Flanagan is the crazy lady that recently wore the hijab as a performative costume right?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 27, 2026 11:49 AM (/iXAp)

252 bamboo can work too.
Posted by: Diogenes

'Boopoo?

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 11:49 AM (77rzZ)

253 There's nothing like a good piece of hickory.

Posted by: Preacher at January 27, 2026 11:49 AM (wVcYX)

254 >>Rand Paul says the gang members, murderers, rapists and child molesters can stay, but they don't get citizenship.

A. So what's the point of a border? We have to live with any foreigner who sneaks in, but pretend they don't vote or ensure that their numbers don't count in determining Congressional districts?

B. Nice football you're holding, Lucy, next you'll pinky-swear you'll never pass another amnesty, as if this isn't pushed year after year, decade after decade, as part of the latest "comprehensive immigration bill."

Posted by: Lizzy at January 27, 2026 11:49 AM (0yjaw)

255 >>> 236 Wonder if the deal with Walz is you get local police to help ice out and you will not serve prison time be executed for treason supporting CHYna, molesting kids, Somali fraud and more. It's the logical thing, benefits both sides.
Posted by: Really?? at January 27, 2026 11:46 AM (4uLDQ)

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 11:49 AM (ULPxl)

256 Rand is gonna run in ‘28. He’s going out of his way to position himself as the fringe libertarian. It’ll be him vs Massie and maybe MTG angling for that slice of the vote.

Posted by: Really?? at January 27, 2026 11:49 AM (4uLDQ)

257 I never trusted Trey Gowdy because I can’t take anyone seriously with hair that completely ridiculous… clown show
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

I didn't trust him because of his peacocking at the Benghazi investigations. Loud of mouth and shy on logical arguments.

And on Fox, he obviously took the ticket just like Paul Ryan and for the same reason, untold generational wealth and a modicum of fame. But that requires letting the Murdochs turn him into a meat puppet for their global interests and investors.

Posted by: whig at January 27, 2026 11:50 AM (E4rtv)

258 Flanagan is the crazy lady that recently wore the hijab as a performative costume right?

And the T-shirt with PROTECT TRANS KIDS and a knife dripping blood.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 27, 2026 11:50 AM (2ocoG)

259 Concupiscence. And inordinate desire for forbidden things stemming from humanity's fallen nature.

Racsism. A projection of self hatred, stemming from the left's inordinate desire to impose their will on others.

Posted by: Fat Darth Tim says he is your father at January 27, 2026 11:50 AM (Mw2aG)

260 The Rick Wilson called for Stephen Miller to be the first one brought to Nuremberg 2.0 and dangle from the rope. I don't know what charges Mr Wilson would bring on Mr Miller, probably doesn't matter.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 27, 2026 11:48 AM (Dv3i1)
====

Rick Wilson? Isn't he the guy who owns a cooler with a big Confederate Battle Flag on it?

Posted by: mrp at January 27, 2026 11:50 AM (rj6Yv)

261 You're calling for the eradication of people that don't think like you, but you're calling THEM Nazis.

Yet you can't see who the bad guy really is here........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 11:44 AM (Zz0t1)

Kinda like the real nazis.

Don't get captured by the americans, they are barbarians. Uh, pay no attention to these "labor" camps with the huge smoke stacks.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 11:50 AM (snZF9)

262 Hypocrisy is such a big part of our lives now, pointing it out seems ... pointless anymore. Dog bites man.
Posted by: gp

Pointing out hypocrisy is worthwhile if there are any persuadables around to hear it.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 27, 2026 11:51 AM (Dv3i1)

263 I'm not fat. I suffer from a medical condition called hyperphagia.

The Salmon King: Bear 32's 135,000-Calorie Feast !

In the world of Katmai National Park's "Fat Bear" culture, few sights are as impressive as a dominant male in peak hunting season. In 2024, the bear known as 32 "Chunk" reminded the world why he is a perennial heavyweight contender. Over the course of just 10.5 hours, Chunk was observed pulling a staggering 45 sockeye salmon from the Brooks River.

This isn't just an impressive feat of fishing; it is a biological necessity. As winter approaches, brown bears enter a state called hyperphagia, a period of extreme eating where their biological clock screams at them to pack on as much fat as possible. For Chunk, this 10.5-hour marathon resulted in an estimated intake of 135,000 calories—the equivalent of eating roughly 245 double cheeseburgers in a single day.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2026 11:51 AM (RoI99)

264 261 You're calling for the eradication of people that don't think like you, but you're calling THEM Nazis.

Yet you can't see who the bad guy really is here........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 11:44 AM (Zz0t1)

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I just want to save all the brown people from our capitalist, racist system by sending them home where they can get maximum diversity and socialized medicine.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 11:51 AM (GBKbO)

265 Flanagan is the crazy lady that recently wore the hijab as a performative costume right?"

Si.

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 11:51 AM (XuXeR)

266 There's nothing like a good piece of hickory.
Posted by: Preacher

That's what Rachel said all the time.
-- Zombie Anrew Jackson

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 11:51 AM (77rzZ)

267 Rick Wilson? Isn't he the guy who owns a cooler with a big Confederate Battle Flag on it?

That was either him or Charlie "Three Wives" Sykes. I don't dedicate a lot of brain cells to the North American Man-Boy Lincoln Association. (And neither do they!)

Posted by: Ian S. at January 27, 2026 11:51 AM (2ocoG)

268 Hate to say it, but we need more angry leftwing vermin shot by cops.

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Of course we do. In the end, every Leftist must die, so that we may live.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 11:52 AM (BI5O2)

269 For Chunk, this 10.5-hour marathon resulted in an estimated intake of 135,000 calories—the equivalent of eating roughly 245 double cheeseburgers in a single day.


That bear's cholesterol level has to be thru the roof!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2026 11:52 AM (RoI99)

270 217 Peaceful demonstrations = persuasion

Violent protests = force

If you can't persuade, it's because your arguments are weak
Posted by: Emmie at January 27, 2026 11:43 AM (FMtrg)

Well...presenting facts, logic, and critical analysis to leftist is pearls before swine. You might as well try to promote the virtues of veganism to a three-day starved mountain lion stalking you on a remote hiking trail. And they don't seek to persuade, they seek to dictate, control, oppress, suppress, and conquer. Persuasion has nothing to do with it.

Posted by: It's the wrong lens at January 27, 2026 11:52 AM (TbWk/)

271 Over the course of just 10.5 hours, Chunk was observed pulling a staggering 45 sockeye salmon from the Brooks River.
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Would not want to see the size of the dump he took afterward.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 27, 2026 11:52 AM (OvMCw)

272 the equivalent of eating roughly 245 double cheeseburgers in a single day."

Meh.
/captain bearclaw

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 11:52 AM (XuXeR)

273
The minute they start charging the financiers under RICO. And start seizing assets.

This nonsense stops instantly.

Foreign financiers need to be especially roughly handled without mercy...whatever needs to be done needs to be done.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 27, 2026 11:52 AM (iJfKG)

274 For Chunk, this 10.5-hour marathon resulted in an estimated intake of 135,000 calories—the equivalent of eating roughly 245 double cheeseburgers in a single day.

"That's nothing" - Fat-activist AWFLs.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 27, 2026 11:53 AM (2ocoG)

275 >>> 268 Hate to say it, but we need more angry leftwing vermin shot by cops.

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Of course we do. In the end, every Leftist must die, so that we may live.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 11:52 AM (BI5O2)

Make Commies Good Again.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 11:53 AM (ULPxl)

276 254 >>Rand Paul says the gang members, murderers, rapists and child molesters can stay, but they don't get citizenship.
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I don't give a shit about what Rand Paul says anymore just like mASSIE. He is captive to his own donors nowadays and the libertarian obsession with open borders is insane in a world full of danger.

We don't need the cheap labor from illegals, H1Bs and other such because it oppresses the native population and inevitably brings about more crime, drugs, plus makes assimilation of what we already have as impossible.

Posted by: whig at January 27, 2026 11:53 AM (E4rtv)

277 Always carry a cane, whether or not you need one (I do). Plain old hickory, not one of the high tech folding ones. It can come in handy waiting in a line if you feel fatigued, give you a little assist getting up, and most important keep evil doers at arms length or crease their skulls. Best part is you can get on an airliner with no problems.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 27, 2026 11:53 AM (gm9Sb)

278 Calling for a Jew to be hung on Holocaust Remembrance Day?

That’s the left for you.

Posted by: Really?? at January 27, 2026 11:53 AM (4uLDQ)

279 My 217 comment was ambiguous.

My point was that people without a good argument need to use force because they cannot persuade. I did not mean that a valid argument is automatically persuasive, because there are a lot of irrational people out there.

Posted by: Emmie at January 27, 2026 11:53 AM (FMtrg)

280 "Pointing out hypocrisy is worthwhile if there are any persuadables around to hear it."

I guess I don't see any serious downside to it. I'm just glad I spelled it right.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 11:53 AM (N8ZBc)

281 263 I'm not fat. I suffer from a medical condition called hyperphagia.

The Salmon King: Bear 32's 135,000-Calorie Feast !

In the world of Katmai National Park's "Fat Bear" culture, few sights are as impressive as a dominant male in peak hunting season. In 2024, the bear known as 32 "Chunk" reminded the world why he is a perennial heavyweight contender. Over the course of just 10.5 hours, Chunk was observed pulling a staggering 45 sockeye salmon from the Brooks River.

This isn't just an impressive feat of fishing; it is a biological necessity. As winter approaches, brown bears enter a state called hyperphagia, a period of extreme eating where their biological clock screams at them to pack on as much fat as possible. For Chunk, this 10.5-hour marathon resulted in an estimated intake of 135,000 calories—the equivalent of eating roughly 245 double cheeseburgers in a single day.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2026 11:51 AM (RoI99)
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My father took me fishing there many, many years ago during the height of the sockeye run. (We were fishing for trout and grayling.) Bears all over the place. Real head on swivel time.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 27, 2026 11:53 AM (LxER7)

282 280 I guess I don't see any serious downside to it. I'm just glad I spelled it right.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 11:53 AM (N8ZBc)

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You have just said the word that the Knights who Until Recently Said Ni cannot hear!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 11:54 AM (GBKbO)

283 These aren't peaceful protests. They are interfering and trying to intimidate law enforcement officers.

Posted by: steevy at January 27, 2026 11:54 AM (YwEeS)

284 It's not hypocrisy at all. Somalis are on the Left. When they kill, it's fine. When someone on the Left gets killed, it's a crime. The regime is completely consistent on this point at all times.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 11:54 AM (BI5O2)

285 Is this the place where i can get some shampoo? I'm also getting some for my family too.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 27, 2026 11:55 AM (EyfuW)

286 “You know, when I was a young man, hypocrisy was deemed the worst of vices, Finkle-McGraw said. It was all because of moral relativism. You see, in that sort of a climate, you are not allowed to criticize others—after all, if there is no absolute right and wrong, then what grounds is there for criticism? . . .

Now, this led to a good deal of general frustration, for people are naturally censorious and love nothing better than to criticize others’ shortcomings. And so it was that they seized on hypocrisy and elevated it from a ubiquitous peccadillo into the monarch of all vices. For, you see, even if there is no right and wrong, you can find grounds to criticize another person by contrasting what he has espoused with what he has actually done. In this case, you are not making any judgment whatsoever as to the correctness of his views or the morality of his behavior—you are merely pointing out that he has said one thing and done another. Virtually all political discourse in the days of my youth was devoted to the ferreting out of hypocrisy."

Neal Stephenson, The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (2000)

Posted by: Oglebay at January 27, 2026 11:55 AM (GPa4z)

287 Remember, the only bill Ellison pushed and got passed in his time in Congress was one that made it EASIER for people to wire money to Somalia.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 11:56 AM (Zz0t1)

288 My point was that people without a good argument need to use force because they cannot persuade. I did not mean that a valid argument is automatically persuasive, because there are a lot of irrational people out there.
Posted by: Emmie at January 27, 2026 11:53 AM

Force can be good in itself. Sometimes you need to remind people that arguments are better than punches, and the best way to do that is to break their nose.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 27, 2026 11:56 AM (jc0TO)

289 This isn't just an impressive feat of fishing; it is a biological necessity. As winter approaches, brown bears enter a state called hyperphagia, a period of extreme eating where their biological clock screams at them to pack on as much fat as possible. For Chunk, this 10.5-hour marathon resulted in an estimated intake of 135,000 calories—the equivalent of eating roughly 245 double cheeseburgers in a single day.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2026 11:51 AM (RoI99)

Apres feast salmon-poo FTW!

Posted by: Zombie Timothy Treadwell at January 27, 2026 11:56 AM (wVcYX)

290 281 When The Corps of Discovery reached the PNW they were amazed at the plentiful salmon, and after weeks, maybe months of light rations gorged themselves. They were down for the count with stomach and GI distress from so much oil and protein hitting their systems.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 27, 2026 11:58 AM (gm9Sb)

291 Posted by: Emmie at January 27, 2026 11:53 AM (FMtrg)

The most persuasive emotion is fear.

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 11:58 AM (cxiKi)

292 For Chunk, this 10.5-hour marathon resulted in an estimated intake of 135,000 calories—the equivalent of eating roughly 245 double cheeseburgers in a single day.


That bear's cholesterol level has to be thru the roof!
Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2026 11:52 AM (RoI99)
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IIRC, for the sake of efficiency, Da Bears don't eat the entire fish, just the fatty parts. They can do amazingly delicate slicing with their claws.

Posted by: mrp at January 27, 2026 11:58 AM (rj6Yv)

293 "But there is a way to disagree, and our founders made it a matter of (hopefully) inviolable law!"

Well, yea. But we are past that point. There is no coexistence with commies or Muslims. People can disagree over issues like what the Fed rate should be, the number of visas, daylight savings time, whether Girl X is a 7 or 8.

But the "disagreement" with commies and Muslims is not any of these issues. Disagreement with them is whether we normal people should be sent away in boxcars.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 27, 2026 11:58 AM (iFTx/)

294 The current government HAS to be resisted. A truth and reconciliation process must be put in place to purge MAGA supporters from daily life in the near future.


You're calling for the eradication of people that don't think like you, but you're calling THEM Nazis.

Yet you can't see who the bad guy really is here........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 11:44 AM


There is nothing that screams fascist more than calling for the elimination of 50,000,000+ people.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 27, 2026 11:59 AM (0N4FZ)

295 This isn't just an impressive feat of fishing; it is a biological necessity. As winter approaches, brown bears enter a state called hyperphagia, a period of extreme eating where their biological clock screams at them to pack on as much fat as possible. For Chunk, this 10.5-hour marathon resulted in an estimated intake of 135,000 calories—the equivalent of eating roughly 245 double cheeseburgers in a single day.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2026 11:51 AM (RoI99)

Does Chunk have a body positivity TikTok?

Posted by: He's why women choose the bear at January 27, 2026 11:59 AM (TbWk/)

296 Strother Martin. What's a Strother?

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I just watched Cool Hand Luke for the first time yesterday. Damn good movie.

Posted by: Kareem of Wheat at January 27, 2026 11:59 AM (9CBNQ)

297 My father took me fishing there many, many years ago during the height of the sockeye run. (We were fishing for trout and grayling.) Bears all over the place.

Real head on swivel time.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher


I don't doubt you. That would have been scary being that close to those huge bears. They fight with each other over fishing spaces. I don't want to imagine what would happen if they thought you were in their way.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2026 11:59 AM (RoI99)

298 gp's rocket fuel: 36 floz ice cold diet cola, with one-third cup Dunkin Donuts coldbrew coffee concentrate for oxidizer. Commencing second dose. Clear the pad.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 11:59 AM (N8ZBc)

299 If you ever get a chance, watch footage of Wrangel Island. The seals go there to mate as the polar bears enter hyperphagia- the slaughter is completely insane. It's a total bloodfest.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 11:59 AM (BI5O2)

300 "The recent shootings in Minnesota are a natural result of the breakdown in respect for the legitimate activity of government,"

Nah, nonsense. This is the western heirs of Lenin trying for 1917 2.0, thinking they'll be able to manage it with higher production value.

It isn't some sort of mistake, or symptom, these people know exactly what they are doing even if they have a bunch of differing motivations. This has been the fundamental problem with non lefties as long as the term "leftist" has been a thing: they keep refusing to comprehend the magnitude of the threat and be honest about what is actually happening. This is why I bag on VDH so much, he is a couple of generations behind the curve.

Progressivism/communism/whatever you want to name it is a civilizational threat, and it's effective because it capitalizes on opponents getting lazy and rationalizing things away.

Posted by: heya at January 27, 2026 11:59 AM (h3Fno)

301 whether Girl X is a 7 or 8.

6-7

Posted by: Brainrotted GenA doing the hand thing at January 27, 2026 12:00 PM (TbWk/)

302 My point was that people without a good argument need to use force because they cannot persuade. I did not mean that a valid argument is automatically persuasive, because there are a lot of irrational people out there.
Posted by: Emmie at January 27, 2026 11:53 AM

Force can be good in itself. Sometimes you need to remind people that arguments are better than punches, and the best way to do that is to break their nose.
Posted by: toby928(c)



This x1000.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2026 12:01 PM (RoI99)

303 You People are giving Happy Fun CBD a headache by quoting the timwalz troool.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 12:01 PM (ULPxl)

304 286 That's a great comment, Oglebay!

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 12:01 PM (N8ZBc)

305 299 gp's rocket fuel: 36 floz ice cold diet cola, with one-third cup Dunkin Donuts coldbrew coffee concentrate for oxidizer. Commencing second dose. Clear the pad.
Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 11:59 AM (N8ZBc)

Heart rate approaching 140, BP 210/170...

Posted by: Stroke...stroke...stroke... at January 27, 2026 12:02 PM (TbWk/)

306 I don't doubt you. That would have been scary being that close to those huge bears. They fight with each other over fishing spaces. I don't want to imagine what would happen if they thought you were in their way.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2026 11:59 AM (RoI99)

Yep, and there was one named Sister who had a couple of cubs with her, making her doubly prickly.

Fortunately, they're so gorged with fish that they're pretty lazy.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 27, 2026 12:02 PM (LxER7)

307 Not wishing to start a gun thread but here goes. Old firearms ads had really good artwork. Smith and Wesson had one showing a fly fisherman being charged by a large brown or grizzly bear. Fisherman is in his waders and drawing his trusty Smith and Wesson. Unfortunately, this was an ad for a piss off the bear K22.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 27, 2026 12:03 PM (gm9Sb)

308 "295 The current government HAS to be resisted. A truth and reconciliation process must be put in place to purge MAGA supporters from daily life in the near future.


You're calling for the eradication of people that don't think like you, but you're calling THEM Nazis.

Yet you can't see who the bad guy really is here........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 11:44 AM


There is nothing that screams fascist more than calling for the elimination of 50,000,000+ people.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 27, 2026 11:59 AM (0N4FZ)"

I don't think democide is really relevant to the labels here. Either way I have zero qualms about doing it right back to them. Examples need to be made if you want a few generations of relative peace.

Posted by: heya at January 27, 2026 12:03 PM (h3Fno)

309 240
‘Hate to say it, but we need more angry leftwing vermin shot by cops. ’

Do you really hate to say it?

Not only is it the only they back down and we win, it’s clearly what they want.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 27, 2026 12:03 PM (jbnUc)

310 I don't doubt you. That would have been scary being that close to those huge bears. They fight with each other over fishing spaces.

Antlered creatures love that time of year....

The Salmon Moose!

Posted by: Marginal Python Reference at January 27, 2026 12:03 PM (w9Wax)

311 Good thread, CBD. 👍

I don't know (within my remaining lifetime) if it's possible to have reasonable debate and/or equality w/i the nation.

AI Overview: The Left criticized the Tea Party (approx. 2009–2014) as a top-down, corporate-funded movement that used inflammatory, anti-government rhetoric. Liberals viewed the movement as an existential threat to New Deal social programs, often describing it as an extremist, obstructionist force driven by racism and cultural anxiety.

Key reasons for the intense opposition included:
>Opposition to Progressive Policies: dismantle government regulations, cut Medicare, and repeal health care subsidies
>Racism and Extremism Allegations: Critics pointed to the presence of racist signs, anti-immigrant sentiment, and conspiratorial "birther" claims regarding President Obama.
>"Corporate AstroTurf" Accusations - Koch Brothers, dark $ etc.
>Ideological Obstructionism: political gridlock and crises, such as the debt-ceiling debates.
>Cultural Divide: white and older, reacting against a diversifying nation

It was the perfect opening because the Left made it so. What has changed? Only that the 'intense dislike' of the TP has spread.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 27, 2026 12:04 PM (NFX2v)

312 214 > Rand Paul says the gang members, murderers, rapists and child molesters can stay, but they don't get citizenship.
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Park a couple campers outside his house. Put these gangbangers, murderers and rapists in them.

Let Rand Paul simmer in the juices of his own policies.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 27, 2026 11:43 AM (jtM2q)

Rand Paul has been 'gotten to' and is no longer worth a pinch of owl dung

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 27, 2026 12:04 PM (xcxpd)

313 Yep, and there was one named Sister who had a couple of cubs with her, making her doubly prickly.

Fortunately, they're so gorged with fish that they're pretty lazy.
Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 27, 2026 12:02 PM (LxER7)
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That means if you encroached on their fishing spot, they'd kill you, but they wouldn't bother eating you.

Posted by: mrp at January 27, 2026 12:04 PM (rj6Yv)

314 The Salmon Moose!
Posted by: Marginal Python Reference at January 27, 2026 12:03 PM

We don't talk about that guy. He's strange.

Posted by: The Moose Out Front at January 27, 2026 12:05 PM (kgE5c)

315 I'm very happy I'm working this afternoon, even though it will be with SPED kids who are very difficult. My sister is having 2 friends over for lunch and all 3 have bad TDS. Better a screaming autistic kid than 3 hours of ranting about how Trump is just like Hitler.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v at January 27, 2026 12:05 PM (Kxi0p)

316 Judge Kennesaw Landis was from Ohio. His father, despite being a Mennonite doctor, was severely wounded at the battle, and his mother suggested naming him after it.

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 27, 2026 12:05 PM (zdLoL)

317 One thing on my bucket list is watch the polar-bear migration in Churchill, Manitoba.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 12:05 PM (77rzZ)

318 The fact that local, county, and state police all were arresting Antifa last night is a pretty big deal.
Posted by: Ian S.

They'll just be released by commie judges. Not gonna fix it without lime and backhoes. Zero recidivism rate

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 27, 2026 12:06 PM (sZ5EW)

319 308 Not wishing to start a gun thread but here goes. Old firearms ads had really good artwork. Smith and Wesson had one showing a fly fisherman being charged by a large brown or grizzly bear. Fisherman is in his waders and drawing his trusty Smith and Wesson. Unfortunately, this was an ad for a piss off the bear K22.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 27, 2026 12:03 PM (gm9Sb)

It says COMBAT Masterpiece right on the frame. Clearly it's meant for bear fights.

Also I really want one. My .22 revolvers all suck ass

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at January 27, 2026 12:06 PM (xcxpd)

320 One thing on my bucket list is watch the polar-bear migration in Churchill, Manitoba.
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 12:05 PM

The Running of the Bears is based.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 27, 2026 12:06 PM (jc0TO)

321 There is nothing that screams fascist more than calling for the elimination of 50,000,000+ people.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 27, 2026 11:59 AM (0N4FZ)"

I don't think democide is really relevant to the labels here. Either way I have zero qualms about doing it right back to them. Examples need to be made if you want a few generations of relative peace.

Posted by: heya at January 27, 2026 12:03 PM


I agree 100%. There is no way you can reason with people who want to kill 50 million+ people because they have different values than you do. At this point physical force is the only tool left to make them stop.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 27, 2026 12:06 PM (0N4FZ)

322 Rand Paul… Thomas Massie…. Something in the water in Kentucky that clouds the mind. Not to mention the turtle…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 27, 2026 12:06 PM (v/5Y9)

323 Good writeup, unfortunately this is an area in which I'm mostly blackpilled. There is no use trying to have a reasoned debate within the framework of the Constitution or the law as we'd like to know it, with the left writ large.

The left cannot be reasoned with, and has and will continue to use violence to support their side. If we attempt to meet their violence with like force, we are prosecuted to the full extent of the law (and then some), while their violent actors are excused.

It's a game we cannot win.

Posted by: Candace Owens at January 27, 2026 12:06 PM (5aZAZ)

324 It's a game we cannot win.
Posted by: Candace Owens at January 27, 2026 12:06 PM

*nods knowingly*

Jews.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 27, 2026 12:07 PM (jc0TO)

325 Again I’m not trying to change the minds of useful idiots like Sid the pedo but those LIVs that only pay attention to headlines. Pointing out the evil retarded commie’s hypocrisy is something we should be doing 24/7.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 12:07 PM (KDPiq)

326 Off stale sock

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 12:07 PM (5aZAZ)

327 323 Rand Paul… Thomas Massie…. Something in the water in Kentucky that clouds the mind. Not to mention the turtle…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 27, 2026 12:06 PM (v/5Y9)

It's the shine.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 12:07 PM (bss/y)

328 325 It's a game we cannot win.
Posted by: Candace Owens at January 27, 2026 12:06 PM

*nods knowingly*

Jews.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 27, 2026 12:07 PM (jc0TO)

Pardon me, sir. Shouldn't that be:

JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOS!!@!!?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 12:08 PM (bss/y)

329 One thing on my bucket list is watch the polar-bear migration in Churchill, Manitoba.
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 12:05 PM (77rzZ)

Wear bells on your belt and shoe laces.

Posted by: Zombie Timothy Treadwell at January 27, 2026 12:08 PM (wVcYX)

330 "303 My point was that people without a good argument need to use force because they cannot persuade. I did not mean that a valid argument is automatically persuasive, because there are a lot of irrational people out there.
Posted by: Emmie at January 27, 2026 11:53 AM

Force can be good in itself. Sometimes you need to remind people that arguments are better than punches, and the best way to do that is to break their nose.
Posted by: toby928(c)

This x1000.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2026 12:01 PM (RoI99)"

An unpleasant element of reality is that even if you assume everyone can be persuaded, there comes a point where you are risking or sacrificing your own people in the attempt to do so.

Just because someone is mistaken or misunderstands you doesn't make your family any less dead or enslaved if you fail to stop them. The world doesn't let you call a time out to hash out the details.

Posted by: heya at January 27, 2026 12:09 PM (h3Fno)

331 Rand Paul… Thomas Massie…. Something in the water in Kentucky that clouds the mind. Not to mention the turtle…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

It's an incredibly corrupt state, due to all the thoroughbred racing money.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 12:09 PM (77rzZ)

332 The best way to save lives is to shoot as many of the protestors as necessary, no more, no less, so that the violence is ended.

If the state does not maintain its monopoly on violence then there is no state.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 27, 2026 12:09 PM (DcfSy)

333 The Salmon Moose!
Posted by: Marginal Python Reference at January 27, 2026 12:03 PM (w9Wax)

Watching creatures of that size leaping upstream to mate is quite amazing.

Posted by: Nature is breathtaking at January 27, 2026 12:09 PM (TbWk/)

334 >>>Rand Paul has been 'gotten to' and is no longer worth a pinch of owl dung

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo

>If Rand Paul had an illegal gardener, he wouldn't have been attacked by his neighbor.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 27, 2026 12:09 PM (oT7pT)

335 Do the she-bears make salmmichs for their malefolk?

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 12:10 PM (77rzZ)

336 It's a game we cannot win.
Posted by: Candace Owens at January 27, 2026 12:06 PM (5aZAZ)
========

Bullshit. The 1848 Chartist revolts in Europe were crushed ruthlessly. The ones in Germany were so thoroughly suppressed that a lot of the survivors emigrated to the US. A goodly number of them enlisted in the Union Army.

Posted by: mrp at January 27, 2026 12:10 PM (rj6Yv)

337 It seems that playtime is over.

Alarming that Tim Walz and Jacob Frey had the ability to do this the entire time, but they allowed lunatic activists to harass federal law-enforcement officers and create an unnecessarily violent environment.

https://is.gd/9v6Bgu

Posted by: Archimedes at January 27, 2026 12:10 PM (Riz8t)

338 OT:

I wonder what 'Nitro Pop' flavor is?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 12:11 PM (bss/y)

339 Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people firey, but mostly peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

fixt

Posted by: cnn at January 27, 2026 12:11 PM (sGtp+)

340 Data Republican has done more in that area than a hundred thousand FIBs.

--

Certainly seems so. And what, exactly, does that say about them? No need to answer. I think we all know.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 27, 2026 12:12 PM (qBdHI)

341 These comments have been outstanding so far. Delay the nood.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 12:12 PM (N8ZBc)

342 Rand Paul… Thomas Massie…. Something in the water in Kentucky that clouds the mind. Not to mention the turtle…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

It's an incredibly corrupt state, due to all the thoroughbred racing money.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 12:09 PM


It ain't just the horse racing money, fully 1/3 of the states population is on social security disability, snap and welfare. The corruption with that is off the scale. The only reason it isn't worse is there are only 4 million people in the state.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 27, 2026 12:12 PM (0N4FZ)

343 The Salmon Moose!
Posted by: Marginal Python Reference

Watching creatures of that size leaping upstream to mate is quite amazing.
Posted by: Nature is breathtaking


What's amazing is what happens if you don't out leap them.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2026 12:12 PM (RoI99)

344 For, you see, even if there is no right and wrong, you can find grounds to criticize another person by contrasting what he has espoused with what he has actually done. In this case, you are not making any judgment whatsoever as to the correctness of his views or the morality of his behavior—you are merely pointing out that he has said one thing and done another.
________

But what's their purpose in pointing it out other than to imply that it's bad? So they're still backdooring right and wrong, which they reject.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 27, 2026 12:12 PM (XvL8K)

345 339 OT:

I wonder what 'Nitro Pop' flavor is?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 12:11 PM (bss/y)

If I had to guess, blue raspberry or some kind of Bomb Pop deal.

Posted by: What's Nitro Pop anyway? at January 27, 2026 12:13 PM (TbWk/)

346 336 Do the she-bears make salmmichs for their malefolk?

maleficent is leader of the malefolk

Posted by: anachronda at January 27, 2026 12:13 PM (sGtp+)

347 D Bears!

Posted by: Bill Swerski Superfans at January 27, 2026 12:13 PM (wVcYX)

348 Heh… Chunk is a great name for that animal

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 27, 2026 12:13 PM (v/5Y9)

349 Bears are very inefficient eaters, they waste more than they consume, probably consumed less than 1/4 of the potential calories.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 27, 2026 12:14 PM (PrKv7)

350 If I had to guess, blue raspberry or some kind of Bomb Pop deal.
Posted by: What's Nitro Pop anyway? at January 27, 2026 12:13 PM (TbWk/)

Yeah, the red white and blue pops are my guess. Hmmm.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 12:14 PM (bss/y)

351
>Racism and Extremism Allegations: Critics pointed to the presence of racist signs, anti-immigrant sentiment, and conspiratorial "birther" claims regarding President Obama.




As I recall, the "racist" lie thrown at the Tea Party was largely a matter of the Commie cocksuckers saying "The Tea Party is racist because they want to take food stamps away from black people! Everyone knows that black people would starve to death if they didn't get food stamps!"

The Democrat Party, hating non-white people since 1828.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 27, 2026 12:15 PM (y9nCu)

352 Bears are very inefficient eaters, they waste more than they consume, probably consumed less than 1/4 of the potential calories.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

Fine. More for us.
-- bald eagles and Arctic foxes

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 12:15 PM (77rzZ)

353 200. There's video Sunday night of St. Paul police coming to one of the hotels under siege and then pulling a U-turn in the middle of the road and going back. The fact that local, county, and state police all were arresting Antifa last night is a pretty big deal.
Posted by: Ian S.

So some other feds, school teachers, union organizers get arrested, charged, fined, can't/won't pay, given a hearing date that will jump around for months because the police aren't available, or its a Federal holiday, etc. And then, nothing that really serves as a deterrent plus the taxpayers pickup the attorney fees, etc.

Not being mean, just realistic. Go sit in the District Judge's courtroom.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 27, 2026 12:15 PM (NFX2v)

354 Nitro pop? Frozen N2O on a stick.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 12:15 PM (N8ZBc)

355 Shockingly, this is from National Review.

Trump Isn’t the Only One Changing Course in Minnesota

Last night brought something that unfortunately seems astonishing in the current moment, namely, local and state police arrested anti-ICE demonstrators once they had broken the law:

Police in Minnesota began arresting anti-ICE agitators outside a hotel Monday after authorities said the demonstration escalated and was “no longer considered peaceful,” prompting officers to declare an unlawful assembly.

https://is.gd/oALdyZ

Posted by: Archimedes at January 27, 2026 12:16 PM (Riz8t)

356 That normal police action was in Maple Grove not Mpls. Doesn't mean it wasn't influenced by some change in the pool temperature (= Walz/Frey caving). Also, there were state LE there, apparently (described by streamers, but unconfirmed). That of course means Walz changing orders.

We'll see. Operations today should continue and any change in local policy should be evident.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 27, 2026 12:16 PM (U/Byj)

357 309 I don't think democide is really relevant to the labels here.

because most of the people they want to -cide are republicans?

Posted by: anachronda at January 27, 2026 12:16 PM (sGtp+)

358 >>>For, you see, even if there is no right and wrong, you can find grounds to criticize another person by contrasting what he has espoused with what he has actually done. In this case, you are not making any judgment whatsoever as to the correctness of his views or the morality of his behavior—you are merely pointing out that he has said one thing and done another.
________

But what's their purpose in pointing it out other than to imply that it's bad? So they're still backdooring right and wrong, which they reject.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba

>>Willard Romney has entered the chat. He's a shapeshifter. This is what a legislators do, - talk.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 27, 2026 12:16 PM (oT7pT)

359 > Rand Paul… Thomas Massie…. Something in the water in Kentucky that clouds the mind. Not to mention the turtle…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

It's an incredibly corrupt state, due to all the thoroughbred racing money.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 12:09 PM


It ain't just the horse racing money, fully 1/3 of the states population is on social security disability, snap and welfare. The corruption with that is off the scale. The only reason it isn't worse is there are only 4 million people in the state.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 27, 2026 12:12 PM (0N4FZ)
============
There are only 3 major metro areas; Louisville, Lexington and Frankfort. All lean heavily left. And account for the majority of those 4M people. It's like any other "red" state that, somehow, always seems "off" when it comes to the elected officials they send to the capitol city.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 27, 2026 12:17 PM (jtM2q)

360 Bullshit. The 1848 Chartist revolts in Europe were crushed ruthlessly. The ones in Germany were so thoroughly suppressed that a lot of the survivors emigrated to the US. A goodly number of them enlisted in the Union Army.
Posted by: mrp at January 27, 2026 12:10 PM (rj6Yv)
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You let me know when you think a good time for us folks on the right to "ruthlessly crush" a rebellion would be.

Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 12:17 PM (5aZAZ)

361 Anyways, who wants a chocolate chip cookie 🍪?

Posted by: lin-duh at January 27, 2026 12:17 PM (VCgbV)

362 I think pretty much all mammal digestion is pretty crappy. Or maybe it's just carnivores?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 12:18 PM (bss/y)

363 And now, for something completely different:

Headline (Daily Express UK):

"Denmark warns Trump Greenland move means war"

Posted by: mrp at January 27, 2026 12:18 PM (rj6Yv)

364 An unpleasant element of reality is that even if you assume everyone can be persuaded, there comes a point where you are risking or sacrificing your own people in the attempt to do so.
==
Rules. Reasonable people like them because we can use them to settle disputes peacefully. Unreasonabke people like them too. They can be used to bind or slow the reasonable, and are no obstacle to the unreasonable.

The left isnt doing persuation. Not politics. Its force. All the way down. You are going to persuade these people. It would be like talking the mafia into giving up crime.

Posted by: Fat Darth Tim says he is your father at January 27, 2026 12:18 PM (Mw2aG)

365 "There is no way you can reason with people who want to kill 50 million+ people ...physical force is the only tool left to make them stop."
Posted by: Mister Scott

Hey I'm right there with you, have already put two on the Missing Persons Bulletin, but is there a better to say that than "we're justified in killing people who justify killing people"?

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 12:18 PM (ciYHQ)

366 Bears are very inefficient eaters, they waste more than they consume, probably consumed less than 1/4 of the potential calories.
Posted by: Thomas Bender

The Bears only want the high fat parts...the protein won't store up and may actually cost the Bear to digest it so fat is where it's at.

Posted by: The Fat Boys Are Back at January 27, 2026 12:18 PM (R/m4+)

367 364 And now, for something completely different:

Headline (Daily Express UK):

"Denmark warns Trump Greenland move means war"
Posted by: mrp at January 27, 2026 12:18 PM (rj6Yv)

I thought they worked this all out?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 12:18 PM (bss/y)

368 live in Lexington I agree

Posted by: doug at January 27, 2026 12:19 PM (Hy+R4)

369 324 Posted by: Candace Owens at January 27, 2026 12:06 PM (5aZAZ)

The Judge up in New Somalia gave the game away, Don Lemon can invade a Church in direct violation of the FACE act if James O'Keefe did the same to a Mosque it is a hate crime.

We are not citizens we are residents in this country.

Posted by: sven at January 27, 2026 12:19 PM (MUJd1)

370 "Denmark warns Trump Greenland move means war"
Posted by: mrp at January 27, 2026 12:18 PM (rj6Yv)

I thought they worked this all out?

What better time to talk tough?

Posted by: Archimedes at January 27, 2026 12:20 PM (Riz8t)

371 365 Posted by: Fat Darth Tim says he is your father at January 27, 2026 12:18 PM (Mw2aG)

You have medical health professionals openly discussing killing patients for their politics online.

I think the idea that the left can be reasoned with is charming and cute.

Posted by: sven at January 27, 2026 12:20 PM (MUJd1)

372
Anyways, who wants a chocolate chip cookie 🍪?
Posted by: lin-duh at January 27, 2026 12:17 PM (VCgbV)



Your USB port is right over there.

Who's your buddy? Who's your pal?

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 27, 2026 12:21 PM (y9nCu)

373 The Guardian:
‘A militia that kills’: uproar in Italy over ICE security role at Winter Olympics
Milan’s mayor says agents ’not welcome’ in co-host city and that Italy can take care of security itself
Angela Giuffrida in Rome and Jakub Krupa
Tue 27 Jan 2026

I guess the uproar is known in England, too.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 27, 2026 12:21 PM (NFX2v)

374
I think the writing has been on the wall for a loooooong time. (I began reading it when #44 B. Hussein used the IRS to target conservative PACs.)
The enemies of the US Constitution and the American Republic have too thoroughly infiltrated all areas of society for the normal mechanism of self-government to continue to function properly. It's now purely instinctual for the left to destroy our country. And there's too many of them to shame their collective lunacy from playing out in the streets.

The only real question is: "Okay, what's next? How do freedom loving citizens safely communicate and organize to be ready for what appears to inevitable and ugly societal disintegration?"

Posted by: Bach In Black at January 27, 2026 12:21 PM (KY9hS)

375 You have medical health professionals openly discussing killing patients for their politics online.

I think the idea that the left can be reasoned with is charming and cute.
Posted by: sven at January 27, 2026 12:20 PM (MUJd1)

Yeah, that nurse one with the paralytic is just fucking nuts.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 12:21 PM (bss/y)

376 "Denmark warns Trump Greenland move means war"
Posted by: mrp at January 27, 2026 12:18 PM (rj6Yv)

I thought they worked this all out?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

The Mouse That Roared.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at January 27, 2026 12:21 PM (w9Wax)

377 And not in the good way.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 12:21 PM (bss/y)

378 >>> 364 And now, for something completely different:

Headline (Daily Express UK):

"Denmark warns Trump Greenland move means war"
Posted by: mrp at January 27, 2026 12:18 PM (rj6Yv)

Uh huh. If this isn't outdated... did someone discover the movie "The Mouse That Roared"?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 12:22 PM (ULPxl)

379 358 309 I don't think democide is really relevant to the labels here.

because most of the people they want to -cide are republicans?

Posted by: anachronda at January 27, 2026 12:16 PM (sGtp+)

hehehehe, pube-icide, hehehehe...

Posted by: Beavis at January 27, 2026 12:22 PM (Q+gd/)

380

Surprise, surprise, or really not at all. It turns out that the guy who was shot was a known agitator, who frequently got into violent confrontations with ice. One just last week got his rib broke. New York Post has the story

Posted by: imp at January 27, 2026 12:22 PM (g6TN6)

381 I bet some show writers and what have you, come here and rip out our material.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 27, 2026 12:22 PM (EyfuW)

382 302 whether Girl X is a 7 or 8.

6-7
Posted by: Brainrotted GenA doing the hand thing

We talking about the sassy THICC weather girl?

https://tinyurl.com/4auuszy9

Posted by: Confused Moron at January 27, 2026 12:22 PM (JCZqz)

383 364 And now, for something completely different:

Headline (Daily Express UK):

"Denmark warns Trump Greenland move means war"
Posted by: mrp at January 27, 2026 12:18 PM (rj6Yv)

Denmark is Daffy Duck
Trump is Bugs Bunny

Let the games begin . . .

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 12:22 PM (wVcYX)

384 377 "Denmark warns Trump Greenland move means war"
Posted by: mrp at January 27, 2026 12:18 PM (rj6Yv)

I thought they worked this all out?
Posted by: Aetius451AD

The Mouse That Roared.
Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at January 27, 2026 12:21 PM (w9Wax)

Saving Private Hamlet.

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 27, 2026 12:22 PM (LxER7)

385 The Judge up in New Somalia gave the game away, Don Lemon can invade a Church in direct violation of the FACE act if James O'Keefe did the same to a Mosque it is a hate crime.

We are not citizens we are residents in this country.
Posted by: sven


The third world shit hole mentality that BHO brought to the office and land

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 27, 2026 12:24 PM (/lPRQ)

386 372 365 Posted by: Fat Darth Tim says he is your father at January 27, 2026 12:18 PM (Mw2aG)

You have medical health professionals openly discussing killing patients for their politics online.

I think the idea that the left can be reasoned with is charming and cute.

Posted by: sven at January 27, 2026 12:20 PM (MUJd1)


People applauding this would also demand summary execution of any DoW medic who didn't treat a wounded POW.

And summary execution of anyone who harms a hair on a cat or dog.

Posted by: Gref at January 27, 2026 12:24 PM (5rh/l)

387 No "change of course" by Trump in MN. Only thing that matters is enforcement action. It continues, or it doesn't. If it doesn't it's a calamity and essentially the end of this presidency (and perhaps last best opportunity to keep one national nostril above water). But that's why it is extremely unlikely.

No surprise but still very grave that the institutional GOP, again and of course, shows it has zero fitness for office and no intention of doing the necessary things. Idiotic wimpering and vague illiterate talk of "tactics" and crying over a 2 particularly stupid people who got themselves shot by inserting themselves into kinetic enforcement actions and refusing to follow police orders.

Oh - and this is just the national s**t-show over a small part of the mass illegal migration/collapse of sovereignty & rule of law disaster. The 95% (non-criminal illegal alien removal) has barely even started.

Odds of Trump = Speed Bump vs. Trump = Change of Course still favors the first.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 27, 2026 12:25 PM (U/Byj)

388 You let me know when you think a good time for us folks on the right to "ruthlessly crush" a rebellion would be.
Posted by: ballistic at January 27, 2026 12:17 PM (5aZAZ)
======

When Abigail Spanberger orders the Virginia ANG to fire on the White House? That might be awhile.

The point is, governments suppress, and they can suppress quite effectively when the opposition is weaker and disorganized. Branch Davidians at Waco were suppressed, weren't they?

Posted by: mrp at January 27, 2026 12:25 PM (rj6Yv)

389 Nood!

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at January 27, 2026 12:26 PM (w9Wax)

390
Grizzly bears LOVE stale donuts. I once watched a Griz eat about 4 US Army duffle bags full of stale donuts while sitting in a tree stand just above him. All in one sitting.

Also ate his own feces as he was sitting on top of the pile and crapping all over it. Ewww.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 27, 2026 12:26 PM (y9nCu)

391 383 302 whether Girl X is a 7 or 8.

6-7
Posted by: Brainrotted GenA doing the hand thing

We talking about the sassy THICC weather girl?

https://tinyurl.com/4auuszy9
Posted by: Confused Moron at January 27, 2026 12:22 PM (JCZqz)

I thought the one where she was reading viewer comments and she said:

'She looks like Barbie- if she actually ate a sandwich.'

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 12:26 PM (bss/y)

392 >>> 387 372 365 Posted by: Fat Darth Tim says he is your father at January 27, 2026 12:18 PM (Mw2aG)

You have medical health professionals openly discussing killing patients for their politics online.

I think the idea that the left can be reasoned with is charming and cute.

Posted by: sven at January 27, 2026 12:20 PM (MUJd1)


People applauding this would also demand summary execution of any DoW medic who didn't treat a wounded POW.

And summary execution of anyone who harms a hair on a cat or dog.
Posted by: Gref at January 27, 2026 12:24 PM (5rh/l)

Unless it's Aussie cops shooting dogs During A Time Of Pandemic.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 12:26 PM (ULPxl)

393 Nood Xi.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 27, 2026 12:26 PM (Fs0KI)

394 Tried to type with Carhartt snowmobile gloves on. Didn't work. It's *cold* in this old house today. Damned wind!

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 12:27 PM (N8ZBc)

395 Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 27, 2026 12:25 PM (Zkiz+)

I'm so sorry that the English as a second language course was not as helpful as you might have hoped.

Posted by: Aliasjonesjones at January 27, 2026 12:27 PM (rZCVI)

396

We talking about the sassy THICC weather girl?

https://tinyurl.com/4auuszy9
Posted by: Confused Moron

Maybe 7 or 8 tons?

Posted by: imp at January 27, 2026 12:28 PM (g6TN6)

397 NOOD

CoupXi

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 12:29 PM (ULPxl)

398 This is not a rebellion. The government is doing this. It's a war.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 27, 2026 12:29 PM (BI5O2)

399 Bears are very inefficient eaters, they waste more than they consume, probably consumed less than 1/4 of the potential calories.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 27, 2026 12:14 PM (PrKv7)

They are like humans. You give me a plate with a chicken fried steak , brussel sprouts, liver and oysters, I’m only eating the chicken fried steak.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 12:33 PM (KDPiq)

400 My point was that people without a good argument need to use force because they cannot persuade.
——-

There are only two (2) ways to get anyone to do something, whether it is a good argument or not. You can try to persuade, or you can use force. That’s it.

The left has long used “Manufactured Consent” and spook engineered parlor tricks to give the illusion of citizen participation. Nobody believes their schtick any longer.

Thus the have to use overt violence.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 27, 2026 12:38 PM (DenDI)

401 "The left isn't doing persuasion. Not politics. Its force. All the way down. You are not going to persuade these people. It would be like talking the mafia into giving up crime."

Spot on, but... I've gone dark, we're old friends. There is a danger. A corruption that becomes addictive. You start out executing domestic terrorists and end up exterminating an entire family because they refused to show ID at your checkpoint.

I'm not saying we can't go there - I think giving the marxists infinite respawns while they playtest how to enslave us is madness - but we have to be vigilant against becoming their mirror image.

Americans also have this bias that we're going to save the innocent and kill the wicked. I'm sorry, I wish I could tell you different, but that's not how it's going to play out. Mistakes will be made, devil deals will be brokered, sacrifices may be the only option.

If people have a problem with that I understand completely. Maybe enduring the gulags and mass starvation will be more noble but, as my favorite Queen once said: "I choose violence"

Posted by: Fen at January 27, 2026 12:39 PM (ciYHQ)

402 The author sugarcoats the forced integration of the USA. No one was permitted to dissent regarding forced busing which destroyed the education system and cities and lead to DEI, not to mention being enforced at the tip of a bayonet. Race relations were far better before the civil rights era. Now we have BLM and out and out racists far worse than any George Wallace.

Today we have outright discriminations against whites all thanks to our "govt" and civil rights. Prove me wrong.

Posted by: TJ jackson at January 27, 2026 02:04 PM (3eCL4)

403 Race relations were far better before the civil rights era.
Posted by: TJ jackson at January 27, 2026 02:04 PM

If you were white.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 27, 2026 02:18 PM (jc0TO)

404 I mean, tell me that you weren't alive in the 1950s without telling me you weren't alive in the 1950s.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 27, 2026 02:19 PM (jc0TO)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

Brack Bar1.jpg

The Bar
Cecil John Brack

Oh...for f*ck's sake! I am in a pub in London, and I am banned from commenting on my own thread!

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM




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1 Sponge!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2026 09:30 AM (RoI99)

2 ho lee fuk

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 27, 2026 09:30 AM (gbOdA)

3 That is certainly a collection of colors arranged in recognizable patterns, for sure.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 09:30 AM (GBKbO)

4 Whoa. Beer goggles do nothing!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2026 09:31 AM (RoI99)

5 Perhaps a different bar?

Posted by: Otto Pen at January 27, 2026 09:31 AM (sJHOI)

6 Well, she won't be getting much in tips.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 09:31 AM (77rzZ)

7 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)

8 1930s, right?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 09:32 AM (wzUl9)

9 Phew......thankfully it's NOT a Twin Peaks location.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)

10 Wow. That is certainly a painting.

Posted by: huerfano at January 27, 2026 09:32 AM (98kQX)

11 Where you don't want anybody to know your name

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 09:32 AM (wzUl9)

12 I warned the others.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2026 09:32 AM (RoI99)

13 Too cartoonish. Rejected.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 27, 2026 09:32 AM (MSlZp)

14 NGV International
180 St Kilda Road, Melbourne

While the history of art remained an important touchstone and source of inspiration for John Brack throughout his career, The bar is one of few examples of his work in which there is a direct connection to an artistic precedent. Here he restates the subject of Édouard Manet’s famous painting A bar at the Folies-Bergère, 1882, in a very contemporary guise, replacing the opulence of 1880s Paris with the dour austerity of 1950s Melbourne. Under the watchful eyes of the stern barmaid, a band of near-identical workers urgently drink their fill before the six o’clock closing that was enforced in Melbourne pubs until 1966.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 27, 2026 09:32 AM (gbOdA)

15 It's ma'am!

Posted by: Obvious dude in a dress at January 27, 2026 09:33 AM (ftFVW)

16 Harquart Fenton Mudd!! Have you been drinking??

Posted by: Stellah at January 27, 2026 09:33 AM (Q+gd/)

17 Ugh. Would not hang.

I might kill myself if I had to look at that color palette every day.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 27, 2026 09:33 AM (h7ZuX)

18 A bar your wife would allow you to go to for obvious reasons.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 09:33 AM (Zz0t1)

19 Whoa! When did Mayday Malone transition?

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 27, 2026 09:33 AM (LxER7)

20 I'll pass

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 27, 2026 09:33 AM (jtM2q)

21 Phew......thankfully it's NOT a Twin Peaks location.
Posted by: Sponge


That's what you see when you look under a kilt at Tilted Kilt.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2026 09:33 AM (RoI99)

22 This is not the Club ONT.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 27, 2026 09:33 AM (0nHVk)

23 Is that John Kerry in drag?

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 09:34 AM (sKqQm)

24 So glad I quit drinking 16 years ago.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 09:34 AM (N8ZBc)

25 Early tranny art?

Posted by: dagny at January 27, 2026 09:35 AM (ILGo9)

26
That's what you see when you look under a kilt at Tilted Kilt.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2026 09:33 AM (RoI99)


No wonder the 2 around these parts closed down a while ago......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)

27 Is this about raising, lowering or clearing the bar?

Posted by: epador at January 27, 2026 09:35 AM (TRnzq)

28 So glad I quit drinking 16 years ago.
Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 09:34 AM (N8ZBc)


Good for you, sir. Good for you.

*fistbump*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 09:35 AM (Zz0t1)

29 Okay, I was off by twenty years. Brack was an Australian: "A related painting, The Bar (1954), was modelled on Manet's 1882 A Bar at the Folies-Bergère, and satirised the six o'clock swill, a social ritual arising from the early closing of Australian pubs."

*Six* o'clock? How early did Aussie pubs close back then?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 09:35 AM (wzUl9)

30 Love this! It makes me smile.

You can hear the noise and smell the smoke and the music and the 45 different conversations all vying for dominance.

Bourbon neat please!

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 27, 2026 09:35 AM (IhIKR)

31 No wonder the 2 around these parts closed down a while ago......
Posted by: Sponge


Snort.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2026 09:36 AM (RoI99)

32 Looks like a scene fro a terrible cartoon.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 27, 2026 09:36 AM (mM8QB)

33 28 Thank you, Sponge.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 09:36 AM (N8ZBc)

34 Her only hope is the closing time effect.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 27, 2026 09:36 AM (NpAcC)

35 The bar patrons were angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at January 27, 2026 09:36 AM (2Ez/1)

36 Butthead's Mom

Posted by: t-bird at January 27, 2026 09:36 AM (++1kQ)

37 "Is it just me, or is the bartender kind of hot?"
"Give me your keys"

Posted by: Wally at January 27, 2026 09:37 AM (65cLN)

38 Thank you, Sponge.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 09:36 AM (N8ZBc)


I picked up drinking 47 years ago, so.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 09:37 AM (Zz0t1)

39 I prefer the self portrait of him shaving.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 09:37 AM (rZCVI)

40 A bunch of weird dudes and a tranny? That ain’t any bar I’m going to. TBWNH.

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 27, 2026 09:37 AM (gY5ZL)

41 Her only hope is the closing time effect.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 27, 2026 09:36 AM (NpAcC)

It's a fed agent gay bar. If she's a she, she has no hope.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 09:37 AM (ExV1e)

42 Okay, I was off by twenty years. Brack was an Australian: "A related painting, The Bar (1954), was modelled on Manet's 1882 A Bar at the Folies-Bergère, and satirised the six o'clock swill, a social ritual arising from the early closing of Australian pubs."

*Six* o'clock? How early did Aussie pubs close back then?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius


Closed at 6:59am. Opened at 7:00 am.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2026 09:37 AM (RoI99)

43 Looks like Jake and Elwood Blues were there for the six o'clock swill that day.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 09:37 AM (wzUl9)

44 It's a man, baby.

Posted by: XTC at January 27, 2026 09:37 AM (6Uni8)

45 Interesting.
Maybe hang that in the 70's grandparents' basement bar.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 27, 2026 09:38 AM (0yjaw)

46 But the flowers at the bar is a nice and unusual touch.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 09:38 AM (rZCVI)

47 Looks like Jake and Elwood Blues were there for the six o'clock swill that day.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 09:37 AM (wzUl9)


Makes you wonder why Elwood just happened to carry a can of spray adhesive in his bag all the time.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 09:38 AM (Zz0t1)

48
That's a MAN, baby!

(Not to be confused with Tater Stelter, a Man-Baby.)

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 27, 2026 09:39 AM (xG4kz)

49 The flowers are rather startling, as if some of the tough Aussie male patrons are cradling them in their arms. Until you see the stems coming from the vase on the bar.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 09:39 AM (wzUl9)

50 I guarantee you there's a copy of the naked Bea Arthur painting hanging on a wall somewhere in that bar.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 09:39 AM (Zz0t1)

51 Free Popcorn.

Posted by: davidt at January 27, 2026 09:39 AM (Q+gd/)

52 And I love her! The bar is tidy, everyone has what they need. Her patrons know how to behave. She probably has stories to tell and I bet she’s hilarious. And I would wager she makes a helluva martini.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 27, 2026 09:39 AM (IhIKR)

53 Mandatory headwear.

Posted by: Fedoras R Us at January 27, 2026 09:39 AM (2Ez/1)

54 *Six* o'clock? How early did Aussie pubs close back then?"

The temperance movement wasn't just in the US... the "progressive" wave of the early 20th century pretty much ruined western civilization.

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 09:40 AM (XuXeR)

55 The Bar always made a killing when the Boris Badenov fan club held its annual convention.

Posted by: PabloD at January 27, 2026 09:40 AM (pXTL4)

56
Counting flowers at the bar
'Cause I forgot where I parked my car.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 27, 2026 09:40 AM (xG4kz)

57 Except for the glasses and hat, the guy second from right looks like Raymond Massey when he played "Jonathan" in Arsenic and Old Lace.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 09:40 AM (wzUl9)

58 I prefer the self portrait of him shaving.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Does it occur right before his shift behind the bar?

Posted by: She Hobbit at January 27, 2026 09:40 AM (ftFVW)

59 MEDIC MEDIC

My eye after seeing this gal

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 27, 2026 09:40 AM (gbOdA)

60 I remember how much my dad loved Coach as the bartender before Woody Harrelson.

Posted by: Cheers at January 27, 2026 09:41 AM (2Ez/1)

61 The middle bottle on the right sure looks like a B&B bottle.

https://is.gd/vSCg60

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 09:41 AM (Zz0t1)

62 He that named a bar
Named it well:
A bar to Heaven,
A gate to Hell.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 09:41 AM (N8ZBc)

63 And by "swill" in the Wiki excerpt, I suppose the meaning is "swilling the drinks down," i.e., swallowing them as fast as possible . . . not the word "swill" as applied to prisoner's food or that for pigs.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 09:41 AM (wzUl9)

64 OK, I know this is a parody of the famous painting.

Does this guy do "graphic novels?" Because that's what this looks like.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 27, 2026 09:41 AM (ufSfZ)

65
There's no beer goggles thick enough...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 27, 2026 09:42 AM (xG4kz)

66 Nobody understands cricket anyway.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 27, 2026 09:42 AM (IhIKR)

67 Alternate title:

"Cecil John Brack's Attempt to Create an Australian Version of the "Peanuts" Comic Strip Was a Failure"

Posted by: naturalfake at January 27, 2026 09:42 AM (iJfKG)

68 Yikes! I would not let her mix me a drink. It's Lloyd from The Shining in drag.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 27, 2026 09:42 AM (kgE5c)

69 Except for the glasses and hat, the guy second from right looks like Raymond Massey when he played "Jonathan" in Arsenic and Old Lace.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius


He looks like Boris Karloff.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 09:42 AM (77rzZ)

70 No thank you.

Posted by: Czech Chick at January 27, 2026 09:43 AM (vK/Ja)

71 From an art perspective, the bar is set pretty low.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 27, 2026 09:43 AM (Dv3i1)

72 Nobody understands cricket anyway."

Well, it's just like baseball, except for the parts where it isn't.

Clear?

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 09:43 AM (XuXeR)

73 So glad I quit drinking 16 years ago.
Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 09:34 AM (N8ZBc)

I haven't quit, per se, but I have dropped my intake considerably. It's easy to do when you realize no-one at your local pub likes you. At all.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 27, 2026 09:43 AM (ufSfZ)

74 Painting: everything stained yellow by cig smoke.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 09:43 AM (N8ZBc)

75 The Bar
Cecil John Brack

*************

Spilled Booze and Halitosis - a limerick

In Chicago I asked my friend, Hume
In a stinky old bar full of gloom
"How d'ya tell it apart
From an elephant's fart?"
"One's a barroom, the other's BA-RROOM!!!"

Posted by: muldoon at January 27, 2026 09:44 AM (qgHp7)

76 66 Nobody understands cricket anyway.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 27, 2026 09:42 AM (IhIKR)

They are up by 258
We have not batted yet

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 27, 2026 09:44 AM (gbOdA)

77 From an art perspective, the bar is set pretty low."

*facepalm*

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 09:44 AM (XuXeR)

78 Alternate title:

"Florence Demonstrates Her Psychic Powers By Levitating Potato Chips Off the Bar and Still No one Pays Attention to Heer"

Posted by: naturalfake at January 27, 2026 09:44 AM (iJfKG)

79 Heh, reminds me of a character in a Dick Francis book I just finished ("Proof") where the main character is visiting local bars to catch a supplier passing off watered down scotch and faked wine. The owner is tall, scary, says everything with a bit of sarcasm, just daring patrons and staff to cross her, lol. Naturally, she had identified that supplier's bad hooch and demanded a full refund long before the police knew there was a crime, because nothing got past her.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 27, 2026 09:44 AM (0yjaw)

80 It's a fed agent gay bar. If she's a she, she has no hope.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 09:37 AM (ExV1e)
*******
Unless she spikes their drinks with a pinch of ketamine.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 27, 2026 09:44 AM (NpAcC)

81 There's no beer goggles thick enough...
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot


As a Navy guy I knew once said: "Ain't no night dark enough or bottle of Jack Daniels big enough."

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 09:45 AM (77rzZ)

82 I look at this painting and only see a very bad New Yorker magazine cover from the 1950s. That is not a compliment. I looked for some of his other paintings in case this one was an aberration. Turns out it's one of his better paintings.

The one redeeming feature is having a bottle of Grand Marnier on the bar. That is a damn nice libation.

Posted by: JTB at January 27, 2026 09:45 AM (yTvNw)

83
I remember how much my dad loved Coach as the bartender before Woody Harrelson.
Posted by: Cheers

* sings *
Albania. Albania!
You are located
On the Adriatic!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 27, 2026 09:45 AM (xG4kz)

84 She definitely won't be performing the old 'smash tortilla chips with your tits' bar trick.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 09:45 AM (Zz0t1)

85 58- no, he's more attractive than the woman doing bar duty, IMO, although more severe than her:

https://tinyurl.com/2s4dcmnh

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 09:45 AM (rZCVI)

86 Bourbon neat please!
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 27, 2026 09:35 AM (IhIKR)

**scribbles note as reminder for a MoMe or Christmas present**

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 27, 2026 09:45 AM (ufSfZ)

87 I'll have a shot of Drambuie, my ancestral family drink.

Posted by: stu-mick-o-sucks at January 27, 2026 09:45 AM (w9Wax)

88 She could use some concealer.
Looks like she hasn't slept in weeks.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 27, 2026 09:46 AM (NpAcC)

89
Manet: You want to screw her but she's not interested.

Brack: She's interested but you don't want to screw her.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2026 09:46 AM (tgvbd)

90 I am trying to think of an actress to mention. Lot of them during the 50's (wiry, school marm types.)

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 09:46 AM (bss/y)

91 and I am banned from commenting on my own thread!

Congratulations. You've passed your advanced COBloggery qualification.

Posted by: DaveA at January 27, 2026 09:46 AM (FhXTo)

92 Oh...for f*ck's sake! I am in a pub in London, and I am banned from commenting on my own thread!

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM
---

Nice humblegripe, Dildo!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 27, 2026 09:47 AM (kpS4V)

93 All male patrons makes us think today, if reluctantly, of a gay bar.

The Cafe Lafitte in Exile, a block from the more famous Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop, was right by my grammar school. One rainy Saturday my mother and I took shelter for a moment inside the in Exile . . . and sitting at the bar, talking with another man, was my school principal. He was married with a son in my class. I was embarrassed, as you are at age nine, to see your teachers or principals outside of school, but otherwise thought nothing of it.

Years later Mom told me, "It was a gay bar even back then. . . . "

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 09:47 AM (wzUl9)

94 I'll have a shot of Drambuie"

On your way to bomb the Daquri wharehouse?

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 09:47 AM (XuXeR)

95 Like a baby treats a diaper, Woody. Give me a beer.

Posted by: Just the punchline at January 27, 2026 09:47 AM (2Ez/1)

96 Nobody understands cricket anyway.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 27, 2026 09:42 AM (IhIKR)

Not so, miss.

*sings*

Some people say that life is a game, well if this is so
I'd like to know the rules on which this game of life is based.
I know of no game more fitting than the age old game of cricket
It has honour, it has character and it's British.
Now God laid down the rules of life when he wrote those Ten Commandments
And to cricket those ten same rules shall apply.
Show compassion and self-righteousness and be honest above all
And come to God's call with bat and ball.

Now the Devil has a player and he's called the Demon Bowler,
He's shrewd, he's rude and he's wicked.
He is sent by Sinful Satan and he's out to take your wicket
And you know that that's not cricket.
He'll baffle you with googlies with leg breaks and offspin
But keep a level head and don't let that demon in.
So keep a straight bat at all times, let the Bible be your guide
And you'll get by, yes you'll get by.

Posted by: Zombie Kinks at January 27, 2026 09:47 AM (iJfKG)

97 I am trying to think of an actress to mention. Lot of them during the 50's (wiry, school marm types.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026

***
She's got something of the Hope Emerson look, but Hope was not really wiry.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 09:48 AM (wzUl9)

98 Oh...for f*ck's sake! I am in a pub in London, and I am banned from commenting on my own thread!

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM
=====================
The Metropolitan Police would like to have a little chat.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 27, 2026 09:48 AM (FgifN)

99 She was 6'4" and full of mustard?

Posted by: I Speaka Your Language at January 27, 2026 09:48 AM (Xr+HN)

100 "I haven't quit, per se, but I have dropped my intake considerably. It's easy to do when you realize no-one at your local pub likes you. At all."

My dad was a barfly. He thought everybody in any bar, anywhere, was automatically his friend. I did my drinking at home alone. Both options suck.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 09:48 AM (N8ZBc)

101 The Metropolitan Police would like to have a little chat."

Ah, er... hmmmm.

So, no more COB posts today?

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 09:49 AM (XuXeR)

102
Nobody understands cricket anyway.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 27, 2026 09:42 AM (IhIKR)

____________

You have two sides, one out in the field and one in.

Each man that's in the side that's in goes out, and when he's out he comes in and the next man goes in until he's out.

When they are all out, the side that's out comes in and the side thats been in goes out and tries to get those coming in, out.

Sometimes you get men still in and not out.

When a man goes out to go in, the men who are out try to get him out, and when he is out he goes in and the next man in goes out and goes in.

There are two men called umpires who stay out all the time and they decide when the men who are in are out.

When both sides have been in and all the men have got out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2026 09:49 AM (tgvbd)

103 Alternate Title: "Third Through Twelfth Runners-Up in the Rotary Club's Annual Dick Tracy Lookalike Contest"

Posted by: muldoon at January 27, 2026 09:49 AM (qgHp7)

104 The Brits, not being a very religious people, invented cricket to give them a concept of what eternity is like.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 27, 2026 09:49 AM (qwx/I)

105 She was 6'4" and full of mustard?"

Here, have a Foster's. Australian for swill.

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 09:49 AM (XuXeR)

106 >>Oh...for f*ck's sake! I am in a pub in London, and I am banned from commenting on my own thread!


On the upside: you're in a pub in London! Have some chips and chilllllll

Posted by: Lizzy at January 27, 2026 09:50 AM (0yjaw)

107 Finally! A place where nobody knows my name!

Posted by: Norm Peterson at January 27, 2026 09:50 AM (ESVrU)

108 When both sides have been in and all the men have got out, and both sides have been out twice after all the men have been in, including those who are not out, that is the end of the game.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2026 09:49 AM (tgvbd)


*puts barrel under chin*


*pulls trigger*

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 09:50 AM (Zz0t1)

109 I look at this painting and only see a very bad New Yorker magazine cover from the 1950s. That is not a compliment. I looked for some of his other paintings in case this one was an aberration. Turns out it's one of his better paintings.

The one redeeming feature is having a bottle of Grand Marnier on the bar. That is a damn nice libation.
Posted by: JTB at January 27, 2026 09:45 AM (yTvNw)

Sorry, Old Top.

That's either Benedictine or B&B.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 27, 2026 09:50 AM (iJfKG)

110 I am trying to think of an actress to mention. Lot of them during the 50's (wiry, school marm types.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 09:46 AM (bss/y)

Mary Wickes.

Margaret Hamilton.

Edna May Oliver.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 27, 2026 09:50 AM (ufSfZ)

111 Over 100, so
379 Pretti got that Death Angel look. Good thing he went off when he did. Probably saved a lot of lives.
Posted by: Eromero at January 27, 2026 09:47 AM

Posted by: Eromero at January 27, 2026 09:50 AM (LHPAg)

112 On the upside: you're in a pub in London! Have some chips and chilllllll

Posted by: Lizzy

Or, you know, some curry.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 27, 2026 09:51 AM (Riz8t)

113
There's a breathless hush in the Close to-night --
Ten to make and the match to win --
A bumping pitch and a blinding light,
An hour to play and the last man in.
And it's not for the sake of a ribboned coat,
Or the selfish hope of a season's fame,
But his Captain's hand on his shoulder smote --
'Play up! play up! and play the game!'

The sand of the desert is sodden red, --
Red with the wreck of a square that broke; --
The Gatling's jammed and the Colonel dead,
And the regiment blind with dust and smoke.
The river of death has brimmed his banks,
And England's far, and Honour a name,
But the voice of a schoolboy rallies the ranks:
'Play up! play up! and play the game!'

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2026 09:51 AM (tgvbd)

114 Oh...for f*ck's sake! I am in a pub in London, and I am banned from commenting on my own thread!

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM


The blog is doing everything it can to keep you from being arrested in Commie Old England.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 09:51 AM (Zz0t1)

115 My dad was a barfly. He thought everybody in any bar, anywhere, was automatically his friend. I did my drinking at home alone. Both options suck.
Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026

***
Among the few things my father ever taught me that were worth anything was the maxim, "If you're going to drink, do it at home. It's cheaper and safer."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 09:51 AM (wzUl9)

116 Oh...for f*ck's sake! I am in a pub in London, and I am banned from commenting on my own thread!

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM
---

If so, why is it that I can see your post?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 27, 2026 09:51 AM (ufSfZ)

117 and both sides have been out twice "

So, two is the number? Three is right out?

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 09:51 AM (XuXeR)

118 That one episode where Lilith takes over as bartender because Woody called in sick.

Posted by: No they didn't air it at January 27, 2026 09:51 AM (2Ez/1)

119 CBD really oughtta stop giving his hard-earned money to that shithole country.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 09:51 AM (77rzZ)

120 114
The blog is doing everything it can to keep you from being arrested in Commie Old England.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 09:51 AM (Zz0t1)

=======

So, we're denying Pakistani rape gangs exist?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 09:52 AM (GBKbO)

121 Or, you know, some curry."

More likely, yes.

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 09:52 AM (XuXeR)

122 If you get stuck in a no zone, then what you do MR CBD?

Yeah. What will you do.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 27, 2026 09:52 AM (EyfuW)

123 121 Or, you know, some curry."

More likely, yes.

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 09:52 AM (XuXeR)

=====

It's either curry, masala, or boiled roast.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 09:52 AM (GBKbO)

124 Huh. CBD's comment just magically disappeared. Has he been taken by the Rapture?

Posted by: Archimedes at January 27, 2026 09:52 AM (Riz8t)

125 She looks a bit like Glen Close in Garp. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at January 27, 2026 09:52 AM (0yjaw)

126 Willowed:

"NASA Set to Launch First Manned Moon Rocket in 50 Years"

Dear God, please keep the whole Artemis team, and everybody else on the ground, safe and sound for this foolish mission. Amen.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 09:52 AM (N8ZBc)

127 She's got something of the Hope Emerson look, but Hope was not really wiry.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 09:48 AM (wzUl9)

Oh! The housekeeper from White Christmas... dammit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 09:53 AM (bss/y)

128 Huh. CBD's comment just magically disappeared. Has he been taken by the Rapture?
Posted by: Archimedes at January 27, 2026 09:52 AM (Riz8t)



He's in London. They're censoring his comments.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 09:53 AM (Zz0t1)

129 The temperance movement wasn't just in the US... the "progressive" wave of the early 20th century pretty much ruined western civilization.
———

That was an interesting observation, one thing I deduced from close reading of history (and photography) is every town of any size had a brewery and offered a local brew. Most had a Coffee importer and roaster, too.

Prohibition, and wartime expedients and post war consolidations - (canned food, instant this, powdered that) pretty much ruined those products for a hundred years. Hipsters like to think they invented beer, or the Starbucks folks that Americans have always drank watered down crap robusta bean coffee. Not so. All it does is seem to show that government jiggery-pokery can cause distortions for a very very long time.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 27, 2026 09:53 AM (M1m37)

130 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 27, 2026 09:43 AM (ufSfZ)

Don't make me come up there and pinch you!
Why assume they don't like you? Maybe they just are there with their friends and don't really know you. I don't really have very long conversations with people at the bar when I go. I may comment on their food "( "that sandwich looks good") or join in laughing as they joke with a friend, but I don't think most people are talkative with people they aren't there with.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 09:53 AM (rZCVI)

131 There's somebody for everybody.

Posted by: Eromero at January 27, 2026 09:53 AM (LHPAg)

132 "NASA Set to Launch First Manned Moon Rocket in 50 Years"

Dear God, please keep the whole Artemis team, and everybody else on the ground, safe and sound for this foolish mission. Amen.

I kinda think it's time for them to pack up their tent and move on. Elon has long since eclipsed them.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 27, 2026 09:54 AM (Riz8t)

133 119 CBD really oughtta stop giving his hard-earned money to that shithole country.
Posted by: Bulg


Dude. Get a job.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 27, 2026 09:54 AM (IhIKR)

134 Mary Wickes per imdb.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 09:54 AM (bss/y)

135 The last profile you can see on the left, with the mustache? That's Peter Sellers, researching his role as Inspector Clouseau.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 09:54 AM (wzUl9)

136 Barkeep needs Plexaderm, stat! We are running a $14.95 special.

Posted by: Annette Figueroa at January 27, 2026 09:54 AM (oftw2)

137 The last profile you can see on the left, with the mustache? That's Peter Sellers, researching his role as Inspector Clouseau.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 09:54 AM (wzUl9)


Cato is hiding......somewhere.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 09:55 AM (Zz0t1)

138 There was an inn along the Ouse near Ely in the UK that had one of the prettiest maidens I'd ever seen serving drinks. Long, long legs. Fox and Duck I think it was.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 27, 2026 09:55 AM (qwx/I)

139 Oh...for f*ck's sake! I am in a pub in London, and I am banned from commenting on my own thread!

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

Look at the jet setting Nomenklatura. Surprised he'll associate with us 'hooligans.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 09:55 AM (bss/y)

140 What spacecraft had the faulty thrusters, that they launched anyway, and the two astronauts were stranded for a year? Is that the same one they want to Recreate ‘68 with?

Posted by: Common Tater at January 27, 2026 09:55 AM (M1m37)

141 Nobody understands cricket anyway.
Posted by: nurse ratched

It’s actually a fairly simple game once you understand the basic rules. Difference is there are a lot more versions of the same thing in cricket. Thats where it gets messy. Even suddenly lengths and types of games. Imagine baseball but sometimes it’s 9 innings sometimes it’s 10 sometimes it’s 20. That’s what makes it kind of insane to someone checking it out for the first time.

Posted by: Really?? at January 27, 2026 09:55 AM (4uLDQ)

142 SO I just read the dumbest article in Il Post which is apparently a popular Italian magazine.

In it the author blames Paradox Interactive and their video game Crusader Kings for spreading false narratives.

Crusader Kings is a game where you play a medieval ruler and while there isn't a specific goal, most people emulate real world goals of expanding the realm you rule and the influence of your family in the world

So what false notions does the game portray? Well that Europe was full of whitepypo and not a multiracial paradise, and that Christians and Muslims fought wars for control of Europe. "False"

This Netflixing of history is getting absurd.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 09:55 AM (sKqQm)

143
I kinda think it's time for them to pack up their tent and move on. Elon has long since eclipsed them.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 27, 2026 09:54 AM (Riz8t)

___________

They should be brokers for scientific experiments and sell training for astronauts. They should not be in charge of any hardware.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2026 09:55 AM (tgvbd)

144
*ahem*
I'm sitting right here.

Posted by: Bebe Neuwirth at January 27, 2026 09:56 AM (2Ez/1)

145 Ooooo. And we’re getting a scolding to go with our admonitions.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 27, 2026 09:56 AM (IhIKR)

146 Mary Wickes is always enjoyable to watch.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 09:57 AM (77rzZ)

147 Another Mannix-worthy hot babe art pic. Nice work, CBD. Also, all those vibrant colors and realistic rendering.🙄

She's so attractive I started trying to figure out what the bottles on the shelf were. Middle one is B&B or Benedictine?

MiladyJo says, I think I know that woman.😆

Posted by: mindful webworker - It's too two to's day at January 27, 2026 09:57 AM (OJSFI)

148 Fish and Duck...my wife reminded me. She didn't remember the girl. Now she's mad.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 27, 2026 09:57 AM (qwx/I)

149 142 So what false notions does the game portray? Well that Europe was full of whitepypo and not a multiracial paradise, and that Christians and Muslims fought wars for control of Europe. "False"

This Netflixing of history is getting absurd.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 09:55 AM (sKqQm)

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They're gonna throw a conniption when Total War: Medieval 3 gets released and the King of England is white and the Shah of Egpyt is brown.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 09:57 AM (GBKbO)

150 She's no Brandy.

Posted by: The Looking Glass at January 27, 2026 09:57 AM (2Ez/1)

151 150 She's no Brandy.

Posted by: The Looking Glass at January 27, 2026 09:57 AM (2Ez/1)

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Heard she was a fine girl.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 09:57 AM (GBKbO)

152 Oh...for f*ck's sake! I am in a pub in London, and I am banned from commenting on my own thread!

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

Look at the jet setting Nomenklatura. Surprised he'll associate with us 'hooligans.

He's with the Chavs; he's not a Posh.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 27, 2026 09:57 AM (Riz8t)

153 Posted by: nurse ratched at January 27, 2026 09:56 AM (IhIKR

Yes, you just scolded Bulg. Byeeeee

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 09:57 AM (rZCVI)

154 his hard-earned money"

"earned"??? Nay. COBs just dip into the vast (or is it half vast) pool of funds...

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 09:58 AM (XuXeR)

155 Mary Wickes per imdb.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026

***
She played Sheridan Whiteside's reluctant and browbeaten nurse in both the stage play and the movie of The Man Who Came to Dinner.

Sheridan Whiteside (to the nurse): "Will you take your clammy hand off my chair? You have the touch of a love-starved cobra."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 09:58 AM (wzUl9)

156
I forget -- is cricket the game with chukkers or googlies?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 27, 2026 09:58 AM (xG4kz)

157 Dear God, please keep the whole Artemis team, and everybody else on the ground,"

Shoulda stopped there....

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 09:59 AM (XuXeR)

158 151 150 She's no Brandy.

Posted by: The Looking Glass at January 27, 2026 09:57 AM (2Ez/1)

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Heard she was a fine girl.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 09:57 AM (GBKbO)

But my life, my love and my lady... is the sea. Right, the Sea!

Posted by: Gay Sailor at January 27, 2026 09:59 AM (bss/y)

159 Barkeep needs Plexaderm, stat! We are running a $14.95 special.
Posted by: Annette Figueroa at January 27, 2026

***
Are you still so excited?

Come to my room in half an hour, and bring a loaf of rye bread.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 09:59 AM (wzUl9)

160 So what false notions does the game portray? Well that Europe was full of whitepypo and not a multiracial paradise, and that Christians and Muslims fought wars for control of Europe. "False"

This Netflixing of history is getting absurd.
Posted by: 18-1

Obligatory -
Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book has been rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street and building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And that process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped. Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 27, 2026 09:59 AM (Dv3i1)

161 is cricket the game with chukkers or googlies?"

It's overs...

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 10:00 AM (XuXeR)

162 Cat fight coming.

Maybe.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 27, 2026 10:00 AM (Y1sOo)

163 Oooo. Sick burn, scoldilocks.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 27, 2026 10:00 AM (IhIKR)

164 Told ya

Posted by: one hour sober at January 27, 2026 10:01 AM (Y1sOo)

165 Oh! The housekeeper from White Christmas... dammit.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 09:53 AM (bss/y)

Mary Wickes, as I said.

She's also good in the underrated 1968 film Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 27, 2026 10:01 AM (ufSfZ)

166 *ahem*
I'm sitting right here.
Posted by: Bebe Neuwirth at January 27, 2026 09:56 AM (2Ez/1)

Yeah, the right type of look.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 10:01 AM (bss/y)

167 The temp is at last above freezing. I'm off to Walmart, and maybe to get a coffee and croissant while I'm out.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 10:01 AM (wzUl9)

168 *Popcorn, gityur popcorn here*

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 10:01 AM (XuXeR)

169 I was amused to learn from my latest book I’m reading that when thousands of American 8th Air Force personnel were stationed in East Anglia on hastily built airstrips, the local kids learned to ask

“Got any gum, chum?” and the customary response to that was

“Got a sister, mister?” LOL

Posted by: Common Tater at January 27, 2026 10:02 AM (M1m37)

170 They're gonna throw a conniption when Total War: Medieval 3 gets released and the King of England is white and the Shah of Egpyt is brown.

The TW games are similar, though the CK games (and Europa Universalis) are a little more historically based.

And they are AMAZING for learning history. Which is why the left doesn't like them....

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 10:02 AM (sKqQm)

171 So it's a movie thread?

Posted by: Just got here at January 27, 2026 10:02 AM (2Ez/1)

172 Mary Wickes, as I said.

She's also good in the underrated 1968 film Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 27, 2026 10:01 AM (ufSfZ)

Wait, was I supposed to read other people's comments?

Who got time for dat?!

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 10:02 AM (bss/y)

173 The future is certain, it’s the past that keeps changing

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 27, 2026 10:02 AM (Dv3i1)

174 Mary Wickes played Shirley McLaine's mother in Postcards from the Edge. Must've been one of her last roles.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 10:03 AM (77rzZ)

175 171 So it's a movie thread?
Posted by: Just got here at January 27, 2026 10:02 AM (2Ez/1)

All threads are a movie thread, a boob thread or a gun thread at their appointed hour.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 10:03 AM (bss/y)

176 You have to remember, CBD, in Nazi Germany free speech was weaponized to conduct genocide.

Posted by: Margaret Brennan at January 27, 2026 10:03 AM (oEMAv)

177 The future is certain, it’s the past that keeps changing
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 27, 2026 10:02 AM (Dv3i1)


Like the Constitution, history is living and breathing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 10:03 AM (Zz0t1)

178 wtf guys

I'm ready to poke out my own eye from pain and you're sniping at each other?!?

lol ok ...carry on

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 10:03 AM (emBoF)

179 What would happen if we combined a boob and gun thread?

Posted by: Weasel at January 27, 2026 10:04 AM (3zhHY)

180 Yeah, the right type of look."

You've got the look...

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 10:04 AM (XuXeR)

181 You know you can just open me in new tab, right?

Posted by: IMDB at January 27, 2026 10:04 AM (2Ez/1)

182 I like this one. Makes me chuckle.

Posted by: Tuna at January 27, 2026 10:04 AM (lJ0H4)

183 btw finally saw 11.22.63 or whatever and it was good

thanks Netflix for picking that up

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 10:04 AM (emBoF)

184 Yuck

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at January 27, 2026 10:04 AM (/xwAF)

185 What would happen if we combined a boob and gun thread?"

You could really put an eye out?

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 10:04 AM (XuXeR)

186 You will respect my authoritie
Don't think I'd hang this , a little sparse
Thx CBD

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 10:05 AM (e4I2N)

187 170 The TW games are similar, though the CK games (and Europa Universalis) are a little more historically based.

And they are AMAZING for learning history. Which is why the left doesn't like them....

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 10:02 AM (sKqQm)

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They're games Steam keeps suggesting to me. But I don't wanna pay full price.

Someday. I gotta find a way to get Warhammer Total War to work for me first. Plus...I got Three Kingdoms Total War free from GOG over Christmas. None of the DLC, but the core game, at least. Should be fun. So much to play...

Mostly, I've been working through DOOM, though. Finally beat DOOM II for real for the first time. Icon of Sin is so much harder without IDDQD.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 10:05 AM (GBKbO)

188 Miss Jane Hathaway took up bartending after quitting the Commerce Bank of Beverly Hills.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 10:05 AM (wVcYX)

189 You know about the cup sizes?

Posted by: Frank Costanza at January 27, 2026 10:05 AM (2Ez/1)

190 179 What would happen if we combined a boob and gun thread?
Posted by: Weasel at January 27, 2026 10:04 AM (3zhHY)

https://tinyurl.com/25h2dmka

I believe that's an old school M-16.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 10:06 AM (bss/y)

191 Looks like Sarah Jessica Parker tending bar.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 27, 2026 10:06 AM (8zz6B)

192 The barmaid at the Folies-Bergère might be bored and not smiling, but she's cute and has nice tits.

I expect Austin Powers to jump in and shout, "That's a MAN, baby!"

Posted by: Pete in Texas at January 27, 2026 10:06 AM (BHrzb)

193 Yep -
https://tinyurl.com/4k5zeyy8

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 27, 2026 10:06 AM (Dv3i1)

194 Ejected, or hot spent brass from autos may, on occasion, work themselves into the Décolletage. Much merriment and hilarity ensues!

Posted by: Common Tater at January 27, 2026 10:06 AM (M1m37)

195 Has anyone yet mentioned the fine, realistic rendering of her claws hands?

Posted by: mindful webworker - and that Mona Lisa-esque smile!! at January 27, 2026 10:07 AM (OJSFI)

196 188 Miss Jane Hathaway took up bartending after quitting the Commerce Bank of Beverly Hills.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 27, 2026 10:05 AM (wVcYX)

Oooo. Also the right type of look.

Nancy Culp, looking it up.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 10:07 AM (bss/y)

197 I believe that's an old school M-16."

Nah. It's part of a roll of 1" conduit...

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 10:07 AM (XuXeR)

198
SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN

You're back!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 27, 2026 10:08 AM (xG4kz)

199 TBH I didn't like CK3 as much as CK2, so you can buy the older title if you want to save some money.

I know there is a new EU game out but I haven't had a chance to play it - I gotta work to pay for all these Somali daycares...

I did enjoy the TW Warhammer games though the micromanagement of some of the battles can get tedious...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 10:08 AM (sKqQm)

200 What would happen if we combined a boob and gun thread?
Posted by: Weasel at January 27, 2026 10:04 AM (3zhHY)

"She met me at the door with a pair of thirty-eights. And she had a gun."

Posted by: Count de Monet, hardboiled Private Eye at January 27, 2026 10:08 AM (wVcYX)

201 Looks like Sarah Jessica Parker tending bar.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Boobs aren't big enough SJP was seriously stacked back in the day.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 10:08 AM (77rzZ)

202 "What would happen if we combined a boob and gun thread?"

https://tinyurl.com/bdzm2csk

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 10:09 AM (N8ZBc)

203 What would happen if we combined a boob and gun thread?
Posted by: Weasel at January 27, 2026 10:04 AM (3zhHY)



https://is.gd/vC2KHr

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 10:09 AM (Zz0t1)

204 199 TBH I didn't like CK3 as much as CK2, so you can buy the older title if you want to save some money.

I know there is a new EU game out but I haven't had a chance to play it - I gotta work to pay for all these Somali daycares...

I did enjoy the TW Warhammer games though the micromanagement of some of the battles can get tedious...

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 10:08 AM (sKqQm)

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TW is my jam since the first Medieval. The map and special rules in Warhammer, though, are a learning curve. Like...I can't take certain settlements of certain races? So weird.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 10:09 AM (GBKbO)

205 I used to be a thing.

Posted by: The machine gun bra at January 27, 2026 10:09 AM (2Ez/1)

206 Crusader Kings II was cool because you ould import your kingdom into Europa Universalis IV. It was fun if you had managed to put Rome back together.

Massively overbalanced, but fun.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 10:09 AM (bss/y)

207 January 27, 1967 – Apollo 1 Fire:

During a preflight test on January 27, 1967, for what was to be the first crewed Apollo mission, a fire claimed the lives of three U.S. astronauts; Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee. After the disaster, the mission, which has previously been referred to as Apollo-Saturn 204 (AS-204), was officially designated Apollo 1, which was name for the mission the crew had intended to use.

Posted by: Cheri at January 27, 2026 10:09 AM (oiNtH)

208 Yep -
https://tinyurl.com/4k5zeyy8

Share this chart with every LIV you know and the man's comment too.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 10:10 AM (sKqQm)

209 https://tinyurl.com/25h2dmka

I believe that's an old school M-16.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 10:06 AM (bss/y)

Booger hook on the bang switch violation.

Posted by: Pug Mahon at January 27, 2026 10:10 AM (PSEDc)

210 Mary Wickes was the kind of character actress missing in films today. Never a leading lady, but she was always good for a string of sarcastic comments and eye rolling when she showed up.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 27, 2026 10:10 AM (Sxl5b)

211
A rejected prototype for that stupid Bored Ape horseshit, she was.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 27, 2026 10:10 AM (xG4kz)

212 What would happen if we combined a boob and gun thread?
Posted by: Weasel at January 27, 2026 10:04 AM (3zhHY)

G. Gordon Liddy's "Stacked and Packed" Calendar.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 10:10 AM (77rzZ)

213 He looks like Boris Karloff.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 09:42 AM (77rzZ)
-

My first thought.

He did the mash.
He did the sour mash.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 27, 2026 10:10 AM (UUvzi)

214
Miss Jane Hathaway took up shooting heroin then bartending after quitting the Commerce Bank of Beverly Hills.


FIFY


Posted by: naturalfake at January 27, 2026 10:10 AM (iJfKG)

215 https://is.gd/vC2KHr"

Interesting eye relief...

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 10:11 AM (XuXeR)

216
Interesting eye relief...
Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 10:11 AM (XuXeR)


Eye?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 10:12 AM (Zz0t1)

217
Komarov: This spacecraft is unsafe.
Soviets: It's going to fly.
Komarov: Someone's going to die.
Soviets: You're flying it.
Komarov: *dies*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2026 10:13 AM (tgvbd)

218 Like...I can't take certain settlements of certain races? So weird.

Some Advisor: Uh my lord are you sure you want us to settle these peasants here? The wall behind my literally has an eye looking at us and I saw a doorway try to eat one of our goats.

Some Noble: Yes, this settlement will be perfect - close enough to keep an eye on what those chaos sorcerors are up to with that big glowing purple portal

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 10:13 AM (sKqQm)

219 January has been a bad month for NASA.

Posted by: pawn at January 27, 2026 10:13 AM (jnZe8)

220 210 Mary Wickes was the kind of character actress missing in films today. Never a leading lady, but she was always good for a string of sarcastic comments and eye rolling when she showed up.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 27, 2026 10:10 AM (Sxl5b)

Wasn't she also in the... Danny Kaye movie with 'the Vessel with the Pestle holds the brew that is true!' stuff? Inspector General?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 10:13 AM (bss/y)

221 You have to remember, CBD, in Nazi Germany free speech was weaponized to conduct genocide.
Posted by: Margaret Brennan at January 27, 2026 10:03 AM (oEMAv)

If I was at a MoMe with enough adult beverage and cigars on hand, I could make a pretty decent argument in support of this proposition.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 27, 2026 10:14 AM (ufSfZ)

222 This is clearly a reunion of the guys who posed for thr Easter Island moai.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 27, 2026 10:14 AM (OvMCw)

223 218 Like...I can't take certain settlements of certain races? So weird.

Some Advisor: Uh my lord are you sure you want us to settle these peasants here? The wall behind my literally has an eye looking at us and I saw a doorway try to eat one of our goats.

Some Noble: Yes, this settlement will be perfect - close enough to keep an eye on what those chaos sorcerors are up to with that big glowing purple portal

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 10:13 AM (sKqQm)

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"I don't care if people need to live above ground, take the dwarven settlement! Also, we will live in the bleeding castles of the vampires. Long live the Empire."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 10:14 AM (GBKbO)

224
What would happen if we combined a boob and gun thread?
Posted by: Weasel

It's called Women of the IDF

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 27, 2026 10:14 AM (xG4kz)

225 No. Stop it. Why do you hate us?

Posted by: Persnickety at January 27, 2026 10:14 AM (NXsA/)

226 >>Ejected, or hot spent brass from autos may, on occasion, work themselves into the Décolletage. Much merriment and hilarity ensues!

Happened to my wife at the shooting range one time. She wore only turtlenecks or buttoned up tops at the range after that.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 27, 2026 10:14 AM (Y1sOo)

227 January has been a bad month for NASA.
Posted by: pawn at January 27, 2026 10:13 AM


Seems they've been going downhill after announcing their love of muslhams.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 10:14 AM (Zz0t1)

228 What's the white and yellow stuff in the middle of the painting?

Posted by: ? at January 27, 2026 10:14 AM (SBjoe)

229 Wasn't she also in the... Danny Kaye movie with 'the Vessel with the Pestle holds the brew that is true!' stuff? Inspector General?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 10:13 AM (bss/y)
--------
The Court Jester

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 27, 2026 10:15 AM (OvMCw)

230 Eye?"

Eye eye, captain...

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 10:15 AM (XuXeR)

231 Old commenters never flounce. They just fade away.

Posted by: muldoon at January 27, 2026 10:15 AM (qgHp7)

232 https://tinyurl.com/25h2dmka

I believe that's an old school M-16.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 10:06 AM (bss/y)

Booger hook on the bang switch violation.
Posted by: Pug Mahon at January 27, 2026 10:10 AM

Excessive silicone. Poor trigger discipline. And (apparently) a lefty.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 27, 2026 10:15 AM (kgE5c)

233 What's the white and yellow stuff in the middle of the painting?
Posted by: ?

Flowers

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 10:15 AM (77rzZ)

234 January 27, 1967 – Apollo 1 Fire

I didn't realize that was today.

I always feel bad for poor Laika, the dog the commies sent up to die.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 27, 2026 10:16 AM (ufSfZ)

235 Resting Brit face.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 27, 2026 10:16 AM (IG3/x)

236
"I don't care if people need to live above ground, take the dwarven settlement! Also, we will live in the bleeding castles of the vampires. Long live the Empire."

The Vampiric corruption is usually not that hard to deal with presuming Chaos doesn't push you to the limits before you deal with Vlad and co.

Though honestly the TW warhammer games are very momentum based - if you get a good aggressive start they are easy

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 10:16 AM (sKqQm)

237 229 Wasn't she also in the... Danny Kaye movie with 'the Vessel with the Pestle holds the brew that is true!' stuff? Inspector General?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 10:13 AM (bss/y)
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The Court Jester

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 27, 2026 10:15 AM (OvMCw)

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My mother showed that movie to me as a kid. I lost all memory of what it was and who was in it, but I remembered two sequences for years.

The cup scene at the end, and Kaye speaking into a woman's hand because he's deaf (or the other way around). But I had no idea where it was from, and I'd ocassionally consider asking my mother what they were from, knowing she had shown me the movie it came from.

Then, I just randomly decided to watch the movie on Prime one day, and all my questions were answered.

Fun movie.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 10:17 AM (GBKbO)

238 I didn't realize that was today.

I always feel bad for poor Laika, the dog the commies sent up to die.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 27, 2026 10:16 AM (ufSfZ)

Yeah.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 10:17 AM (bss/y)

239 Excessive silicone."

Yeah, that's bad. Eats at aluminum, and attracts dust & dirt, gumming up the works.

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 10:17 AM (XuXeR)

240 I always feel bad for poor Laika, the dog the commies sent up to die.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing


Does Rin Tin Tin show up in any of your novels?

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 10:17 AM (77rzZ)

241 Resting Brit face.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 27, 2026 10:16 AM (IG3/x)
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Let's see how rested you look after a brit!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 27, 2026 10:17 AM (UUvzi)

242 "Seems they've been going downhill after announcing their love of muslhams."

Oh, so that's it!

Genius!

Posted by: pawn at January 27, 2026 10:17 AM (jnZe8)

243 237 Fuck...does this work?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 27, 2026 10:16 AM (7+Er/)
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No.

Posted by: Try again at January 27, 2026 10:17 AM (2Ez/1)

244 She ain't no Chrissy from The Imperial in Mt. Thomas.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at January 27, 2026 10:18 AM (Wf0ti)

245 236 The Vampiric corruption is usually not that hard to deal with presuming Chaos doesn't push you to the limits before you deal with Vlad and co.

Though honestly the TW warhammer games are very momentum based - if you get a good aggressive start they are easy

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 10:16 AM (sKqQm)

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I've restarted twice with an eye to taking out the vampires, and I've just stalled both times. Haven't played in weeks. I'll try again at some point soon. It's taking up a lot of memory. Play or delete.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 10:18 AM (GBKbO)

246 The Vampiric corruption is usually not that hard to deal with presuming Chaos doesn't push you to the limits before you deal with Vlad and co.
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As The Empire, you at least have Kislev as a buffer. For a while.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 27, 2026 10:18 AM (OvMCw)

247 "January 27, 1967 – Apollo 1 Fire"

The worst NASA accident I remember was during the shuttle program, when 6 or 7 guys were asphyxiated doing maintenance on a tank. Didn't get a lot of press.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 10:18 AM (N8ZBc)

248 246 This is what happens when we don't have registration and we have to ban thousands of vpns each year.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 27, 2026 10:18 AM (7+Er/)

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Only the good suffer.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 10:19 AM (GBKbO)

249 Last time I mentioned using a registration service for here, the wounds have yet to heal from the dragging I received.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 10:19 AM (Zz0t1)

250 ====

Only the good suffer.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 10:19 AM (GBKbO)


I thought they died young?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 10:20 AM (Zz0t1)

251 In case anyone hasn’t said it yet,

-I am in a pub in London, and I am banned from commenting on my own thread!

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM-

Not surprising. You’re in England, after all.

Posted by: RI Red at January 27, 2026 10:20 AM (WcJqs)

252 249 Last time I mentioned using a registration service for here, the wounds have yet to heal from the dragging I received.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 10:19 AM (Zz0t1)

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This is better than Disqus, but this has serious downsides.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 10:20 AM (GBKbO)

253 Like a baby treats a diaper, Woody. Give me a beer.
Posted by: Just the punchline at January 27, 2026 09:47 AM (2Ez/1)

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The great Karnak rips open the envelope and says
"hows life treating you, Norm"

Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 27, 2026 10:20 AM (Hx0tZ)

254 The Bar
Cecil John Brack

Ha, ha, ha!

Wikipedia. In part, The Bar is a 1954 painting by Australian artist John Brack. The subject of the painting directly references Édouard Manet's 1882 work A Bar at the Folies-Bergère.[1] It depicts a barmaid working in an Australian pub at the time of the "six o'clock swill". As in Manet's work, the patrons of the bar are shown in a reflection behind the barmaid. The work is considered a companion piece to Brack's 1955 work Collins St., 5 pm.[2]

A Melbourne art collector acquired The Bar for 90 guineas in 1954.[1] In 2006, the painting sold for $3.12m, a then record price for an Australian artwork at auction.[1] The anonymous buyer was later revealed to be David Walsh, owner of the Museum of Old and New Art in Hobart. He sold the painting to the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) for the same price in 2009.[2]"
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I also saw & read about the companion piece, Collins St., (1955) so this thread has proved another interesting lesson in art. However, I'd pass hanging both.

Thanks.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 27, 2026 10:21 AM (NFX2v)

255 I HAD TO LEAVE THE PUB!"

Sussudio?

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 10:21 AM (XuXeR)

256 250 ====

Only the good suffer.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 10:19 AM (GBKbO)


I thought they died young?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 10:20 AM (Zz0t1)

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Confirmed: Sponge hates Thomas Sewell.

/jk

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 10:21 AM (GBKbO)

257 Holocaust documentaries on TCM all day.

So many people have forgotten.

Posted by: Deplorable Ian Galt at January 27, 2026 10:21 AM (Wf0ti)

258
This is better than Disqus, but this has serious downsides.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 10:20 AM (GBKbO)


I miss the green orange.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 10:21 AM (Zz0t1)

259 Only the good suffer.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 10:19 AM (GBKbO)
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I thought they died young?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 10:20 AM (Zz0t1)
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Only in Minneapolis.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 27, 2026 10:21 AM (UUvzi)

260 249 Last time I mentioned using a registration service for here, the wounds have yet to heal from the dragging I received.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 10:19 AM (Zz0t1)

I'd argue against it. There are benefits, but this is one of the few places where people can just wander in and comment without having to go through much of a process. I think that is good. It makes more work for the cobs, but that is a price I am willing to pay.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 10:21 AM (bss/y)

261 I thought they died young?
Posted by: Sponge

Great. Now I've got that Billy Joel song in my head. Thanks a lot.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 10:22 AM (77rzZ)

262 Only the good suffer.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 10:19 AM (GBKbO)


I thought they died young?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 10:20 AM

Well they have to suffer first. That's just logic.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 27, 2026 10:22 AM (kgE5c)

263
I'd argue against it. There are benefits, but this is one of the few places where people can just wander in and comment without having to go through much of a process. I think that is good. It makes more work for the cobs, but that is a price I am willing to pay.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 10:21 AM (bss/y)


This is a very subtle way to tell CBD to pound sand.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 10:22 AM (Zz0t1)

264 I used to be a thing.
Posted by: The machine gun bra at January 27, 2026 10:09 AM (2Ez/1)

Me too!

Posted by: The Bullet Bra at January 27, 2026 10:22 AM (wVcYX)

265 The Brits are going to outlaw VPNs too.

Posted by: steevy at January 27, 2026 10:22 AM (YwEeS)

266
Great. Now I've got that Billy Joel song in my head. Thanks a lot.
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 10:22 AM (77rzZ)


#Winning.

My job, here, is done.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 10:23 AM (Zz0t1)

267 This is a very subtle way to tell CBD to pound sand.


Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 10:22 AM (Zz0t1)

Broken image.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 10:23 AM (bss/y)

268 The Brits are going to outlaw VPNs too."

The interwebz, how does it work????

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 10:23 AM (XuXeR)

269 266
Great. Now I've got that Billy Joel song in my head. Thanks a lot.
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 10:22 AM (77rzZ)


#Winning.

My job, here, is done.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 10:23 AM (Zz0t1)

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Piano solo out?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 10:23 AM (GBKbO)

270 Cat fight coming.
Maybe.
Posted by: one hour sober

Is the kiddie pool filled with jello or pudding?

Posted by: mindful webworker - off we go at January 27, 2026 10:23 AM (OJSFI)

271 My job, here, is done."

Comma comma comma commacamelion....

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 10:24 AM (XuXeR)

272 OT: Wow, Trump signed an EO this morning to take over the Palisades fire re-building. New York Post

Posted by: t-bird at January 27, 2026 10:24 AM (dfgzq)

273
Broken image.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 10:23 AM (bss/y)


It seems there's an issue with smilies.mu.nu then.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 10:24 AM (Zz0t1)

274
Have registration and before you know it, Ace and the cobs are enjoying a Dionysian banquet on the proceeds of selling your information.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2026 10:24 AM (tgvbd)

275 270 Is the kiddie pool filled with jello or pudding?

Posted by: mindful webworker - off we go at January 27, 2026 10:23 AM (OJSFI)

Moist cat food.

Posted by: XTC at January 27, 2026 10:24 AM (6Uni8)

276 Well...its an art style in today's painting. I recognize it as such. Not my favorite, not my least favorite.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 27, 2026 10:24 AM (xcxpd)

277 Even the dark piss colors are disconcerting.

The art world is a narcissistic, fake , virtue signaling gay commie outfit.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 10:25 AM (KDPiq)

278 Moist cat food."

Made from real cats?

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 10:25 AM (XuXeR)

279 Great. Now I've got that Billy Joel song in my head. Thanks a lot.
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 10:22 AM (77rzZ)

Su-su-sudio is worse if you ask me. Wth even IS that song about?


...Breaking out the earworm buster: More than a Feelin' by Boston

Posted by: Lady Who at January 27, 2026 10:25 AM (JCLJi)

280 I've restarted twice with an eye to taking out the vampires, and I've just stalled both times. Haven't played in weeks. I'll try again at some point soon. It's taking up a lot of memory. Play or delete.

It plays out differently based on which game you are playing - TW1 happens last in the timeline and therefore you have less time to deal with the Vamps before Chaos shows up.

One core suggestion though - don't annex the smaller Imperial factions if you can't defend their holdings as it is better to leave them as allies/vassals then. Also play nice with Bretonnia, the Dwarves AND the Wood Elves you need trade with the first two and at least peace with the latter.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 10:25 AM (sKqQm)

281 Dominique.

Posted by: The Singing Nun at January 27, 2026 10:25 AM (2Ez/1)

282 Su-su-sudio is worse if you ask me. Wth even IS that song about?



I always thought someone should metal / cookie monster that song.....

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 10:25 AM (Zz0t1)

283 Have registration and before you know it, Ace and the cobs are enjoying a Dionysian banquet on the proceeds of selling your information.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2026 10:24 AM (tgvbd)

LOL. Hmmm. CBD, maybe to feed his jet setting lifestyle and coke habit.

ace would just invest in some sort of shelving start up.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 10:26 AM (bss/y)

284 The British home office is very angry that an evil character from one of their propaganda videos, Amelia, is now a viral hero.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 27, 2026 10:26 AM (0U5gm)

285 Former White House lawyer says female and minority pilots caused 66% of pilot-error crashes since 2000, despite being less than 10% of workforce

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 27, 2026 10:26 AM (gbOdA)

286
The worst NASA accident I remember was during the shuttle program, when 6 or 7 guys were asphyxiated doing maintenance on a tank. Didn't get a lot of press.
Posted by: gp

Tank entry fatalities were not uncommon during the years when I worked at DuPont. Full body suits with an external air source were de rigueur

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 27, 2026 10:26 AM (xG4kz)

287 The shuttle program ground maintenance asphyxiation accident:
https://tinyurl.com/yzmhzb95

One guy died, four others injured. Not as bad as I remembered. I had to dig hard to find the story, though.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 10:26 AM (N8ZBc)

288 All threads are a movie thread, a boob thread or a gun thread at their appointed hour.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

What about books? and pets?

And music?
https://youtu.be/xGytDsqkQY8

Posted by: mindful webworker - bar themed at January 27, 2026 10:27 AM (OJSFI)

289 Miss Jane Hathaway is wearing one of our most popular bras.

Posted by: The Wonder Bra at January 27, 2026 10:27 AM (wVcYX)

290 Former White House lawyer says female and minority pilots caused 66% of pilot-error crashes since 2000, despite being less than 10% of workforce
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 27, 2026 10:26 AM (gbOdA)


But women should be in the highest of leadership roles, you see, because GURL POWER!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 10:27 AM (Zz0t1)

291 No dogs, no happy little bushes.

Can this truly be considered art?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 27, 2026 10:27 AM (0sNs1)

292 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
Dang. That's art? Or is that Art?
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 27, 2026 10:27 AM (2WIwB)

293 Registration is just giving up . And you’ll be banning almost the same amount of people you register as you do the current VPNs.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 10:27 AM (KDPiq)

294 Dominique.
Posted by: The Singing Nun"

1-8-7-7-KARS for KIDS...

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 10:27 AM (XuXeR)

295 280 It plays out differently based on which game you are playing - TW1 happens last in the timeline and therefore you have less time to deal with the Vamps before Chaos shows up.

One core suggestion though - don't annex the smaller Imperial factions if you can't defend their holdings as it is better to leave them as allies/vassals then. Also play nice with Bretonnia, the Dwarves AND the Wood Elves you need trade with the first two and at least peace with the latter.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 10:25 AM (sKqQm)

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Noted.

I started with 1 because...where else do I start? I also got some kind of limited access to 3 because of the interconnected nature of the three games. I think I can play the factions from 1 on the map of 3 in a specific scenario from 3. But...90gbs, man. My little Steam Deck ain't got that much free space.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 10:28 AM (GBKbO)

296 The British home office is very angry that an evil character from one of their propaganda videos, Amelia, is now a viral hero.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 27, 2026 10:26 AM (0U5gm)


The British home office can EABOD.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 10:28 AM (Zz0t1)

297
Tank entry fatalities were not uncommon during the years when I worked at DuPont. Full body suits with an external air source were de rigueur

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 27, 2026 10:26 AM (xG4kz)

_________

Not a few deaths are of would-be rescuers going in without air and PPE.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2026 10:28 AM (tgvbd)

298 >>>Oh...for f*ck's sake! I am in a pub in London, and I am banned from commenting on my own thread!

Or maybe it's just a punishment for that painting.

Posted by: No Name Today at January 27, 2026 10:28 AM (8mulE)

299 238 I didn't realize that was today.

I always feel bad for poor Laika, the dog the commies sent up to die.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 27, 2026 10:16 AM (ufSfZ)

Yeah.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 10:17 AM (bss/y)

Same. Dogs are a reflection of ourselves. How we treat them reveals who we really are.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 27, 2026 10:28 AM (xcxpd)

300 They haven’t forgotten. They are looking for “How To” tips these days, I betcha

Posted by: Common Tater at January 27, 2026 10:28 AM (M1m37)

301 That's art? Or is that Art?"

Art's not here, man...

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 10:28 AM (XuXeR)

302 Dang. That's art? Or is that Art?
Goes looking for coffee.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 27, 2026 10:27 AM (2WIwB)


shArt........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 10:29 AM (Zz0t1)

303 "The Brits are going to outlaw VPNs too."

Why would anybody trust a VPN? Obvious honeypots for detecting illegal activity.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 10:29 AM (N8ZBc)

304 ...Breaking out the earworm buster: More than a Feelin' by Boston
Posted by: Lady Who at January 27, 2026 10:25 AM (JCLJi)

Which in of itself is an earworm. Which can be taken out by Jay and the Americans Come a Little Bit Closer.

https://tinyurl.com/ymr28nbb

The guys look a bit creepy in the video. They have a pseudo Captain coat thing going on.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 10:29 AM (bss/y)

305 "Former White House lawyer says female and minority pilots caused 66% of pilot-error crashes since 2000, despite being less than 10% of workforce
Posted by: rhennigant"


Mostly when they have to parallel park the planes

Posted by: Don Lemon at January 27, 2026 10:29 AM (GUOwU)

306 Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Mother Love Bone walk into the bar, and the bartender says...

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 27, 2026 10:29 AM (oT7pT)

307 Frankenstein with tits?

Posted by: pudinhead at January 27, 2026 10:29 AM (1D2Ie)

308 This painting speaks to me.

Posted by: AOC at January 27, 2026 10:29 AM (wVcYX)

309 303 "The Brits are going to outlaw VPNs too."

Why would anybody trust a VPN? Obvious honeypots for detecting illegal activity.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 10:29 AM (N8ZBc)

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Probably, but it also gets you around national limitations most of the time. It has its uses (I don't use them, though).

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 10:29 AM (GBKbO)

310 TW2 is much better then TW1 it has a bunch of game improvements and a better balanced scenario.

TW3 is slightly better then TW2.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 10:29 AM (sKqQm)

311 Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Mother Love Bone walk into the bar, and the bartender says...
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 27, 2026 10:29 AM (oT7pT)


"Why the long face?"

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 10:30 AM (Zz0t1)

312 DEI programs for hospitals and government jobs may have given us horrible results, but they did ensure that any hires are loyal to the death for the socialist cause.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 27, 2026 10:30 AM (0U5gm)

313 310 TW2 is much better then TW1 it has a bunch of game improvements and a better balanced scenario.

TW3 is slightly better then TW2.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 10:29 AM (sKqQm)

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Next Steam sale, I'll have an eye out for 2, but I want all the DLC at the same time, too. So...sale price still ends up like $50.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 10:30 AM (GBKbO)

314 Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Mother Love Bone walk into the bar, and the bartender says...
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 27, 2026 10:29 AM (oT7pT)

We don’t serve heroin here.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 10:31 AM (KDPiq)

315 I got caught up in a troll ban on the ONT last night. CBD very graciously fixed it. I wish I were able to return the favor.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 27, 2026 10:31 AM (8zz6B)

316 What would happen if we combined a boob and gun thread?
Posted by: Weasel at January 27, 2026 10:04 AM (3zhHY)

Now we’re talking!

Posted by: RI Red at January 27, 2026 10:31 AM (WcJqs)

317 I wonder if I remember my Steam account info.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 10:32 AM (Zz0t1)

318 316 What would happen if we combined a boob and gun thread?
Posted by: Weasel at January 27, 2026 10:04 AM (3zhHY)

Now we’re talking!

Posted by: RI Red at January 27, 2026 10:31 AM (WcJqs)

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Isn't this the final picture in the Powerlineblog Week in Pictures?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 10:32 AM (GBKbO)

319 The British home office is very angry that an evil character from one of their propaganda videos, Amelia, is now a viral hero.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 27, 2026 10:26 AM (0U5gm)


The British home office can EABOD.

Posted by: Sponge



Just for the record, Amelia was a portrayed as a villain in the UK government's eyes because she opposed mass immigration and rape gangs.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 27, 2026 10:32 AM (0U5gm)

320 Paradox is the worst for 'DLC'. To be fair a lot of them are just cosmetic and can be skipped, but they also just do an unreal amount of nickel and diming.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 10:32 AM (bss/y)

321 I got caught up in a troll ban on the ONT last night. CBD very graciously fixed it. I wish I were able to return the favor.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 27, 2026 10:31 AM (8zz6B)


CBD can be a good dude at times.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 10:32 AM (Zz0t1)

322 317 I wonder if I remember my Steam account info.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 10:32 AM (Zz0t1)

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I'm on my second account. My first I let languish for so long that when I tried to reopen it, Steam's customer services said I had to provide photo proof of owning some of the software I had on the account. I'd long since gotten rid of the CDs.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 10:33 AM (GBKbO)

323 Oh...for f*ck's sake! I am in a pub in London, and I am banned from commenting on my own thread!

Guy who bans IP addresses all the time surprised to find IP address where he happens to be has been banned.

Posted by: Sad! at January 27, 2026 10:33 AM (fcmXC)

324 xG4kz)

287 The shuttle program ground maintenance asphyxiation accident:
https://tinyurl.com/yzmhzb95

One guy died, four others injured. Not as bad as I remembered. I had to dig hard to find the story, though.
Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 10:26 AM (N8ZBc)

That kind of accident happens with old oil tanks, more often than people realize. With those it’s usually some trapped hydrogen sulfide that no one realizes is there. (Heavier than air, so it gets stuck in containers that only have a top opening). Saddest thing is that those accidents are often two deaths instead of one - a guy sees his buddy go in, collapse, and he rushes in to save him and collapses as well.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 27, 2026 10:33 AM (Sxl5b)

325 There's a reason I became a thing.

Posted by: Confined space safety training at January 27, 2026 10:33 AM (2Ez/1)

326 I HAD TO LEAVE THE PUB!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 27, 2026 10:34 AM (VPoso)

327 Ironic that all the celebrities who are condemning the ICE operations and threatening to leave the country or have left the country don’t complain about the immigration hoops they have to go through to move to another country.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 10:34 AM (KDPiq)

328 207 January 27, 1967 – Apollo 1 Fire
Posted by: Cheri

Appreciate the reminder. So horrible.

Posted by: mindful webworker - the final frontier at January 27, 2026 10:34 AM (OJSFI)

329 Why would anybody trust a VPN? Obvious honeypots for detecting illegal activity.
Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 10:29 AM (N8ZBc)

Kind of an odd argument. I mean, if you ARE doing illegal activity, I suppose you have to not trust anybody, including any pooter software you use.

But if you're not doing illegal activity? It gives you some anonymity from all the predators you encounter online.

Not perfect, I'm sure, but better than raw dogging it out there.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 27, 2026 10:34 AM (dGCAG)

330 That video is hilarious. The guys in the back beside the tambourine player who just seem to be having body twitches.

LOL.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 10:34 AM (bss/y)

331
DEI programs for hospitals and government jobs may have given us horrible results, but they did ensure that any hires are loyal to the death for the socialist cause.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 27, 2026 10:30 AM (0U5gm)

____________

DEI hiring is awful, but nurses who immigrated here from Africa are some of the nicest ones around. But the contempt African immigrants have for AAs is legendary.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2026 10:35 AM (tgvbd)

332 320 Paradox is the worst for 'DLC'. To be fair a lot of them are just cosmetic and can be skipped, but they also just do an unreal amount of nickel and diming.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 10:32 AM (bss/y)

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Total War Warhammer's DLC is mostly extra factions. Always felt worthwhile, but also nickel and diming at the same time.

Not the biggest fan of DLC, but Total War is like the only one I care about.

I did get Shadows of the Tomb Raider for like $3 at the last sale, and it included the DLC, which was nice.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 10:35 AM (GBKbO)

333 "CBD can be a good dude at times."

God bless the cobs. Lobby Ace to give them a raise.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 10:35 AM (N8ZBc)

334 I HAD TO LEAVE THE PUB!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo



From what I have heard from Rupert Lowe, pubs are going to be places where you are not allowed to even talk, lest you offend someone. That is assuming that the new tax bill doesn't put all UK pubs out of business.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 27, 2026 10:35 AM (0U5gm)

335
The Brits are going to outlaw VPNs too.

Oh, just go back to being scantily clad, painting your bodies blue, and bending over and wiggling your backsides at your Mooslim overlords.

What a wasteland Great Britain has become.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 27, 2026 10:36 AM (xG4kz)

336 325 There's a reason I became a thing.
Posted by: Confined space safety training at January 27, 2026 10:33 AM (2Ez/1)

THIS. Although it always makes me shake my head when I see lock out tag out being flouted. Retards.

Or how lock out tag out locks are used to lock lockers or tool chests. Retards.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 10:36 AM (bss/y)

337 "Kind of an odd argument."

Yup. I never make arguments that are divisible by two.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 10:37 AM (N8ZBc)

338 I handle a lot of Workers Comp fatality claims where the tag out was ignored .

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 10:37 AM (KDPiq)

339 I HAD TO LEAVE THE PUB!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 27, 2026 10:34 AM (VPoso)

Hey look, mister. We serve hard drinks in here for men who want to get drunk fast, and we don't need any COB characters around to give the joint "atmosphere". Is that clear, or do I have to slip you my left for a convincer?

Posted by: Nick, the Pubmaster at January 27, 2026 10:37 AM (wVcYX)

340 For young children (and adults, too) -

For Laika: The Dog Who Learned the Names of the Stars:

https://tinyurl.com/9zhc5vff

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 27, 2026 10:38 AM (ufSfZ)

341 Lobby Ace to give them a raise.

A higher zero ?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 27, 2026 10:38 AM (Kt19C)

342
I'm on my second account. My first I let languish for so long that when I tried to reopen it, Steam's customer services said I had to provide photo proof of owning some of the software I had on the account. I'd long since gotten rid of the CDs.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 10:33 AM (GBKbO)


I was able to reset the account password and am in. Now, do I care?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 10:38 AM (Zz0t1)

343 Does Rin Tin Tin show up in any of your novels?
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 10:17 AM (77rzZ)

No. Too late in time.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 27, 2026 10:38 AM (ufSfZ)

344 MP4 to the barrel.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 10:38 AM (Zz0t1)

345 Nobody thought in 1985 that the true sciences, chemistry, math, etc would get infected with the “politically correct” nonsense. It just didn’t seem remotely possible. Same with unqualified and incompetents in positions that required demonstrated skill, aptitude, and extensive training.

Throwing out all the standards, that didn’t seem possible either. A few extra planes falling out of the sky, 18 wheelers plowing into traffic, a few bungled diagnosis or surgeries, well that’s a small price to pay. “It’s only fair” you see.

“Your death before their dishonor”; is how leftists maintain their worldview in light of abject failures.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 27, 2026 10:39 AM (M1m37)

346 342 I was able to reset the account password and am in. Now, do I care?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 10:38 AM (Zz0t1)

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Well, are you gonna play some video games?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 10:39 AM (GBKbO)

347 Uh oh. Theda Barrell is calling MP4.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 10:39 AM (77rzZ)

348 I HAD TO LEAVE THE PUB!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 27, 2026 10:34 AM

And that, right there, is a FWP.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 27, 2026 10:39 AM (kgE5c)

349 There's a reason I became a thing.
Posted by: Confined space safety training


That and SCBA were mandatory training at my employer.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 27, 2026 10:39 AM (0U5gm)

350 344 MP4 to the barrel.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 10:38 AM (Zz0t1)

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I don't get it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 10:39 AM (GBKbO)

351
My hypothesis is that most industrial accidents aren't the result of heartless corporations sacrificing employees but of dumbasses circumventing policies already in place.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2026 10:39 AM (tgvbd)

352 I HAD TO LEAVE THE PUB!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 27, 2026 10:34 AM (VPoso)


Life can be a bitch at times.

Also, your link is fubar.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 10:39 AM (Zz0t1)

353 Hey, Nick. He's with me. It's cool.

Posted by: Jimmy Stewart at January 27, 2026 10:40 AM (2Ez/1)

354 > Su-su-sudio is worse if you ask me. Wth even IS that song about?
Posted by: Lady Who at January 27, 2026 10:25 AM (JCLJi)

It was about demonstrating that Phil Collins is a no-talent hack who should've just shut up and drummed.

Well, except that his drumming sucks, too.

No idea what was going through the minds of the Genesis dudes when they decided to replace Peter Gabriel with this mook.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 27, 2026 10:40 AM (IG3/x)

355
I don't get it.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 10:39 AM (GBKbO)


IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE SOME COB FIXED HIS HTML TAG MISTAKE GIVING THE THREAD TO THE ITALICANS.

Posted by: BEN ROETHLISBERGER at January 27, 2026 10:40 AM (Zz0t1)

356 According to a post on X, hundreds of MN-based Somali businesses are all going bankrupt. So I don't know what's happening behind the scenes to cause that but I approve.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 27, 2026 10:40 AM (2ocoG)

357 338 I handle a lot of Workers Comp fatality claims where the tag out was ignored .
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 10:37 AM (KDPiq)

Everyone is stupid, but the maintenance guys who never have gotten bit by equipment are the worst as far as arrogance.

I remember when Pappaw cut off the tips of his fingers clearing a snowblower and he was PISSED. At himself. He said 'I spent 40 years as a Tool and Die maker. Went through Europe in a tank. Was wounded. Never lost a body part and I was stupid enough to stick my hand in a piece of equipment like that.'

He almost sounded like he thought he deserved it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 10:41 AM (bss/y)

358 Theda Barrell is calling MP4.
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 10:39 AM

*snort*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 27, 2026 10:41 AM (kgE5c)

359
Well, are you gonna play some video games?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 10:39 AM (GBKbO)


Now THAT is the question.

It seems the only ones I have available are Half-Life related.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 10:41 AM (Zz0t1)

360 356 According to a post on X, hundreds of MN-based Somali businesses are all going bankrupt. So I don't know what's happening behind the scenes to cause that but I approve.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 27, 2026 10:40 AM (2ocoG)

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I've been assured that the funds are all still going to MN and nothing's changed and all is lost because Trump talked to Walz on the phone and judges.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 10:41 AM (GBKbO)

361 I don't know which is more entertaining...the comments about today's Art or comments about CBD's inability to post on his own thread.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 27, 2026 10:41 AM (ESVrU)

362 Posted by: Common Tater at January 27, 2026 10:39 AM (M1m37)

Been my complaint for a couple of decades now that we went from being perfectionists and pride in whatever work we did to being a ‘good enough ‘ culture. That’s the attitude all third and second world countries have in common.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 10:42 AM (KDPiq)

363 351
My hypothesis is that most industrial accidents aren't the result of heartless corporations sacrificing employees but of dumbasses circumventing policies already in place.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

You are very wise.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 27, 2026 10:42 AM (NFX2v)

364 Hey! It’s a representation of the ONT! Still doing Cryo Barre. Waiting for the heating company to tell me when they are coming.

Posted by: Piper at January 27, 2026 10:42 AM (pZEOD)

365 354 Lol

I really, REALLY hate that song!

Posted by: Lady Who at January 27, 2026 10:42 AM (JCLJi)

366
Well, except that his drumming sucks, too.

No idea what was going through the minds of the Genesis dudes when they decided to replace Peter Gabriel with this mook.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 27, 2026 10:40 AM (IG3/x)


Wow....that's a take I've not heard before.

Phil Collins drumming sucks.........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 10:42 AM (Zz0t1)

367 359
Well, are you gonna play some video games?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 10:39 AM (GBKbO)


Now THAT is the question.

It seems the only ones I have available are Half-Life related.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 10:41 AM (Zz0t1)

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Well, Half-Life is awesome. And rumors are that Half-Life 3 is coming with the Steam Machine.

Gotta brush back up on the lore! And the murder, but mostly the murder.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 10:42 AM (GBKbO)

368 Now THAT is the question.

It seems the only ones I have available are Half-Life related.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 10:41 AM (Zz0t1)

Well. What do you like to play?

Dead Space remake maybe?

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 10:42 AM (bss/y)

369
The funniest writeup of a safety incident that I saw involved someone heating a can of Beanie Weenies on a process line's steam trap.

It exploded, of course, having not been opened ahead of being placed on the trap.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 27, 2026 10:42 AM (xG4kz)

370 My hypothesis is that most industrial accidents aren't the result of heartless corporations sacrificing employees but of dumbasses circumventing policies already in place.
____

Correct, roundeye!

Posted by: China at January 27, 2026 10:43 AM (Dv3i1)

371 No idea what was going through the minds of the Genesis dudes when they decided to replace Peter Gabriel with this mook.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

Phil Collins was an Alamo fanboy. He left his collection of Alamo-related objects to the State of Texas.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 10:43 AM (77rzZ)

372 I don't know which is more entertaining...the comments about today's Art or comments about CBD's inability to post on his own thread.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 27, 2026 10:41 AM (ESVrU)


For which the only solution listed in the style guide is busty lesbian porn.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 10:43 AM (Zz0t1)

373 "According to a post on X, hundreds of MN-based Somali businesses are all going bankrupt. So I don't know what's happening behind the scenes to cause that but I approve."

Bankruptcy relieves them of their debts and leaves their creditors holding the bag? IDK, IANAL. Doesn't seem like much punishment. They'll find another scam.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 10:43 AM (N8ZBc)

374 y hypothesis is that most industrial accidents aren't the result of heartless corporations sacrificing employees but of dumbasses circumventing policies already in place.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

In my 35 years of handling claims there was only one company I handled claims for that in my opinion was heartless.

UPS

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 10:44 AM (KDPiq)

375 I did like the music he did for Tarzan. But I also had a small child at the time, so I was awash in feminine hormones.

Posted by: Lady Who at January 27, 2026 10:44 AM (JCLJi)

376 Well, Half-Life is awesome. And rumors are that Half-Life 3 is coming with the Steam Machine.

Gotta brush back up on the lore! And the murder, but mostly the murder.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 10:42 AM (GBKbO)

There is not much 'lore' to Half-Life, sonny. I played it back when the first game came out, new. Half-Life just seemed like it had more story because it had anything compared to Unreal or Quake.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 10:44 AM (bss/y)

377 Well, except that his drumming sucks, too.

No idea what was going through the minds of the Genesis dudes when they decided to replace Peter Gabriel with this mook.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 27, 2026 10:40 AM (IG3/x)


Wow....that's a take I've not heard before.

Phil Collins drumming sucks.........
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 10:42 AM (Zz0t1)

Hang on, the good part is coming up.

Posted by: Mike Tyson in The Hangover at January 27, 2026 10:44 AM (wVcYX)

378 Theda Barrell is calling MP4.
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 10:39 AM

**golf clap**

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 27, 2026 10:44 AM (ufSfZ)

379 Now THAT is the question.

It seems the only ones I have available are Half-Life related.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 10:41 AM (Zz0t1)

Well. What do you like to play?

Dead Space remake maybe?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 10:42 AM (bss/y)
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Skyrim never goes out of style.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 27, 2026 10:44 AM (ESVrU)

380 376 There is not much 'lore' to Half-Life, sonny. I played it back when the first game came out, new. Half-Life just seemed like it had more story because it had anything compared to Unreal or Quake.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 10:44 AM (bss/y)

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Well, that's why the emphasis is on the murder.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 10:44 AM (GBKbO)

381
Well, Half-Life is awesome. And rumors are that Half-Life 3 is coming with the Steam Machine.

Gotta brush back up on the lore! And the murder, but mostly the murder.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 10:42 AM (GBKbO)


It seems I've played 84.4 hours of Counter Strike: Source.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 10:45 AM (Zz0t1)

382 379 Skyrim never goes out of style.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 27, 2026 10:44 AM (ESVrU)

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Well, you can't play Skyrim in a browser bar like you can DOOM.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 10:45 AM (GBKbO)

383 351
My hypothesis is that most industrial accidents aren't the result of heartless corporations sacrificing employees but of dumbasses circumventing policies already in place.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
======
Counterpoint: Apollo capsule fire. NASA knew that any flame in a pure oxygen atmosphere could be deadly yet they tolerated shoddy quality in the wiring and flammability of capsule components. They also made it difficult to egress based on the perceived problem of Liberty 7 where Gus Grissom's capsule ended up at the bottom of the ocean.

The Union Carbide Bhopal plant disaster, derailments of trains carrying hazardous chemicals like Palestine OH, etc. A lot of underground mining deaths, etc.

Often it is some corporate tradeoff between speed, cost, and employee lives which results in disaster.

Posted by: whig at January 27, 2026 10:45 AM (E4rtv)

384 351
My hypothesis is that most industrial accidents aren't the result of heartless corporations sacrificing employees but of dumbasses circumventing policies already in place.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2026 10:39 AM (tgvbd)

And many company safety policies are a list of very specific rules trying to keep anyone from repeating what the last dumbass did.
DO NOT PLACE HANDS IN METAL PRESS!!!

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 27, 2026 10:45 AM (Sxl5b)

385 381
It seems I've played 84.4 hours of Counter Strike: Source.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 10:45 AM (Zz0t1)

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Damn...I loved that game in the day.

Was terrible at it, but I loved it

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 10:45 AM (GBKbO)

386 HAD TO LEAVE THE PUB!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Well, that’s because most revolutions are plotted in pubs/bars.
What were you doing - chatting up Amelia?

Posted by: RI Red at January 27, 2026 10:45 AM (WcJqs)

387 Yup. I never make arguments that are divisible by two.
Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 10:37 AM (N8ZBc)

Which is why I try to bring a scimitar to all my arguments.

If I MUST divide by two, it makes for a cleaner cut.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 27, 2026 10:46 AM (dGCAG)

388 No idea what was going through the minds of the Genesis dudes when they decided to replace Peter Gabriel with this mook.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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Well, they made a lot more money as a band and Phil Collins fronting them than they did with Gabriel at the lead. So you might say something like the rest of the band wanted to cash in and they did.

Posted by: whig at January 27, 2026 10:46 AM (E4rtv)

389 Ackshually-

the wiry old lady in "Court Jester" was Mildred Natwick, not Mary Wickes. She played Angela Landsbury's lady-in-waiting.
Landsbury and Glynis Johns were in peak smoke-show form in that film.

Posted by: sal at January 27, 2026 10:47 AM (f+FmA)

390 Know who else had to leave a pub?

Posted by: Shifty eyes at January 27, 2026 10:47 AM (2Ez/1)

391 No idea what was going through the minds of the Genesis dudes when they decided to replace Peter Gabriel with this mook.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 27, 2026 10:40 AM (IG3/x)

The crying of their prog-rock fanboys isn't heard from the inside of their lavish and well insulated estates.
Selling out has its perks.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 27, 2026 10:47 AM (Hx0tZ)

392 Yup. I never make arguments that are divisible by two.
Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 10:37 AM (N8ZBc)

Which is why I try to bring a scimitar to all my arguments.

If I MUST divide by two, it makes for a cleaner cut.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 27, 2026 10:46 AM (dGCAG)

Did some moistened pond bint lob that at you?

Posted by: Dennis the Constitutional Peasant at January 27, 2026 10:48 AM (wVcYX)

393 'Yup. I never make arguments that are divisible by two.
Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 10:37 AM (N8ZBc)

Which is why I try to bring a scimitar to all my arguments.

If I MUST divide by two, it makes for a cleaner cut. '

When you fully factor my arguments, the factors always turn out to be irrational.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 10:48 AM (N8ZBc)

394 50 I guarantee you there's a copy of the naked Bea Arthur painting hanging on a wall somewhere in that bar.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer

That's funny. I immediately thought of the bar scene from the Star Wars Holiday Special...where Bea Arthur is the bartender.

https://tinyurl.com/bp99j3sp

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 27, 2026 10:48 AM (JCZqz)

395 390 Know who else had to leave a pub?
Posted by: Shifty eyes at January 27, 2026 10:47 AM (2Ez/1)

LOL! *golfclap*

Well played.

Damn, that is a lot more funny than it should be.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 10:49 AM (bss/y)

396 Didn't Peter Gabriel hook up with Bowie and The Talking Heads?

Posted by: pudinhead at January 27, 2026 10:49 AM (1D2Ie)

397 You have to love the drum introduction in the middle of the song, Against All Odds. ( I think that’s the title)

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 10:49 AM (KDPiq)

398 Stay in your lane, pal.

Posted by: Moistened Pond Bints local #408 at January 27, 2026 10:49 AM (2Ez/1)

399
Mildred Natwick

The Widow Sarah Tillane in "The Quiet Man"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 27, 2026 10:50 AM (xG4kz)

400 396 Didn't Peter Gabriel hook up with Bowie and The Talking Heads?
Posted by: pudinhead at January 27, 2026 10:49 AM (1D2Ie)

Well, they're all a bunch of gay, foreign homos...

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 10:50 AM (bss/y)

401 396 Didn't Peter Gabriel hook up with Bowie and The Talking Heads?
Posted by: pudinhead at January 27, 2026 10:49 AM (1D2Ie


I'm shocked!

Posted by: The monkey at January 27, 2026 10:50 AM (TbWk/)

402 With just the right pair of beer goggles, she could be a 6 o'clock 4.

Posted by: Oglebay at January 27, 2026 10:50 AM (GPa4z)

403 Simply Irresistible is a song made way more famous because of its video.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 10:51 AM (KDPiq)

404 Crap, wrong guy.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 10:51 AM (KDPiq)

405 You have to love the drum introduction in the middle of the song, Against All Odds. ( I think that’s the title)
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 10:49 AM (KDPiq)

Do you mean In the Air Tonight?

Posted by: Lady Who at January 27, 2026 10:51 AM (JCLJi)

406 My wife thinks that Peter Gabriel was hot back in the day. What say the other 'Ettes?

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 10:51 AM (77rzZ)

407
Know who else had to leave a pub?
Posted by: Shifty eye

He was putsched out

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 27, 2026 10:51 AM (xG4kz)

408 No idea what was going through the minds of the Genesis dudes when they decided to replace Peter Gabriel with this mook.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia


Gabriel quit, they didn't replace him. They thought the band was going to fold, and gave tryouts to around a hundred singers, none of which they liked.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 27, 2026 10:52 AM (0U5gm)

409 I played Half Life and Half Life 2 before getting the "Blue Shift" and "Opposing Force" add on content when Steam had some sort of sale going on. Think both were like $5 or so.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 27, 2026 10:52 AM (jtM2q)

410 Do you mean In the Air Tonight?
Posted by: Lady Who at January 27, 2026 10:51 AM (JCLJi)

Yes I did. Thanks.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 10:52 AM (KDPiq)

411 Simply Irresistible is a song made way more famous because of its video.
Posted by: Opinion fact

"Take on Me" has entered the chat.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 10:52 AM (77rzZ)

412 Y'know, I never found Delores from Who Framed Roger Rabbit very attractive, but compared to this lady, she's Jessica Rabbit.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 27, 2026 10:52 AM (JCZqz)

413 Simply Irresistible is a song made way more famous because of its video.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 10:51 AM (KDPiq)

If you say so, but I thought the more memorable video was Addicted to Love.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 27, 2026 10:52 AM (Hx0tZ)

414 Update! Heat tech between 2-5p 🤣

Posted by: Piper at January 27, 2026 10:53 AM (Dd38x)

415 409 I played Half Life and Half Life 2 before getting the "Blue Shift" and "Opposing Force" add on content when Steam had some sort of sale going on. Think both were like $5 or so.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 27, 2026 10:52 AM (jtM2q)

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I got everything for like $5 from the original Half-Life through the two chapter sequels to Half-Life 2.

Valve makes money from selling everyone else's games. It seems very happy to sell their own old games for cheap just to get people to play.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 10:53 AM (GBKbO)

416 My wife thinks that Peter Gabriel was hot back in the day. What say the other 'Ettes?
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 10:51 AM (77rzZ)

Not an 'Ette, but:

Hot
X Not

Posted by: Lady Who at January 27, 2026 10:53 AM (JCLJi)

417
"Take on Me" has entered the chat."

----

Aha!

Posted by: SWIDT at January 27, 2026 10:53 AM (2Ez/1)

418 I don't know that it's appropriate to make jokes about you-know-who on Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 10:53 AM (77rzZ)

419 That's funny. I immediately thought of the bar scene from the Star Wars Holiday Special...where Bea Arthur is the bartender.

https://tinyurl.com/bp99j3sp
Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 27, 2026 10:48 AM (JCZqz)
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Your droids have to stay outside. We don't serve their kind here.

Posted by: Wuher, Mos Eisley Cantina at January 27, 2026 10:53 AM (ESVrU)

420 Simply Irresistible is a song made way more famous because of its video.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 10:51 AM (KDPiq)

If you say so, but I thought the more memorable video was Addicted to Love.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 27, 2026 10:52 AM (Hx0tZ)

My music knowledge is obviously limited. Which had the girl band in the background?

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 10:54 AM (KDPiq)

421 409 I played Half Life and Half Life 2 before getting the "Blue Shift" and "Opposing Force" add on content when Steam had some sort of sale going on. Think both were like $5 or so.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 27, 2026 10:52 AM (jtM2q)

You also have the remake for Half life 'Black Mesa'. I have that. Need to play through it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 10:54 AM (bss/y)

422 Almost lost a mess cook one time when they sent him down to the reefer decks to do FFV breakouts after a Fresh Fruit and Vegetable, meat stores onload in an Asian port the day before.

Passed out on deck at the bottom of the ladder.
First person on-scene passed out as well.
Next ones wore SCBA's to perform rescue.

The vendor had packed dry ice in the styrofoam containers that Asians are famous for putting every kind of food in for shipment and delivery.

So it displaced the oxygen in the reefer units.

Nobody could figure it out until I asked if there were rumpled clumps of newspaper in the shipping boxes. That's what the vendors wrap the dry ice in.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 27, 2026 10:54 AM (iMotb)

423 What would happen if we combined a boob and gun thread?
Posted by: Weasel at January 27, 2026 10:04 AM (3zhHY)

G. Gordon Liddy's "Stacked and Packed" Calendar.
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 10:10 AM (77rzZ)
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What about a movie review of "The Legend of Frenchie King"?

Posted by: mrp at January 27, 2026 10:54 AM (rj6Yv)

424 421 You also have the remake for Half life 'Black Mesa'. I have that. Need to play through it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 10:54 AM (bss/y)

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There's a fan-made remaster called Half-Life Legacy that's free for those who already have Half-Life in their Steam library.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 10:54 AM (GBKbO)

425 I played Half Life and Half Life 2 before getting the "Blue Shift" and "Opposing Force" add on content when Steam had some sort of sale going on. Think both were like $5 or so.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 27, 2026 10:52 AM (jtM2q)
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Portal 2 is a great quick timewaster when you just want a short gaming break.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 27, 2026 10:55 AM (ESVrU)

426 With just the right pair of beer goggles, she could be a 6 o'clock 4.
Posted by: Oglebay at January 27, 2026 10:50 AM (GPa4z)

If not crazy.

The corollary to Rule #1, of course, is “A stiff c*ck has no conscience.”

Posted by: RI Red at January 27, 2026 10:55 AM (WcJqs)

427 "...I never found Delores from Who Framed Roger Rabbit very attractive, but..."

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Rhymes with a female body part.

Posted by: Oblique Seinfeld reference at January 27, 2026 10:55 AM (2Ez/1)

428 Do you mean In the Air Tonight?
Posted by: Lady Who at January 27, 2026 10:51 AM (JCLJi)

Yes I did. Thanks.

Posted by: Opinion fact



That song's producer accidentally invented 'caged drums' the sound that is in almost every recording now.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 27, 2026 10:55 AM (0U5gm)

429
Damn...I loved that game in the day.

Was terrible at it, but I loved it
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 10:45 AM (GBKbO)



*fistbump*

HAXOR!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 10:55 AM (Zz0t1)

430 Which had the girl band in the background?
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 10:54 AM (KDPiq)



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcATvu5f9vE

Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 27, 2026 10:55 AM (Hx0tZ)

431 425 I played Half Life and Half Life 2 before getting the "Blue Shift" and "Opposing Force" add on content when Steam had some sort of sale going on. Think both were like $5 or so.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 27, 2026 10:52 AM (jtM2q)
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Portal 2 is a great quick timewaster when you just want a short gaming break.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 27, 2026 10:55 AM (ESVrU)

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The original Portal can get beaten in like 90 minutes. Portal 2 takes a whole 4-5 hours!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 10:56 AM (GBKbO)

432 I've been really enjoying Witchfire.

It is stupid how few good shooters there are that are not multiplayer bullshit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 27, 2026 10:56 AM (bss/y)

433 329 Why would anybody trust a VPN? Obvious honeypots for detecting illegal activity.
Posted by: gp
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Before a lot of websites required encrypted traffic back and forth under the https std, VPNs were necessary if you wanted to protect financial transactions, etc.

VPNs morphed into location hiders easy to use and gave corporate IT managers cover for requiring those to be used for security purposes. To be fair, SSH and other secure entries into corporate networks are not very friendly.

Still useful somewhat but for location hiding, you can always IP spoof and use something like Tor's onion browser. But that stands out like a sore thumb to ISPs on DNS searches from self owned equipment and governments unless you plan on using crowded internet cafes and public wifi on short sessions.

You also need to prevent hardware fingerprinting and various other lockdown procedures before doing it or you can still be identified.

Posted by: whig at January 27, 2026 10:56 AM (E4rtv)

434 What about a movie review of "The Legend of Frenchie King"?
Posted by: mrp

Is that the one where Claudia Cardinale and Brigitte get into a knock-down-drag-out fight.

That scene is a guilty pleasure for me.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 10:56 AM (77rzZ)

435 What would happen if we combined a boob and gun thread?
Posted by: Weasel
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R guns, back in the day, combined pron with pretty girls and guns in calendars and other such retailing.

Posted by: whig at January 27, 2026 10:57 AM (E4rtv)

436 Is that the one where Claudia Cardinale and Brigitte get into a knock-down-drag-out fight.

That scene is a guilty pleasure for me.
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 10:56 AM (77rzZ)
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It is the one, indeed.

Posted by: mrp at January 27, 2026 10:57 AM (rj6Yv)

437 TJM, I watched the new Frankenstein this week. I thoroughly enjoyed the costumes, sets and photography but found the story remarkably flat. Have you seen it yet?

Posted by: pudinhead at January 27, 2026 10:57 AM (1D2Ie)

438 "you can always IP spoof and use something like Tor's onion browser"

Tor: another honeypot. It was developed by the USN Research Lab. Duh.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 10:58 AM (N8ZBc)

439
"Take on Me" has entered the chat.
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 10:52 AM (77rzZ)


Literal Take On Me made me laugh uncontrollably when it came out.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 10:58 AM (Zz0t1)

440 437 TJM, I watched the new Frankenstein this week. I thoroughly enjoyed the costumes, sets and photography but found the story remarkably flat. Have you seen it yet?

Posted by: pudinhead at January 27, 2026 10:57 AM (1D2Ie)

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I have. Love it.

Love how del Toro takes his time, letting us ruminate in his world and the characters.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 10:58 AM (GBKbO)

441 My music knowledge is obviously limited. Which had the girl band in the background?
Posted by: Opinion fact
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Both songs. And they were models, not musicians. Paid to look like playing but not actually.

Posted by: whig at January 27, 2026 10:58 AM (E4rtv)

442 Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 27, 2026 10:55 AM (Hx0tZ)

I told you I’m an admitted music retard.

Thanks.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 10:59 AM (KDPiq)

443 427 "...I never found Delores from Who Framed Roger Rabbit very attractive, but..."
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Rhymes with a female body part.
Posted by: Oblique Seinfeld reference

The pylorus is the distal-most segment of the stomach, connecting it to the duodenum, the first part of the small intestine.

That IS hot!!!

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at January 27, 2026 10:59 AM (JCZqz)

444 The pylorus is the distal-most segment of the stomach, connecting it to the duodenum, the first part of the small intestine.

That IS hot!!!
Posted by: Admiral Ackbar


Yeah, well, just wait until your valve closes.
-- Ignatius O'Reilly

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 11:00 AM (77rzZ)

445 *And they were models, not musicians. Paid to look like playing but not actually.*


Whoa. You can DO that?

Posted by: American Bandstand at January 27, 2026 11:00 AM (2Ez/1)

446 Gabriel quit, they didn't replace him. They thought the band was going to fold, and gave tryouts to around a hundred singers, none of which they liked.
Posted by: Thomas Paine
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Solsbury Hill is about Peter Gabriel figuring out his decision to leave the band and go solo. I think the decision was correct for both Genesis and Gabriel.

Addition by subtraction--both were better and from all accounts the split was amicable with no hard feelings.

Posted by: whig at January 27, 2026 11:00 AM (E4rtv)

447 whig, is there any subject matter with which you are not aware? I’m always amazed.

I’m beginning to suspect that you are AI . . .

Posted by: RI Red at January 27, 2026 11:01 AM (iaf7q)

448 Love how del Toro takes his time, letting us ruminate in his world and the characters.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 10:58 AM (GBKbO)
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Bovine digestion processes do not interest me.

Posted by: mrp at January 27, 2026 11:01 AM (rj6Yv)

449 And they were models, not musicians. Paid to look like playing but not actually.*


Whoa. You can DO that?
Posted by: American Bandstand at January 27, 2026 11:00 AM (2Ez/1)
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Not very well.

Posted by: Milli Vanilli at January 27, 2026 11:02 AM (Hx0tZ)

450 Jeebus, my room mate in college would play Solsbury Hill every fucking night.

Posted by: pudinhead at January 27, 2026 11:03 AM (1D2Ie)

451 U nas yest' NOOD.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 11:03 AM (77rzZ)

452 Bride of Frankenfauci.Simply Irresistible is a song made way more famous because of its video.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 10:51 AM (KDPiq)

If you say so, but I thought the more memorable video was Addicted to Love.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 27, 2026 10:52 AM (Hx0tZ)

My music knowledge is obviously limited. Which had the girl band in the background?
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 10:54 AM (KDPiq)

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There is a very funny dream sequence parodying that video in the TV series "Northern Exposure."

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 27, 2026 11:03 AM (5NBTt)

453
Registration is just giving up . And you’ll be banning almost the same amount of people you register as you do the current VPNs.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 27, 2026 10:27 AM (KDPiq)



Or pick out a few regulars and give them the ability to edit troll comments. Not delete, not banning, just edits.

I have confidence that Teh Horde would only use this power for good....

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 27, 2026 11:03 AM (y9nCu)

454 Whoa. You can DO that?
Posted by: American Bandstand
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Take a look at a lot of old music videos before MTV was created. Quite a few ridiculous and obvious examples where the musicians are not playing and making that fact known.

From what I recall, only a few British shows even permitted live performances in the studio, something to do with union requirements etc.

But, until the tech was good enough, no one tried to do lip syncing and feigning playing instruments in concerts like they do nowadays.

Posted by: whig at January 27, 2026 11:03 AM (E4rtv)

455 I have confidence that Teh Horde would only use this power for good....
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
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Good and hard trolling you mean.

Posted by: whig at January 27, 2026 11:04 AM (E4rtv)

456 There is a very funny dream sequence parodying that video in the TV series "Northern Exposure."
Posted by: ShainS
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I always liked that show but never watched it on the air when it came out. Now I will have to try to find the YT clip of that.

Posted by: whig at January 27, 2026 11:05 AM (E4rtv)

457 Or pick out a few regulars and give them the ability to edit troll comments. Not delete, not banning, just edits.

I have confidence that Teh Horde would only use this power for good....
Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 27, 2026 11:03 AM (y9nCu)

DO NOT entrust me with that power! That is all.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at January 27, 2026 11:05 AM (Hx0tZ)

458 hundreds of MN-based Somali businesses are all going bankrupt.
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Oh sure. More like “absconding with their stolen loot”. Don’t be fooled

Posted by: Common Tater at January 27, 2026 11:05 AM (wO3Gh)

459 whig, is there any subject matter with which you are not aware? I’m always amazed.

I’m beginning to suspect that you are AI . . .

Posted by: RI Red at January 27, 2026 11:01 AM (iaf7q)

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You're stealing one of my comments from a few years ago.

I think we have a few folks around her with eidetic or near-eidetic memories ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 27, 2026 11:06 AM (5NBTt)

460 I always liked that show but never watched it on the air when it came out. Now I will have to try to find the YT clip of that.

Posted by: whig at January 27, 2026 11:05 AM (E4rtv)

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IIRC it was Simpy Irresistible.

My wife's sense of humor =/= mine, but I was surprised that she liked and enjoyed that show (I missed it when it first came out but streamed it later).

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 27, 2026 11:08 AM (5NBTt)

461 447 whig, is there any subject matter with which you are not aware? I’m always amazed.

I’m beginning to suspect that you are AI . . .
Posted by: RI Red

Lots of vacancies in knowledge depending on subject. But, I grew up literally with computers and was playing Adventure on mainframes when I was a kid at the local university. Did some coding in the early 80's including formal classes and into the 90's with databases and statistics.

FWIW, law and computers are not that far off from each other as far as software and behavior. You craft legal arguments the same as you would coding to resolve a problem for outside clients.

Posted by: whig at January 27, 2026 11:08 AM (E4rtv)

462 I think we have a few folks around her with eidetic or near-eidetic memories ...
Posted by: ShainS
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Not eidetic in my case but I tend to retain a lot of information when reading and I read and process information very quickly in a lot of cases.

Posted by: whig at January 27, 2026 11:12 AM (E4rtv)

The Morning Report — 1/27/26

McCarthy-ICE.jpg

Good morning kids. Remember back in the halcyon days of Barack Hussein Obama when he proposed the creation of some kind of a domestic national security force that was to have more funding, perhaps even double that of the Defense (now War) department. Try as I might, I'll be damned if I can find an actual link to that scheme. I know I'm not imagining it, and if anyone can find it, just send me an e-mail or put it in the comments.

Update, Here is a link Obama's Civililan National Security Force, and thanks to commenter Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy!

Be that as it may, the jug-eared bastard was actually on to something, especially given the sucking chest wound to whatever is left of our Republic as founded that is Minneapolis Minnesota. Speaking of the Republic as founded, perhaps one of the jewels in its crown that made it a milestone of human societal advancement that defines the phrase American exceptionalism (that we as a people and society are the exception to the tyranny and despotism that came before us) is that of free speech and that we must tolerate even the most repugnant and abhorrent of views of our fellow citizens — also makes it one of if not its greatest Achilles heels. When the abuse of free speech leads to the kind of violence we are witnessing, it tears at the very fabric that is supposed to bind us together.

The Left is so fond of trotting out the Chestnut that "The Constitution is not supposed to be a Suicide Pact." Well, they're right about that and the longer we are forced to tolerate a political party and movement that seeks the destruction of our Republic by any means necessary, then we face the prospect of national assisted suicide if not fratricide at the hands of our supposed fellow citizens.

Along with Islam, I assert that Leftism is not compatible with an advancing, Western Judeo/Christian society. Its twisted vision of a society based on the bloody failure of Marxist/Leninist Communism/Socialism must be torn out root and branch from the American political and cultural landscape or it will be our undoing. Period full stop. A bitter irony is that those who have benefited mightily from America and free market capitalism have an enmity for both that is beyond comprehension.

Sunrise Movement is bankrolled by some of the country's most prominent nonprofit organizations, including Open Society Foundations, the Ford Foundation, and the MacArthur Foundation. The Minneapolis hotel smashed up overnight by anti-ICE rioters was on a target list created by the Twin Cities chapter of Sunrise Movement, a radical group funded by some of the country's most prominent nonprofit organizations, including George Soros’s Open Society Foundations, the Ford Foundation, and the MacArthur Foundation.Video footage shows dozens of anti-ICE rioters descending on Home2 Suites by Hilton near the University of Minnesota late Sunday night. The group used noisemakers and pounded on trash bins before turning violent—the rioters hurled items at people, smashed windows, destroyed the hotel’s façade, lit fireworks, and graffitied the building. As they attempted to force their way in, those inside were forced to use two vending machines to block the hotel’s entrance.


Why are at least two people dead and multiple federal law enforcement officers injured?

What broader principle are Democrats, liberals and leftists rioting over in Minneapolis?
. . . The broader consistent principle at stake isn’t federalism: it’s leftism. The entire political and cultural machine that has been mobilized over Minneapolis opportunistically supports wielding federal authority over states and state rejection of federal authority on immigration law only when the end result, whether state or federal, is open borders and mass illegal alien invasions.

This is true in all areas. The Left has no legal, let alone constitutional, principles, only goals. . . What this means in the broader sense is that we are not a nation of laws, but of leftists.

The Left does not believe in or follow any laws or principles other than its own politics. There is no rule of law (and certainly not of the Constitution) that applies consistently at all times. Laws are just a means to a leftist end. If a law is momentarily suited to that end, it will be upheld and suddenly trumpeted as the great pillar of democracy and all that separates us from the beasts. . . Don’t get the idea that the Left doesn’t believe in anything. It believes in a great many things. But those things don’t include the Constitution, the rule of the people, any laws that they don’t make and any limitations on their power to fundamentally transform America and the world. Everything else is transactional and disposable. . . America will either have the rule of law or the rule of leftists. That’s what this is about.

Daniel Greenfield gets totally gets it.

May God bless every bullet from every barrel of every ICE agent's weapon. May they find their mark right between the beady eyes of every brain dead zombie programmed by the Democrat Left to destroy us.

Here's to the founding of the Tailgunner Joseph McCarthy Defense of the Republic Department. Amen.


Have a great day.

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1 Happy Tuesday

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 27, 2026 07:34 AM (gbOdA)

2 Morning

Posted by: Don Black at January 27, 2026 07:34 AM (ZxPkt)

3 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 27, 2026 07:34 AM (qwVdq)

4 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 27, 2026 07:35 AM (UUvzi)

5 Hey, JJ, all-day free beer - and in Wisconsin!

Lucky you!

https://tinyurl.com/4hcwmxtc

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 27, 2026 07:36 AM (UUvzi)

6 Timmy & Co can run, but not hide from the charges over massive fraud that are coming.

The Left tries to win every news cycle, not realizing their digging themsleves into an even deeper hole.

What will Homan do on arrival in MN? One idea is that he should visit jails where Timmy & Co are harboring truly dangerous illegals, and name them by name and demand their turnover for deportation. Who's side are they on?

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 27, 2026 07:36 AM (dtajH)

7 5 Hey, JJ, all-day free beer - and in Wisconsin!

Lucky you!

https://tinyurl.com/4hcwmxtc
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 27, 2026 07:36 AM (UUvzi)


Unfortunately beer is a major trigger for my gout!


Oh well.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 27, 2026 07:37 AM (x0n13)

8 Mornin’, Horde! HB:JJ.

Posted by: Hawkpilot at January 27, 2026 07:38 AM (ewuvP)

9 Timmy & Co can run, but not hide from the charges over massive fraud that are coming.

Posted by: Ignoramus at January 27, 2026 07:36 AM (dtajH)
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Waiting.

In the meantime, they're all released on Bondi.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 27, 2026 07:38 AM (UUvzi)

10 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 07:39 AM (ExV1e)

11 "the rioters hurled items at people, smashed windows, destroyed the hotel’s façade, lit fireworks, and graffitied the building. "

That hotel collects a ton of taxes for the city and this is what they get. Ha ha haaaaa.

Posted by: fd at January 27, 2026 07:39 AM (vFG9F)

12 Hey, JJ, all-day free beer - and in Wisconsin!

Lucky you!

https://tinyurl.com/4hcwmxtc

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 27, 2026 07:36 AM (UUvzi)
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Unfortunately beer is a major trigger for my gout!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 27, 2026 07:37 AM (x0n13)
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Forget about your gout. The link should get your goat!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 27, 2026 07:40 AM (UUvzi)

13 12 Forget about your gout. The link should get your goat!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 27, 2026 07:40 AM (UUvzi)


Yes, I read it. Here's hoping Antifa firebombs them.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 27, 2026 07:41 AM (x0n13)

14 "What will Homan do on arrival in MN?"

Arrest Walz and frogmarch ol' frogmouth thru the snow?

Posted by: I have a dream at January 27, 2026 07:41 AM (vFG9F)

15
Richard Rodgers link no workee.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2026 07:42 AM (tgvbd)

16 How does the anesthesiologist know who's a Republican? Does he check your voting records before he treats you? Along with the nurse who wished horrible harm on Karoline Leavitt ( sp?) ,these people are just awful.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 07:45 AM (Nx5jP)

17 ICE goes into Minneapolis and does their job arresting/processing and deporting illegals. Local leftists get torqued, gin up anti-ICE protests and get national/international monetary support for it. Remember, ICE are glorified cops, process servers with a vest and a gun. It's more or less a purely legal exercise.

The situation degrades and violence ensues.

Call in the Border Patrol Service. The proverbial mounted calvary. Ride in, break some things, kill a few leftists. Be the stick. BPS took zero shit from the public, the "protesters" and certainly nothing from the paid agitators. They roughed up people.

Local politicos, especially one governor who's a weirdo, gets a sternly worded memo about FAFO. A couple days later the BPS is pulled from Minneapolis and the governor would like to talk to Trump about "turning down the heat."

Walz is done. He's either going to turn over Frey, the Lt. Governor and other, state/local politicians who've been involved in the insurrection or he's going down with them. Trump gave him an off-ramp yesterday to save his own skin.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 27, 2026 07:46 AM (qwVdq)

18 ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY

goes to page not found

Posted by: Don Black at January 27, 2026 07:46 AM (ZxPkt)

19 15
Richard Rodgers link no workee.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2026 07:42 AM (tgvbd)



Should be fixed now. Thanks.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 27, 2026 07:46 AM (x0n13)

20 And for presumably well educated people, they don't seem terribly bright about social media. You don't think anybody would object to your murderous screeds?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 07:47 AM (Nx5jP)

21 Here's a link to the American Thinker re: Obama's internal security force:

https://tinyurl.com/obamasecforce

There are multiple other links under the search term "obama's first term proposal for a civilian security force in america".

When all the dust settles, basically this proposal would have created Obama's very own set of Brownshirts.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 27, 2026 07:48 AM (/HDaX)

22 “reconsider their approach, and start finding ways to work constructively with Governor [Tim] Walz and Mayor [Jacob] Frey as well as state and local police to avert more chaos and achieve legitimate law enforcement goals.”

Obama et al clearly state every chance they get that illegals are part of the plan and that Americans MUST learn to live with a subversive, illegal, outlaw system.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 27, 2026 07:49 AM (gbOdA)

23
Should be fixed now. Thanks.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 27, 2026 07:46 AM (x0n13)

*polite cough*

Now it's not there at all.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2026 07:49 AM (tgvbd)

24 You know where else people are being unbanked?

https://tinyurl.com/4snke2xr

BTW, during the Biden Regime years, several Israeli individuals and organizations were unbanked by orders of the Regime, with Israel complying and giving up its sovereignty.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 27, 2026 07:49 AM (UUvzi)

25 Remember back in the halcyon days of Barack Hussein Obama when he proposed the creation of some kind of a domestic national security force that was to have more funding, perhaps even double that of the Defense (now War) department. Try as I might, I'll be damned if I can find an actual link to that scheme. I know I'm not imagining it, and if anyone can find it, just send me an e-mail or put it in the comments.

From factcheck.org - what are you gonna do? - https://tinyurl.com/456mkmcy

There's also something from brainyquote.com but that's just the quote. - https://tinyurl.com/4uyp8v6d

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 07:51 AM (ExV1e)

26 Rodgers and hammerstein link now fixed. Sorry

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 27, 2026 07:53 AM (x0n13)

27 "Jack Smith doesn't like it when the spotlight is turned on him. "

Too bad nothing will happen to him.

Posted by: GWASNWHAIUR at January 27, 2026 07:55 AM (vFG9F)

28 We are now living in a time when facts and object truth no longer matters to a significant portion of the country. We can't agree on basic facts and it makes having rational discussions and even the rule of law obsolete.

Leftists don't want discussion and reasoned debate. They want force. They don't care about rules. The sooner we wake up to that basic truth and start acting accordingly the sooner we can get our country back. If we don't and keep arguing about which Trump appointee failed us because only we are playing by the rules we will lose our country. That simple.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 27, 2026 07:56 AM (viF8m)

29 As the president sends Tom Homan to Minneapolis, sources tell The Daily Wire Kristi Noem "lost control and never knew what she was doing."

"sources tell" - remember back when we used to mock leftist media for 'finding' anonymous internal sources to claim infighting or malfeasance? I don't excuse this tactic because the practitioner pretends to be conservative.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 07:58 AM (ExV1e)

30 Playing by the rules with leftys is a sucker's game. You gotta get mean.

Posted by: fd at January 27, 2026 07:59 AM (vFG9F)

31 Trump is speaking in Clive, Iowa today (part of the Des Moines metro area). All the Redditards are talking a big game about disrupting and causing chaos, so hopefully we'll have some great footage of morons FAFO. We're close enough to Minneapolis we may have a bunch of them come down...their illegal retarded antics won't be tolerated here.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 27, 2026 07:59 AM (ycI94)

32 Thanks for the article on Rogers and Hammerstein. I really enjoyed that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 07:59 AM (PFs9e)

33
Oscar Hammerstein II was also responsible for the book and lyrics to Show Boat, quite possibly the greatest American musical ever written. The recording conducted by John McGlinn is absolutely complete and authentic to the use of the N-word.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2026 07:59 AM (tgvbd)

34
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 27, 2026 08:00 AM (tljrc)

35 Good morning, everyone! It's another government shutdown day for me so I have nothing going on other than staying warm and maybe heading to the grocery store.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 27, 2026 08:00 AM (7xrfc)

36 Hip waders are now required to wade through the bullshit.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 27, 2026 08:00 AM (0KSrI)

37 Consultants offer these rosy estimates despite a 2018 Texas comptroller’s office report finding that most convention centers “do not cover their operating costs, and competition among them has risen sharply.”

“Convention centers are highly expensive operations, and most don’t make a profit,” the report adds, “particularly when considering the debt service payments involved in their construction.”

Big Govt football stadiums, ballparks, and convention centers are just sinkhole that allow pols to put up big contracts and get big donations all at the taxpayers expense.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 27, 2026 08:01 AM (gbOdA)

38 Republicans Splinter Over Billions Some Sneaked Into Bills To Fund Their Pet Projects

https://youtu.be/di60NYGu03Y

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 08:03 AM (ExV1e)

39 Raise your hand if you ever attended a concealed carry course where part of the curriculum taught was that it was a good idea to arrive at a violent protest, with Law Enforcement present, and attempt to insert yourself, and physically interfere with Law Enforcement crowd control efforts....while you yourself are armed.

Anybody....?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 27, 2026 08:03 AM (iMotb)

40 I will not perform anesthesia for any surgeries or procedures for MAGA.

The RNs who help with anesthesia are called CRNAs. It took less than thirty seconds of basic research to prove that he was not one.

That being said, medical professionals that say things like that should be immediately made into former medical professionals.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 27, 2026 08:03 AM (7xrfc)

41 The mullahs in Iran are racking up some impressive kills. Estimated as many as 36,000 dead so far.

Reports are that many female corpses seem to be mutilated- ears cut off, reproductive organs crudely removed.

Posted by: Don Black at January 27, 2026 08:03 AM (ZxPkt)

42 We keep going over the same ground with the Left, learning and re-learning -- but never quite assimilating -- the same lessons. When does the breakthrough occur, the moment of total acceptance of reality, the awareness that shatters at last the old paradigm of bewilderment, defensiveness, shock, scandalized cries of hypocrisy, and unconscious appeal to the arbitrating heavens for fairness.

When do we really start to fight like our lives and our nation depend on it?

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 27, 2026 08:04 AM (WHfpM)

43 “AI isn’t getting smarter. We are getting dumber.”

We are DEVO.

Posted by: D.E.V.O. at January 27, 2026 08:05 AM (vFG9F)

44
I will not perform anesthesia for any surgeries or procedures for MAGA.

And I've read stories about American and captured German surgeons operating on each others wounded soldiers without regard to the uniform.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2026 08:05 AM (tgvbd)

45 The GOP is a useless pile of Dog Shit.

Carry On.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 27, 2026 08:05 AM (7wrh7)

46 FBI Investigating Minnesota Anti-ICE Signal Chats

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Oh goodie, another investigation. *claps hands in glee* What does that make it now, 1 billion investigations going on simultaneously where nothing ever comes from it and nobody is arrested, charged, found guilty, sentenced and sent to prison?

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 27, 2026 08:06 AM (qBdHI)

47
The mullahs in Iran are racking up some impressive kills. Estimated as many as 36,000 dead so far.

Not Palestinians. Nobody cares.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2026 08:06 AM (tgvbd)

48 Mornin’, All. Happy Tuesday.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 08:07 AM (77rzZ)

49 "What does that make it now, 1 billion investigations going on simultaneously where nothing ever comes from it and nobody is arrested, charged, found guilty, sentenced and sent to prison?
Posted by: Lady in Black"

Are you detecting a pattern?

Posted by: GWASNWHAIUR at January 27, 2026 08:07 AM (vFG9F)

50 Oh goodie, another investigation. *claps hands in glee* What does that make it now, 1 billion investigations going on simultaneously where nothing ever comes from it and nobody is arrested, charged, found guilty, sentenced and sent to prison?
Posted by: Lady in Black

Best I can do are some speeches to an empty chamber, and maybe a strongly-worded letter.

Posted by: Congressional GOPe at January 27, 2026 08:07 AM (ycI94)

51 How China Sold America the Wind Turbine Scam

Chynah: Oh, Mister Politicians, me give you big windmill. Me spin you right round, baby, right round, round, round. You blow me long time.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 08:08 AM (ExV1e)

52 JJ, the link to the Richard Rogers story doesn’t work.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 08:09 AM (77rzZ)

53 The issue is not the issue--the issue is always the revolution, the communist revolution.

If it wasn't ICE, they would be rioting over something else.

Do they fear death?
No, not if it helps the revolution.

Are the saddened or grieved by the death of Good or Pretti?
No, their deaths helped the revolution.

Are a lot of them LARPing, pretending they are in war?
Yes.

But the leaders, the funders, are deadly damned serious about enslaving you under their communist rule forever.
Make no mistake or underestimate that.

It is not an exaggeration to say, if we fail to bring Minneapolis to heel, the whole US will soon fall.

They piled 100 million bodies on that pyre in the last century, they won't hesitate to add yours.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 27, 2026 08:09 AM (HXT0k)

54 I wonder if the administration oughta' look at propping up a J6 like committee to dig into the Minneapolis shit show. Put Trump loyalists on it and offer up a spot or two the weakest, most worthless Democrats imaginable.

Sure... it has zero chance of putting anyone in prison, but it has a good chance of smearing the Democrats involved.

Certainly doing more than the GOP is doing now.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 27, 2026 08:09 AM (qwVdq)

55 That R&H article was interesting, though I prefer Rodgers and Hart, myself (and Rodgers was apparently a cold asshole IRL). I did find a comment there interesting:

Not directly on topic, but does anyone know if Hello Dolly was the apotheosis of the Musical genre or a deliberate joke? It’s so wildly overdone that I can see it being either.

My opinion, FWIW, is that My Fair Lady is the perfect musical, but as far as Dolly is concerned, it has to be remembered that it's a Jerry Herman musical, and he had a weakness for big, brassy women who got big, brassy themes, such as Mame, Dear World or (the sexes being reversed0 La Cage Aux Folles.

I think the reason anyone would consider Dolly[ overdone is that they are only thinking of the title song and Carol Channing, whose Broadway career was almost entirely spent in that show.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 27, 2026 08:10 AM (ufSfZ)

56 Holocaust Remembrance Day… God bless your mother and her memory JJ

Just one reason my blood boils when the commies call ICE agents nazis…. They have no clue about the monstrous evil committed by the Nazis. I saw a sign the idiots wrote on some barricade in Minneapolis: Kill Nazis… by which they meant ICE. Disgusting

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 27, 2026 08:11 AM (ZtAny)

57 Wes Moore Says He Won't Waste 'A Second' To Find His Missing Thesis as Oxford Refuses To Confirm He Was Ever a Doctoral Candidate

Oxford has a huge problem with that. I studied there for a year and completed seventeen doctorates and they don't have any of those records. It's a disgrace.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 08:11 AM (ExV1e)

58 California’s ‘Sparkle Beach Ken’ Fizzles Out at Davos

Too many younger whores there for him to stand out.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 08:11 AM (ExV1e)

59 In a Bolshevik Revolution, all deaths are Pretti Good.

Pretti, Pretti, Pretti Good.

Posted by: XTC at January 27, 2026 08:12 AM (6Uni8)

60 “The unusually cold air spilling into the United States is an example of weather,” it says, “while climate is an average of temperatures across the world over time that shows warm areas outweighing cold ones, according to Dr. Steven Decker, director of Rutgers University’s Meteorology Undergraduate Program.”

How da fuck do you average temperatures? You cannot average zip codes or street address. It can be 10 degrees difference living down here by the bay than in Central H town. Averaging 99 and 89 does not mean the H town area temp is 94.5.
fucking idiots

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 27, 2026 08:12 AM (gbOdA)

61 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Posted by: Inogame at January 27, 2026 08:12 AM (53oGX)

62 21 Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 27, 2026 07:48 AM (/HDaX)


Thanks, I have updated the editorial.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 27, 2026 08:12 AM (x0n13)

63 How does the anesthesiologist know who's a Republican? Does he check your voting records before he treats you? Along with the nurse who wished horrible harm on Karoline Leavitt ( sp?) ,these people are just awful.

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Unless the person comes in for treatment wearing political clothing, he has no way of knowing. He did what he did (hacked, my rear end) because he's out of control, unable to behave like a normal person, is consumed by his impotent rage, and felt he was justified in saying such a horrific thing. There are, shockingly, a lot of very mentally unstable people in this country.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 27, 2026 08:13 AM (qBdHI)

64 Walz is done. He's either going to turn over Frey, the Lt. Governor and other, state/local politicians who've been involved in the insurrection or he's going down with them.

Oh, that's precious.

Considering that, just as I predicted, the church invaders were immediately bounced back onto the streets and Don Lemon is free as a bird, not a goddamn thing is going to happen.

Walz isn't giving up anyone and he is untouchable. Can we please stop Winston Wolfing around here?

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 27, 2026 08:14 AM (ufSfZ)

65 Oxford has a huge problem with that. I studied there for a year and completed seventeen doctorates and they don't have any of those records. It's a disgrace.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 08:11 AM (ExV1e)

Now wait a minute...

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 27, 2026 08:16 AM (/HDaX)

66 Two women accused of biting two different agent’s fingers. Claire Louise Feng, 27, of St. Paul was arrested on Jan. 24. Emily Duchateau Baierl, 37, of Minneapolis, was later charged that day.

Im sure it hurt. Personally I wouldn't go around tackling people and committing extrajudical executions. Probably why he got his finger bit.

Ice has now shown everyone in this city that if they put a hand on you, you are possibly now fighting for your life. Any person that got through law school will get both of these women off. (Phrasing! And they wouldn't want to, from what I've seen of these protesting women)

Our founding fathers gave us the right to bear arms for the preservation of life, liberty, and property against a tyrannical government. I guess bearing teeth works too.

Good for these ladies let's help them with their bills and get them out of jail! Do they have a GoFundMe?

The agents were lucky[/b[...this time.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 27, 2026 08:16 AM (ycI94)

67 Get a tattoo of Obama on your chest to ensure quality treatment from hospitals.

Posted by: Urban Survival Tips at January 27, 2026 08:16 AM (vFG9F)

68 Thanks, I have updated the editorial.
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 27, 2026 08:12 AM (x0n13)

Glad that was it.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 27, 2026 08:16 AM (/HDaX)

69 what fd said @ 30!

or as I like to put it: "the aggressor sets the ROE"

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 27, 2026 08:16 AM (Cjt/F)

70 "the rioters hurled items at people, smashed windows, destroyed the hotel’s façade, lit fireworks, and graffitied the building. "

That hotel collects a ton of taxes for the city and this is what they get. Ha ha haaaaa.
Posted by: fd at January 27, 2026 07:39 AM (vFG9F)

Asmongold has a clip on it. They hit a fed in the face with a brick. Lucky he didn't shoot them.

https://youtu.be/0ldoPu4dig8

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 08:16 AM (ExV1e)

71 63 Unless the person comes in for treatment wearing political clothing, he has no way of knowing. He did what he did (hacked, my rear end) because he's out of control, unable to behave like a normal person, is consumed by his impotent rage, and felt he was justified in saying such a horrific thing. There are, shockingly, a lot of very mentally unstable people in this country.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 27, 2026 08:13 AM (qBdHI)

I also get the feeling that there are people out there who aren't unstable yet, but they WANT to be unstable, as if it would be freeing to just lose their minds and let the crazy they've heretofore successfully held in check (or gaslit themselves into developing) run wild.

Posted by: XTC at January 27, 2026 08:16 AM (6Uni8)

72
Oh, that's precious.

Considering that, just as I predicted, the church invaders were immediately bounced back onto the streets and Don Lemon is free as a bird, not a goddamn thing is going to happen.

Walz isn't giving up anyone and he is untouchable. Can we please stop Winston Wolfing around here?
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 27, 2026 08:14 AM (ufSfZ)

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I was just wondering why we haven't seen a whole bunch more arrests for the church invasion. Is there a good reason? Are they from out of town and hard to identify?

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 27, 2026 08:16 AM (Mq47n)

73 Revoke his license. Then shut down his businesses for lack of license, Then he can "refuse service" to everyone.

Posted by: GWB at January 27, 2026 08:17 AM (5mJEl)

74 Oxford has a huge problem with that. I studied there for a year and completed seventeen doctorates and they don't have any of those records. It's a disgrace.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 08:11 AM (ExV1e)

What a coincidence… I completed 20 doctorates there but it’s gonna take me a minute to dig up those records. Stand by….

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 27, 2026 08:17 AM (+kWhq)

75 There are, shockingly, a lot of very mentally unstable people in this country.

In part because we don't really treat mental illness. We're supposed to celebrate it.

But I'm sure he thought he was a heroic voice for the oppressed when he posted that and it never occurred to him that the reaction was going to be negative.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 27, 2026 08:18 AM (7xrfc)

76 Walz is done. He's either going to turn over Frey, the Lt. Governor and other, state/local politicians who've been involved in the insurrection or he's going down with them. Trump gave him an off-ramp yesterday to save his own skin.

Lots of reports of Antifa being shocked that the Minneapolis police, county police, and state police all showed up to round them up last night. Walz folded like a cheap suit.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 27, 2026 08:18 AM (Fp5al)

77 How does the anesthesiologist know who's a Republican?

The obligatory swastika tattoo on the forehead.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 08:18 AM (ExV1e)

78 Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 27, 2026 08:14 A

Can't stop doing that, because I have no idea who Winston Wolfe is.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 08:19 AM (7RYym)

79 Our founding fathers gave us the right to bear arms for the preservation of life, liberty, and property against a tyrannical government.

It's cute the way their beliefs are all transactional.

Posted by: Delurker at January 27, 2026 08:19 AM (gtcuf)

80 "while climate is an average of temperatures"

There is nothing detectable or measurable in nature that can be identified as "climate". Thus, it's an abstraction, and is the result of subjective analysis, and can't cause anything.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at January 27, 2026 08:19 AM (MSlZp)

81 Sadly, I agree with you, MP3. I have yet to see anyone instrumental on the left being punished for anything. I'd like to believe there is still equal justice under the law in this country, but there isn't. There just isn't.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 27, 2026 08:20 AM (qBdHI)

82 May mercy and good fortune visit upon the fellow citizens who have been mauled by the storm

Posted by: H8 the haters of our Divine nation at January 27, 2026 08:20 AM (HeR4S)

83 PDT could have that force for almost free; just create a few hundred thousand deputy federal marshals, paid a dollar a year, with roving commissions to see right done and evil put down.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 27, 2026 08:20 AM (Cjt/F)

84 Surely we can vote a little harder, and make more compelling arguments on our own behalf. That ought to do the trick.

Posted by: weew at January 27, 2026 08:21 AM (S4IL1)

85 How does the anesthesiologist know who's a Republican?

I really should stop throwing bleach on people, hanging nooses around their necks and hollering "This is MAGA country!" every time I have surgery.

Posted by: Delurker at January 27, 2026 08:21 AM (gtcuf)

86 >>I was just wondering why we haven't seen a whole bunch more arrests for the church invasion. Is there a good reason? Are they from out of town and hard to identify?

No. It's because Democrat activists posing as judges are refusing to issue arrest warrants.

Again, only one side is following the law. We've been arguing for days over the righteousness of the Pretti shooting while the left does not care. They lie and pretend they can't see things and just double down.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 27, 2026 08:22 AM (viF8m)

87 How does the anesthesiologist know who's a Republican?

Absence of fishing tackle in the face, danger hair; for men, levels of testosterone...

there are signs.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 27, 2026 08:22 AM (a4flb)

88 Can't stop doing that, because I have no idea who Winston Wolfe is.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 08:19 AM (7RYym)

Here ya go:

https://youtu.be/yOZB6mNqhuA?t=399

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 27, 2026 08:22 AM (/HDaX)

89 Good morning all, thx for the report and all your efforts JJ.
I've always gotten a kick out of Muslims claiming the discovery if this or that . Algebra was being done by the Greeks, the Egyptians, and Babylonians before Islam appeared. A Muslim did produce an influential algebra text in the so called "Golden Age of Islam" from 800 - 1200 AD , but it's been downhill since then. The map of trademarks and inventions which used to be published every ten years shows the Islamic regions as devoid of any new ideas

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 08:23 AM (e4I2N)

90 “Convention centers are highly expensive operations, and most don’t make a profit,” the report adds, “particularly when considering the debt service payments involved in their construction.”

Austin's convention center expansion is particularly stupid given that Kalahari built a water park and convention center about 15 miles away.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 08:23 AM (ExV1e)

91 Can't stop doing that, because I have no idea who Winston Wolfe is.

Consider yourself blessed.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 27, 2026 08:23 AM (a4flb)

92 Wes Moore was confused. He owns several pairs of Oxford shoes, black and brown.

Posted by: Buster Brown Lives In a Shoe at January 27, 2026 08:24 AM (oftw2)

93 >>I was just wondering why we haven't seen a whole bunch more arrests for the church invasion. Is there a good reason? Are they from out of town and hard to identify?

No. It's because Democrat activists posing as judges are refusing to issue arrest warrants.

Again, only one side is following the law. We've been arguing for days over the righteousness of the Pretti shooting while the left does not care. They lie and pretend they can't see things and just double down.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 27, 2026 08:22 AM (viF8m)

Then, sooner or later, "other ways" of rectifying the problem will rear its ugly head. Unfortunately. For the left.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 27, 2026 08:24 AM (5xuJ/)

94 “Convention centers are highly expensive operations, and most don’t make a profit,” the report adds, “particularly when considering the debt service payments involved in their construction.”


Totally compatible with Austin's claim to promote "affordable housing" </sarc

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 27, 2026 08:24 AM (a4flb)

95
My opinion, FWIW, is that My Fair Lady is the perfect musical, but as far as Dolly is concerned, it has to be remembered that it's a Jerry Herman musical, and he had a weakness for big, brassy women who got big, brassy themes, such as Mame, Dear World or (the sexes being reversed0 La Cage Aux Folles.

I think the reason anyone would consider Dolly[ overdone is that they are only thinking of the title song and Carol Channing, whose Broadway career was almost entirely spent in that show.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 27, 2026 08:10 AM (ufSfZ)

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My Fair Lady -- no argument from me.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 27, 2026 08:25 AM (LYoK6)

96 Oh goodie, another investigation. *claps hands in glee* What does that make it now, 1 billion investigations going on simultaneously where nothing ever comes from it and nobody is arrested, charged, found guilty, sentenced and sent to prison?
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 27, 2026 08:06 AM (qBdHI)

Perhaps Minneapolis should be a good example. Perhaps every state should divorce itself from Washington DC and apply their own laws.

Why are we always looking toward a national capital that for all intents and purposes is itself without laws?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 27, 2026 08:25 AM (g8Ew8)

97 "I wonder if the administration oughta' look at propping up a J6 like committee to dig into the Minneapolis shit show. Put Trump loyalists on it and offer up a spot or two the weakest, most worthless Democrats imaginable.
Sure... it has zero chance of putting anyone in prison, but it has a good chance of smearing the Democrats involved.
Certainly doing more than the GOP is doing now.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 27, 2026 08:09 AM (qwVdq) "

love to see that; I just wonder if there are as many as 10 or a dozen "Trump loyalists" available in congress.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 27, 2026 08:25 AM (Cjt/F)

98 The obligatory swastika tattoo on the forehead.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Sorry but my mom said that if I ever got a tattoo, she would shave it off with a butter knife. She's capable of doing it so I ain't pushing my luck.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 27, 2026 08:26 AM (7xrfc)

99 Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 27, 2026 08:22 AM (/HDaX)

Sorry; i still don't get it. I guess I'll have to continue doing whatever it is I shouldn't do. Oh, well. Catch some of you guys on the art thread-maybe.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 08:26 AM (7RYym)

100 In practice, U.S. wind turbines operate at capacity factors between 32-35 percent, meaning they produce far less energy than their maximum output most of the time.

I watch the Texas Board all the time.

Wind17,514 MW(23.5%)40,624 MW

Wind rarely get to 32% cap. In reality Tex Wind give you about one fourth of the investment.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 27, 2026 08:26 AM (gbOdA)

101 FIRST!!!!!

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 08:26 AM (Zz0t1)

102 Daniel Greenfield gets totally gets it.


I think an adjustment is required here. Not that I'm proofreading or anything......

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 08:26 AM (Zz0t1)

103 love to see that; I just wonder if there are as many as 10 or a dozen "Trump loyalists" available in congress.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez

Why bring in politicians? Let's get people who were persecuted over J6 to be part of the hearing.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 27, 2026 08:26 AM (7xrfc)

104 93 Then, sooner or later, "other ways" of rectifying the problem will rear its ugly head. Unfortunately. For the left.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 27, 2026 08:24 AM (5xuJ/)

Only if they ever leave the protection of their deep blue cities.

Posted by: XTC at January 27, 2026 08:27 AM (6Uni8)

105 Estimated as many as 36,000 dead so far.

Estimated is an important word here. 'Reportedly' would have worked as well.

The Iranian protesters want the US to intervene on their behalf. I'd go for that if the intervention could be both minimal and effective. The important thing is that reports out of Iran right now are suspect.

Just like reports that Russia blew up their own pipeline or keep crashing Ukrainian anti-air missiles into Poland. Or... or... or... lying to the public is not just a domestic thing.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 08:27 AM (ExV1e)

106 Then, sooner or later, "other ways" of rectifying the problem will rear its ugly head. Unfortunately. For the left.

Its what the foreign sponsors of this terror want. Do you really think that China cares anything at all about human life? About American lives?

And the foreign owned politicians and "judge"/activists have zero care about human life too.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 27, 2026 08:27 AM (a4flb)

107 I haven’t read Orwell’s 1984 in years but I think Winston Wolfe was one of the clueless (optimistic?) characters in that novel?

It’s almost embarrassing I don’t have 1984 memorized at this point since the left obviously does and regularly do real life demos…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 27, 2026 08:27 AM (5MZNC)

108 Lots of reports of Antifa being shocked that the Minneapolis police, county police, and state police all showed up to round them up last night. Walz folded like a cheap suit.

Posted by: Ian S.


I hope that doesn't mean that a deal was struck where he, the lt gov and other elected officials are not prosecuted for being admins on a Signal group that targeted ICE, or that they won't be put in jail for skimming the fraud money.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 27, 2026 08:27 AM (0U5gm)

109 Good morning morons and happy birthday JJ

Winston Smith was the main character in 1984

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 27, 2026 08:28 AM (RIvkX)

110 @107 that's Winston Smith

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 08:28 AM (e4I2N)

111 Then, sooner or later, "other ways" of rectifying the problem will rear its ugly head. Unfortunately. For the left.

Yeah. AtC likes to point out that the law exists to protect criminals from the traditional methods of dealing with them, not to protect citizens from criminals.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 27, 2026 08:28 AM (Fp5al)

112 Well, it’s called intermittent energy for a reason.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 27, 2026 08:28 AM (YuNX7)

113 Then, sooner or later, "other ways" of rectifying the problem will rear its ugly head. Unfortunately. For the left.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 27, 2026 08:24 AM (5xuJ/)

And again, I'm not see even the slightest indication that this would happen.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 27, 2026 08:29 AM (g8Ew8)

114 They lie and pretend they can't see things and just double down.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 27, 2026 08:22 AM (viF8m)

And we have to come to grips with this and come up with a plan to deal with it.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 27, 2026 08:29 AM (WHfpM)

115 We're still frozen, but it's supposed to approach 40 degrees today, so maybe some melt will happen.

Roads are quite shitty in lower traveled areas. I haven't ventured out past that. Don't want to. Everyone else sucks.

I was rolling around 25-30 at times, only to get blown by by trucks, light rear end, doing near 40.

Enjoy that insurance claim, asshole.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 08:29 AM (Zz0t1)

116 Winston Smith was the protagonist of 1984.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 08:29 AM (77rzZ)

117 Wind rarely get to 32% cap. In reality Tex Wind give you about one fourth of the investment.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 27, 2026 08:26 AM (gbOdA)

Obligatory:

https://tinyurl.com/nhzu83bj

Posted by: sal at January 27, 2026 08:30 AM (f+FmA)

118 In practice, U.S. wind turbines operate at capacity factors between 32-35 percent, meaning they produce far less energy than their maximum output most of the time.

I watch the Texas Board all the time.

Wind17,514 MW(23.5%)40,624 MW

Wind rarely get to 32% cap. In reality Tex Wind give you about one fourth of the investment.

Posted by: r hennigantx



I don't know of one windmill that would be economically feasible without a subsidy.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 27, 2026 08:30 AM (0U5gm)

119 I also get the feeling that there are people out there who aren't unstable yet, but they WANT to be unstable, as if it would be freeing to just lose their minds and let the crazy they've heretofore successfully held in check (or gaslit themselves into developing) run wild.

I think you are describing Burning Man.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 27, 2026 08:31 AM (a4flb)

120 “Convention centers are highly expensive operations, and most don’t make a profit,” the report adds, “particularly when considering the debt service payments involved in their construction.”


Totally compatible with Austin's claim to promote "affordable housing"
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 27, 2026 08:24 AM (a4flb)

About 10 years ago I participated in a technical conference held at the Austin convention center in August. I marveled at the air conditioning capability of that facility… it was 100+ degrees outside and almost cold inside… I’d open the door to go outside and a huge wind of cold air would follow me outside. I can’t imagine the amount of money it cost to cool that huge building! Carbon footprint the size of a fleet of jets…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 27, 2026 08:31 AM (5MZNC)

121 I try to put myself in their shoes. Would I fear this DOJ or any conservative regime to effectively, determinedly prosecute me? No, I would not. I would feel that in the medium to long term I could do anything I want short of murder and get away with it.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 27, 2026 08:31 AM (WHfpM)

122 I own all of my own businesses and I can refuse anyone!
After the post went viral, Martindale conveniently claimed he was hacked on Facebook and Instagram

Also Martindale, "Bake the cake, hater!"

Posted by: Halfhand at January 27, 2026 08:31 AM (z0w8y)

123 Oh goodie, another investigation. *claps hands in glee* What does that make it now, 1 billion investigations going on simultaneously where nothing ever comes from it and nobody is arrested, charged, found guilty, sentenced and sent to prison?
Posted by: Lady in Black at January 27, 2026 08:06 AM (qBdHI)

Who are you gonna arrest? You need evidence to support that. Yes, yes, the left can arrest people willy-nilly and throw them in prison for years without trial but we can't.

That's reality. You say that you know the Lt. Gov. is involved? Okay, what judge is gonna sign off on the arrest warrant?

That means you have to go through a grand jury and that both takes time and is secret.

Remember - the purpose of the judicial insurrection is to delay and make people on our side despondent. Don't surrender to despair. It only serves the enemy.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 08:32 AM (ExV1e)

124 “I will not perform anesthesia for any surgeries or procedures for MAGA. It is my right, it is my ethical oath, and I stand behind my education,” Florida nurse Erik Martindale recently wrote on Facebook. “I own all of my own businesses and I can refuse anyone!
After the post went viral, Martindale conveniently claimed he was hacked on Facebook and Instagram. Sure you were.
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*points and laughs*

Haha! You're all joos now!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 27, 2026 08:32 AM (RIvkX)

125 Wes Moore Says He Won't Waste 'A Second' To Find His Missing Thesis as Oxford Refuses To Confirm He Was Ever a Doctoral Candidate

I told the witch doctor you didn't love me true
I told the witch doctor you didn't love me nice
And then the witch doctor, he gave me this advice
He said that

Ooh eee, ooh ah-ah, ting tang
Walla-walla, bing-bang
Ooh eee, ooh ah-ah, ting tang
Walla-walla, bing-bang
Ooh eee, ooh ah-ah, ting tang
Walla-walla, bing-bang
Ooh eee, ooh ah-ah, ting tang
Walla-walla, bing-bang

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 27, 2026 08:32 AM (gbOdA)

126 I have always understood that Jesus will return when everybody has been taught Christianity. If that is the case, I think it would explain the amazing large influx of Muslims in America. And Somalis are Muslim, and Walz is protecting them ( along with hiding his corruption)' so it's a microcosm of the struggle.

Posted by: Chillin the most at January 27, 2026 08:32 AM (Sv8TC)

127 14 "What will Homan do on arrival in MN?"

Arrest Walz and frogmarch ol' frogmouth thru the snow?
Posted by: I have a dream at January 27, 2026 07:41

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I expect a difficult conversation. Plain speaking Tom Homan versus lying Tim Walz

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 27, 2026 08:32 AM (0ghpI)

128 Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 08:29 AM (

I know who Winston Smith is, not Winston Wolfe. I have never seen or read "Pulp Fiction"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 08:33 AM (looXz)

129 Its what the foreign sponsors of this terror want. Do you really think that China cares anything at all about human life? About American lives?

And the foreign owned politicians and "judge"/activists have zero care about human life too.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 27, 2026 08:27 AM (a4flb)

So, your solution is what, again? The game rules have been set. THEY made those rules. We continue to play by our rules. How's that working out for us? Maybe a few more investigations would do the trick. Yeah, that's the ticket. Sooner or later, something has to change.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 27, 2026 08:33 AM (5xuJ/)

130 I would have said, "let's not start punching each other's babies in the dick yet," but figured Winston Wolf would be the more understandable reference in these parts.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 27, 2026 08:33 AM (ufSfZ)

131 And again, I'm not see even the slightest indication that this would happen.

There's been a great deal of activity against Antifa, it just hasn't gotten to the part that CBD will ban you for saying. I'm about 95% sure whatever deal Walz made to finally let the police do their jobs was backed with threats based on the Signal chats.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 27, 2026 08:33 AM (Fp5al)

132 Nice thing about the Pretti Confetti shooting is he's dead and that lesbo broad who couldn't drive is all but forgotten now. Can't even remember the rug muncher's name. Oh well. I have more important things to do like trimming my nutsack hair than worrying about dead idiots.

Posted by: Stupid Is As Stupid Does at January 27, 2026 08:34 AM (R/m4+)

133 Apparently, MS NOW is using an altered photo of Alex Pretti. Not sure why.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 27, 2026 08:34 AM (Y1sOo)

134 I don't know of one windmill that would be economically feasible without a subsidy.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 27, 2026 08:30 AM (0U5gm)

Subsidy --> Contract --> Kickbacks --> Donations

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 27, 2026 08:34 AM (gbOdA)

135 Yeah. AtC likes to point out that the law exists to protect criminals from the traditional methods of dealing with them, not to protect citizens from criminals.

I have no intention of keeping a house burglar confined in my basement for a couple years while I feed, medicate, entertain and educate him with my own money.

Without the State, every crime is a capital crime

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 27, 2026 08:35 AM (a4flb)

136 Now that Ron Gvili's remains have been returned, gentlemen, you may fire when ready.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 27, 2026 08:35 AM (RIvkX)

137 I guess we're going to forget all about Iran.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 27, 2026 08:35 AM (Dv3i1)

138 So, the agent whose finger got bit off by the lesbo, his finger's in the dyke?

Posted by: Delurker at January 27, 2026 08:35 AM (gtcuf)

139 Tribalism and “vigilante justice” is the default in human history. Still is in some parts of the globe.

A permanent cadre of professional 24/7 duly sworn law enforcement and legal code and the rest of it are just a recent blip in human history.

In effect we as a society have outsourced justice, an agreement to stand down - so long as the legal system does their part. That’s the “social compact” part of the deal.

We’re in that weird in-between period where they have decided to stop upholding their end of the bargain. Recall the DEI hire declaring the rioters “just need room to destroy”. Yet businesses and home owners are expected to dutifully continue to pay property tax and Feed The Machine.

A broken machine. What happens next is anyone’s guess, but I suggest depending on your location learning how to put together a Duty Roster and DA form 6 for roving guard duty. Suburbia is not defendable, nor are rural areas frankly.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 27, 2026 08:36 AM (idVke)

140 The reality is, Republicans, and sadly, that includes Donald Trump, are not serious about fixing America
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This person is a retard. Anyone who thinks Donald Trump, who had laid everything on the line to "fix" America isn't serious, is a fucking retard.


Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 08:36 AM (cxiKi)

141 Lots of reports of Antifa being shocked that the Minneapolis police, county police, and state police all showed up to round them up last night. Walz folded like a cheap suit.
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Even deployed the sound cannon.

Vids on X of the cockroaches scattering.

While ICE agents crack a beer and laugh while watching from the 3rd floor window.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 27, 2026 08:36 AM (HXT0k)

142
Welp. Looks like Old Blighty, France, and Germany can get a glimpse of their future?/present?

https://tinyurl.com/3u96d4yv


I'm sure this in no way reflects the glorious cultural enrichment brought to us by all the unvetted Afghanis Biden let in.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 27, 2026 08:36 AM (iJfKG)

143 I was just wondering why we haven't seen a whole bunch more arrests for the church invasion. Is there a good reason? Are they from out of town and hard to identify?
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 27, 2026 08:16 AM (Mq47n)

The locals don't have a problem with it, the federal magistrate refused to sign the warrants. The appeals court, in Don Lemon's case, even said that he broke the law but they won't require the magistrate to sign the warrant.

So it's Pam Bondi's fault.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 08:36 AM (ExV1e)

144 Tim Walz has hijacked Holocaust Remembrance Day by equating it with the illegal criminals suffering in Minnesota.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 27, 2026 08:36 AM (NpAcC)

145 “I will not perform anesthesia for any surgeries or procedures for MAGA. It is my right, it is my ethical oath, and I stand behind my education,” Florida nurse Erik Martindale recently wrote on Facebook. “I own all of my own businesses and I can refuse anyone!
After the post went viral, Martindale conveniently claimed he was hacked on Facebook and Instagram. Sure you were.
=====


Leftism means no consequence for your actions. FAFO is a way of life for them, only for them to deny the FO part and blame someone else. EVERYONE else.

They're petulant little children.

I pray for mercy on their misguided souls.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 08:37 AM (Zz0t1)

146 Can't stop doing that, because I have no idea who Winston Wolfe is.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 08:19 AM (7RYym)

Probably for the best.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 08:37 AM (ExV1e)

147 "Twitchy" site has an article on it. They are making him more attractive , supposedly to elicit greater sympathy from leftist women, kind of like when they put the sixth grade photo of various crooks and thugs instead of how they look twenty years later

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 08:38 AM (looXz)

148 The Left has achieved almost every goal they set themselves in Minneapolis

Martyr
Inflammatory video that will be endlessly used
Narrative reinforcement and expansion
More anti-deportation and amnesty voters
Force Trump to back-down

The only goal they haven't achieved - so far - in Minneapolis is a black martyr. Either Dead or severely beaten. Preferably dead. They will work very hard to get a black martyr in ICE or Border Patrol enforcement ops, as soon as possible.

I'm feeling sick.

Posted by: Gref at January 27, 2026 08:38 AM (5rh/l)

149 Virginia Democrats Now Seeking to Double Their Own Pay as They Raise Taxes, After Running on ‘Affordability’

Posted by: SMOD at January 27, 2026 08:38 AM (RHGPo)

150 >>And we have to come to grips with this and come up with a plan to deal with it.

Understanding and accepting the problem is the first step. Otherwise we are fighting the wrong battle.

Trump's team isn't perfect and they will make mistakes but I believe they do understand what we are up against. We are battling a communist insurgency. They ignore the rules and just keep pressing forward. Trump's legal team is facing unprecedented obstruction in the judicial system. Judges are making up rules or just ignoring them altogether. That's not Trump's team losing. That's corruption.

They are deporting orders of magnitude more illegals in state like TX and FL because those states are following the law. It's going to be a long fight but we have to keep at it and don't despair with setbacks. We can and will win if we keep fighting.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 27, 2026 08:38 AM (viF8m)

151 So, the agent whose finger got bit off by the lesbo, his finger's in the dyke?
Posted by: Delurker at January 27, 2026 08:35 AM (gtcuf)


Not food. She spit it out.

https://youtu.be/9eYstJRZfTg

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 08:38 AM (Zz0t1)

152 "133 Apparently, MS NOW is using an altered photo of Alex Pretti. Not sure why."

lying is pretty much a religious obligation to them.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 27, 2026 08:39 AM (Cjt/F)

153 Perhaps Minneapolis should be a good example. Perhaps every state should divorce itself from Washington DC and apply their own laws.
Why are we always looking toward a national capital that for all intents and purposes is itself without laws?
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 27, 2026 08:25 AM (g8Ew

Correct.

Posted by: Abolish The Federal Government Already at January 27, 2026 08:39 AM (R/m4+)

154 Why is today Holocaust Remembrance Day? What is the significance of Jan. 27?

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 08:39 AM (77rzZ)

155 121 I try to put myself in their shoes. Would I fear this DOJ or any conservative regime to effectively, determinedly prosecute me? No, I would not. I would feel that in the medium to long term I could do anything I want short of murder and get away with it.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 27, 2026 08:31 AM

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Let's not forget the small victory of getting Judge Hannah Dugan off the bench. Prosecutor, judge, and jury did their jobs. It's still a victory

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 27, 2026 08:39 AM (2g/fp)

156 Virginia Democrats Now Seeking to Double Their Own Pay as They Raise Taxes, After Running on ‘Affordability’
Posted by: SMOD at January 27, 2026 08:38 AM (RHGPo)


Democrats lie. About everything. It's in their DNA.

They are a broken people.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 08:39 AM (Zz0t1)

157 The threat was reinforced by Houthi military spokesman Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree, who said the Iran-backed group would not remain on the sidelines if a conflict expanded to include Tehran.

Saree better sleep in a bunker about a mile underground.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 27, 2026 08:40 AM (gbOdA)

158 Keith Ellison Outraged That Minnesota Not Being Included in Shooting Investigations After Refusing to Cooperate With Feds

Posted by: SMOD at January 27, 2026 08:40 AM (RHGPo)

159 This person is a retard. Anyone who thinks Donald Trump, who had laid everything on the line to "fix" America isn't serious, is a fucking retard.

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 08:36 AM (cxiKi)

Who are you quoting?

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 27, 2026 08:40 AM (/HDaX)

160 In other words, this is another hardware-poor NASA project. What they build is what they have. No time or money for testing of prototypes.

This mission is really pushing the envelope, possibly more than any NASA planetary probe in a half century. I just hope they get it right.
===========================
There is plenty positive to say about starving the beast, too, so I will cross my fingers and wish the Titan unmanned mission Godspeed, but I have no problem forcing NASA to prioritize what they can afford and what they cannot. Inevitably, we can't do every single thing that we wish we could do.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 27, 2026 08:40 AM (28ov7)

161 Only if they ever leave the protection of their deep blue cities.
Posted by: XTC at January 27, 2026 08:27 AM (6Uni

Stop trucking in food and they'll leave eventually.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 08:41 AM (ExV1e)

162 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2026 08:41 AM (RoI99)

163 Keith Ellison Outraged That Minnesota Not Being Included in Shooting Investigations After Refusing to Cooperate With Feds
Posted by: SMOD at January 27, 2026 08:40 AM (RHGPo)


Ellison should be the subject of a shooting investigation.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 08:41 AM (Zz0t1)

164 Walz said he would like to talk to Trump about "turning down the heat" shortly after BPS shot and killed one of the left's operatives. BPS was in Minneapolis to bust heads.

When they did, Walz realized he was at risk. Not from BPS, but likely his career was in jeopardy. (I think he's toast anyway.)

Trump gave Walz an off ramp. Get the shit under control or you're out. I don't think Walz was the one holding the police back either... I think that's on Frey and the Lt Governor.

Walz is too stupid to be running this op.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 27, 2026 08:41 AM (jtM2q)

165 The Zapruder film of the JFK assassination was better quality than the video I saw of this Pretti shooting.

Posted by: SMOD at January 27, 2026 08:42 AM (RHGPo)

166 Apparently, MS NOW is using an altered photo of Alex Pretti. Not sure why.
Posted by: one hour sober at January 27, 2026 08:34 AM (Y1sOo)
******
Because he looks like your typical leftist and they want him to look better looking to get public sympathy.

https://tinyurl.com/sjrr9zsk

Posted by: redridinghood at January 27, 2026 08:42 AM (NpAcC)

167 147 "Twitchy" site has an article on it. They are making him more attractive , supposedly to elicit greater sympathy from leftist women, kind of like when they put the sixth grade photo of various crooks and thugs instead of how they look twenty years later
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 08:38 AM (looXz)

Did we ever see a real photo of the Trump attp. assassin?

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 27, 2026 08:42 AM (gbOdA)

168 I don't know of one windmill that would be economically feasible without a subsidy.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 27, 2026 08:30 AM (0U5gm)

Subsidy → Contract → Kickbacks → Donations

Its a bit more complex than that. Being part of the grid, electrical providers can pass along the cost of the construction of windmills in the form of higher rates (this is why Texas had huge build-out of all kinds of power: nuclear, CCGT, coal, etc.).

There is also the lucrative business of selling carbon credits generated by the windmills (which is its real business, not providing electricity, but carbon credits that are sold to "dirty" industry - a diabolical form of extortion)

Big Tech, Walmart and other companies with strong profits can reduce their taxable income by gaining credits through solar/wind projects they underwrite.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 27, 2026 08:42 AM (a4flb)

169
About 10 years ago I participated in a technical conference held at the Austin convention center in August. I marveled at the air conditioning capability of that facility… it was 100+ degrees outside and almost cold inside…

The summer Houston dog shows are held at NRG Center. The temp outside will be in the 90s but you better wear a sweater inside.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2026 08:42 AM (tgvbd)

170 Neil Young says,

I’m honoured to give a free year’s access to neilyoungarchives.com to all of our friends in Greenland. I hope my music and music films will ease some of the unwarranted stress and threats you are experiencing from our unpopular and hopefully temporary government.

It is my sincere wish for you to be able to enjoy all of my music in your beautiful Greenland home, in its highest quality. This is an offer of Peace and Love.
==================
See Greenland? Trump is already delivering for you.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 27, 2026 08:43 AM (28ov7)

171 "133 Apparently, MS NOW is using an altered photo of Alex Pretti. Not sure why."

lying is pretty much a religious obligation to them.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 27, 2026 08:39 AM (Cjt/F)


The same reason they didn't use the images of Trayvon Martin where he was flashing his grill while holding guns.

It's the narrative, my boy. It is to die for.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 08:43 AM (Zz0t1)

172 There was a fake photo of the Pretti shooting out there.
You can tell it is fake because one of the ICE agents doesn't have a head.

Posted by: SMOD at January 27, 2026 08:43 AM (RHGPo)

173 Sponge — While I was driving to work this morning it was slippery but drivable. I proceeded very cautiously… approached all stoplights very slowly. I was waiting to turn at a stoplight… it turned green for me but a pickup truck was ripping down not being cautious… it had to stop, jammed its brakes and did a 360 pirouette right in front of me… I waited until it finally stopped then completed my turn… no collision but that yahoo would’ve hit me in the middle of the intersection if I’d have gone when the light turned green… he was going too fast to stop… sigh

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 27, 2026 08:43 AM (/iXAp)

174 Covid broke a lot of people and norms. Conventions were completely dead for 2 years. Many never got back into the swing of it. Also the ease and proliferation of online seminars and learning makes people question the whole flight, hotel, Uber, taxi, regimen. I guess getting drunk with your peers is still somewhat popular, though. Every overpriced convention center is a taxpayer funded boondoggle. Too many crazies in cities will keep me out of convention centers for the remainder of my time on Earth.

Posted by: Happy Shut-in at January 27, 2026 08:43 AM (oftw2)

175 Neil Young music sucks. Greenland will beg Trump to save them.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 08:43 AM (Zz0t1)

176 And again, I'm not see even the slightest indication that this would happen.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 27, 2026 08:29 AM (g8Ew

The people will never rise up. It's a fever dream. -- Nicolae Ceaușescu

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 08:43 AM (ExV1e)

177 "Remember - the purpose of the judicial insurrection is to delay and make people on our side despondent. Don't surrender to despair. It only serves the enemy.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 08:32 AM (ExV1e) "

"It's going to be a long fight but we have to keep at it and don't despair with setbacks. We can and will win if we keep fighting.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 27, 2026 08:38 AM (viF8m) "

these are the only sentiments worth harboring at this point.

well, that, and "the aggressor sets the ROE"

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 27, 2026 08:44 AM (Cjt/F)

178 Nothing is melting out there.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 08:44 AM (77rzZ)

179 The Left does not believe in or follow any laws or principles other than its own politics.

This is one of the most singularly important points if you want to understand modern politics.

On a regular basis the left flips their "core beliefs" in a way, that if you believe they are in fact core beliefs makes no sense.

Federal Agents can kill Ashli Babbitt or Roselyn Boys from protesting if that protesting interferes with a government function, but Pretti and Good have a right to assault federal agents if they disagree with what those agents are doing. Bill Clinton can send a swat team after Elian Gonzalez but sending illegals home is abducting them and on and on...

And that's because the only thing they actually care about here is power.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 08:44 AM (sKqQm)

180 I waited until it finally stopped then completed my turn… no collision but that yahoo would’ve hit me in the middle of the intersection if I’d have gone when the light turned green… he was going too fast to stop… sigh
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 27, 2026 08:43 AM (/iXAp)


Why I'm not getting out unless there's an emergency. Everyone is a selfish asshole idiot out there in most cases.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 08:45 AM (Zz0t1)

181 Report: Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei Now Living in Underground Bunker, Fears Trump Might Come for Him

... it's only Allah's will

Posted by: SMOD at January 27, 2026 08:45 AM (RHGPo)

182 Damn it's cold out there. How much are they paying protesters today?

Posted by: Stoner living in his parent's basement at January 27, 2026 08:45 AM (2Ez/1)

183 Because he looks like your typical leftist and they want him to look better looking to get public sympathy.


AWFLs fantasize about "dating" GQ models, so with liberal application of AI and photo-shop all heroes of the revolution look like Hollywood leading men.

Another fine thing about AI is that if can also invent a totally different bio/legend of the perp transforming a dead-end meth head into a Nobel Prize winning philanthropist.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 27, 2026 08:45 AM (a4flb)

184 Apparently, MS NOW is using an altered photo of Alex Pretti. Not sure why.
Posted by: one hour sober
________

Did they turn him into a black trannie?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 27, 2026 08:46 AM (XvL8K)

185 165, LOL! also true

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 27, 2026 08:46 AM (Cjt/F)

186 “People underestimate how organized they are,” Mor said about Hamas. “Shifts. Guard rotations. Thousands of shafts. Even under siege, they have food supplies for a year. The only real weakness is water.”

I would give them water.
Put about a 3 foot pipe the the Sea and pump in water for the next few years.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 27, 2026 08:46 AM (gbOdA)

187 Supposedly, carrying at a protest is illegal in Minnesota.

MN Attorney General Keith Ellison joined 16 other attorneys general from Democrat-led states in an amicus brief filed with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in January 2024, according to court records. The coalition argued states can ban firearms at political rallies and protests because such events attract violence.

Posted by: SMOD at January 27, 2026 08:46 AM (RHGPo)

188 Know who else was living in an underground bunker?

Posted by: But it does rhyme at January 27, 2026 08:46 AM (2Ez/1)

189 Why is today Holocaust Remembrance Day? What is the significance of Jan. 27?
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 08:39 AM (77rzZ)
*****
Marks the anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 27, 2026 08:46 AM (NpAcC)

190 11 deg. deg out, nothing melting here either.

Waiting for the HVAC tech to come install a replacement thermostat on the upstairs heat pump. It's a bit brisk in here.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 27, 2026 08:47 AM (/HDaX)

191 Virginia Democrats Now Seeking to Double Their Own Pay as They Raise Taxes, After Running on ‘Affordability’

I see Meghan McCain was angrily tweeting that the FNM claimed the VA Dems and their CIA agent leader were moderates. Well Ms Nepobaby there are no moderate democrats. None. Haven't been for 20 or more years.

But you are your ilk are worried about icky Republicans like Trump so blame yourself. Without the cover of people like you and especially your father the left would have a harder time winning elections.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 08:48 AM (sKqQm)

192 MSNOW:

This digitally enhanced portrait made its debut on the program hosted by Nicolle Wallace, where it was presented alongside a critique of former President Donald Trump’s influence over public perception. The incident has raised questions about media ethics and the integrity of visual representation.

During the segment, Wallace commented on how Trump encourages Americans to distrust their own observations, stating, “Donald Trump and his administration are demanding once again that you do not believe your eyes and ears.” The juxtaposition of this statement with the manipulated image has led to widespread criticism from viewers, who have expressed concerns about the authenticity of the portrayal.


Telling you to believe your eyes and ears as they lie and manipulate images seems, well...........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 08:48 AM (Zz0t1)

193 88-Year-Old Democrat Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton Terminates Campaign For 19th Term due to “early stages of dementia.”

Posted by: SMOD at January 27, 2026 08:48 AM (RHGPo)

194 And that's because the only thing they actually care about here is power.

Walz and Frey care about power - the rest are fodder who are LARPing a lifestyle of freedom fighters and saints.

Mimetic Theory explains a ton of what is going on.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 27, 2026 08:48 AM (a4flb)

195 189 Thanks, RRH.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 08:48 AM (77rzZ)

196 I see Meghan McCain was angrily tweeting that the FNM claimed the VA Dems and their CIA agent leader were moderates. Well Ms Nepobaby there are no moderate democrats. None. Haven't been for 20 or more years.

But you are your ilk are worried about icky Republicans like Trump so blame yourself. Without the cover of people like you and especially your father the left would have a harder time winning elections.
Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 08:48 AM (sKqQm)


She'll post her big, fake tit cleavage in penance again soon.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 08:49 AM (Zz0t1)

197 Supposedly, carrying at a protest is illegal in Minnesota.

Going to a protest armed is one thing.

Going to a protest armed where you plan to assault cops though is insanity.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 08:49 AM (sKqQm)

198 Trump gave Walz an off ramp. Get the shit under control or you're out. I don't think Walz was the one holding the police back either... I think that's on Frey and the Lt Governor.

Walz is too stupid to be running this op.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 27, 2026 08:41 AM (jtM2q)

Agree.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 27, 2026 08:49 AM (g8Ew8)

199 Good morning JJ, Horde

Posted by: callsign claymore at January 27, 2026 08:49 AM (JJ43P)

200 Waiting for the HVAC tech to come install a replacement thermostat on the upstairs heat pump. It's a bit brisk in here.

Open the inside doors, crank up the lower level heat and let convection punch through the thermocline?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 27, 2026 08:49 AM (a4flb)

201 Virginia Democrats Now Seeking to Double Their Own Pay as They Raise Taxes, After Running on ‘Affordability’
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How's that scene in Animal Farm go?

The pigs explain they really don't want to drink all the cream, but they have to, are forced to, they must because the work of managing the farm for everyone is such difficult work?

I'll keep pointing out: They had all this legislation drafted, ready to go on day one and they moved on it before her speech even stopped echoing through the chamber.

But a year later, and Trump still--STILL--has nominees that can't get a vote languishing in the Senate.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 27, 2026 08:50 AM (HXT0k)

202 Its a bit more complex than that. Being part of the grid, electrical providers can pass along the cost of the construction of windmills in the form of higher rates (this is why Texas had huge build-out of all kinds of power: nuclear, CCGT, coal, etc.).

There is also the lucrative business of selling carbon credits generated by the windmills (which is its real business, not providing electricity, but carbon credits that are sold to "dirty" industry - a diabolical form of extortion)

Big Tech, Walmart and other companies with strong profits can reduce their taxable income by gaining credits through solar/wind projects they underwrite.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure


I did a deep dive into Texas' windmills a couple of years ago. $60 billion in spending over twenty years, of which over $20 billion was subsidies. One third of the cost was subsidy, and since the subsidy only covers building them, they don't maintain them.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 27, 2026 08:50 AM (0U5gm)

203 Walz and Frey care about power - the rest are fodder who are LARPing a lifestyle of freedom fighters and saints.

Most of those LARPers have a job drawing government dollars either directly or indirectly. That's why they do this - to keep the dollars going, not for whatever reason they claim.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 08:50 AM (sKqQm)

204 Happy New Day, JJ and Morning Morons. 🌞

As I started waking up, my wandering mind pondered:

As we lumber toward the 2026 election, I thought about that preponderance of voters who selected Trump. What was their motivation and how likely is it to work again?

Who voted Trump because of his rugged but elegant persona (or Melania)? Who voted because he was famous? an Outsider? Who voted for his policies ("I voted for this" as we say)? Who voted habitually Republican? Who voted because Not Democrat? And how do those categories break down for 2016, 2020, and 2024?

While someone not me does that polling, I'm going to have some coffee and read the Report.

Posted by: mindful webworker - It's too two to's day at January 27, 2026 08:50 AM (OJSFI)

205 I just looked outside and ICE is everywhere.
Hoping it will all melt before the next snow storm.

Posted by: SMOD at January 27, 2026 08:51 AM (RHGPo)

206 184 Did they turn him into a black trannie?

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 27, 2026 08:46 AM (XvL8K)

No AWFL would even pretend to be sexually attracted to that.

Posted by: XTC at January 27, 2026 08:51 AM (6Uni8)

207 Yeah, how about NO.



U.S. Senator John Fetterman
@SenFettermanPA

@POTUS
@realDonaldTrump: I make a direct appeal to immediately fire
@Sec_Noem
Americans have died.

She is betraying DHS’s core mission and trashing your border security legacy.

DO NOT make the mistake President Biden made for not firing a grossly incompetent DHS Secretary.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 27, 2026 08:52 AM (NpAcC)

208 "the issue is never the issue, the issue is always the revolution."

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 27, 2026 08:52 AM (Cjt/F)

209 DHS Investigating Whether Alex Pretti’s Gun Accidentally Discharged: Report

Posted by: SMOD at January 27, 2026 08:52 AM (RHGPo)

210 Raise your hand if you ever attended a concealed carry course where part of the curriculum taught was that it was a good idea to arrive at a violent protest, with Law Enforcement present, and attempt to insert yourself, and physically interfere with Law Enforcement crowd control efforts....while you yourself are armed.

Anybody....?
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 27, 2026 08:03 AM

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Almost everyone with concealed carry just knows better; unfortunately, we have the exception.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 27, 2026 08:52 AM (9sYIl)

211 Open the inside doors, crank up the lower level heat and let convection punch through the thermocline?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 27, 2026 08:49 AM (a4flb)

I'm getting enough heat rising from downstairs to keep from completely freezing but the computer's upstairs and I'm not quite over the flu. And it's not helping that the house could be better insulated in places.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 27, 2026 08:52 AM (/HDaX)

212 187 Supposedly, carrying at a protest is illegal in Minnesota.

MN Attorney General Keith Ellison joined 16 other attorneys general from Democrat-led states in an amicus brief filed with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in January 2024, according to court records. The coalition argued states can ban firearms at political rallies and protests because such events attract violence.

Posted by: SMOD at January 27, 2026 08:46 AM (RHGPo)


I'll bet the definition of political rallies and protests in that lawsuit had more and larger loopholes that would favor the Left than the holes in a steel wire fence.

Posted by: Gref at January 27, 2026 08:52 AM (5rh/l)

213 Chuck Martel at January 27, 2026 08:35 AM (Dv3i1)
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I can say I have not forgotten about Iran and will never, ever forget about Iran.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 27, 2026 08:53 AM (RIvkX)

214 "Remember - the purpose of the judicial insurrection is to delay and make people on our side despondent. Don't surrender to despair. It only serves the enemy.

I use it for motivation on the heavy bag.

Nothing like bag work to strip body fat, add muscle, endurance and confidence.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 27, 2026 08:53 AM (a4flb)

215 @realDonaldTrump: I make a direct appeal to immediately fire
@Sec_Noem
Americans have died.

Back on J6, 2021 the government was giving awards to agents that murdered peacefully protesting US citizens. When those agents, and the people that gave them medals, are in jail, we can have a discussion about Noem and ICE. Until then FU.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 08:53 AM (sKqQm)

216 I see Meghan McCain was angrily tweeting that the FNM claimed the VA Dems and their CIA agent leader were moderates. Well Ms Nepobaby there are no moderate democrats. None. Haven't been for 20 or more years.

-----------

Rush Limbaugh reiterated this many times, even back in the nineties.

I miss Rush.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 27, 2026 08:53 AM (g8Ew8)

217 Virginia Democrats Now Seeking to Double Their Own Pay as They Raise Taxes, After Running on ‘Affordability’

Obama, Clinton Statements About Minneapolis Reveal Democrats’ Midterm Playbook

.. looks like ‘Affordability’ is out

Posted by: SMOD at January 27, 2026 08:54 AM (RHGPo)

218 Open the inside doors, crank up the lower level heat and let convection punch through the thermocline?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 27, 2026 08:49 AM (a4flb)

I was told there would be no Thermodynamics on this blog.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 27, 2026 08:54 AM (gbOdA)

219 U.S. Senator John Fetterman
@SenFettermanPA

@POTUS
@realDonaldTrump: I make a direct appeal to immediately fire
@Sec_Noem
Americans have died.

She is betraying DHS’s core mission and trashing your border security legacy.

DO NOT make the mistake President Biden made for not firing a grossly incompetent DHS Secretary.


The lump has returned. Americans were dying in MUCH larger number BEFORE Noem took over.

F*cking moron.

Two idiot protestors got THEMSELVES killed by attacking ICE and BP agents and we're supposed to stop protecting the sovereignty of this nation?

F*ck off, retard.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 08:54 AM (Zz0t1)

220 The Super Bowl this year is a rematch of SB 49, in which probably the biggest coaching blunder of all time was committed: Seattle on the 1-yard line at the end of the game with the best short yardage back in the league (Marshawn Lynch).. so Pete Carroll’s OC decides to pass… INT… end of game, Patriots win. A meme was born: Run the damn ball!!

As much success as Carroll has had as a coach (SB victory and college championship) he’s also been a part of two huge blunders… the one already mentioned and the 2006 Rose Bowl when he didn’t have his best running back (Reggie Bush) on the field for a crucial 4th down play.. the stuff of nightmares for coaches…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 27, 2026 08:55 AM (YobFY)

221 Your Mother sounds like a incredible woman, JJ. RIP.

I visited Dachau on a trip to Bavaria, years ago when I was in high School. My first thoughts were, how could this happen in the West and the Modern world at the time

Posted by: Jonah at January 27, 2026 08:55 AM (YCxFk)

222 I was told there would be no Thermodynamics on this blog.

You wuz told wrong.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 27, 2026 08:55 AM (/HDaX)

223 >Apparently, MS NOW is using an altered photo of Alex Pretti. Not sure why.
Posted by: one hour sober at January 27, 2026 08:34 AM (Y1sOo)
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they changed the aspect ratio so he doesn't look so much like a conehead

Posted by: Don Black at January 27, 2026 08:55 AM (ZxPkt)

224 Where is the real data about Ilhan Omar and her husband's net worth? There is info about a winery and some kind of finance company, but were is the info pointing to actual assets?

Tangible assets have value that can be verified, but it looks as if phony paper claims about assets exist, but no verification.

Pelosi's share holdings could be verified. Let's see some better investigating into Omar.

Posted by: M. Gaga at January 27, 2026 08:55 AM (KiBMU)

225 Why is today Holocaust Remembrance Day? What is the significance of Jan. 27?
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 08:39 AM (77rzZ)
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Auschwitz was liberated January 27, 1945

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 27, 2026 08:55 AM (RIvkX)

226 I hope this doesn't sound like a silly request, but Our dog is very sick and if you could send good thoughts his way for a quick recovery it would be appreciated....

Posted by: It's me donna at January 27, 2026 08:57 AM (VE6XX)

227 I didn’t realize that Auschwitz was liberated that early on.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 08:58 AM (77rzZ)

228 This is creepier the more I ponder it:

https://m.youtube.com/
watch?v=NVd8zmjPGrg

She describes a phenomenon that astounds me --how different people can view the same situation and inhabit totally different realities. I've seen that in my own social circles and the people living in the leftist reality are finding it difficult to acknowledge the humanity of people in the other reality. But this YouTuber says "authoritarians" and "people who are uncomfortable with ambiguity and plurality" are rejecting reality and need to be dealt with (in a caring manner, of course) so they don't destroy democracy.

I bet she's thinking of -humane- camps.

Posted by: Emmie at January 27, 2026 08:58 AM (FMtrg)

229 I never fell for the Fetterman smoke screen. When he did not switch parties . At least we know for sure now

Posted by: Jonah at January 27, 2026 08:59 AM (YCxFk)

230 228 That video was posted by another commenter yesterday but I don't recall who.

Posted by: Emmie at January 27, 2026 08:59 AM (FMtrg)

231 Posted by: It's me donna at January 27, 2026 08:57 AM (VE6XX)
*****
Prayers sent 🐾

Posted by: redridinghood at January 27, 2026 08:59 AM (NpAcC)

232 I'm getting enough heat rising from downstairs to keep from completely freezing but the computer's upstairs and I'm not quite over the flu. And it's not helping that the house could be better insulated in places.

When you get desperate, you can always jump the red wire on the thermostat (you said you had a heat-pump) to the yellow wire (compressor), the green wire (the indoor blower) and the orange or blue wire (reversing the valve to "heat") if it is too cold for the heat-pump and it would use auxiliary heat, then add the white wire (auxiliary) to the mix and off you go.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 27, 2026 08:59 AM (a4flb)

233 . Remember back in the halcyon days of Barack Hussein Obama when he proposed the creation of some kind of a domestic national security force that was to have more funding, perhaps even double that of the Defense (now War) department.

Did somebody dig up footage of his Thug Bootcamp marching?

Posted by: Eromero at January 27, 2026 09:00 AM (LHPAg)

234 Done donna.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 27, 2026 09:00 AM (viF8m)

235
As much success as Carroll has had as a coach (SB victory and college championship) he’s also been a part of two huge blunders… the one already mentioned and the 2006 Rose Bowl when he didn’t have his best running back (Reggie Bush) on the field for a crucial 4th down play.. the stuff of nightmares for coaches…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 27, 2026 08:55 AM (YobFY)


It's ok ESPN analytics has fixed EVERYTHING.

Just ask Denver........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 09:01 AM (Zz0t1)

236 Now that I read the sub-headlines and the comments. It looks like we're not forgetting about Iran. D'oh!

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 27, 2026 09:01 AM (Dv3i1)

237 I hope this doesn't sound like a silly request, but Our dog is very sick and if you could send good thoughts his way for a quick recovery it would be appreciated....
Posted by: It's me donna at January 27, 2026 08:57 AM (VE6XX)


Prayers up.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 09:02 AM (Zz0t1)

238 I use it for motivation on the heavy bag.

Nothing like bag work to strip body fat, add muscle, endurance and confidence.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

That's no way to refer to your wife. I'm appalled!

Posted by: Happy Harry at January 27, 2026 09:02 AM (oftw2)

239 Meghan McCain takes a lot of heat here, partly because she posts on line anti-Trump statements, but mostly in defense of her father, a man Trump always criticizes because (lets face facts Meghan) her Dad was the loser of all political losers. The worst ever. But now that the hymns and readings are all finished, maybe her father's funeral is drawing to a close, and maybe she will tone down her attacks. We can hope so anyway.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 27, 2026 09:02 AM (LdBLg)

240 Thanks all.. I felt weird asking it...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 27, 2026 09:03 AM (VE6XX)

241 I see Meghan McCain was angrily tweeting that the FNM claimed the VA Dems and their CIA agent leader were moderates.

The FNM claimed that her father was a mavericky conservative. She should have known better than to believe the FNM.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 09:03 AM (ExV1e)

242 Prayer up, Donna.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 09:03 AM (77rzZ)

243
She describes a phenomenon that astounds me --how different people can view the same situation and inhabit totally different realities

It is easier to take the things you observe and force them into your narrative then it is to take them objectively and ask how if they are at odds with your narrative.

The left is worst at this because most leftists live in a tightly curated bubble of information but honestly they tend to be worse at critical thinking to begin with. Take the Good shooting.

The left initially argued two things: ICE can't arrest citizens and the ICE agent wasn't actually in front of her car so she wasn't a threat. Both were false. This didn't cause the people making those arguments any concern. Immediately the argument because both "she didn't hit him" and "she had a right to hit him because he was in front of her". Again the first was factually wrong. And the second? The left has made a thing of street riots boxing people in and argued the opposite for years now.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 09:04 AM (sKqQm)

244
But a year later, and Trump still--STILL--has nominees that can't get a vote languishing in the Senate.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 27, 2026 08:50 AM (HXT0k)

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Democrats, once they regain power, will so overreact to Trump's administration that Republican senators won't know what hit them. Fools. Have they not seen the absence of decorum, of disrespect for rules by the radical left in congress?

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 27, 2026 09:04 AM (0YI+g)

245 239. no way Huck. Meghan endorsed pro late term abortion Biden in 2020, like her mother. Meghan spouts her pro life creds, but endorsed Biden? F her

Posted by: Jonah at January 27, 2026 09:04 AM (YCxFk)

246 If DoJ charges the Open Society, Ford Foundation and other lousy destroyers of our Republic, there will be wailing about how Trump is Destroying our Democracy(TM). All these organizations set up after WWII have either developed into or finally revealed to be the most powerful un-democratic institutions since the USSR. They must be dismantled.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 27, 2026 09:04 AM (Dv3i1)

247 Thanks all.. I felt weird asking it...
Posted by: It's me donna at January 27, 2026 09:03 AM (VE6XX)


Nonsense. This place is a fountain for positive thoughts and prayers where needed.

Trust me. I've been a recipient for quite a while now.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 09:05 AM (Zz0t1)

248 The FNM claimed that her father was a mavericky conservative. She should have known better than to believe the FNM.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 09:03 AM (ExV1e)


She's long been part of the FNM, so........

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 09:05 AM (Zz0t1)

249 F*cking moron.

Two idiot protestors got THEMSELVES killed by attacking ICE and BP agents and we're supposed to stop protecting the sovereignty of this nation?

F*ck off, retard.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 08:54 AM (Zz0t1)
******
Why isn't he calling for Walz and Frey to be fired?

Posted by: redridinghood at January 27, 2026 09:06 AM (NpAcC)

250 So Noem is gonna be the scapegoat...

Posted by: It's me donna at January 27, 2026 09:07 AM (VE6XX)

251 Auschwitz was liberated January 27, 1945
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 27, 2026 08:55 AM (RIvkX)
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Illustrating how dramatically the antisemitic atmosphere has poisoned, in high school we sat through a mandatory viewing of "Night And Fog" and a subsequent day of classes devoted to the Holocaust.

Nowadays, can you imagine a high school doing the same?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 27, 2026 09:07 AM (LdBLg)

252 Megan McCain seems like a lost confused soul…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 27, 2026 09:07 AM (YobFY)

253 Megan McCain seems like a lost confused soul…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 27, 2026 09:07 AM (YobFY)


You misspelled money grubbing whore.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 09:07 AM (Zz0t1)

254 I have not heard anybody discuss the economic impact of this mess in Minneapolis or Minnesota. Who would want to do business in a city that lets riots and lawlessness occur. The city took a beating in the Floyd riots , now this crap. I'm gone if I cannot do business safely, or profitably because of taxation or regs

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 27, 2026 09:08 AM (e4I2N)

255 ******
Why isn't he calling for Walz and Frey to be fired?
Posted by: redridinghood at January 27, 2026 09:06 AM (NpAcC)


When has a democrat ever called for a democrat to be fired?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 09:08 AM (Zz0t1)

256 3 fed judicial openings in Kansas, but Jerry Moran will not allow any right wing nominees. still have 9 vacancies in Texas, 2 in Ohio etc....

Posted by: Jonah at January 27, 2026 09:08 AM (YCxFk)

257 Why on God’s green earth would Trump fire Noem?? Ain’t gonna happen.. she’s doing exactly what he wants. Plus she is so hot…. I forgive her for that dog…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 27, 2026 09:09 AM (YobFY)

258 I would never vote, donate, or endorse a Republican who endorsed Biden in 2020

Posted by: Jonah at January 27, 2026 09:09 AM (YCxFk)

259 223 >Apparently, MS NOW is using an altered photo of Alex Pretti. Not sure why.
Posted by: one hour sober at January 27, 2026 08:34 AM (Y1sOo)
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they changed the aspect ratio so he doesn't look so much like a conehead
Posted by: Don Black at January 27, 2026 08:55 AM (ZxPkt)

He was tanned, his face was shortened (chin and nose especially) and filled out, his smile increased, his shoulders were enlarged, his outfit was even more saturated with color - it's kinda amazing they thought it could pass as a real photo...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 27, 2026 09:09 AM (tOcjL)

260 Pretti and Prettier

https://x.com/HTWardish/status/
2015968645172609253

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 27, 2026 09:09 AM (gbOdA)

261 You misspelled money grubbing whore.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 09:07 AM (Zz0t1)

I accept this correction

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 27, 2026 09:09 AM (YobFY)

262 Noem is great friends with John Thune. Trump knows that

Posted by: Jonah at January 27, 2026 09:09 AM (YCxFk)

263 Meanwhile, it appears the Minnesota police are at least partially cooperating with the feds now. I don't want was said in those Trump phone calls but I don't think it's a coincidence that immediately after the call the police did a 180 and are now protecting the feds.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 27, 2026 09:10 AM (viF8m)

264 Prayers up, Donna.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 27, 2026 09:10 AM (/HDaX)

265 Why on God’s green earth would Trump fire Noem??
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 27, 2026 09:09 AM (YobFY)
===================

Corey Lewandowski.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 27, 2026 09:10 AM (Ycfbw)

266 Meghan McCain takes a lot of heat here, partly because she posts on line anti-Trump statements, but mostly in defense of her father, a man Trump always criticizes because (lets face facts Meghan) her Dad was the loser of all political losers. The worst ever. But now that the hymns and readings are all finished, maybe her father's funeral is drawing to a close, and maybe she will tone down her attacks. We can hope so anyway.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 27, 2026 09:02 AM (LdBLg)

Meghan McCain has two meal tickets - not those... her father's name and badmouthing Trump. When has one of the 'elite' ever turned their back on wealth and privilege for something as worthless as truth?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 09:11 AM (ExV1e)

267 I would never vote, donate, or endorse a Republican who endorsed Biden in 2020
Posted by: Jonah at January 27, 2026 09:09 AM (YCxFk)


This is why I banished Black Rifle Coffee. You can't tell me you're pro 2nd A and pro freedom, then donate money to the Biden campaign.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 09:11 AM (Zz0t1)

268 I might have missed it in the scrum this morning, but Don Surber links to a tweet by DC Draino which states:

"I find it very interesting that Tim Walz called President Trump to work with him on ICE less than 24 hours after all the 5,000+ donors to the anti-ICE domestic terror network were indexed and exposed by Data Republican."

Tying all the threads together, as it were.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 27, 2026 09:11 AM (/HDaX)

269 Take a good look at Minnesota and especially Virginia.

That is a small portion of what Democrats have in store for the country should they regain power.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 27, 2026 09:12 AM (+Tpk4)

270
I Meme Therefore I Am
@ImMeme0
HOLY SH*T!

Financial disclosures show Ilhan Omar’s winery investment reportedly jumped in value from $15,000–$50,000 in 2023 to between $1 million and $5 million in 2024, despite NO visible winery location, NO apparent business activity, NO working phone number, and NO wine production.

https://tinyurl.com/25jt8hf8

Posted by: redridinghood at January 27, 2026 09:12 AM (NpAcC)

271 I’m honoured to give a free year’s access to neilyoungarchives.com to all of our friends in Greenland.

Oh, so it's fine when a liberal commits war crimes.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 27, 2026 09:12 AM (7xrfc)

272 No one is forgetting about Iran; but too many have downplayed how difficult it will be to topple that regime, until there is some kind of visible split in their military. They can be harassed and diminished by air, but this is a Spring 1945 3rd Reich scenario. The Iranian Regime is going down, but they can still bring about an incredible amount of death and destruction on the way.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 27, 2026 09:12 AM (Sxl5b)

273 226 I hope this doesn't sound like a silly request, but Our dog is very sick and if you could send good thoughts his way for a quick recovery it would be appreciated....
Posted by: It's me donna at January 27, 2026 08:57 A

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Not silly at all. I pray for his recovery and that he is with you for years to come.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 27, 2026 09:13 AM (Vxuoa)

274 Got forwarded a meme yesterday........

"How's ICE doing?"

Over the images of Pretti and Good.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 09:13 AM (Zz0t1)

275 Thanks again to all of you

Posted by: It's me donna at January 27, 2026 09:13 AM (VE6XX)

276 Marco gets 2 new jobs

https://x.com/Ge_no1/status/
2015895972724060627

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 27, 2026 09:14 AM (gbOdA)

277 Indianapolis has a few day cares that are caring for much. Just saying

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 27, 2026 09:14 AM (LOZbR)

278 @ImMeme0
HOLY SH*T!

Financial disclosures show Ilhan Omar’s winery investment reportedly jumped in value from $15,000–$50,000 in 2023 to between $1 million and $5 million in 2024, despite NO visible winery location, NO apparent business activity, NO working phone number, and NO wine production.

https://tinyurl.com/25jt8hf8
Posted by: redridinghood at January 27, 2026 09:12 AM (NpAcC)


But, Somalia is a thiving up and coming community that we MUST sink billions of $$$$ into. She's doing god's work.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 09:14 AM (Zz0t1)

279 Financial disclosures show Ilhan Omar’s winery investment reportedly jumped in value from $15,000–$50,000 in 2023 to between $1 million and $5 million in 2024, despite NO visible winery location, NO apparent business activity, NO working phone number, and NO wine production.
_____

Winery? Does it say winery on the forms? An oversight, it supposed to say whinery. We had a very productive year.

Posted by: Ilhan Omar at January 27, 2026 09:14 AM (Dv3i1)

280 270 Financial disclosures show Ilhan Omar’s winery investment reportedly jumped in value from $15,000–$50,000 in 2023 to between $1 million and $5 million in 2024, despite NO visible winery location, NO apparent business activity, NO working phone number, and NO wine production.

https://tinyurl.com/25jt8hf8

Posted by: redridinghood at January 27, 2026 09:12 AM (NpAcC)

Not to mention alcohol being Haraam in Islam.

Posted by: XTC at January 27, 2026 09:14 AM (6Uni8)

281 Judges are making up rules or just ignoring them altogether. That's not Trump's team losing. That's corruption.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 27, 2026 08:38 AM (viF8m)


What judges are not successfully doing is ruling illegal a long list of ICE actions most Leftists scream are illegal and un-Constitutional. There are websites and videos out there telling the faithful that it is illegal for ICE to:

-- Detain US citizens and permanent residents for any reason.
-- Use force on US citizens and permanent residents for any reason.
-- Use tear gas and pepper spray on any anyone.
-- Stop any vehicles for any reason
-- Ask anyone for their ID or name and address
-- Enter, forcibly or not, any residence without a US District Federal Judge-signed warrant, or permission of a resident.

And other things.

The faithful continue to intensely believe all those are blatantly illegal, despite ICE doing them forever without a Federal Court banning them, and few prominent Democrats publicly claiming they are illegal. As we here know, the Left's useful idiots and active foot soldiers are beyond reason.

Posted by: Gref at January 27, 2026 09:15 AM (5rh/l)

282 And now the truth is starting to come out.

>>@dcopechatter
·
11h
>>The parents of Alex Pretti say their son quit his hospital job months ago and had shown “unusual behavior” recently. “He seemed to have joined some kind of group. We warned him two weeks ago — protest if you want, but don’t engage, don’t do anything stupid,” his father, Michael Pretti, told reporters. “He said he understood.” But it wasn’t until police pulled messages from Alex’s phone that the truth began to emerge — and what investigators found.

>>It seems that Pretti's parents didn't want him participating. It seems Pretti allegedly scrubbed his social media presence one day prior to his actions leading to his death. When you make decisions based on emotions, you make poor decisions. He made bad decisions.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 27, 2026 09:15 AM (viF8m)

283
>>It seems that Pretti's parents didn't want him participating. It seems Pretti allegedly scrubbed his social media presence one day prior to his actions leading to his death. When you make decisions based on emotions, you make poor decisions. He made bad decisions.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 27, 2026 09:15 AM (viF8m)



So, he wasn't even a nurse that they're pushing out all over the place.........

You can't possibly hate the media enough.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 09:16 AM (Zz0t1)

284 Not to mention alcohol being Haraam in Islam.

To be honest most Muslims I've know have occasionally consumed alcohol.

Pork is a different matter, but the prohibition on alcohol seems more....fluid so to speak.

Of course the most amusing part is alcohol is an arabic word

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 09:16 AM (sKqQm)

285 178 Nothing is melting out there.
Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 08:44 AM (77rzZ)

That's what happens when we elect the White Witch as governor.

"Always winter but never Christmas."

Posted by: Zombie Robbo the Llama Butcher at January 27, 2026 09:17 AM (LxER7)

286 >>It seems that Pretti's parents didn't want him participating. It seems Pretti allegedly scrubbed his social media presence one day prior to his actions leading to his death. When you make decisions based on emotions, you make poor decisions. He made bad decisions.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 27, 2026 09:15 AM (viF8m

I said there was more to this story

Posted by: It's me donna at January 27, 2026 09:17 AM (VE6XX)

287 "I find it very interesting that Tim Walz called President Trump to work with him on ICE less than 24 hours after all the 5,000+ donors to the anti-ICE domestic terror network were indexed and exposed by Data Republican."

Tying all the threads together, as it were.
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 27, 2026 09:11 AM (/HDaX)
===========================

Ah yes, the hugely valuable DataRepublican! Glad you mentioned her.

So, yeah. Starting to look like foreigners are playing a key role in all of this.

That's not all. I've put together a spreadsheet of 4000+ donors and their possible identities.
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https://tinyurl.com/55e5az94

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 27, 2026 09:17 AM (68fWW)

288 So, he wasn't even a nurse that they're pushing out all over the place.........

You can't possibly hate the media enough.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 09:16 AM (Zz0t1)

And Good was not married to Good

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 27, 2026 09:17 AM (gbOdA)

289
To be honest most Muslims I've know have occasionally consumed alcohol.

Pork is a different matter, but the prohibition on alcohol seems more....fluid so to speak.

Of course the most amusing part is alcohol is an arabic word
Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 09:16 AM (sKqQm)


Because they're forgiven their sins at the point of martyrdom. It's why the 9/11 hijackers went out and got hammered at strip clubs the night before.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 09:18 AM (Zz0t1)

290 "Democrats, once they regain power, will so overreact to Trump's administration that Republican senators won't know what hit them. Fools. Have they not seen the absence of decorum, of disrespect for rules by the radical left in congress?
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 27, 2026 09:04 AM (0YI+g) "

oh, they see it ... some are jealous, others get a funny feeling in their underwear from it.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 27, 2026 09:18 AM (Cjt/F)

291 And Good was not married to Good
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 27, 2026 09:17 AM (gbOdA)


The dyke partner referred to the deceased as 'her wife.' Didn't she?

Or is that the media playing me yet again?

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 09:19 AM (Zz0t1)

292
oh, they see it ... some are jealous, others get a funny feeling in their underwear from it.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 27, 2026 09:18 AM (Cjt/F)



Mmmmm.......Melania's underwear.......

Posted by: The FBI at January 27, 2026 09:19 AM (Zz0t1)

293 Financial disclosures show Ilhan Omar’s winery investment reportedly jumped in value from $15,000–$50,000 in 2023 to between $1 million and $5 million in 2024, despite NO visible winery location, NO apparent business activity, NO working phone number, and NO wine production.

https://tinyurl.com/25jt8hf8
Posted by: redridinghood at January 27, 2026 09:12 AM (NpAcC)


But, Somalia is a thiving up and coming community that we MUST sink billions of $$$$ into. She's doing god's work.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 09:14 AM (Zz0t1)
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I'm starting to think that "Somalia" is as fictional as Middle Earth or Atlantis.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 27, 2026 09:19 AM (ESVrU)

294 They are a broken people.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 08:39 AM (Zz0t1)

We're all broken. The bigger problem is they want to break YOU.

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 09:19 AM (cxiKi)

295 Step 1. Assume the media is lying to you.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 27, 2026 09:19 AM (Dv3i1)

296 >>To be honest most Muslims I've know have occasionally consumed alcohol.

If you are ever in Dubai over a weekend you will seem Muslims from all over the region out at restaurants and bars drinking. They pop down for the weekends, put on western clothes and presto, their devout rules about alcohol become a bit more relaxed.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 27, 2026 09:20 AM (viF8m)

297 Soooooo ... this guy, Pretty, was a nut. total mess

and his parents were like "la la la let's ignore this" probably his whole life

welp

there's a lot of this out there, sadly

also - Donna - I hope your puppy is ok! praying for you guys!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 09:20 AM (emBoF)

298 295 Step 1. Assume the media is lying to you.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 27, 2026 09:19 AM (Dv3i1)

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But never about the storm of the century, right?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 09:20 AM (GBKbO)

299 Who are you quoting?

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 27, 2026 08:40 AM (/HDaX)

One of the linked articles from American "Thinker"

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 09:20 AM (cxiKi)

300 @realDonaldTrump: I make a direct appeal to immediately fire
@Sec_Noem

Notice how the Left never calls for the immediate termination of Patel or Bondi?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 27, 2026 09:21 AM (KhyP1)

301 Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 09:20 AM (emBoF)

Thanks

Posted by: It's me donna at January 27, 2026 09:21 AM (VE6XX)

302 Sounds like Pretti joined a cult.

Posted by: davidt at January 27, 2026 09:21 AM (Q+gd/)

303 Well, I hope Neil Young will remember, a Greenland man don't need him around, anyhow.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 27, 2026 09:21 AM (68fWW)

304 3 fed judicial openings in Kansas, but Jerry Moran will not allow any right wing nominees. still have 9 vacancies in Texas, 2 in Ohio etc....
Posted by: Jonah at January 27, 2026 09:08 AM (YCxFk)
******
This is ridiculous.
Even with the majority in the Senate we don't have enough to get Trump's judges through?

Posted by: redridinghood at January 27, 2026 09:21 AM (NpAcC)

305 Step 1. Assume the media is lying to you.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 27, 2026 09:19 AM (Dv3i1)


Valid.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 09:21 AM (Zz0t1)

306 We're all broken. The bigger problem is they want to break YOU.


exactly three dots

and what I see personally with the very stringent leftists around me is they externalize when they should be focusing on their ACTUAL AT-HOME problems!

like Pretty's fam

their personal lives are SUCH a mess, they have major issues, or no lives at all. and they just externalize

this is very not healthy

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 09:21 AM (emBoF)

307 Sounds like Pretti joined a cult.
Posted by: davidt at January 27, 2026 09:21 AM (Q+gd/)
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If he's on the Left, that's pretty much their thing.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 27, 2026 09:21 AM (ESVrU)

308 303 Well, I hope Neil Young will remember, a Greenland man don't need him around, anyhow.
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 27, 2026 09:21 AM (68fWW)

Nobody does the old fossil

Posted by: It's me donna at January 27, 2026 09:22 AM (VE6XX)

309 > Meanwhile, it appears the Minnesota police are at least partially cooperating with the feds now. I don't want was said in those Trump phone calls but I don't think it's a coincidence that immediately after the call the police did a 180 and are now protecting the feds.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Like I said, Trump gave Walz an off ramp. BPS was the "muscle" that the Feds sent into Minneapolis to bust heads. Shortly after they killed Pretti Walz called Trump "to turn down the temperature." After that phone call, look what happened.

I figure Walz was basically told to get the shit under control or the BPS was going to do it for him. And he wouldn't like how they did it.

Whether he rolls over on the Signal App stuff, Frey, Ellison, the Lt. Governor, etc. is anyone's guess. Presuming he even knew about it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 27, 2026 09:22 AM (jtM2q)

310 Sounds like Pretti joined a cult.
Posted by: davidt at January 27, 2026 09:21 AM (Q+gd/)


Well, he had to do something once the dancing nurses on TikTok was no longer a thing.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 09:22 AM (Zz0t1)

311 Notice how the Left never calls for the immediate termination of Patel or Bondi?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 27, 2026 09:21 AM (KhyP1)
================
I assume that's sarcasm, because they do about every five minutes.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 27, 2026 09:22 AM (68fWW)

312 Walz Speaks With Trump — Then Immediately Misleads Public About the Facts

-
I'm sure it was just a simple misunderstanding.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 27, 2026 09:22 AM (L/fGl)

313 I’m imagining all the Inuit in Greenland sitting back, gutteraly chanting along with Rust Never Sleeps.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 27, 2026 09:23 AM (Sxl5b)

314 I have not heard anybody discuss the economic impact of this mess in Minneapolis or Minnesota."

Well, the imported lutefisk business is right out....

Frankly, most "economic" data is turning out to be complete BS. Your tax dollars at work.

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 09:23 AM (XuXeR)

315 Pork is a different matter, but the prohibition on alcohol seems more....fluid so to speak.

The immutable word of Allah depends on what your Imam says. If he says "no booze", find a different Imam and it's all good. Ululululululu!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 09:23 AM (ExV1e)

316 304 This is ridiculous.
Even with the majority in the Senate we don't have enough to get Trump's judges through?

Posted by: redridinghood at January 27, 2026 09:21 AM (NpAcC)

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Blue chips.

Both senators must agree on the nominee for the state.

It's a tradition, not even a rule, and it's one of the only ways Congress exerts power over the executive anymore.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 09:23 AM (GBKbO)

317 I'm starting to think that "Somalia" is as fictional as Middle Earth or Atlantis.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 27, 2026 09:19 AM (ESVrU)

Missed opportunity to include Rhode Island.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 09:24 AM (ExV1e)

318 What happened to the NHL?

(LifeSiteNews) — After the National Hockey League (NHL) showed trailers for HBO’s homosexual-themed series featuring glimpses of nude males engaged in graphic porn scenes on its giant jumbotrons during games, the newly minted porn stars were invited to carry the Olympic torch as it makes its way to the Winter Games in Italy next month.

Trailers for the Heated Rivalry series have been shown during multiple NHL “Pride Night” games where children were undoubtedly present.

While the show avoids full-frontal male nudity, a lot of naked flesh is on display during scenes that leave virtually nothing to the imagination.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 27, 2026 09:24 AM (Dv3i1)

319 Lt. Col. Bearclaw will run for the Senate, in Florida.

"Alexander Vindman announced on Tuesday he is running in the president's home state of Florida as a Democrat seeking to oust Republican Senator Ashley Moody."

Posted by: Gref at January 27, 2026 09:24 AM (5rh/l)

320 “I will not perform anesthesia for any surgeries or procedures for MAGA. It is my right, it is my ethical oath, and I stand behind my education,” Florida nurse Erik Martindale recently wrote on Facebook. “I own all of my own businesses and I can refuse anyone!

OT1H, bake the cake, arsehole.
OTOH, we really don’t want this psycho fcuk performing any medical procedures on anyone, namely us.

Posted by: BuddyPC at January 27, 2026 09:24 AM (uncTf)

321 Heads up!

https://tinyurl.com/ye28nrjb

Posted by: Don Black at January 27, 2026 09:24 AM (ZxPkt)

322 314 I have not heard anybody discuss the economic impact of this mess in Minneapolis or Minnesota."

Well, the imported lutefisk business is right out....

Frankly, most "economic" data is turning out to be complete BS. Your tax dollars at work.

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 09:23 AM (XuXeR)

=======

From what I understand, Minneapolis cratered after 2020's riots and hasn't even really begun to recover.

The only people left in the city are those who can't move and those who won't move because they love social justice so much that they enjoy the smell of burning tires.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 09:24 AM (GBKbO)

323 Going to a protest armed is one thing.

Going to a protest armed where you plan to assault cops though is insanity.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 08:49 AM (sKqQm)

*sobs*

Posted by: Michelle Fields at January 27, 2026 09:25 AM (cxiKi)

324 So there’s probably a video somewhere out there of Pretti in a “dancing nurses of covid” performance… remember that nonsense?

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 27, 2026 09:25 AM (/iXAp)

325 Notice how the Left never calls for the immediate termination of Patel or Bondi?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 27, 2026 09:21 AM (KhyP1)

Probably because the DOJ doesn't have anything to do with what's going on at the moment and the left knows that they can depend on you to do their work for them.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 09:25 AM (ExV1e)

326 My guess for what happened with Pretti...

He was not doing will in his medical career and was radicalized online. Nurse stuff is boring, "saving Democracy" is exciting.

If they do a deep dive on his posts on the leftist forums he was on they should be able to identify if he was hoping for "martyrdom by cop", if he was planning to assassinate someone and chickened out, or if he was just stupid in bringing a gun.

Because it is...bizarre that you'd plan to go and assault a cop trying to make an arrest while armed. The RKBA protests the left immediately compared this to feature armed protestors...not getting physically involved with cops.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 09:25 AM (sKqQm)

327
@realDonaldTrump: I make a direct appeal to immediately fire
@Sec_Noem

Looks like Fetterman's Lump has lost control again.


Posted by: naturalfake at January 27, 2026 09:25 AM (iJfKG)

328 (LifeSiteNews) — After the National Hockey League (NHL) showed trailers for HBO’s homosexual-themed series featuring glimpses of nude males engaged in graphic porn scenes on its giant jumbotrons during games, the newly minted porn stars were invited to carry the Olympic torch as it makes its way to the Winter Games in Italy next month.


Which arenas did this?

I haven't heard anything around here about such blasphemy at NHL games.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 09:25 AM (Zz0t1)

329 But, Somalia is a thiving up and coming community that we MUST sink billions of $$$$ into. She's doing god's work.
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 09:14 AM (Zz0t1)
******
I just want Ilhan Omar thrown out of Congress or put in prison.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 27, 2026 09:25 AM (NpAcC)

330 323 Going to a protest armed is one thing.

Going to a protest armed where you plan to assault cops though is insanity.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 08:49 AM (sKqQm)

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There was no protest.

Fat lady tried to get in DHS's faces. Petti tried to stop DHS from reacting to fat lady.

It was just interfering in law enforcement while armed and expecting them to treat you like you are falsely accused of jaywalking.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 09:26 AM (GBKbO)

331 Going to a protest armed is one thing.

Going to a protest armed where you plan to assault cops though is insanity.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 08:49 AM (sKqQm)


The left is so miserable, suicide by cop is a viable alternative.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 09:26 AM (Zz0t1)

332 the internet informs me (hah!) that Somalia's GDP is $13.9 billion per year. Between stealing in Minnesota, California, Ohio and anywhere else that has a Somali population here in America, it almost looks like the entire country depends on running fake child care centers.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 27, 2026 09:27 AM (68fWW)

333 "Alexander Vindman announced on Tuesday he is running in the president's home state of Florida as a Democrat seeking to oust Republican Senator Ashley Moody."
Posted by: Gref at January 27, 2026 09:24 AM (5rh/l)

Since Florida has fair elections (thanks DeSantis) Vindman is gonna get crushed. Popcorn please

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 27, 2026 09:27 AM (/iXAp)

334 327
@realDonaldTrump: I make a direct appeal to immediately fire
@Sec_Noem

Looks like Fetterman's Lump has lost control again.


Posted by: naturalfake at January 27, 2026 09:25 AM (iJfKG)

========

Fetterman spends most of the time talking about how much he loves trannies, dude.

Fetterman is a leftist who just doesn't want to call Republicans Nazis. That's all he is. He still believes everything the left pushes.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 09:27 AM (GBKbO)

335 The dyke partner referred to the deceased as 'her wife.' Didn't she?

Or is that the media playing me yet again?
Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 09:19 AM (Zz0t1)

not married

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 27, 2026 09:27 AM (gbOdA)

336 Glass half full medicine.

Cancer Could Possibly Protect Against Alzheimer’s

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 27, 2026 09:27 AM (L/fGl)

337 “I will not perform anesthesia for any surgeries or procedures for MAGA. It is my right, it is my ethical oath, and I stand behind my education,” Florida nurse Erik Martindale recently wrote on Facebook. “I own all of my own businesses and I can refuse anyone!

Funny the left doesn't take this stand with abortion or the clot shot.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 09:27 AM (sKqQm)

338 333 "Alexander Vindman announced on Tuesday he is running in the president's home state of Florida as a Democrat seeking to oust Republican Senator Ashley Moody."
Posted by: Gref at January 27, 2026 09:24 AM (5rh/l)

Since Florida has fair elections (thanks DeSantis) Vindman is gonna get crushed. Popcorn please

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 27, 2026 09:27 AM (/iXAp)

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Senate elections drive turnout to presidential levels.

Moody will win by at least 15 points, but Vindmann will raise at least $10 million for the effort.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 09:28 AM (GBKbO)

339 ******
I just want Ilhan Omar thrown out of Congress or put in prison.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 27, 2026 09:25 AM (NpAcC)


I want her accounts seized, her citizenship revoked and her ass chained to the bay wall of a C-130 and flown back to Somalia where she's kicked out during a short field touch and go.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 09:28 AM (Zz0t1)

340 333 "Alexander Vindman announced on Tuesday he is running in the president's home state of Florida as a Democrat seeking to oust Republican Senator Ashley Moody."
Posted by: Gref at January 27, 2026 09:24 AM (5rh/l)

Since Florida has fair elections (thanks DeSantis) Vindman is gonna get crushed. Popcorn please

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 27, 2026 09:27 AM (/iXAp)

Can he even win the primary there? Fat white male?

I think he only wants another few minutes of fame on MSNOW.

Posted by: Gref at January 27, 2026 09:28 AM (5rh/l)

341 The only people left in the city are those who can't move and those who won't move because they love social justice"

You're may be more correct than you know. Once did a project w/a firm then in Downtown... still in touch w/a couple of folks, and they say just that - the city is virtually a hollow shell, literally falling apart at the seams.

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 09:28 AM (XuXeR)

342
What would the world be like without Islam?
‘Without Muslims, Europe Would Be Centuries Behind’


I don't get it.

Do you mean "centuries behind" like the current slate of Muslim countries are behind most assuredly as they are now?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 27, 2026 09:29 AM (xG4kz)

343 ugh that Heated Rivalry nonsense

it's putting me off Letterkenny for good!

I'm trying to ignore it, Season 5 of Shoresy comes out February 21

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 09:29 AM (emBoF)

344 Good morning!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 27, 2026 09:29 AM (0yjaw)

345 "NASA Set to Launch First Manned Moon Rocket in 50 Years"

Dear God, please keep the crew and everybody else involved safe. Amen.

Posted by: gp at January 27, 2026 09:29 AM (N8ZBc)

346 341 The only people left in the city are those who can't move and those who won't move because they love social justice"

You're may be more correct than you know. Once did a project w/a firm then in Downtown... still in touch w/a couple of folks, and they say just that - the city is virtually a hollow shell, literally falling apart at the seams.

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 09:28 AM (XuXeR)

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I follow a guy on X who moved from Minneapolis to San Antonio after the riots.

His enjoyment of the destruction of the city from the inside is palpable.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 09:29 AM (GBKbO)

347 336 Glass half full medicine.

Cancer Could Possibly Protect Against Alzheimer’s
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 27, 2026 09:27 AM (L/fGl)


Shooting oneself in the head prevents Athlete's foot!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 27, 2026 09:29 AM (x0n13)

348 Posted by: It's me donna at January 27, 2026 08:57 AM (VE6XX)

Praying donna!!!

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 09:29 AM (cxiKi)

349 good morning guys I have a migraine today - first time in ages

blech

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 09:30 AM (emBoF)

350 >>I have not heard anybody discuss the economic impact of this mess in Minneapolis or Minnesota."


One would hope these hotels could sue the riot funders for repair costs.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 27, 2026 09:30 AM (0yjaw)

351 The Mohammedans Pastism is almost as bad as Progressives Presentism.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 27, 2026 09:30 AM (gbOdA)

352 everyone left in Minneapolis is getting govt money

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 09:30 AM (emBoF)

353 323 Going to a protest armed is one thing.

Going to a protest armed where you plan to assault cops though is insanity.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 08:49 AM (sKqQm)

======

There was no protest.

Fat lady tried to get in DHS's faces. Petti tried to stop DHS from reacting to fat lady.

It was just interfering in law enforcement while armed and expecting them to treat you like you are falsely accused of jaywalking.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 09:26 AM (GBKbO)
——

He just wanted to date her

Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 27, 2026 09:30 AM (gY5ZL)

354 What would the world be like without Islam?"

I'd like to buy the world a Coke, and keep it company...

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 09:30 AM (XuXeR)

355 "Alexander Vindman announced on Tuesday he is running in the president's home state of Florida as a Democrat seeking to oust Republican Senator Ashley Moody."
Posted by: Gref at January 27, 2026 09:24 AM (5rh/l)
========================
Isn't he the one who announced he wanted to be Defense Minister of Ukraine? Or was that the other dough-boy? Anyway, he reminds me of a Waugh character, a former Emperor of Abyssinia now opening doors at a London hotel.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 27, 2026 09:30 AM (68fWW)

356 ugh that Heated Rivalry nonsense

it's putting me off Letterkenny for good!

I'm trying to ignore it, Season 5 of Shoresy comes out February 21
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 09:29 AM (emBoF)


I tried to give Letterkenny a chance. I really did. It's.....not good.

Shoresy on the other hand.......I anxiously await Season 5.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 09:31 AM (Zz0t1)

357
Alexander Vindman announced on Tuesday he is running in the president's home state of Florida as a Democrat seeking to oust Republican Senator Ashley Moody."
Posted by: Gref

That district must be awash in pastry shops. Pastry shops that offer purchase packages in dozen item quantities.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 27, 2026 09:31 AM (xG4kz)

358 Scary art up!

Posted by: rickb223 at January 27, 2026 09:31 AM (RoI99)

359 We needed a national address from Trump weeks ago to 1. remind the people how we got to this point (Biden's betrayal of the border and his calculated immigration deluge) 2. call out the Left and their seditions (both historically, i.e., to corrupt and overthrow the West and its core premises of liberty, property rights, rule of law, and currently to secure their infrastructures of fraud and franchised illegal alien voter base, and 3. declare his plan for dealing with them and these issues. Job Number One of any president is educating and exhorting the public to your righteous case. Unfortunately he's been fairly obsessed with foreign affairs, and he and all of us are paying the price.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 27, 2026 09:32 AM (WHfpM)

360 @realDonaldTrump: I make a direct appeal to immediately fire
@Sec_Noem

Looks like Fetterman's Lump has lost control again.


Posted by: naturalfake at January 27, 2026 09:25 AM (iJfKG)

========

Fetterman spends most of the time talking about how much he loves trannies, dude.

Fetterman is a leftist who just doesn't want to call Republicans Nazis. That's all he is. He still believes everything the left pushes.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 09:27 AM (GBKbO)

Well...now be fair.

It's tough for a blob of lipids to overcome a blob of libtard neurons.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 27, 2026 09:32 AM (iJfKG)

361 357 That district must be awash in pastry shops. Pastry shops that offer purchase packages in dozen item quantities.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 27, 2026 09:31 AM (xG4kz)

======

Statewide senate race.

It's one of the most obvious scams of a campaign in years.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at January 27, 2026 09:32 AM (GBKbO)

362 Weird ART up

Posted by: It's me donna at January 27, 2026 09:32 AM (VE6XX)

363 NOODlum.

Posted by: Sponge - F*ck Cancer at January 27, 2026 09:32 AM (Zz0t1)

364 Spin all you want, Trump caved.
The era of mass deportations is over.

Posted by: Blue Wave 2026 at January 27, 2026 09:32 AM (5Yz+T)

365 everyone left in Minneapolis is getting govt money"

Well, no. Maybe. Sort of. It's an interesting (well, at least to me) scenario.
Remember about 15-20 years ago all of those "life after people" shows? This is along those lines, but with a few people - most of whom are unable to actually build in this world. Little more than camp followers, actually...

Posted by: man at January 27, 2026 09:33 AM (XuXeR)

366 Absent Islam I would guess most of the Middle East would currently be some flavor of Orthodox Christianity.

Likely then the story of the middle ages/Renaissance is no longer a conflict between Christians and Muslims but instead Catholic and Orthodox and probably less violent - perhaps more of a race between the two sides to explore/colonize/evangelize the world instead of as many major wars as there were.

Posted by: 18-1 at January 27, 2026 09:33 AM (sKqQm)

367 He just wanted to date her
Posted by: Elric the Blade at January 27, 2026 09:30 AM (gY5ZL)


Maniac white knights for maniacette.

A tragic love story.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 27, 2026 09:33 AM (iJfKG)

368 I tried to give Letterkenny a chance. I really did. It's.....not good.


it's weird. .. I dragged myself thru it all and by the end, it kind of grew on me

like a fungus

but "Glen" - so gay. he gayed up the whole entire show SO MUCH. It was hard

women are weird about gay man stuff btw. in the Dark Ages I helped some pledges with a treasure hunt and they had to find "odd porn."

one guy found gay porn and I was like, maybe don't try to hand this is. (he got his ass beat when he did) the other girlfriends helping were all super into those mags. I was like WTF THIS IS DISGUSTING.

women! I don't get them. Heated Rivalry proves I'm an outlier

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 09:33 AM (emBoF)

369 >>>the internet informs me (hah!)

Sort of like the internet telling us the business jet in Bangor, Maine crashed while taking off in "heavy snow."

(not correct)

Posted by: one hour sober at January 27, 2026 09:34 AM (Y1sOo)

370 If you are ever in Dubai over a weekend you will seem Muslims from all over the region out at restaurants and bars drinking. They pop down for the weekends, put on western clothes and presto, their devout rules about alcohol become a bit more relaxed.
---
I honestly don't know why any of the lay muslims follow any of the religion.
I mean, as I understand it, none of them are going to their heaven.
Under their rules, it's like a few hundred thousand who get in--if that slot isn't taken first by the martyrs.

So it's down to either kill yourself for islam or you're going to hell.

There is no faith option for heaven.
And absolutely no repentance option.

But then you have the Buddhists-- be a good person and maybe, or not, your next life will be better, or not.
And they're like, "yes, let me shave my head, become celibate and subsist off of rice!"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 27, 2026 09:34 AM (HXT0k)

371 "hand this is" = "hand this in"

sorry migraine

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 09:34 AM (emBoF)

372
Isn't he the one who announced he wanted to be Defense Minister of Ukraine?

Keeev wants me
Lord, I can't go back there.
Keeev wants me
Lord, I can't go back there.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 27, 2026 09:34 AM (xG4kz)

373 304 This is ridiculous.
Even with the majority in the Senate we don't have enough to get Trump's judges through?

Posted by: redridinghood at January 27, 2026 09:21 AM (NpAcC)

Mitch the Bitch is insisting on keeping the Blue Slip practice alive.

Posted by: XTC at January 27, 2026 09:35 AM (6Uni8)

374 Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 27, 2026 09:30 AM (emBoF)

Hope you feel better soon Orchid. 🤗

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 09:36 AM (cxiKi)

375 370 I honestly don't know why any of the lay muslims follow any of the religion.
I mean, as I understand it, none of them are going to their heaven.
Under their rules, it's like a few hundred thousand who get in--if that slot isn't taken first by the martyrs.

So it's down to either kill yourself for islam or you're going to hell.

There is no faith option for heaven.
And absolutely no repentance option.

But then you have the Buddhists-- be a good person and maybe, or not, your next life will be better, or not.
And they're like, "yes, let me shave my head, become celibate and subsist off of rice!"

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 27, 2026 09:34 AM (HXT0k)

Because if they don't, their Imam might declare a fatwa on them and have them killed.

Posted by: XTC at January 27, 2026 09:36 AM (6Uni8)

376 From the article -
The trailer features many close-up shots of the two men locked in an embrace. Photos showing the graphic nature of the NHL-approved trailer frequently pop up on social media after games.

And this is the only link they provided -
https://tinyurl.com/btxhfzba

Must follow my own advice, don't trust the media. Did a quick glance on X to search, can't tell for sure but there are a few discussions about Heated Rivalry and the NHL, it absolutely is a thing. But not sure if the pic in the link above is real or photoshop and I haven't seen posts with pics of gay sex on arenas' Jumbotrons. (insert Paolo joke here)

Posted by: Chuck Martel at January 27, 2026 09:38 AM (Dv3i1)

377 Glass half full medicine.

Cancer Could Possibly Protect Against Alzheimer’s
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 27, 2026 09:27 AM (L/fGl)


Shooting oneself in the head prevents Athlete's foot!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 27, 2026 09:29 AM (x0n13)

Excising both kidneys prevents most urinary tract infections.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 27, 2026 09:39 AM (g8Ew8)

378 Good morning, all, and thanks, J.J. 🙏

Office of the first lady
Presidential Message on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, The White House

International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Press Statement, Marco Rubio, Secretary of State
---
Al Jazeera, January 26, 2026 -
Podcast, The Take: Minnesota, ICE and the makings of a US civil war
A 2024 simulation found US civil war could be triggered by clashes between state and federal law enforcement.

United States federal immigration raids continue in Minnesota, and the operation has set the stage for a standoff between state officials and the federal government. Governor Tim Walz has readied Minnesota’s National Guard, while the Pentagon has ordered troops to be on standby. A 2024 University of Pennsylvania simulation warned that similar state-federal standoffs could escalate into broader armed conflict.

Claire Finkelstein (@COFinkelstein),  Center for Ethics and Rule of Law, University of Pennsylvania

BTW, ^ begam showing up a few days ago, i.e., Facebook Shaun King; Futurism dot com; Instagram Guardian US, etc.

The Left really does think such events out in advance.





Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 27, 2026 09:45 AM (NFX2v)

379 Pretti got that Death Angel look. Good thing he went off when he did. Probably saved a lot of lives.

Posted by: Eromero at January 27, 2026 09:47 AM (LHPAg)

380 "While the reason for the Arnold and Itkin-connected jet being in Maine remains unknown, it is notable that immigration is a major field of practice for the law firm, and Maine has seen significant U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity in the last two weeks."

It was in Maine to refuel for a transatlantic flight, so the better question is where was it going on the other side of the pond, and for what purpose?

I sincerely hope that the victims died a mercifully quick death without great suffering.

It is impossible not to consider whether they were bound for the UK (or France) in order to learn about applying to the U.S. the same immigration policies that are destroying the societies of those countries!

Posted by: Ray Van Dune at January 27, 2026 10:07 AM (FpP3s)

381 NBC 10, Philadelphia, January 24, 2026
Shapiro responds to anti-ICE protesters outside Philly library event Saturday
The protest occurred on Saturday after a man was shot and killed in Minneapolis by federal agents.

In part, "The Philly protesters specifically called on Shapiro to stop giving "ICE full access to state databases with facial recognition data without judicial warrants," as well cooperation among the department of corrections and ICE, among several other demands.

"Our state police does not ask people their status, and we do not share any of that with the federal government," Shapiro said at the event, which was for his new book, "Where We Keep the Light."
...

"Governor Shapiro has made clear that everyone is welcome in Pennsylvania, no matter who you are, what you look like, who you love, or who you pray to," (Will) Simon (Shapiro's spokesperson) said. "He will continue to stand with Pennsylvania’s immigrant communities."
---
Seriously? Presidential potential serving all of the country?

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 27, 2026 10:09 AM (NFX2v)

382 Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col Alexander Vindman (D), the former National Security Council aide who helped trigger Trump’s first impeachment, announced his Senate campaign in Florida on Tuesday to challenge GOP Sen. Ashley Moody.

Posted by: SMOD at January 27, 2026 10:39 AM (RHGPo)

383 Mob who stormed Cities Church told kids their parents were 'Nazis' who were 'going to burn in Hell': affidavit

Posted by: SMOD at January 27, 2026 10:56 AM (RHGPo)

384 A Utah mom accused of kidnapping her four children and taking them to Europe because she was convinced the world was ending has been arrested after the kids were found dumped in an orphanage.

Her ex-husband, Kendall Seymour, has flown to Europe to rescue his kids — who are there with another American child also taken with them, he wrote in an update on his fundraiser on Sunday.

Posted by: SMOD at January 27, 2026 10:57 AM (RHGPo)

385 >>> 320
==
OT1H, bake the cake, arsehole.
OTOH, we really don’t want this psycho fcuk performing any medical procedures on anyone, namely us.
Posted by: BuddyPC at January 27, 2026 09:24 AM (uncTf)

The timwalzes who announce this are not as dangerous as the psychos who *don't* tell you their intentions.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 27, 2026 11:06 AM (ULPxl)

386 Notice how the Left never calls for the immediate termination of Patel or Bondi?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 27, 2026 09:21 AM (KhyP1)

Probably because the DOJ doesn't have anything to do with what's going on at the moment and the left knows that they can depend on you to do their work for them.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 27, 2026 09:25 AM (ExV1e)

Occams Razor awards the prize for best explanation to Unknown Drip by unanimous decision.

Posted by: Voter theater. at January 27, 2026 02:05 PM (gyyfQ)

387 Per Grok - BO made the statement you're referring to during a campaign speech on July 2, 2008, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The event focused on national service, foreign policy, and expanding civilian contributions to U.S. security and global goals.
The key quote is:
"We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set. We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."

Posted by: MacArch at January 27, 2026 02:52 PM (uEaKA)

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Daily Tech News 27 January 2026

Top Story

  • Intel's new B390 integrated graphics, featured in certain Panther Lake laptop processors, are genuinely a huge leap forward. (Notebook Check)

    Previously the best mainstream integrated graphics were found in AMD chips, like the 780M and 890M units that are included in a three nominal generations of processors. Intel's latest graphics unit runs rings around them - 50% faster or more.

    AMD still holds a convincing lead with its Ryzen AI Max family, but those are not cheap or widespread.

    The one major catch here is that the B390 is only available in laptops with soldered memory. No exceptions. If you need user-upgradable RAM you get graphics running at one third the speed, half the speed of comparable AMD systems.


Tech News

  • Television is one hundred years old today. (Diamond Geezer)

    Happy birthday, television!


  • After two years of vibe coding, I'm back to writing everything by hand. (Atmoio)
    It's not until I opened up the full codebase and read its latest state cover to cover that I began to see what we theorized and hoped was only a diminishing artifact of earlier models: slop.

    It was pure, unadulterated slop. I was bewildered. Had I not reviewed every line of code before admitting it? Where did all this... gunk.. come from?
    Technical debt as a service.
    In retrospect, it made sense. Agents write units of changes that look good in isolation. They are consistent with themselves and your prompt. But respect for the whole, there is not. Respect for structural integrity there is not. Respect even for neighboring patterns there was not.
    What there is, is code spam.


  • We have met the enemy and he is slop: A new digital divide? Coder worldviews, the "Slop economy," and democracy in the age of AI. (TandFOnline)

    Okay, one moment.

    Ctrl-F "democracy"

    54 hits. Never once do they specify what they mean, but it readily becomes apparent:
    On one side are the 'digital elites' - those with the means, skills, or institutional support to obtain high-quality information and online experiences. This group enjoys reliable news sources, can afford ad-free subscriptions or premium content, and benefits from platforms and regulations that attempt to uphold standards of accuracy, privacy, and democratic values. Their internet experience includes credible journalism (e.g., The New York Times, BBC), fact-checked content, and fewer mis/disinformation traps.
    Stalin or Mao. Those are your only options, apparently.


  • Dario Amodei, CEO of Anthropic, creators and operators of Claude AI, is a fuckwit. (Dario Amodei)
    A country of geniuses in a datacenter could divide their efforts among software design, cyber operations, R&D for physical technologies, relationship building, and statecraft.
    Yeah, "geniuses in datacenters" have a remarkable track record on relationship building and statecraft.

    Just... Remarkable.
    It is clear that, if for some reason it chose to do so, this country would have a fairly good shot at taking over the world (either militarily or in terms of influence and control) and imposing its will on everyone else - or doing any number of other things that the rest of the world doesn't want and can't stop.
    Everyone has a plan until they get a Hellfire missile to the face.


  • Dell's 52" 6K ultra-widescreen monitor is a... 52" 6K ultra-widescreen monitor. (Hot Hardware)

    And it has a 120Hz refresh rate, which is a bit of a surprise.

    And it only costs as much as a dozen 27" 4K monitors.


  • Google Gemini can now help you find the best meeting time for all attendees. (Digital Trends)

    All it needs to know is the full schedules of all of everyone, and then it becomes an easy task.

    Of course, it already was if everyone's schedule is in a computer, so I'm not sure what problem AI is pretending to solve here.


  • Google is set to pay $68 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that it recorded private conversations. (BBC)

    Oh, that problem. If no conversation is private, you can't sue Google for recording it.


  • The Trump administration is planning to use Google Gemini to draft transport regulations. (ProPublica)
    The answer from the plan's boosters is simple: speed. Writing and revising complex federal regulations can take months, sometimes years. But, with DOT's version of Google Gemini, employees could generate a proposed rule in a matter of minutes or even seconds, two DOT staffers who attended the December demonstration remembered the presenter saying. In any case, most of what goes into the preambles of DOT regulatory documents is just "word salad," one staffer recalled the presenter saying. Google Gemini can do word salad.
    Great. Now it's regulatory spam.

Musical Interlude




Disclaimer: I lost my hairspray in a freak hurricane accident.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM




Comments

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1 Good morning. If that's your thing.

Posted by: spug bugman's milquetoast morning greetings at January 27, 2026 04:03 AM (AqM0I)

2 Morning!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 27, 2026 04:05 AM (BLOW1)

3 G'Day
Its Monday already, isn't it?

Posted by: Skip at January 27, 2026 04:05 AM (Ia/+0)

4 G'Day
Its Monday already, isn't it?
Posted by: Skip

Actually it's Tuesday but who's counting.

Posted by: Tuna at January 27, 2026 04:11 AM (lJ0H4)

5 Good morning! Gonna be another chilly day here in Cowtown. The grandkids spent the night so we'll need to figure out how to keep them busy since there's no school today.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 27, 2026 04:16 AM (3Ope8)

6 Guten morgen, horde A♠

Posted by: clarence at January 27, 2026 04:17 AM (jgwdN)

7 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 27, 2026 04:21 AM (sAmhv)

8 If its Tuesday its a Bonus

Posted by: Skip at January 27, 2026 04:25 AM (Ia/+0)

9 There are two wolves inside you. One has a structured settlement. The other needs cash now.

Posted by: Chief J.G. Wentworth
Big Wampum at January 27, 2026 04:34 AM (iu6Qe)

10 "Their internet experience includes credible journalism (e.g., The New York Times, BBC) ..."

Haha, no.

G'morning, Horde.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 27, 2026 04:54 AM (O7YUW)

11 Wolves?

youtu.be/9NKsIQYc2zs

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 27, 2026 04:56 AM (sAmhv)

12 At least a fairly close job today

Posted by: Skip at January 27, 2026 04:58 AM (Ia/+0)

13 @FenelonSpoke/96(yesterday's tech news): "Do you speak in a Scottish accent too? How much snow did you get?"

No on the accent. About a foot to a foot and a half. The piles of snow from people snowblowing and shoveling it are getting to quite the height. (I'm going to have to be very careful to watch for kids playing on those and sliding down those as I approach their stops on the bus.)

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 27, 2026 05:04 AM (O7YUW)

14 we'll need to figure out how to keep them busy since there's no school today.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 27, 2026 04:16 AM (3Ope

Shoveling snow!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 27, 2026 05:08 AM (Zv8bq)

15
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 27, 2026 05:10 AM (tljrc)

16 Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 27, 2026 05:04 AM (O7YUW)

I think we got over a foot. I hadn't thought of being aware of kids sliding down the mountains of snow. I will tell spouse that. They have a two hour delay today.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 05:12 AM (Nx5jP)

17 This afternoon I will continue to chip away at the mini glacier the condo's snow removal folks left in front of my parking spot. I'm effectively trapped. I've been using old golf clubs I haven't gotten rid of to chip the ice. Glad I procastinated getting rid of them. The shovel is very good at SNOW, not small glaciers.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 27, 2026 05:13 AM (sAmhv)

18 As a teenager, made some extra money shoveling out driveways

Posted by: Skip at January 27, 2026 05:14 AM (Ia/+0)

19 Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 27, 2026 05:13 AM (sAmhv)

Sorry about that. Can you complain to your condo or they won't do anything?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 05:17 AM (Nx5jP)

20 I shoveled yesterday, today we take to the streets

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 27, 2026 05:19 AM (jrgJz)

21 Morning, 'rons and 'ronettes. 7 cold degrees here at Stately Poppins Manor.

About 2-3 feet of snow over Sunday and yesterday. I'm too old to do more than shovel out a path for the dogs, so I hired someone to do the front and side doors and the driveway for $100 bucks and a bottle of Bushmills. From a distance, it looks as if the weather is going to be a repeat of 2015, where we had snow every weekend through February.

I am so glad I transferred to working from home. I would have had to be up at 2sm yesterday in order to drive to work.

About 30-odd minutes of work ahead, so I will take care of that and see you on the Morning Report.

Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing (aka Eloquent Depression) at January 27, 2026 05:23 AM (ufSfZ)

22 Neighbor’s kid got 150$ for shoveling about 400sqft of snow.

Posted by: Accomack at January 27, 2026 05:23 AM (T8bqm)

23 Psalm 117

1 Praise the Lord, all you nations;
extol him, all you peoples.
2 For great is his love toward us,
and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever.
Praise the Lord.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 05:24 AM (Nx5jP)

24 Owner is an older woman who lives in Jersey. He was out all Sunday and made bank.

Posted by: Accomack at January 27, 2026 05:24 AM (T8bqm)

25 Posted by: Accomack at January 27, 2026 05:24 AM (T8bqm)

Glad to hear some kids are still doing that.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 05:26 AM (Nx5jP)

26 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 27, 2026 05:26 AM (bQ4nt)

27 Evening and morning on this Tiu's Day in a bitter January (or perhaps an overheated one, in the case of Pixy). I'm seeing 29 F. this morning. When I headed to bed last night, I turned the central heat down a bit too much. It was 60 inside when I got up!

Last night on the ONT, I see, you were talking about "borrowing a cat" to handle a mouse problem. I've never done that. But my mother did. When she was living in an apartment with her cat Sparky a few years before I was born, she told me, her upstairs neighbor was a portrait photographer. He had mice. So she loaned him Sparky, who cleaned the rodent problem up quite neatly.

In return she got an excellent portrait of Sparky: a black shorthair cat with a small tuft of white on his chest. She kept that framed pic on a shelf in the house until she passed away more than thirty-five years later. I wish I'd kept it when I cleaned her apartment out.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 05:27 AM (wzUl9)

28 Greetings from the Carolinas. Not the worst winter weather. Clear sky and bright sunshine for the rest of the week. Still cold.

I don’t pay much attention to the Moge on the Big Muddy. I have Walz derangement syndrome. Very detrimental to my quality of life.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at January 27, 2026 05:28 AM (zqeQL)

29 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 05:27 AM (wzUl9)

Nice story. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 05:29 AM (Nx5jP)

30 19 Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 27, 2026 05:13 AM (sAmhv)

Sorry about that. Can you complain to your condo or they won't do anything?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke


My responsibility. They clear the roads within the community, the parking space is mine. The fact that in the process of clearing the roads, they blocked my spot with a mini glacier, well, bummer. I'll just chip away at it later, and shovel them over a hill. (shrugs)

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 27, 2026 05:31 AM (sAmhv)

31 Good Morning all. Hope everyone is safe and warm. 15 degrees here in western NC, may break 40 today. Still iced in and no relief in site. Be careful shoveling that snow.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 27, 2026 05:31 AM (t7DqA)

32 Kindly people in Indiana crowdfund for a new truck for an elderly man with a broken down old truck:

https://tinyurl.com/43abkume

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 05:32 AM (Nx5jP)

33 Heatwave here today. Expected high of 32. Currently 8.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 27, 2026 05:34 AM (bQ4nt)

34 In low teens but still and clear
Have a great day horde

Posted by: Skip at January 27, 2026 05:35 AM (Ia/+0)

35 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026
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Nice story. Thanks.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026

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I had lots of family and "when I was in nursing school" stories from Mom, but almost none from my father. Many times I heard the tale of how as a boy he had his bike stolen outside the movie theatre downtown and had to walk several miles to get home, but not much beyond that. He was a . . . secretive . . . sort of person. I knew he was an accountant (really a bookkeeper), but I had no idea where he worked. Though he did complain about the commute out along Hwy. 90 East to get to the NASA Michoud facility when he worked there for a time in the early Sixties. But that was not his longtime job.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 05:35 AM (wzUl9)

36 Kindly people in Indiana crowdfund for a new truck for an elderly man with a broken down old truck:

https://tinyurl.com/43abkume
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026

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That's the impression I got from Evansville area people when I was there, that they would do things like that.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 05:36 AM (wzUl9)

37 Super belated BOING!

Too much shopping with Mrs. BD!

Partly cloudy and hazy in Jerusalem, comfortable at around 59F

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 27, 2026 05:38 AM (UUvzi)

38 Best tool I had for scraping and chipping ice was a floor scraper from HD.
NYC is a great place for people who work for money and can live cheaply or scammers looking for marks.
It is a jungle.

Posted by: Accomack at January 27, 2026 05:41 AM (T8bqm)

39 Partly cloudy and hazy in Jerusalem, comfortable at around 59F

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 27, 2026 05:38 AM (UUvzi)

And snowing and -20 in Gaza!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 27, 2026 05:42 AM (Zv8bq)

40 27 Evening and morning on this Tiu's Day in a bitter January (or perhaps an overheated one, in the case of Pixy).

Not so bad today. A scorcher yesterday though.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 27, 2026 05:44 AM (BLOW1)

41 Can't shovel ice here. Probably break out the weed torch though and clear the driveway to make it accessible for the kids to come pick up the grandkids.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 27, 2026 05:45 AM (3Ope8)

42 “ Praise the Lord.[a]
Praise the Lord, my soul.
I will praise the Lord all my life;
I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.

Psalm 146:1-2

Posted by: Marcus T at January 27, 2026 05:45 AM (zfkPG)

43 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 05:36 AM (wzUl9

Is that where you are thinking of relocating to-Indiana?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 05:46 AM (ix8EF)

44 High today is expected to be around 48 and sunny; freezing again tonight, then 50s as highs until Saturday. Maybe I can go work out tomorrow afternoon and Friday.

Today I need to venture out for some dry chow for the cats, and a few other things. Perhaps I'll be smart this time, buy the big bag (close to $20), then put about six scoops -- two meals' worth -- into a plastic bag as an emergency reserve.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 05:47 AM (wzUl9)

45 And snowing and -20 in Gaza!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 27, 2026 05:42 AM (Zv8bq)

You know, the circles actually do get colder the farther down you go.

Posted by: John Milton at January 27, 2026 05:49 AM (06Hmj)

46 Is that where you are thinking of relocating to-Indiana?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026

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Near there, Fen; possibly Owensboro, KY, which is a few miles west of it and on the southern bank of the Ohio river. Stories I was told indicate that IN's electricity rates have gotten ridiculously high thanks to a new power company. Owensboro people had no such complaints.

I expect houses in both places, and farther north in places like Terre Haute, are built to handle cold weather, unlike houses in Da Swamp.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 05:50 AM (wzUl9)

47 You know, the circles actually do get colder the farther down you go.
Posted by: John Milton at January 27, 2026

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Better to reign in hell and all that, you know.
( -- A certain big-time fallen angel)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 05:52 AM (wzUl9)

48 Oops; Owensboro, KY, is a few miles *east* of Evansville. If you go west, you are in Illinois before you know it.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 05:53 AM (wzUl9)

49 Better to reign in hell and all that, you know.
( -- A certain big-time fallen angel)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 05:52 AM (wzUl9)

I didn't vote for 'im!

Posted by: Random Demon # 5,347,103 at January 27, 2026 05:54 AM (06Hmj)

50 Better to reign in hell and all that, you know.
( -- A certain big-time fallen angel)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026
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I didn't vote for 'im!
Posted by: Random Demon # 5,347,103 at January 27, 2026

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"Democracy"? What in all of my home is *that*?
( -- A certain big-time fallen angel)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 05:55 AM (wzUl9)

51 "Democracy"? What in all of my home is *that*?
( -- A certain big-time fallen angel)
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 05:55 AM (wzUl9)

Democracy is Cerberus and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.

Posted by: Larry Flint's Shade, regretting his fondness for certain vices at January 27, 2026 05:57 AM (06Hmj)

52 G'morning, all!

21.2 degrees out.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 27, 2026 05:59 AM (iMotb)

53 Lovely pictures and a very nice version of "Amazing Grace" sung by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir:

https://tinyurl.com/2btm8d5h

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 06:00 AM (ix8EF)

54 And it's almost time to slop the feline hogs.

I hope the little gray shorthair who stops by my front door for handouts found a warm place to sleep. We suspect he has a human home, but he was out last night. I was low on the dry food I give my two -- so he got the good stuff, some Friskies canned.

I can't understand people who "put the cat out" at night. Maybe in a small community and in good weather, but here there are too many feral hoomans -- and coyotes have been seen too.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 06:01 AM (wzUl9)

55 "Writing and revising complex federal regulations can take months, sometimes years. But, with DOT's version of Google Gemini, employees could generate a proposed rule in a matter of minutes or even seconds, two DOT staffers who attended the December demonstration remembered the presenter saying."

My opinion about this shifts back and forth, but since I believe that a lot of Federal workers are biological LLMs, I don't think you can end up with something much worse than the status quo.

I'd offer the option of reducing the size, scope, and power of the federal government as a counter-balance where you might actually be able to obtain and only use the "best of the best of the best" (whatever that actually means in reality) to steer the federal ship, but I cannot perceive a reality where that could actually happen.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 27, 2026 06:03 AM (A/zT2)

56 Interesting conversation with a family friend up in B'More, yesterday.

It's very cold up there, and after Maryland shut down many electrical generation plants, folks are shocked to find out that their electric bills are going up.

Yup...nobody saw that coming.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 27, 2026 06:06 AM (iMotb)

57 It's interesting about the vibe coding.
Around here, we sometimes look at code we wrote 10 years ago and comment how horrible it is.
With AI we can get horrible unreadable code right now!

Posted by: QT3.14159 at January 27, 2026 06:06 AM (mPXLU)

58 It's not only the feral govt. which is infested with "biological LLMs." I've discovered when I call to order something or get in touch with tech support, if the call center is located in Lousy-ana or a lot of the Deep South states, I often get a mush-mouthed "Whatchoo want?" attitude. If I call some place in the Midwest or the northern plains, the staffers actually speak English, are pleasant to talk to, and know their jobs.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 06:07 AM (wzUl9)

59 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 06:01 AM (wzUl9)

Pynchon went out for possibly three seconds yesterday and got hit with snowflakes and came right back in. Today it's 7 degrees and he was out for a shorter time. He the peripatetic cat- in the evening moving around from our room, to son's room to arm of a chair downstairs.

Today we're supposed to feed fixed stray cats. I don't even know if that guy has cleaned out his driveway.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 06:10 AM (ix8EF)

60 My current book about the private lives of Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh is swiftly degenerating into trash. I'll stick with it until the Gone With the Wind anecdotes are over.

The publisher, Blood Moon, even announces at the back of the book that they are applying "today's tabloid standards to classic old-time Hollywood."

I was not aware that tabloids had standards.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 06:12 AM (wzUl9)

61 I bought one of those propane weed burners thinking it would be just the thing for melting small icy patches. It didn’t seem to do anything.. And I wasn’t impressed with its weed killer roasting abilities. Impressive flame, but a more useless tool I can’t think of.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 27, 2026 06:13 AM (tE2Wy)

62 Pynchon went out for possibly three seconds yesterday and got hit with snowflakes and came right back in. Today it's 7 degrees and he was out for a shorter time. He the peripatetic cat- in the evening moving around from our room, to son's room to arm of a chair downstairs.

Today we're supposed to feed fixed stray cats. I don't even know if that guy has cleaned out his driveway.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026

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This gray fellow, who knows us by sight and comes running for his handout, is not fixed as far as I can tell. His short coat makes it clear he's still equipped. He's not a big cat, so I hope he doesn't get into any fights with anything bigger and meaner than he is.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 06:15 AM (wzUl9)

63 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at January 27, 2026 06:26 AM (2Ez/1)

64 Vibe coding doesn't get out from having to deal with unanticipated edge-cases which are going to crop up whether you wrote it or the AI did. You're better off dealing with it in code you wrote and understand.

Posted by: Halfhand at January 27, 2026 06:28 AM (z0w8y)

65 "I've discovered when I call to order something or get in touch with tech support, if the call center is located in Lousy-ana or a lot of the Deep South states, I often get a mush-mouthed "Whatchoo want?" attitude."

A lot of that is a result of DEI hiring, IMO. (The feds have a lot of that as well, TBH, with similar results.) In the case of a company, they probably got some type of kickback from some governmental agency to hire disadvantaged people to provide the support they would like to provide in the cheapest possible manner because that ain't new sales.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 27, 2026 06:31 AM (A/zT2)

66 The local Fox outlet is warning us ice may be possible on your windshield this morning, and you should use the defroster plus an ice scraper. I don't think I've ever seen anybody here using an ice scraper except yours truly. Do Walmart or the auto parts stores here even carry them? Maybe Home Depot or Lowes would.

I bought mine years ago from a co-worker's spouse who handled Avon products. They actually had ice scrapers in their catalog.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 06:34 AM (wzUl9)

67 "I've discovered when I call to order something or get in touch with tech support, if the call center is located in Lousy-ana or a lot of the Deep South states, I often get a mush-mouthed "Whatchoo want?" attitude."

A lot of that is a result of DEI hiring, IMO. (The feds have a lot of that as well, TBH, with similar results.) In the case of a company, they probably got some type of kickback from some governmental agency to hire disadvantaged people to provide the support they would like to provide in the cheapest possible manner because that ain't new sales.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 27, 2026

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True, RC. It also depends on the type of company. A product sales company often has the IQ-challenged (or at least English-challenged). An investment firm like Fidelity should do better, and in my experience they do.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 06:37 AM (wzUl9)

68 That’s the punchline of an old joke about deciding suitable locations for retirement “I’m gonna keep driving south to the point where nobody knows what that thing is”

Posted by: Common Tater at January 27, 2026 06:39 AM (ayI3s)

69 G'mornin' everyone!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 27, 2026 06:40 AM (Cjt/F)

70 "It also depends on the type of company. A product sales company often has the IQ-challenged (or at least English-challenged). An investment firm like Fidelity should do better, and in my experience they do."

Well, investment firms skim off the top, so you hanging around is important.

A company that sells you a product doesn't view you as an income stream; it views you as something that could convince others to not buy their product.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 27, 2026 06:41 AM (A/zT2)

71 That’s the punchline of an old joke about deciding suitable locations for retirement “I’m gonna keep driving south to the point where nobody knows what that thing is”
Posted by: Common Tater at January 27, 2026

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In my case, it'll be north until nobody knows what a crawfish is, or at least doesn't think they are worth fooling with as food.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 06:47 AM (wzUl9)

72 In my case, it'll be north until nobody knows what a crawfish is, or at least doesn't think they are worth fooling with as food.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026

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Me: * Shows pic of crawfish *

Local: What the hell IS that thing?

Me: How are house prices around here?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 06:48 AM (wzUl9)

73 "In my case, it'll be north until nobody knows what a crawfish is, or at least doesn't think they are worth fooling with as food."

I pretty much grew up in Giles County, TN. The only reason I didn't think that crawfish were not worth fooling around with as food was that I couldn't get enough of them.

Frog legs and snapping turtles were a different story.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 27, 2026 06:51 AM (A/zT2)

74 Dell's 52" 6K ultra-widescreen monitor is a... 52" 6K ultra-widescreen monitor.

I do like the monitor specs, and it is a Dell.

Currently running the Dell 43" with a pair of 30"s all in 4k, native resolution, no scaling.

The dedicated monitors are good for clear demarcation of interests. That is, the center 43" is for arranging all things IDE, the satellites are for running processes in a portrait mode, and for documentation. With a single 52", one is messing around with ratios of screen to split and Windows aren't good enough with their suggested apportionment.

Also, the 30"s are at angles because even on the 43" the corners are far away and older eyes need to adjust focus.

Few desks are as clean as the advert photo since people stash their phones, beverages, rubber ducks, whatever on the desk surface which obscures bottom portions of low hovering screens.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 27, 2026 06:55 AM (a4flb)

75 it's kinda too bad, in a way; I think I might find vibe coding fun, (once, maybe), but it's been decades since I've done more than a hundred or so lines for an Arduino project here & there.

seems like going after flies with a 1911

lol, talk about first world problems, non-vibe-coding angst, amirite?

maybe a cup of coffee ...

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 27, 2026 06:55 AM (Cjt/F)

76 Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 27, 2026 06:51 AM (A/zT2)

Crawfish are fun! And a crawfish boil is a delightful social event.

As for frog legs? Tasty! But I have never tried snapping turtle...what is it like?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 27, 2026 06:55 AM (Zv8bq)

77 Morning peeps

7 degrees this morning. Wind chill's in the negatives. Cat's are unhappy. Wasn't that long ago the temperatures wouldn't have bothered me as much.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 27, 2026 06:57 AM (qwVdq)

78 My FIL was mainland Chinese, from Sichuan. When we visited his home province in 1998, his family tried to shock the white guy with local delicacies. When they offered frog legs, they were astonished when I mentioned that I had eaten them as a young lad and would enjoy doing that again.

I ate a lot of frog legs on the trip until we left Sichuan province.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 27, 2026 06:58 AM (A/zT2)

79 The U.S. Attorney’s Office in L.A. has lost every case it brought to trial against a protester who allegedly attacked a federal LEO last year. A number of other cases were dismissed or rejected by grand juries.

Historically, fed prosecutors do not lose at this rate.
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Steven Miller reposted this tweet, originally from a right side reporter in LA, condemning the massively underreported jury nullification going on.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 27, 2026 06:59 AM (//n4s)

80 "I've discovered when I call to order something or get in touch with tech support, if the call center is located in Lousy-ana or a lot of the Deep South states, I often get a mush-mouthed "Whatchoo want?" attitude."

I'm more intrigued by customer support via AI. Voice reco is improving to the point where one can ask Gemini, Siri or CoPilot to help with a problem and the AI agent searches company manuals, FAQs and reddits for solutions and returns a more coherent and patient experience.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 27, 2026 06:59 AM (a4flb)

81 Frogs legs? My old man loves those, I think mainly for the shock value.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 27, 2026 07:01 AM (//n4s)

82 Food! I found an incredibly delicious bread in the grocery. Caramelized onion. Gruyere with a dash of thyme. This could become addictive.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 27, 2026 07:01 AM (0KSrI)

83 The U.S. Attorney’s Office in L.A. has lost every case it brought to trial against a protester who allegedly attacked a federal LEO last year. A number of other cases were dismissed or rejected by grand juries.


TBH, many of us fantasize about the exact same thing when it comes to street justice as it was handled back in the day.

Peeping Tom spying on your daughter? The men in the neighborhood would give the pervert a tune-up in such a manner where today the ministers of such street justice would be bankrupt in civil court a/o jailed.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 27, 2026 07:02 AM (a4flb)

84
25 outside, 36 in the attic, 45 in the garage, 46 in the kennel. I think we may survive.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2026 07:03 AM (tgvbd)

85 > he U.S. Attorney’s Office in L.A. has lost every case it brought to trial against a protester who allegedly attacked a federal LEO last year. A number of other cases were dismissed or rejected by grand juries.

Historically, fed prosecutors do not lose at this rate.
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Steven Miller reposted this tweet, originally from a right side reporter in LA, condemning the massively underreported jury nullification going on.
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The judicial coup continues apace.

This is going to be a really big problem for the administration moving forward. Zero consequences for the left.

They've got to make an effort to get the judiciary under control. SCOTUS ain't gonna do it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 27, 2026 07:04 AM (qwVdq)

86 Frog legs are delicious. I have a source for domestic production and not the crap that comes from China.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 27, 2026 07:04 AM (0KSrI)

87 7 degrees this morning. Wind chill's in the negatives. Cat's are unhappy. Wasn't that long ago the temperatures wouldn't have bothered me as much.

Unless you have a heat-pump, in which cases all you can think about is the utility bill as the "auxiliary heating" kicks in.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 27, 2026 07:04 AM (a4flb)

88 7 degrees this morning and the forecast says we have shot at hitting a high today of 16 degrees. Winter.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 27, 2026 07:04 AM (//n4s)

89 Little Big Man from 1970 with Dustin Hoffman is on Movies! I've read the novel, but never seen the film. In it, Chief Dan George (whom we would know later from Outlaw Josey Wales) has the line "Today is a good day to die." That and "There is iron in the words of . . ." from OJW are pretty good film legacies to leave.

Richard Mulligan, later to play Burt on Soap, plays Gen. Custer in this film, and character actor Jeff Corey ("Tom Chaney" in the original True Grit) is Wild Bill Hickok.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 07:09 AM (wzUl9)

90 mornin yall. You know what's missing from the Minneapolis protests? Somalians. It appears that they are smarter that the domestic leftys defending their sorry skinny butts.

Posted by: fd at January 27, 2026 07:10 AM (vFG9F)

91 This is going to be a really big problem for the administration moving forward. Zero consequences for the left.

They've got to make an effort to get the judiciary under control. SCOTUS ain't gonna do it.

The country crashes if the illegals and the Left are not removed. Full Stop.

Balkanization doesn't work, nor fully funding breakaway regions via Babylon DC managed wealth transfers.

Sad to say, but it might just be true that the people of this nation are largely incompatible with a Constitutional Republic and the duties of both citizens and public officials are beyond the ability to perform.

Remove God from society, you get what billions of people in all cultures, places and times have had to deal with - tyranny, misery and poverty.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 27, 2026 07:10 AM (a4flb)

92 Thus far the leftist assassins have targeted an conservative influencer (Charlie Kirk) and an officer of a big bad health insurance company.

And in both those cases, we have prosecutions in the works right now that are total tossups, in that jury nullification might come about to acquit the men charged with murder.

If the left ups their game and goes into a phase they view as yankee minutemen guerillas going up against the redcoat oppressors, and starts sniper murders of ICE agents from hidey holes 200 yards out, we could see a lot of leftist heroes getting freed by juries of their whistle-blowing peers.

Posted by: M. Gaga at January 27, 2026 07:11 AM (KiBMU)

93
You know what's missing from the Minneapolis protests? Somalians. It appears that they are smarter that the domestic leftys defending their sorry skinny butts.
Posted by: fd at January 27, 2026 07:10 AM (vFG9F)

Bad: dying for your cause

Better: making some poor bastard die for his cause

Best: making some poor bastard die for your cause

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2026 07:11 AM (tgvbd)

94 Wolfus, you mentioned Olivier. He and Joan Plowright were married for 21 years.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 27, 2026 07:12 AM (0KSrI)

95 Posted by: Ben Had at January 27, 2026 07:01 AM

That bread does sound delicious!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 27, 2026 07:15 AM (Nx5jP)

96 What actions have been taken against the gubmint officials involved in the Signal chat that was organized to interfere with ICE agents?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 27, 2026 07:15 AM (2Ez/1)

97 Wolfus, i recall Little Big Man (film version) because after his BIL is killed Dustin Hoffman required to service both his wife and her sister. Hey, it's their culture!

As a teenager I thought that seemed a good otcome.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 27, 2026 07:15 AM (C2m2z)

98 I'd offer the option of reducing the size, scope, and power of the federal government as a counter-balance where you might actually be able to obtain and only use the "best of the best of the best" (whatever that actually means in reality) to steer the federal ship, but I cannot perceive a reality where that could actually happen.

I dunno. For a while there, it seemed that the Globalists were seeking Plato's Republic and they envisioned rule through Philosopher Kings.

Then they insisted on rule through DEI.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 27, 2026 07:18 AM (a4flb)

99 Frog legs are delicious. I have a source for domestic production and not the crap that comes from China.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 27, 2026 07:04 AM (0KSrI)
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I'm no expert on frogs legs but I imagine your domestic source is what we would call "a pond"?

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 27, 2026 07:18 AM (Gj7Fw)

100 Huck, have had plenty from a pond but now I buy them from Citarella in NYC.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 27, 2026 07:20 AM (0KSrI)

101 This might be your last chance to wine and dine with Ilhan Omar:

https://tinyurl.com/57jy4xza

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 27, 2026 07:20 AM (UUvzi)

102 "I'm no expert on frogs legs but I imagine your domestic source is what we would call "a pond"?"

'Free Range' Frog Legs?

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 27, 2026 07:21 AM (iMotb)

103 "But I have never tried snapping turtle...what is it like?"

Well, they have multiple flavor profiles and I haven't eaten it since 1975 or 1976. My memory should be assumed to be faulty when discussing personal details; I'll write what I believe to be the case, but those words could be factually wrong even in context. I.E., I'm not trying to lie.

I've eaten 2 snapping turtles that I've caught; both were in my youth. The first turtle was decapitated and hung on a clothesline to bleed out. Even after an hour (I think), the decapitated body's arms tried to push the knife used to remove the belly plate away. There's meat on the inside of the shell which is difficult to get without contamination from the intestines; a skilled person could do it, but that wasn't me.

So, they are reptiles and cousins of chickens. There's dark meat and light meat. I don't remember thinking there was anything special about turtle meat. I live near several ponds; maybe I should harvest a turtle and see what I can do now that I have some idea how to cook food....

Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 27, 2026 07:22 AM (A/zT2)

104 Minnesota and the insurrections are turning into Trump's new Covid. Incredible to me that he's allowed this to get to this stage. Who is he listening to?

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 27, 2026 07:23 AM (WHfpM)

105 Citarella ships nationwide? How about that.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 27, 2026 07:24 AM (QTJr9)

106 Wolfus, you mentioned Olivier. He and Joan Plowright were married for 21 years.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 27, 2026

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Pics of her on IMDb from 1960's The Entertainer, where she starred with Olivier, show her to have been attractive rather than conventionally beautiful, with a good deal of character in her face.

She won, and was also nominated once for, the acting award called the "Laurence Olivier" award. Imagine how odd it would be to win an award named for your own husband --!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 07:24 AM (wzUl9)

107 Now down to 19.8 degrees out.

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 27, 2026 07:25 AM (iMotb)

108 82 Food! I found an incredibly delicious bread in the grocery. Caramelized onion. Gruyere with a dash of thyme. This could become addictive.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 27, 2026 07:01 AM (0KSrI)

That sounds like it would be great toasted!

Posted by: blaster at January 27, 2026 07:26 AM (NlEaG)

109 Take another bong hit. Illegal migration en masse has been an ongoing project for 50 years. Mr. Trump hasn’t “allowed” anything.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 27, 2026 07:26 AM (idVke)

110 Breakfast and coffee have been consumed. I s'pose it's time I shaved and showered.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 07:26 AM (wzUl9)

111 I've always wondered if there is any actual turtle in turtle soup. Philly long ago had a restaurant called "Bookbinders" that served great turtle soup

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 27, 2026 07:26 AM (QTJr9)

112 Won’t you think of all the poor frogs confined to wheelchairs as a result of your culinary obsession

Posted by: Common Tater at January 27, 2026 07:28 AM (idVke)

113 "Soup of the evening! Beautiful soup!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 07:28 AM (wzUl9)

114

*hic*

Posted by: Hillary Clinton at January 27, 2026 07:30 AM (DDJSl)

115 Won’t you think of all the poor frogs confined to wheelchairs as a result of your culinary obsession
Posted by: Common Tater at January 27, 2026

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I recall an ancient magazine cartoon showing a legless frog wheeling himself in a little cart out of the back door of a restaurant, a sign on which proclaimed "Fresh Frogs' Legs!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 07:30 AM (wzUl9)

116 Oh yeah, the second snapping turtle was parboiled after decapitation. That stopped the attempts to prevent removal of the belly plate by the front legs, but did not improve the flavor.

Honestly, it seemed like a lot of work that you wouldn't do if you weren't starving.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 27, 2026 07:30 AM (A/zT2)

117 Some lady tried to take a picture of a Snow Leopard and it in turn tried to rip her face off. People aint got no sense.

Posted by: fd at January 27, 2026 07:31 AM (vFG9F)

118 Honestly, it seemed like a lot of work that you wouldn't do if you weren't starving.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 27, 2026

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Which pretty much describes my attitude toward crawfish boils.

My DNA includes plates and silverware, and sitting indoors in comfortable temperatures. To me, being outside in savagely hot weather to peel little red-black insectoids for a flake of meat smaller than your fingernail is not worth it. I think crawfish boils are merely a socially-sanctioned way for adults to play with their food.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 07:33 AM (wzUl9)

119
Philly long ago had a restaurant called "Bookbinders" that served great turtle soup
Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 27, 2026 07:26 AM (QTJr9)

There were two. Old Original Bookbinder's (established by Samuel Bookbinder and later bought by the Taxin family) and Bookbinder's Seafood House (established by Bookbinder's grandsons).

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2026 07:33 AM (tgvbd)

120 "Honestly, it seemed like a lot of work that you wouldn't do if you weren't starving.

My dad tells of eating turtles and squirrels and such. His dad knew how to hunt and fish for their dinner. Otherwise they would have starved.

Posted by: fd at January 27, 2026 07:34 AM (vFG9F)

121 Some lady tried to take a picture of a Snow Leopard and it in turn tried to rip her face off. People aint got no sense.
Posted by: fd at January 27, 2026

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Miss Linda always asks me, "Wouldn't you like to see a mountain lion out in the wild?" I say, "Sure, if he's on the other side of a canyon and can't reach me!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 07:34 AM (wzUl9)

122 Steven Miller reposted this tweet, originally from a right side reporter in LA, condemning the massively underreported jury nullification going on.
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The judicial coup continues

This is going to be a really big problem for the administration moving forward. Zero consequences for the left.

They've got to make an effort to get the judiciary under control. SCOTUS ain't gonna do it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 27, 2026 07:04 AM aware

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Jury nullification can come from sympathetic people on the jury or from intimidation of the people on the jury.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 27, 2026 07:34 AM (k4dYt)

123
JJS
is here

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 27, 2026 07:34 AM (gbOdA)

124 JJS is here!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 27, 2026 07:34 AM (wzUl9)

125 "Honestly, it seemed like a lot of work that you wouldn't do if you weren't starving."

That applies to frog legs as well; although in either case, you'd make soup out of you didn't consume.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 27, 2026 07:35 AM (A/zT2)

126
Honestly, it seemed like a lot of work that you wouldn't do if you weren't starving.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 27, 2026

That's my attitude to lobster and crab. Anything where you have to wear a bib to eat it isn't likely worth the effort.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2026 07:35 AM (tgvbd)

127 I’ve read the stories. Dad hands son a single.22 cal Short.. “Go git dinner, boy!”

Posted by: Common Tater at January 27, 2026 07:36 AM (idVke)

128 There were two. Old Original Bookbinder's (established by Samuel Bookbinder and later bought by the Taxin family) and Bookbinder's Seafood House (established by Bookbinder's grandsons).

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 27, 2026 07:33 AM (tgvbd)
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Horde Knowledge (TM) is truly amazing!

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 27, 2026 07:38 AM (gDbHk)

129 "My DNA includes plates and silverware, and sitting indoors in comfortable temperatures."

A google search of "Razzoo's Cajun Cafe" may square that circle for you after you leave Louisiana. (I assume THAT search while you are in Louisiana would result in a "WTF is wrong with you, bitch?" response.)

Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 27, 2026 07:43 AM (A/zT2)

130 The Brits are regretting approval of China's new "super embassy", with more floors underground than above.

They just discovered China has been hacking and recording all their leaders cell phone calls for years and the new embassy runs right alongside the buried cables carrying data and landline calls for The City and Canary Wharf, the two main business sections of London.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 27, 2026 07:48 AM (A5m1a)

131 "My dad tells of eating turtles and squirrels and such. His dad knew how to hunt and fish for their dinner. Otherwise they would have starved."

My grandparents didn't come from rich folks. And they predated the current "let mommy government present her teats while daddy government fucks what he finds pleasurable" thing we have.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 27, 2026 07:49 AM (A/zT2)

132 93
You know what's missing from the Minneapolis protests? Somalians. It appears that they are smarter that the domestic leftys defending their sorry skinny butts.
Posted by: fd at January 27, 2026 07:10 AM (vFG9F)

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Minneapolis police are also missing the protests.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 27, 2026 07:55 AM (ZNcI8)

133 [blockquote]The Brits are regretting approval of China's new "super embassy", with more floors underground than above.
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Almost anyone who wasn't royalty and was competent left Britain at least a century ago.

I hope there are those who took an oath and believed that it was binding on both sides realize that they were the only ones that viewed that oath as binding that will be willing to leave their homeland to the occupying vermin for now.

Not sure where they will go, since there is a lot of occupying vermin everywhere.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 27, 2026 08:00 AM (A/zT2)

134 "You know what's missing from the Minneapolis protests? Somalians"

Too cold, man.

Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 27, 2026 08:05 AM (A/zT2)

135 In retrospect, it made sense. Agents write units of changes that look good in isolation. They are consistent with themselves and your prompt. But respect for the whole, there is not. Respect for structural integrity there is not. Respect even for neighboring patterns there was not.

AI writes code like H1B Indians do: terribly.

Posted by: Naqamel at January 27, 2026 08:40 AM (lG+7p)

136 On AI and the regulations, something I thought of is that AI is really good at producing writing that has low information content per word. It really hit me when I was helping out with a training some big wigs were doing at our site, and when our team of mixed locals and big wigs went to write up our final report, the big wigs were all in on doing it with AI. It really struck me how they turned a couple sentences worth of information into several different formats of report.
Ultimately I think the solution is to focus on putting more information in per word, because it just wastes everyone's time to have low information content writing. This is also built in the direction I was going as a teacher before switching careers: every teacher has their syllabus at the start of the year, and what I realized was that if you did the default paragraphs that everyone does, no one will really read it. What worked much better was to present the information as bullet points, so only the useful information with no wasted extra verbiage.

Posted by: Charlie the Capitalist at January 27, 2026 09:32 AM (J3QMA)

137 w00t late

Posted by: m at January 27, 2026 11:49 AM (SSiCQ)

138 136 On AI and the regulations, something I thought of is that AI is really good at producing writing that has low information content per word. It really hit me when I was helping out with a training some big wigs were doing at our site, and when our team of mixed locals and big wigs went to write up our final report, the big wigs were all in on doing it with AI. It really struck me how they turned a couple sentences worth of information into several different formats of report.
Ultimately I think the solution is to focus on putting more information in per word, because it just wastes everyone's time to have low information content writing. This is also built in the direction I was going as a teacher before switching careers: every teacher has their syllabus at the start of the year, and what I realized was that if you did the default paragraphs that everyone does, no one will really read it. What worked much better was to present the information as bullet points, so only the useful information with no wasted extra verbiage.
Posted by: Charlie the Capitalist at January 27, 2026 09:32 AM (J3QMA)

Hear, hear!

Posted by: m at January 27, 2026 01:05 PM (SSiCQ)

Overnight Open Thread [01/12/2026]

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[Photo courtesy of Weasel Studios, ©2026]

Gazing up into the night sky seems elemental, for reasons I do not understand. Perhaps it is the wonder of the vastness of the universe that attracts us, or maybe just that it is simply beautiful!

We have a fair amount of light pollution (what a silly phrase), so while we can see the beauty of the heavens, it is nothing like looking up during a cold dark night, far from the lights of a metropolitan area.

Sadly, our fixation with modern phones and the admittedly impressive cameras built into them have made photos such as the one above a rarity for most people. I am sure many of you have tried to take photos of the moon with your phones, and it simply does not work!

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I love the South!

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[Hat Tip: TC]
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Once upon a time, there was a marine biologist who absolutely loved dolphins. He'd been fascinated with them since childhood, so marine biology was a natural field for him, and he spent almost all of his time researching, swimming with, and playing with dolphins. He grew to love many of his dolphins and consider them his family. But there was a problem.

Dolphins, like humans, are subject to the ravages of aging, growing feeble and infirm as they get older, until they inevitably died. But dolphin lifespans are much shorter than human lifespans, so as the years went by, the biologist saw dolphins that were very dear to him grow old, become too weak to frolic, and die, and it broke his heart every single time. He never got used to seeing one of his beloved dolphins pass away and leave forever, and he determined to do something about it. His research became increasingly focused on finding a way to keep dolphins from aging. And finally, after decades of experimentation, he achieved a major breakthrough. But again, there was a problem.

He developed a serum that could completely halt the effects of aging in dolphins, allowing them to theoretically live forever in perfect health. But the major ingredient of his formula was a paste made from the ground-up bodies of baby hatchlings of a certain rare species of seagull. In fact, that particular species of seagull was so rare that it was considered critically endangered and had the strongest level of protection. Interfering with these birds, especially their chicks, was strictly forbidden and heavily punishable. So there was nothing he could do to help his dolphins.

Until one fateful day.

On that day, one of his dearest, most beloved dolphins (a female with whom he had a very special and unique relationship) died of old age. Grief-stricken, the marine biologist decided that the law could go to hell, and that saving his dolphins was much more important than some stupid endangered seagull. He loaded a truck with empty cages and, in the dead of night, drove to a beach that had a nesting colony of these seagulls.

He worked through most of the night, going from nest to nest, grabbing any baby birds he could find, and locking them in cages in the back of his truck. Just about an hour before sunrise, he had loaded up his truck with all he could carry and started the long drive back to his laboratory where he could grind up the chicks and make his serum.

Unfortunately, it was late, and after working through most of the night he was tired and unfocused, and by the time he saw the animal lying in the road, it was too late. The biologist caught a glimpse in his headlights, and to his surprise it was a lion, who had been relaxing peacefully in the road before the biologist ran him over.

A state trooper saw the whole thing. He pulled the marine biologist over, and arrested him for transporting underage gulls across a staid lion for immortal porpoises.


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Take 'Em Away, by Old Crow Medicine Show.
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It's almost certainly fake, but still extremely funny.

What's the best practical joke you have been involved with, either the culprit or the victim?

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Ah yes...the Brylcream addict who would be president. And that is his handler, the younger Soros ghoul.The sh*t-show that is California is accelerating into the abyss, and Newsom seems to relish its image as the crackpot capital of the country. Is his political bubble so all-encompassing that he simply does not see reality? Hell, he went to Davos last week and was bitterly critical of America. And he thinks that is going to resonate outside of the wealthy blue enclaves?

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I am not a Dead-Head...I saw enough of them while living in Berkeley! They would invade for several days while The Dead played The Greek Theater, and the behavior of those lunatics was a powerful impression of how not to love a band! But I do like some of their songs, and Ripple is my favorite.

If JackStraw is around, he can tell you why The Dead are popular in his neck of the woods.

Here is John Mayer's version that he sang at some memorial to Bob Weir. I apologize for the vile people in the background!

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[Hat Tip: TC]
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This is fascinating, both as a glimpse into the complexities of building high-quality barrels, and the skill and attention to detail of a master craftsman.


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The Far Side

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1 foist

Posted by: morigu at January 26, 2026 10:00 PM (gInLa)

2 536yb35y56

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 26, 2026 10:01 PM (n2vmh)

3
morigu? I don't believe I've seen you in these parts previously. Let me tell you about a little tradition...

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 26, 2026 10:01 PM (n2vmh)

4 I coulda been a contenduh!

Posted by: buddhaha at January 26, 2026 10:01 PM (IMmiQ)

5 Ball Of Fire

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 26, 2026 10:01 PM (m24qK)

6 Good evening good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 26, 2026 10:02 PM (cYBz/)

7 Wait wait, don't start without me.....

Oh, darn.

Posted by: mindful webworker - classic style at January 26, 2026 10:02 PM (OJSFI)

8 Yay, ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 26, 2026 10:03 PM (lUFok)

9 Good evening morons w grazie CBD

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 26, 2026 10:03 PM (RIvkX)

10 Bojangles is awesome.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 10:03 PM (lpTXP)

11 So, we stood down in Minny? Not sure what Trump's doing, but he must have something planned.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 26, 2026 10:03 PM (uQesX)

12 Gavin Newsom is the avatar for the modern Democrat party.

Unaccomplished. Dull. Excellent at rote memorization.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 26, 2026 10:05 PM (RIvkX)

13
So, we stood down in Minny? Not sure what Trump's doing, but he must have something planned.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

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Way down in the willow section of the cafe thread, 8th Circuit tells DHS they can pepper spray protestors to their heart's content. I imagine that may have entered the conversation with Walz and Frey.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 26, 2026 10:05 PM (n2vmh)

14 What does the T in T-shirt stand for?

The shape? No, but good guess.

Tyrannosaurus, because of the short arms.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 26, 2026 10:06 PM (S/Y4j)

15 I just found out that "Atrocity Exhibition" was flipped. Bernard Sumner played bass; Peter Hook played guitar.
Sumner was competent; Hook wasn't, lol. Martin Hannett the producer made Hook's crashing noise on guitar to form an atmospheric background.
This is a Stephen Morris track. The drum makes this one work. Well that and Ian Curtis' poetry.

Closer really was an album for the eternal.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 26, 2026 10:06 PM (gKWVE)

16 "Good evening good people."

Hey, what about the rest of us???

Posted by: PabloD at January 26, 2026 10:06 PM (pXTL4)

17
What's the best practical joke you have been involved with, either the culprit or the victim?

I have two Dodge Charger R/T cars, a red one and a blue one. I long conned an asshole at workmfor 18 months that I had two grey ones and was color blind. The week the asshole was rotating out was Christmas party week, and he asked if there was anything he could do. I handed him my key fob and asked him to get the plates and cups out of my blue one. The look of betrayal on his face was priceless.

Posted by: BifBewalski- at January 26, 2026 10:06 PM (QVmho)

18 So, we stood down in Minny? Not sure what Trump's doing, but he must have something planned.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

PDJT, like the Russians, doesn't take a dump without a plan.
-- Zombie Admiral Josh Painter

Posted by: Tonypete at January 26, 2026 10:07 PM (cYBz/)

19 Gazing up into the night sky seems elemental, for reasons I do not understand. Perhaps it is the wonder of the vastness of the universe that attracts us, or maybe just that it is simply beautiful!
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The scope and beauty of the heavens teaches us something about the nature of our Creator.

Posted by: Methos at January 26, 2026 10:07 PM (vSvIl)

20 Gavin Newsom is the avatar for the modern Democrat party.

Unaccomplished. Dull. Excellent at rote memorization.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 26, 2026 10:05 PM (RIvkX)

Inept, Incapable. Queer adjacent?

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 10:07 PM (lpTXP)

21 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️🥶

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 26, 2026 10:08 PM (SRRAx)

22 Way down in the willow section of the cafe thread, 8th Circuit tells DHS they can pepper spray protestors to their heart's content. I imagine that may have entered the conversation with Walz and Frey.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 26, 2026 10:05 PM (n2vmh)

Usually not around for the cafe thread. Only thing I've seen is the guy in charge has been pulled out and Trump talked to Swish One and Swish Two and we're backing off. I don't think anything else is going to happen. If this Signal thing is true, a lot of people should be getting rounded up right now.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 26, 2026 10:08 PM (uQesX)

23 What's the best practical joke you have been involved with, either the culprit or the victim?

I'd prefer to not go into specifics but let's just say a set of twins were involved.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 26, 2026 10:08 PM (cYBz/)

24 11 So, we stood down in Minny? Not sure what Trump's doing, but he must have something planned.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 26, 2026 10:03 PM (uQesX)

You don't send Tom Homan when you want to stand down. You send him when you want someone you trust to tell you exactly where and how you should be applying your forces, and then make it happen.

Posted by: Splunge at January 26, 2026 10:09 PM (7DKa5)

25 Thanks for the dandy Monday Night ONT, CBD!

That moon shot up top is bewitching. We're in a dark skies neighborhood and the stars are spectacular.

Loved the Far Side!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 26, 2026 10:09 PM (kB9dk)

26 If those dingoes were next to Quality Learing Center, they'd be pretty bored.

Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 26, 2026 10:09 PM (h/O4U)

27 Did Newsom actually pose for a photo while wearing those knee pads? Or is that AI?

If that's a real photo, he sure did make a fool of himself at Davos.

Posted by: Emmie at January 26, 2026 10:09 PM (FMtrg)

28 Nice, punny dolphin joke!

Hahahahaha!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 26, 2026 10:09 PM (kB9dk)

29 CBD,

If you have certain of the more recent vinatge iPhones Pro, you have the ability to use a Zoom function that allows for lunar photos that are damn close to what you posted.

You need a tripod, but I've had some good results ... not Ansel Adams quality, but good enough.

Posted by: browndog head cocked to the side at January 26, 2026 10:10 PM (3sXRv)

30 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 26, 2026 10:10 PM (sAmhv)

31 Thanks for the ONT.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 26, 2026 10:10 PM (zZu0s)

32 Nice, punny dolphin joke!

Hahahahaha!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 26, 2026 10:09 PM (kB9dk)

So, you're saying it was posted on porpoise?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 26, 2026 10:10 PM (uQesX)

33 Nice, punny dolphin joke!

Hahahahaha!
Posted by: Legally Sufficient

Long, shaggy-dog setup. Very Norm MacDonald.

Posted by: mikeski at January 26, 2026 10:11 PM (VHUov)

34 Having now taken a look at pictures of Sparkle Beach Ken and Patrick Bateman, I now think Scott Bessent is a genius. That was not some casual insult. It was a perfect capture of Newsom's soul.

Posted by: Splunge at January 26, 2026 10:11 PM (7DKa5)

35 Happy-ish Monday Evening, all y'all . . .

Posted by: Adriane the Time . . . May Not Be On Your Side Critic . . . at January 26, 2026 10:11 PM (3ZUWJ)

36 The photo is real, the knee pads are just metaphorical.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 26, 2026 10:11 PM (zZu0s)

37
So, you're saying it was posted on porpoise?
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Why I otter....

Posted by: nyuk nyuk nyuk- at January 26, 2026 10:11 PM (QVmho)

38 Gazing up into the night sky seems elemental, for reasons I do not understand. Perhaps it is the wonder of the vastness of the universe that attracts us, or maybe just that it is simply beautiful!

It reminds us that, no matter how much we know, or how much we've seen, there is always more to learn, to explore, to experience, and to do, both out among the stars and within ourselves.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 26, 2026 10:12 PM (S/Y4j)

39 [Obligatory]

That's no moon.

Posted by: Obi Wan Baloney at January 26, 2026 10:12 PM (fhCge)

40 What's the best practical joke you have been involved with, either the culprit or the victim?

There was some snipe hunting. A friend and her pillowcase to save the snipes. She is still my friend.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 10:12 PM (lpTXP)

41 8th Circuit Court of Appeals rules in favor of Trump admin allowing ICE agents to arrest, detain, pepper-spray or retaliate against violent anti-ICE rioters, in Minneapolis, without probable cause — Fox

Thus the phone call.
Posted by: davidt

Fix Bayonets

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 26, 2026 10:12 PM (/lPRQ)

42 AoSHQ may trigger convulsions and projectile vomiting in some new readers.
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I never stopped.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 26, 2026 10:12 PM (RIvkX)

43 If you are talking about the Border Patrol guy, Bovino?, he has not been relieved of duties.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 26, 2026 10:11 PM (8zz6B)

One story said yes, another said no.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 26, 2026 10:12 PM (uQesX)

44 Gazing up into the night sky only started seeming elemental after I moved away from the Pacific Northwest. Sky-spanning cloud layers are no more interesting at night than they are during the day.

Posted by: Splunge at January 26, 2026 10:13 PM (7DKa5)

45 So, you're saying it was posted on porpoise?
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Why I otter....
Posted by: nyuk nyuk nyuk- at January 26, 2026 10:11 PM (QVmho)

Calm down, or you'll have to resolve this on a log in a lake with fresh caught pike.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 26, 2026 10:14 PM (S/Y4j)

46 If you are talking about the Border Patrol guy, Bovino?, he has not been relieved of duties.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

One story said yes, another said no.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Schroedinger's Cop.

Posted by: mikeski at January 26, 2026 10:14 PM (VHUov)

47 "Please use vomit bag in seat pocket."

I checked the seat pocket. What I found was a baggie with the corner ripped off and a package of crumbled Captain's Wafers.

Stewardess, I'd like an upgrade to first class, please?

Posted by: mindful webworker - and you'll like it at January 26, 2026 10:14 PM (OJSFI)

48 SPONGE!

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 26, 2026 10:14 PM (ULPxl)

49 26 If those dingoes were next to Quality Learing Center, they'd be pretty bored.
Posted by: PA Dutchman
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The Somalis would eat them.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 26, 2026 10:15 PM (sAmhv)

50 Fix Bayonets
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 26, 2026 10:12 PM (/lPRQ)

They should. Facing cold steel would make these assaulter think before acting. I nice, long WWI era bayonet.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 26, 2026 10:15 PM (uQesX)

51 Disabling ShowerCamTM is a violation of the terms of use.
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My shower cam came off the mount and landed in the toilet face up. You are free to watch the new perspective.

Posted by: clarence at January 26, 2026 10:16 PM (jgwdN)

52 536yb35y56
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

* gets out Super Secret AOSHQ code breaker ring*

I'm no Alan Turing, so this may take me awhile.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 26, 2026 10:16 PM (uaYsl)

53 The Far Side was great.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 10:16 PM (snZF9)

54 The best night sky viewing I ever did was at Ayers Rock, Australia. Second best was Big Bend State Park, TX. It used to be dark out at Scary Acres. We could see the Milky Way. But the light pollution of Austin metro has made that harder. We have to sit in the field and look south.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 10:18 PM (lpTXP)

55 @zerohedge . 12m

"Sleep Tight, America. We Got This": NatGas And Coal Power Plants Prevented Grid Collapse During Historic Winter Blast

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 26, 2026 10:18 PM (m24qK)

56 CBD, what the heck are you doing up at this hour?

Posted by: RI Red at January 26, 2026 10:18 PM (30Gj0)

57 That Soros person/thing is evil personified.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 26, 2026 10:18 PM (fhCge)

58 That's no moon.
Posted by: Obi Wan Baloney

Sorry but I'm pretty sure this trumps:

https://tinyurl.com/234sppss

Posted by: Fen at January 26, 2026 10:18 PM (ciYHQ)

59 It was good marine mammal pun, but I bet you can't do it again. It was just a fluke.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 26, 2026 10:18 PM (w/O5Q)

60 536yb35y56
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

* gets out Super Secret AOSHQ code breaker ring*
I'm no Alan Turing, so this may take me awhile.
Posted by: Sock Monkey

I think she's playing 3D Battleship.

Posted by: it's submarines, all the way down at January 26, 2026 10:19 PM (VHUov)

61 Regarding the reveals of the Signal comms, I was wondering when we would start to hear of the management/leadership levels being exposed of the riots.

During anti-riot training exercises back in the day, the instructors stressed that the front ranks are simply lumps and not really too important in the overall scheme of things. If it went hot, we were taught to fire into the 3rd or 4th ranks to cripple the NCO levels, and even further back to take out the officer levels of the mob. Overall battlefield command is off site.

I imagine it's still the same today.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 26, 2026 10:19 PM (cYBz/)

62 If those dingoes were next to Quality Learing Center, they'd be pretty bored.
Posted by: PA Dutchman

The Somalis would eat them.
Posted by: Puddleglum

It is a dingo "farm."

Posted by: mikeski at January 26, 2026 10:21 PM (VHUov)

63 I imagine it's still the same today.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 26, 2026 10:19 PM (cYBz/)

I was wondering why the hell we would announce it? Now, they'll just use some other method.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 26, 2026 10:21 PM (uQesX)

64 the front ranks are simply lumps and not really too important in the overall scheme of things.
----

That is what the water cannon is for.

Posted by: clarence at January 26, 2026 10:21 PM (jgwdN)

65 It's my understanding that taking a photo of the Moon on a Samsung Galaxy S21/S22/S23 Ultra phone is a breeze. Perfect shot every single time. (some of you will get this reference).

Posted by: Orson at January 26, 2026 10:21 PM (dIske)

66 54 The Far Side was great.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 10:16 PM

Gary Larson has clearly been to the house of TRex and Grateful.

This was today's Far Side:

https://tinyurl.com/3hrk9292

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 26, 2026 10:22 PM (HlyYF)

67 "Overproduced by Martin Hannett take 4"

Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 26, 2026 10:22 PM (KAi1n)

68 I actually did take a really good moon pic with my phone. Its a new phone with a good camera. I had to change a million settings through trial and error, but it finally worked. It was in the past September. It was a reddish color moon. It came out with great surface details and caught the reddish color perfectly. A couple months later there was another great moon, but I couldn't duplicate what I did.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 10:22 PM (snZF9)

69 We emerged from the worst of this winter weather today, warmed up a bit and a good deal of the accumulated snow and ice melted. It'd going to be cold again tonight, but we should be on a path to slightly warmer and dryer.

Watching the illegal, not 1A protected assembly of pot-banging, mother-banging pot smokers imbeciles scrèeching at motels. Stupid. But dangerous.

Celebrating 24,178 consecutive days of largely minding my own business and not getting shot by the cops.

Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 26, 2026 10:22 PM (4b7CV)

70 I read that Trump has ordered all the federal authorities out of Minneapolis and a twenty-mile radius of the city.

It's the only way to be sure. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Posted by: mindful webworker - desperate times, desperate measures at January 26, 2026 10:22 PM (OJSFI)

71 Overnight Open Thread [01/12/2026]

Really?? I am travelling back in time!!

Posted by: Joemarine at January 26, 2026 10:22 PM (y171U)

72 536yb35y56
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

* gets out Super Secret AOSHQ code breaker ring*
I'm no Alan Turing, so this may take me awhile.
Posted by: Sock Monkey
+++
It just says Be sure to drink your Ovaltine.
A crummy commercial.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at January 26, 2026 10:23 PM (Lo97M)

73 Ha! Someone in one of the upper windows of this targeted motel just mooned the "protestors." And glipped 'em off. Pretty funny stuff.

Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 26, 2026 10:24 PM (4b7CV)

74
One of Andrew McCarthy's Mineral Moon shots:

https://is.gd/UoGCUk

Those colors are there, they're just too faint for the naked eye.

Scroll through his X feed there. Lots of beautiful stuff.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 26, 2026 10:25 PM (w6EFb)

75 Regarding the reveals of the Signal comms, I was wondering when we would start to hear of the management/leadership levels being exposed of the riots.

During anti-riot training exercises back in the day, the instructors stressed that the front ranks are simply lumps and not really too important in the overall scheme of things. If it went hot, we were taught to fire into the 3rd or 4th ranks to cripple the NCO levels, and even further back to take out the officer levels of the mob. Overall battlefield command is off site.

I imagine it's still the same today.
Posted by: Tonypete

The front-liners we've seen haven't exactly been management material.

Posted by: pointy-haired mikeski at January 26, 2026 10:25 PM (VHUov)

76 Richard Grenell retweeted
TraderJill (Leigh)@RealTraderJill

Here Are 5 Uncomfortable Facts Showing How Bad Europe is compared to America:

1. Mississippi, which is the poorest state in the entire country is now wealthier than Europe's top economies - Wealthier than the UK, Italy, France, Germany and Spain.

2. European spending power is collapsing. Disposable income for the average American is now 80% higher than UK or French citizens, and 50% higher than German citizens.

3. European counties have stagnated. Nvidia alone is worth more than Germany, France and UK stock markets combined. In a fun and zippy twist, Nvidia is worth more than the entire Canadian economy.

4. Europe has the lowest fertility rate of any continent. Using the current trajectory Europe will cease to exist in 100 years due to the failing fertility rate.

5. Europe is not competitive in anything related to high tech. Not blockchain, crypto, robotics, AI, space technology or drones. Absolutely nothing.

So, when Europeans say that the United States thinks we're better than they are, they're right. We do.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 26, 2026 10:25 PM (m24qK)

77 Not aware of any "standing down" of any sort. Detention operations continue. If past examples are a guide, Bovino has made brief appearances in "surge" cities (LA for sure, I think also NOLA) but doesn't stay for the duration.

The spokesblonde at the WH today laid out very clearly the (obvious) requirements that will be enforced on the vile and farcical "leadership" in MN. Full (normal) cooperation in detaining criminal aliens, whether in custody or when they're collared.

Don't have ICE's master plan but much can be discerned from the pattern so far. They have a priority list of targets in each major metro. They go after them first. They don't get all the criminal aliens in the area (LA, obviously, was fully cleaned out before surge resources moved elsewhere (NOLA, Memphis, etc).

(cont)

Posted by: rhomboid at January 26, 2026 10:26 PM (U/Byj)

78 What's the best practical joke you have been involved with, either the culprit or the victim?

It was in the computer lab at junior college but it was so context-specific that even if I could describe it adequately it still wouldn't be funny to anyone else. It was literally one of those "you had to be there" things.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 26, 2026 10:26 PM (Fs0KI)

79 54 The Far Side was great.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 10:16 PM (snZF9)

________________________________

That's the Australian version. The Netherlands version has the Stek Oost School housing next to a Syrian refugee camp.

Posted by: Orson at January 26, 2026 10:26 PM (dIske)

80 It's my understanding that taking a photo of the Moon on a Samsung Galaxy S21/S22/S23 Ultra phone is a breeze. Perfect shot every single time. (some of you will get this reference).

Posted by: Orson at January 26, 2026 10:21 PM (dIske)

Mine is an S25+. It took a great picture, but I don't remember how I did it. I went through a lot of settings, some were counter intuitive, but it worked.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 10:27 PM (snZF9)

81 What's the best practical joke you have been involved with, either the culprit or the victim?
A cow-orker had, shall we say, a delicate stomach. A bunch of us were sitting around a table at lunch. There's lull in the conversation, and one guy slides his finger into a small.plastic bag filled with peanut butter in his pocket, says, "Damn, I stepped in something ." He bends over under the table, stretches his hand toward his shoe, and comes up with the peanut butter on his finger. Looks at it, says, "Hmmm, that looks like dog shit." Sticks it under his nose, sniffs, and says, "Smells like it, too." Sticks his finger in his mouth, says, "Yeah, tastes like it."

Gary didn't make it out of the lunchroom before he left his lunch on the floor.
Explained the joke to him later.
He was not amused.
We were.
If you wanted to needle him, just say, "Peanut butter."

Posted by: buddhaha at January 26, 2026 10:27 PM (IMmiQ)

82 Gary Larson has clearly been to the house of TRex and Grateful.

This was today's Far Side:

https://tinyurl.com/3hrk9292
Posted by: Pillage Idiot
*************
Today I wished I was a dino, spent far too many hours chopping 3-4inches of ice - the result of 12+ hours of nonstop sleet. I'm sure dino's had a better way of addressing this - weren't they fire breathing?

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 26, 2026 10:27 PM (IQ6Gq)

83 Once a permissive (normal, with local PD/sheriff support for security) environment is returned, operations continue, but with zero public attention (or nearly zero). LAPD/Sheriffs AFAIK now react normally to threats to federal facilities. Ditto IL - an unremarked but to me big development a few weeks ago was when IL state police shut down the idiots besieging the regional fed facility - which constituted a near total surrender by Pritzker, by definition.

Related, DOD announced DHS would have use of Ft. Snelling in Mpls for housing and support. Why this wasn't done earlier, or at least plans ready to do it instantly if needed, I find disappointing. C-, bros.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 26, 2026 10:28 PM (U/Byj)

84
I'm too lazy too scroll through enough to find, but Andrew McCarthy has taken some pretty good shots with just his cell phone camera. The trick is knowing all the complex settings to override the default behavior.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 26, 2026 10:28 PM (w6EFb)

85 74 Overnight Open Thread [01/12/2026]

Really?? I am travelling back in time!!
Posted by: Joemarine at January 26, 2026 10:22 PM (y171U)

Soundtrack?
https://youtu.be/R4xf50aUxaE

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 26, 2026 10:28 PM (S/Y4j)

86 Repost from earlier....
--------
- Here's what's going down in Minneapolis;
ICE goes in and does their job arresting/processing and deporting illegals. Local leftists get torqued, gin up anti-ICE protests and get national/international monetary support for it. The situation degrades.

Call in Border Patrol Service. The proverbial mounted calvary. Ride in, break some shit, kill a few leftists. Be the stick.

Local politicos, especially one governor who's a weirdo, gets a sternly worderd memo about FAFO. A couple days later the BPS is pulled from Minneapolis and the governor would like to talk to Trump about "turning down the heat."

Walz caved. Minneapolis is restored to order by the end of the week.

Else it keeps up and the retards in Minneapolis are going to hate life.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 26, 2026 10:28 PM (qwVdq)

87 A message from
_ The United States Department of War

https://tinyurl.com/383v4ccz

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 26, 2026 10:29 PM (m24qK)

88 73 I read that Trump has ordered all the federal authorities out of Minneapolis and a twenty-mile radius of the city.

It's the only way to be sure. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Posted by: mindful webworker
.................................
Finally!!

youtu.be/k8EURBL53_k

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 26, 2026 10:29 PM (sAmhv)

89 A great many Leftists need to simply disappear without a trace. Make sure that when their computers or phones are eventually found, there are recent searches for "non-extradtion countries".

Totally unrelated yet out of curiosity, how deep do feral hogs dig if they sense something to eat?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 26, 2026 10:29 PM (a4flb)

90 I like to buy a dingo jacket. Do any furriers carry that item?

Posted by: What's A Dingo Pelt Sell For? at January 26, 2026 10:29 PM (oftw2)

91 Celebrating 24,178 consecutive days of largely minding my own business and not getting shot by the cops.
Posted by: ErikInTexas

Heh, gotcha beat by 297 days. Instead of telling you to get off my lawn, I'd say, pull up a chair and sit a spell. We can make fun of the yungsters.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 26, 2026 10:29 PM (uaYsl)

92 "It's not a moon."

Well, it is a moon. It just looks like the Death Star.
https://youtu.be/aKC1cfBGnFk

Posted by: mindful webworker - space ocean satellites of Saturn at January 26, 2026 10:29 PM (OJSFI)

93 I have really had it with these "we hate America" types. Where, pray tell, is life any better than here?

Get it in your head, they don’t really “Hate America”. I mean, they don’t hate the dirt, right?

They hate *you*

Posted by: Common Tater at January 26, 2026 10:29 PM (tE2Wy)

94 During anti-riot training exercises back in the day, the instructors stressed that the front ranks are simply lumps and not really too important in the overall scheme of things. If it went hot, we were taught to fire into the 3rd or 4th ranks to cripple the NCO levels, and even further back to take out the officer levels of the mob. Overall battlefield command is off site.

I imagine it's still the same today.
Posted by: Tonypete


Been a lot of articles by observers, some amateurs, some professional, noting just that.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 26, 2026 10:30 PM (/lPRQ)

95 The front-liners we've seen haven't exactly been management material.

Posted by: pointy-haired mikeski at January 26, 2026 10:25 PM

To be fair, the managerial class of the Democrat Party isn't exactly management material either.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 26, 2026 10:30 PM (HlyYF)

96 If it went hot, we were taught to fire into the 3rd or 4th ranks to cripple the NCO levels
Posted by: Tonypete

Good tactics. There's an aphorism that NCOs are the backbone of the Marine Corps. Probably because the Cpl/Sgt ranks are the sweet spot re the intersection of #troops with leadership skills.

Posted by: Fen at January 26, 2026 10:30 PM (ciYHQ)

97 What's the best practical joke you have been involved with, either the culprit or the victim?
********8
Working the overnight shift in a psych hospital on March 31-April 1, we "created" a patient, chart and all. Even reported on him the next morning. Pure panic when they were unable to find him. For some reason, staff didn't find this nearly as humorous as we did.

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 26, 2026 10:31 PM (IQ6Gq)

98 Thanks for the ONT, CBD. That was a looooong trip to the punch line!

Posted by: LRob in OK at January 26, 2026 10:31 PM (47diA)

99
A timelapse of a setting thin waxing crescent Moon:
https://is.gd/WVdsrT

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 26, 2026 10:31 PM (w6EFb)

100 Portland seems to be in a hybrid zone. PD is mostly useless, but does eventually react to attacks on fed facilities, such as the one a few nights ago. If only to catch/release a few of the worst perps. Guessing they're trying to avoid making it to the top of the ICE whiteboard. Though there surely far fewer high priority targets there than in other major metros now being addressed.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 26, 2026 10:31 PM (U/Byj)

101 Overnight Open Thread [01/12/2026]
Really?? I am travelling back in time!!
Posted by: Joemarine

🎷🎶Does anybody really know what day it is?
Does anybody really care?

Posted by: mindful webworker - as I was floating through the park one day at January 26, 2026 10:31 PM (OJSFI)

102 One of the far side cartoons that I always remember, and I'm not sure why it hit me as funny as it did, was about some science award presentation. There was an auditorium, and a stage, and 2 dudes at the podium up on stage. The presenter and the scientist getting the award. the presenter says something like "And this years award goes to professor Melvin Fenwick, who in 1953 coined the phrase "Fools, I'll destroy you all".

Shit, i'm laughing just typing this. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 10:32 PM (snZF9)

103 Related, DOD announced DHS would have use of Ft. Snelling in Mpls for housing and support.

I was asking this question when Pajeet wasn't allowing ICE to stay at their Hilton/Hampton Inn franchise.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 26, 2026 10:32 PM (a4flb)

104 A great many Leftists need to simply disappear without a trace. Make sure that when their computers or phones are eventually found, there are recent searches for "non-extradtion countries".
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Maybe a more random liquidation would be more artful - gas explosion at home takes out whole family, falling out windows, passes out on dumpster and compacted by garbage truck, stabbed by crackhead during robbery...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 26, 2026 10:32 PM (/lPRQ)

105 January 2026 snow/ice armageddon.

One star. Do not recommend.

Posted by: TRex - dino review at January 26, 2026 10:32 PM (IQ6Gq)

106 @73. Trump ordered all Feds out of Minneapolis with a 20 mile radius.

Wonder what he is planning to drop on Minneapolis?
A big stink bomb?

Posted by: Case at January 26, 2026 10:33 PM (E7+ue)

107 Get it in your head, they don’t really “Hate America”. I mean, they don’t hate the dirt, right?

They hate *you*

Posted by: Common Tater at January 26, 2026 10:29 PM (tE2Wy)

Of course. But mostly they hate God. That is a commonality I see with lefties I know. They hate God.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 10:33 PM (lpTXP)

108 That's a Reader's Digest joke.

I say that in admiration, not accusation.

Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at January 26, 2026 10:33 PM (jYRYu)

109 Thanks for the ONT, CBD. That was a looooong trip to the punch line!
Posted by: LRob in OK
+++
Around the world and back. Three times.

Posted by: Florida Peasant at January 26, 2026 10:33 PM (Lo97M)

110 Posted by: rhomboid at January 26, 2026 10:28 PM (U/Byj)

My 2nd eldest brother has said much the same. He's a Marine (retired) and has been following all this fairly closely. He calms me down when I lose my shite! So do you!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 26, 2026 10:34 PM (Vvh2V)

111 …more recent vinatge iPhones Pro, … allows for lunar photos that are damn close to what you posted.

While the zoom on my iPhone 13 isn’t quite up to the task, it does take great photos of the moon through a telescope. Sadly not up to photos of Saturn or Jupiter, at least with my skills with this much light pollution.

Got a decent photo of the comet going by two TxMoMes back, that I couldn’t see without binoculars. I forget how long the exposure was to get it.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 26, 2026 10:34 PM (EXyHK)

112 Heh, gotcha beat by 297 days. Instead of telling you to get off my lawn, I'd say, pull up a chair and sit a spell. We can make fun of the yungsters.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 26, 2026 10:29 PM (uaYsl)

I'll bring the beer.

Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 26, 2026 10:34 PM (4b7CV)

113 If you wanted to needle him, just say, "Peanut butter."
Posted by: buddhaha
--------

Ooooh, lunchrooms at work... ew.

There was this one guy, kinda creepy backwoods type-- zapped *something* reeeealllly rank in the department's microwave.

I was sitting with a friend when the stank wafted over, as creepy guy sat near us. Whooo... smelled like rotten fish, looked like raw beef. So I asked him: "Hey, whatcha got there?"

He says: "Chicken."

***BARF!***

Posted by: JQ at January 26, 2026 10:34 PM (rdVOm)

114 Today I wished I was a dino, spent far too many hours chopping 3-4inches of ice - the result of 12+ hours of nonstop sleet. I'm sure dino's had a better way of addressing this - weren't they fire breathing?

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 26, 2026 10:27 PM

In my paleontology class, we learned that the tail spikes on a stegosaurus were used primarily to sweep crusty packed snow off of Late Jurassic driveways!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 26, 2026 10:34 PM (HlyYF)

115 LIVE: Demonstration Outside Hotel Protesters Suspect Greg Bovino Is Staying At
BG On The Scene
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1E781HJg0k
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at January 26, 2026 10:28 PM (9aVck)


The whistles annoy me. I know I would be guilty of cramming one down a throat. Therefore I would have the sense to stay home by the warm fireplace.

I liked how the police swarmed onto the cockroaches. Suddenly! There they were!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 26, 2026 10:34 PM (WONhk)

116 how deep do feral hogs dig if they sense something to eat?
——

I dunno, but one time somebody on a field exercise left a sealed case of MREs out in the open overnight and a hog ate a hole right through the center of the heavy duty outer sleeve, the box itself, the heavy plastic wrap, the entrée cardboard box, and the mylar pouches of the meal itself. A big muddy hole in the box, and looked like it exploded with all that packaging crap everywhere.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 26, 2026 10:35 PM (tE2Wy)

117 In high school our chemistry teacher would often leave the classroom while we worked on assignments. One day he left class and we opened the lab bench gas valves enough so the room smelled like gas. The lookout person said, here he comes, and we all pretended like we were passed out with our heads on our desks. The teacher freaked out when he smelled gas and saw us passed out. He initially freaked out but quickly knew we pranked him and he never left us alone in class again.

Posted by: Mark in SC at January 26, 2026 10:36 PM (1rSMD)

118
* gets out Super Secret AOSHQ code breaker ring*
I'm no Alan Turing, so this may take me awhile.
Posted by: Sock Monkey

Drink more Ovaltine.

Posted by: BifBewalski- at January 26, 2026 10:37 PM (QVmho)

119 We emerged from the worst of this winter weather today, warmed up a bit and a good deal of the accumulated snow and ice melted..
Posted by: ErikInTexas

Dallas here. Native but we recently moved back after 20 years in DC. I went outside this morning, noticed that NO snow removal in the 24 hours after the storm, not even the main roads. I started on a little rant on how this was unacceptable - and then stopped cold when I realized I sounded like That Yankee Guy everyone hates.

Posted by: Fen at January 26, 2026 10:37 PM (ciYHQ)

120 Still haven't found what I'm looking for but

Good News

NiedermeyersDeadHorse aka NDH@NiedsG . Jan 26

At 815pm, mom received her new heart. ❤️

Tomorrow starts next chapter: recovery

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 26, 2026 10:38 PM (m24qK)

121 The front-liners we've seen haven't exactly been management material.

Posted by: pointy-haired mikeski at January 26, 2026 10:25 PM

To be fair, the managerial class of the Democrat Party isn't exactly management material either.
Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 26, 2026 10:30 PM (HlyYF)

They exemplify the Peter Principle, with little competence outside of lying and following orders. The GOPe only requires lying.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 26, 2026 10:38 PM (S/Y4j)

122 Don't think BP presence was any sort of special pressure on the idiots. The idiot mobilization, its intensity, and the utter disgrace/absence of local LE to maintain order forced a surge of personnel for security, including Bureau of Prisons guys.

Haven't seen BORTAC (BP SWAT) there, or mentioned.

The level of ICE operations will naturally decline as they work down their known target list. Probably already happening.

What's distinctive here of course is the mobilization of idiots - specifically the extensive involvement (not just dereliction) of local govt. types, of course the external $$ and organization, and most disturbing (for me) the apparent misuse of license-plate database access and FLOCK (traffic) cams.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 26, 2026 10:38 PM (U/Byj)

123 Jeez, everyone I know seems to think Pretti was a noble martyr instead of an idiot who shouldn't have been there. "But he was just trying to help!" The local broadcasts have been awful.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v at January 26, 2026 10:39 PM (Kxi0p)

124 But mostly they hate God. That is a commonality I see with lefties I know.
——

I think you’re correct, now that I think about it. Same experience. Their hatred of God doesn’t affect me directly though, from a practical standpoint.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 26, 2026 10:39 PM (tE2Wy)

125 Still haven't found what I'm looking for but
Posted by: Braenyard

Have you scaled these city walls?

Posted by: gKWVE at January 26, 2026 10:39 PM (gKWVE)

126 I witnessed one of the best practical jokes. But, had nothing to do with it. There was a woman in our office who was a menace. She was one of those holistic hippie types. That was fine. But, she annoyed everyone by scolding us about our unhealthy lifesyles. Critizing lunch selections, not having a crystal with us at all times. Really strange gripes overall, but incessant and persistent in her badgering.

One of my coworkers had enough and finally confronted her. He very seriously told her that crystals cloud the mind and damage neural activiity. Then he said he could prove it and proceeded to walk her around the office. He'd stop at an employee and tell them to think of a color, or animals, or number. Then he would correctly tell them what it is. He had gone around to all of us and just told us to affirm anything he said. We all did. Right every time.

She was much more quiet after that.

Posted by: Orson at January 26, 2026 10:39 PM (dIske)

127 Jeez, everyone I know seems to think Pretti was a noble martyr instead of an idiot who shouldn't have been there. "But he was just trying to help!" The local broadcasts have been awful.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v at January 26, 2026 10:39 PM (Kxi0p)

I think Pretti was Pretti Stupid.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 26, 2026 10:40 PM (S/Y4j)

128 The whistles annoy me. I know I would be guilty of cramming one down a throat. Therefore I would have the sense to stay home by the warm fireplace.

I liked how the police swarmed onto the cockroaches. Suddenly! There they were!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 26, 2026 10:34 PM

I also hate the whistles.

I suspect the noise level of the protestors is well above the OSHA limit for a workplace.

Causing deafness results in a serious disability. I would love to see some federal marshals grab up about 20 whistle-blowing AWFLs and charge them with THAT level of battery!

Seeing a few of their ditzy friends get 10 year sentences would calm down the ardor of most of the non-insane protestors.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 26, 2026 10:42 PM (HlyYF)

129 Posted by: Mark in SC at January 26, 2026 10:36 PM (1rSMD)

Thst was epic!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 26, 2026 10:42 PM (Vvh2V)

130 Wonder what he is planning to drop on Minneapolis?
A big stink bomb?
Posted by: Case at January 26, 2026 10:33 PM (E7+ue)

Enhanced radiation warhead?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 26, 2026 10:41 PM (8zz6B)

250,000 feral hogs for the Somalis?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 26, 2026 10:42 PM (S/Y4j)

131 120 In my paleontology class, we learned that the tail spikes on a stegosaurus were used primarily to sweep crusty packed snow off of Late Jurassic driveways!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 26, 2026 10:34 PM
***
You would think that tail spikes and spinal plates would guarantee survival but they were gone by the time the T-Rex arrived on the scene.

Posted by: TRex - late crustaceous dino at January 26, 2026 10:42 PM (IQ6Gq)

132 My favorite harmless prank started when the Lidl chain of grocery stores arrived in the USA. They originated in Germany and now have locations throughout Europe. Whenever I have a business trip taking me to Europe (Köln, Budapest, Prague), I bring back some flyers from the local Lidl and surreptitiously leave them in the US stores. I used to do the same thing with the free Metro newspaper which also is published in multiple cities and languages.

Posted by: Otto Zilch at January 26, 2026 10:42 PM (Ws2ua)

133 Fen, our little county roads couldn't handle snow removal. It scrapes away the thin layer of gravel covering the much-beloved washboard effect.

Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 26, 2026 10:42 PM (4b7CV)

134 I was assuming the ICE would expand and continue their LA surge, massively - since it's probably got more high value targets than the next 2-3 cities combined.

And to support this was assuming/hoping they'd set up an "Alligator Alcatraz" at Pendleton. Good practice for the engineers - and plenty of room. Last time something this was done, AFAIK, was back in mid-70s for Vietnamese refugees (real refugees). But I guess they've addressed their detention capacity issue enough to support expected pace of operations. And the LA surge came to an end - not operations, just at that level.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 26, 2026 10:43 PM (U/Byj)

135 Deport them all:

https://tinyurl.com/5n87k28x

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 26, 2026 10:44 PM (m24qK)

136 Another take from randos on Twitter


Another display of Trumps incredible capacity for restraint in the service of strategy. Made more powerful by his ability to keep his enemies convinced that he has the emotional control of a toddler.

I would guess they have Walz dead to rights and he doesn’t strike me as the kind of man to die for his principles.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 26, 2026 10:44 PM (rbvCR)

137 I would love to live in a place where I had a view of the sky uncontaminated by city lights. I recently started trying to memorize the names and locations of the 57 navigational stars for the northern hemisphere. I'm working on Orion and the Big Dipper right now. Why? I dunno... I'm easily distracted and get focused on weird things for no particular reason.

Posted by: PabloD at January 26, 2026 10:44 PM (pXTL4)

138 8th Circuit tells DHS they can pepper spray protestors to their heart's content.
———

Well no, they can’t spray protesters. We have to be extremely careful not to use leftist euphemisms. Pepper spray, tear gas, hickory shampoo - that stuff gets deployed in a Riot as far as I’m concerned.

There is no need, after all, to hit protesters with pepper spray (or anything else). It’s easy to slip into silliness on these phrases. Sometimes you’ll hear someone on “our side” talking about “violent rioters”

Is there any other kind?

Posted by: Common Tater at January 26, 2026 10:44 PM (tE2Wy)

139 You would think that tail spikes and spinal plates would guarantee survival but they were gone by the time the T-Rex arrived on the scene.

Posted by: TRex - late crustaceous dino at January 26, 2026 10:42 PM

They knew you were so terrifying that they preemptively surrendered!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 26, 2026 10:46 PM (HlyYF)

140 The brightest Star (planet??) in the sky by far is always just a bit “north” of the constellation Orion. What is that?

Posted by: Common Tater at January 26, 2026 10:47 PM (tE2Wy)

141 Wonder what he is planning to drop on Minneapolis?
A big stink bomb?
Posted by: Case at January 26, 2026 10:33 PM (E7+ue)

Enhanced radiation warhead?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 26, 2026 10:41 PM (8zz6B)

One can dream...

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 10:47 PM (snZF9)

142 Maybe a more random liquidation would be more artful - gas explosion at home takes out whole family, falling out windows, passes out on dumpster and compacted by garbage truck, stabbed by crackhead during robbery...
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 26, 2026 10:32 PM (/lPRQ)

Private jet accidents?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 26, 2026 10:48 PM (uQesX)

143 >>> 148 The brightest Star (planet??) in the sky by far is always just a bit “north” of the constellation Orion. What is that?
Posted by: Common Tater at January 26, 2026 10:47 PM (tE2Wy)

Because once you get past us things move really fcking slow around the Sun.

Jupiter will be there for a while...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 26, 2026 10:48 PM (ULPxl)

144 The brightest Star (planet??) in the sky by far is always just a bit “north” of the constellation Orion. What is that?

Posted by: Common Tater at January 26, 2026 10:47 PM (tE2Wy)

Brightest star is Sirius. Follow the belt of orion south and you'll see it.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 10:48 PM (snZF9)

145 Jeez, everyone I know seems to think Pretti was a noble martyr instead of an idiot who shouldn't have been there. "But he was just trying to help!" The local broadcasts have been awful.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v at January 26, 2026 10:39 PM (Kxi0p)

He was a useful idiot they will forget after the next outrage, whoever that is.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 10:48 PM (lpTXP)

146 Oh my gosh Grateful, that was a great practical joke at work, I am still chuckling. Good to see you, I am usually here way too late to say hi.

As to the top photo, the only place in New England that allows one to view a beautiful night sky is way up in Maine, such a beautiful state. The Somalis have established a foothold there.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 26, 2026 10:48 PM (0nHVk)

147 The teacher freaked out when he smelled gas and saw us passed out. He initially freaked out but quickly knew we pranked him and he never left us alone in class again.
Posted by: Mark in SC

Been funnier if he puled out a zippo, lit it, tossed it in, and closed the door

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 26, 2026 10:49 PM (/lPRQ)

148 147 They knew you were so terrifying that they preemptively surrendered!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 26, 2026 10:46 PM
***
Common misconception. Mostly peaceful dino.

Posted by: TRex - historical dino at January 26, 2026 10:49 PM (IQ6Gq)

149 I think Pretti was Pretti Stupid.

As they say:
How is it going in Minnisomalia?
Pretti Good.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 26, 2026 10:49 PM (a4flb)

150 Because once you get past us things move really fcking slow around the Sun.
Jupiter will be there for a while...
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

T2-a3=0

Posted by: Johnny Kepler at January 26, 2026 10:50 PM (gKWVE)

151 Evening, folken,

It took me a minute to "get" the Far Side cartoon. Sometimes the best ones are like that.

Still chilly here for one more night and day, then we'll have a few days of warmup, and then another freeze this weekend. Howzabout you?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 26, 2026 10:51 PM (wzUl9)

152 149 Wonder what he is planning to drop on Minneapolis?
A big stink bomb?
Posted by: Case at January 26, 2026 10:33 PM (E7+ue)

__________________________

I'm guessing quality over quanity. They likely have a clandestine apparatus that can just fit in with the crowd, can pass any inquiries from the locals, locate their target, grab them and depart. A more precise deployment under the radar. People will just start disappearing.

That's going to lead to ANTIFA doing something really stupid. It would, also, be entertaining as the press falls all over themselves to try and figure out what's going on.

Posted by: Orson at January 26, 2026 10:51 PM (dIske)

153
The brightest star is Sirius, Alpha Canis Majoris, the Alpha Big Dawg of the sky. It's moved a bit since the time of the ancient Egyptians, but over our lifetime, it's fixed relative to Orion.

Jupiter is up there close as well right now.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 26, 2026 10:52 PM (w6EFb)

154 Because once you get past us things move really fcking slow around the Sun.

Jupiter will be there for a while...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 26, 2026 10:48 PM (ULPxl)

The sun has only made 20 laps around our galaxy since its birth. Thats some shit. It takes something like 250 million years for one lap. Better not miss that bus. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 10:52 PM (snZF9)

155
[Gavin Newsom] “I think he may be in over his hairdo. Being on the national stage is very different than being governor—with no signature achievements…he brought kneepads, maybe that was for his meeting with Alex Soros.”
_Scott Bessent

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 26, 2026 10:53 PM (m24qK)

156 Pretti is now a good commie, but Good isn't pretty any more.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 26, 2026 10:53 PM (ULPxl)

157 ...and we all pretended like we were passed out with our heads on our desks.

OK, now that's frickin' funny! Even more so for the scale and coordination involved.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 26, 2026 10:53 PM (Fs0KI)

158 Friend sent a WSJ slug that claims this is in fact a collapse by Trump, that the always-wrong and idiotic concern about "optics" - of course screeched by the idiotic GOP - has led him to back down.

I doubt it. Oh - not the bit about the GOP. The GOP governor of OK (OK!!!) and that congressthing Comer publicly mewled about how icky it all was, and there was a need to reconsider. OK governor - not makin this up - even talked about the need for "immigration reform". In 2026. In this context. Stunning.

If there's any backing down, Trump will regret it, as will unfortunately the entire country. If a lawless state can shut down *removals of violent criminal aliens*, chances of effectively addressing 95% of the problem (non-criminal illegal aliens) drop to near zero. And that prospect already looks dim, based on tea leaves and policies.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 26, 2026 10:55 PM (U/Byj)

159 I like to buy a dingo jacket. Do any furriers carry that item?
Posted by: What's A Dingo Pelt Sell For?
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A few(!) years back, there was some woman who.was spinning dog fire into yarn and knitting sweaters out if it. Evidently, they were very warm,but has a major problem.
When they got wet, you smelled like wet dog.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 26, 2026 10:55 PM (IMmiQ)

160 My best prank in high school was filling our little concrete pond with about twenty-five 8# carp.

There were perfectly happy in there and drew a big crowd on Monday morning before school started.

Unfortunately, somebody dropped a dime on me and I got called into the principal's office at lunch.

His 2nd-floor office had a huge set of windows and looked out over the front of the school. As he was reading me the riot act, I could see lots of activity over his shoulder.

It turned out that a bunch of Vietnamese boys were in the pond with their pants rolled up. They would catch a carp and hand it to their sister in a jacket, and they were all running up the street towards home.

The principal finished with, "I want all of those fish out of there by the end of the day."

I replied, "Yes Dr. Roberts, I guarantee all of those fish will be gone by the end of the day!"

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 26, 2026 10:55 PM (HlyYF)

161 Since it came up, I took some decent photos of the moon a while ago:

https://is.gd/cPT329

Posted by: ... at January 26, 2026 10:56 PM (E0p3T)

162 to paraphrase Mathers "Rabbit" in 8 Mile, Bessent may be gay but Newsom is a faggit

Posted by: gKWVE at January 26, 2026 10:56 PM (gKWVE)

163 Posted by: PabloD at January 26, 2026 10:44 PM (pXTL4)

Have you thought about seeing if you have ADHD? No need to medicate oe anything, but that's a pretty common tell.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 26, 2026 10:57 PM (Vvh2V)

164 Portland seems to be in a hybrid zone. PD is mostly useless, but does eventually react to attacks on fed facilities, such as the one a few nights ago. If only to catch/release a few of the worst perps. Guessing they're trying to avoid making it to the top of the ICE whiteboard. Though there surely far fewer high priority targets there than in other major metros now being addressed.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 26, 2026 10:31 PM (U/Byj)

I am told but cannot verify that the Portland Cops have a list of people they are not to contact or speak to, and should they come into contact with them they are instructed to list the encounter as something like "suspicious car" or "loose dog"

the cops are reputed to not be happy about this sort of thing.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 26, 2026 10:57 PM (rbvCR)

165 >>>If the protesters are nice and polite and respectful of others, leave them be. If they are obnoxious and nasty, provoke them into rioting, and then bring the hammer down hard.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
--

BlueBird Busses and C-17s.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 26, 2026 10:58 PM (m24qK)

166 Agents (Bureau of Prisons, I think) only pointed rifles at the idiots after one idiot threw a big object and almost seriously injured one of them. Idiots scattered/ran. Hotel had already been vandalized.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 26, 2026 10:58 PM (U/Byj)

167 My two large volumes of Dave Larson's comics kept me sane (sort of) during the last two weeks of the election of President Trump One. As he beat the Hag like a rented mule in 2016.

I would be reading & snickering. Some bring me to tears that are my favorites.

I love the way he draws cows. Well, & people & everything about him.

On today's subject, I think MN is in for a big surprise. They don't know yet, but it's coming. I believe that Trump & Co. have it all in hand. With plans to use the information gathered against them. Other sanctuary cities should be on notice. I am also an eternal optimist.

They've reached The End of The Road.

I also love Alison Krauss and wth, here's one of my favorites off her new album. I had the privilege of seeing her live under the stars this past summer with my husband. One of the highlights of my year, and the first concert in decades.

Her voice is every bit as strong as it was when I first heard her over 20yrs ago. Pitch perfect & effortless. Incredibly talented musicians who love each other and what they do. It shows,y'all.

We were enthralled & the most polite 3k people to be together one summer night.

https://tinyurl.com/5843d7kz

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 26, 2026 10:58 PM (WONhk)

168 Somewhere around 1998 type to text audio was kind of a new software package that was bundled with my PC. Fun to mess around with. Had a selection of different voices, male and female. What to do with it?

It took a long time, a couple hours, but I crafted a fictitious “United States Army Automated Information Systems” cold calling program and spoofed my neighbor. He was really wondering where his next duty assignment would be. Let’s fuck with him!

Each oeriod after a phrase added a few seconds of time, I guessed how long it would be, spoofing how phone banks worked. “Press 1 if you wish to continue” etc. sure enough, I would hear him press the keys! Beeep. It was great.

So I had dial his number, he answers. It went like: (robotic computer voice)

“Welcome to the United States Army Automated Information System.

Important Career Information Follows For (pause)
(His full rank and name)

If you wish to continue please press 1 - beep!
Please enter your 9 digit social security #
He does!! He’s totally thinking this is legit

Posted by: Common Tater at January 26, 2026 11:00 PM (tE2Wy)

169 That's a Reader's Digest joke.

I say that in admiration, not accusation.
Posted by: Jack Squat Bupkis at January 26, 2026 10:33 PM (jYRYu)

It was in Bennett Cerf's Treasury of Atrocious Puns. I think Mom bought her copy brand new in 1968

Posted by: Kindltot at January 26, 2026 11:00 PM (rbvCR)

170 >>> 175 Portland seems to be in a hybrid zone. PD is mostly useless, but does eventually react to attacks on fed facilities, such as the one a few nights ago. If only to catch/release a few of the worst perps. Guessing they're trying to avoid making it to the top of the ICE whiteboard. Though there surely far fewer high priority targets there than in other major metros now being addressed.
Posted by: rhomboid at January 26, 2026 10:31 PM (U/Byj)

I am told but cannot verify that the Portland Cops have a list of people they are not to contact or speak to, and should they come into contact with them they are instructed to list the encounter as something like "suspicious car" or "loose dog"

the cops are reputed to not be happy about this sort of thing.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 26, 2026 10:57 PM (rbvCR)

Who would have the authority to provide such a list?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 26, 2026 11:00 PM (ULPxl)

171 Wolfus, have you talked with Avery yet?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 26, 2026 11:01 PM (uQesX)

172 Tammy al-Thor - I don't think I have ADHD; I can focus if needed. One of my friends described me as "intellectually curious," in that I tend to want to know everything about everything. You'd think that would apply to useful things, but no, I usually get distracted by the most random things imaginable.

Posted by: PabloD at January 26, 2026 11:02 PM (pXTL4)

173 Bessent. He is more than competent for his job and that's what I care about. He makes people crazy and that makes me happy.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 11:02 PM (lpTXP)

174 Wolfus, have you talked with Avery yet?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 26, 2026

***
I was going to ask you about that. I sent an email over a week ago. No reply yet.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 26, 2026 11:03 PM (wzUl9)

175 Hey there DDS, great to see you in the ONT. Please tell whomever the bartender is tonight to put all of your drinks on my tab!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 26, 2026 11:03 PM (IQ6Gq)

176 You'd think that would apply to useful things, but no, I usually get distracted by the most random things imaginable.
Posted by: PabloD at January 26, 2026 11:02 PM (pXTL4)

Hi!

Posted by: Squirrel! at January 26, 2026 11:03 PM (uQesX)

177 : PabloD at January 26, 2026 11:02 PM (pXTL4)

Random things ate usually the most interesting!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 26, 2026 11:03 PM (Vvh2V)

178 pepper spray protestors to their heart's content. I imagine that may have entered the conversation with Walz and Frey.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 26, 2026 10:05 PM (n2vmh)

Load up the water bombers with pepper spray and low level passes...please?

Posted by: a dude in MI at January 26, 2026 11:04 PM (+I6Y/)

179 For Gary Larson fans, he still posts a couple of his old cartoons every day.

https://tinyurl.com/4w5spmzv

If you follow the link, you can then put the correct url in your favorites.

I go to AOS and The Far Side every day. I think I may be a double-Moron!

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 26, 2026 11:04 PM (HlyYF)

180 While the zoom on my iPhone 13 isn’t quite up to the task, it does take great photos of the moon through a telescope. Sadly not up to photos of Saturn or Jupiter, at least with my skills with this much light pollution.

Got a decent photo of the comet going by two TxMoMes back, that I couldn’t see without binoculars. I forget how long the exposure was to get it.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 26, 2026 10:34 PM (EXyHK)

Yeah, I had a 13, and upgraded to a 17 Pro when my battery died this summer.

Now I have the ability to go to 15x, and supposedly there is a way to go to 40x, but I haven't found that function yet

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at January 26, 2026 11:05 PM (TTAGa)

181 I was going to ask you about that. I sent an email over a week ago. No reply yet.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 26, 2026 11:03 PM (wzUl9)

Hm. Usually get an answer the next day or so. I have half, so I was going to email her soon. I'll check if your email was received.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 26, 2026 11:05 PM (uQesX)

182 >> It takes something like 250 million years for one lap. Better not miss that bus. lol

The error bars on that "Galactic year" are a bit wide, IIRC the range is 225 - 250 million.

Since the galactic gravitational field is far from spherical and pure inverse square, that motion is not a simple Keplerian ellipse. There's is also an up and down motion, bobbing up and down through the galactic plane as it goes around. The Sun moves at 100 parsecs above or below the plane with a period of about 60 - 70 million years. And the error bars on that are even wider, I think.

We're currently on the upswing.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 26, 2026 11:05 PM (w6EFb)

183 Sometimes you’ll hear someone on “our side” talking about “violent rioters”

Is there any other kind?
Posted by: Common Tater

Oi!

Posted by: Quiet Riot at January 26, 2026 11:06 PM (VHUov)

184 The investment company who has some XPO Pension funds for me from my 1978-87 job has still not sent any paperwork about it. I called them today, almost two months since I first got in touch, and they say they are still calculating it up. I have no idea how much or little this might be. Apparently I need to call them in a couple of weeks as they suggested, and otherwise let it go for now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 26, 2026 11:06 PM (wzUl9)

185 Since it came up, I took some decent photos of the moon a while ago:

https://is.gd/cPT329
Posted by: ... at January 26, 2026 10:56 PM (E0p3T)


I saw a moon awhile ago.
Another fraternity brother thinking he's 19 again.
Very sad. But funny as hell.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 26, 2026 11:06 PM (2WIwB)

186 Someone called in sick for the night shift at the truck stop glory hole and is hanging out here instead....

Posted by: PabloD at January 26, 2026 11:06 PM (pXTL4)

187 I'm guessing quality over quanity. They likely have a clandestine apparatus that can just fit in with the crowd, can pass any inquiries from the locals, locate their target, grab them and depart. A more precise deployment under the radar. People will just start disappearing.

That's going to lead to ANTIFA doing something really stupid. It would, also, be entertaining as the press falls all over themselves to try and figure out what's going on.
Posted by: Orson



Disappear the leaders of Antifa. Put out word that they were government agents and took their money and ran after dropping dimes.

Sit back and watch Antifa eat each other as trust drops to zero.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 26, 2026 11:07 PM (zILP0)

188 We're currently on the upswing.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 26, 2026 11:05 PM

Only as long as we still have Trump and not the normal RINOs running the GOP.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at January 26, 2026 11:08 PM (HlyYF)

189 >>omeone called in sick for the night shift at the truck stop glory hole and is hanging out here instead....
-------

Yep:

(8umiS)

Posted by: JQ at January 26, 2026 11:08 PM (rdVOm)

190 Time to take a break. Don't y'all say anything I'd want to read while I'm gone.
🙄

Posted by: mindful webworker - wants to read everything at January 26, 2026 11:08 PM (OJSFI)

191 A state trooper saw the whole thing. He pulled the marine biologist over, and arrested him for transporting underage gulls across a staid lion for immortal porpoises.

-------------

I can even hear Muldoon groaning from here ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Who's Gonna Be Today's FAFO Darwin Award Winner? at January 26, 2026 11:09 PM (V+K+8)

192 186 Bessent. He is more than competent for his job and that's what I care about. He makes people crazy and that makes me happy.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
---

Yeah, he pulled kneepads on Newsom.
What's Newsom going to do?
Call him a bigot, a homophobe?
hahahahaha

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 26, 2026 11:10 PM (m24qK)

193 OK, time to go muck around with one of my useless distractions. Be well, Hordelings; keep your powder dry.

Posted by: PabloD at January 26, 2026 11:10 PM (pXTL4)

194 TACO (8umiS)

there's always someone who can't hold it in at the bathhouse hot tub

Posted by: gKWVE at January 26, 2026 11:10 PM (gKWVE)

195 Time to light the oven for a while.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 26, 2026 11:10 PM (m24qK)

196 The Sun moves at 100 parsecs above or below the plane with a period of about 60 - 70 million years. And the error bars on that are even wider, I think.

We're currently on the upswing.
Posted by: publius


I know a guy who can do it in 12.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 26, 2026 11:10 PM (zILP0)

197 Who would have the authority to provide such a list?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 26, 2026 11:00 PM (ULPxl)

The cops and the chief work for the city. So that is where you start.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 26, 2026 11:11 PM (rbvCR)

198 I wonder if it would have been wiser for the administration to bring charges against Tampon Timmy and Frey first, before ramping up ICE in MN. Nobody is even talking about the damned fraud, which is exactly what the Dems want.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v at January 26, 2026 11:11 PM (Kxi0p)

199 Happy hour snacks tonight are: potstickers (with spicy dipping sauce!) and "pork & seeds"....

Posted by: JQ at January 26, 2026 11:11 PM (rdVOm)

200 Just sent an email, Wolfus.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 26, 2026 11:12 PM (uQesX)

201 Tammy al-Thor - I don't think I have ADHD; I can focus if needed. One of my friends described me as "intellectually curious," in that I tend to want to know everything about everything. You'd think that would apply to useful things, but no, I usually get distracted by the most random things imaginable.
Posted by: PabloD at January 26, 2026 11:02 PM (pXTL4)

The classic definition of a "dullard" is someone who goes to look up something in the encyclopedia, pulls out the volume, finds the correct article, reads it and makes notes, and then puts it back.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 26, 2026 11:12 PM (rbvCR)

202 Wonder what he is planning to drop on Minneapolis?
A big stink bomb?
Posted by: Case

Who would notice?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 26, 2026 10:59 PM (pkeXY)

Perhaps an enema is in order.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 26, 2026 11:13 PM (S/Y4j)

203 >>> 216 I wonder if it would have been wiser for the administration to bring charges against Tampon Timmy and Frey first, before ramping up ICE in MN. Nobody is even talking about the damned fraud, which is exactly what the Dems want.
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v at January 26, 2026 11:11 PM (Kxi0p)

Think of it this way: the little twats have shown even many LIVs how far they'll go to cover their own asses.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 26, 2026 11:13 PM (ULPxl)

204 Hope there are some spicy Margaritas, JQ. But none for the pendejo.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 11:13 PM (lpTXP)

205 I wonder how many ELINT and observation drones they have had circling Minneapolis during the riots, this time?

Posted by: Kindltot at January 26, 2026 11:14 PM (rbvCR)

206 Wonder what he is planning to drop on Minneapolis?
A big stink bomb?
Posted by: Case
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A massive dose of RU486 in the water supply?

Posted by: JQ at January 26, 2026 11:14 PM (rdVOm)

207 JQ, did everything work out the other night with your family member? Is he safe?

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v at January 26, 2026 11:15 PM (Kxi0p)

208 Wonder what he is planning to drop on Minneapolis?
A big stink bomb?
Posted by: Case

Who would notice?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr

You might notice this time of year. A lot of the fermentation and rot slows down at -8 F.

Posted by: mikeski, chillingly at January 26, 2026 11:16 PM (VHUov)

209 OK, proposal:

I would have preferred 2 feet of snow and 20 degrees to this snow and ice and 3 degrees.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 26, 2026 11:16 PM (bss/y)

210
I'm guessing quality over quanity. They likely have a clandestine apparatus that can just fit in with the crowd, can pass any inquiries from the locals, locate their target, grab them and depart. A more precise deployment under the radar. People will just start disappearing.

That's going to lead to ANTIFA doing something really stupid. It would, also, be entertaining as the press falls all over themselves to try and figure out what's going on.
Posted by: Orson at January 26, 2026 10:51 PM (dIske)


I hope so.
I used to train on how to do this.
If not, you can bet your ass local towns like mine won't tolerate this bullshit. Vigilante time is looming.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 26, 2026 11:16 PM (2WIwB)

211 Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v at January 26, 2026 11:11 PM (Kxi0p)

I was asking about you not long back. Nice to see you around!

Posted by: ... at January 26, 2026 11:16 PM (E0p3T)

212 Hope there are some spicy Margaritas, JQ. But none for the pendejo.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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¡Sí!

Posted by: JQ at January 26, 2026 11:16 PM (rdVOm)

213
Sit back and watch Antifa eat each other as trust drops to zero.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 26, 2026 11:07 PM (zILP0)

What do you think of the possibility that Don Lemon didn't earn an arrest warrant because he is an FBI snitch?

Posted by: Kindltot at January 26, 2026 11:17 PM (rbvCR)

214 Nice to see you too!

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v at January 26, 2026 11:17 PM (Kxi0p)

215 The brightest Star (planet??) in the sky by far is always just a bit “north” of the constellation Orion. What is that?
Posted by: Common Tater
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Are you serious?😁

Posted by: buddhaha at January 26, 2026 11:17 PM (IMmiQ)

216 A massive dose of RU486 in the water supply?
Posted by: JQ

Be careful trying to poison us Minnesotans..... Minneapolis' used water supply winds up going down the Mississippi River.

Posted by: mikeski, abortively at January 26, 2026 11:18 PM (VHUov)

217 JQ, did everything work out the other night with your family member? Is he safe?
Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v
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He was alive, in CA, as of last week. Waiting for him to be "found" again & contact me.

Posted by: JQ at January 26, 2026 11:18 PM (rdVOm)

218 So it's a bit icy here In CenTex. My car's hood, windshield, and roof is covered in snow that turned into ice and is parked in my driveway that gets very little sun in the winter. Husband tells me I need to go clear my wipers/ windshield so I can get to work tomorrow morning. So I go start my car and run the defroster then start working on the outside scraping the ice off with a very soft spatula. I clear most of the ice off and jump into the car and take it around the block and park it back in the driveway. About 3 hours later my husband asks me why I parked so far back, almost in the street and blocking the sidewalk. I said I wouldn't park like that, I thought he was yanking my chain. My spawn pulled up the driveway camera and sure enough my car had slid backwards about 8 feet. I didn't park exactly when I was before and apparently was on ice... that could have ended very badly.
Oh, and my windshield is cracked from the temperature extremes of ice, heat from the defroster. And did I mention my pipes froze for a while on one side of my house last night and I woke up to no hot water???

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 26, 2026 11:18 PM (VCgbV)

219 What do you think of the possibility that Don Lemon didn't earn an arrest warrant because he is an FBI snitch?
Posted by: Kindltot

That is probably only the 17th-craziest thing I've read today.

Posted by: mikeski, adjusting tinfoil hat at January 26, 2026 11:19 PM (VHUov)

220 I can't recall a practical joke, which may be weird, all things considered in my life.

I'd say some random frat boys pulled the best one on me and my then bf/now husband. I've told it before, but wth.

My mother flew out for my December college graduation and finishing nursing school.

It was the first time she met my future husband and visited. We were on our best behavior and picked her up at her hotel for breakfast. Then toured a bit of the city and drove to my college to show where my parent's money had been going for 2.5yrs.

We rounded a corner and there it was! A 10' anatomically correct erect snow sculpture in front of a boy's dorm!!!

My bf and I locked eyes in the rear view mirror (I was in the backseat; and my proper Southern mother in the front passenger seat). It was RIGHT THERE on her side of the car.

I had to bite my tongue to keep from laughing hysterically. He had tears in his eyes. There was dead silence for about a block.

I asked her decades later what she thought and she claims she does not remember! Maybe she somehow thought a large snowman (who was circumcised).

We will never forget. I almost died right there on the back seat suppressing laughter.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 26, 2026 11:19 PM (WONhk)

221 Posted by: mikeski, abortively at January 26, 2026 11:18 PM
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Sorry. You know I'd want it to *only* affect the bad actors there.

Posted by: JQ at January 26, 2026 11:20 PM (rdVOm)

222 OK, proposal:

I would have preferred 2 feet of snow and 20 degrees to this snow and ice and 3 degrees.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 26, 2026 11:16 PM (bss/y)

But you'll get this and be glad.
https://tinyurl.com/yz8pc5xs

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 11:21 PM (lpTXP)

223 What do you think of the possibility that Don Lemon didn't earn an arrest warrant because he is an FBI snitch?
Posted by: Kindltot

LOL but not a chance in fuck. He likely went in knowing he is protected. Kind of a thing among Democrats.

Posted by: ... at January 26, 2026 11:21 PM (E0p3T)

224 I don't even want to take the dog out to pee, its so damn cold out. To stand in the cold to protect gangbangers and fraudsters means you're a special sort of idiot.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v at January 26, 2026 11:21 PM (Kxi0p)

225 When and if the indictments for fraud come for the vile buffoon Walz et al, there will be plenty of attention. This week's festivities will have no effect on that.

Meanwhile, local PD deployed to protect two different Mpls hotels - a first in this disgraceful episode.

Contra the idiot GOP and the WSJ, I don't think there's any backing down by the WH. Spokesblonde laid it out clearly this morning.

If locals cooperate normally with ICE, then - of course - things will change. The whole reason for the scope and size of the operation in Mpls is *because of its aggressive insane "sanctuary" idiocy*. If the relevant parts of that are gone, so is the need for a "surge".

Posted by: rhomboid at January 26, 2026 11:21 PM (U/Byj)

226 Christy, a friend of mine lived in the first floor of the dorms, overlooking one of the main walkways to the dorm cafeteria. One day I wrote "Frogs in Bondage" on his window in green crayon, which he was not so pissed about, except that the college president and some important alumni wandered by that afternoon and gave it a serious side-eye.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 26, 2026 11:23 PM (rbvCR)

227 In outdoor cat news, the slim gray shorthair who knows us by sight and runs to my door to get his dry food handout showed up just now. It's right at freezing out there. We suspect he has a regular home -- but if so, what are they doing letting him out on such a cold night???

I've got just enough dry food for my monsters for tomorrow morning. So I gave him the good stuff, wet Friskies. If I had a garage or a shed I'd be glad to let him shelter from the weather, but I don't.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 26, 2026 11:23 PM (wzUl9)

228 Oh, and my windshield is cracked from the temperature extremes of ice, heat from the defroster.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended

Weird. If that were typical, there wouldn't be an un-cracked windshield north of Illinois. Heater/defroster full blast to melt the bottom layer of the ice is how it's done. And we do it when it's -25 F out.

Posted by: mikeski at January 26, 2026 11:24 PM (VHUov)

229 To the tune of Fiddler on the Roof's "Match Maker":

Playing with flashbangs
A girl can get burned....

https://tinyurl.com/5n6jdfrx

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 26, 2026 11:24 PM (oI05U)

230
Path of Jupiter in the sky over the next 4 years:
https://is.gd/qT3IIB

Note the retrograde motion, back and forth. That's due to the Erf whipping around the Sun about 12 times for Jupiter's once. That's parallax afoot.

And that's where parsec comes from. Parsec = parallax arcsecond. One parsec is the distance (heliocentric) of an object with a parallax of one arcsecond (you see how much an object moves 6 months apart when the earth is on the opposite side of the sun.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 26, 2026 11:25 PM (w6EFb)

231 What do you think of the possibility that Don Lemon didn't earn an arrest warrant because he is an FBI snitch?
Posted by: Kindltot


That's a hard call. If he was, they could have faked the arrest and let him go later, quietly.

If he wasn't, they were truly scared of arresting a reporter. I know he's not, but the optics are truly sub optimal.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 26, 2026 11:26 PM (zILP0)

232 Oh - and now reports of stepped up ICE activity in Phoenix tonight.

More than a week ago, either an insanely stupid, or authorized (and stlll insanely stupid) leak came out that Phoenix was soon to be the target of an ICE "surge". So maybe here it is.

Cannot figure out the value of telegraphing ICE's next punch like this. But it keeps happening.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 26, 2026 11:26 PM (U/Byj)

233 mikeski,
I had several dings already so it was bound to happen...

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 26, 2026 11:27 PM (VCgbV)

234 >>>up something in the encyclopedia, pulls out the volume, finds the correct article, reads it and makes notes, and then puts it back.
Posted by: Kindltot
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Your talking about a card catalog at the library, aren't you?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 26, 2026 11:27 PM (m24qK)

235 One of my coworkers had enough and finally confronted her. He very seriously told her that crystals cloud the mind and damage neural activiity.
——

Ha! Reminds me of a whack job eBay seller I knew of, she didn’t know my handle, but I knew hers. She had some good items, she was a good “picker” but she had a few goofy items, crystals and such that “improve your feelings of calmness and well being” and that kind of bullshit.

So I write to her “Ask Seller A Question” about an item, one of the crystals. “Hey, if I don’t feel any better or one with the universe after communing with one of your crystals, can I get a refund?”

“Absolutely not” was the reply. LOL! Well I had fun with her! eBay has screwy rules that do not favor the sellers, and I knew all the right buttons to push.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 26, 2026 11:27 PM (tE2Wy)

236 The guy with no social media in the Cafe thread sounds like me. I'm here or nowhere ... And the name of the place is "I Like It Like That" (Dave Clark Five)

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 26, 2026 11:28 PM (igRTw)

237 Hot Sake, for those who dare, LOL... Take your breath away in cold weather!

Posted by: JQ at January 26, 2026 11:28 PM (rdVOm)

238
17F here at 30 minutes before midnight.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 26, 2026 11:28 PM (w6EFb)

239 😂😂😂

You want Civil War..

but can't handle entry level explosives. 🤦‍♂️

Posted by: rickb223 at January 26, 2026 11:30 PM (zILP0)

240 Oh, and after all that...the boss decided to have everyone WFH again tomorrow since the schools are closed again. Still lots of ice around and another sub 20 night.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 26, 2026 11:30 PM (VCgbV)

241 lin-duh, look into freeze mizers on Amazon. You put them on outdoor faucets to drip. They are useful and made in TX.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 11:30 PM (lpTXP)

242 Oh, and after all that...the boss decided to have everyone WFH again tomorrow since the schools are closed again. Still lots of ice around and another sub 20 night.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended


Our did the same. I think sometime tomorrow after lunch is when we finally get above freezing.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 26, 2026 11:32 PM (zILP0)

243 We suspect he has a regular home -- but if so, what are they doing letting him out on such a cold night???
——-

That’s easy. They know you’re a softie, and will feed him

Posted by: Common Tater at January 26, 2026 11:33 PM (tE2Wy)

244 The troll decided to speak some truth.

Posted by: Ouch the Grouch at January 26, 2026 11:34 PM (ZdhjE)

245 Tortilla
Nachos
Amigos
Que pasa
Posted by: TACO at January 26, 2026

***
Paso Por Aqui

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 26, 2026 11:34 PM (wzUl9)

246 Shirley Bassey sings "Blown Finger!"

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 26, 2026 11:28 PM (8zz6B)
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Theme song to the movie "Digits Blow Up."

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 26, 2026 11:35 PM (oI05U)

247 Has anyone else noticed that Trace Gallagher (LA Fox guy) is wearing a SeaHawks themed tie?

Posted by: Diogenes at January 26, 2026 11:35 PM (2WIwB)

248 Weird. If that were typical, there wouldn't be an un-cracked windshield north of Illinois. Heater/defroster full blast to melt the bottom layer of the ice is how it's done. And we do it when it's -25 F out.
Posted by: mikeski
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My windshield has a rock-chip that's starting to grow a "spider leg". I keep washer fluid in a spray bottle, out in the car, to spray ice/frost before starting up, and then keep the defrost temp fairly low. Don't want to replace that windshield *again*-- takes all day due to radar re-calibration.

Posted by: JQ at January 26, 2026 11:36 PM (rdVOm)

249 17F here at 30 minutes before midnight.
Posted by: publius
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7.7 deg. in A'ville

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 26, 2026 11:36 PM (XeU6L)

250 BarelyScaryMary,
My outside faucets are fine. It has something to do with the one tankless hot water heater and the water line feeding it. I'm just running a faucet connected to that system on a low stream so it doesn't freeze again. Doesn't seem to happen when there is a lighter freeze but it was in the teens last night.

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 26, 2026 11:37 PM (VCgbV)

251 Watching "A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night" which is an Iranian horror movie made and produced in the US. It's really good so far, with an amazing sound design (among other things).

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 26, 2026 11:41 PM (CHHv1)

252 Popping back in for a mo

In Mark Dice's latest, he does a fair job of pointing out that the Republicans and the Administration are mischaracterizing the suicide-by-ICE incident almost as badly as the Democraps and the propaganda media, which ill-serves the Truth and ICE's work. Ends with a good clip from Andrew Branca about it.

https://youtu.be/gTLFPQZOnMY

(This may be the first Dice video in a while where he didn't somehow skew into his tiresome anti-Israel hangup.)

Okay, ducking back out again.

Posted by: mindful webworker - relatively absolute at January 26, 2026 11:42 PM (OJSFI)

253 >> 7.7 deg. in A'ville

You need to get one of the weather stations so you can put it up on Wunderground. I'd love to see and compare.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 26, 2026 11:42 PM (w6EFb)

254 The second in Clifton Webb's "Mr. Belvedere" movie series is on Movies! now. As far as I know, this character, the waspish schoolteacher, is the source for the '80s TV series, though they softened him considerably for television. Webb was an unlikely movie star -- but in the late '40s and early '50s he was quite the box-office draw. This flick has a teenage or young adult Shirley Temple in it as well. No idea why the movie-going public didn't take to her as an adult; she was lovely.

Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck are up next in Meet John Doe. I wish Movies! would schedule the major classic flicks like that one in prime time more often.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 26, 2026 11:42 PM (wzUl9)

255
Check out "Wundermap" (just put that right in the search bar). Zoom in and you'll see the network of personal weather stations. You can see what it looks like in your neck of the woods.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 26, 2026 11:45 PM (w6EFb)

256
Goodnight Morons. Tomorrow do something I wanted to this year with my grands...blow some bubbles onto the frozen snow in below freezing temps. Fern like designs apppear on the bubbles. But it was (so far) not to be this year. We normally have snow on the ground for December and January.

We tried it once last year and our toddler girl kept stomping the bubbles.

The voice of an angel Alison has.

And I remember someone I also cannot forget in this song.

Life has been good to me.

https://tinyurl.com/smsfrhak

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 26, 2026 11:46 PM (WONhk)

257 Oh, and my windshield is cracked from the temperature extremes of ice, heat from the defroster.
Posted by: lin-duh is offended
*******
Weird. If that were typical, there wouldn't be an un-cracked windshield north of Illinois. Heater/defroster full blast to melt the bottom layer of the ice is how it's done. And we do it when it's -25 F out.
Posted by: mikeski
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I watched it happen in real time as I was driving down the freeway. BUT...
I had a small crack (about an inch long) at the bottom.of the windshield. It extended up.about 5 inches, then made a right turn and ran over to the edge. Total time was about 20 seconds.
I suspect that an intact windshield should be immune, but any flaw would trigger it.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 26, 2026 11:46 PM (IMmiQ)

258 My windshield has a rock-chip that's starting to grow a "spider leg". I keep washer fluid in a spray bottle, out in the car, to spray ice/frost before starting up, and then keep the defrost temp fairly low. Don't want to replace that windshield *again*-- takes all day due to radar re-calibration.

Posted by: JQ at January 26, 2026 11:36 PM (rdVOm)

safelite repairs safelite replace. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 11:47 PM (snZF9)

259 I dozed off during the episode of Deep Space Nine's fifth season we were watching on DVD. This was the second one tonight. One is apparently all I can handle at a time. The series had a lot to recommend it, but when they start gabbling about religions on the local planet and mysticism centering on Sisko, my brain drifts off.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 26, 2026 11:49 PM (wzUl9)

260
Well shit fire, now 15F.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 26, 2026 11:49 PM (w6EFb)

261 It's forty degrees in Big Timber Montana.
What's up with that?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 26, 2026 11:49 PM (m24qK)

262
Since it came up, I took some decent photos of the moon a while ago:

https://is.gd/cPT329
Posted by: ...

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Those are neat!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 26, 2026 11:50 PM (T8f42)

263 It's forty degrees in Big Timber Montana.
What's up with that?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 26, 2026

***
The entire country's heat rose and drifted up there?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 26, 2026 11:51 PM (wzUl9)

264 safelite repairs safelite replace. lol
Posted by: Berserker
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Already had "chip repair" but it's not staying repaired, LOL.

Replaced windshield once already-- had a chip, got chip repair... and then sun came out on a frigid day... CRACK!

When it finally grows across my viewing area, I will get it replaced. Again. Sh@tty thin glass, grrrrrr..........

Posted by: JQ at January 26, 2026 11:52 PM (rdVOm)

265 23 degrees in BFE, TX. Faucets dripping.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 11:52 PM (lpTXP)

266 If I were a Medical student at the University of Minnesota, and it was demanded of me to support “Indigenous Ways of Healing” I’d simply demand the hottest babe on campus be presented to me, and we need to fuck right now to ensure a bountiful harvest, a good hunt and keep the evil spirits away, etc.

Every day several times a day, for at least a week or so should be most efficacious.

Posted by: Just Sayin at January 26, 2026 11:53 PM (tE2Wy)

267 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 26, 2026 11:50 PM (T8f42)

Thanks Blondie. I was hoping someone would like...

Posted by: ... at January 26, 2026 11:54 PM (E0p3T)

268
That seems to check out for Big Timber. Every so often, you'll notice a station that is obviously way off, malfunction, or someone doing something stupid. If a station looks odd, compare to the all the closest stations you can find on the map there. Expect some local variation, but not something ridiculous.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 26, 2026 11:54 PM (w6EFb)

269 S'pose it's time for me to head off to bed. The big black cat will probably wake me in time for the Tech Thread, darn him.

Cold or no cold, I need to run out tomorrow for some dry chow for the cats and maybe to grab a few other items for me. Maybe get a hot coffee and a croissant at a coffee shop while I'm out.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 26, 2026 11:55 PM (wzUl9)

270 Tortilla
Nachos
Amigos
Que pasa
Posted by: TACO at January 26, 2026
***
Paso Por Aqui
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius,
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Cerveza por favor.
Donde es banos?

Posted by: buddhaha at January 26, 2026 11:55 PM (IMmiQ)

271 Evening all.

Posted by: Joyenz at January 26, 2026 11:55 PM (2F0/Y)

272 >> I took some decent photos of the moon a while ago:

Very nice. And you can see the subtle hints of the colors there, too. The "mineral moon" colors.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 26, 2026 11:56 PM (w6EFb)

273 Mpls PD/Hennepin Sheriff apparently actually doing their job tonight, protecting at least one hotel - but not sure where it is.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 26, 2026 11:56 PM (U/Byj)

274
536yb35y56
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Let's see... carry the 2, check what the 'y' operation is...

D.R.I.N.K.M.O.R.E.O.V.A.L.T.I.N.E

...a crummy commercial!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 26, 2026 11:57 PM (xG4kz)

275 Turns out while my snowbower was living in the shed for the last 2 years some bastard mouse built a nest in the airbox. Didn't think about it. I test fired it a few days before the storm and it fired up. Today while digging out it dies at the end of my frigging driveway and I had to drag it back up to the garage. I figured let me check the spark plug and see if it gets spark. I had to pull the cover on the airbox to get to the spark plug which also holds the on/off switch. I see the nest, and the little fuck ate the insulation off the wires going to the on/off switch, so during vibration they touched and killed the frigging motor. I had to vacume out the airbox, then take the plug off the switch and shrink tube the wires and it fired right back up. My brother thinks I'm Caligula because I lay waste to mice instead of trapping them and releasing them. This is why. Fuck them.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 11:59 PM (snZF9)

276 DogeDesigner@cb_doge . 5h

Meta Whistleblowers say WhatsApp private chats can be read by the company, despite promises of end to end encryption.

A lawsuit filed in US court claims Meta misled billions of users worldwide into believing their messages were fully private.
--

No, this can't be. Meta nee Zuckerberg can't be trusted, shocked to the core I am.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 27, 2026 12:01 AM (m24qK)

277 My brother thinks I'm Caligula because I lay waste to mice instead of trapping them and releasing them. This is why. Fuck them.
Posted by: Berserker
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Hail, Caligula!

If you can't have a cat, snap traps are the next best thing...

Posted by: JQ at January 27, 2026 12:02 AM (rdVOm)

278 Well shit fire, now 15F.
Posted by: publius
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7 deg. even now.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 27, 2026 12:03 AM (XeU6L)

279 Wonder what he is planning to drop on Minneapolis?
A big stink bomb?
Posted by: Case

Well, here's one thing:
@WomanDefiner
State police are bringing in LRAD's now to clear the protesters. All the agencies from Minnesota are here. Trump absolutely won.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 27, 2026 12:03 AM (mlg/3)

280 Private chats aren't private? Next you'll be saying it's bad idea to get violent with LEOs .

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 12:05 AM (lpTXP)

281 Hail, Caligula!

If you can't have a cat, snap traps are the next best thing...

Posted by: JQ at January 27, 2026 12:02 AM (rdVOm)

Snap traps kick ass. I mod them to make them super sensitive. None shall pass, lol. My neighbor's cat takes great interest in patrolling my yard. I don't ever see mice around here. The shed is in a far corner of the yard. Once I do a pole barn that shed is getting detonated.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 12:06 AM (snZF9)

282 Turns out while my snowbower was living in the shed for the last 2 years some bastard mouse built a nest in the airbox.
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Heh. Hauled my generator out post-Helen. After previous use I had run/drained carb dry,drained the tank,and left the fill cap off. Discovered (before filling!) that mouse had constructed a shoebox sized nest inside. The inside was gummy with rodent urine/feces.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 27, 2026 12:07 AM (XeU6L)

283 The series had a lot to recommend it, but when they start gabbling about religions on the local planet and mysticism centering on Sisko, my brain drifts off.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 26, 2026 11:49 PM (wzUl9)“

I enjoyed those episodes, because they were ST going in a direction the previous series never explored much, and they did a decent job with it.

Fun trivia: the Bajoran religious leader Kai Winn was previously Nurse Ratchett.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 27, 2026 12:07 AM (Sxl5b)

284 jon del arroz is claiming that Paramount is not renewing StarFleet Academy.
But they already have season 1 in the can and season 2 is in production so, I dunno.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 27, 2026 12:08 AM (gKWVE)

285 Here is the best version of Ripple I have ever heard by far

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=705xVHMgBZA

Posted by: Ripley at January 27, 2026 12:08 AM (PTDkx)

286 Louise Fletcher was a brilliant actress.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 27, 2026 12:09 AM (gKWVE)

287 Garak was my favorite DS9 character. And then Morn. He was a man of few words but I enjoyed his presence.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 27, 2026 12:09 AM (lpTXP)

288 Prank: a sales manager from corporate was visiting a branch back east. The local salesmen meet him at his hotel the next morning. They saw he had a white rental car so they told him a local radio runs a daiIy promotion with the toll roads in town. White is the car that day, so he wouldn't have to pay anything.

As they drove to visit customers the manager followed the salesmen. At each booth they told the person in the booth that they were also paying for the car behind them. Until the last one!

Of course police chased him down and asked what the hell he thought he was doing. All he could say was "But I have the car of the day!"

Posted by: 496 at January 27, 2026 12:10 AM (WeJ8p)

289 We had a dog, until 2019... She was so good, she would catch mice too! But she was so nosy, LOL. Got into the shop one day & nosed a mousetrap. *Ouch!*

It was a couple of months before she'd set foot into the shop again. Poor baby. So smart.

Posted by: JQ at January 27, 2026 12:10 AM (rdVOm)

290 Heh. Hauled my generator out post-Helen. After previous use I had run/drained carb dry,drained the tank,and left the fill cap off. Discovered (before filling!) that mouse had constructed a shoebox sized nest inside. The inside was gummy with rodent urine/feces.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 27, 2026 12:07 AM (XeU6L)

I stuff rags into the exhaust pipes on the harley. I had a customer one time where a mouse ran up the drag pipe and the exhaust valve was open. The little bastard packed his cylinder with shit. Ended up redoing the whole top end.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 12:10 AM (snZF9)

291
I spent on the order of four hours this afternoon running the snowblower to clear off our driveway and front sidewalk. I was grateful for its electric starter, as I started up right away after having not been used for probably four years. I'm tired, but not (yet) aching, and glad to have put the task vehind me.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 27, 2026 12:11 AM (xG4kz)

292 Very nice. And you can see the subtle hints of the colors there, too. The "mineral moon" colors.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 26, 2026 11:56 PM (w6EFb)

Yes I always liked that about that one - didn't know what it was - just learned something and now wondering if I have my old RAW files of that night to play

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 12:12 AM (E0p3T)

293 Yeah at one location they lined up snow-plow trucks bumper to bumper to form a wall. Arrested a few of the small crowd of idiot noisemakers. Didn't see the LRAD on the video stream, but did see a still of it earlier. Nice.

Tomorrow might tell, but this a yuuuge change in local LE posture from the beginning of this episode.

If ICE operations continue tomorrow with local LE keeping order, it will smell like victory.

Though the big question on immigration will remain unanswered, likely for some time.

Posted by: rhomboid at January 27, 2026 12:13 AM (U/Byj)

294 I spent on the order of four hours this afternoon running the snowblower to clear off our driveway and front sidewalk. I was grateful for its electric starter, as I started up right away after having not been used for probably four years. I'm tired, but not (yet) aching, and glad to have put the task vehind me.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 27, 2026 12:11 AM (xG4kz)

Mine has an electric start. Good thing, because that damn thing will not start with the pull cord, warm or not.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 12:13 AM (snZF9)

295 But they already have season 1 in the can and season 2 is in production so, I dunno.
Posted by: gKWVE

Between 6 to 9 million an episode I can see why. Woof.

Garak was my favorite DS9 character. And then Morn. He was a man of few words but I enjoyed his presence.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

Apparently Morn only had one line of dialog, but it was in a German dub.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 27, 2026 12:13 AM (mlg/3)

296 >> now wondering if I have my old RAW files of that night to play

That would be fun to see if you can pull those colors out, indeed.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 27, 2026 12:15 AM (w6EFb)

297 The best part, after I get 3/4 done with my driveway, which is 30X100, my neighbor cruises over with his Kubota. Says hey I can clear the heavy shit if you need. argh.....

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 12:16 AM (snZF9)

298
N E S T L E S, Nestles makes the very best
......chocolate

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 27, 2026 12:17 AM (m24qK)

299 My brother thinks I'm Caligula because I lay waste to mice instead of trapping them and releasing them. This is why. Fuck them.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 11:59 PM (snZF9)

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I'm with you.
The little monsters did $2,000 worth of damage under to my engine wiring. I couldn't use the garage one winter when the house was remodeled. Love that warm engine.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 27, 2026 12:17 AM (9RvnV)

300 Mine has an electric start. Good thing, because that damn thing will not start with the pull cord, warm or not.
Posted by: Berserker
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I am reminded that the old Maytag gas-engined washing machines had a kickstarter. Not sure what brought that to mind...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 27, 2026 12:17 AM (XeU6L)

301 Fun trivia: the Bajoran religious leader Kai Winn was previously Nurse Ratchett.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 27, 2026 12:07 AM (Sxl5b)

There was no character in the history of star trek I wanted to see shoved out of an airlock more than Kai Winn.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 12:18 AM (snZF9)

302 That would be fun to see if you can pull those colors out, indeed.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 27, 2026 12:15 AM (w6EFb)

Watch this space...... eventually

Posted by: ... at January 27, 2026 12:19 AM (E0p3T)

303 I'm with you.
The little monsters did $2,000 worth of damage under to my engine wiring. I couldn't use the garage one winter when the house was remodeled. Love that warm engine.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 27, 2026 12:17 AM (9RvnV)

Those little bastards will burn your frigging house down.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 12:20 AM (snZF9)

304 A woman named Claire Louise Feng has been charged with biting the finger off of a border patrol agent in Minneapolis.
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Is she kin to Fang?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 27, 2026 12:22 AM (m24qK)

305 What are we sposed to do when the AI agent is drunk off its ass? I may have missed that in the safety meeting that I totally attended.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 27, 2026 12:22 AM (w/O5Q)

306 I swear, that Soros spawn is a kiddy-diddler. And a sociopath. The boy just oozes "ick".

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 27, 2026 12:28 AM (SRRAx)

307 Saw three of them run across my living room floor one sub-zero night, years ago. Stuffed copper mesh/caulk in some gaps in the boards under the siding. Worked until I saw one tiny mouse this year; SNAP!

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 27, 2026 12:31 AM (fKTed)

308 319 Saw three of them run across my living room floor one sub-zero night, years ago. Stuffed copper mesh/caulk in some gaps in the boards under the siding. Worked until I saw one tiny mouse this year; SNAP!
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 27, 2026 12:31 AM (fKTed)

You need to borrow a terrier.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 27, 2026 12:33 AM (6Bc88)

309 316 A woman named Claire Louise Feng has been charged with biting the finger off of a border patrol agent in Minneapolis.
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Is she kin to Fang?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 27, 2026 12:22 AM (m24qK)

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If you need a hanging Judge, look me up.

Posted by: Judge Isaac Parker at January 27, 2026 12:35 AM (L5n1N)

310 Just One Bite
Wish I knew about that before the rat ate its way from the garage through the double sheetrock wall and took up residence in the living room couch.

Friend mailed me some (banned in California). Dying rat in hallway less than 24 hours later.

Posted by: torabora at January 27, 2026 12:35 AM (mTmKa)

311 What are we sposed to do when the AI agent is drunk off its ass? I may have missed that in the safety meeting that I totally attended.
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 27, 2026 12:22 AM (w/O5Q)

Draw a penis on its forehead and dip his hand in a basin of warm water.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 27, 2026 12:36 AM (rbvCR)

312 Evenin’, All.

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 12:37 AM (77rzZ)

313 The trouble with rodent poisons, is that the lil bastards like to crawl into their hidey-holes to die. Your walls, attic, basement, crawl spaces.... and then rot and stink.

Lucky if they pass where you can reach their carcasses easily!

Posted by: JQ at January 27, 2026 12:38 AM (rdVOm)

314 It’s probably obvious, but Morn was a play on Norm from Cheers. All he ever did was sit at the bar and drink.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 27, 2026 12:39 AM (Sxl5b)

315 310 Mmmmmm…Jan Smithers…mmmmm…

Posted by: Bulg at January 27, 2026 12:40 AM (77rzZ)

316 Blue cities won't let you do the obvious thing -- take the illegals into custody while they're in the jails. Because they're part of the Democrat voting pool.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 27, 2026 12:40 AM (L5n1N)

317 Friend mailed me some (banned in California). Dying rat in hallway less than 24 hours later.
Posted by: torabora at January 27, 2026 12:35 AM (mTmKa)

Yeah, yeah, I read enough Agatha Christie. The killer always has some excuse for getting it and keeping it around.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 27, 2026 12:42 AM (Sxl5b)

318 ICE protesters stop US citizens, demand ID to prove you're not ICE.

Minneapolis cops not worth a damn.

https://tinyurl.com/yc5 cvf87

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 27, 2026 12:48 AM (tntiz)

319 James O'Keefe@JamesOKeefeIII . 10h

SURROUNDED: O’Keefe & the OMG team under attack in Minneapolis. Frozen projectiles hurled at us. We barely made it out.

We go LIVE tomorrow at 1 PM with our full video report of hidden camera footage from inside the mob.

Watch live on our channels:

YouTube: youtu.be/@okeefemedia

X: xcancel.com/OKeefeMedia

xcancel.com/JamesOKeefeIII

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Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 27, 2026 12:52 AM (m24qK)

320 JQ, yep, many years ago, I was living in an apt building next to a vacant field. When they started to dig up the field for construction, suddenly everyone in my building had mice coming up through the pipes. I put out poison and found out dying mice liked to crawl in my laundry hamper to die. I used old fashioned traps after that. The building didn't allow pets, but more than a few tenants borrowed friends' kittehs for the duration. I ate off disposible plates for a while because I found mice droppings on my dishes. It was disgusting.

Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v at January 27, 2026 12:54 AM (Kxi0p)

321
I read the first chapter of "The Wind in the Willows" to the gKids tonight. gDaughter had read it; gSon had not.

I think that I will try to record me reading the whole thing, augment that with the illustrations, and then present it to the two of them, as I likely won't have the opportunity to do it live with them clear out to its conclusion (not that I won't try to do so).

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 27, 2026 12:57 AM (xG4kz)

322 Posted by: Donna&&&&&&v at January 27, 2026 12:54 AM
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Ew. I borrowed my parents' cat one time-- my first apartment had mice-- good kitteh was busy allllll night! She couldn't get all of them in 2 nights, though.

Was so happy to move!

Posted by: JQ at January 27, 2026 12:59 AM (rdVOm)

323 The trouble with rodent poisons, is that the lil bastards like to crawl into their hidey-holes to die. Your walls, attic, basement, crawl spaces.... and then rot and stink.

Lucky if they pass where you can reach their carcasses easily!

Posted by: JQ at January 27, 2026 12:38 AM (rdVOm)

That happened one time in my old house in the basement. I kept smelling something weird and I could figure out what it was. I had poison but never used it, because on the very rare occasions I ever saw a mouse in the basement he was dead in a matter of hours with a snap trap. Well some time later I found the box of poison, which were in little bars, and still wrapped in a bag. Yup, something ate a hole in it, so thats probably the weird thing I smelled a year or so before. When I went to sell the house the basement was partially paneled from the dude before me, and I gutted the entire basement back to like it was when the house was built and painted the walls and floors. I never found anything, so who knows where that thing died.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 01:00 AM (snZF9)

324
It looks like there are two glory holes missing their hoovering devices this evening.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 27, 2026 01:00 AM (xG4kz)

325
Ew. I borrowed my parents' cat one time-- my first apartment had mice-- good kitteh was busy allllll night! She couldn't get all of them in 2 nights, though.

Was so happy to move!
Posted by: JQ

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That's funny, borrowing a cat to get mice. I saw an X tweet once about a guy who runs out to the street, grabs a known stray cat, and brings it up and shuts it into a room with a mouse.

~Fin~

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 01:03 AM (rCdCn)

326
The Sun is somewhere between 17 and 20 parsecs above the galactic plane now. We're currently headed up, with 40 - 50 left to go before we turn down on the downswing.

At one time, there was some interesting correlation with that z-axis/plane crossing motion and long term climate and extinction events. But then better data came and that correlation seemed to go away. But it may be back, I'm not sure.

Anyway, it's an open question if the sun's motion through the galaxy may have something to do with those very long term cycles.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 27, 2026 01:04 AM (w6EFb)

327 I never found anything, so who knows where that thing died.
Posted by: Berserker
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When I started cleaning out Dad's house, there was a bunch of stuff packed under the stairway to basement. In between some boxes, I found... a desiccated rodent carcass, just a skeleton. Probably that hamster that we lost in the late '70s but figured it escaped the house. I felt bad for the lil guy.

Posted by: JQ at January 27, 2026 01:04 AM (rdVOm)

328
The trouble with rodent poisons, is that the lil bastards like to crawl into their hidey-holes to die. Your walls, attic, basement, crawl spaces.... and then rot and stink.

Lucky if they pass where you can reach their carcasses easily!

Posted by: JQ

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Had that in a school I taught at once. Little corpse (or possibly a big one) was somewhere in the wall of the teachers' lounge.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 01:08 AM (rCdCn)

329 I mentioned earlier today the time I found a rat in the ceiling crawlspace of an old house.

It apparently decided that the knob and tube wiring looked tasty and tried to chow down.

Bad mistake, Mickey.


Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 27, 2026 01:12 AM (IG3/x)

330 Glue boards work well, but not if you're squeamish. I've used the lightweight glue boards intended for bugs, but they work well on mice (won't hold a rat.). The trick is to punch a hole an inch or two from the edge and use wire to keep it from being dragged off. I have one just inside the door into the studio from the garage, along the wall out of the way. That for gets left open for long periods carrying stuff in and out, and the little buggers will sneak in. I've caught two on that since October. One was still alive while the other had flopped around enough that he/she got its snout into the glue and suffocated. Snip.the wire, pick up the board, into a plastic bag and into the garbage can. Our mouse problem gets worse in cold weather, because the local.neighborhood gopher snakes are hibernating.

Posted by: buddhaha at January 27, 2026 01:12 AM (IMmiQ)

331 In his book "Tales of a Bushrat Governor", former Alaska Governor Jay Hammond told the tale of going out to check on an old timer when he was working for the territorial police (or whatever the State Trooper equivalent was before Alaska was a state -- I forget).

Sadly, the old fella had passed on.

He decided to come back later with some help to haul the body out. He put the corpse in a small room in the cabin, and put the cat in there with it to keep the shrews off him.

Then the weather turned to shit, as only Alaska winter weather can do, and he wasn't able to get back out there for a couple of weeks.

Yeah, you know where this is going, dontcha?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 27, 2026 01:17 AM (IG3/x)

332
Well, it's warming up. Dropped to 13.8F, then bounced back to 15.1F.

This was interesting. There wasn't any little burst of wind when it happened, which is usually the case, some mixing warming up the surface inversion layer a bit. There was however a little pressure drop and bounce back.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 27, 2026 01:19 AM (w6EFb)

333 Snap traps are quick & clean. No sticky glue and the creatures don't suffer.

I like plain in-shell sunflower seeds as bait, in the plastic TomCat traps. That one time I used peanut butter, it attracted ants! (It was too hot to use butter or bacon fat, which probably also would've drawn ants.)

Posted by: JQ at January 27, 2026 01:19 AM (rdVOm)

334
Yeah, you know where this is going, dontcha?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

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In fact, David Sedaris wrote a twee column once about your death. Your pets aren't as respectful as you might think.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 27, 2026 01:21 AM (rCdCn)

335 Yeah, you know where this is going, dontcha?
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia
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Yeah. Doesn't mean the cat was *bad* though. I hope it survived.

Posted by: JQ at January 27, 2026 01:21 AM (rdVOm)

336 If Cat is trapped inside the house when I die, I don't expect him to "be respectful"-- I expect him to do what he must to survive.

Not as if I'd need my body at that point anyway, right? And I'd surely like my little buddy to carry on!

Posted by: JQ at January 27, 2026 01:24 AM (rdVOm)

337 47F at 10:30 p.m. I don't think we've dipped below 40 all Winter.

Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 27, 2026 01:29 AM (KAi1n)

338 I have been fortunate not to have mice or rats for the most part. I think my dogs help with that. They occasionally have produced a corpse for inspection. What I have had plenty of are scorpions (small, harmless ones) at the last place and now, here, mediterranean house geckos. They've come in from the cold this winter. I like 'em. Slay, my little bug hunters.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 27, 2026 01:35 AM (zUe/H)

339 I mentioned earlier today the time I found a rat in the ceiling crawlspace of an old house.

It apparently decided that the knob and tube wiring looked tasty and tried to chow down.

Bad mistake, Mickey.


Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 27, 2026 01:12 AM (IG3/x)

Knob and tubing was some crazy ass shit. I still have a coffee can of the frankenstein looking porcelain insulators I yanked out of the walls of ancient houses we renovated. That was some primitive shit. The electricians would freak if we did a kitchen in a house with that stuff.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 01:36 AM (snZF9)

340 Today, the U.S. confirmed the 4-ship Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group chopped into U.S. 5th Fleet-CENTCOM AOR.

The “most advanced air wing in the fleet” joins forward-deployed squadrons of USAF F-15E Strike Eagles, F-16 Fighting Falcons, & A-10 Warthogs.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 27, 2026 01:37 AM (m24qK)

341 Geckos are cute. But they will keep you awake at night with their little 'kissy noises' chirping. And then there's the poo they leave on window sills...

Posted by: JQ at January 27, 2026 01:37 AM (rdVOm)

342 by: raimondo at January 27, 2026 12:56 AM

Hey, there! Have I missed any girl racer updates? I don't check in every night, depends on how my mom is doing.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 27, 2026 01:42 AM (Vvh2V)

343 Rons and Ettes, without further introduction, I present to you.................

Mike Pence:

https://tinyurl.com/2eb49zps

Worth scrolling through the comments.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 27, 2026 01:47 AM (UUvzi)

344 Nothing like a Dead show!

Posted by: Jerry Saves at January 27, 2026 01:50 AM (J4jS5)

345 >>Mike Pence:
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Wishy-washy. Neither side GAF what he has to say.

Posted by: JQ at January 27, 2026 01:52 AM (rdVOm)

346 >>Mike Pence:
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Wishy-washy. Neither side GAF what he has to say.
Posted by: JQ at January 27, 2026 01:52 AM (rdVOm)

Walter Mondale was a more memorable VP - and most people forgot he existed in the Carter Administration.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 27, 2026 01:59 AM (S/Y4j)

347 @libsoftiktok
15h
A man was walking his dog in Washington.

Some lunatic walked up to him and asked what religion he was.

He said Christian and the lunatic stabbed him & his dog who are now both in the hospital.

https://tinyurl.com/3rfzr3zv

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 27, 2026 02:03 AM (m24qK)

348 'Night, Horde.. sleep beckons.

Stay safe & warm!

Posted by: JQ at January 27, 2026 02:03 AM (rdVOm)

349 Rons and Ettes, without further introduction, I present to you.................

Mike Pence:

https://tinyurl.com/2eb49zps

Worth scrolling through the comments.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 27, 2026 01:47 AM (UUvzi)

Dude is a such a frigging ball bag. I can't read the comments though. I'm a non social media dude. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 02:19 AM (snZF9)

350 @libsoftiktok
15h
A man was walking his dog in Washington.

Some lunatic walked up to him and asked what religion he was.

He said Christian and the lunatic stabbed him & his dog who are now both in the hospital.

https://tinyurl.com/3rfzr3zv

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 27, 2026 02:03 AM (m24qK)

Has the happy ending though, the asshole was shot by multiple cops.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 02:21 AM (snZF9)

351 Grok says this news is true:

DHS has locked Border Patrol Commander Greg Bovino out of his official social media accounts.

And yet, Nick Sortor says something else:

https://tinyurl.com/mp63pbhn

Stay tuned, people. Nowadays, often nothing is as it appears.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 27, 2026 02:23 AM (UUvzi)

352 I'm melllllltinnng…

https://youtu.be/zAWe8oBIRtY

G'nite at last, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - so many different people to be at January 27, 2026 02:24 AM (OJSFI)

353 Has the happy ending though, the asshole was shot by multiple cops.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 02:21 AM (snZF9)
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For those not aware of it, that was a Muslim asshole.

And I said "was."

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 27, 2026 02:24 AM (UUvzi)

354 Who would have the authority to provide such a list?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 26, 2026 11:00 PM (ULPxl)

The mayor. In Portland's unusual bureau system, there's a five-person city council with the mayor at the head of it, and he typically reserves the Police bureau for his own portfolio. The rest of the bureaus get split up among himself and the other four by some arcane negotiations, but that one's just too important to let out of his control. As you can imagine, a natural result of this system is that while big-city police chiefs are useless figureheads in general, that goes double for Portland.

Posted by: SciVo at January 27, 2026 02:38 AM (Sy6m/)

355 Has the happy ending though, the asshole was shot by multiple cops.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 02:21 AM (snZF9)
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For those not aware of it, that was a Muslim asshole.

And I said "was."

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 27, 2026 02:24 AM (UUvzi)

Damn, an even happier ending.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 27, 2026 02:45 AM (snZF9)

356 Anyone want to play catch with a live flash/bang grenade?

Spoldey fun for all!

Posted by: Ouch the Grouch at January 27, 2026 03:00 AM (ZdhjE)

357 Anyone want to play catch with a live flash/bang grenade?

Spoldey fun for all!

Posted by: Ouch the Grouch at January 27, 2026 03:00 AM (ZdhjE)
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Mild alternative for fun with the kiddies at home:

https://tinyurl.com/44b44wym

Bought this for our pups many years ago. Mrs. BD was not amused.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 27, 2026 03:07 AM (UUvzi)

358 I was enjoying the John Mayer video from Weir's memorial concert, right up until the camera panned over Nazi Pelosi mouthing along to song different from Ripple, one only she could hear. And who wears an electric pink suit to a funeral anyway?!?!

Disturbing. Very disturbing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 27, 2026 03:08 AM (j/wwM)

359 What a shocking thing to give as a gift! Tell me, how did you pay for it? charge?

Posted by: Ouch the Grouch at January 27, 2026 03:09 AM (ZdhjE)

360 But I love the adoption of the Morton Salt logo to evoke the literal destruction and salting over the remains of Carthage after Cato's wish was fulfilled and the Senate and People Of Rome reined supreme.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 27, 2026 03:17 AM (SxOcO)

361 What a shocking thing to give as a gift!

Posted by: Ouch the Grouch at January 27, 2026 03:09 AM (ZdhjE)
-

I couldn't.... resist.

>> Tell me, how did you pay for it? charge?

Promissory note. I still ohm the money.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 27, 2026 03:25 AM (UUvzi)

362 Disturbing. Very disturbing.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 27, 2026 03:08 AM (j/wwM)

I warned you!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 27, 2026 03:32 AM (Zv8bq)

363 The legacy media narrative has been set for the 2026 midterm elections. Now, the marxist need their st floyd moment. Hopefully, the Republicans won’t give it to them.

Posted by: Unkaren at January 27, 2026 03:55 AM (zDIG9)

364 I don't want to get up

Posted by: Skip at January 27, 2026 03:56 AM (Ia/+0)

365 Philadelphia Police Scanner Version!

Moron HQ: Caller does not want to get up. This is somehow our problem.

Posted by: SciVo at January 27, 2026 04:02 AM (Sy6m/)

No Digital Footprint Cafe

cotswoldsengland.jpg
Cotswold, England


From @ComradeArthur, a horror story about a man with no presence on social media.

This dog's motivations are inscrutable.

Dachshund tests the stairs for safety.

You: I'll spend $30 on a cat toy and be a real hero!

Your Cat: Go *** yourself, asshole.

When your dog escapes but he's still a good boy.

The toy they really want? The box the toy came in.

GAINZZZ.

The bird says "I'm in too."

Cuteness squared.

A beautiful glitch in the Matrix:


Posted by: Ace at 07:25 PM




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1 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 26, 2026 07:25 PM (Ia/+0)

2 Nice cottage picture. Looks like Abdul is home, roasting a goat.

Posted by: tubal at January 26, 2026 07:27 PM (pDt9x)

3 Cotswold, England

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Awww, looks like a nice place to park 1500 swarthy muzzies.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 26, 2026 07:27 PM (j9K6i)

4 Like the top photo, but it has a Pakistani living there now.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 26, 2026 07:27 PM (zZu0s)

5 Damn. Same joke three comments in a row.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 26, 2026 07:28 PM (zZu0s)

6 Should have gone with a rape gang.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 26, 2026 07:28 PM (zZu0s)

7 You: I'll spend $30 on a cat toy and be a real hero!

Your Cat: Go *** yourself, asshole.

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We had one just like that. My cats loved it. They would catch the "mouse" though, and the machine couldn't handle the strain.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 26, 2026 07:29 PM (j9K6i)

8 A debate point:
============
- Here's what's going down in Minneapolis;
ICE goes in and does their job arresting/processing and deporting illegals. Local leftists get torqued, gin up anti-ICE protests and get national/international monetary support for it. The situation degrades.

Call in Border Patrol Service. The proverbial mounted calvary. Ride in, break some shit, kill a few leftists. Be the stick.

Local politicos, especially one governor who's a weirdo, gets a sternly worderd memo about FAFO. A couple days later the BPS is pulled from Minneapolis and the governor would like to talk to Trump about "turning down the heat."

The plot to nearly every fucking Western. Ever.

Walz caved. Minneapolis is restored to order by the end of the week.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 26, 2026 07:29 PM (qwVdq)

9 Should have gone with a rape gang.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

An apprenticeship would have been enough for me.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 26, 2026 07:29 PM (cYBz/)

10 I fear that's an England whose time has passed.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 26, 2026 07:30 PM (cxFcK)

11 Should have gone with a rape gang.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

An apprenticeship would have been enough for me.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 26, 2026 07:29 PM (cYBz/)

I went with a rape gang once.

You'll never guess what happened.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 26, 2026 07:30 PM (j9K6i)

12 >Awww, looks like a nice place to park 1500 swarthy muzzies.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 26, 2026 07:27 PM (j9K6i)

Just add a minaret or two and Bob's your uncle, ye olde pub is now is now a mosque.

Posted by: Heavy Meta at January 26, 2026 07:31 PM (GTqXr)

13 Would we could all have so much fun in the snow as that dog. And on another happy note, I saw about 25 kids and their parents who were having fun sledding at the park today. It made me glad to see they were not in front of their electronic devices on a day off from school.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 26, 2026 07:31 PM (ix8EF)

14 Cats are such assholes.

I love them.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 26, 2026 07:31 PM (kpS4V)

15 FML. Serious FWP. Picked up 2 lbs bacon last Thursday. Half pound for each day, Friday, Saturday, Sunday & Monday.

That's about 10 half strips (5 full strips) of Kroger butcher case thick slice hickory smoked bacon.
Then I would pick up two lbs more on Thursday.

Due to frozen/icy roads, we're WFH tomorrow. So now I'm out of bacon.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 26, 2026 07:33 PM (zILP0)

16 I fear that's an England whose time has passed.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 26, 2026 07:30 PM (cxFcK)

Find a copy of "I Vow To Thee, My Country" by Holst. Preferably with a big freakin' chorus.

I dare anyone to not feel the swell of pride, followed by the crushing sadness of what has come.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 26, 2026 07:34 PM (db2L3)

17 That cat and dog could fit in that bed together

Posted by: Skip at January 26, 2026 07:34 PM (Ia/+0)

18 >>>The toy they really want? The box the toy came in.

The hire some real geniuses to be drivers for Amazon.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 26, 2026 07:35 PM (syz1S)

19 There's a plaque hanging in the Minnesomalia capital from Satanists to Walz. He let them put up some exhibit.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 26, 2026 07:35 PM (cxFcK)

20 So now I'm out of bacon.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 26, 2026 07:33 PM (zILP0)

—————

I recognize these words as English, but…

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 26, 2026 07:35 PM (u73oe)

21 14 Cats are such assholes.

I love them.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 26, 2026 07:31 PM (kpS4V)
_-_
Of course, my cat's a jerk...but he's a barn cat, and he kills rats and mice a lot, so I keep putting out feed for him. A contract's a contract!

Posted by: Don in SoCo at January 26, 2026 07:35 PM (vd6bO)

22 Pet squirrel? Hope you like salmonellosis, tularemia, Lyme disease, leptospirosis, and, very rarely, rabies. They also harbor parasites like fleas, ticks, and mites.

Posted by: wth at January 26, 2026 07:35 PM (UjdFS)

23 That cat and dog could fit in that bed together
Posted by: Skip

Yeah, but that would require the cat to share when it's obviously in the mood to rassle

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 26, 2026 07:35 PM (a+4eV)

24 Due to frozen/icy roads, we're WFH tomorrow. So now I'm out of bacon.
Posted by: rickb223 at January 26, 2026 07:33 PM (zILP0)
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Call 911.

"I'm out of bacon!"

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 26, 2026 07:35 PM (kpS4V)

25 I am pretty sure I can scrute out that dog's motivation.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at January 26, 2026 07:36 PM (OKjYk)

26 Cotswold cottage got some serious structural roof sag issues.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 07:36 PM (snZF9)

27 Ok, there exists two good uses for okra, 1) fried, 2) this:

x.com/DudespostingWs/status/
2015883628572545272

Posted by: banana Dream at January 26, 2026 07:37 PM (3uBP9)

28 Hope you like salmonellosis, tularemia, Lyme disease, leptospirosis, and, very rarely, rabies. They also harbor parasites like fleas, ticks, and mites.
Posted by: wth

i would hope you could avoid most of those by picking them up as infants and raising them indoors...

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 26, 2026 07:37 PM (a+4eV)

29 So it is true, the GOPe is all wet.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 26, 2026 07:37 PM (2GVsD)

30 Go Ginger Cat! Dump that doggie out!

Posted by: Felix, Stifel, and Floyd (My Cats) at January 26, 2026 07:38 PM (oftw2)

31 I went with a rape gang once.
You'll never guess what happened.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 26, 2026 07:30 PM (j9K6i)

Like that old joke about if you don't know who the pigeon is, the pigeon is you?

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 26, 2026 07:39 PM (syz1S)

32 i would hope you could avoid most of those by picking them up as infants and raising them indoors...
Posted by: FeatherBlade


You can. I rehabbed them for 8 years. From newborns to adults and never got sick.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 26, 2026 07:39 PM (zILP0)

33 I fear that's an England whose time has passed.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 26, 2026 07:30 PM (cxFcK)

Yup, done, stick a fork in it, its over. Its a conquered land.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 07:39 PM (snZF9)

34 Cotswold looks ratty and old. Nice Urban Renewal, some high rises, and you've got a nice 15 minute city. Plus, you'll be able to get Chicken Vindaloo at 2 AM.

Posted by: Out With The Olds at January 26, 2026 07:41 PM (oftw2)

35 So it is true, the GOPe is all wet.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 26, 2026 07:37 PM

Well that's what I heard.

Posted by: Dr. Peter Venkman at January 26, 2026 07:41 PM (Wnv9h)

36 What is it with people taking their dogs EVERYWHERE they go? I round the corner at Harbor Freight the other day, and there's this mature Boerboel actin' all Cujo about my presence in the aisle...kinda like takin' a horse into the store. Damned thing was HUGE!

Mind you, I like dogs, have had several myself. They have an honored place in our lives, but don't take them EVERYWHERE!

Posted by: Don in SoCo at January 26, 2026 07:41 PM (vd6bO)

37 Holy crap! Looks like gold and silver prices are finally catching up to Biden’s inflation. I wish I had bought more.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at January 26, 2026 07:42 PM (ljGJy)

38
*waves to cheering crowd*
*accepts bouquet of flowers*

Good evening, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 26, 2026 07:42 PM (tgvbd)

39 Cotswold looks ratty and old. Nice Urban Renewal, some high rises, and you've got a nice 15 minute city. Plus, you'll be able to get Chicken Vindaloo at 2 AM.

Along with the enriching aspects of robbery, rape, drug use, and rape. And if the contractor is a bit dodgy, well it will all catch fire and collapse around you.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 26, 2026 07:42 PM (2GVsD)

40 >>>Poor dog..

Now give me your lunch money.
--The Cat

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 26, 2026 07:43 PM (syz1S)

41 Speaking of no digital footprint, I've introduced grandson to CodeMonkey, and we've been working through it pretty quickly, he's loving it.

I've also slowly introduced him to Python he's getting into it simply for the name and that he can tell his fellow 2nd graders, he's learning Python.

We're building a Zork clone and introducing him to text adventure is.

He's pretty psyched he can make the adventure whatever he wants.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 26, 2026 07:43 PM (XV/Pl)

42 Our first puppy was part husky/malamute. She loved the snow. On sunny days would sleep on it.

She and my husband had a hockey type game with a tennis ball. No matter how deep the snowdrift she'd stick her head in and find the ball. The goal was her doghouse and she was the goalie. It was rare to score a point on her.

She'd jump up for snowballs, etc, like the doggie above.

We took her to my parent's farm and then the beaches of Panama City, where she managed to get fleas (rare in the West). She also wanted to kill the lifeguard dead on the beach, but otherwise she was good. Oh, she killed an opossum within minutes of arriving at my parent's farm.

She did protect me once, so I was glad she liked me. Either a peeping Tom or a potential burgler (idiot, we had nothing to rob). She sensed I was stressed and was right next to me as I dressed. We rarely locked the back door. I opened it and he got the surprise of his life when I told her to "get him." She leapt at him from the three steps and he ran. She did get a his jean pocket and bit his arse as he jumped the back fence. Good girl! She was not trained to attack, she just knew what to do

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 26, 2026 07:44 PM (WONhk)

43 Looks like they elected a new Pope in Cotswold. Hope he's better than the last two.

Posted by: Ecclesiastically Challenged at January 26, 2026 07:44 PM (oftw2)

44 You: I'll spend $30 on a cat toy and be a real hero!

Your Cat: Go *** yourself, asshole.
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Yep. Sounds about right.

Save yourself money--toss them the empty toilet paper roll.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 26, 2026 07:45 PM (ESVrU)

45 So now I'm out of bacon.
Posted by: rickb223

Or to state another way...

Piss poor planning...

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 26, 2026 07:46 PM (qo38o)

46 A paucity of penguins is always pleasant despite the pertinacious pecksniffianism of the Big Penguin dupes and fanbois.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 26, 2026 07:46 PM (0sNs1)

47 It is more fun to watch kittehs play hockey with a soda cap.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 26, 2026 07:46 PM (2GVsD)

48 Cotswold looks ratty and old.
Posted by: Anna Puma

There's a funny episode of the original Bob Newhart show where Jerry considers touring Europe. A retired guy tells him, "Europe needs paint." I always thought that was funny.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 26, 2026 07:47 PM (cxFcK)

49 Pet squirrel? Hope you like salmonellosis, tularemia, Lyme disease, leptospirosis, and, very rarely, rabies. They also harbor parasites like fleas, ticks, and mites.
Posted by: wth at January 26, 2026 07:35 PM (UjdFS)
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It's also tough to find a purple pimp hat that's just the right size.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 26, 2026 07:47 PM (ESVrU)

50 Super. Snowing again.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 26, 2026 07:47 PM (viF8m)

51 Or to state another way...

Piss poor planning...
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 26, 2026 07:46 PM

The 7 P's: Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss-Poor Performance.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 26, 2026 07:48 PM (0sNs1)

52 Ginger cat says:

"There can be only ONE!" (in the cozy cave)

Posted by: JQ at January 26, 2026 07:48 PM (rdVOm)

53 Paint? A simple white wash... oh wait that is now racist.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 26, 2026 07:48 PM (2GVsD)

54
I fear that's an England whose time has passed.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly

____________

Far-called, our navies melt away;
On dune and headland sinks the fire:
Lo, all our pomp of yesterday
Is one with Nineveh and Tyre!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 26, 2026 07:48 PM (tgvbd)

55 "I Let My Wife Have an Affair. Do I Have to Console Her Now That It’s Over?" -- column in the New York Times Magazine.

I dunno, hoss? Do you want to get rid of that last tiny shred of un-cucked self-respect in your body? Does your body still have trace levels of testosterone, and you want to drive it all the way down to zero?

Only you can answer these questions.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 26, 2026 07:48 PM (IG3/x)

56 I bought all these cute stuffed toys and balls and stuff for the cat, and she was going nuts with a wadded up ball of paper for like half an hour.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes. at January 26, 2026 07:48 PM (kpS4V)

57
Carried over from the previous thread (quoting Walz or Frey):

I expressed how much Minneapolis has benefited from our immigrant communities and was clear that my main ask is that Operation Metro Surge needs to end. The president agreed the present situation can’t continue.

I read somewhere within the last day or two that the Minnesota DFL Party had originally wanted to hook Laos' Hmong people in the 70s and 80s as their new "little brown brothers" to swap in for Hispanics, who the DFL saw at that time as wandering off their dependency plantation in the not too distant future. But the Hmong were having none of that, being a proud, forthright and capable people.

So the DFL cast about for a replacement population and eventually latched on to the intellectually challenged Somalis. And the rest is history.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 26, 2026 07:48 PM (xG4kz)

58 Reserve currency status for the dollar was a curse, I think, in retrospect. I understand why things were setup in the postwar period the way they were, but it has caused great damage.

Congress has the ability to spend what are essentially unlimited amounts of borrowed money, that does not exist, on whatever they want. And the “debt shall not be questioned” we are admonished.

None of the insanity we have been subject to for the last 60 years would have been possible without prodigious or copious quantities of confetti-buck dollars shot from the Fed cannon.

In a legitimate or at least sane monetary system, these sorts of insane spending sprees either on stupid foreign wars or whack job domestic fraud programs, none of it is possible. There isn’t enough money in the world.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 26, 2026 07:49 PM (BORTq)

59 You: I'll spend $30 on a cat toy and be a real hero!

Your Cat: Go *** yourself, asshole.

My cat's favorite toys are wads of parchment or wax paper.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 26, 2026 07:49 PM (ULPxl)

60 Hmong to DFL, "you just like the Commies who kept trying to kill us. Go away before we kill you."

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 26, 2026 07:50 PM (2GVsD)

61 It's also tough to find a purple pimp hat that's just the right size.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 26, 2026 07:47 PM

Dude. While the chapeau is stylish, pimp is such a deadname for the profession. They're now Professional Pleasure Procurers.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 26, 2026 07:50 PM (0sNs1)

62 > Congress has the ability to spend what are essentially unlimited amounts of borrowed money, that does not exist, on whatever they want.

Back in the day the final limit was how fast they could run the printing presses.

Now they just have some mook at the Federal Reserve (or wherever) type a few more zeros into a ledger.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 26, 2026 07:51 PM (IG3/x)

63 England has spent a decade falling into the swamp.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 26, 2026 07:52 PM (u82oZ)

64 "I Let My Wife Have an Affair. Do I Have to Console Her Now That It’s Over?" -- column in the New York Times Magazine.
---------

Doood...

Reminds me of when XH & I were ending things. Told him to leave the house and "go back to that whore"... and he said: "We broke up."

The correct (my) response?

HAW HAW HAW!!! SUCKS TO BE YOU, DOESN'T IT?

Posted by: JQ at January 26, 2026 07:52 PM (rdVOm)

65 Our cats loved paper balls

Posted by: Skip at January 26, 2026 07:52 PM (Ia/+0)

66 I did maintenance and renovations for a company that ran group homes. One old house in Portsmouth, VA was empty for 6-8 months and I went over to see what was needed to get it back running. Squirrels had chewed their way into the attic and were having a great time up there. The moment I turned the key and walked in dozens of fleas jumped onto my socks and legs. (wearing shorts).Left, called the exterminator before I went back. They chewed A/C, Heat wiring and made real pests of themselves.

Posted by: Cute Tree Rats at January 26, 2026 07:52 PM (oftw2)

67 2 Pet squirrel? Hope you like salmonellosis, tularemia, Lyme disease, leptospirosis, and, very rarely, rabies. They also harbor parasites like fleas, ticks, and mites.
Posted by: wth at January 26, 2026 07:35 PM (UjdFS)

Exactly! Plus plague with those fleas. I tell people that growing up in Colorado is why I hate and fear all things small, cute, and fluffy.

Posted by: Polliwog the 'Ette at January 26, 2026 07:53 PM (lFFaq)

68 Dear England, Shelley's Ozymandias was not supposed to be your national epitaph.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 26, 2026 07:53 PM (2GVsD)

69 The 7 P's: Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss-Poor Performance.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

I was lucky to remember the last 3!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 26, 2026 07:54 PM (qo38o)

70 Its bedtime
Have a good night everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 26, 2026 07:54 PM (Ia/+0)

71 Found a dead rat that had bitten into some knob and tube wiring in an old house once.


Yeah, that was Mickey's last snack.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 26, 2026 07:54 PM (IG3/x)

72 I have noticed I like to keep a strategic “Bacon reserve” on hand. Usually a pound is the bare minimum before protocol demands resupply, although I’ve a can of pre-cooked Bacon for this purpose for the extreme. Also “must haves” includes coffee, tea, cocoa, peanut butter, oats, macaroni, popcorn. Corned beef hash in a can is good stash, too. Crack a couple eggs on top when done, cover & steam poach them. Quick and tasty.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 26, 2026 07:56 PM (BORTq)

73 Poor Cat-- had to give him de-wormer pill-and-a-half today-- and then he bolted outside when I opened the door.

Ten minutes later, he came back and got his treat of chicken meat.

Poor, poor spoiled Cat!

Posted by: JQ at January 26, 2026 07:57 PM (rdVOm)

74 Ace, there isn't a town in England called Cotswold. There is a region in England called The Cotswolds, which is roughly a couple of hours drive to the northwest from London.

Posted by: Ralph at January 26, 2026 07:59 PM (8WZD4)

75 Buy bacon on sale and fill your freezer with it. Keeps for a long time and is only an inch thick. There is NO excuse for EVER running out.

Posted by: Bacon Promotion Board at January 26, 2026 07:59 PM (oftw2)

76 The 7 P's: Proper Prior Planning Prevents Piss-Poor Performance.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

I was lucky to remember the last 3!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 26, 2026 07:54 PM

The andragogical efficacy of a size 9.5 combat boot being applied with some enthusiasm to one's fundament by a Senior Chief should not be underestimated.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 26, 2026 08:00 PM (0sNs1)

77 73 I have noticed I like to keep a strategic “Bacon reserve” on hand. Usually a pound is the bare minimum before protocol demands resupply.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 26, 2026 07:56 PM (BORTq)

Mr Scary uses that exact term. Strategic bacon reserve. It is not allowed to dwindle. I am sitting on a strategic bacon grease reserve.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 08:03 PM (lpTXP)

78 Radical pro-abortion Democrat Eleanor Holmes Norton will resign from Congress! Eighteen terms I think.

Ace did a great post about her inspecting a self driving vehicle years ago. She speechifies then is invited to sit in the car. In the dash is a large red button that says DO NOT PUSH (I guess it was an emergency stop button). The first thing she did was push it which killed the car and the whole exhibit, takes hours to reset the car.

She didn't design it, she didn't build it, she had no idea what she was doing. A perfect metaphor to most politicians careers.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 26, 2026 08:05 PM (cxFcK)

79 Codswallop looks like the perfect place to get a pint and some bangers and mash.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 26, 2026 08:06 PM (/lPRQ)

80 I cook a pound of bacon at a time, put it in a baggie and it's ready when needed, lasts about a week.

Posted by: Eromero at January 26, 2026 08:06 PM (LHPAg)

81 While rabid penguins are rarely encountered, they do act as hosts for salmonellosis, tularemia, Lyme disease, leptospirosis, and a wide variety of venereal diseases.

Posted by: Penguin Facts at January 26, 2026 08:06 PM (vFG9F)

82 I am sitting on a strategic bacon grease reserve.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 08:03 PM

Properly and selectively applied (i.e. behind the ears and on the popliteal regions), that might be as effective as Hoppe's No.9 in raising interest!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 26, 2026 08:06 PM (0sNs1)

83 I have noticed I like to keep a strategic “Bacon reserve” on hand. Usually a pound is the bare minimum before protocol demands resupply.
Posted by: Common Tater

We must not allow...a Bacon Reserve gap!!!

Posted by: Gen Buck Turgidson at January 26, 2026 08:07 PM (cxFcK)

84 Obese penguin chick can barely maintain his balance after being stuffed with fish. There's some cruelty.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 26, 2026 08:07 PM (oT7pT)

85 I cook a pound of bacon at a time, put it in a baggie and it's ready when needed, lasts about a week.
Posted by: Eromero
-------

It lasts that long?

Posted by: JQ at January 26, 2026 08:07 PM (rdVOm)

86 Super. Snowing again.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 26, 2026 07:47 PM

Yup. On top of 20". Yay, us.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 26, 2026 08:08 PM (Wnv9h)

87 *Strategic Bacon Reserve*

LOL! Stolen!

Posted by: JQ at January 26, 2026 08:08 PM (rdVOm)

88 Is that Earth weeks?

Posted by: fd at January 26, 2026 08:09 PM (vFG9F)

89 I am sitting on a strategic bacon grease reserve.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 08:03 PM

I, too, dabble in oils.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 26, 2026 08:10 PM (Wnv9h)

90 Two pounds of bacon in the freezer. One pound in the fridge. 🥓

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 26, 2026 08:10 PM (QxMMC)

91 A week? LOL, yeah … no.

I thought a package makes a nice single serving. I usually only eat one meal a day. So a pound of burger is about right too. Or a couple chicken breasts, etc.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 26, 2026 08:11 PM (BORTq)

92
8PM and 23F here. Temp dropped like a rock at sundown.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 26, 2026 08:11 PM (w6EFb)

93 With penguins, the *number one* thing you need to remember is what goes in comes mephitically out.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 26, 2026 08:12 PM (0sNs1)

94 There's evidently some virus going around in India that's threatening to go pandemic. China and Thailand are monitoring but not really concerned because it is spread by...fecal matter. A problem for India but not so much for the rest of the world.

Posted by: Gen Buck Turgidson at January 26, 2026 08:12 PM (cxFcK)

95 I think DHS should use the humane approach with the protesters.

Herd them into a cattle truck(SRO) or a swine truck (seated). Make sure it prevents cell phones from connecting.

Take them into the wild, at least 10 miles from any town, and 2 from any farm.

Empty the truck. Repeat until the protest is over.

Let's treat them the same way we treat raccoons in urban areas. Move them humanely into the wild, away from peaceful people.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 26, 2026 08:14 PM (S/Y4j)

96 Or to state another way...

Piss poor planning...
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron


Exactly.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 26, 2026 08:14 PM (zILP0)

97 No social media guy, is my spirit animal!

I've never had any of it. No, not even a MySpace! (gasp!)

Pfft. *Real life* is enough! More than enough...

Posted by: JQ at January 26, 2026 08:15 PM (rdVOm)

98 A belly is about 9 pounds.
We freeze 10 pieces of bacon at a time...what fits on a cookie sheet. +,- 12 oz.
So, when we get to around 4 packs, it's time to cure the next belly.

Posted by: MkY at January 26, 2026 08:16 PM (q6tQZ)

99 There's evidently some virus going around in India that's threatening to go pandemic. China and Thailand are monitoring but not really concerned because

Posted by: Gen Buck Turgidson



Because there's no money in it for them.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 26, 2026 08:16 PM (zILP0)

100 *shifty eyes*

Posted by: New Delhi sidewalk shitter at January 26, 2026 08:16 PM (QxMMC)

101 Let's treat them the same way we treat raccoons in urban areas. Move them humanely into the wild, away from peaceful people.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 26, 2026 08:14 PM (S/Y4j)

That isn't how we deal with raccoons in the country. They are predators and are dealt with accordingly.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 08:18 PM (lpTXP)

102 China and Thailand are monitoring but not really concerned because it is spread by...fecal matter. A problem for India but not so much for the rest of the world.
Posted by: Gen Buck Turgidson at January 26, 2026 08:12 PM (cxFcK)

I recall that the key to ending cholera epidemics was realizing that you shouldn’t let your sewage contaminate your drinking water.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 26, 2026 08:19 PM (Sxl5b)

103 I have an emergency 2lb of bacon frozen from when it was on sale.

Strategic Bacon Reserve.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 26, 2026 08:19 PM (zZu0s)

104 It is 3 here. Just the three degrees.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 26, 2026 08:20 PM (zZu0s)

105 It is 3 here. Just the three degrees.
Posted by: Aetius451AD


That close to Kevin Bacon?

Posted by: rickb223 at January 26, 2026 08:22 PM (zILP0)

106 Let's treat them the same way we treat raccoons in urban areas. Move them humanely into the wild, away from peaceful people.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 26, 2026 08:14 PM (S/Y4j)

That isn't how we deal with raccoons in the country. They are predators and are dealt with accordingly.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 08:18 PM (lpTXP)

Some people can't bear the thought of killing an animal. Besides this helps keep Ace out of trouble.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 26, 2026 08:22 PM (S/Y4j)

107 Let's treat them the same way we treat raccoons in urban areas. Move them humanely into the wild, away from peaceful people.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Even the raccoons are humanely euthanized.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 26, 2026 08:22 PM (/lPRQ)

108 China and Thailand are monitoring but not really concerned because it is spread by...fecal matter. A problem for India but not so much for the rest of the world.
Posted by: Gen Buck Turgidson at January 26, 2026 08:12 PM (cxFcK)

I recall that the key to ending cholera epidemics was realizing that you shouldn’t let your sewage contaminate your drinking water.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 26, 2026 08:19 PM (Sxl5b)

We need one million H1Bs anually

Posted by: Vivek R at January 26, 2026 08:23 PM (vSvIl)

109 Find a nice farm for them to go and live at. A hog farm, maybe.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 26, 2026 08:23 PM (zZu0s)

110 Coons...
We live in a wooded area in the City. Friggin' idiots trap coons, and release them around us.
Trap-shy coons that we then have to trap, then dispatch.
Idiots.

Posted by: MkY at January 26, 2026 08:26 PM (q6tQZ)

111 I missed the Bezos thread earlier. Funny to think about all those WaPo asshats getting ready to tumble.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 26, 2026 08:28 PM (Sxl5b)

112 Re: Kanye

I did not know car crashes made one and antisemite. Huh.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 26, 2026 08:30 PM (zZu0s)

113 I watched an interesting documentary about urban raccoons. Apparently Japan imported a bunch back in the day because of a cute cartoon character. The coons were getting in Buddist temples and causing trouble.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 08:31 PM (lpTXP)

114 Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 26, 2026 07:29 PM (qwVdq)

Epilogue: Someone discovers gold (fraud) in California, and the whole town (Minneapolis de Somali) picks up and heads west in their tribal wagon train. Leaving naught but a snow covered ghost town.

Posted by: Orson at January 26, 2026 08:31 PM (dIske)

115 Single digits are singularly depressing. “It’s 6 today.” Fucking 6

Posted by: Common Tater at January 26, 2026 08:31 PM (BORTq)

116 "Single digits are singularly depressing. “It’s 6 today.” Fucking 6
Posted by: Common Tater"

That's what she said?

Posted by: fd at January 26, 2026 08:34 PM (vFG9F)

117 Saw Lea Thompson posted a video, since we're all wondering what a Hollywood actress thinks about the insurrection.
I didn't listen to the vapid ramblings, but I can tell you that physically, Howard the Duck and George McFly would be regretting their choice in sex partners.

Posted by: Wally at January 26, 2026 08:35 PM (65cLN)

118 Evenin’, All. Happy Tuesday Eve.

Posted by: Bulg at January 26, 2026 08:35 PM (77rzZ)

119 116 Evening, Ace, and Cafe layabouts.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 26, 2026 08:31 PM (8zz6B)
I take exception to that remark, sir! I am pretending to work!

Posted by: Don in SoCo at January 26, 2026 08:35 PM (vd6bO)

120 @117. I know how you feel Tater. Not much better here.
Low tonight 9.

Posted by: Case at January 26, 2026 08:36 PM (E7+ue)

121 I think DHS should use the humane approach with the protesters.

Herd them into a cattle truck(SRO) or a swine truck (seated). Make sure it prevents cell phones from connecting.

Take them into the wild, at least 10 miles from any town, and 2 from any farm.

Empty the truck. Repeat until the protest is over.

Let's treat them the same way we treat raccoons in urban areas. Move them humanely into the wild, away from peaceful people.
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 26, 2026 08:14 PM (S/Y4j)
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Wouldn't you relieve them of their phones? Don't want them using GPS to find their way back home...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 26, 2026 08:36 PM (ESVrU)

122 I didn't listen to the vapid ramblings, but I can tell you that physically, Howard the Duck and George McFly would be regretting their choice in sex partners.

Posted by: Wally at January 26, 2026 08:35 PM (65cLN)

Dennis Quaid also dodged a bullet. They were a thing back in the day.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 08:37 PM (lpTXP)

123 Kinda nice here - turned sunny and warm, so the youngest started building a snow fort.

Posted by: Don in SoCo at January 26, 2026 08:37 PM (vd6bO)

124 After Howard the duck, I did not see her in much.

Fucking the duck <<<<<< Jumping the shark

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 26, 2026 08:38 PM (zZu0s)

125 I lived for 3 years on Palisade Avenue in Riverdale, Bronx, right up the cliff from the Hudson. NYC, but you'd hardly believe it. The garage under the house was big enough for 3 cars and was drilled, probably blasted into the granite. Caught 9 raccoons in Havahart trap after moving in. Released them into a big park a few miles north. The neighborhood also had the most ring-necked pheasants I've ever seen.

Posted by: A Coon's Age at January 26, 2026 08:38 PM (oftw2)

126 Snow fort! Oh, to be a young child again-- snow forts are cool!

Posted by: JQ at January 26, 2026 08:39 PM (rdVOm)

127 Pet squirrel? Hope you like salmonellosis, tularemia, Lyme disease, leptospirosis, and, very rarely, rabies. They also harbor parasites like fleas, ticks, and mites.
Posted by: wth

You know, I'm beginning to get offended that you humans call those things "tree rats."

Posted by: a regular rat at January 26, 2026 08:39 PM (VHUov)

128 No social media guy, is my spirit animal!
I've never had any of it. No, not even a MySpace! (gasp!)
Pfft. *Real life* is enough! More than enough...
Posted by: JQ

I watched the video, and thought:

"Well of course I know him. He's me." -- every Moron

Posted by: mikeski at January 26, 2026 08:42 PM (VHUov)

129 “A West Virginia librarian has been charged after she allegedly posted videos seeking to recruit assassins targeting President Donald Trump.
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department in West Virginia announced Sunday evening that Morgan L. Morrow of Ripley, West Virginia, was charged with one count of making a terroristic threat.”

Posted by: SMOD at January 26, 2026 08:43 PM (GITLP)

130 Posted by: A Coon's Age at January 26, 2026 08:38 PM (oftw2)

______________________

I categorize the danger associated with animals by how smart they are. Raccoons and weasels are on that list. Any animals that take a look at a garbage can and non-chalantly take off the lid aren't as innocuous as some people seem to think they are.

That's why I always lock my car.

Posted by: Orson at January 26, 2026 08:43 PM (dIske)

131 snow forts are cool!
_-_
My nagging is starting to show results on this youngster. He drew up a plan first. I've been after him about all the aborted projects he leaves in the shop 'cause he didn't think it through first (wonder where he learned that?).

Posted by: Don in SoCo at January 26, 2026 08:43 PM (vd6bO)

132
Just looking at the GFS and forecast. The Really Cold Axis overnight runs from sort of slightly north of the TX/OK/AK corner NE toward WV, then a bit steeper toward Vermont. Then another Really Cold bubble dipping down to WI, MN and ND.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 26, 2026 08:44 PM (w6EFb)

133 "Californy is the place you oughts be."

No. No it's not.

Posted by: Case at January 26, 2026 08:45 PM (E7+ue)

134 >>> 110 Find a nice farm for them to go and live at. A hog farm, maybe.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 26, 2026 08:23 PM (zZu0s)

Why you hate my pigs?!

Posted by: Mr Wu at January 26, 2026 08:46 PM (ULPxl)

135 Good news-- BIL has (kinda) been located. His truck broke down/got stuck (?) & he was hitch-hiking, treated & released from a hospital last week (they can't tell me what's up with that) and so now have a bulletin out for him to contact me if they can find him again. Ugh.

Posted by: JQ at January 26, 2026 08:47 PM (rdVOm)

136 *Strategic Bacon Reserve*

LOL! Stolen!
Posted by: JQ

I try to have one or two packages (frozen) beyond the one I'm currently using. So it's more of a tactical bacon reserve.

Posted by: mikeski at January 26, 2026 08:47 PM (VHUov)

137 Saw Lea Thompson posted a video, since we're all wondering what a Hollywood actress thinks about the insurrection.
I didn't listen to the vapid ramblings, but I can tell you that physically, Howard the Duck and George McFly would be regretting their choice in sex partners.

Posted by: Wally at January 26, 2026 08:35 PM (65cLN)

I'm guessing she blew past seahag and right into hagraven status?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 08:47 PM (snZF9)

138 Good news-- BIL has (kinda) been located. His truck broke down/got stuck (?) & he was hitch-hiking, treated & released from a hospital last week (they can't tell me what's up with that) and so now have a bulletin out for him to contact me if they can find him again. Ugh.

Posted by: JQ at January 26, 2026 08:47 PM (rdVOm)

How does this dude go through life without a helmet?

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 08:49 PM (snZF9)

139 Then another Really Cold bubble dipping down to WI, MN and ND.
Posted by: publius

* shakes fist at AOP *

Keep yer clippers in Alberta where they belong!

Posted by: mikeski at January 26, 2026 08:50 PM (VHUov)

140 Paul Joseph Watson had a video earlier. A bunch of actresses repeating the same scripted remarks.

Posted by: steevy at January 26, 2026 08:50 PM (YwEeS)

141 JQ, glad your BiL seems to be okay. What was the deal with the weird messages you got? From him, or the hospital?

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 08:50 PM (lpTXP)

142 "I Let My Wife Have an Affair. Do I Have to Console Her Now That It’s Over?"

Yes. You are, how you say, the consolation prize.

Posted by: The Paolo at January 26, 2026 08:50 PM (Q+gd/)

143 137 >>> 110 Find a nice farm for them to go and live at. A hog farm, maybe.
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 26, 2026 08:23 PM (zZu0s)

Why you hate my pigs?!
Posted by: Mr Wu at January 26, 2026 08:46 PM (ULPxl)
_______________________

There are many uses for pigs I'm told.

Posted by: Robert Pickton "The Pig Farmer Killer" at January 26, 2026 08:51 PM (dIske)

144
GSP has issued an Extreme Cold Warning for the counties on the NC/TN state line in their area.

National map showing those cold warnings at weather.gov.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 26, 2026 08:51 PM (w6EFb)

145 Good news-- BIL has (kinda) been located. His truck broke down/got stuck (?) & he was hitch-hiking, treated & released from a hospital last week (they can't tell me what's up with that) and so now have a bulletin out for him to contact me if they can find him again. Ugh.
Posted by: JQ

How does this dude go through life without a helmet?
Posted by: Berserker

Like that. God watches over fools and Polacks.

Posted by: mikeski at January 26, 2026 08:52 PM (VHUov)

146 How does this dude go through life without a helmet?
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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Up until his wife died, *she* babysat and took care of everything for him I presume.

Posted by: JQ at January 26, 2026 08:52 PM (rdVOm)

147 140 Saw Lea Thompson posted a video, since we're all wondering what a Hollywood actress thinks about the insurrection.
I didn't listen to the vapid ramblings, but I can tell you that physically, Howard the Duck and George McFly would be regretting their choice in sex partners.

Posted by: Wally
====
All the actors have PR handlers and they look at these situations as opportunity to a) remind people these actors are still in the biz and looking for work, b) pay obeisance to the hivemind because Hollywood is particularly nasty toward employing anyone to the right of Hillary Clinton.

For the most part, the one off type posts are easy to ignore. But some assholes tattoo their opinion over and over again to the extent that it damages the audiences ability to see them as the character rather than the asshole actor.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 08:53 PM (E4rtv)

148
Just looking. The NWS current "Extreme Cold Warning" criteria is temps and/or wind chills below 5F are expected within 24 hours. "Expected" means some level of high enough probability is reached.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 26, 2026 08:54 PM (w6EFb)

149 Epilogue: Someone discovers gold (fraud) in California, and the whole town (Minneapolis de Somali) picks up and heads west in their tribal wagon train. Leaving naught but a snow covered ghost town.
Posted by: Orson


Don't get stuck in the mountains. Those skinnies will starve.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 26, 2026 08:54 PM (zILP0)

150 "I Let My Wife Have an Affair. Do I Have to Console Her Now That It’s Over?"

Yes. You are, how you say, the consolation prize.
Posted by: The Paolo

* Thunderous Applause *



.....because there's nothing "golf clap" about The Paolo.

Posted by: mikeski at January 26, 2026 08:54 PM (VHUov)

151 Walz caved. Minneapolis is restored to order by the end of the week.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

I think the toothpaste has been squeezed. Good luck getting it back in the tube.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 26, 2026 08:54 PM (uaYsl)

152 Keep yer clippers in Alberta where they belong!
Posted by: mikeski

Current temp in Rowley, Alberta is 8 degrees, but it will be 38 for a high on Saturday.

Posted by: Hippie Dippy Weatherman at January 26, 2026 08:54 PM (oftw2)

153 132 “A West Virginia librarian has been charged after she allegedly posted videos seeking to recruit assassins targeting President Donald Trump.
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department in West Virginia announced Sunday evening that Morgan L. Morrow of Ripley, West Virginia, was charged with one count of making a terroristic threat.”
Posted by: SMOD
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Where will the alphabet youths of Jackson County go to be groomed now that their pron shop librarian is fired and in jail.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 08:54 PM (E4rtv)

154 What was the deal with the weird messages you got? From him, or the hospital?
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
--------

He left his phone at the truck I guess. Somebody found it and contacted me. BIL doesn't have a phone now and is probably wandering around near San Bernardino.

Don't know why he went to CA? Maybe his late wife has family there? I never knew her family & only met her on 3 occasions. She was deaf also.

Posted by: JQ at January 26, 2026 08:55 PM (rdVOm)

155 We had those single digit temps the other day but got up to 31 today. Water is working in the bathroom again! So hang in there, it should start to get better

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 26, 2026 08:55 PM (+mUZM)

156 Just looking. The NWS current "Extreme Cold Warning" criteria is temps and/or wind chills below 5F are expected within 24 hours. "Expected" means some level of high enough probability is reached.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 26, 2026 08:54 PM (w6EFb)

These are the same 'experts' who said we would get between 18 and 24 inches of snow over the weekend. We got maybe 5 and a lot of ice.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 26, 2026 08:56 PM (zZu0s)

157 For the most part, the one off type posts are easy to ignore. But some assholes tattoo their opinion over and over again to the extent that it damages the audiences ability to see them as the character rather than the asshole actor.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 08:53 PM (E4rtv)

I immediately see the asshole actor and they become dirt on my shoes. Musicians too, which is a real pissoff to me. Shut the fuck up and play.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 08:56 PM (snZF9)

158 CBS;

Recently released federal data shows the rate of improper payment in Minnesota's Medicaid program is far below the national average, the state's Department of Human Services says. According to the data released by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the error rate in Minnesota is slightly over 2.1%, compared to the national average of 6.1%. The human services department says the data was collected before it started implementing measures to cut down on fraud risk.

Posted by: SMOD at January 26, 2026 08:57 PM (GITLP)

159 I'm glad you got an answer JQ. Silence is maddening at times.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 26, 2026 08:57 PM (uaYsl)

160 “A West Virginia librarian has been charged after she allegedly posted videos seeking to recruit assassins targeting President Donald Trump.
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department in West Virginia announced Sunday evening that Morgan L. Morrow of Ripley, West Virginia, was charged with one count of making a terroristic threat.”
Posted by: SMOD

So if you're a famous presidential assassin, you go by all three names (John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald).

If you're only hiring one, you just use your middle initial?

Posted by: mikeski at January 26, 2026 08:57 PM (VHUov)

161 I actually quit eating bacon on an every day basis. When I did eat bacon I bought the 3 lb thick cut packages when they were on sale. I'd bake 1.5 lbs on a couple of broiler pans and refreeze the rest of the pack. The edge pieces would be good day of baking. Interior slices were perfect for microwaving for future meal additions, and bacon was usually an addition and not most of the meal, except on baking it day.

Posted by: PaleRider at January 26, 2026 08:58 PM (hhkIi)

162 I think the toothpaste has been squeezed. Good luck getting it back in the tube.
Posted by: Sock Monkey
=======
The left views violence as a dial, not a switch. Walz and Frey are dialing back the heat right now, just as likely to spike it tomorrow but we shall see.

Notice how the BLM riots or No Kings, or any of their other color rev shit suddenly shut off when counterproductive to Dems in polling? And they ramp it up when they want to create impressions of Resist.

I do note the calm down signal is being sent right after one guy penetrated their Signal network, another (Data Republican) penetrated their funding network, and a couple of their footsoldiers got penetrated with 124 gr 9mm HPs.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 08:58 PM (E4rtv)

163
When my folks lived in Wisconsin for a time after Dad retired, from time to time their domicile would be plagued by raccoons. They would live trap them and in the evenings Dad would drive the offending miscreant several miles outside town and release it on the edge of a side road.

When I went with him one time, the side road happened to abut a Native American Reservation. This time, as he banged on the back of the cage, Dad said, "Go visit your brudders" (on the Reservation).

I larfed.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) at January 26, 2026 08:58 PM (xG4kz)

164 Cotswold cottage looks like it would make a killer man cave.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 08:59 PM (snZF9)

165 *Looks at Latitude*
*Looks at calendar*
*Looks outside at 15” of fluffy snow on top of 5” base*

Yup. Winter.

Posted by: RI Red at January 26, 2026 08:59 PM (30Gj0)

166 Single digits are singularly depressing. “It’s 6 today.” Fucking 6
Posted by: Common Tater at January 26, 2026 08:31 PM (BORTq)
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You underestimate the Paolo.

Posted by: The Paolo at January 26, 2026 08:59 PM (krQz2)

167 From what Ryan Hall said today, the European weather model got the storm right. Our weather service got it wrong

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 26, 2026 08:59 PM (+mUZM)

168 I immediately see the asshole actor and they become dirt on my shoes. Musicians too, which is a real pissoff to me. Shut the fuck up and play.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 08:56 PM (snZF9)

At thist point I don't watch TV or listen to music. I'm tired of nodding and smiling and saying I can appreciate the artist anyhow.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 09:00 PM (lpTXP)

169 Recently released federal data shows the rate of improper payment in Minnesota's Medicaid program is far below the national average, the state's Department of Human Services says. According to the data released by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the error rate in Minnesota is slightly over 2.1%, compared to the national average of 6.1%. The human services department says the data was collected before it started implementing measures to cut down on fraud risk.
Posted by: SMOD at January 26, 2026 08:57 PM (GITLP)
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So most states stole more than 19 billion?!

Posted by: Axeman at January 26, 2026 09:00 PM (krQz2)

170 Cotswold cottage needs a new roof.

Too bad the UK imported Muzzies instead of Mexicans.

Posted by: davidt at January 26, 2026 09:01 PM (Q+gd/)

171 Cotswold cottage needs a new roof.

Too bad the UK imported Muzzies instead of Mexicans.

Posted by: davidt at January 26, 2026 09:01 PM (Q+gd/)

It needs new framing under that new roof. That sucker is sagging worse than pelosi's boobs.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 09:03 PM (snZF9)

172 Cotswold. Isn't that where Ellen Degenerate moved to? The posh Brits live there, I believe.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 09:04 PM (lpTXP)

173 I immediately see the asshole actor and they become dirt on my shoes. Musicians too, which is a real pissoff to me. Shut the fuck up and play.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
======
True, they break the wall and trust between audience by showing them being an asshole in real life and that carries over to whatever they do on stage or screen. Alec Baldwin is a perfect example of a piece of shit that got away with manslaughter being an entitled Hollyweird royalty.

I can't stand that guy even briefly appearing on teh screen even before that from his anti Trump idiocies. DeNiro likewise.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 09:04 PM (E4rtv)

174 176 Cotswold. Isn't that where Ellen Degenerate moved to? The posh Brits live there, I believe.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

Reportedly she wants to move back, just like Rosie O Donnell does from Ireland. Turns out they find being D rated celebutards in UK or Irish society sucks. The Brits have real royalty soap opera stars and the Irish have booze and U2 to worship, not worn out old Rosie.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 09:06 PM (E4rtv)

175 Imagine you're Tom Homan. You thought you were retired, but then you get The Call. Trump has called you back to active service, and after only a year, you know it's the most consequential time of your entire career.

I am happy in retirement, but I kind of envy Mr. Homan.

Also, I badly want transcripts of the talks he's going to have with Messrs Frey and Walz. Bet they'll really be something.

Posted by: Splunge at January 26, 2026 09:06 PM (7DKa5)

176 If America were still a serious country, right now that bitch would be enjoying the first quarter of her helicopter half-ride.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
=======
There is still coal in those hills to be mined. She might do fine as a donkey substitute pulling a cart.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 09:07 PM (E4rtv)

177 Dunno much about Cotswold, but if you ever run across a gin by that name, it's exceptional, but not expensive.

Posted by: Splunge at January 26, 2026 09:07 PM (7DKa5)

178 “A West Virginia librarian has been charged after she allegedly posted videos seeking to recruit assassins targeting President Donald Trump.
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Department in West Virginia announced Sunday evening that Morgan L. Morrow of Ripley, West Virginia, was charged with one count of making a terroristic threat.”
Posted by: SMOD

So if you're a famous presidential assassin, you go by all three names (John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald).

If you're only hiring one, you just use your middle initial?
Posted by: mikeski


Three names are for closers.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 26, 2026 09:07 PM (zILP0)

179 The human services department says the data was collected before it started implementing measures to cut down on fraud risk.
Posted by: SMOD
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Cough, bullshit, MN officials have no legitimacy to claim much of anything about their honesty.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 09:08 PM (E4rtv)

180 127 After Howard the duck...

Hey, wait a second! When did we get the ability to use less-than symbols? Was that an undocumented feature of Minx 0.8 beta?

Posted by: Oddbob at January 26, 2026 09:08 PM (Fs0KI)

181 Reportedly she wants to move back, just like Rosie O Donnell does from Ireland. Turns out they find being D rated celebutards in UK or Irish society sucks. The Brits have real royalty soap opera stars and the Irish have booze and U2 to worship, not worn out old Rosie.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 09:06 PM (E4rtv)

Guessing the average Brit cares more about the cast of EastEnders than a washed-up lesbian TV host.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 09:09 PM (lpTXP)

182 One famous “absent minded professor” his name escapes me at the moment, his wife had a stroke and was hospitalized and couldn’t care for his basic needs. Brilliant mathematician, but he literally died of starvation. I think it was Neils Bohr who would show up for work at the fenced and secured camp within a camp Los Alamos theoretical division building wearing strange mismatched clothes, and clothesline in lieu of a belt, when his wife wasn’t around. LOL

Posted by: Common Tater at January 26, 2026 09:10 PM (tE2Wy)

183 My attempt to adapt the Steely Dan song "Hey 19" into a song about Omar Fateh, called "A19," to honor both the traditional light bulb shape, and the very similar shape of Mr Fateh's head, has been an utter failure. I thought it was a natural, but it just doesn't work.

Posted by: Splunge at January 26, 2026 09:10 PM (7DKa5)

184 181 Dunno much about Cotswold, but if you ever run across a gin by that name, it's exceptional, but not expensive.
Posted by: Splunge
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Eh, gin works well in a G&T for me but Gordons to me works as good as Tanqueray, Boodles, or Bombay for that.

Better spend more on the tonic water than more on the gin. I suppose those that like gin martinis might feel differently.

Beyond that, only serious alkies drink gin straight.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 09:10 PM (E4rtv)

185 186 One famous “absent minded professor” his name escapes me at the moment, his wife had a stroke and was hospitalized and couldn’t care for his basic needs. Brilliant mathematician, but he literally died of starvation.
Posted by: Common Tater
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Happened to Gene Hackman apparently after his wife died. Sucks to have dementia with no one to take care of you. Worse, out isolated in the countryside.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 09:11 PM (E4rtv)

186 Guessing the average Brit cares more about the cast of EastEnders than a washed-up lesbian TV host.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary
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It would be the same as Graham Norton showing up here and expecting to be a big deal. Piers Morgan too although he has been over here for quite some time.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 09:13 PM (E4rtv)

187 188 Beyond that, only serious alkies drink gin straight.
Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 09:10 PM (E4rtv)

Pistols at dawn, sir!

None of the gins you mention actually taste good. There is a whole other world beyond your imaginings.

Also, most gins are substantially improved by a few drops of Miracle Mile's Bergamot Bitters.

Posted by: Splunge at January 26, 2026 09:13 PM (7DKa5)

188 If you’ve got a name like “Lee Wayne Ray” you should just turn yourself in on general principles.

Posted by: Common Tater at January 26, 2026 09:14 PM (tE2Wy)

189 At thist point I don't watch TV or listen to music. I'm tired of nodding and smiling and saying I can appreciate the artist anyhow.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

One of the main reasons I switched to anime.

And, as anyone who's clicked my youtube links can attest, I don't really follow any bands who are big enough to be bigmouthed assholes about leftist causes.

https://youtu.be/N34qCTcG8h4
https://youtu.be/rw8071RawzU

Posted by: mikeski at January 26, 2026 09:16 PM (VHUov)

190 *Looks at Latitude*
*Looks at calendar*
*Looks outside at 15” of fluffy snow on top of 5” base*

Yup. Winter.
Posted by: RI Red at January 26, 2026 08:59 PM

You only got 15"?

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 26, 2026 09:16 PM (Wnv9h)

191 Recently released federal data shows the rate of improper payment in Minnesota's Medicaid program is far below the national average, the state's Department of Human Services says. According to the data released by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the error rate in Minnesota is slightly over 2.1%, compared to the national average of 6.1%. The human services department says the data was collected before it started implementing measures to cut down on fraud risk.
Posted by: SMOD


Outliers when viewed from a QA perspective indicates that something is not being done - like random audits.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 26, 2026 09:16 PM (/lPRQ)

192 The left views violence as a dial, not a switch. Walz and Frey are dialing back the heat right now, just as likely to spike it tomorrow but we shall see

Violence is easier to instigate and dial up. I don't think they have the level of control necessary to just turn it down. The chimps are on a rampage, are the zoo keeers going to lure them back into their cages with bananas and gentle coaxing or with tasers.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 26, 2026 09:18 PM (uaYsl)

193 I was stationed close to Cotswold, England. Pretty part of the country. I visited it frequently because it was easy to get to, even by bus. Glad I saw the UK before it became a colony for islamdom.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 26, 2026 09:18 PM (sAmhv)

194
I do note the calm down signal is being sent right after one guy penetrated their Signal network, another (Data Republican) penetrated their funding network, and a couple of their footsoldiers got penetrated with 124 gr 9mm HPs.
Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 08:58 PM (E4rtv)

×××××××

Comment of the week right here!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 26, 2026 09:19 PM (Vvh2V)

195 It would be the same as Graham Norton showing up here and expecting to be a big deal. Piers Morgan too although he has been over here for quite some time.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 09:13 PM (E4rtv)

Graham Norton. I've actually found him entertaining. O'Donnell and Degeneres not so much. But I get your point.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 09:19 PM (lpTXP)

196 Washington State needs a governor like Dixie Lee Ray again.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

I used to enjoy your comments.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 26, 2026 09:20 PM (uaYsl)

197 This Somali shit is pissing me off.

I’m an American. I work my ass off. I spend 35%of my wages on rent so I can love where I live. I budget. I cut corners. I have a 2009 lesburu.

These assholes are living in mansions, driving luxury cars and DONT WORK? And they aren’t even here legally?

I’m a simp.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 26, 2026 09:21 PM (lSC4e)

198 >>> 181 Dunno much about Cotswold, but if you ever run across a gin by that name, it's exceptional, but not expensive.
Posted by: Splunge at January 26, 2026 09:07 PM (7DKa5)

This one?
https://is.gd/VWfo8j

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 26, 2026 09:23 PM (ULPxl)

199 82 While rabid penguins are rarely encountered, they do act as hosts for salmonellosis, tularemia, Lyme disease, leptospirosis, and a wide variety of venereal diseases.
Posted by: Penguin Facts at January 26, 2026 08:06 PM (vFG9F)


I am too tired to look it up but wonder how penguins get VD.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 26, 2026 09:23 PM (WONhk)

200 mikeski, thanks for sharing your YouTube links. I have enjoyed many of your musical links.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 09:24 PM (lpTXP)

201 I am happy in retirement, but I kind of envy Mr. Homan.

Also, I badly want transcripts of the talks he's going to have with Messrs Frey and Walz. Bet they'll really be something.
Posted by: Splunge at January 26, 2026 09:06 PM (7DKa5)

Be just grand if the talks were accompanied by a couple of hickory shampoos, for effect.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 26, 2026 09:24 PM (6Bc88)

202 I’m an American. I work my ass off. I spend 35%of my wages on rent so I can love where I live. I budget. I cut corners. I have a 2009 lesburu.

These assholes are living in mansions, driving luxury cars and DONT WORK? And they aren’t even here legally?

I’m a simp.
Posted by: nurse ratched
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Right there with ya, fellow chump!

We should start up a daycare/medical transport/home medical outfit... Profit!!!

Posted by: JQ at January 26, 2026 09:25 PM (rdVOm)

203 My attempt to adapt the Steely Dan song "Hey 19" into a song about Omar Fateh, called "A19," to honor both the traditional light bulb shape, and the very similar shape of Mr Fateh's head, has been an utter failure. I thought it was a natural, but it just doesn't work.

Posted by: Splunge at January 26, 2026 09:10 PM (7DKa5)

A noble goal, but a tough song to work with. I checked the lyrics, and they're all over the map, no real rhyming, weird lyric rhythm. You would literally have to write a new story somehow involving her light bulb shaped head and fit it to that music. Could be done, but much work.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 09:25 PM (snZF9)

204 The Cotswolds are an area of England, not a town. That looks like the village that always wins the most picturesque village in England award. Can't remember the name, but it has Castle in it.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 26, 2026 09:25 PM (Vvh2V)

205 I hope the talks with Homan, Walz and Frey end up with Walz and Frey sounding like they have something in their mouths.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 09:27 PM (lpTXP)

206 Also, those are slate roofs, in no danger of failing just yet.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 26, 2026 09:27 PM (Vvh2V)

207 Squirrels are just Rats with a fluffy tail...

Posted by: Wally at January 26, 2026 09:28 PM (J9q9v)

208 202 This Somali shit is pissing me off.

I’m an American. I work my ass off. I spend 35%of my wages on rent so I can love where I live. I budget. I cut corners. I have a 2009 lesburu.

These assholes are living in mansions, driving luxury cars and DONT WORK? And they aren’t even here legally?

I’m a simp.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 26, 2026 09:21 PM (lSC4e)

Oh, come now. You are a nurse. How many "homeless" indigents have you treated? You pay for all that, too. Not to mention paying for their brand spankin' new tents, winter gear, narcan, and fuckall.

A few billions to the sub-human Somalis can't possibly move my blood pressure any more than it already has.

And don't get me started about the wetbacks and filthy Scandis.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 26, 2026 09:28 PM (6Bc88)

209
I am too tired to look it up but wonder how penguins get VD.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 26, 2026 09:23 PM (WONhk

Same as in town.. 😉

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 26, 2026 09:28 PM (Vvh2V)

210 None of the gins you mention actually taste good. There is a whole other world beyond your imaginings.

Also, most gins are substantially improved by a few drops of Miracle Mile's Bergamot Bitters.
Posted by: Splunge
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Eh, mixed drinks and expensive top tier alcohol are a waste together. I prefer single malt adulterated only with cold spring water if I had my druthers. But a G&T is fine in summer. And can easily be simulated if you want with club soda and a twist of lime. Keeps a drink in your hand to fit into place but you get to stay totally sober.

I can get passionate about particular vintages of wine and grape varieties, meh on domestic bourbons, and like specific liquors.

But since being on my anti inflammatories/biologics for psoriatic arthritis for years now, I don't drink at all nor miss it much either.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 09:28 PM (E4rtv)

211 You only got 15"?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 26, 2026 09:16 PM (Wnv9h)

That’s what she said …

Posted by: RI Red at January 26, 2026 09:28 PM (30Gj0)

212
Speaking of Ryan Hall, I just read his analysis of what saved us in the Carolinas (as a whole) from Icemaggedon. It fell mostly as sleet, which I noted and kept my fingers crossed.

The dreaded warm nose was there, but the surface layer was cold enough high enough to allow most it to refreeze as sleet. Had that been a little different, it would've been terrible. That's the what the probability ball bounced. Now for Miss. and Tenn. they did get ice big time, and they are in the dark big time as well.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 26, 2026 09:28 PM (w6EFb)

213 This Somali shit is pissing me off.

I’m an American. I work my ass off. I spend 35%of my wages on rent so I can love where I live. I budget. I cut corners. I have a 2009 lesburu.

These assholes are living in mansions, driving luxury cars and DONT WORK? And they aren’t even here legally?

I’m a simp.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 26, 2026 09:21 PM (lSC4e)

The worse part? These motherfuckers think they are entitled to it. They need to be stripped of their filthy lucre and all sent on rafts back to the shithole they came from.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 09:28 PM (snZF9)

214 209 The Cotswolds are an area of England, not a town. That looks like the village that always wins the most picturesque village in England award. Can't remember the name, but it has Castle in it.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor


Yep. East of Oxford, more or less.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 26, 2026 09:29 PM (sAmhv)

215 Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 26, 2026 09:23 PM (ULPxl)

Yup, that's the one. I think it was about $30 US in London, which is where I encountered it. Great stuff.

Posted by: Splunge at January 26, 2026 09:29 PM (7DKa5)

216 The worse part? These motherfuckers think they are entitled to it. They need to be stripped of their filthy lucre and all sent on rafts back to the shithole they came from.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 09:28 PM (snZF9)

Why bother with rafts?

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 26, 2026 09:31 PM (6Bc88)

217 I don't think they have the level of control necessary to just turn it down. The chimps are on a rampage, are the zoo keeers going to lure them back into their cages with bananas and gentle coaxing or with tasers.
Posted by: Sock Monkey
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A lot of those assholes are paid and controlled when their paymasters tell them to stop. If you notice, these riots were not primarily the usual BLM types in previous years but pasty white millennials doing the shit. Even the Somalians have more sense not to try to run over ICE or trying to rescue some white femme getting moved out by ICE officers.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 09:31 PM (E4rtv)

218 I spent an hour or so chipping away at the mini glacier that has me blocked in my parking spot. It's annoying and I'm not done. Snow you can shovel. A mini glacier, not so much. Have to chop it up in smaller chunks before you can shovel it. Hopefully I'll finish tomorrow afternoon. It will be 'warmer'. Not single digits anyway.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 26, 2026 09:31 PM (sAmhv)

219
The difference between me here and Nashville was a couple hundred feet of below freezing air. And that was all the difference between "meh, not bad" and icemageddon.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 26, 2026 09:31 PM (w6EFb)

220 I’m a simp.
Posted by: nurse ratched

Hogwash!

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 26, 2026 09:32 PM (uaYsl)

221 The worse part? These motherfuckers think they are entitled to it. They need to be stripped of their filthy lucre and all sent on rafts back to the shithole they came from.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

Nope. The worst part is that you and I paid for it.
And we’re expected to continue.
April 15 is right around the corner.

Posted by: RI Red at January 26, 2026 09:33 PM (30Gj0)

222 216 You only got 15"?
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 26, 2026 09:16 PM (Wnv9h)

That’s what she said …
Posted by: RI Red
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Got a permit for your short barrelled rifle? Or is it an AOW.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 09:33 PM (E4rtv)

223 For once, can we just follow the money? Whomever is paying for these "protestors" who are actually terrorists needs to pay in jail. I have really had it with these "we hate America" types. Where, pray tell, is life any better than here? I don't see them leaving this country, which is so horrible they just can't even.

I'm firmly in the love it or leave it camp. You don't like it? Take a fuckin' hike.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 26, 2026 09:33 PM (6Bc88)

224 Why bother with rafts?

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 26, 2026 09:31 PM (6Bc8

Because they aren't worth the cost of helicopter fuel. A raft would be miserable until its...not.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 09:33 PM (snZF9)

225 Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 26, 2026 09:29 PM (sAmhv

It really is a lovely place. And I have twice been thwarted in my attempts at thoroughly exploring Oxford. Once by the presence of the Queen of Spain ( security had blocked everything off) and once by something to do with soccer.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 26, 2026 09:34 PM (Vvh2V)

226 223 I spent an hour or so chipping away at the mini glacier that has me blocked in my parking spot. It's annoying and I'm not done. Snow you can shovel. A mini glacier, not so much. Have to chop it up in smaller chunks before you can shovel it. Hopefully I'll finish tomorrow afternoon. It will be 'warmer'. Not single digits anyway.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 26, 2026 09:31 PM (sAmhv)

Salt that shit.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 26, 2026 09:34 PM (6Bc88)

227 Oh, and neither of the unalived protesters were natives in MN but drawn there for some unexplained reason so far except both were in the signal groups just decoded and busted.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 09:35 PM (E4rtv)

228 Because they aren't worth the cost of helicopter fuel. A raft would be miserable until its...not.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 09:33 PM (snZF9)

Just tie 'em all together and shove 'em in the ocean, on the current to Africa. Problem solved.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 26, 2026 09:35 PM (6Bc88)

229 I am too tired to look it up but wonder how penguins get VD.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat

Penguin Facts is a vile Fountain Of Misinformation. It is probably Mental Ilness at the core.

Posted by: Penguin Liberation Front at January 26, 2026 09:36 PM (oftw2)

230 228 For once, can we just follow the money? Whomever is paying for these "protestors" who are actually terrorists needs to pay in jail. I have really had it with these "we hate America" types. Where, pray tell, is life any better than here? I don't see them leaving this country, which is so horrible they just can't even.

I'm firmly in the love it or leave it camp. You don't like it? Take a fuckin' hike.
Posted by: tcn in AK

Data Republican has already done a lot on it and sent her openly verifiable spreadsheet to Fedgov. You can take a look at it too, on X or a link to X on places like Instapundit dot com.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 09:36 PM (E4rtv)

231 Because they aren't worth the cost of helicopter fuel. A raft would be miserable until its...not.
Posted by: Berserker
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Inflatables. Get them a few miles off the coast in shark-infested water... *Pop!*

Oh. Oh, darn.

Posted by: JQ at January 26, 2026 09:36 PM (rdVOm)

232 Have fun for the evening. I am out.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 09:36 PM (E4rtv)

233 For once, can we just follow the money? Whomever is paying for these "protestors" who are actually terrorists needs to pay in jail. I have really had it with these "we hate America" types. Where, pray tell, is life any better than here? I don't see them leaving this country, which is so horrible they just can't even.

I'm firmly in the love it or leave it camp. You don't like it? Take a fuckin' hike.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 26, 2026 09:33 PM (6Bc8

Its why trump needs the ministry of ungentlemanly warfare. Send the team out, find these people, track them down one by one, and quietly remove them from the planet.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 09:36 PM (snZF9)

234 I’m a simp.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 26, 2026 09:21 PM (lSC4e)

The worse part? These motherfuckers think they are entitled to it. They need to be stripped of their filthy lucre and all sent on rafts back to the shithole they came from.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

When the well runs dry, and I think it will, they will return to being a bitter tribe , scrabbling in the dirt.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 26, 2026 09:37 PM (uaYsl)

235 Not just an AOW, Whig.
It is a weapon of mass production.

Or so I imagined when a lot younger.

Posted by: RI Red at January 26, 2026 09:37 PM (30Gj0)

236 Inflatables. Get them a few miles off the coast in shark-infested water... *Pop!*

Oh. Oh, darn.

Posted by: JQ at January 26, 2026 09:36 PM (rdVOm)

and this one gets it. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 09:37 PM (snZF9)

237 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 26, 2026 09:31 PM (w6EFb

They grossly over estimated our snow levels, whole simultaneously getting the sleet wrong. They said we'd get 12-18inches of snow and no sleet or anything else. We got maybe 6 inches of snow, then sleet all night.

I'm grateful we missed the ice, but they were way off for us, even Ryan!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 26, 2026 09:38 PM (Vvh2V)

238 FWIW, I'm not sure I've ever seen non political comment sections go against dems as I am now. I saw an AP channel story on YouTube go a dozen comments before one pro-illegal nugget. One of local Minnesota TV Channels had fifty comments in a row that were pro enforcement. Usually they'd be maybe 50/50 on a good day.

There's reasons this is only happening on one place.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 26, 2026 09:39 PM (w/O5Q)

239 I spent an hour or so chipping away at the mini glacier that has me blocked in my parking spot. It's annoying and I'm not done. Snow you can shovel. A mini glacier, not so much. Have to chop it up in smaller chunks before you can shovel it. Hopefully I'll finish tomorrow afternoon. It will be 'warmer'. Not single digits anyway.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 26, 2026 09:31 PM (sAmhv)

Flame thrower. Kill it with fire.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 09:40 PM (snZF9)

240
This Somali shit is pissing me off.

Posted by: nurse ratched

==============

The moral outrage and the feelings of betrayal about this are so high that we're going to have to have an honest face-to-face when it's all over. Like the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa or Pope Paul III's admissions after the excesses that led to the Protestant Reformation or yes, even Bill Clinton's televised confession. We can NOT allow the left to mumble it under the rug and shuffle away with some equivocating bullshit about "but Trump is a ped0" or "okay the fraud happened, but the targeting was racist."

We really need a full admission of responsibility and an apology.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 26, 2026 09:40 PM (n2vmh)

241 I'm guessing Minneapolis has an annual Somali Festival to celebrate the cultural heritage of Somalia.

Posted by: davidt at January 26, 2026 09:40 PM (Q+gd/)

242 reality of life in the rainy countryside has gotten increasingly boring and frustrating" for them.

××××××

They both have gone their entire lives without knowing it rains a lot in England. Tell me you're a leftist without telling me you're a leftist.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 26, 2026 09:41 PM (Vvh2V)

243 AsRadar reported, an insider claimed the Arrested Development star and comedian decided to move back to the States as the "reality of life in the rainy countryside has gotten increasingly boring and frustrating" for them.
=====

Dear Ellen and Portia,

A day late, a dollar short. Go back to your third world sh*thole.

Love, Franpsycho

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 26, 2026 09:41 PM (RIvkX)

244 You have the right to peaceable assembly to address grievances with your government. You do not have the right to impede federal officers while they are lawfully conducting operations, as stipulated by the US Congress in laws passed by duly elected Congresscritters.

Therefore, these "protestors," particularly the ones impeding ICE but also those trespassing and attacking Churches, need to be rounded up and sentenced under Federal charges of terrorism. Gitmo would be too kind for most of them. Those who fund these terrorists are likewise terrorists and should face the same penalties.

They have stolen from my pocket, they have injured and harmed US citizens, and, to my mind, the worst is that they frightened children.

Fuckers need to pay. And if some of them fall down stairs on the way to trial, well, shit happens.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 26, 2026 09:42 PM (6Bc88)

245 Oh, popped back from X for this from Data Republican,

List of donors by name etc. You can download them yourself if you search for her on X.

Posted by: whig at January 26, 2026 09:43 PM (E4rtv)

246 I love y’all.

I really do. Validation goes a long way to keeping me from *types*
*deletes*

Thank you.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 26, 2026 09:43 PM (IhIKR)

247 They grossly over estimated our snow levels, whole simultaneously getting the sleet wrong. They said we'd get 12-18inches of snow and no sleet or anything else. We got maybe 6 inches of snow, then sleet all night.

I'm grateful we missed the ice, but they were way off for us, even Ryan!

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 26, 2026 09:38 PM (Vvh2V)

We got about 8 inches. They were talking like we were going to see a bearded Kurt Russell walking around with a flame thrower.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 09:43 PM (snZF9)

248 I'm guessing Minneapolis has an annual Somali Festival to celebrate the cultural heritage of Somalia.
Posted by: davidt

They will have dirt and water on the menu. Also cat, until they run out.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at January 26, 2026 09:43 PM (abIsI)

249 Don't believe everything on the internet, #58585858858

@EricLDaugh 2h
🚨 BREAKING: Border Commander Greg Bovino has NOT been relieved of his duties, DHS says

ASSISTANT SEC. TRICIA MCLAUGHLIN: "Chief Gregory Bovino has NOT been relieved of his duties."

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 26, 2026 09:44 PM (mlg/3)

250
We can NOT allow the left to mumble it under the rug and shuffle away with some equivocating bullshit about "but Trump is a ped0" or "okay the fraud happened, but the targeting was racist."

We really need a full admission of responsibility and an apology.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia

My $ is on sweeping it under the rug. This is going to take 1860s Kansas and Missouri kinetic skirmishing to unfuck.

Posted by: BifBewalski- at January 26, 2026 09:44 PM (QVmho)

251 I seem to remember she was in favor of nuclear power. Certainly less bad than the current shitmaggot.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Amongst all of the sh*t heel, asswipe democratic governors we have had, she is still at the top of my list.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 26, 2026 09:45 PM (uaYsl)

252 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 09:43 PM (snZF9)

It's like a bunch of 8th grade girls are in charge of weather predictions now; hysteria all over the place.

I do love Ryan Hall, but even the independent youtube guys get caught up in it.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 26, 2026 09:45 PM (Vvh2V)

253 We really need a full admission of responsibility and an apology.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 26, 2026 09:40 PM (n2vmh)

And a lot of helicopter rides.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 09:45 PM (snZF9)

254 My $ is on sweeping it under the rug. This is going to take 1860s Kansas and Missouri kinetic skirmishing to unfuck.
Posted by: BifBewalski- at January 26, 2026 09:44 PM (QVmho)

In that case, nothing short of heads on pikes will satisfy.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 26, 2026 09:46 PM (6Bc88)

255 AsRadar reported, an insider claimed the Arrested Development star and comedian decided to move back to the States as the "reality of life in the rainy countryside has gotten increasingly boring and frustrating" for them.

https://t.ly/k9S-r

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 26, 2026 09:38 PM (pkeXY)

But she and her Australian side piece will be immediately taken into a concentration camp for lesbians upon their return. Right? Stupid cunts.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 09:46 PM (lpTXP)

256 We really need a full admission of responsibility and an apology.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 26, 2026 09:40 PM (n2vmh)

Still waiting for the COVID trials/executions.

Posted by: RI Red at January 26, 2026 09:46 PM (LMRVO)

257 But she and her Australian side piece will be immediately taken into a concentration camp for lesbians upon their return. Right? Stupid cunts.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 09:46 PM (lpTXP)

They are so put-upon. We are so mean. Poor babies have to live on just millions, instead of trillions.

/spit

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 26, 2026 09:48 PM (6Bc88)

258 Still waiting for the COVID trials/executions.
Posted by: RI Red at January 26, 2026 09:46 PM (LMRVO)

I would so love a Nuremburg for that shit.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 26, 2026 09:48 PM (6Bc88)

259 Geez, tcn, you’re wound up tonight!

I’m just waiting for the Pickle Queen to smite Minnesota.

Posted by: RI Red at January 26, 2026 09:50 PM (LMRVO)

260 It's like a bunch of 8th grade girls are in charge of weather predictions now; hysteria all over the place.

I do love Ryan Hall, but even the independent youtube guys get caught up in it.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 26, 2026 09:45 PM (Vvh2V)

It frigging retarded. Its winter, it snows during winter, shit happens. Our asshole governor says "we haven't had a storm like this in a decade". Bullshit, we had one a few years ago just like this, and we had worse. Jersey goes through periods of no snow for a few winters and after a few years of that, we get frigging snow.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 09:50 PM (snZF9)

261 >> I'm grateful we missed the ice, but they were way off for us, even Ryan!

It's a game of juggling probabilities. Weather behavior is where Chaos Theory got its start. Several years ago I asked my late cousin, retired meteorologist who was at GSP for years, if it was going to snow. He earnestly replied, "Well, it might and it might not, and if it does, could be a little, could be a lot."

That's all he could say with certainty. As he mentioned many times, they walk a thin line between too much warning and not enough. Say there's a 20% chance something really bad will happen. There's an 80% chance it won't. If they shout from the rooftops to get ready, a Bad Moon is on the rise, run for you lives, and it doesn't happen, they're Chicken Little.

But on the other hand, if they don't warn people, and the really bad thing happens, it's why didn't you warn us!

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 26, 2026 09:50 PM (w6EFb)

262 Disclose.tv
@disclosetv
NEW - 8th Circuit Court of Appeals rules in favor of Trump admin allowing ICE agents to arrest, detain, pepper-spray or retaliate against violent anti-ICE rioters, in Minneapolis, without probable cause — Fox
6:17 PM · Jan 26, 2026

Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe at January 26, 2026 09:50 PM (9aVck)

263
When the well runs dry, and I think it will, they will return to being a bitter tribe , scrabbling in the dirt.
Posted by: Sock Monkey

==============

I've been wondering about that, and the trouble I see is that they're utterly disinclined to work. How many of them speak comprehensible English? Would you hire one of those things in those videos? "Whut? No. No no no. They say bad things him here." The women are loping, bedraggled slobs who couldn't function in any job like cleaning, serving, stocking shelves, or greeting guests. The men look like they can barely pick up their feet when they walk.

They don't have any intention of getting with the program. We'll need more laws cutting them off welfare.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 26, 2026 09:52 PM (n2vmh)

264 8th Circuit Court of Appeals rules in favor of Trump admin allowing ICE agents to arrest, detain, pepper-spray or retaliate against violent anti-ICE rioters, in Minneapolis, without probable cause — Fox

Thus the phone call.

Posted by: davidt at January 26, 2026 09:53 PM (Q+gd/)

265 Fuck the rafts, let the fucking skinnies swim back, through shark habitat. Barren Karens can follow and nurture them. Retard and Twink need their heads on pikes. Metaphorically speaking, of course.

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 26, 2026 09:53 PM (/7Zv0)

266
NEW - 8th Circuit Court of Appeals rules in favor of Trump admin allowing ICE agents to arrest, detain, pepper-spray or retaliate against violent anti-ICE rioters, in Minneapolis, without probable cause — Fox
6:17 PM · Jan 26, 2026
Posted by: BetaCuck4Lyfe

===============

Huzzah!!!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 26, 2026 09:53 PM (n2vmh)

267 Interior decorating question. There is no lodge pole in my house. When the SHTF and things go tribal, where do I hang the scalps?

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 26, 2026 09:53 PM (uaYsl)

268 >> It's like a bunch of 8th grade girls are in charge of weather predictions now

That's the problem. Youtube and TV weathermen going nuts with hype. They look at the worst case, the lower tails of the probability distributions and run with it.

It's click bait. Doom and gloom gets hits.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 26, 2026 09:54 PM (w6EFb)

269 We need organized crowds of protest infiltrators — and I mean lots of them — carrying absurdist signs, like, "No steam," "Like and subscribe," and "End road work."

Posted by: mindful webworker - Invade Salvadore Dali at January 26, 2026 09:54 PM (OJSFI)

270 Fuck the rafts, let the fucking skinnies swim back, through shark habitat. Barren Karens can follow and nurture them. Retard and Twink need their heads on pikes. Metaphorically speaking, of course.
Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 26, 2026 09:53 PM (/7Zv0)

I'm ok if the have rafts, but the have to compete with robins for suitable twigs. Nothing wider than 1/8", or longer than 4".

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 26, 2026 09:55 PM (S/Y4j)

271 I would so love a Nuremburg for that shit.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 26, 2026 09:48 PM (6Bc8

I’d volunteer to be a judge/executioner for that.
For free!

Posted by: RI Red at January 26, 2026 09:55 PM (LMRVO)

272 Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 26, 2026 09:50 PM (snZF9

Same here. They have taken to calling things rare, then in the same sentence saying it happened 5 years ago.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 26, 2026 09:56 PM (Vvh2V)

273 Interior decorating question. There is no lodge pole in my house. When the SHTF and things go tribal, where do I hang the scalps?

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 26, 2026 09:53 PM (uaYsl)

Some shadowboxes from Hobby Lobby? Buy them on a week when they're half off.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 26, 2026 09:56 PM (lpTXP)

274 We need organized crowds of protest infiltrators — and I mean lots of them — carrying absurdist signs, like, "No steam," "Like and subscribe," and "End road work."
Posted by: mindful webworker

"I'm against picketing, but I don't know how to show it."

Posted by: zombie Mitch Hedburg, Minnesotan at January 26, 2026 09:57 PM (VHUov)

275
reality of life in the rainy countryside has gotten increasingly boring and frustrating" for them.

××××××

They both have gone their entire lives without knowing it rains a lot in England. Tell me you're a leftist without telling me you're a leftist.
Posted by: Tammy al-Thor

=============

I bet it's not just the rain. I bet they miss hanging out with The Best People and being invited to every opening and event in a town full of glitzy, hollow characters.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 26, 2026 09:58 PM (n2vmh)

276 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 26, 2026 09:54 PM (w6EFb)

I think the 24 hour news cycle is the problem; they gotta fill up time, so they get into the weeds and carried away with possibilities.

Old School guys like your cousin could make you understand that it could be bad, so be prepared, but admit that they didn't really know fir sure.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 26, 2026 09:58 PM (Vvh2V)

277
We need organized crowds of protest infiltrators — and I mean lots of them — carrying absurdist signs, like, "No steam," "Like and subscribe," and "End road work."
Posted by: mindful webworker

============

Those are hilarious! Now I'm going to spend the evening thinking up some more.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 26, 2026 09:59 PM (n2vmh)

278 Some shadowboxes from Hobby Lobby? Buy them on a week when they're half off.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary

I'm considering the ceiling fan.

Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 26, 2026 10:00 PM (uaYsl)

279 Posted by: zombie Mitch Hedburg, Minnesotan

Apologies for misspelling your name, zombie Mr. Hedberg.....

Posted by: mikeski at January 26, 2026 10:00 PM (VHUov)

280
Thus the phone call.
Posted by: davidt

==============

Ahhh yes. Trump didn't have a picture of Tim Walz's house, but he DID have an 8th Circuit decision...

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 26, 2026 10:00 PM (n2vmh)

281 >>> 285
We need organized crowds of protest infiltrators — and I mean lots of them — carrying absurdist signs, like, "No steam," "Like and subscribe," and "End road work."
Posted by: mindful webworker

============

Those are hilarious! Now I'm going to spend the evening thinking up some more.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 26, 2026 09:59 PM (n2vmh)

Old but good:
"Stop Plate Tectonics!"

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 26, 2026 10:01 PM (ULPxl)

282 There is no lodge pole in my house. When the SHTF and things go tribal, where do I hang the scalps?
Posted by: Sock Monkey

Scalping is messy, tedious work, and then you have to dispose of the rest.

Save time with fences decorated Vlad Dracul method.

Posted by: mindful webworker - classic style at January 26, 2026 10:02 PM (OJSFI)

283 "When the SHTF and things go tribal, where do I hang the scalps?"

Personally, I'm a "heads-on-sticks" kinda guy. You can really gussy up a picket fence with heads on sticks.

Posted by: PabloD at January 26, 2026 10:02 PM (pXTL4)

284 Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 26, 2026 09:58 PM (n2vmh)

For sure! They should've moved to London. I doubt thry would've gotten enough attention to suit them, but neither strikes me as the rural type.

Posted by: Tammy al-Thor at January 26, 2026 10:02 PM (Vvh2V)

285 279 I would so love a Nuremburg for that shit.
----

Spanish Inquisition. I still have enough hand strength to turn a crank.

Posted by: clarence at January 26, 2026 10:03 PM (jgwdN)

286 /willowed

Re: Top reporter at WaPo says newsroom rattled by cuts

Call me crazy but confessing you didn't see this coming isn't the argument you want to be making as a journalist.

Posted by: Fen at January 26, 2026 10:05 PM (ciYHQ)

287 "A West Virginia librarian has been charged after she allegedly posted videos seeking to recruit assassins targeting President Donald Trump."

Huh? I worked as an LM3 at UT. I don't eve know what LM3 stands for but I remember my librarians. And in those memories they're always lecturing us to not do Teh Stupid on the internet.

Posted by: Fen at January 26, 2026 10:12 PM (ciYHQ)

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