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The Morning Report — 1/2/26

Good morning kids. So with the great Somalian Samolian Swindle in full swing This happened over in Turtle Bay –

What absolutely perfect timing, eh?

The rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) will be assumed on January 1 by Somalia – a barely functional state that has exported thousands of “refugees” to the rest of the world, accompanied by crime waves and social distortions U.N. Watch executive director Hillel Neuer highlighted the absurdity of handing over the presidency of the Security Council to “the #1 Worst Country in the World on the failed state index last year.”
. . . “Somalia is a failed state that under 12 indicators was ranked the world’s worst on terrorism, corruption, inability to collect taxes, mass displacement, economic collapse, group grievance, brain drain, and chronic insecurity,” he continued.

I wonder if there is any connection to the Turtle Island Liberation Front that came to the fore in the waning days of last year. TO refresh your memory:

Multiple splinter cell members of the radical Turtle Island Liberation Front, which posts disturbing slogans such as “Death to America” on social media, were arrested last Friday for allegedly plotting a New Year’s Eve terror attack in the Los Angeles area. Turtle Island Liberation Front (TILF), a little-known “pro-Palestine, anti-law-enforcement, and anti-government” extremist group, has quietly been raising funds and resources to usher in a “revolutionary change in government.” “TILF also calls for the working class to rise up and fight back against capitalism,” an FBI affidavit noted. “Moreover, TILF advocates that liberalism and peaceful protest will be the downfall of those who believe it is enough, and that ‘direct action is the only way.’”

And, speaking of Somalia, the Somalian Samolian Swindle and the UN, get a load of this!

Just when you thought the Somali welfare fraud story couldn’t get any more ridiculous, allegations have emerged that Somalia’s Foreign Minister Abdisalam Abdi Ali and Somalia’s UN Ambassador Abukar Dahir Osman ran a company called Progressive Health Care Services Inc in Cincinatti, Ohio.

What America desperately needs is the ATBLF, the Anti-Turtle Bay Liberation Front!

But I digress. But then again, speaking of failed states, wars on capitalism . . "terrorism, corruption, inability to collect taxes, mass displacement, economic collapse, group grievance, brain drain, and chronic insecurity" , look what happened on New Years Eve just a few miles south of Turtle Bay in New York's City Hall Park:

Scores of Zohran Mamdani fans who braved freezing temperatures to celebrate the new mayor as he was publicly sworn into office Thursday were left disappointed by the bash the socialist pol had promised.
Around 10,000 supporters stood outside City Hall during the event — billed as an “Inauguration for a New Era Block Party” by Mamdani’s staff — crammed into several barricaded pens without access to bathrooms or any food concession stands.

The hilarity of this is just priceless!!! No food and no bathrooms in sub zero temperatures. Somewhere out in the great beyond Alexander Solzhenitsyn and Ivan Denisovich and the tortured souls that haunt the Gulag Archipelago are pointing their fingers and laughing their asses off at NYC's braindead schmucks.

To paraphrase a punchline from the radioactively non-PC yet funny book for those old enough to remember it, "Race Riots" the reason there was no tree bark lasagna on hand for the rubes was because the political prisoner with the recipe had died.

Ah yes, the glories of Socialism. Live it and Love it, all you young fools taken in by Bernie, Titty Caca Cortez and this lanky, swarthy Jew- and America-hating hunk of piss. Good and hard my ex fellow New Yorkers.

Of course he was sworn in with his reptilian claw on a Koran.

Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) said it succinctly on Wednesday, commenting on the news that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani intended to be sworn in on the Qur’an: “The enemy is inside the gates.” . . . At a cursory glance, swearing in on the Qur’an doesn’t seem to present any problems. ne primary reason, however, why many people object to American officials being sworn in on the Qur’an is because the Islamic holy book teaches values that are vastly different from American and Judeo-Christian values, particularly the necessity for Muslims to wage war against non-Muslims and subjugate them under the hegemony of Islamic law. . . Even more important for the concept of taking an oath to serve faithfully and honestly is the fact that the Qur’an sanctions lying to unbelievers under certain circumstances. The Qur’an teaches that deception is allowed: “Let not the believers take unbelievers for their friends in preference to believers. Whoever does that has no connection with Allah unless you are guarding yourselves against them, taking security.” (Qur'an 3:2. . . Of course, it is forbidden today, on pain of charges of “Islamophobia,” to discuss the actual contents of the Qur’an and their possible relevance to the question of officials being sworn in on the Qur’an. Still, it is jarring to think of American officials pledging to uphold the U.S. Constitution on a book that calls for warfare against non-Muslims and allows lying to them.

No wonder there is such an affinity between Democrat/Leftists and Muslims. They're the Cerberus of Chang and Eng Bunkers of Rosy Grier/Ray Milland Incredible Two-Headed Transplants.

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ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY LINKS

. . . Somalia – a barely functional state that has exported thousands of “refugees” to the rest of the world, accompanied by crime waves and social distortions.
Somalia Assumes Rotating Presidency of U.N. Security Council (Because of course! - jjs)

"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY, NEWSOM/DEMOCRAT VIOLENT INSURRECTION RIOTS

After taking office on January 20, 2025, the Trump administration’s border team closed out the year with a historically low apprehension rate of less than 109,000 illegal aliens.
EXCLUSIVE: Historic 2025 Border Turnaround — Southwest Apprehensions Collapse to 109K in Trump’s First Year Back
City workers should call a hotline to the Portland Immigrant Rights Coalition (PIRC) when ICE appears, demand that the agency present judicial warrants for access to buildings and send documentation of any ICE incident to the city attorney, the memo says. “PIRC will activate MigraWatch volunteers to investigate and confirm reports of ICE,” reads the document, which is labeled an “Employee Guide” for interacting with immigration authorities.
EXCLUSIVE: Portland Memo Tells City Officials To Record ICE Agents, Call ‘MigraWatch’ Activists For Help
On day one, Trump took action to end the illegal immigration chaos.
How Trump Shut Down The Border In 2025
Texas’s new immigration‑enforcement law hit the state like a shockwave this morning, wiping out any remaining sanctuary‑style defiance by ordering every county sheriff to partner with ICE formally. The mandatory 287(g) crackdown is designed to hard‑wire deportation cooperation into every jail from the Panhandle to the Rio Grande.
No More Sanctuary Texas Sheriffs: Mandatory ICE Partnership in Sweeping State Law Begins Today
THE GREAT SOMALIAN SAMOLIAN SWINDLE
The Somali government is connected to the Somali welfare industry.
Somalia’s Foreign Minister, UN Ambassador, Ran Health Care Corps in Ohio
However “no loss was reported to officers,” according to a preliminary report by the Minneapolis Police Department. MPD noted that the center later reached out with additional information, but the updated police report was not immediately available.
Minnesota: Police Dispute Somali-Run Day Care Claiming ‘Important Documents’ Were Stolen
"I don’t drink alcohol, I don’t do drugs, I’m a virgin. I don’t have sex with random girls." (Just like Thunderball - jjs)
‘They’re Never Going To Be Able To Get Me’: Nick Shirley Explains Why Critics Won’t Take Him Down
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
Taxpayers have spent hundreds of billions more on completely ineffective daycare than even Somalis have been able to pilfer.
It’s Not Just Minnesota. The Vast Majority Of Daycare Is A Scam
Based on a detailed analysis from the Austin Daily Herald and the Minnesota Chamber of Commerce, the new paid leave rules are thoroughly socialistic, offering higher monetary amounts for paid leave of workers who make lower incomes. Not only that, but employers will be required to provide nearly five months of leave to certain employees, an anti-free market, impractical, and utterly unjust standard. No doubt many small businesses will have to close their doors on this plan.
Minnesota’s Ridiculous Paid Leave Rule Takes Effect; Critics Say Illegal Aliens Will Benefit

WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
Netanyahu met Wednesday with heads of Christian churches and universities, who congratulated him on his meeting with President Donald Trump and praised what his office described as his steadfast wartime decisions.
Israeli PM Declares ‘New Front’ Defending Christians from Islamist Persecution: ‘Common Judeo-Christian Battle’
The Vondelkerk was built in 1872 and functioned as a Roman Catholic church until 1977.
Historic Amsterdam Catholic church destroyed by fire under suspicious circumstances
At a cursory glance, swearing in on the Qur’an doesn’t seem to present any problems. ne primary reason, however, why many people object to American officials being sworn in on the Qur’an is because the Islamic holy book teaches values that are vastly different from American and Judeo-Christian values, particularly the necessity for Muslims to wage war against non-Muslims and subjugate them under the hegemony of Islamic law. . . Even more important for the concept of taking an oath to serve faithfully and honestly is the fact that the Qur’an sanctions lying to unbelievers under certain circumstances. The Qur’an teaches that deception is allowed: “Let not the believers take unbelievers for their friends in preference to believers. Whoever does that has no connection with Allah unless you are guarding yourselves against them, taking security.” (Qur’an 3:2. . . Of course, it is forbidden today, on pain of charges of “Islamophobia,” to discuss the actual contents of the Qur’an and their possible relevance to the question of officials being sworn in on the Qur’an. Still, it is jarring to think of American officials pledging to uphold the U.S. Constitution on a book that calls for warfare against non-Muslims and allows lying to them.
Does It Matter Which Book an Official Is Sworn In On?
J-6 FBI/PELOSI FALSE FLAG "RIOT" & AFTERMATH,
The former special counsel sat down for an over eight-hour deposition with the House Judiciary Committee on December 17, 2025, and when the transcript was released to the public on Wednesday, it contained a stunning admission. It turns out that the former special counsel admitted under oath that Cassidy Hutchinson, the committee's star witness, relied on secondhand hearsay instead of firsthand evidence when she testified about Trump's conduct after the 2020 election. Smith said if he were acting as a defense attorney and Hutchinson were called as a witness, "the first thing" he would do would be to seek to exclude portions of her testimony.
Jack Smith Just Blew Up His Entire January 6 Case
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
If you’re a California worker, you will have fewer opportunities as employers cut jobs to meet the cost of California’s default. If you’re a California employer, you should be on the phone to either your state assembly member or state senator to remedy this injustice. Or you could call a couple of people named Abbott and DeSantis.
How deadbeat Gavin Newsom put Cali businesses on the hook for his bills
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
Media will cover the Somali Medicare and Medicaid fraud, the daycare fraud, the foodservice fraud, maybe even the Somali vote fraud. They will cover it when they are forced to, when it becomes so overwhelming that they can’t bury it anymore.
Somali Corruption and the Mainstream Media
Campus censorship hit record highs in 2025, proving the threat to free speech in higher education isn’t ideological—it’s a growing culture of intolerance enabled by timid leadership.
Push for Censorship on Campus Hit Record Levels in 2025
She’s Becky Anderson, and this is CNN.
New Year’s in Abu Dhabi
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,
Betsy McCaughey: [Ned) Lamont claimed a “diverse energy supply” that includes wind “will lower utility costs for families.” Nonsense. In fact, worse than nonsense. Deliberate lying.
Blue states blow nothing but hot air on wind-power boondoggles
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
No Tree Bark Parmigiana because the Gulag prisoner with the recipe died . . . - jjs
Zohran Mamdani fans disappointed by disastrous ‘block party’ with no food, bathrooms
POLITICS
With history, polling, and the economy pulling in opposite directions, the 2026 midterms may hinge on whether voters feel rising affordability pain or see strong growth—and which mood prevails.
Setting Up the 2026 Midterms
Mamdani is gonna get knocked on his [arse].
The Destruction of Mamdani: Why the Marxist Messiah Won’t Survive 2026
Trump remakes the world.
Looking Back at 2025: The Revolution Is Just Beginning
Remember what is really important.
Trump isn't perfect but just imagine the alternative
According to the Michigan Democrat lawmaker, voters will expect more for the 2026 elections and the 2028 presidential election cycle.
Dem Rep. Dingell (-berry): ‘Not Enough’ for Democrats to Be Anti-Trump
The Republican-led Congress set several records in 2025, though not all of them were achievements lawmakers would be keen to celebrate. With fewer than 40 bills signed into law as of Dec. 22, the House and Senate posted the lowest legislative output in the first year of a new presidency in modern history,
Congress Breaks Record For Doing The Least (IIRC they voted to give themselves pay raises, nein? - jjs)
FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
Businesses, universities, and government offices closed their doors in 21 provinces for one day, Fox News reported on Wednesday.
VIDEO: Iran Orders Shutdown as Crowds Chant ‘Death to the Dictator!’ During Economic Crisis
It's not a happy new year for Iran's detested dictatorship.
For Iran's mullahs, 2026 is starting to look like 1979 in reverse
Membership is expected to promote cross-border trade and investment, and the Bulgarian government pressed for years to get in. Yet polls show the changeover is taking place against a background of widespread skepticism among ordinary people.
Bulgaria Becomes Latest to Join Euro Currency Union Despite Public Opposition
“The Church’s crime has been to oppose the terms of Pashinyan’s diplomacy. . .The deal represents a major erosion of Armenia’s defensive position.”
The Price of Westernization in Armenia
School enrollment in South Korea dwindled by nearly 5 million students during the same time period, according to the Korea Times, indicating that the school shutdowns are directly related to South Korea’s status as the world’s least fertile country.
South Korea Loses over 4,000 Schools in a Generation to Birth Rate Collapse
HEALTH AND HEALTH CARE
“Thank you to the 18 governors who are leading the charge on SNAP reform to restore the health of Americans—especially our kids. Their courageous leadership is exactly what we need to Make America Healthy Again,” Kennedy said in December. “We cannot continue a system that forces taxpayers to fund programs that make people sick and then pay a second time to treat the illnesses those very programs help create.”
5 States Cut SNAP Benefits for Unhealthy Food as Part of ‘MAHA’ Agenda
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
Dominating this revolution in 2025 in every way possible however were two entities, one a private American company and the second a communist nation attempting to imitate capitalism. The former is SpaceX, accomplishing more in this single year than whole nations and even the whole globe had managed in any year since the launch of Sputnik. The latter is China, which in 2025 became a true space power, its achievements matching and even exceeding anything done by either the U.S. or the Soviet Union for most of the space age.
The global launch industry in 2025: The real space race is between SpaceX and China
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Whether your tradition leads you to join a Catholic Mass honoring the Mother of God on the Eighth Day of Christmas or not, it may still be fitting to pause and reflect on her indispensable role in the story of the Incarnation today. And if she’s still with you, consider reaching out to your own mother today.
Honoring Christ’s Mother on the Eighth Day of Christmas.
Matthew Marsden' right-leaning views went public - that's when everything changed
Veteran Actor Shares Horrors of Hollywood Blacklist 2.0
The Wrap reports that television and film lost upwards to 17,000 jobs in 2025, a loss 18 percent higher than last year.
Entertainment and Media Bloodbath Widened in 2025: 17,000 Jobs Slashed
"To this Islamic flood we are supposed to submit, against our will, all of our traditions."
Brigitte Bardot was right, France must remain French
Why we prize beauty, and at what costs
The Body Keeps the Score
HITHER & YON
The Historic Camden Foundation is using DNA evidence to identify fallen Patriot soldiers.
‘Oldest John Doe Case In The Country’: Inside The Effort To Identify Revolutionary War Heroes

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1 Who’s low IQ? Us or the Somalis?

Posted by: Eromero at January 02, 2026 06:49 AM (Slgjz)

2 Thanks for all your hard work, J.J. and I enjoyed the article on the DNA testing for patriots who died at the Battle of Camden.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2026 06:49 AM (2sfNr)

3 mornin yall. Popcorn for breakfast? OK!

Posted by: fd at January 02, 2026 06:51 AM (vFG9F)

4 Thank you, JJ, and gut shabbes!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 02, 2026 06:51 AM (Cjt/F)

5 Good morning horde!

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 06:52 AM (ExV1e)

6 And the essay on Mary was very nice as well. Thanks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2026 06:53 AM (2sfNr)

7 4 Thank you, JJ, and gut shabbes!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 02, 2026 06:51 AM (Cjt/F)

Zei Gezunt.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 02, 2026 06:53 AM (x0n13)

8 Tech thread alerted.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 06:53 AM (ExV1e)

9
*does swan dive into content*

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026 06:54 AM (tgvbd)

10
Tech thread alerted.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 06:53 AM (ExV1e)

You expect to be thanked for doing your job?

/60's dad

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026 06:55 AM (tgvbd)

11 "Does It Matter Which Book an Official Is Sworn In On?"

Trump was sworn in on a copy of "Mein Kampf".

Posted by: Guy who call everyone Hitler at January 02, 2026 06:55 AM (vFG9F)

12 Obvious question: Why is a state that is not a member of the Security Council even allowed into the Security Council, much less be a office-holder?

Posted by: No one at January 02, 2026 06:56 AM (qFwJc)

13 Turtle Island Liberation Front?

Pffffttt...

Liberation Front of Turtle Island!

Posted by: Monty Python at January 02, 2026 06:56 AM (2Ez/1)

14 Cowpens, not Camden?

Posted by: No one at January 02, 2026 06:57 AM (qFwJc)

15 Cowpens, Camden, Chickamaugua... whatever it takes.

Posted by: Historians trying to sell books at January 02, 2026 06:59 AM (2Ez/1)

16 Things still on my list for PDT.

1.Get us out of the UN.
2.Abolish the Ad Council

Is that too much to ask?

Posted by: fd at January 02, 2026 06:59 AM (vFG9F)

17 from earlier:

44 "We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism," says Mamdani
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He took the oath of office on a book that mandates lying to advance the cause. So, every thing he says is a lie. Typical Democrat.
Posted by: clarence at January 02, 2026 05:42 AM (MXMX4)

Posted by: clarence at January 02, 2026 07:01 AM (MXMX4)

18
Whether your tradition leads you to join a Catholic Mass honoring the Mother of God on the Eighth Day of Christmas or not, it may still be fitting to pause and reflect on her indispensable role in the story of the Incarnation today.

My Baronius missal (1962) noted yesterday only as the Octave of the Nativity. I believe that it's also the Solemnity of Mary and also of the Circumcision of our Lord.

Our pastor gave a very nice sermon on how much of Holy Family is packed into this feast day.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026 07:02 AM (tgvbd)

19 The rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) will be assumed on January 1 by Somalia...

There are some who say that the true function of the UN is to rob the American people while shitting on them. I, however, think those people are correct.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 07:02 AM (ExV1e)

20
Willowed

I'm seeing memes that say things like "McDonald's should pay a living wage to its employees." or "Instead of tipping, restaurants should pay their servers more." (I suspect that the people who say this sort of thing tip very poorly).

Tell you what. It's not too difficult to acquire a McDonald's franchise or open a restaurant. Do it, pay your staff as much as you want and let's see what happens.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026 07:03 AM (tgvbd)

21 I gotta admit, if we're not holding people accountable for the stolen election, J6, the exploitation of kids and people under the no borders regime, and now this emerging fraud scandal, we're a fundamentally unserious nation.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 02, 2026 07:04 AM (3Ope8)

22 Happy Fricking Friday

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 02, 2026 07:04 AM (gbOdA)

23 Just when you thought the Somali welfare fraud story couldn’t get any more ridiculous, allegations have emerged that Somalia’s Foreign Minister Abdisalam Abdi Ali and Somalia’s UN Ambassador Abukar Dahir Osman ran a company called Progressive Health Care Services Inc in Cincinatti, Ohio.

Price of doing business, baby. Price of doing business. -- Mike DeWino

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 07:04 AM (ExV1e)

24 Crotchety Old Jarhead, I call it apathetic nation. Not me man.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 02, 2026 07:05 AM (sDNVV)

25
There are some who say that the true function of the UN is to rob the American people while shitting on them and telling them they should be honored. I, however, think those people are correct.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026 07:05 AM (tgvbd)

26 The hilarity of this is just priceless!!! No food and no bathrooms in sub zero temperatures.
++++
The more things change....

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop1) at January 02, 2026 07:05 AM (avHHk)

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026 07:06 AM (tgvbd)

28
Too much gin on my Wheaties this morning.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026 07:06 AM (tgvbd)

29 Texas’s new immigration‑enforcement law hit the state like a shockwave this morning, wiping out any remaining sanctuary‑style defiance by ordering every county sheriff to partner with ICE formally. The mandatory 287(g) crackdown is designed to hard‑wire deportation cooperation into every jail from the Panhandle to the Rio Grande.

Now do cities, under the threat of disincorporation.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 07:08 AM (ExV1e)

Daily Tech News 2 January 2026

Top Story

OpenAI is betting big on audio. (Tech Crunch)
OpenAI is betting big on audio AI, and it's not just about making ChatGPT sound better. According to new reporting from The Information, the company has unified several engineering, product, and research teams over the past two months to overhaul its audio models, all in preparation for an audio-first personal device expected to launch in about a year.
This is going to sink without a trace and I am here for it.
It's not just the tech giants placing this bet. A motley crew of startups has emerged with the same conviction, albeit with varying degrees of success. The makers of the Humane AI Pin burned through hundreds of millions before their screenless wearable became a cautionary tale.
OpenAI's effort is going to burn through far more money and achieve the same results, which is to say none whatsoever.

We already have phones. They already do everything these AI devices do, and more, and if we don't want to look at the screen, we can just not look at the screen.

But there's a reason video killed the radio star.

At least Tech Crunch has an early entry in its "Dumbest Things in Tech in 2026" roundup.
The phone is dead long live... What, exactly? (Tech Crunch)

OpenAI and the unlamented Humane pin are not alone in this folly. There's billions of dollars chasing this lack of ideas.

The one place where I see possibility is AI glasses. You can integrate a camera and a speaker and a microphone and a tiny display. Your hands are free to do whatever. There are problems, yes, but also real value.

Tech News

On the other hand, Apple reportedly shipped just 45,000 Vision Pro headsets in the fourth quarter. (Financial Times) (archive site)

That has all the listed features - but it's bulky, heavy, costs $3500, and does nothing.
Orange Pi's new single board computer runs circles around the Raspberry Pi 5. (Notebook Check)

It has 16 cores running at 1.9GHz, 10 AI cores each able to perform 4096 multiple-and-add operations per clock cycle, and 48GB or 96GB of RAM. Do not expect this one to be cheap.

They have also announced - at least in China - the Orange Pi AI Studio Pro which runs two of these boards linked together. Price not listed for that one either.
It looks like a NES that shrank in the wash. Inside is a Ryzen 370 12 core CPU. (Notebook Check)

It's designed for emulating old video game hardware, and it will certainly do that, but it seems a little bit overkill.
Sony's PlayStation 5 just got hacked forever. Here's why that's a good thing. (Hot Hardware)

The hack here was the leaking of secure boot keys for the hardware, which means that owners can now jailbreak their PlayStation. Sony can release new hardware that can't be jailbroken - and probably will - but it can't do anything about the 85 million consoles already sold.
It's "Fuck the Consumer" year at the Consumer Electronics Show. (WCCFTech)

Nvidia will announced no consumer products at all, AMD will announce only relabels of existing products, and Intel will announce Panther lake, which is not a bad product unless you need more than four full-speed cores because that's all it has. (And all three versions of Panther Lake announced involve major tradeoffs even with that limit stipulated.)
The European Space Agency got hacked. (Bleeping Computer)

Though the biggest question here is why anybody would bother.
I think I bought too many computers. The parts I need for Froppy just shipped, and I've run out of names for all the others.

On the other hand, I'm now thoroughly covered in case I start having hardware failures in the older systems, and I can re-use all the old RAM and SSDs in newer motherboards. And I didn't pay hyper-inflated prices for any of it.

Musical Interlude

Song is Konya wa Hurricane from the anime Bubblegum Crisis. Anime is... Oh. You guessed.

One of the best opening sequences to anything ever. Apart from the great soundtrack, it introduces us to all the major characters without telling you that they are the major characters, and to the premise of the series without saying a word. There are a couple of minutes of establishing shots before the song starts, but I chose this clip precisely because it has those.

Disclaimer: Burning touch? We have pills for that now.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 w00t

Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 04:00 AM (RuTUS)

2 !!

Posted by: clarence at January 02, 2026 04:01 AM (MXMX4)

3 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2026 04:01 AM (Z/INn)

4 G'Day everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 04:02 AM (Ia/+0)

5 Trying to decide to get up or not

Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 04:02 AM (Ia/+0)

6 Song is Konya wa Hurricane from the anime Bubblegum Crisis.
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I heard Carlson and Owen blame the crisis on the.... Chews.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2026 04:03 AM (Z/INn)

7 Trying to decide to get up or not

Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 04:02 AM (Ia/+0)
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/tries to type and comment in sleep just like skip - fails

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2026 04:04 AM (Z/INn)

8 Morning all.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 02, 2026 04:04 AM (BLOW1)

9 This is my very favorite thing in forever:

5:16 AM · Dec 28, 2024
eigenrobot
@eigenrobot
me: so, your excellency, that's basically what the nation is like in 2024. what's your analysis of the situation? is america still your country?

george washington: we put our flag on the moon?

me: does america still have a future?

george washington: the moon in the sky?

[photo of Neil Armstrong taking a giant leap for mankind]

Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 04:05 AM (RuTUS)

10 I could make French Toast

Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 04:11 AM (Ia/+0)

11 I could make French Toast

Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 04:11 AM (Ia/+0)
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/tries making french toast without getting up like skip - butter in pan ignites

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2026 04:14 AM (Z/INn)

12 5 Trying to decide to get up or not
Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 04:02 AM (Ia/+0)

In the kitchen, there are sources of caffeine.

Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 04:16 AM (RuTUS)

13 AI is a surveillance tool, nothing more, nothing less.

Posted by: Accomack at January 02, 2026 04:16 AM (EJ7WG)

14 /tries to type and comment in sleep just like skip - fails
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It is afternoon where you are, right? Napping too long?

Posted by: clarence at January 02, 2026 04:18 AM (MXMX4)

15 poke..poke

uncaps sharpie, thinks about where to start..

Posted by: clarence at January 02, 2026 04:24 AM (MXMX4)

16 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 02, 2026 04:27 AM (7Pnfz)

17 An AIwalkmanipodponozune is on the way? Awesome. And just like that we have something to make fun of in 2026.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 02, 2026 04:30 AM (HTCU3)

18 >>>I think I bought too many computers.

Banish the negative thinking in the new year!

Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 04:36 AM (RuTUS)

19 I can always nap later

Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 04:37 AM (Ia/+0)

20 >>>There are a couple of minutes of establishing shots before the song starts, but I chose this clip precisely because it has those.

At about minute one, I was waiting for it to break into the intro for "Eye in the Sky"--which woulda kinda worked with the visuals!

Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 04:42 AM (RuTUS)

21 13 AI is a surveillance tool, nothing more, nothing less.
Posted by: Accomack at January 02, 2026 04:16 AM (EJ7WG)

At the same time, according to the BBC:

'You're invisible, you don't exist': Life without a birth certificate
Millions around the world are living in the shadows as stateless people as they lack official papers.

Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 04:53 AM (RuTUS)

22 They don't want to say it out loud but the real purpose of the audio work is capturing the sound and mannerism of aged out or dead actors to make the movies that would have been good casting decades ago but with modern production standards. Unless they choose to have something look dated, like a adaptation of 'Scarlett' with the original cast and appearance of 'Gone With The Wind'. Though they could also remake GWTW with that cast but looking like it was made today with no budget limits.

The big one I'm expecting is Disney adapting the Star Wars EU novels that pick up right after 'Return of the Jedi'. They've already secured the use of James Earl Jones' voice for future appearance of Darth Vader. I've no doubt they're already making overtures to the rest of the core cast, to make millions for themselves or their heir in exchange for nothing more than a signature on a contract.

Posted by: Epobirs at January 02, 2026 04:56 AM (/0z9K)

23 It is afternoon where you are, right? Napping too long?

Posted by: clarence at January 02, 2026 04:18 AM (MXMX4)
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A few mins before noon. Sashimi prepped, chicken in the oven, assorted nuts roasted. Lunchtime!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2026 04:57 AM (b88wL)

24 I don't know if there is a special name for computer keyboards with keys that don't pop up, but I can't stand them.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2026 04:57 AM (ecekB)

25 according to the BBC
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Bish Be Crazy say wha?

Posted by: clarence at January 02, 2026 04:59 AM (MXMX4)

26 25 according to the BBC
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Bish Be Crazy say wha?
Posted by: clarence at January 02, 2026 04:59 AM (MXMX4)

Indeed.

Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 05:00 AM (RuTUS)

27
LB
@beyondreasdoubt

photo in response to:

Ben Smith
@semaforben
14h
"We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism," says Mamdani

https://tinyurl.com/yc3pj8a5

Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 05:07 AM (RuTUS)

28
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 02, 2026 05:10 AM (tljrc)

29
Ryan Rasins
@RyanRasins
10h
This video of Secretary Rubio at the NYE party last night gets funnier every time I watch it

https://tinyurl.com/yz2r9z52

Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 05:13 AM (RuTUS)

30 "We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism," says Mamdani

https://tinyurl.com/yc3pj8a5

Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 05:07 AM (RuTUS)
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100s of thousands - if not millions - of people will suffer.

There will come a point where citizens will need to decide "them" or "us." Chaos and anarchy are gaining strength.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2026 05:13 AM (b88wL)

31 "The warmth of collectivism " eh? Mamdani's supporters who expected a block party got corralled off behind barcades in the cold for security purposes, -understandably-but there was no food and no portapotties. The "NY Post" referred to this as "serf and turf". One supporter said, "I could have watched this at home." D'oh!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2026 05:15 AM (guLpK)

32 We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism," says Mamdani

Who wrote this stupid bilge? Surely he didn't .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2026 05:17 AM (guLpK)

33 Who wrote this stupid bilge? Surely he didn't .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2026 05:17 AM (guLpK)
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Perhaps Kamala.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2026 05:17 AM (b88wL)

34 Jesse Kelly @JesseKellyDC
10h

REMINDER: New Yorkers born in America flatly rejected this man.

He was elected by foreigners. If we do not stop foreigners from flooding this country, they will all choose this.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2026 05:19 AM (b88wL)

35 also great @eigenrobot

Pinned

eigenrobot
@eigenrobot
Feb 23, 2018
everything 👏 is 👏 monocausal 👏 and 👏 specifically 👏 results 👏 from 👏 whatever 👏 shit 👏 I'm 👏 on 👏 about 👏 at 👏 any 👏 given 👏 time

Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 05:23 AM (RuTUS)

36 Let foreigners vote and you get a foreigner for a representative

Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 05:23 AM (Ia/+0)

37 34 Jesse Kelly @JesseKellyDC
10h

REMINDER: New Yorkers born in America flatly rejected this man.

He was elected by foreigners. If we do not stop foreigners from flooding this country, they will all choose this.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2026 05:19 AM (b88wL)

Personal anecdote so FWIW one that I know voted for him because NYC rent is high.

Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 05:26 AM (RuTUS)

38 Morning, Tech Peeps

Posted by: fluffy at January 02, 2026 05:27 AM (AN2gy)

39 Christian devotional on Philippians 1:1-11
"To be continued"- about God with us on our life journeys:

https://tinyurl.com/mtmwy527

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2026 05:34 AM (oT1li)

40 >>>"We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism," says Mamdani

Trump Tower hardest hit.

Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 05:35 AM (RuTUS)

41 "We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism," says Mamdani

This guy is central casting for the New Soviet Man.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 02, 2026 05:38 AM (7Pnfz)

42
@Breaking911
11h
MAMDANI: "If your landlord does not responsibly steward your home, city government will step in."

Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 05:39 AM (RuTUS)

43 This guy is central casting for the New Soviet Man.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 02, 2026 05:38 AM (7Pnfz)
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Unhuman.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2026 05:39 AM (b88wL)

44 "We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism," says Mamdani
----

He took the oath of office on a book that mandates lying to advance the cause. So, every thing he says is a lie. Typical Democrat.

Posted by: clarence at January 02, 2026 05:42 AM (MXMX4)

45 Shame the powers over Mamdani will try and keep him from implementing Marxism. Kind of hope they fail.

Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 05:42 AM (Ia/+0)

46 Steak 🥩 for breakfast
@MeatDietDiary
11h
I'm from the government and I'm here to help.

Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 05:43 AM (RuTUS)

47 This is like a bonus Saturday for me

Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 05:43 AM (Ia/+0)

48 I don't know what he's quoting from, but it's funny:

Mark Noonan
@Mark_E_Noonan
10h
“To totally fuck it up. I mean, seriously: you think if you’ve got a clogged sink the city will fix it in less than six months? Look, there’s a lot going on here; sure, your furnace being out is important…but only to you.”

Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 05:46 AM (RuTUS)

49 Evening and morning, late toilers and earlly risers! It's Friday -- normally the consummation devoutly to be wished; but this week has been an odd one. I'll bet a lot of office people have opted to take a vacation day rather than slog to their desks today. I know I would have. For all I know, my old employer might have included today in the "Winter Break," as they'd taken to calling it. (Gag me with a gopher.)

So! 58 F. here, not much wind, but I've worked out several times this week and am going to take off today. If you're free today, what's on your calendar?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 02, 2026 05:46 AM (wzUl9)

50 MAMDANI: "If your landlord does not responsibly steward your home, city government will step in."
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How many plumbers, electricians and handymen are in NYC? And how many will work for the city when they are ordered to work for whatever wage the city sets (below union scale)? And how many buildings will experience sudden fire syndrome?

Posted by: clarence at January 02, 2026 05:46 AM (MXMX4)

51 there's endless great stuff on X about this:

Nathaniel Hawthorne's Ghost
@Hawthorne_Ghost
8h
“Every high civilization decays by forgetting obvious things.”
- GK Chesterton

Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 05:49 AM (RuTUS)

52
Patriotic Penguin 🐧
@ElectPenguin
8h
Security deposits for apartments about to skyrocket.

Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 05:49 AM (RuTUS)

53 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at January 02, 2026 05:50 AM (2Ez/1)

54 I'm up early because of a certain big black cat, who kept leaping around me beginning about 3:45. The joke's on him: He's not going to see breakfast for another half hour at least.

There were scattered fireworks noises last night, and Stirling crept into the bedroom to hide. On the other hand, Linda scooped up Dagny from her sleep pose on the table and slid her onto my lap, on a pillow . . . and she stayed for almost five minutes while we petted her. I'm trying to manage this each night now. Maybe she'll become a lap cat. Maybe.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 02, 2026 05:54 AM (wzUl9)

55 >> Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Wolfus, you posted this yesterday morning, and I didn't see until way too late:
"Does this mean that in enough time, the Earth's tilt will decrease to the point there are no seasons?"

No. The earth's tilt is pretty stable (you can think our big Moon for that), but varies from 24.5 to 22.1 degrees over a 41K year cycle. We're on the decreasing leg of that now. It was last at maximum somewhere around 8500BC or so, has decreased to 23.44 degrees right now. It will bottom out at 22.1 then start increasing again.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 02, 2026 05:55 AM (w6EFb)

56 Patriotic Penguin 🐧
@ElectPenguin
8h
Security deposits for apartments about to skyrocket.

Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 05:49 AM (RuTUS)
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That's a violation of a landlord's legal responsibility for the stewardship of the tenant's home. This is subject to fines, imprisonment, and forfeiture of property.

Prove me wrong.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2026 05:56 AM (b88wL)

57 I'm trying to manage this each night now. Maybe she'll become a lap cat. Maybe.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Did you get your boots exchanged yesterday?

Posted by: Tuna at January 02, 2026 05:56 AM (lJ0H4)

58 56 Patriotic Penguin 🐧
@ElectPenguin
8h
Security deposits for apartments about to skyrocket.

Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 05:49 AM (RuTUS)
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That's a violation of a landlord's legal responsibility for the stewardship of the tenant's home. This is subject to fines, imprisonment, and forfeiture of property.

Prove me wrong.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2026 05:56 AM (b88wL)

I'll bet you're right.

Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 05:57 AM (RuTUS)

59 "We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism," says Mamdani

What Mandami does the the coffers of NYC will make the Somalis in Minn. ashamed of their relative amateurism.

Posted by: No one at January 02, 2026 05:57 AM (qFwJc)

60 Patriotic Penguin 🐧
@ElectPenguin
8h
Security deposits for apartments about to skyrocket.

Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 05:49 AM (RuTUS)
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That's a violation of a landlord's legal responsibility for the stewardship of the tenant's home. This is subject to fines, imprisonment, and forfeiture of property.

Prove me wrong.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2026 05:56 AM (b88wL)
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And just wait till squatting is encouraged.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2026 05:58 AM (b88wL)

61 NY State law prevents security and cleaning deposits from being reasonable. Landlords in NYS have been getting screwed for quite a while.

Posted by: No one at January 02, 2026 05:59 AM (qFwJc)

62 Isn't ace in NYC?

Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 06:00 AM (RuTUS)

63 And here's an honest prayer from Fr. Michael Hollings who was a priest in London. He was born in 1921. I'm not sure when he died:

Politicians

Lord, I know I should pray for our leaders and statesmen and women, but they seem hopeless and beyond praying for.. Yet I know quite well we have to pray for those that despitefully use us, and you never thought people were so bad as to be impossible to save. But didn't you have your doubts about the Pharisees? Probably you prayed about them a lot but the Bible doesn't tell us how.

Teach us to pray for our politicians, and give me faith to keep on praying in the hopes that you will give them wisdom and eyes to see beyond their own party....

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2026 06:03 AM (guLpK)

64 Flurries this morning.

Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 06:04 AM (Ia/+0)

65 Did you get your boots exchanged yesterday?
Posted by: Tuna at January 02, 2026

***
No; I wasn't sure they were open. I'm running up there today.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 02, 2026 06:06 AM (wzUl9)

66 Obvious things. I am kicking around the idea of people climbing Mt Everest without having a compass. Looks like it would have prevent some of the deaths in 1995. When did we stop using compasses?

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 02, 2026 06:08 AM (+mUZM)

67 The earth's tilt is pretty stable (you can think our big Moon for that), but varies from 24.5 to 22.1 degrees over a 41K year cycle. We're on the decreasing leg of that now. It was last at maximum somewhere around 8500BC or so, has decreased to 23.44 degrees right now. It will bottom out at 22.1 then start increasing again.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 02, 2026

***
So there is a narrow range within which it can change, and not beyond that. Got it. I had visions of an SF story where a space traveler returns after half a billion years in stasis to find the Earth rides upright around the Sun and there are no seasons.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 02, 2026 06:11 AM (wzUl9)

68
Bonchie
@bonchieredstate
10h
This is going to go just great.

Breaking911
@Breaking911
13h
BERNIE: "City-sponsored grocery stores will save society money!"

Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 06:11 AM (RuTUS)

69
Good morning, Hordians.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026 06:11 AM (tgvbd)

70 >>I'm up early because of a certain big black cat, who kept leaping around me beginning about 3:45.

Wolfus, we have a puppy, 8-month-old Yorkie/Chihuahua. Wife, being a serious softie, has let her start sleeping on the bed. Until this morning, puppy had always stayed tucked against wife. About 2 AM, there were suddenly paws on my shoulder and dog licking my cheek. This had better not become a habit.

Posted by: Roland, head still attached at January 02, 2026 06:12 AM (NcvvS)

71 Everything is stable until it is not.

Posted by: Sarah Jessica Parker in He Stable Contemplating SMOD at January 02, 2026 06:13 AM (Agwqn)

72 oops

/sock off

Posted by: Nazdar at January 02, 2026 06:13 AM (NcvvS)

73 I thought this was a nice story about a wildlife rehabilitator who helps rescue a squirrel stuck in a dumpster. Watch the connected video if you have an interest . The woman is very sweet

Sunny Skyz site:

https://tinyurl.com/yc7j3668

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2026 06:14 AM (Yl2Ob)

74 NYC is about to get what they voted for good and hard.

Posted by: No one at January 02, 2026 06:15 AM (qFwJc)

75 Did you get your boots exchanged yesterday?
Posted by: Tuna at January 02, 2026

***
No; I wasn't sure they were open. I'm running up there today.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 02, 2026

***
And looking back, it was a good thing I didn't try to go up on NY Eve. I'd have hit Sugar Bowl fan traffic.

I'm pretty sure I'm just going to return the Tecovas for a refund. Even in my size, they are heavy boots; very sturdy and likely to last for many years, but they are heavy as well as expensive. There is a Boot Barn a few minutes' drive away, and they may have something I really like. If not, there is a model on their website I like and can order shipped to my local store to try on.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 02, 2026 06:15 AM (wzUl9)

76 Some guy once said elections have consequences.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 02, 2026 06:16 AM (sDNVV)

77 Good morning. By request: more nugget, less fluff.

Posted by: Fluffy Nuggets, Jr. at January 02, 2026 06:16 AM (HjXyx)

78 Tea. Earl Grey. Hot.

Rejoinder: "You're an agnostic?" "I think I have a cream for that!"

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 02, 2026 06:16 AM (qbLEp)

79 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

You have so much affection for- and interest in- these cats. I still think you should consider writing stories about them.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2026 06:17 AM (Yl2Ob)

80 Posted by: Roland, head still attached at January 02, 2026 06:12 AM (NcvvS)

Sounds very cute, but I wouldn't want to have a puppy licking my face at 2:00 either.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2026 06:21 AM (Yl2Ob)

81
BERNIE: "City-sponsored grocery stores will save society money!"

Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 06:11 AM (RuTUS)

____________

Imaging your local Kroger staffed by people from the DMV.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026 06:22 AM (tgvbd)

82 Yorkshire Terrier
+
Chihuahua
=
Yorkcahua
OR
Chihuahuashire?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 02, 2026 06:23 AM (qbLEp)

83 Good morning folks. Hope your Friday is a great one.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 02, 2026 06:24 AM (CHHv1)

84 I'm up early because of a certain big black cat, who kept leaping around me beginning about 3:45.

Mine does the same. Say, would you like to have a matching set? I'll pay postage.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 02, 2026 06:25 AM (CHHv1)

85 Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 02, 2026 06:24 AM (CHHv1)

Thanks. Same to you!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2026 06:25 AM (Yl2Ob)

86 You have so much affection for- and interest in- these cats. I still think you should consider writing stories about them.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2026

***
Some years ago I did write little comic vignettes about the cats then, my two and Linda's one, the three we bugged out for Katrina with. One tale, in which the lead cat tells the other two about how she was rescued, appeared in our writing group's anthology -- which unfortunately is not on Amazon or anywhere. I gave each a personality (which did not always align with her real one) and had fun with comic dialog. "Get off me, Tubby." "That does it. You're getting a hairball in your food bowl tomorrow."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 02, 2026 06:26 AM (wzUl9)

87 81
BERNIE: "City-sponsored grocery stores will save society money!"

Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 06:11 AM (RuTUS)

____________

Imaging your local Kroger staffed by people from the DMV.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026 06:22 AM (tgvbd)

And supplied by the Post Office.

They're dreaming too small. You have to collectivize the Kulaks of you are going to have 5-year grocery plans.

Posted by: zombie Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili at January 02, 2026 06:26 AM (QIiVR)

88 Free grocery stores are just another plan of theft of taxpayers money.

Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 06:29 AM (Ia/+0)

89 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 02, 2026 06:26 AM (wzUl9)

That's sounds great. I'm sorry it's not readily available. You're probably familiar with Paul Gallico's book, "The Silent Meow" in which he talks about a cat adopting him. His wife who was a professional photographer did the pictures. It is very funny.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2026 06:30 AM (Yl2Ob)

90 >>>"We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism," says Mamdani.

"Rugged individualism" is recalling, if not directly quoting, Ayn Rand (1905-1982), who was its champion.

Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 06:30 AM (RuTUS)

91 >> So there is a narrow range within which it can change, and not beyond that.

And you can thank the Moon for that. Mars' tilt has varied from 10 to 60 degrees (some sources claim 80 degrees) over time scales of just a few million years.

When the tilt is extreme, the ice migrates to the equator, believe it or not!

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 02, 2026 06:30 AM (w6EFb)

92 Good morning! Gonna be a bright sunshiny day here in Cowtown. A perfect day to do some birdwatching and napping on the patio.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 02, 2026 06:32 AM (3Ope8)

93 81 BERNIE: "City-sponsored grocery stores will save society money!"

Imaging your local Kroger staffed by people from the DMV.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026 06:22 AM (tgvbd)

No staff! High-trust! Take one, leave one!

Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 06:32 AM (RuTUS)

94
Since Mandami wants to decriminalize prostitution, can you imagine what a "city-sponsored" whorehouse would be like?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026 06:33 AM (tgvbd)

95 That's sounds great. I'm sorry it's not readily available. You're probably familiar with Paul Gallico's book, "The Silent Meow" in which he talks about a cat adopting him. His wife who was a professional photographer did the pictures. It is very funny.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2026

***
I do know it! I need to read it again.

Another of the tales, in which The Cats comment on the puzzle of human holidays, appeared on a website which is now defunct -- I think. Maybe I can find it. (Marie, the black cat, wonders why the humans at one point every fall put up pictures of her all over the house -- "Just my outline, with my back arched and tail bushed out. I can't figure it out.")

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 02, 2026 06:34 AM (wzUl9)

96 Since Mandami wants to decriminalize prostitution, can you imagine what a "city-sponsored" whorehouse would be like?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026 06:33 AM (tgvbd)
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Fat guys in short skirts?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 02, 2026 06:35 AM (qbLEp)

97 $20, same as in town.

Posted by: Eromero at January 02, 2026 06:35 AM (Slgjz)

98 Letter to the Editor in today's "NY Post":

After Minnesota, the next time someone in the news on the left or right says something like “we have to act in order to protect ‘our democracy,’ ” the rest of us owe it to ourselves to consider the possibility that the “democracy” they mean is one that uses taxpayer dollars to appease groups of voters who tend to cast ballots as they’re told.

John Sheridan
The Bronx

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2026 06:37 AM (Yl2Ob)

99
Did VR ever settle in to being routine or did it just go away? Seems you never hear about it any more.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026 06:37 AM (tgvbd)

100 100

Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 06:37 AM (RuTUS)

101 100 100

I was told there'd be no math...

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 02, 2026 06:40 AM (3Ope8)

102 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 02, 2026 06:40 AM (bQ4nt)

103 All government employees should be replaced with AI. Crush these unions and get it over with. Learn to code.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 02, 2026 06:40 AM (nljXp)

104 Lets see:

"City-sponsored brothels will save society money."

"City-sponsored liquor stores will save society money."

"City-sponsored casinos will save society money."

"City-sponsored cocaine dispensaries will save society money."

This is fun.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 02, 2026 06:41 AM (2Ez/1)

105 Elon posted that he paid so mich in taxes one year that he broke the IRS computer. Too many digits. They had to reprogram before they could take payment

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 02, 2026 06:43 AM (+mUZM)

106 Pass the popcorn. I think watching NYC starve is going to be entertaining.

Here is something I taught my kids: I want to be exploited. If I am not being exploited there are no profits for the enterprise and I don't have a job.

Only in government are people paid more than they are worth.

Posted by: No one at January 02, 2026 06:44 AM (qFwJc)

107 106 Pass the popcorn. I think watching NYC starve is going to be entertaining.

Here is something I taught my kids: I want to be exploited. If I am not being exploited there are no profits for the enterprise and I don't have a job.

Only in government are people paid more than they are worth.
Posted by: No one at January 02, 2026 06:44 AM (qFwJc)

Chesterton reminds us that the end purpose of work is a product, not a wage, and that all the exchanges in which people exploit one another, both socially and financially, are also opportunities for people to dignify one another.

https://www.chesterton.org/consumerism

Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 06:48 AM (RuTUS)

108 Soon? Should I start trying on leather pants?

Posted by: Snake Plissken at January 02, 2026 06:49 AM (pxlL7)

109 47 deaths in Switzerland fire

Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 06:51 AM (Ia/+0)

110
Aaaannnnd, now I'm seeing memes that say things like "McDonald's should pay a living wage to its employees." or "Instead of tipping, restaurants should pay their servers more." (I suspect that the people who say this sort of thing tip very poorly).

Tell you what. It's not too difficult to acquire a McDonald's franchise or open a restaurant. Do it, pay your staff as much as you want and let's see what happens.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 02, 2026 06:53 AM (tgvbd)

111 JJ is nood.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 02, 2026 06:53 AM (ExV1e)

112 NYC will limp along, just as it did in the '70s, just as California does now. There's an unhealthy apocalyptic sensibility developing in conservative circles. But like Doomcock endlessly pronouncing the end of Kathleen Kennedy or woke Disney, if it ever happens, it'll only be a coincidence.

Posted by: dead elvis at January 02, 2026 06:56 AM (mrP+j)

113 What's a Doomcock?

Posted by: I'll be the one to ask at January 02, 2026 07:01 AM (2Ez/1)

114 >>Yorkcahua
>>OR
>>Chihuahuashire?

Chorkie.

Posted by: Nazdar at January 02, 2026 07:03 AM (NcvvS)

Thursday Overnight Open Thread - January 1, 2026 [Doof]

Happy New Year, Hordelings! First ONT of the year. Aren't you glad you stopped by?

***

America turns 250 this year. Check out this cool video from "America250".

The next chapter of our American story starts now.

250 years of rising, remembering, and turning toward one another to embrace our part in history.

As we begin this once-in-a-generation year, take a moment to reflect on who we are—and who we want to be. Happy 2026. Happy… pic.twitter.com/fUj2twHZDB
— America250 (@America250) January 1, 2026

Can you imagine what kind of alternate universe video would have been made if Kamala was POTUS?

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CBS News says they're totally gonna be better now

"On too many stories, the press has missed the story. Because we've taken into account the perspective of advocates and not the average American. Or we put too much weight in the analysis of academics or elites, and not enough on you."

That changes now. The new CBS Evening News… pic.twitter.com/NKdvRJjYCS
— CBS Evening News (@CBSEveningNews) January 1, 2026

I totally believe them. How about you?

***

Hard to believe, but there are still quite a few Branch Covidians out there

The folks are on year 7 of 14 days to flatten the curve.

Will they ever give up their masks? pic.twitter.com/v2rd0kea1K
— Planet Of Memes (@PlanetOfMemes) January 1, 2026

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Happy Anniversary to The Far Side

Jan 1, 1980: The Far Side by Gary Larson was first published in the San Francisco Chronicle #80s Ran in syndication until January 1, 1995 pic.twitter.com/HaAfSi2DEk
— Old School 80s (@OldSchool80s) January 1, 2026

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Dude

U.S. Customs Seizes Monkey Meat at Chicago O’Hare Airport

Chicago O’Hare International Airport, one of the busiest travel hubs in the world, made headlines this week after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials confiscated several illegal and disturbing items from an arriving passenger’s luggage—including monkey meat.
The traveler, arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo, was stopped during a routine inspection at O’Hare. Upon examination of their luggage, officers discovered over 11 pounds of pest-infested beans, 17 pounds of unidentifiable plant material, and approximately 4 pounds of dried monkey meat, which was later classified as non-human primate meat. In addition to the monkey meat, authorities also seized what they described as mummified small primates.

Sorry to disappoint you, but the article contains no mention of greasy, grimy gopher guts.

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Need to pick up a bleated Christmas gift for someone?

The Quality Learing center playset
😂🤣😂 pic.twitter.com/KbhB4GXwME
— ThatOneGuy55 (@Tesla7771) December 31, 2025

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DJ Doof - Guess The Theme

Super easy. Difficulty level 1 out of 5

What's the common thread / common meaning / common leitmotif?

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Tonight's ONT brought to you by New Year wishes

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Doof Enterprises, LLC is proud to be operating under a new ONT contract for 2026. This year's ONTs will whelm you way more than our 2025 ones did.

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Posted by: Open Blogger at 09:58 PM

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1 A delicious New Year's traditional family supper of black-eye-pea stew, this year with added burger (not pork, it's Oklahoma), avocado, and Santa Fe style chile verde. Also, cornbread - marbled yellow and blue corn - with jalapeños, and honey-butter. Five humans dining, and five dogs frolicking for full festive chaos.

For luck to last a year, technically, you must be sure to consume a minimum of 365 peas; 366 in Leap Years.

Setting goals for the new year: to lose all those extra pounds put on since Thanksgiving.

Happy New Year, alla y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Right? Right! at January 01, 2026 09:59 PM (dESj/)

2 Merry NY!

Posted by: mot at January 01, 2026 09:59 PM (fIPNY)

3 Brute

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 10:00 PM (UZwsW)

4 Let's hope the GOPe doesn't interfere with Trump's plans again. He has enough trouble with insurrectionist judges and state officials.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 10:01 PM (uQesX)

5 A delicious New Year's traditional family supper of black-eye-pea stew, this year with added burger (not pork, it's Oklahoma), avocado, and Santa Fe style chile verde. Also, cornbread - marbled yellow and blue corn - with jalapeños, and honey-butter. Five humans dining, and five dogs frolicking for full festive chaos.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Right? Right! at January 01, 2026 09:59 PM (dESj/)
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Have you tried substituting monkey meat?

Posted by: traveler, Democratic Republic of Congo at January 01, 2026 10:02 PM (ESVrU)

6 *1 more year, if we can help it

Posted by: GOPe at January 01, 2026 10:03 PM (gKWVE)

7 The traveler, arriving from the Democratic Republic of Congo, was stopped during a routine inspection at O’Hare. Upon examination of their luggage, officers discovered over 11 pounds of pest-infested beans, 17 pounds of unidentifiable plant material, and approximately 4 pounds of dried monkey meat, which was later classified as non-human primate meat. In addition to the monkey meat, authorities also seized what they described as mummified small primates.

Choose your comment:

1) Diversity is our strength!

B) That is not how "the twelve days of Christmas" goes

Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 10:03 PM (nhCoE)

8 Nyah

At least she did not sit on the dog and wonder where Fluffy vanished to. Or was that a Far Side cartoon?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 10:03 PM (2GVsD)

9 I have the New Riders album, right in front of me.

Posted by: free tibet at January 01, 2026 10:03 PM (1wtUm)

10 Good evening morons and Feliz año nuevo Disco

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:03 PM (RIvkX)

11 In addition to the monkey meat, authorities also seized what they described as mummified small primates.
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Those will be ground up into powder and used in black sorcery rituals or as an aphrodisiac.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 10:03 PM (ESVrU)

12 Yay, New Years Day ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 01, 2026 10:04 PM (lUFok)

13 I made a big pot of Hoppin’ John today! For me black eyed peas cooked slowly with two onions chopped in and some chopped bacon; served over fluffy white rice. And some jiffy cornbread too.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 10:04 PM (otNgF)

14 I am feeling very centered tonight.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 10:04 PM (1paM0)

15 Ruth Gamble@honouringtruth

... I have been a lesbian feminist for 4 decades. The Left never came to the party to build an egalitarian world-men see themselves as Great Liberators, without understanding they are Great Oppressors who never bothered to hand in their free passes. Handmaidens fawn

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 10:04 PM (UZwsW)

16 no "dirty little birdy feet"?

Posted by: free tibet at January 01, 2026 10:04 PM (1wtUm)

17 Don't touch my monkey.

Posted by: Deder at January 01, 2026 10:05 PM (Q+gd/)

18 "Bleated?"

How many bourbons did you have while you were writing this?

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 01, 2026 10:05 PM (YIDb4)

19 GOPe will find a stupid fence on a hill to go full lemming on and die.

They are like the 'Aints, will always find a way to lose.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 10:05 PM (2GVsD)

20 Ha, problem already fixed!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 10:05 PM (1paM0)

21 I made Hoppin John with black eyed peas for lunch and it was superlative.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:05 PM (RIvkX)

22 Sorry I'm late, I've been dealing with a pretty bad hangover. My belly has started to hang over my belt buckle so much that it is starting to chafe.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 10:05 PM (2RJDy)

23 In addition to the monkey meat, authorities also seized what they described as mummified small primates.
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Those will be ground up into powder and used in black sorcery rituals or as an aphrodisiac.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
++
Only the albino primates.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 10:05 PM (/lPRQ)

24 But did he shock the monkey?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 10:06 PM (2GVsD)

25 If the Sesquicentennial is anything like the Bicentennial you youngsters are in for a good time this summer.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:06 PM (RIvkX)

26
I totally believe them. How about you?

Well, they did promise not to do that thing in our mouths again.

Naaaaaa. Fuck the media, the i dustry, and all their commie talking heads.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 01, 2026 10:06 PM (QVmho)

27 I think I've got the theme for the musical selections, based on the second and third songs. The first one doesn't seem familiar, so off I go to check my theory.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 01, 2026 10:06 PM (lUFok)

28 Evenin'

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 01, 2026 10:06 PM (7Pnfz)

29 Sounds like Landman's Dad.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 10:07 PM (QAvZU)

30 Munkey?

Posted by: Inspector C at January 01, 2026 10:07 PM (Q+gd/)

31 You guys playing cards?

Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 10:09 PM (ZxPkt)

32 Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 10:04 PM (otNgF)
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No collard greens though.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:09 PM (RIvkX)

33 Sam Elliot on that 250 vid? Thought he was a Kamalaite? Shouldn't he be sad, not celebrating?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 10:09 PM (uQesX)

34 Is that Sam Elliott?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 10:09 PM (QAvZU)

35 You guys playing cards?
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 10:09 PM (ZxPkt)
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Ante up!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 10:09 PM (ESVrU)

36 15: Calm down, Ruth. Have another wine.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 01, 2026 10:10 PM (7Pnfz)

37 Good evening Horde. Thanks Disco!

Posted by: TRex - one day almost down, 364 to go at January 01, 2026 10:10 PM (IQ6Gq)

38
Calm down, Ruth. Have another wine.
Posted by: Puddleglum

Ruthie needs to sense fucked into her.

*not it*

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 01, 2026 10:11 PM (QVmho)

39 Calm down, Ruth. Have another wine.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 01, 2026 10:10 PM (7Pnfz)

But I'll be sober in the morning.

Posted by: Winnie at January 01, 2026 10:11 PM (uQesX)

40 Happy New Year.

I am thankful for the Ace of Spades...even though I am mostly a lurker.

I never miss a day. I usually read the content, and then miss out on being in the top twenty. I actually made 3rd for one time this year.

Please remember our military who are stationed overseas, and missed spending the holidays with their families.

Posted by: Idlan at January 01, 2026 10:12 PM (YT7+E)

41 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 10:04 PM (UZwsW)

What kind of gibberish was that?

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:12 PM (KDPiq)

42 Repeal the 19th Amendment.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 10:12 PM (QAvZU)

43 If the Sesquicentennial is anything like the Bicentennial…

Sesquicentennial was in 1926. This year is officially the Semiquincentennial. Semi = half and quin = 5. It was to avoid that kind of confusion that I preferred Sestercentennial. (Sester = 2.5)

Romans had words for numbers like Eskimos for snow.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 01, 2026 10:12 PM (EXyHK)

44 lol as soon as I saw that story I thought “mutilated monkey meat!” But you had it covered Doof.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 10:12 PM (otNgF)

45 "Bleated?"

How many bourbons did you have while you were writing this?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 01, 2026 10:05 PM (YIDb4)

Ace doesn't pay for me to have a proofreader

Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 10:12 PM (QMAsf)

46 I wonder if the US military will rise to the occasion and create special paint schemes to celebrate the 250th like they did for 1976 and the 200th?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 10:13 PM (2GVsD)

47 6
'Posted by: GOPe'

They benefit aplenty being the only alternative to 'Rat representation. It boils my blood that they manage to avoid the wrath of their voters.
God help them when a way to hold them accountable appears.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 01, 2026 10:13 PM (fd80v)

48 For whatever reason, I just can't get into cornbread.

I'd eat that entire pot of Hoppin Johns though.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 01, 2026 10:13 PM (XV/Pl)

49 Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 01, 2026 10:12 PM (EXyHK)
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No math.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:13 PM (RIvkX)

50 Is that Sam Elliott?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 10:09 PM (QAvZU)

Bet that was a sound alike voice actor . Elliot is not a fan of Trump and recently made some Lefty comments iirc.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:14 PM (KDPiq)

51 CCL.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 10:14 PM (QAvZU)

52 You guys playing cards?
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 10:09 PM (ZxPkt)

Is my webcam on? Was playing poker as I was posting tonight's thread. Honestly.

Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 10:14 PM (QMAsf)

53 I made Hoppin John with black eyed peas for lunch and it was superlative.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:05
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Did you make it yesterday? 'Cause it's always better the second day.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 01, 2026 10:14 PM (bQ4nt)

54 My wife likes collard greens, of course she’s from Louisiana. I never really warmed up to them.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 10:15 PM (otNgF)

55 Plants are for livestock.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 10:15 PM (QAvZU)

56 How many bourbons did you have while you were writing this?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 01, 2026 10:05 PM (YIDb4)

Ace doesn't pay for me to have a proofreader
Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 10:12 PM (QMAsf)
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Actually, its only fun to point out errors after something is published.

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at January 01, 2026 10:15 PM (RIvkX)

57 Did you make it yesterday? 'Cause it's always better the second day.
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 01, 2026 10:14 PM (bQ4nt)

Yeah in fact I made mine last night.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 10:15 PM (otNgF)

58 authorities also seized what they described as mummified small primates.

Not only did they take Christmas dinner, they took my kids Christmas presents!

They did not want no Elf on the Shelf. They wanted Macaque on the Rack.

Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 10:16 PM (nhCoE)

59 For whatever reason, I just can't get into cornbread.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 01, 2026 10:13 PM (XV/Pl)

She is a little crazy, isn't she?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 10:16 PM (uQesX)

60 I Love this place :-)

thank you , Ace and Cobs

Posted by: free tibet at January 01, 2026 10:16 PM (1wtUm)

61 Bleated?

Is Doof feeling sheepish?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 10:17 PM (2GVsD)

62 Did you make it yesterday? 'Cause it's always better the second day.
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 01, 2026 10:14 PM (bQ4nt)
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I soaked the peas since Monday and the rice was made Tuesday, so...

Posted by: Wesley Crusher at January 01, 2026 10:17 PM (RIvkX)

63 Collard greens cooked with ham hocks. Jalapeno black eyed peas. Baby back ribs. First meal of the year was a win.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 10:17 PM (ytIDq)

64 /sh*t

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:17 PM (RIvkX)

65 and approximately 4 pounds of dried monkey meat, which was later classified as non-human primate meat.

But how can they be sure?

Posted by: Half Dozen at January 01, 2026 10:17 PM (EYvpB)

66 Did you make it yesterday? 'Cause it's always better the second day.
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 01, 2026 10:14 PM (bQ4nt)

Same way with hog jowls and possum innards.

Posted by: J. D. Clampett at January 01, 2026 10:17 PM (uQesX)

67 Tommy Lee Jones’ Daughter Found Dead at Swanky San Francisco Hotel

Old news, 2 hrs ago.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 10:17 PM (/lPRQ)

68 Doof, the 3 songs all have "new" in the band name...for New Years Day!

Posted by: Joemarine at January 01, 2026 10:18 PM (y171U)

69 For whatever reason, I just can't get into cornbread.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 01, 2026 10:13 PM
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Add moar sugar.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:18 PM (RIvkX)

70 No math

All I did was provide numbers. If you can’t refrain from doing math on them, I accept no responsibility!

Happy New Year, everyone!

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 01, 2026 10:18 PM (EXyHK)

71 It was to avoid that kind of confusion that I preferred Sestercentennial.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair

Ilhan Omar's 100th wedding anniversary?

Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 10:18 PM (nhCoE)

72 What kind of gibberish was that?
Posted by: Opinion fact
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It . just . belonged . here.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 10:18 PM (UZwsW)

73 I'm a cornbread fan though I consider them equal to good dinner rolls. My choice is dependent on the meal.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:18 PM (KDPiq)

74 Is Doof feeling sheepish?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 10:17 PM (2GVsD)

Sis boom bah!

Posted by: Carnak at January 01, 2026 10:19 PM (uQesX)

75 Friday's are a way to remember. Wear a red shirt. That signifies "Remember Everyone Deployed".

Everyone thinks since we are not in an active war (or police action) that there are no military overseas. I know this group knows better, but we need to shout it out to the the other half of the USA.

Posted by: Idlan at January 01, 2026 10:19 PM (YT7+E)

76 Save that dog!

I often "what if Kamala?"
None of the savings, no large scale RIFs, no closed departments.
Dangerous criminal illegals left to roam the country.
Borders open to more criminals.
If the Senate and House had the slightest D majority,
End to the filibuster
Pack SCOTUS to 15 Justices
Emasculate the Second Amendment
Limit the First, Fourth and Fifth
Tax and spend like crazy

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 10:19 PM (wZw/H)

77 Bleated?

Is Doof feeling sheepish?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 10:17 PM (2GVsD)

If I correct it, your comment won't make sense. I'll leave it.

Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 10:19 PM (QMAsf)

78 Someone needs to do a welfare check on Ruth's cats.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 10:19 PM (2GVsD)

79 Ilhan Omar's 100th wedding anniversary?

Like I said, the Romans had numbers for everything!

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 01, 2026 10:20 PM (EXyHK)

80 Texas Road House serves up some good monkey meat these days. I'm going tomorrow and will report back on whether they have the greasy, grimy, gopher guts.

Posted by: The Galloping Gourmet at January 01, 2026 10:20 PM (oftw2)

81

Olongapo and Subic Bay Memories
September 5, 2024

Sailors and Marines may have jokingly and endearingly called this popular Pinoy street food as “monkey meat” but in reality, it is pork barbecue or “meat kebab” made of pork slices marinated in a sweet and savory sauce and grilled to perfection. A very popular street food in Olongapo, it is commonly peddled on makeshift grill carts along Magsaysay Drive and Rizal Avenue. Those who have tasted this grilled barbecued pork like the sweet, salty, and slightly spicy flavor combo and could be addictive.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 10:21 PM (pkeXY)

82 Doof, the 3 songs all have "new" in the band name...for New Years Day!
Posted by: Joemarine at January 01, 2026 10:18 PM (y171U)

Yup. Easy layup tonight.

Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 10:21 PM (QMAsf)

83 15 Ruth Gamble@honouringtruth

... I have been a lesbian feminist for 4 decades. The Left never came to the party to build an egalitarian world-men see themselves as Great Liberators, without understanding they are Great Oppressors who never bothered to hand in their free passes. Handmaidens fawn

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 10:04 PM (UZwsW)

Yeah... who freed the slaves? Oh... White Men.
Who gave Women the Right to vote? oh... White Men.
Who gave minorities equal rights? yup, White Guys.

Who is actively dividing us? Minorities, Women, Gays...

Kinda makes ya go... hmmmm....

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 01, 2026 10:22 PM (mP0Kj)

84 Please remember our military who are stationed overseas, and missed spending the holidays with their families.

Posted by: Idlan

Thank you.
Please don’t be shy. I don’t bite.

Hard. Unless you like that.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 10:22 PM (IhIKR)

85 >48 For whatever reason, I just can't get into cornbread.

Hot, fresh from the oven, lots of melted butter.

Posted by: davidt at January 01, 2026 10:22 PM (Q+gd/)

86 I’m sad for Tommy Lee Jones. 34 year old at a New Years Eve party at a swank hotel, found unresponsive and died, well it’s obvious what everyone is thinking.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 10:23 PM (otNgF)

87 Bleated?

Is Doof feeling sheepish?
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 10:17 PM (2GVsD)

If I correct it, your comment won't make sense. I'll leave it.
Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 10:19 PM (QMAsf)

At least he hasn't been debleated. We still hear him.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 01, 2026 10:23 PM (S/Y4j)

88 Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 10:21 PM (pkeXY)

The McRib ?

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:23 PM (KDPiq)

89 @Object_Zero_8h . World’s Largest Shipyard

... Hyundai Heavy Industry yard in Ulsan, South Korea. It employs 550,000 people.

The facility is 6.7m square meters and includes 1.6m square meters of steelworks, feeding 10 large dry docks. It is enormous 1,650 acres.

They produce 1.5-2m tonnes steel per year to build ships with 10m tonnes collective displacement.

Whilst Chinese yards build much if the smaller lower cost ships, South Korea completely dominates the high quality end on the market.

South Korea builds the vast majority of drillships, FPSOs, LNG carriers, VLCC tankers, etc. all the stuff that needs highly detailed quality controls for insurers.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 10:23 PM (UZwsW)

90 Made a delicious New Year's supper of asparagus and kulebyaka, a Russian dish with salmon filet layered with mushroom rice and sliced hard boiled eggs inside of puff pastry, topped with lemon/dill sauce. Time consuming to prepare but very tasty.

Posted by: Frankie at January 01, 2026 10:23 PM (9x9Vs)

91 OK, got the theme. You'd have to be high to miss it.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 01, 2026 10:24 PM (lUFok)

92 So, how did that shit make it ONTO the plane?

I mean, if we don't search overseas passengers, how do we know there are no bombs?

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 01, 2026 10:24 PM (mP0Kj)

93 Happy New Year's everyone! Hope there was lots of celebrating and a minimum on hangovers.

Posted by: Dr. T at January 01, 2026 10:24 PM (jGGMD)

94 48 For whatever reason, I just can't get into cornbread.
-snip-
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 01, 2026 10:13 PM (XV/Pl)

Ya gotta woo her a little. Take her out to dinner. Tell her you hate Trump.

You'll get into it soon enough.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 01, 2026 10:25 PM (xIpco)

95 When Japan shifted VCR manufacturing I thought, well, here comes the crap. Should have known Japan wouldn't hand off to crappy builders.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 10:25 PM (UZwsW)

96 Sesquicentennial was in 1926. This year is officially the Semiquincentennial. Semi = half and quin = 5. It was to avoid that kind of confusion that I preferred Sestercentennial. (Sester = 2.5)

Romans had words for numbers like Eskimos for snow.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair

I'll probably drop dead before 85 ... But I would not mind living too see the tricentennial.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 10:25 PM (/lPRQ)

97 Jeepers Kraken up 3-0 halfway through the first.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 10:26 PM (IhIKR)

98
Romans couldn't count anyway. That inclusive counting way they thought of things was just a mess.

Tomorrow would not be 1 day from now, but 2, since they counted today as 1.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 10:26 PM (w6EFb)

99 *reads tankdemon @22*

Oh. Well, never mind.

Posted by: Dr. T at January 01, 2026 10:26 PM (jGGMD)

100 CBS guy; "I have been you." Rings false. Besides, if true, he's got the same problem Kash Patel and Pam Bondi have: too many of their embedded staff want them to fail.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 10:27 PM (V+sk9)

101 Willowed from the previous thread: the English climate today is still not as warm as during the Roman period. Grapes for wine were grown as far norm as Northamptonshire and Lincolnshire in those days. Current production is further south and very limited. Link to overlong Wikipedia article:

https://is.gd/UEojx1

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 10:27 PM (1paM0)

102 In a previous millennium, long, long ago, when I had high friends in low places, I was occasionally blessed with classic strains of weed. Never had Panama Red, but did once enjoy a bag of actual Jamaican Red. A remarkable looking rusty-colored herb with a distinctive effect. So I (sort of) recall.

https://bit.ly/jah-make-uh

Posted by: mindful webworker - all those friends are long gone now at January 01, 2026 10:27 PM (dESj/)

103 So, how did that shit make it ONTO the plane?

I mean, if we don't search overseas passengers, how do we know there are no bombs?
Posted by: Romeo13 at January 01, 2026 10:24 PM (mP0

But there's no way a Hatian immigrant fresh off the boat would eat a pond goose or someone's pet or use it for some voodoo shit.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:29 PM (KDPiq)

104 @Aviation_Intel . 5h

Chinese Cargo Ship With Electromagnetic Catapult To Launch Advanced Combat Drones Emerges
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hmm, Sea Salt + cu + al + fe + catapult = ?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 10:29 PM (UZwsW)

105 Do we really want those particular women to give up their masks?

Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 10:30 PM (2RJDy)

106 Friday's are a way to remember. Wear a red shirt. That signifies "Remember Everyone Deployed".

Everyone thinks since we are not in an active war (or police action) that there are no military overseas. I know this group knows better, but we need to shout it out to the the other half of the USA.
Posted by: Idlan

Sorry, seen too many episodes of Star Trek to wear a red shirt when going on an away mission.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 10:30 PM (/lPRQ)

107 Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 10:25 PM (/lPRQ)

GET OFF MY LAWN !!

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:31 PM (KDPiq)

108 PLAN's new carrier, Fujin sp?, has electromagnetic catapults. But is conventionally powered. So their launch cycle is dependent upon the capacitors.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 10:31 PM (2GVsD)

109 I'll probably drop dead before 85 ... But I would not mind living too see the tricentennial.

Raise a glass to us 29-year olds if you do make it. And remember the old HQ!

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 01, 2026 10:32 PM (EXyHK)

110 >For whatever reason, I just can't get into cornbread.

Posted by: Thomas Bender
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try smothering it with spicy chili

Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 10:32 PM (ZxPkt)

111 Nice Am250 ad. Would have been nice to have a scene with one church or house of worship- The Thing! God's grace shed on thee.

Posted by: Rex B at January 01, 2026 10:33 PM (C9oTe)

112 94 48 For whatever reason, I just can't get into cornbread.
-snip-
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 01, 2026 10:13 PM (XV/Pl)

Ya gotta woo her a little. Take her out to dinner. Tell her you hate Trump.

You'll get into it soon enough.
Posted by: Darrell Harris
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Give her some salted butter. That'll do it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 10:35 PM (UZwsW)

113 Sorry, seen too many episodes of Star Trek to wear a red shirt when going on an away mission.

Be Scotty.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 01, 2026 10:35 PM (EXyHK)

114 Re: O’Hare airport seizures.

I remember it being “18 pounds of grimy, greasy, gopher guts”

Posted by: Lurking Cheshirecat at January 01, 2026 10:35 PM (w3u3d)

115 Days of the New... really liked that album. Still have the CD. Takes me back to college (1997), age 21. 90s were such an awesome time for music. Great memories going to the record store on campus to get the latest CD releases.

My first roommate and I had similar taste in music back then. I remember each of us getting the Beastie Boys Ill Communication when it came out. And Alice in Chains in 1995 with the dog on the cover.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 10:35 PM (P5BPp)

116 Scotty was the only one to wear a red shirt and be expected to make it the end of the episode, and even that was put in doubt a few times.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 10:36 PM (1paM0)

117 Apparently, "bisesquicentennial" would work for 250 as well.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 10:37 PM (w6EFb)

118 DOOF!

Happiest New Year my friend!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 01, 2026 10:37 PM (LNeRu)

119 113 Sorry, seen too many episodes of Star Trek to wear a red shirt when going on an away mission.

Be Scotty.
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 01, 2026 10:35 PM (EXyHK)

Damn, thinkin on it... I was an Electronics type in the Navy, so that would probably be a Red Shirt...

And I was part of the Security and Boarding team...

Surprised I survived me Navy carreer.

Posted by: Romeo13 at January 01, 2026 10:38 PM (mP0Kj)

120 Cornbread can’t beat Martha White biscuits!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 10:38 PM (1paM0)

121 NIce mystery click.
Had a sergeant who played backup for REO Speedwagon. He was incredible on the guitar.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 10:38 PM (2WIwB)

122 Tommy Lee Jones’ Daughter Found Dead at Swanky San Francisco Hotel

Damn, man. That's sad.

Posted by: mindful webworker - what no parent should go through at January 01, 2026 10:39 PM (dESj/)

123 A breakfast meal in Louisiana called Cush Cush is made by crushing up corn bread into butter milk. Sometimes slightly soured milk.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:39 PM (KDPiq)

124 I am super excited to see your contract was renewed, Doof, and you weren’t hit with a first right of refusal only extension!

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 10:40 PM (p4NUW)

125 Nothing in local media about Tommy Lee Jones' daughter

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:40 PM (RIvkX)

126 French-fried parrakeet is delicious with a sweet and sour chutney and termite larvae in aspic.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 01, 2026 10:41 PM (nljXp)

127
My paternal grandmother's name was Ruth.

She would say fuck you to that bitch Ruth.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 10:42 PM (3ek7K)

128 Boom, boom, boom, boom - hey-e-yea

@miriti55453 . 5h
U.S. MILITARY STRIKES NARCO FLEET in PACIFIC

Over 48 hours in late December, the U.S. military destroyed five drug-trafficking vessels operating along known narco routes in the Pacific.

According to U.S. Southern Command:
• Dec 30: Three boats struck after confirmed narcotics transfers
• At least 3 killed on the first vessel
• Remaining boats were tracked, engaged, and sunk
• Coast Guard conducted follow-on operations
• Dec 31: Two additional narco vessels targeted
• 5 more killed
Total: 5 boats destroyed. 8 traffickers killed.
These strikes are part of a broader campaign:
• 30+ U.S. strikes since September
• 110+ narco combatants neutralized
• Operations framed as a non-international armed conflict with cartel networks fueling U.S. drug deaths
This is what decisive interdiction looks like.

Source: NPR

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 10:42 PM (UZwsW)

129 Cornbread > Croissant > Dinner roll > Texas Toast> Biscuit

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:43 PM (KDPiq)

130 Cush Cush sounds a lot like couscous. Coincidence?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 10:43 PM (1paM0)

131 DOOF!

Happiest New Year my friend!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 01, 2026 10:37 PM (LNeRu)

Happy New Year to you too!

Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 10:43 PM (QMAsf)

132 Apparently, "bisesquicentennial" would work for 250 as well.

I was worried for a while. It sounds vaguely like a Lovecraftian horror.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 01, 2026 10:44 PM (EXyHK)

133 Happy New Year!

Posted by: ChE99 at January 01, 2026 10:44 PM (esnLI)

134 122 Tommy Lee Jones’ Daughter Found Dead at Swanky San Francisco Hotel

Damn, man. That's sad.
Posted by: mindful webworker - what no parent should go through at January 01, 2026 10:39 PM (dESj/)

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That's really rough. Age 34. Reportedly found in a hallway. Dean Martin lost his son, age 35, and was deeply affected by it. RIP.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 10:45 PM (4V3F9)

135 I need all the luck I can get right now, so I had ham (leftovers from Christmas), collard greens (first time, reminds me of green beans, steamed broccoli and spinach, all in different aspects), black-eyed peas and cornbread (I make an incredible cornbread, or at least, I do a fantastic job with the jiffy mix).

I can't say that collard greens will ever be a favorite, but... not bad.

Posted by: RandomDave at January 01, 2026 10:46 PM (aJQbY)

136 Cush Cush sounds a lot like couscous. Coincidence?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 10:43 PM (1paM0)

Louisiana vernacular and slight variation.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:46 PM (KDPiq)

137 My New Years resolution is to only drink when I'm alone.
Or with other people.

Cheers!

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at January 01, 2026 10:46 PM (MNCvZ)

138 It's a crying shame that Brian Dennehy is no longer here. He could have played all the Founding Fathers in a touring company of "1776" for our 250th birthday. Or the City of Philadelphia.

Posted by: Who's Gonna Fill His Shoes? at January 01, 2026 10:47 PM (oftw2)

139 Looking at the French connection, I think Cush Cush must be a Louisiana version of couscous.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 10:47 PM (1paM0)

140
I grew up in the South. I don't like fried chicken and cornbread.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 10:48 PM (3ek7K)

141 I am super excited to see your contract was renewed, Doof, and you weren’t hit with a first right of refusal only extension!
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 10:40 PM (p4NUW)

Unfortunately there was a "no typo" clause in there. I've already violated the terms so I might get fired.

Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 10:48 PM (QMAsf)

142 Romans couldn't count anyway. That inclusive counting way they thought of things was just a mess.

Tomorrow would not be 1 day from now, but 2, since they counted today as 1.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

How many days until tomorrow?
Two.

A fencepost problem.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 10:48 PM (/lPRQ)

143
33 Sam Elliot on that 250 vid? Thought he was a Kamalaite? Shouldn't he be sad, not celebrating?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 10:09 PM (uQesX)

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It was like finding out he sucks dicks. What a fraud.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 01, 2026 10:48 PM (biznJ)

144 Dogs have great hearing. That dog can probably hear the fat of her ass breaking down the atomic structure of the metal in the stool, and will hear the exact moment when the atoms yell fuuuuuuck giving him time to save himself.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 10:48 PM (snZF9)

145
I can't say that collard greens will ever be a favorite, but... not bad.
Posted by: RandomDave at January 01, 2026 10:46 PM (aJQbY)

How did you cook them? I wish I could hand you some of mine through the computer with a piece of not sweet cornbread to sop up the juice.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 10:48 PM (p4NUW)

146 140
I grew up in the South. I don't like fried chicken and cornbread.

Posted by: fourseasons
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Have you seen a Dr. recently? There may be a serious problem.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 10:50 PM (UZwsW)

147 Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 10:48 PM (3ek7K

I can sort of understand the cornbread but fried chicken?

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:50 PM (KDPiq)

148 Dogs have great hearing. That dog can probably hear the fat of her ass breaking down the atomic structure of the metal in the stool, and will hear the exact moment when the atoms yell fuuuuuuck giving him time to save himself.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division
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LMAO so hard, it scared the cat!

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 10:50 PM (rdVOm)

149 141 I am super excited to see your contract was renewed, Doof, and you weren’t hit with a first right of refusal only extension!
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 10:40 PM (p4NUW)

Unfortunately there was a "no typo" clause in there. I've already violated the terms so I might get fired.
Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026

Wait- is that also part of the rider that covers me? Because we are in deep kimchi if so.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 10:50 PM (p4NUW)

150 Piper, these were store-bought from-a-can, which probably didn't help (but on the other hand, if the lowest common denominator is tolerable, a better recipe should be great).

The can made note of 'turkey broth' and a mild pepper of some sort, I brought it to a boil and then turned it down to simmer while the cornbread baked.

Posted by: RandomDave at January 01, 2026 10:51 PM (aJQbY)

151 Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו
@netanyahu
Just as the Christian community stood with us in difficult moments, we will stand with you -

and help in every way to protect Christian communities all over the world.

This partnership of shared values is strong, and together we will prevail.
8:29 AM · Jan 1, 2026

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:51 PM (RIvkX)

152 When I read Monkey meat I think Ebola. Probably not if this was dried meat, still its what I think because they usually say the ground zero case in an Ebola outbreak came from eating or handling primate meat. But that is FNM reporting.

Posted by: PaleRider at January 01, 2026 10:51 PM (hhkIi)

153 98
Romans couldn't count anyway. That inclusive counting way they thought of things was just a mess.

Tomorrow would not be 1 day from now, but 2, since they counted today as 1.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 10:26 PM (w6EFb)

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It's lucky for all of us they never built high-rises.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 10:52 PM (nWPIJ)

154 I'll probably drop dead before 85 ... But I would not mind living too see the tricentennial.

Raise a glass to us 29-year olds if you do make it. And remember the old HQ!
Posted by: Stephen Price Blair

I'd be 110 if I made it.
Half the family has 'longevity'. The other half no so much.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 10:52 PM (/lPRQ)

155 >> A fencepost problem.

One of the common sources of off-by-one errors.

The Roman priests screwed up leap years for a while by that same error, making ever 3rd year be leap, rather than 4. Augustus fixed it by skipping 3 leap years sometime, when they aren't exactly sure, but it was correct by (what we now call) 8 AD. Could've been by 4AD, but they ain't sure.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 10:53 PM (w6EFb)

156

I don't like fried foods except for fried okra.

I don't like French fries, ewww.

I think it a dislike of grease.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 10:54 PM (3ek7K)

157 Over 48 hours in late December, the U.S. military destroyed five drug-trafficking vessels operating along known narco routes in the Pacific.

According to U.S. Southern Command:
• Dec 30: Three boats struck after confirmed narcotics transfers
• At least 3 killed on the first vessel
• Remaining boats were tracked, engaged, and sunk
• Coast Guard conducted follow-on operations
• Dec 31: Two additional narco vessels targeted
• 5 more killed
Total: 5 boats destroyed. 8 traffickers killed.
These strikes are part of a broader campaign:
• 30+ U.S. strikes since September
• 110+ narco combatants neutralized
• Operations framed as a non-international armed conflict with cartel networks fueling U.S. drug deaths
This is what decisive interdiction looks like.

-
Old and busted: Tora Tora Tora!

New and cool: Taco Taco Taco!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 01, 2026 10:54 PM (L/fGl)

158 Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 10:52 PM (/lPRQ)

Sounded like you would see the Tricentennial if you made it to 85.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:54 PM (KDPiq)

159 For cornbread of the non madison type, I add some crushed corn, diced peppers and a little street corn spices. It's like a festival in your mouth. Try that if you don't like regular cornbread.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 10:55 PM (3uBP9)

160 But friends, have you tried Martha White flour for your biscuits? Try Martha White flour for the finest, airiest biscuits you’ve ever had! Now let’s return to the music of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys with “Take Me Back to Tulsa”.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 10:55 PM (1paM0)

161 You can catch a mess of carp with cornbread for bait. Maybe the odd catfish, too.

Posted by: Gadabout Gaddis, The Flying Fisherman. at January 01, 2026 10:55 PM (oftw2)

162 I ate my black eyed peas today.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 10:55 PM (2Ez/1)

163 AAGHarmeetDhillon @AAGDhillon

Asking questions/citizen journalism are NOT HATE CRIMES in America — they are protected speech, and if Seattle tries to chill that speech, @CivilRights will step in to protect it and set them straight!

Govern yourselves accordingly!

Katie Wilson for Seattle Mayor @wilsonformayor

I stand with the Somali childcare providers who have experienced targeted harassment, and condemn the surveillance campaign promoted by extremist influencers. If you believe yourself to be the victim of a hate crime, please call this hotline:

X: https://bit.ly/4qznVWP

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 10:55 PM (P5BPp)

164 Tricentennial is theoretically in range for me, I've had relatives live that long. Fingers crossed?

Posted by: RandomDave at January 01, 2026 10:55 PM (aJQbY)

165 Cornbread needs to be a little crisp right on the edges and moist everywhere else or it’s like chewing gritty cardboard that dries out your mouth. Good cornbread is amazing.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 10:56 PM (p4NUW)

166 Wait- is that also part of the rider that covers me? Because we are in deep kimchi if so.
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 10:50 PM (p4NUW)

Yup. Terms and conditions flow to my subcontractors. All 1 of them.

Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 10:56 PM (QMAsf)

167 Also, UGA needs to get it back together.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 10:57 PM (p4NUW)

168 140
I grew up in the South. I don't like fried chicken and cornbread.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 10:48 PM (3ek7K)

Me too. I'm not a cornbread fan. The type I make now is more like corn pudding.

Fried chicken is meh to me. I am good at cooking it but it is a mess and I only make it for hubby's birthday. It isn't what I want at a restaurant, either.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 10:57 PM (ytIDq)

169 Black Eyed Pea restaurant was so much better than Cracker Barrel imo so of course they went belly up.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:58 PM (KDPiq)

170

I hope UGA doesn't get it back together.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 10:58 PM (3ek7K)

171 For cornbread, I use a round cast-iron skillet, with a good layer of bacon grease before I pour the batter. The box recipe says 15-20 minutes, about 18 comes out just right - the toothpick is dry and clean, the crust is brown but not black, and the bread is fluffy and crumbly.

Posted by: RandomDave at January 01, 2026 10:59 PM (aJQbY)

172 big fan of broasted chicken, and corn bread

Posted by: free tibet at January 01, 2026 10:59 PM (1wtUm)

173 Roman counting may be why the Europeans start with the ground floor, then the next floor up is the first storey.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 10:59 PM (1paM0)

174 Hot cornbread with butter and honey is a too rare treat

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:59 PM (RIvkX)

175

Opinion Fact,

You are correct.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 10:59 PM (3ek7K)

176 The Russians are all for Global Warming.

Posted by: pawn at January 01, 2026 11:00 PM (Rmqfl)

177 Had my black eyed peas in a mess of Hoppin’ John for breakfast. Mighty good!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 11:01 PM (1paM0)

178 Toga toga toga!

Posted by: Ensign John Belushi, Gringo Division at January 01, 2026 11:01 PM (C9oTe)

179 Sounded like you would see the Tricentennial if you made it to 85.
Posted by: Opinion fact

Nah. Be lucky if I make it to 85.
But if I do. I might make it to 110.

Then I'd get have done the bicentennial and the tricentennial.

And think back that in 1776 there were some old farts who were there and remembered the centennial.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 11:01 PM (/lPRQ)

180 Ham & black eyed peas for dinner tonight. No cornbread (meh, can take it or leave it).

There was freezing fog last night, so yard this morning was a frosted wonderland. Very pretty! It's warmer now, and should approach 50F tomorrow. Drizzle & fog currently.

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 11:02 PM (rdVOm)

181 Why am I so hungry for cornbread right now?

Posted by: davidt at January 01, 2026 11:02 PM (Q+gd/)

182 grew up in the South. I don't like fried chicken and cornbread.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 10:48 PM (3ek7K)

How about ChickenFried Steak?

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:02 PM (KDPiq)

183 Aunt Baby never came close to the Tricentennial. She'd never make it. She was....sickly.

Posted by: Frank Costanza at January 01, 2026 11:04 PM (oftw2)

184 Cracker Barrel used to be better, but is mostly reheated, already prepared, foods. Hard to find cooked from scratch in a restaurant these days without sky-high prices which most people won’t pay.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 11:04 PM (1paM0)

185
Opinion Fact,

That is okay. Needs lots of gravy.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 11:04 PM (3ek7K)

186 Sorry to disappoint you, but the article contains no mention of greasy, grimy gopher guts.

I understood this reference.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 01, 2026 11:05 PM (Wnv9h)

187 When they sent me to Birmingham I just about lost my mind with the southern food. Good thing I was 15 and I could eat 3,000 calories a day no problem.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 11:05 PM (RIvkX)

188 I understood this reference.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 01, 2026 11:05 PM (Wnv9h)

I hoped a few of you would.

Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 11:06 PM (QMAsf)

189 Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 11:04 PM (1paM0)

I'm fortunate to have a few locally owned dives near me that serve the best comfort food .

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:06 PM (KDPiq)

190 33-24 Old Miss.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 11:06 PM (2Ez/1)

191 Roman counting may be why the Europeans start with the ground floor, then the next floor up is the first storey.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Ground "floor" was the base. Probably dirt or flat stones.
Above that they built the first floor.

Roman counting would give us the ground level, or basement, as the first floor. Might be a Germanic thing.
No clue for sure but I get why they do it that way.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 11:07 PM (/lPRQ)

192 OK, 34-24.
PAT was good.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 11:07 PM (2Ez/1)

193 Ugh

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:07 PM (p4NUW)

194 Evening all.

Posted by: Joyenz at January 01, 2026 11:07 PM (2F0/Y)

195 and me without a spoon

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 11:07 PM (3uBP9)

196 I can't imagine what this place would look like in 50 years. I'm pretty sure it would be unrecognizable.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 11:08 PM (snZF9)

197 stupid to go for it for Georgia with 9 minutes left

Posted by: free tibet at January 01, 2026 11:08 PM (1wtUm)

198 Great green globs of greasy, grimy gopher guts,
Mutilated monkey meat.
Dirty little birdie feet.
Great green globs of greasy, grimy gopher guts
And me without my spoon.

Used to sing that in Jr. Hi cafeteria with a friend to gross out the girls.

Posted by: pawn at January 01, 2026 11:08 PM (Rmqfl)

199
Joyenz,

Are you feeling better?

Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 11:09 PM (3ek7K)

200 Does the odd catfish have three eyes?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 11:09 PM (pkeXY)

201 190 33-24 Old Miss.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January

*Ole Miss

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:09 PM (p4NUW)

202 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - AoSHQ's at January 01, 2026 11:10 PM (SRRAx)

203 I remember the song from boy scouts.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 11:10 PM (3uBP9)

204 Yeah, Bers--- I won't live long enough to see the Tricentennial, and that's okay... Won't recognize the place by then and probably won't like it anyway. (IF it's still USA) Big IF.

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 11:10 PM (rdVOm)

205 The refs in this game are garbage. That hit on Gunner was targeting. I am still salty an hour later.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:10 PM (p4NUW)

206 can't imagine what this place would look like in 50 years. I'm pretty sure it would be unrecognizable.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 11:08 PM (snZF9)

TMJ would be telling everyone about the old classic move, Prometheus .

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:10 PM (KDPiq)

207 Three eyes is certainly odd, but so is five.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 11:10 PM (1paM0)

208 I understood this reference.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState

I hoped a few of you would.
Posted by: Doof

If anyone didn't, they might actually be 29.

Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 11:11 PM (nhCoE)

209 105 Do we really want those particular women to give up their masks?

Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 10:30 PM (2RJDy)

Bless their hearts, in my mind they are asking, "Do these masks make my face look fat?"

Yes, hon. Yes they do.

Posted by: moki at January 01, 2026 11:11 PM (wLjpr)

210
Five Eyes, wasn't that some spy thing?

Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 11:11 PM (3ek7K)

211 Teresa in Fort Worth -
I hope you anyours are getting over that bug.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 11:12 PM (1paM0)

212 It was like finding out he sucks dicks. What a fraud.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 01, 2026 10:48 PM (biznJ)

Tom Selleck was the better Sackett brother.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 11:12 PM (uQesX)

213 I can't imagine what this place would look like in 50 years. I'm pretty sure it would be unrecognizable.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

It will be just like Blade runner.

Except no interstellar space travel. Just a bunch of Chinese on the moon and a hundred thousand Elon Musk spawn on Mars.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 11:12 PM (/lPRQ)

214 And to whomever mentioned Brian Dennehy, thank you. Thank you for remembering his well-rounded acting skills.

Posted by: moki at January 01, 2026 11:13 PM (wLjpr)

215 I understood this reference.
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 01, 2026 11:05 PM (Wnv9h)

I hoped a few of you would.
Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 11:06 PM

*New Year fistbump*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 01, 2026 11:13 PM (Wnv9h)

216 Touchdown!

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:13 PM (p4NUW)

217 I remember the song from boy scouts.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 11:10 PM (3

think I only heard it in Caddyshack.

The comet song is what I remember.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:13 PM (KDPiq)

218
Well sheeeettt

Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 11:14 PM (3ek7K)

219 Five Eyes, wasn't that some spy thing?
Posted by: fourseasons

Still is. USA, UK, Canada, Aus, NZ intelligence-sharing network.

Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 11:14 PM (nhCoE)

220 Saijo has to leave his jersey on just a little bit longer in solidarity with Uga.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:14 PM (p4NUW)

221 I think ACE mentioned earlier that he was going out to grab a nice tomahawk steak. In case you're wondering that's code for pest-infested beans, 17 pounds of unidentifiable plant material, and approximately 4 pounds of dried monkey meat.

GAINNNNNZZZZZ!!!!!!

Posted by: Orson at January 01, 2026 11:15 PM (dIske)

222 Cornbread baked with green chillis installed. Mmmmm.....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 01, 2026 11:15 PM (LNeRu)

223 Five Eyes, wasn't that some spy thing?

Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 11:11 PM (3ek7K)

Yes.
US, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, together share information from intelligence and surveillance.

Hence, “Five Eyes”.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 01, 2026 11:16 PM (6ydKt)

224 I ate my black eyed peas today.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 10:55 PM (2Ez/1)

My dad stopped eating them years ago. Never brought him luck, he said. Of course, he hasn't eaten anything these past fourteen years.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 11:16 PM (uQesX)

225 Are you feeling better?

Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 11:09 PM (3ek7K)

Thanks for asking. I'm getting worse. I now have no appetite, nausea, weakness and body pain along with the colitis. I don't want to go back to the ER, so I am going to see how I am in a few days. I am drinking a lot., I just have to be careful of how much potassium I take in because of my BP pill.

Posted by: Joyenz at January 01, 2026 11:16 PM (2F0/Y)

226 201 190 33-24 Old Miss.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January

*Ole Miss
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:09 PM

###
Duly noted.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 11:17 PM (2Ez/1)

227 174 Hot cornbread with butter and honey is a too rare treat

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:59 PM (RIvkX)

For me, it's cornbread with butter and peach or blackberry preserves, preferably homemade. That is dessert in the summer!

Posted by: moki at January 01, 2026 11:17 PM (wLjpr)

228 Cornbread needs to be a little crisp right on the edges and moist everywhere else or it’s like chewing gritty cardboard that dries out your mouth. Good cornbread is amazing.
Posted by: Piper

I've found if you make it in the oven, add half the butter or grease to the all ready hot baking dish, then add the batter. It'll start to fry and push the butter up the sides of the dish.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 11:17 PM (mlg/3)

229

Joyenz,

I'm sorry you are still sick. I think about you often Dear.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 11:18 PM (3ek7K)

230 My dad stopped eating them years ago. Never brought him luck, he said. Of course, he hasn't eaten anything these past fourteen years.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

And it's worked in keeping the weight off!!

Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2026 11:19 PM (cYBz/)

231 Posted by: moki at January 01, 2026 11:13 PM (wLjpr)

Still working on it!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 11:20 PM (uQesX)

232 Five Eyes expensive hamburgers.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 11:21 PM (pkeXY)

233 @netanyahu
Just as the Christian community stood with us in difficult moments, we will stand with you

That's... good to read. Thank you Bibi.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 01, 2026 11:21 PM (gKWVE)

234 I've found if you make it in the oven, add half the butter or grease to the all ready hot baking dish, then add the batter. It'll start to fry and push the butter up the sides of the dish.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

Yes! Best in cast iron, though I used a ceramic pie dish for today. The cast iron pan was being used.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:21 PM (p4NUW)

235 232 Posted by: moki at January 01, 2026 11:13 PM (wLjpr)

Still working on it!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 11:20 PM (uQesX)

Two complete read-throughs in four days, OrangeEnt! Its a good story!!

Posted by: moki at January 01, 2026 11:22 PM (wLjpr)

236 > preferred Sestercentennial. (Sester = 2.5)

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 01, 2026 10:12 PM (EXyHK)

Señor, would you like to meet my sester? She very friendly. She like the gringo.

We mucho poor. She like gringo much more if he help us out.

Posted by: Pimpy Gonzales at January 01, 2026 11:22 PM (IG3/x)

237 Oh no, Frazier is down….

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:22 PM (p4NUW)

238 Wait! I made cornbread today, too. Came out all right. Butter, honey, nothing else needed.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 11:23 PM (uQesX)

239 I didn't get anyone a bleated present. Damn it! Next year.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 01, 2026 11:23 PM (CHHv1)

240 Yes! Best in cast iron, though I used a ceramic pie dish for today. The cast iron pan was being used.
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:21 PM (p4NUW)

Do you put a lid over the cast iron pan when making cornbread, or not?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 11:25 PM (uQesX)

241
We gave presents of money this year.

I hope ya'll received yours.

Merry Christmas!

Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 11:25 PM (3ek7K)

242 Thanks for asking. I'm getting worse. I now have no appetite, nausea, weakness and body pain along with the colitis. I don't want to go back to the ER, so I am going to see how I am in a few days. I am drinking a lot., I just have to be careful of how much potassium I take in because of my BP pill.
Posted by: Joyenz at

I am so sorry. Could your regular doctor see you tomorrow instead of the ER to try to get some relief?

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:25 PM (p4NUW)

243 Romans… inclusive counting way they thought of things… Tomorrow would not be 1 day from now, but 2, since they counted today as 1.
Posted by: publius

Long ago read someone explaining this to a Doubter questioning the "three days" of Jesus being dead. Crucified and in the tomb was Day 1, resurrected two days later, Day 3. Doubter would have none of it.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Just like there's no Year Zero between BC and AD :) at January 01, 2026 11:26 PM (dESj/)

244 Two complete read-throughs in four days, OrangeEnt! Its a good story!!
Posted by: moki at January 01, 2026 11:22 PM (wLjpr)

Thanks. I'm on chapter sixteen comments and it's only 8:30, so I'll probably finish and send it to you to see what you think about my changes. If you want to, that is.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 11:26 PM (uQesX)

245 214 And to whomever mentioned Brian Dennehy, thank you. Thank you for remembering his well-rounded acting skills.
Posted by: moki

Mighty Mountain of Talent who formed the sturdy base, nay, the very Foundation of Hollywood. The Industry is in free-fall since his demise.

Posted by: Farewell, Fair Prince at January 01, 2026 11:26 PM (oftw2)

246 Well there was a flagrant miss on a facemask or this game might be over now.

Posted by: Black JEM at January 01, 2026 11:26 PM (UVyKP)

247
Thanks. I'm on chapter sixteen comments and it's only 8:30, so I'll probably finish and send it to you to see what you think about my changes. If you want to, that is.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 11:26 PM (uQesX)

Of course! I'm invested in this now!! Looking forward to buying a hard copy!!

Posted by: moki at January 01, 2026 11:29 PM (wLjpr)

248 The Industry is in free-fall since his demise.

Posted by: Farewell, Fair Prince at January 01, 2026 11:26 PM (oftw2)

You aren't wrong!

Posted by: moki at January 01, 2026 11:30 PM (wLjpr)

249 Bloated present.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 11:31 PM (QAvZU)

250 "Tommy Lee Jones’ Daughter Found Dead "...

Aaaaannndddd, never would have been know of unless she was a hollwierd nepo baby.

Posted by: 5 miles to nowhere at January 01, 2026 11:31 PM (G+z4C)

251 Of course! I'm invested in this now!! Looking forward to buying a hard copy!!
Posted by: moki at January 01, 2026 11:29 PM (wLjpr)

Ha! Just got to the part you want changed. Have to think a bit. The hot food was the catalyst for the mutiny. Hmmm, what to do....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 11:33 PM (uQesX)

252 Police suspect fair play.

Posted by: As Dennis Miller used to say at January 01, 2026 11:33 PM (2Ez/1)

253 A prayer or two for my wife's buddy GerriAnne if the Horde pleases. She suffered an aortic aneurysm while playing in a bridge tournament yesterday in Myrtle Beach. Died at her table.

Hell of a nice gal - vibrant, happy and a care-giver for her elderly husband. She was only 73. She will be missed.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2026 11:33 PM (cYBz/)

254 refs are trying to give it to GA

Posted by: free tibet at January 01, 2026 11:34 PM (1wtUm)

255 >> Doubter questioning the "three days" of Jesus being dead.

That's another prime example of it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 11:35 PM (w6EFb)

256 Dirty little birdie feet.
Great green globs of greasy, grimy gopher guts
And me without my spoon.

Used to sing that in Jr. Hi cafeteria with a friend to gross out the girls.
Posted by: pawn at January 01, 2026 11:08 PM (Rmqfl)

The version I heard was "pixilated panther feet".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 11:36 PM (8zz6B)

257 Scored tied.
54 seconds remain.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 11:37 PM (2Ez/1)

258 And we are tied, friends and neighbors.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:38 PM (OoFl2)

259
free tibet,

Hubby said the same thing. It's rigged.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 11:38 PM (3ek7K)

260 Victoria was kind of nepo, appearing in MIB2 and "The Three Burials" which Tommy Lee directed. But it looks like she didn't much want to be a BIGSTAR so I don't think she's been in anything since 2005.
I don't know much about her, so she was more humble than most of Hollywood, sorry if that sounds like backhanded praise.
RIP, overall.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 01, 2026 11:38 PM (gKWVE)

261 What's the common thread / common meaning / common leitmotif?
-

Nood.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 11:38 PM (u/afo)

262 Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2026 11:33 PM (cYBz/)

Hope arrangements had been made for the husband in case of such an event. Prayers.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:38 PM (KDPiq)

263 The version I heard was "pixilated panther feet".

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 11:36 PM (8zz6B)
-

/time traveler detected

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 11:40 PM (u/afo)

264 "Long ago read someone explaining this to a Doubter questioning the "three days" of Jesus being dead. Crucified and in the tomb was Day 1, resurrected two days later, Day 3. Doubter would have none of it."
Posted by: mindful webworker

As I was taught, a full three days and three nights are the legal requirement for death. Jesus was dead for three days and three nights. Death on Wednesday at sunset, resurrection Saturday at sunset.

The whole sunrise service seems nice as in Jesus rose like the sun, but the sun worship thing is something else that got mixed in. JC has Saturday night to visit the imprisoned spirits thang, and he was long gone when they came for his body.

Jewish days even now begin at sunset, as seen with their Sabbath recognition beginning Friday at sunset ending Saturday at sunset.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 01, 2026 11:40 PM (vbXSk)

265 I can't imagine what this place would look like in 50 years. I'm pretty sure it would be unrecognizable.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

It will be just like Blade runner.

Except no interstellar space travel. Just a bunch of Chinese on the moon and a hundred thousand Elon Musk spawn on Mars.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 11:12 PM (/lPRQ)

yeah I can see that.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 11:41 PM (snZF9)

266 I believe, I believe….

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:42 PM (OoFl2)

267 Will OM kick a walk-off field goal?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 11:43 PM (2Ez/1)

268 No matter what, this is a heck of a game.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:44 PM (OoFl2)

269 48 yard attempt.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 11:44 PM (2Ez/1)

270 It's good.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 11:46 PM (2Ez/1)

271 Reading the news.

For me, NYC/NYS is a no-go zone or even perhaps an enemy state.

This is no way to celebrate a 250th anniversary. Bad things are coming.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 11:46 PM (u/afo)

272

YEEEEESSSSEEEEE!!!!!

Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 11:47 PM (3ek7K)

273 And that’s a game. Congrats, Rebel fans! Your team played their hearts out.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:47 PM (OoFl2)

274 A safety?
Hunh?

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 11:47 PM (2Ez/1)

275 39 - 34. Final.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 11:48 PM (2Ez/1)

276 Not final.
Under review.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 11:49 PM (2Ez/1)

277 Reading the news.

For me, NYC/NYS is a no-go zone or even perhaps an enemy state.

This is no way to celebrate a 250th anniversary. Bad things are coming.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 11:46 PM (u/afo)

Well, maybe we'll just reenact the 1776 shelling of NYC.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 11:50 PM (snZF9)

278 I don't follow sports anymore since they told me to go to hell. But, I find it funny that college and pro football seem to now be as corrupt as blue states. I'm sure they always were, but now the officials seem to be part of the corruption. I blame gambling.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 11:51 PM (uQesX)

279 This is no way to celebrate a 250th anniversary. Bad things are coming.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs

if we have anything to remember from our founding fathers as we near our 250 year anniversary it is do not be a whining pussy.

Posted by: n at January 01, 2026 11:51 PM (VKqEh)

280 this is ridiculous

Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 11:52 PM (ZxPkt)

281 Re-do the kick off. One second on the clock. Dumb.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 11:53 PM (2Ez/1)

282 (watching Miss/GA game)

This ending is retarded.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 01, 2026 11:53 PM (7Pnfz)

283 This ending is retarded.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 01, 2026 11:53 PM (7Pnfz)

Huh?

Posted by: Tim "Pederast" Walz at January 01, 2026 11:54 PM (uQesX)

284 Refs refuse to let this game end

Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 11:55 PM (ZxPkt)

285 Mike Bobo needs to be fired, like yesterday.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 11:56 PM (OoFl2)

286 Refs refuse to let this game end
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 11:55 PM (ZxPkt)

I've got prop bets!!

Posted by: Referee at January 01, 2026 11:56 PM (uQesX)

287 OK, final final final.
39 - 34.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 11:56 PM (2Ez/1)

288

AGAIN, YEEESSS

Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 11:57 PM (3ek7K)

289 don't follow sports anymore since they told me to go to hell. But, I find it funny that college and pro football seem to now be as corrupt as blue states. I'm sure they always were, but now the officials seem to be part of the corruption. I blame gambling.
Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 11:51 PM (uQesX)

I don’t know what the spread was or the over/under but I wonder if that last second two points makes a difference.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:58 PM (KDPiq)

290 It is really most sincerely over

Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 11:58 PM (ZxPkt)

291

It was a great game.

Both teams were great.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 02, 2026 12:00 AM (3ek7K)

292 Well….at least we weren’t Alabama. Saijo has taken his jersey off, but he is still a Dawg, as am I.

But I want Bobo fired.

Posted by: Piper at January 02, 2026 12:00 AM (OoFl2)

293 I don’t know what the spread was or the over/under but I wonder if that last second two points makes a difference.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:58 PM (KDPiq)

(shakes Magic 8 Ball)

Signs point to yes.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 02, 2026 12:00 AM (uQesX)

294 156

I don't like fried foods except for fried okra.

I don't like French fries, ewww.

I think it a dislike of grease.

Posted by: fourseasons
---

Is your surname Sprat?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 12:03 AM (UZwsW)

295
Braenyard,

LOL

Posted by: fourseasons at January 02, 2026 12:04 AM (3ek7K)

296 As I was taught, a full three days and three nights are the legal requirement for death.
-----

That lets me out.

Posted by: Abe Vigoda at January 02, 2026 12:04 AM (XeU6L)

297
Still is. USA, UK, Canada, Aus, NZ intelligence-sharing network.
Posted by: mikeski
--------

A full pound of dumb or treason.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 12:06 AM (UZwsW)

298 Will they ever give up their masks?
Hey! They're supporting an industry! Don't complain.

Posted by: GWB at January 02, 2026 12:11 AM (LAvB0)

299 UGA was favored. Over was 55.5. Safety had no effect. This time.

Posted by: Parametric at January 02, 2026 12:11 AM (TEyUo)

300 >>>Jewish days even now begin at sunset, as seen with their Sabbath recognition beginning Friday at sunset ending Saturday at sunset.
Posted by: illiniwek
---

Never heard an explanation why.
Day beginning when one is getting
ready to go to bed. There's no indication
that they were night owls.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 02, 2026 12:12 AM (UZwsW)

301 Goodnight all.

Posted by: Joyenz at January 02, 2026 12:12 AM (2F0/Y)

302 Good night, all. I am going to be very angry at myself for being up this late when the alarm goes off at 430a for teaching in the morning! 😂

Posted by: Piper at January 02, 2026 12:17 AM (ZdaMQ)

303
Joyenz,

Good night and i pray for you.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 02, 2026 12:23 AM (3ek7K)

304 >> Never heard an explanation why.

"And the evening and the morning were the first day." That implies evening/night first in the sequence.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 02, 2026 12:30 AM (w6EFb)

305
There's also the three-stars rule. The Sabbath doesn't end until you can see three "medium sized" stars in the sky after sunset.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 02, 2026 12:35 AM (w6EFb)

306 Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok

Omg

Somalia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs who owns a healthcare company in Ohio receiving tax dollars, also owns another LLC with the SAME ADDRESS as the somali money transfer org accused of funding t*rrorism.

His business partner appears to work for the money transfer org too.

This just keeps getting worse and worse

Elon Musk @elonmusk

Wow

X: https://bit.ly/4ppxIxJ

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 02, 2026 12:36 AM (P5BPp)

307 Choose your comment:

1) Diversity is our strength!

B) That is not how "the twelve days of Christmas" goes
Posted by: mikeski

B.

Also, this sounds like an excellent excuse to ban travelers from the Congo.

It's got everything from agricultural terrorism to cannibalism (You know they identified it as non-human primate because they didn't want to deal with an international murder case.)

Posted by: FeatherBlade at January 02, 2026 12:36 AM (Cznub)

308
We vote for the right people. How do we prevent the fraud from happening?

Posted by: fourseasons at January 02, 2026 12:39 AM (3ek7K)

309 Conservatives (I believe) who could replace Sam Elliott:
- Tom Selleck
- James Woods
- Kurt Russell
- Tom Berenger
- Gary Sinise
- Andy Garcia
- Sylvester Stallone
- Nick Searcy
and many more!

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 02, 2026 12:39 AM (9qZ8R)

310 Scotty was the only one to wear a red shirt and be expected to make it the end of the episode, and even that was put in doubt a few times.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 10:36 PM

Scotty doesn't know

YouTube: https://bit.ly/4sjN4X6

Posted by: Lustra at January 02, 2026 12:39 AM (P5BPp)

311 Elon Musk channeling Andrew "Fuck you. War." Breitbart:

Elon Musk @elonmusk

Then it is war

DogeDesigner @cb_doge

BREAKING: Somali TikToker threatens Elon Musk’s life:

"I wouldn't worry too much about him. He about to die."

Protect Elon Musk at all costs.

X video: https://bit.ly/3LlXJ2K

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 02, 2026 12:49 AM (P5BPp)

312
I hope Elon has great security.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 02, 2026 12:54 AM (3ek7K)

313 >> I hope Elon has great security.

He does. Best money can buy. But as he himself has observed, all it takes is one mistake.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 02, 2026 12:56 AM (w6EFb)

314
You are right publius.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 02, 2026 12:57 AM (3ek7K)

315 Somalia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs who owns a healthcare company in Ohio receiving tax dollars, also owns another LLC with the SAME ADDRESS as the somali money transfer org accused of funding t*rrorism.

His business partner appears to work for the money transfer org too.

This just keeps getting worse and worse

Elon Musk @elonmusk

Wow

X: https://bit.ly/4ppxIxJ

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 02, 2026 12:36 AM (P5BPp)

Time to bulldoze the whole lot of them into the ocean.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 02, 2026 12:58 AM (snZF9)

316 A prayer or two for my wife's buddy GerriAnne

May the Family & Friends of GerriAnne find Strength & be Comforted at this tragic loss.

May GeriAnne's warmth & kindness be an inspiration to us all.

Posted by: Adriane the Critic . . . at January 02, 2026 01:04 AM (3ZUWJ)

317 308
We vote for the right people. How do we prevent the fraud from happening?

Posted by: fourseasons at January 02, 2026 12:39 AM

Convince them to ACT; we face an existential threat. Look what's happened to Western Civilization in Europe. It is on the precipice. This is the Democrats: "We are the Borg. You will be assimilated. Resistance is futile."

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 02, 2026 01:05 AM (dwBj9)

318
Isn't it great the assholes bring in our country people who want to kill us.

Posted by: fourseasons at January 02, 2026 01:06 AM (3ek7K)

319 > Elliot is not a fan of Trump and recently made some Lefty comments iirc.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:14 PM (KDPiq)

On the other hand, he's playing a fairly conservative character on Landman (good show, by the way... extremely non-woke), so he's not a full-blown cultist.

Your typical Hollywood commie would never have taken that part.

Posted by: Pimpy Gonzales at January 02, 2026 01:08 AM (IG3/x)

320 305
There's also the three-stars rule. The Sabbath doesn't end until you can see three "medium sized" stars in the sky after sunset.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 02, 2026 12:35 AM (w6EFb)

Wadda ya do if it's overcast?

I guess it works better in a desert climate...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 02, 2026 01:14 AM (QGaXH)

321 264 As I was taught, a full three days and three nights are the legal requirement for death. Jesus was dead for three days and three nights. Death on Wednesday at sunset, resurrection Saturday at sunset.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 01, 2026 11:40 PM (vbXSk)

This is disturbing. Being raised Catholic I always thought the Good Friday/no meat on Friday thing was because Christ was crucified, died and was buried on a Friday......

Hard to think the church would screw something like that up......

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 02, 2026 01:19 AM (QGaXH)

322 Well, getting late here. I am going to call it a night. Later, Horde.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 02, 2026 01:19 AM (8zz6B)

323 >> Wadda ya do if it's overcast?

You wait about 40 minutes to an hour or better, I think, depending on whatever local traditions with that are being followed.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 02, 2026 01:28 AM (w6EFb)

324 Oh..it is late....

tomorrow is another day...

Good Night

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 02, 2026 01:28 AM (QGaXH)

325 Sock off, just so I don't forget to do it in the morning.

Good night, all.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 02, 2026 01:37 AM (IG3/x)

326 "Because we've taken into account the perspective of advocates and not the average American. Or we put too much weight in the analysis of academics or elites, and not enough on you."

*sigh*
As much as I appreciate the efforts of Bari Weiss to straighten out the mess that is cBS, they Still Don't Get It. We need LESS "perspective" or "analysis" and MORE NEWS! We can supply our own perspective and analysis, thank you very much.

Posted by: timactual at January 02, 2026 01:44 AM (krsvl)

327 Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 02, 2026 01:37 AM (IG3/x)

Goodnight Rodrigo

Posted by: ... at January 02, 2026 01:44 AM (E0p3T)

328 Wandered away back there at comment #160. I hope nobody said anything since then that I really needed to read.

Thinking about Tommy Lee Jones, and his daughter Victoria's death. That's her on the right, from Men in Black II:
https://bit.ly/4qzcKxi

We couldn't just go watch MIB2, So, we watched MIB1 for the umpteenth time. Hard watching TLJones, who did such a great job, while thinking about how he must be hurting. Especially in one of the best scenes:

J: You know what they say, it's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

K, glaring intensely: Try it.

Also hard, when they first cut away to the NY skyline. Still a gut-punch just to see the twin towers.

Now we're past New Year's Day and into just another day in 2026. Funny how that works.

I'll leave you with this short classic
https://youtu.be/ybXrrTX3LuI

G'nite, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - no flashy thingy is strong enough to erase some memories at January 02, 2026 01:54 AM (dESj/)

329 Friday crucifixion and Sunday resurrection is the most reasonable interpretation of scripture:

https://is.gd/vx0cSc

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 02, 2026 02:03 AM (1paM0)

330 There's also the three-stars rule. The Sabbath doesn't end until you can see three "medium sized" stars in the sky after sunset.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 02, 2026 12:35 AM (w6EFb)

Wadda ya do if it's overcast?

I guess it works better in a desert climate...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 02, 2026 01:14 AM (QGaXH)
-

Israel has multiple climate zones and there's no lack of rain in the winter in the Negev and the Judean Desert.

You guesstimate, leaning toward stringency. They were experienced. Academy training.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2026 02:16 AM (u/afo)

331 This is another weird story about a D party politician in Texas:

https://tinyurl.com/3rbb2as2

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 02, 2026 02:45 AM (afKoR)

332
This is another weird story about a D party politician in Texas:

https://tinyurl.com/3rbb2as2

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

===========

Democrat car thief and County Treasurer has no primary opponent. What a world. She should run for congress.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at January 02, 2026 02:56 AM (n7rxJ)

333 319 > Elliot is not a fan of Trump and recently made some Lefty comments iirc.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:14 PM (KDPiq)

On the other hand, he's playing a fairly conservative character on Landman (good show, by the way... extremely non-woke), so he's not a full-blown cultist.

Your typical Hollywood commie would never have taken that part.
Posted by: Pimpy Gonzales at January 02, 2026 01:08 AM (IG3/x)

I expect he does whatever they pay him for. Actors are whores.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 02, 2026 03:00 AM (6Bc88)

334 Hoppin' John sounds guaranteed to blast you into the New Year.

Light a candle, will ya?

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 02, 2026 03:01 AM (6Bc88)

335 Anybody here?

Posted by: Yob Sdrawkcab at January 02, 2026 03:13 AM (7MP2B)

336 bawk bawk bawk bawk bawk ...

Posted by: Only us chickens at January 02, 2026 03:24 AM (3ZUWJ)

337 U.S. Customs Seizes Monkey Meat at Chicago O’Hare Airport...

That's just bananas.

Q: Do people eat more bananas then monkeys?

A: Yes. MOST people rarely eat monkeys...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 02, 2026 03:36 AM (ynpvh)

338 then = than...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 02, 2026 03:36 AM (ynpvh)

339 Night...

Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia) at January 02, 2026 03:36 AM (ynpvh)

340 Yeah, and shouldn't be

Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 03:40 AM (Ia/+0)

341 U.S. Customs Seizes Monkey Meat at Chicago O’Hare Airport...

That's just bananas.

Q: Do people eat more bananas then monkeys?

A: Yes. MOST people rarely eat monkeys...
Posted by: jim (in Kalifornia)

The last time I heard about people eating monkeys they all came down with Ebola and bled out. I can say I never heard anybody catching Ebola from a banana.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 02, 2026 03:49 AM (HTCU3)

342 Somalians probably

Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 03:53 AM (Ia/+0)

343

Posted by:
at January 02, 2026 03:55 AM (SJJc4)

344 Somalians probably

Posted by: Skip at January 02, 2026 03:53 AM (Ia/+0)
-

Congolians.

Congonians?

Congas?

Congonistas?

Congo only pawn in game of life?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 02, 2026 03:59 AM (Z/INn)

345 Pixy's up!

Posted by: m at January 02, 2026 04:00 AM (RuTUS)

346 >>Congolians.

>>Congonians?

>>Congas?

>>Congonistas?

>>Congo only pawn in game of life?

Per Warren Zevon, 'Congolese'.

Posted by: Roland, head still attached at January 02, 2026 06:02 AM (NcvvS)

New Years Day Cafe

Sunrise over the Great Sand Dunes
Krista Mae Photography

This better not awaken anything weird in me.

Caught, in flagrante delicious!

Dog believes that it's time to get up.

The neighbor dogs.

Dogs smiling for the camera.

Leaping into the new year like...

The new year slammed into me like

Newton's first law of motion. pic.twitter.com/0QGZhez5PY
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) December 23, 2025

pic.twitter.com/t4ZuhZcLRz
— Doglover (@puppiesDoglover) January 1, 2026

pic.twitter.com/ppHpefg9Ke
— Doglover (@puppiesDoglover) January 1, 2026

Horse is trying to make a snow angel too. pic.twitter.com/Th3Uos6JiX
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) December 24, 2025

Posted by: Ace at 07:00 PM

Comments

(Jump to bottom of comments)

1 Fist!

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at January 01, 2026 07:02 PM (V362x)

2 Awww. What a nice, companionable thing of the horse to do!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 07:03 PM (8Xy/A)

3 Right up the middle

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 07:04 PM (/lPRQ)

4 SPONGE!!!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 01, 2026 07:04 PM (Wnv9h)

5 Good stuff Ace!

Posted by: Kurt Eichenwald at January 01, 2026 07:04 PM (3uBP9)

6 ST

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 07:04 PM (QAvZU)

7 I feel centered.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 01, 2026 07:04 PM (cxFcK)

8 Sweet Home Alabama
Where they push our poo
Sweet Home Alabama
At least we scored more than two

Posted by: gKWVE at January 01, 2026 07:04 PM (gKWVE)

9 What's the code for left?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 07:05 PM (QAvZU)

10 Here I am stuck in the middle with you

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 07:05 PM (P5BPp)

11 Where am I?

Posted by: Ashland Raccoon at January 01, 2026 07:05 PM (Dc1Hd)

12 Newton's first law of motion.

Guy lost his helmet inside the bus. To be fair, it looked like a salad bowl, so it didn't matter.

Posted by: t-bird at January 01, 2026 07:06 PM (6GFFE)

13 Horses love to roll around on the ground anyway. Especially after you just brushed them.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 07:07 PM (3uBP9)

14 Let's face it, both of today's games have sucked. For different reasons, but still overall sucky. One more game left. Go Rebels!

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 07:07 PM (vV6n9)

15 There's nothing like having a hot pussy (cat) in your lap.

Fuckers wanna sleep there. At night. In my bed.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 07:08 PM (NwnyJ)

16 It's a new year. AoSHQ Annual Commenter Evaluations for 2025 have closed, so feel free to comment about the centeredness.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 07:08 PM (0sNs1)

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 07:08 PM (QAvZU)

18 Football goes thru the team with the best QB. Ask Dabo Swiney how that works.
And DeBoer just sux.

Posted by: Accomack at January 01, 2026 07:08 PM (ou30A)

19 Newton's first law of motion.

Yeah, Imma say AI.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 07:08 PM (Riz8t)

20 >>>Newton's first law of motion.

AI.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 01, 2026 07:08 PM (syz1S)

21 I'm in the middle

Posted by: Malcolm at January 01, 2026 07:08 PM (P5BPp)

22 I think Bama would like to feel this centered right now.

Instead of being the red headed rented mule they are being.

Posted by: SimoHayha at January 01, 2026 07:08 PM (/ZkOF)

23 One more game left. Go Rebels!
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 07:07 PM

I gotta root for Kirby.

Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 07:08 PM (jc0TO)

24 Good evening everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 07:09 PM (Ia/+0)

25 Looks like we are well centered! Nice work!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 07:10 PM (QGaXH)

26 2026: [0] Days Since Last HTML Fail

Posted by: t-bird at January 01, 2026 07:10 PM (6GFFE)

27 We're all Mavericks now.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 07:11 PM (QAvZU)

28 What would you do if we woke up and the whole world was gone?
Well, would you believe with me is where you belong?
Well, there goes the world and we're right in the middle
There goes the world and we're right in the middle

I said leave me here
I said leave me here with you

YouTube: https://bit.ly/4pWcZm4

Posted by: Theory of a Deadman at January 01, 2026 07:11 PM (P5BPp)

29 I had many NYD’s ruined by Michigan losing. I have watched maybe 2 Sugar/Orange Bowls that didn’t involve one of my teams.

Posted by: Accomack at January 01, 2026 07:11 PM (ou30A)

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 07:11 PM (QAvZU)

31 Where have you gone CBD?
A comment section turns its lonely eyes to you.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 07:11 PM (0sNs1)

32 >>>This pup had the best day.

Best for him; not so good for anyone else. That knucklehead kept on messing up the people running to the water.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 01, 2026 07:12 PM (syz1S)

33 Fire DeBoner!

Posted by: Alabama Hayseed Front Running Phony at January 01, 2026 07:12 PM (R/m4+)

34 Fleeing from the Cylon Tyranny.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 07:12 PM (QAvZU)

35 The bus thing is AI. Where did his helmet go? Why do the passengers look different from different angles? Why was no one killed from the flying debris?

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 07:12 PM (vFG9F)

36 Speaking of Michigan, has there ever been a school that lost to their new coach's old school so soon?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 07:13 PM (0sNs1)

37 I had many NYD’s ruined by Michigan losing. I have watched maybe 2 Sugar/Orange Bowls that didn’t involve one of my teams.

Posted by: Accomack at January 01, 2026 07:11 PM

At least you had a shot. My alma mater Purdue has not been relevant since Drew Drees graduated.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 07:13 PM (P5BPp)

38 Iran Regime Kills Protesters as Unrest and Calls for Regime Change Spread Nationwide

++++

Who would have that would happen

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 07:13 PM (/lPRQ)

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 07:14 PM (QAvZU)

40 At least you had a shot. My alma mater Purdue has not been relevant since Drew Drees graduated.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 07:13 PM

Make that Drew BREES.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 07:15 PM (P5BPp)

41 The best part of that game was the 1968 Rose Bowl highlight, with the announcer apologetically saying that OJ scored both touchdowns in that game, so they kinda had to show him.

Posted by: Wally at January 01, 2026 07:15 PM (0e5Te)

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 07:16 PM (QAvZU)

43 26 years when when I went on my first Date with my now Wife we went to the Orange Bowl watching Tom Brady win and become the Greatest QB ever, time flies so fast.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at January 01, 2026 07:16 PM (FCrpy)

44 Centered
For the
New
Year

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 07:16 PM (RM1wO)

45 Speaking of Michigan, has there ever been a school that lost to their new coach's old school so soon?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 07:13 PM (0sNs1)

No.

Posted by: Sherrone Moore, Sex Pest at January 01, 2026 07:16 PM (R/m4+)

46 OK Go with mirrors and robotics:

youtu.be/gz9BRl7DVSM

I think their stuff is really neat, very creative. I hadn't seen this latest one.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 07:16 PM (3uBP9)

47 This is fine. The anticipation will continue building towards the first Cafe Penguin Post of the New Year.

Posted by: Penguin Promotion Board at January 01, 2026 07:17 PM (oftw2)

48 Very cool, Patrick. The first Red Sox game we went to after being married, Derek Lowe pitched a no-hitter.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 07:18 PM (vV6n9)

49 There would be more time to devote to lessons and 'rithmetic if the school bus picked up all children that way. I might even volunteer to drive.

Posted by: Crash Corrigan at January 01, 2026 07:21 PM (oftw2)

50 My alma mater Purdue has not been relevant since Drew Drees graduated.
-----

The Old Oaken Bucket hasn't been the same since Amelia Earhart disappeared.

Posted by: Baal at January 01, 2026 07:21 PM (XeU6L)

51 My one and only Spx game at Fenway was Arod’s return from his PED suspension. I knew we were toast when I saw the pitcher.

Posted by: Accomack at January 01, 2026 07:21 PM (8jVAy)

52 Mocking the formatting of the ONT is just so... so 2025.
Be better Horde. Be better.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 01, 2026 07:21 PM (2XHCB)

53 [/center]

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 07:21 PM (ESVrU)

54 Crap ! /Baal

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 01, 2026 07:22 PM (XeU6L)

55 Well, I tried.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 07:22 PM (ESVrU)

56 After the beaver thread, I was expecting a booby thread.

Guess I'll have to provide my own:

https://youtube.com/shorts/MD-c7_PaFQw

Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 07:22 PM (2RJDy)

57 Centered,.or spitroasted?

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 01, 2026 07:22 PM (YjwO4)

58 Pedro?

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 07:22 PM (vV6n9)

59 Pedro?

No worries. I voted for you.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 01, 2026 07:23 PM (EXyHK)

60 The anticipation will continue building towards the first Cafe Penguin Post of the New Year.
Posted by: Penguin Promotion Board at January 01, 2026 07:17 PM

Yes, the Commentariat as a whole has been stocking up on Febreeze, mentholatum, and gas masks in anticipation of such an event.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 07:23 PM (0sNs1)

61 Guy lost his helmet inside the bus. To be fair, it looked like a salad bowl, so it didn't matter.
Posted by: t-bird at January 01, 2026 07:06 PM (6GFFE)

I'm calling shenanigans on that video. No way the guy would not have fallen a foot or so during the time it took to traverse the length of the bus. Even a short bus.

I fired up the redneck firepit, and burned a metric fuckton of woody yard waste.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 07:23 PM (8zz6B)

62 Feeling very centered..deretnec yrev gnileeF

Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 07:23 PM (2RJDy)

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 07:24 PM (QAvZU)

64 I gotta root for Kirby.
Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 07:08 PM (jc0TO)

Their vacuum cleaners suck.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 07:24 PM (8zz6B)

65
AI.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous

I
Don't
Think
So.

It is old. some influencer fool did it. Bus had no window or back panel, and aisle was widened so it was not such a big deal.

Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at January 01, 2026 07:25 PM (aTta8)

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 07:25 PM (QAvZU)

67 Who is winning the NFL minor league playoff games?

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 07:25 PM (KDPiq)

68 Their vacuum cleaners suck.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 07:24 PM

When you reverse their impellers, they blow.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 07:25 PM (0sNs1)

69 That Rose Bowl.... Great for IU but that wasn't A game. It was an assault!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 01, 2026 07:25 PM (2J/Lj)

70 Yes, the Commentariat as a whole has been stocking up on Febreeze, mentholatum, and gas masks in anticipation of such an event.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

I let my Lume expire, now on the 78th hour, hoping for a penguin post. Not sure what to do now.

Posted by: Penguin Superfan at January 01, 2026 07:26 PM (oftw2)

71 @RadioJFrance
10 a.m
In Iran, what is happening can be described as the beginning of the great revolution against the mullahs, the possible beginning of regime change. "

Messianic Jewry rumor says, Trump has greenlighted Netanyahu to (assist) the rebellion.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 07:26 PM (UZwsW)

72 Indiana just scored agaiin

Posted by: Mick at January 01, 2026 07:27 PM (HFx9z)

73 Norte Dame fans are really happy.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 07:28 PM (KDPiq)

74 Fixed...unless Ace resaves!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 01, 2026 07:28 PM (sS4ps)

75 Evening all

Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 07:29 PM (c115l)

76 Happy New Year to Ace, CBD, and the Horde!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 07:29 PM (8zz6B)

77 Norte Dame fans are really happy.

Did they win?

Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 07:30 PM (jc0TO)

78 Newsom's Office of Agitprop put a crown on his xtwitter avatar.

https://x.com/GovPressOffice

Posted by: 13times at January 01, 2026 07:30 PM (fnZRl)

79 Their vacuum cleaners suck.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
-------

I find the bag fabric very fashionable.

Posted by: Hillary at January 01, 2026 07:30 PM (XeU6L)

80 Notre Dame fans won't be happy until the playoff format comes right out and says "Notre Dame gets in every year, and will play all their games in South Bend."

Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 01, 2026 07:32 PM (8AONa)

81 Notre Dame is undefeated this post-season.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 07:32 PM (vV6n9)

82 Notre Dame is undefeated this post-season.
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 07:32 PM (vV6n9)

Will the quarterback ride in a Rockne automobile for the victory parade?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 07:34 PM (8zz6B)

83 Neighbors dogs, how do you afford that pack?

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 07:34 PM (Ia/+0)

84 Delusion:

@bobanDriclek . 5h

"The only reason he [Netanyahu] didn't launch another attack on the#Iran is that Iran is ready to destroy Israel if it starts attacking again. "

"So Netanyahu is asking Donald Trump to do it for him..."

—Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, US Army (retired)
--- > thank Goodness

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 07:34 PM (UZwsW)

85 Yep. 10 and 2 for ND wasn’t good enough for the playoffs, however 9 and 3 AL made it. Great system you got there. At least my Alma mater IU is kicking ass.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 01, 2026 07:34 PM (2NHgQ)

86 Bus video was AI slop.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at January 01, 2026 07:35 PM (36PRH)

87 Twilight Zone is on. It's the one where Tina met Telly.

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 07:35 PM (vFG9F)

88 I let my Lume expire, now on the 78th hour, hoping for a penguin post. Not sure what to do now.
Posted by: Penguin Superfan at January 01, 2026 07:26 PM

Instacart may be able to deliver some Axe Body Wash.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 07:35 PM (0sNs1)

89 "Notre Dame gets in every year, and will play all their games in South Bend."
------

Home to Pete Butterjug! Mayor elected with 8,000 votes. In a town half that size, we cast more votes for dog catcher.

But, but, just the guy for DoT!

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 01, 2026 07:35 PM (XeU6L)

90 January 1 brings 10,000 new ICE agents fully funded by the BBB. Doesn't that make you fell better?

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 01, 2026 07:35 PM (cxFcK)

91 Only two games mattered (well, three if we go back a couple of weeks): The Utes won last night convincingly, and on Jan 5th, the Montana State Bobcats are going to win the FBS championship.

Until Monday, I have to watch Meatchicken dismantle my Utes' coaching staff and hopefully, not poach any of the players, though this is likely a pipe-dream with Larry Ellison's wife being a Meatchicken alum.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 01, 2026 07:37 PM (/mCq0)

92 Fixed...unless Ace resaves!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 01, 2026 07:28 PM

CBD for the save. Again.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 07:37 PM (0sNs1)

93 [c]centered[/c]
Uncentered?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 07:38 PM (1paM0)

94 90 January 1 brings 10,000 new ICE agents fully funded by the BBB. Doesn't that make you fell better?
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 01, 2026 07:35 PM (cxFcK)

Did the IRS agents hired during the "Biden" administration get sacked?

Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 07:39 PM (2RJDy)

95 "the Montana State Bobcats are going to win the FBS championship."

FCS. I'm sure this mistake will be pointed out to me.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 01, 2026 07:39 PM (/mCq0)

96 Notre Dame fans won't be happy until they are just declared national champs without bothering to play the game, since it is their "right" to be Nat Champs without opposition.

Why no, I'm not bitter about Notre Dame backing out of playing my school, why do you ask?

Posted by: SimoHayha at January 01, 2026 07:39 PM (/ZkOF)

97 *makes note to proofread posts before posting*

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 01, 2026 07:40 PM (/mCq0)

98 I had tickets to go see the Meatchickens open for the Goo-Goo Dolls, but gave them away.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 07:40 PM (vV6n9)

99 "January 1 brings 10,000 new ICE agents fully funded by the BBB. Doesn't that make you fell better?"

Where are they coming from? Are there coders learning to ICE?

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 07:40 PM (vFG9F)

100 Mayor Pete no longer lives in SB. Thankfully his foul stench left the city of my birth for Traverse City MI. The stench still remains.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 01, 2026 07:40 PM (2NHgQ)

101 Mayor Pete no longer lives in SB. Thankfully his foul stench left the city of my birth for Traverse City MI. The stench still remains.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 01, 2026 07:40 PM (2NHgQ)

102 Mayor Pete no longer lives in SB. Thankfully his foul stench left the city of my birth for Traverse City MI. The stench still remains.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 01, 2026 07:40 PM (2NHgQ)

103 Further to the discussion this morning about Valero shutting down its refinery and paying a billion dollar fine, Chevron is writing down $2.3 billion in California refinery assets, and Exxon is writing down $2.5 billion in California refinery assets - both companies saying that the refineries are now non productive and will be looking for any buyers.

It is now impossible to refine petroleum in California, but the good news is that California will be banning gasoline powered vehicles, so it all makes sense.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 07:41 PM (0U5gm)

104 Jason Brodsky retweeted
Iran International English@IranIntl_En . 3h

Iranian protesters set fire to a Shiite seminary in the city of Farsan in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, southwestern Iran, ...

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 07:41 PM (UZwsW)

105 Wow. The hq burped that one out 3 times.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 01, 2026 07:41 PM (2NHgQ)

106 "Wow. The hq burped that one out 3 times.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine"

But each one seemed fresh!

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 07:42 PM (vFG9F)

107 Alabama got stomped. Condolences to the Bama fans out there. Let’s pray UGA has a far different outcome against Ole Miss.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 07:43 PM (OoFl2)

108 @ 86 -- Nope, that's real, from several years ago before AI was a thing.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 01, 2026 07:43 PM (XMwZJ)

109 102
You can say that again.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 01, 2026 07:44 PM (fd80v)

110 Ah, proper format is to use center:

[center]This is centered.[/center]

This is not.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 07:45 PM (1paM0)

111 105 Wow. The hq burped that one out 3 times.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 01, 2026 07:41 PM (2NHgQ)

**********

Someone in the hereafter would like to have Mayor Pete move to some guano-infested island in the South Pacific instead of stinking up one of the U.S.'s inhabited areas; thus the triple posting.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 01, 2026 07:46 PM (/mCq0)

112 Doesn’t work despite Pixy Misa’s examples.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 07:46 PM (1paM0)

113 Ironic that Iran might be turning mire towards western style democracy just as western nations are succumbing to sharia law.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 07:47 PM (2RJDy)

114 "[center]This is centered.[/center]

This is not.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit"

You live your reality and I'll live mine

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 07:47 PM (vFG9F)

115 that comment was like Pete's herpes, always flaring up again

Posted by: gKWVE at January 01, 2026 07:47 PM (gKWVE)

116 Dispatch from Finland.

Jarcce @RomppainenJari

Ice skating on natural ice is much more fun.

Posted by: 13times at January 01, 2026 07:47 PM (mwCJw)

117 Doesn’t work despite Pixy Misa’s examples.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 07:46 PM (1paM0)

I believe COB credentials are needed to use the justification commands.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 07:48 PM (8zz6B)

118 Ice skating on natural ice is much more fun.
Posted by: 13times at January 01, 2026 07:47 PM

Certainly better than on sand.

Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 07:48 PM (jc0TO)

119

Posted by:
at January 01, 2026 07:50 PM (L0ol1)

120 103 Further to the discussion this morning about Valero shutting down its refinery and paying a billion dollar fine, Chevron is writing down $2.3 billion in California refinery assets, and Exxon is writing down $2.5 billion in California refinery assets - both companies saying that the refineries are now non productive and will be looking for any buyers.

It is now impossible to refine petroleum in California, but the good news is that California will be banning gasoline powered vehicles, so it all makes sense.
Posted by: Thomas Paine
-----------

Is beautiful.
California, most logical state in union.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 07:50 PM (UZwsW)

121 I will take the real on the bus video.

Posted by: Accomack at January 01, 2026 07:50 PM (8jVAy)

122 " "

ditto

Posted by: at January 01, 2026 07:50 PM (vFG9F)

123 NIL and transfer portal combo is the college football destroyer. It was better when the boosters paid players under the table.

Reminded myself of one of my favorite movies , One on One .

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 07:51 PM (KDPiq)

124 Ironic that Iran might be turning mire towards western style democracy just as western nations are succumbing to sharia law.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 07:47 PM (2RJDy)

Without the funding from the mullahs, much of that muzzie shit-disturbing in the West may shut down, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 07:52 PM (8zz6B)

125 Always cracks me up that a small shitty town like South Bend would vote for that dirty pole smoking faggot Peter Bootyedge as mayor. I don't want some fag as mayor, i want some old fart who will go sit in his mayor's office and leave the rest of us alone. He can bang his secretary once in awhile but keep it on the down low please.

Posted by: Pray The Gay Away at January 01, 2026 07:53 PM (R/m4+)

126 71 @RadioJFrance
10 a.m
In Iran, what is happening can be described as the beginning of the great revolution against the mullahs, the possible beginning of regime change. "

Messianic Jewry rumor says, Trump has greenlighted Netanyahu to (assist) the rebellion.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 07:26 PM (UZwsW)
I say Israel stay out of it, let Iranians do what killin' gets done. No hearts and minds to be wone there.

Posted by: Eromero at January 01, 2026 07:55 PM (LHPAg)

127
We just gotta do what we do.
Play OUR game.
Leave EVERYTHING on the field.

Posted by: Every sideline pre-game interview ever at January 01, 2026 07:55 PM (2Ez/1)

128 Where are they coming from? Are there coders learning to ICE?
Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 07:40 PM (vFG9F)

ICE has been advertising a lot in the last several months. On Xitter, for sure--don't remember if on tv or not.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 01, 2026 07:55 PM (h7ZuX)

129 Looks like you’re right AOP. Pixy’s examples are out of date.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 07:56 PM (1paM0)

130 Messianic Jewry rumor says, Trump has greenlighted Netanyahu to (assist) the rebellion.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 07:26 PM (UZwsW)
=====

I'm not saying anything because I'm don't want to jinx it.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 07:56 PM (RIvkX)

131 "ICE has been advertising a lot in the last several months"

I hope they get some good ones.

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 07:57 PM (vFG9F)

132 Messianic Jewry rumor says, Trump has greenlighted Netanyahu to (assist) the rebellion.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others

They give a few tactical nudges here and there.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 07:58 PM (/lPRQ)

133 We can't do formating but we can do 🎉. I dunno why.

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 07:58 PM (vFG9F)

134 Supplies under the table would be OK.

Obama the commie, let many good people die.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 07:58 PM (UZwsW)

135 I've seen a bunch of ICE recruitment ads on Roku and YouTube.

Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 01, 2026 07:59 PM (h/O4U)

136 They MIGHT give a few tactical nudges here and there.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 07:59 PM (/lPRQ)

137 Tom Tugendhat retweeted
Omid Djalili@omid9 . 6h

Today DAY 5 #IranProtests
Unconfirmed reports some protesters are now armed and using protective gear (or possibly some regime forces have joined the people) in running battles, seen here in Nahavand, Hamadan province. Despite regime videos circling threatening protesters with execution, no shits currently given in Iran. Absolutely amazing

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 08:00 PM (UZwsW)

138 84 Delusion:

@bobanDriclek . 5h

"The only reason he [Netanyahu] didn't launch another attack on the#Iran is that Iran is ready to destroy Israel if it starts attacking again. "

"So Netanyahu is asking Donald Trump to do it for him..."

—Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson, US Army (retired)
--- > thank Goodness
Posted by: Braenyard

Is that the guy who was a dog play fetish furry weirdo?

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 01, 2026 08:01 PM (7Pnfz)

139 Back in the Good Old Days of the Cold War, whenever a revolt flared up there was always the local Communist party sitting on the sidelines, ready to scoop up the pieces.

Don't know if that is still the case, now that Russia is out of the global domination business. I suppose China might be interested in having an oil-exporting client state.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 01, 2026 08:02 PM (2XHCB)

140 Is that the guy who was a dog play fetish furry weirdo?
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 01, 2026 08:01 PM (7Pnfz)

He certainly appears to be into sucking muzzloid cock.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 08:03 PM (8zz6B)

141 Hoping and praying the Persian People rise up and get rid of the insanity. They will need the Army on their side to counter the Republican Guard fanatics. If it goes down, there will be no room for failure which would result in reprisals not seen since WW2.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 01, 2026 08:03 PM (gm9Sb)

142 Hope Yoko had a good Holiday up on the farm.

Posted by: Bed! Peace! Hair! at January 01, 2026 08:03 PM (oftw2)

143 @JasonMBrodsky . 8h
Notable video showing chants of "Long Live the Shah" in the conservative city of Qom in #Iran, which is the center of the Shiite clerical establishment
--------

Many of the X posters have commented that this uprising has nothing to do with food or water that this is against the mullahs.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 08:04 PM (UZwsW)

144 HTML for center fix?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 08:04 PM (QAvZU)

145 After the bombing of the nuke sites Iranians were trying to make it clear that all they needed was support not intervention.

The feeling was there were more than enough Iranians to do the job if they had even small arms and ammunition.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 01, 2026 08:04 PM (sDNVV)

146 What would be really funny if the old US State Department GloboHomo division sent in some Tranny agitators with rainbow flags to strike a blow for human rights.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 01, 2026 08:05 PM (2XHCB)

147 Don't you need water to cool reactors?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 08:05 PM (QAvZU)

148 Any good tv on?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 08:06 PM (QAvZU)

149 Without the funding from the mullahs, much of that muzzie shit-disturbing in the West may shut down, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 07:52 PM (8zz6B)

Qatar will pick up the slack and then some

Posted by: Josephistan at January 01, 2026 08:06 PM (FLx59)

150 Many of the X posters have commented that this uprising has nothing to do with food or water that this is against the mullahs.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 08:04 PM (UZwsW)
==
Then many of the X posters are stupid. The only way those who hate the mullahs can get enough mass of people to join them to go against the mullahs is if they - the mullahs - really eff it up. And no food and water goes a long way towards eff'ing it up.

Posted by: Black JEM at January 01, 2026 08:07 PM (UVyKP)

151
Two hottie models are FAFOing with Melania:
https://is.gd/8IC5bu

They posted private pictures they took of Barron at Mar-a-lago last night. Melania doesn't allow that, and they will be banned from Mar-a-lago.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 08:07 PM (w6EFb)

152 148 Any good tv on?
Posted by: Boss Moss at

Sugar Bowl

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 08:08 PM (Wmg4n)

153 105 Wow. The hq burped that one out 3 times.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 01, 2026 07:41 PM (2NHgQ)

I've gotten a double but never a triple!

I'm envious.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 08:08 PM (QGaXH)

154 The feeling was there were more than enough Iranians to do the job if they had even small arms and ammunition.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 01, 2026 08:04 PM (sDNVV)

A million cheap Kel-Tec 9 mm pistols air-dropped into rebel strongholds would be useful.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 08:08 PM (8zz6B)

155
During one of the last uprising, Barky sided with the mullahs, of course.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 08:08 PM (w6EFb)

156 149
'Qatar will pick up the slack and then some'

Qatar is vulnerable in a way Iran isn't.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 01, 2026 08:09 PM (fd80v)

157 103 Further to the discussion this morning about Valero shutting down its refinery and paying a billion dollar fine, Chevron is writing down $2.3 billion in California refinery assets, and Exxon is writing down $2.5 billion in California refinery assets - both companies saying that the refineries are now non productive and will be looking for any buyers.

It is now impossible to refine petroleum in California, but the good news is that California will be banning gasoline powered vehicles, so it all makes sense.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 07:41 PM (0U5gm)

Which thread was that discussion on? I'm always interested in all things California gasoline.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 08:09 PM (QGaXH)

158 The feeling was there were more than enough Iranians to do the job if they had even small arms and ammunition.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 01, 2026 08:04 PM (sDNVV)

A million cheap Kel-Tec 9 mm pistols air-dropped into rebel strongholds would be useful.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 08:08 PM

We captured a million AK47s in Iraq. Which we destroyed.

They would be kind of nice to just randomly drop into Iran about now.

Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 08:10 PM (jc0TO)

159 ICE interview. "Well, son, tell me a little about yourself". "Sir, I graduated high school, B average and joined the Corps. 0331, machine gunner. Kept myself in shape and got orders to PI as a close combat instructor. That's about it". "You're hired".

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 01, 2026 08:10 PM (gm9Sb)

160 @shilofreid . 5:00

Rabbi Netanel Avitan, who teaches at the Hesder Yeshiva in Jaffa, an active reservist who was injured in Gaza, was attacked today while walking on Yefet Street in Jaffa. At the Hesder yeshiva in Jaffa, it is said that a young man attacked him and shouted "Allahu Akbar." The rabbi was hospitalized in Ichilov with injuries to his face and back
---

Reads like he shouted allah too soon, the Rabbi turned preventing the cockroach from stabbing him in the back as they like to do. --- backstabbers

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 08:10 PM (UZwsW)

161 40 At least you had a shot. My alma mater Purdue has not been relevant since Drew Drees graduated.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 07:13 PM

Make that Drew BREES.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 07:15 PM (P5BPp)

Alma Mater of noted draft bust:

Mike Phipps

Ahahahahahaha ...

Posted by: Paul Warfield at January 01, 2026 08:11 PM (3sXRv)

162 AOP, I have no doubt that there are stores of munitions available. I mentioned a threshold for action to take place. I think that threshold is being met so look for an armed citizenry

Posted by: Ben Had at January 01, 2026 08:11 PM (sDNVV)

163 @EFischberger . 10:00

The Jewish People Policy Institute just published an AI analysis of roughly 3,000 Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens videos.

They found that from April 2025 onward, Israel appears in roughly 20–35% of Tucker Carlson’s videos.

The concentration is even higher for Candace Owens, where mentions of Israel and Jews appear in roughly 40–60% of her videos, with one month peaking at around 70%.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 08:12 PM (UZwsW)

164 Years where zip happens
There are weeks where years happen
Maybe this is one

Posted by: Captain Haiku at January 01, 2026 08:12 PM (8WtOr)

165 Chevron is writing down $2.3 billion in California refinery assets, and Exxon is writing down $2.5 billion in California refinery assets - both companies saying that the refineries are now non productive and will be looking for any buyers.“

Valero spent most of last year looking for a buyer, Gavin even offered some sweeteners. No takers. Unless California reverses a bunch if it’s enviro laws, it’s not worth doing business in the state.

So no, Exxon and Chevron won’t find any buyers. Be pretty funny if the State tries to run them itself.

Even better, let the Chinese government buy them and then let the Chinese tell the Cali bureaucrats “fook yu” every time they pull some bullshit.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 08:13 PM (otNgF)

166 120 Is beautiful.
California, most logical state in union.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 07:50 PM (UZwsW)

You gotta love it. We'll be dependent on imported-by-tanker gasoline from one or two overseas countries that make our special blend.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 08:13 PM (QGaXH)

167 Good luck Iranians

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 08:13 PM (Ia/+0)

168 That's about it". "You're hired".
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 01, 2026 08:10 PM (gm9Sb)

I would expect they are recruiting veterans in large numbers.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 01, 2026 08:14 PM (h7ZuX)

169 Books entering public domain in 2026

William Faulkner, As I Lay Dying.
Dashiell Hammett, The Maltese Falcon.
Agatha Christie, The Murder at the Vicarage.
Carolyn Keene, the first four Nancy Drew books.
Watty Piper, The Little Engine That Could (illustrated).
William H. Elson, Elson Basic Readers.
Noël Coward, Private Lives.
T.S. Eliot, Ash Wednesday
Evelyn Waugh, Vile Bodies.
John Dos Passos, The 42nd Parallel.
Edna Ferber, Cimarron.
Dorothy L. Sayers, Strong Poison
J. B. Priestley, Angel Pavement.
Olaf Stapledon, Last and First Men.
Sigmund Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents.
Elizabeth Coatsworth, The Cat Who Went to Heaven.
Arthur Ransome, Swallows and Amazons.
W. Somerset Maugham, Cakes and Ale.
Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness.

This is just a small selection.

Posted by: 13times at January 01, 2026 08:14 PM (fnZRl)

170 I saw a secret sevice recruiting ad during one of the football games. "up to $60k bonus"!

Posted by: free tibet at January 01, 2026 08:14 PM (1wtUm)

171 Evenin’, again, All.

Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 08:14 PM (77rzZ)

172 Which thread was that discussion on? I'm always interested in all things California gasoline.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue

It was the morning report, but the gist is that Valero is paying a billion dollar fine in order to shut down a CA refinery that produces 8 percent of the state's gasoline. They would rather pay the fine than operate the refinery for the next eight months.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 08:14 PM (0U5gm)

173 168 Wouldn't surprise me if somebody in an MOS with a surplus of personnel could get an early out for ICE sign up.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 01, 2026 08:15 PM (gm9Sb)

174 No US or Israeli personnel should go into Iran (except for those that are already there) but a few loads of small arms and ammo would be nice.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 08:16 PM (otNgF)

175 Any Californians here, you are screwed when it comes to gasoline and diesel. You will be getting it from India if you are lucky.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 08:17 PM (0U5gm)

176 AlexWinston89 . 8:00

‘Javid Shah!’

Why Iranians are calling for the return of the Pahlavis and their monarchy

As protesters took to the streets of Iran this week, amid chants of anger against Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and fury over an economy in free fall, a slogan once considered politically unutterable returned, and the sounds of crowds chanting it filled the air.

“Javid Shah” – Long Live the Shah.

Videos ... showed demonstrators chanting openly in support of the Pahlavi dynasty, ... alongside calls for the downfall of the Islamic Republic.
..., the chant is existentially threatening.It is a sign that anger has moved beyond dissatisfaction with economic policies or personalities and toward rejection of the Islamic Republic itself.
_jpost.com
https://tinyurl.com/ycxdetnm

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 08:17 PM (UZwsW)

177 I see that California has passed a law that you have to disclose "third hand smoke" if you sell your house. If anyone has ever smoked or vaped in your home you have to tell the buyer.

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 08:18 PM (vFG9F)

178 Tom Servo, the operative that are/were there brought plenty of arms with them. Some people are really good at long term planning

Posted by: Ben Had at January 01, 2026 08:19 PM (sDNVV)

179 Leftifornians voted for it

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 08:19 PM (Ia/+0)

180 Texas could use a couple of new refineries but damn so expensive. Up to 15-20 billion for the big ones.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 08:19 PM (KDPiq)

181 Nice to see everyone with hands over their hearts and not on their knees during the National Anthem.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 08:19 PM (p4NUW)

182 175 Any Californians here, you are screwed when it comes to gasoline and diesel. You will be getting it from India if you are lucky.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 08:17 PM (0U5gm)

Mexico is a short 100 mile drive from my home...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 08:20 PM (QGaXH)

183 177 Mr. Patel is going to have to do a lot of 'splaining about those cigarette burns on the bathtub rim in the non smoking rooms.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 01, 2026 08:20 PM (gm9Sb)

184 California just passed a law that every refinery has to store on site as much refined product as would conceivably be needed if there was a mechanical shutdown of some kind. This requirement is idiotic, and ruinous. It’s better to shut the refineries down than to try to comply.

And the enviro idiots in the cal legislature passed it Knowing it would shut the refineries down, it was part of their Glorious New Net Zero Future.

I swear, this is even worse than Lenin’s 5 year plans.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 08:20 PM (otNgF)

185 My alma mater has been undefeated since '86, even winning national championships in completely fictional universes. Hard to beat that.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 08:20 PM (3uBP9)

186 It was the morning report, but the gist is that Valero is paying a billion dollar fine in order to shut down a CA refinery that produces 8 percent of the state's gasoline. They would rather pay the fine than operate the refinery for the next eight months.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 08:14 PM (0U5gm)

Why pay the fine? Just close the doors, and leave California. Tell the operators of the Valero chain of gas stations, "you're on your own, buckos."

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 08:21 PM (8zz6B)

187 Saijo is an honorary Bulldog.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 08:22 PM (p4NUW)

188 172 Which thread was that discussion on? I'm always interested in all things California gasoline.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue

It was the morning report, but the gist is that Valero is paying a billion dollar fine in order to shut down a CA refinery that produces 8 percent of the state's gasoline. They would rather pay the fine than operate the refinery for the next eight months.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 08:14 PM (0U5gm)

Thank you - I'll take a read thru.

I always thought with a captive market they could charge whatever the market would bear but I guess the unwritten government plan is to shut down the California refineries and import all the gasoline by ship from overseas.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 08:23 PM (QGaXH)

189 I always thought with a captive market they could charge whatever the market would bear but I guess the unwritten government plan is to shut down the California refineries and import all the gasoline by ship from overseas.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 08:23 PM (QGaXH)

Be funny if a shortage of tankers developed.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 08:25 PM (8zz6B)

190 I always thought with a captive market they could charge whatever the market would bear but I guess the unwritten government plan is to shut down the California refineries and import all the gasoline by ship from overseas.
Posted by: Anonymous R

or build more refineries

Posted by: n at January 01, 2026 08:26 PM (SGxl4)

191 189 I always thought with a captive market they could charge whatever the market would bear but I guess the unwritten government plan is to shut down the California refineries and import all the gasoline by ship from overseas.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 08:23 PM (QGaXH)

Be funny if a shortage of tankers developed.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 08:25 PM (8zz6B)

If it all comes to pass, I might have to consider storing my camper out of state if I can't reliably get enough gasoline to cross the desert at 10 mpg.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 08:27 PM (QGaXH)

192 AI bus stunt. Adam Ida all the way. Great bodily injury or death steeeyuuuuuupid. Compensatory and punitive damages let the plaintiff's attorney name the rate beyond naïve.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 01, 2026 08:27 PM (YlWIZ)

193 "Bill's Gas Station, San Luis, AZ" has a nice ring to it.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 01, 2026 08:27 PM (gm9Sb)

194 or build more refineries
Posted by: n at January 01, 2026 08:26 PM (SGxl4)

There is a real shortage of unicorn bladders and dragon kidneys to build the non-polluting refineries that California demands.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 08:28 PM (8zz6B)

195 123 NIL and transfer portal combo is the college football destroyer. It was better when the boosters paid players under the table.

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Other college football destroyers:

Winning coaches of small schools getting bought out by bigger schools before their current season is over, thus destroying the season for the current team.

Players sitting out bowl games so they won't get injured for the draft or their next college team.

All I know is that I won't know a single players name on my favorite team next year. Same as this year, and the year before.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 01, 2026 08:29 PM (qtBQt)

196 Future headline. Residents of San Leandro face severe gas shortage as tanker being driven by non English speaking driver can't read bridge out sign and crashes truck into abutment and catches fire.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 01, 2026 08:29 PM (sDNVV)

197 Oregon doesn't have ANY refineries, right?

Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 08:29 PM (jc0TO)

198 Do you have to disclose whether your house was a drug lab? A way point for human traffickers?

Posted by: PabloD at January 01, 2026 08:30 PM (tfChy)

199 187 Saijo is an honorary Bulldog.
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 08:22 PM (p4NUW)

I think it's illegal for a Buckeye to support Georgia, so we're Rebels tonight. Let it burn!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 01, 2026 08:30 PM (h7ZuX)

200 179 Leftifornians voted for it
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 08:19 PM (Ia/+0)

Not all of us did. And the freeways are still filled with ICE powered vehicles that people rely on to get to work, school and so forth.

We still value our personal freedom and liberty here as much as anyone else. You think what's happening in Iran is sporty? Wait until people here can't get to work, school or the doctor.

The grocery stores will probably stay stocked because I don't think diesel is as affected.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 08:31 PM (QGaXH)

201 If it all comes to pass, I might have to consider storing my camper out of state if I can't reliably get enough gasoline to cross the desert at 10 mpg.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 08:27 PM (QGaXH)

A mega-sized storage lot in Bullhead city might be a good investment. Include high-security lockers for guns and ammo prohibited in Cacafornia, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 08:31 PM (8zz6B)

202 Do you have to disclose whether your house was a drug lab? A way point for human traffickers?
Posted by: PabloD

What if you've ever burnt dinner and set off the smoke detectors?

Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 08:31 PM (c115l)

203 I always thought with a captive market they could charge whatever the market would bear but I guess the unwritten government plan is to shut down the California refineries and import all the gasoline by ship from overseas.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 08:23 PM (QGaXH)

And that is going to drive prices at some point next year to between $8 and $10 per gallon for the entire left coast, even while gas prices are $1.99 in Texas and other places.

That’s why my economic prediction is for a bifurcated economy next year; boom times in the center of the country and the south, while California, the rest of the left coast and New England sink into a near depression,’

It will make national economic numbers weird; it will be as if there are two separate countries, economically.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 08:32 PM (otNgF)

204 Evening.

Mohammed is at it again.

https://tinyurl.com/baabwh2e

Posted by: Robert at January 01, 2026 08:32 PM (tdbfP)

205 There's a chain of gas stations in NW PA, Kwik Fills, that have their own refinery. Maybe a shortage of refineries could be alleviated with lots of little ones (see nuke power plants).

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 01, 2026 08:32 PM (gm9Sb)

206 Evening.

Mohammed is at it again.

https://tinyurl.com/baabwh2e
Posted by: Robert

Which kid did he marry now?

Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 08:32 PM (c115l)

207 It will make national economic numbers weird; it will be as if there are two separate countries, economically.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 08:32 PM (otNgF)

All according to plan.

Posted by: Left-Wing Democratic Secessionists at January 01, 2026 08:33 PM (tdbfP)

208 Books entering public domain in 2026

TJM did a YouTube video about movies returning to the public domain this year that was interesting.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 01, 2026 08:35 PM (EXyHK)

209 203 And economic reporting should reflect that, with zones broken down and averages calculated to show the national damage caused by insane policy in some zones.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 01, 2026 08:35 PM (gm9Sb)

210 Mexico is a short 100 mile drive from my home...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
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Have room in the underbody for an extra tank or two?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 08:36 PM (UZwsW)

211 It will make national economic numbers weird; it will be as if there are two separate countries, economically.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 08:32 PM (otNgF)

All according to plan.
Posted by: Left-Wing Democratic Secessionists at January 01, 2026 08:33 PM

Once they get rid of all us tax leeching red states, they will be cooking with gas, well, not gas exactly. Obliviously.

Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 08:36 PM (jc0TO)

212 Any good tv on?
Posted by: Boss Moss

Twilight Zone: Will the Real Martian Please Stand UP. One of my favorites. With a young Jack Elam playing an old man for some reason. And the Sugar Bowl, yes.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 01, 2026 08:36 PM (cxFcK)

213 I see that California has passed a law that you have to disclose "third hand smoke" if you sell your house. If anyone has ever smoked or vaped in your home you have to tell the buyer.

Why would you? (left to your interpretation).

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 08:37 PM (1paM0)

214 184 California just passed a law that every refinery has to store on site as much refined product as would conceivably be needed if there was a mechanical shutdown of some kind. This requirement is idiotic, and ruinous. It’s better to shut the refineries down than to try to comply.

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Isn't California set to ban all non-electric cargo trucks by the end of this year? Or are they saving that ruinous plan for a few more years.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 01, 2026 08:38 PM (qtBQt)

215 206 Evening.

Mohammed is at it again.

https://tinyurl.com/baabwh2e
Posted by: Robert
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This only reinforces what those blonde high kicking girls in white pleated mini skirts said.

Hey, hey, ho, ho
All Islam's got to go
Hey, hey, ho, ho
All Islam's got to go

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 08:40 PM (UZwsW)

216 213 I see that California has passed a law that you have to disclose "third hand smoke" if you sell your house. If anyone has ever smoked or vaped in your home you have to tell the buyer.

Why would you? (left to your interpretation).
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 08:37 PM (1paM0)

In a state with a well known wild fire problem? Do you have to disclose in the contract that your home has been smoked like a 4th of July brisket?

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 01, 2026 08:42 PM (pIfcn)

217 Have room in the underbody for an extra tank or two?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 08:36 PM (UZwsW)

The Cali fuel Nazis will probably have spies stationed at gas stations in TJ. But they will be hired Mexicans, and bribable.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 08:42 PM (8zz6B)

218 PM Netanyahu and his wife celebrated the new year with President Trump and Melania last night at Mar-a-Lago.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 08:43 PM (UZwsW)

219 @jeremybob1 . 9:00
EVERYONE has talked about all the humanitarian NGOs Israel has banned, but JPOST OBTAINED the list of NGOs STILL BRINGING 600-700 trucks of Gaza aid per day
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Unload that food at Egypt's gate.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 08:45 PM (UZwsW)

220 Man, I have to rant. I went out on my deck to smoke and one of my planks cracked under my feet. This deck is barely 10 years old and starting to rot. My last house had a 30 year old deck that was so old it was eroding, but not rotting. I swear they have changed to formula of pressure treating to something that doesn't work.

I feel safe in blaming the EPA.

Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 08:46 PM (jc0TO)

221 PM Netanyahu and his wife celebrated the new year with President Trump and Melania last night at Mar-a-Lago.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 08:43 PM (UZwsW)
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This will be the year Dems go from "Nazis are the worst thing ever" to "The Nazis had a lot of great ideas about Jews."

We're already halfway there.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 08:46 PM (ZOv7s)

222 CBS News
@CBSNews
2025 was so hot it pushed Earth past critical climate change mark, scientists say

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And now let's back the bus up about 12 hours.

CBS Evening News
@CBSEveningNews
"On too many stories, the press has missed the story. Because we've taken into account the perspective of advocates and not the average American. Or we put too much weight in the analysis of academics or elites, and not enough on you."
That changes now. The new CBS Evening News starts Monday at 6:30 p.m. ET on CBS.

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Oh. It starts Monday at 6:30 p.m. Well, I'll look forward to that.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 01, 2026 08:48 PM (L/fGl)

223 @AmichaiStein1 . 11:00
The Wall Street Journal on Trump's health

Refuses to listen to his doctors and calls his condition "good genetics from his parents"

Refuses to exercise except golf

Takes 325 mg of aspirin daily to prevent heart disease (although the routine dose is 81 mg daily)

Falls asleep late and sometimes corresponds with his assistants even at 2 a.m

Usually works from the Oval Office between 10 am and 8 pm-7 pm

Eating foods high in fat and salt like McDonald's burgers and fries
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Amichai, what's your point?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 08:48 PM (UZwsW)

224 221 The Nazis threw a PJ party for the Jews.

Dem talking point

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 01, 2026 08:49 PM (gm9Sb)

225 I always thought with a captive market they could charge whatever the market would bear but I guess the unwritten government plan is to shut down the California refineries and import all the gasoline by ship from overseas.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 08:23 PM (QGaXH)

About 29 years ago when I lived in Hawaii one of their refineries would ship has to California. Until I saw the story I did not know Hawaii had any refineries...
They might still do it

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 08:49 PM (/lPRQ)

226 CBS?
We may be fake, but we're accurate.

Posted by: Dan Rather at January 01, 2026 08:50 PM (2Ez/1)

227 222 CBS News
@CBSNews
2025 was so hot it pushed Earth past critical climate change mark, scientists say

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A mass die-off of mankind is now a virtual certainty, our experts say.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 08:51 PM (nWPIJ)

228 @isaacrrr7 , 4h
Thousands of people take to the streets of Isfahan to protest against the Islamic Republic.

Iran has asked Russia for help as its security forces are being overwhelmed by Iranians in several cities.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 08:52 PM (UZwsW)

229 Usually works from the Oval Office between 10 am and 8 pm-7 pm

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That's the equivalent of five Biden-Days

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 08:52 PM (nWPIJ)

230 @215
Hey, hey, ho, ho
All Islam's got to go
Hey, hey, ho, ho
All Islam's got to go

I think that was a Ramones' song.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 01, 2026 08:53 PM (CHHv1)

231 We've allowed non-assimilated and culturally incompatible groups with overt allegiance to a hostile power to gain sufficient power to threaten the sovereignty of the Republic. They must be declared to be Pirates and ruthlessly elimunated.

Posted by: ZombieSantaAnna at January 01, 2026 08:53 PM (4b7CV)

232
Every year is the hottest ever, now.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 08:54 PM (w6EFb)

233 Yeah? Well, get used to it.

Carol Roth
@caroljsroth
When a commie throws a party…

New York Post
@nypost
Zohran Mamdani fans disappointed by disastrous ‘block party’ with no food, bathrooms

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 01, 2026 08:54 PM (L/fGl)

234 Go Dawgs!

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 08:55 PM (pZEOD)

235 adios amigos

Posted by: alpine_beer at January 01, 2026 08:55 PM (van9r)

236 Every year is the hottest ever, now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 08:54 PM (w6EFb)
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It will be interesting to see how much 'climate research' goes on without USAID and Gates paying for it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 08:55 PM (ZOv7s)

237 Smilin' like doggos🐶😊!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 01, 2026 08:56 PM (LNeRu)

238 125. South Bend was conservative democrat when that was still a thing. Once industry in SB moved out the demographic changed and the population decreased with many moving to Mishawaka. Dems became the party of free stuff and the majority of residents that remained liked the dem handouts and voted for whoever would give them free stuff. There was actually a time when a dem mayor was middle of the road, the last I remember being Joe Kernan who went on to be governor.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 01, 2026 08:57 PM (2NHgQ)

239 So help me God, if these Jew protesters topple the Ayatollahs, I am going to kick my dog.

Posted by: Tucker at January 01, 2026 08:58 PM (F/KFA)

240 New York Post
@nypost
Zohran Mamdani fans disappointed by disastrous ‘block party’ with no food, bathrooms

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NYC has become the latest experiment in the ongoing exploration to determine how much malice, graft and incompetence it takes to bring down a once great institution.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 08:59 PM (nWPIJ)

241 About 29 years ago when I lived in Hawaii one of their refineries would ship has to California. Until I saw the story I did not know Hawaii had any refineries...
They might still do it
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 08:49 PM (/lPRQ)

My understanding is that California can't accept gas produced out of state because it's not unicorn-fart fortified. Maybe Hawaii produces such gas, but Nevada and Arizona do not.

It was becoming unaffordable to live in that lunatic state and had I stayed, I might not have been able to move out. ..

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 01, 2026 08:59 PM (nbLIj)

242 The merchants started the protests.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 08:59 PM (QAvZU)

243 Tucker's going to have a rough month...or year...
or may never recover.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 09:00 PM (UZwsW)

244 NYC has become the latest experiment in the ongoing exploration to determine how much malice, graft and incompetence it takes to bring down a once great institution.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 08:59 PM (nWPIJ)
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I'm going to put down a marker on this. Yes, he will wreck NYC, but through incompetence, not anything he actually does. Zero managerial experience, towering self-regard, no idea how anything actually works.

In a true communist state, he'd be in the camps, not running them.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:01 PM (ZOv7s)

245 I’m so pissed.

I didn’t take the handouts offered when I got divorced and was a single mom. I could have saved thousands of dollars. I could still be collecting benefits.

Fuck me. I’ll never retire. And I will keep paying taxes and following the rules.

Damn. I’m stupid.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 09:02 PM (IhIKR)

246 Tucker's going to have a rough month...or year...
or may never recover.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 09:00 PM (UZwsW)
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He timed his heel-turn...poorly.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:02 PM (ZOv7s)

247 CALL TO ACTIVISM
@CalltoActivism
OMG!!! Trump just showed up at Mar-a-Lago to celebrate New Year's, dragging his right leg, and quickly adjusted his walk when he realizes the cameras are on.

What's Trump hiding?

https://is.gd/1fwx1h

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Slight limp. Probably banged Melania too enthusiastically.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 01, 2026 09:03 PM (L/fGl)

248 Every year is the hottest ever, now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 08:54 PM (w6EFb)

Are they growing grapes for wine in England now?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 09:03 PM (1paM0)

249 @khansarinia . 23h

New York Times “reporters” say they don’t exist.
Think Tank “analysts” say they’re irrelevant.
Keyboard “activists” say they’re bots.

But here they are, Iran’s bravest, chanting “Long live the King” in the face of their oppressors.

2026 will be the year of their vindication.

https://tinyurl.com/43cdxerh

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 09:04 PM (UZwsW)

250 Forget "climate change."

CBS reports:

Due to Trump's aggressions bringing humanity to the brink of global nuclear annihilation, the Union of Severely Concerned Scientists at last advanced the Mortal Danger clock all the way to Midnight, thereby declaring an END OF TIME, at the turn of the year. 2026 did not and cannot happen.

Posted by: mindful webworker - Panic! It's Y2K on steroids! at January 01, 2026 09:05 PM (dESj/)

251
New York Post
@nypost
Zohran Mamdani fans disappointed by disastrous ‘block party’ with no food, bathrooms
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Those pussies couldn't have handled Woodstock.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 09:05 PM (pkeXY)

252 Fargo, ND welcomed first baby of 2026.
Omar
Omar is his mother's seventh child.

Explains the need for all the daycares, I guess.

Posted by: old chick at January 01, 2026 09:05 PM (F3Dlr)

253 Yes, he will wreck NYC, but through incompetence, not anything he actually does. Zero managerial experience, towering self-regard, no idea how anything actually works.

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I can't wait for the new mayor whose parents are still supporting her gets her girlboss mitts on the levers of power in Seattle.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 09:05 PM (nWPIJ)

254 227 222 CBS News
@CBSNews
2025 was so hot it pushed Earth past critical climate change mark, scientists say

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A mass die-off of mankind is now a virtual certainty, our experts say.
Posted by: Cicero

They're going to release some horrible virus, aren't they? 12 Monkeys will be prophetic.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 01, 2026 09:05 PM (7Pnfz)

255 Due to Trump's aggressions bringing humanity to the brink of global nuclear annihilation, the Union of Severely Concerned Scientists at last advanced the Mortal Danger clock all the way to Midnight, thereby declaring an END OF TIME, at the turn of the year. 2026 did not and cannot happen.
Posted by: mindful webworker - Panic! It's Y2K on steroids! at January 01, 2026 09:05 PM (dESj/)
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Does that mean we can ignore them? Because they should be ignored.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:06 PM (ZOv7s)

256 241 My understanding is that California can't accept gas produced out of state because it's not unicorn-fart fortified. Maybe Hawaii produces such gas, but Nevada and Arizona do not.

It was becoming unaffordable to live in that lunatic state and had I stayed, I might not have been able to move out. ..
Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 01, 2026 08:59 PM (nbLIj)

California uses a special blend of gas not produced anywhere else in the US so we're a gas island.

However, a few weeks ago Ace (i think) linked a video by 'Black Conservative' talking about this and he claims that two other countries - South Korea and one other produce the special blend and export it here. So that explains why the local refineries don't just charge whatever the traffic will bear - they are price capped by the price of the imported gasoline.

I have no idea how high it will go before people rebel at the ballot box or even if we can anymore. How high would the price of gas have to be before you quit your job, sell your home and move?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 09:07 PM (QGaXH)

257 248 Every year is the hottest ever, now.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 08:54 PM (w6EFb)

Are they growing grapes for wine in England now?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Down in the SW part, they are. They've grown grapes down there for centuries though.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 01, 2026 09:08 PM (7Pnfz)

258 swear they have changed to formula of pressure treating to something that doesn't work.

I feel safe in blaming the EPA.
Posted by: toby928(c)

Some people gain 30 lbs. from T-giving to New Years, then blame the lumber, or the EPA.

Posted by: Hefty Honey at January 01, 2026 09:08 PM (oftw2)

259 Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 09:02 PM
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You're not stupid. You're simply a chump, like the rest of us.

We should be taking notes on what's going on in eye-ran!

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 09:08 PM (rdVOm)

260 Tucker should interview a Zutt next time.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 01, 2026 09:08 PM (gKWVE)

261 Having the clock reach zero and passing the "point of no return" on the climate are merely predicates to justify overt terrorism.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:08 PM (ZOv7s)

262 Union of Severely Concerned Scientists

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Not just concerned, severely concerned.

But dude, we already did Y2K.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 01, 2026 09:09 PM (L/fGl)

263 The world ended. We just didn't notice.

Posted by: Lathe of heaven at January 01, 2026 09:09 PM (pkeXY)

264 You're not stupid. You're simply a chump, like the rest of us.

We should be taking notes on what's going on in eye-ran!
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 09:08 PM (rdVOm)
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When I got laid off in 2005, I tried the bootstrap approach, avoiding public assistance, and it was stupid. When I got whacked again (and exited politics for good), I collected all the bennies. I'd been paying for them, so may as well draw on them.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:10 PM (ZOv7s)

265 Took Christmas decorations down today. Usually leave stuff up until Epiphany. Wasn’t feeling it this year.

Oh well.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 09:11 PM (IhIKR)

266 -
Slight limp. Probably banged Melania too enthusiastically.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,
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I know that walk, it's not mo.ney, it's my knee.
Put too much into the last 9.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 09:11 PM (UZwsW)

267 What if they gave an apocalypse and nobody came?

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 01, 2026 09:12 PM (L/fGl)

268 He timed his heel-turn...poorly.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Hey, even Hulk Hogan and Bob Backlund turned heel at some point. Don't think Bruno Sammartino ever did, though.

Posted by: The Grand Wizard Of Wrestling at January 01, 2026 09:12 PM (oftw2)

269 New York Post
@nypost
Zohran Mamdani fans disappointed by disastrous ‘block party’ with no food, bathrooms
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 01, 2026 08:54 PM (L/fGl)
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Dude can't manage a block party.

Now he's responsible for managing one of largest cities in America.

Let's see how that works out for him.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 09:12 PM (ESVrU)

270 Without Obama to ship pallets of cash, not sure the mullahs survive. I doubt Russia has the manpower to accomplish anything in Iran given that they let Assad fall in Syria to vastly smaller numbers.

China has skin in the game, though, and probably a best case scenario would be them getting bogged down in Iran "stabilization" to the extent that they have nothing left to threaten Taiwan with.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:12 PM (ZOv7s)

271 When I got laid off in 2005, I tried the bootstrap approach, avoiding public assistance, and it was stupid. When I got whacked again (and exited politics for good), I collected all the bennies. I'd been paying for them, so may as well draw on them.
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As soon as I/we *qualify* I will apply for EVERY g.d. bennie we can get! Already got a (one-time) property tax reduction last year & hope to get it again.

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 09:13 PM (rdVOm)

272 The more they're ignored, the more shrill they get.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 09:13 PM (nWPIJ)

273 263 The world ended. We just didn't notice.
Posted by: Lathe of heaven at January 01, 2026 09:09 PM (pkeXY)

I’ve said before that one of my greatest fears is that the world will end, but I’ll still be here and get told to clean up the mess.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 09:14 PM (otNgF)

274 The anthem for the New Year… again.

https://youtu.be/Z0GFRcFm-aY

Posted by: mindful webworker - Right? Right! at January 01, 2026 09:14 PM (dESj/)

275 The more they're ignored, the more shrill they get.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 09:13 PM (nWPIJ)
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If they were capable of taking action, at this point they would. Antifa was always cosplaying, helpless outside of its safe zones. Even the dim Dem governors making noises about "resisting" have nothing to resist with, and they know it. They should because it's all they can do.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:16 PM (ZOv7s)

276 Who Else has to go back to work for one day?
Those daycares ain't gonna fund themselves.

Posted by: Oh noes !! at January 01, 2026 09:16 PM (+abK1)

277 Dude can't manage a block party.

Now he's responsible for managing one of largest cities in America.

Let's see how that works out for him.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at

Heh. New mayor of Seattle
Still lives with her parents. Her husband is an unemployed baker.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 09:16 PM (IhIKR)

278 The more they're ignored, the more shrill they get.
Posted by: Cicero

They're looking for more better lies.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 01, 2026 09:16 PM (L/fGl)

279 228
'Iran has asked Russia for help as its security forces are being overwhelmed by Iranians in several cities.'

Russia's response will tell us a lot about whether the mullahs are winning or losing.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 01, 2026 09:17 PM (fd80v)

280
@nypost
Zohran Mamdani fans disappointed by disastrous ‘block party’ with no food, bathrooms
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

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That actually sounds hopeful. Maybe the guy knew he couldn't afford a spread, so he skipped it.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 01, 2026 09:17 PM (2YF7/)

281 Fuck me. I’ll never retire. And I will keep paying taxes and following the rules.

Damn. I’m stupid.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 09:02 PM (IhIKR)

Me, too. I'm staying with my elderly mom to assist her after she had a stroke. I guess I can register as her caregiver, and register her home as an assisted living facility, right? Right??? I'm a dope. I keep working.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 01, 2026 09:17 PM (h7ZuX)

282 That actually sounds hopeful. Maybe the guy knew he couldn't afford a spread, so he skipped it.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 01, 2026 09:17 PM (2YF7/)

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What part of Bread and Circuses doesn't he understand?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 09:18 PM (nWPIJ)

283 I’ve said before that one of my greatest fears is that the world will end, but I’ll still be here and get told to clean up the mess.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Someone proficient with a broom and shovel needs to follow the Clydesdales and elephants after the Circus Parade.

Posted by: It's Slightly Better In A Cool Uniform at January 01, 2026 09:19 PM (oftw2)

284 Due to Trump's aggressions bringing humanity to the brink of global nuclear annihilation…”

“Umm sir, excuse me? Can I ask a question? Who is it again who is trying as hard as they can to get the US to start a war with Russia? Cuz I don’t think that’s Trump, please tell me if I’m wrong.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 09:19 PM (otNgF)

285 What part of Bread and Circuses doesn't he understand?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 09:18 PM (nWPIJ)
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These guys could screw up a wet dream. It's going to be epic.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:20 PM (ZOv7s)

286 256 241 My understanding is that California can't accept gas produced out of state because it's not unicorn-fart fortified. Maybe Hawaii produces such gas, but Nevada and Arizona do not.
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If California were really serious it would not accept anything produced from petrochemicals.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 09:20 PM (UZwsW)

287 Welcome to the Fyre Festival system of government.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:20 PM (ZOv7s)

288 Future headline. Residents of San Leandro face severe gas shortage as tanker being driven by non English speaking driver can't read bridge out sign and crashes truck into abutment and catches fire.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 01, 2026 08:29 PM (sDNVV)
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"Oakland"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 09:21 PM (RIvkX)

289 Still lives with her parents. Her husband is an unemployed baker.
Posted by: nurse ratched

I was a loafer in a bakery once.

Posted by: Bud Abbott at January 01, 2026 09:21 PM (oftw2)

290 But here they are, Iran’s bravest, chanting “Long live the King” in the face of their oppressors.

2026 will be the year of their vindication.

https://tinyurl.com/43cdxerh
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
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No Kings ?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 09:22 PM (/lPRQ)

291 Oh. My. Stars. Touchdown!

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 09:22 PM (pZEOD)

292 I’ve said before that one of my greatest fears is that the world will end, but I’ll still be here and get told to clean up the mess.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 09:14 PM (otNgF)
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I would start with Newark.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 09:23 PM (RIvkX)

293 "Oakland"
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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LOL! And property taxes went UP after the fire, as it was an *improvement*

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 09:23 PM (rdVOm)

294
What part of Bread and Circuses doesn't he understand?
Posted by: Cicero

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Haha, there's that.

I'm sure he won't miss the part about throwing Christians to the lions, however.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 01, 2026 09:24 PM (2YF7/)

295 260 Tucker should interview a Zutt next time.

Riding Big Mo all night in the desert? Raymond Ibrahim would be impressed with your reference.

Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 01, 2026 09:24 PM (4b7CV)

296 Are they growing grapes for wine in England now?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

Down in the SW part, they are. They've grown grapes down there for centuries though.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work

Use it as a cheap filler for mead?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 09:25 PM (/lPRQ)

297
or build more refineries
Posted by: n

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Hah, oil producers know California is no place to do that.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 01, 2026 09:26 PM (2YF7/)

298 286
'If California were really serious it would not accept anything produced from petrochemicals.'

What if they were a bunch of virtue signaling hypocrites?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 01, 2026 09:27 PM (fd80v)

299 What if they gave an apocalypse and nobody came?
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

I guess it wouldn't matter.

https://youtu.be/CqFkU0plBbw

Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 09:28 PM (nhCoE)

300 Russia's response will tell us a lot about whether the mullahs are winning or losing.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 01, 2026 09:17 PM (fd80v)

A poster on X noted that Russia had flown 5 heavy duty IL-76 cargo planes into Tehran over the last 48 hours. But no one knows whether they’re bringing equipment in, or hauling certain people and their loot out.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 09:29 PM (otNgF)

301 @245 you're not stupid and we love you.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at January 01, 2026 09:29 PM (CHHv1)

302 Ham & blackeyed peas.. Mmm Mmm!

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 09:31 PM (rdVOm)

303 You know, Governor Newsom, in three years this state will be an utter disaster.

Nothing to worry about then! I will be in the Whitehouse in three years and it will be someone else's problem. Probably Karen Bass. And wait until you see what a disaster she makes of the place!

Posted by: at January 01, 2026 09:32 PM (/gRa9)

304 ❤️

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 09:33 PM (IhIKR)

305 The world ended. We just didn't notice.
Posted by: Lathe of heaven at January 01, 2026 09:09 PM (pkeXY)

I’ve said before that one of my greatest fears is that the world will end, but I’ll still be here and get told to clean up the mess.
Posted by: Tom Servo

But the good news is that you survived.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 09:34 PM (/lPRQ)

306 The Russians are probably evacuating what's left of Iran's WMD programs.

Posted by: davidt at January 01, 2026 09:36 PM (Q+gd/)

307 Do the Iranian people want a Shah, again?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 09:37 PM (1paM0)

308 245 I’m so pissed.

I didn’t take the handouts offered when I got divorced and was a single mom. I could have saved thousands of dollars. I could still be collecting benefits.

Fuck me. I’ll never retire. And I will keep paying taxes and following the rules.

Damn. I’m stupid.
Posted by: nurse ratched

No, you did what you thought you should do. Technically, I qualify for SNAP for my daughter and me right now, but that feels very wrong considering my living situation. I am not willing to sacrifice my ethics for a few hundred dollars. I personally am very poor. On my own, I would be in a world of hurt. Figuring out braces for her is my current stress, but it will work out. I am trusting God’s plan and will continue to work my tail off to grow my business.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 09:39 PM (pZEOD)

309 307
'Do the Iranian people want a Shah, again?'

I don't know whether THEY do but I think a constitutional monarchy makes a lot of sense for them.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 01, 2026 09:40 PM (fd80v)

310
Do the Iranian people want a Shah, again?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

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They want that Pahlavi kid back in whatever capacity. I asked some of them on X, Why him?? And they said "Because he is our voice."

But a shah, good lord.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 01, 2026 09:41 PM (2YF7/)

311 A poster on X noted that Russia had flown 5 heavy duty IL-76 cargo planes into Tehran over the last 48 hours. But no one knows whether they’re bringing equipment in, or hauling certain people and their loot out.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Might be extracting their engineers and scientists.
Nukular materials...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 09:42 PM (/lPRQ)

312 But a shah, good lord.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

Personally, that job title, I feel, is beneath me.

Posted by: The Grand, High, Exalted, Mystic, Ruler, Morris Fink at January 01, 2026 09:43 PM (oftw2)

313
I read the history of how we lost Iran back in the '70s. It's a mess of foreign policy screwing up Carter was a fool of course, but it goes back before then.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 09:44 PM (w6EFb)

314
Unless I'm missing something, it looks like if the bus guy trick were real, he would have broken his neck on the windshield, been lacerated by glass, dropped too far to go out the back of the bus, and been seriously injured by falling six feet face first onto pavement.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 01, 2026 09:44 PM (biznJ)

315 307 Do the Iranian people want a Shah, again?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 09:37 PM (1paM0)

What do they know, except shahs or mullahs?

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 01, 2026 09:44 PM (h7ZuX)

316 I made the choice, almost 40 years ago, to NOT get 'on the dole'-- as a newly divorced woman.

Oh sure, could've found a sperm-donor anywhere and popped out a kid or two (assuming I *could* get pregnant... which was unlikely) and gotten a free apartment, free college, free food, free free free... except for the poor littles, who would've grown up without a father.

Nope. Conscious decision to NOT go there!

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 09:45 PM (rdVOm)

317 What in the heck, Rebels? That was chaos.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 09:45 PM (pZEOD)

318
And the Brits did a lot of fucking up in Iran as well. Sewing the seeds....

All that said, the Shah should've executed Khomeini when he had the chance. How could it have turned out worse than it did with him taking over?

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 09:46 PM (w6EFb)

319 Piper
Braces are expensive. I talked with the orthodontist and got a 30% discount for paying cash. She did a payment plan for me. It was still a burden, but needed to be done and my Marine literally yelled at his father to fork out for half.

Still thousands.

I will never ever retire.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 09:47 PM (IhIKR)

320 A poster on X noted that Russia had flown 5 heavy duty IL-76 cargo planes into Tehran over the last 48 hours. But no one knows whether they’re bringing equipment in, or hauling certain people and their loot out.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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If Iran falls, wouldn't that be, at least, a short term benefit to Russia? Putin could turn the fall into long term dominance and fuck China. In his heart, he wants to do that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 09:50 PM (UZwsW)

321 I was working for Allied Van Lines in the late 70s. Remember building a crate for a 20' runabout/w/engine to ship to Iran. Stuffed into every space were cases of consumer goods like soap, detergents, all kinds of dry goods. It was only a few months before the Revolution. Always wondered if the American who owned the boat ever got to take the boat out or use the soap before he had to flee in terror.

Posted by: Iron Sheik Fan at January 01, 2026 09:51 PM (oftw2)

322 HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

Posted by: Hacksaw Jim Duggan at January 01, 2026 09:53 PM (N/gmR)

323
319 Piper
Braces are expensive. I talked with the orthodontist and got a 30% discount for paying cash. She did a payment plan for me. It was still a burden, but needed to be done and my Marine literally yelled at his father to fork out for half.

Still thousands.

I will never ever retire.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January

I have some appointments set up over the next few weeks, cross your fingers for me I work something out in one of them. I won’t get half from my ex. I won’t get a dime he found in a couch cushion. He wouldn’t recognize my kid if he ran her over. Again, I am putting it in God’s hands, and trusting something will happen as I continue do my part for it. I am trusting the same for you, you are a good person.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 09:54 PM (pZEOD)

324 Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 09:51 PM (1paM0)

You blew the margins. Use a URL shrinking app, or get banned!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 01, 2026 09:55 PM (YIDb4)

325 320
'If Iran falls, wouldn't that be, at least, a short term benefit to Russia?'

Want to know which country Iran hates even more than the US and UK?

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 01, 2026 09:55 PM (fd80v)

326 Looks like the FBI has been handed one on a platter.

I hope the can actually do something about the naked fraud otherwise they are going to prove to public that DC is irredeemable.

Posted by: pawn at January 01, 2026 09:55 PM (Rmqfl)

327
78 Newsom's Office of Agitprop put a crown on his xtwitter avatar.

https://x.com/GovPressOffice
Posted by: 13times at January 01, 2026 07:30 PM

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Newsom's about to be dragged out of his office by a mob! Rebellion is in the air!

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 01, 2026 09:57 PM (d4X7t)

328 Russia buys advanced drones from Iran. It is not in their interest for the Mullahs to fall.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 01, 2026 09:57 PM (YIDb4)

329 Khomeini was protected by the French who gave him refuge. Like they did Pol Pot.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 09:57 PM (RIvkX)

330 Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 09:57 PM (RIvkX)

The French love dictators.

Petain was one, and they supported him for a few.years

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 01, 2026 09:59 PM (YIDb4)

331 If Iran falls, wouldn't that be, at least, a short term benefit to Russia? Putin could turn the fall into long term dominance and fuck China. In his heart, he wants to do that.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
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Hmmmm

Trump could announce that if Iran forms a completely new government it would necessitate a reset on our diplomatic relationship - perhaps even free trade / zero tariff until they regain stability.

Russia may have to counter and sweeten the pot.

All Chyna could do is offer to outbid all others on oil, rugs, and brass trinkets.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 09:59 PM (/lPRQ)

332 I had braces in jr. high/HS... 3 years of mockery & misery...had all 4 of the 2nd bicuspids removed, because jawbone wasn't big enough for all the teef. Parents paid for that.

And then? My wisdom teeth came in & crowded everything out again!

I paid for braces *again* in my 30s. Was working 3 jobs to pay for that plus all the debt XH left me with. FML, I was ready to just give up.

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 10:00 PM (rdVOm)

333 310
'Still thousands.

I will never ever retire.'

At any rate, you were a good mother to your son.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 01, 2026 10:00 PM (fd80v)

334 329 Khomeini was protected by the French who gave him refuge. Like they did Pol Pot.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 09:57 PM (RIvkX)

And now George Clooney.

Posted by: davidt at January 01, 2026 10:00 PM (Q+gd/)

335 Hurry hurry hurry to the NOOD ONT before Doof corrects the egregious formatting error.
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=417960

Posted by: mindful webworker - centerville at January 01, 2026 10:01 PM (dESj/)

336 Maybe it was the 1st bicuspids, I dunno-- the "vampire" teeth...

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 10:01 PM (rdVOm)

337 Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 09:39 PM (pZEOD)

Is there a dental.school.in your area? They might be able to help.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 01, 2026 10:02 PM (YIDb4)

Always Sunny Discusses 9/11 Open Thread

"The Gang Starts Listening to Tucker Carlson and Candace Owens."

Posted by: Ace at 05:30 PM

Comments

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1 Good afternoon good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2026 05:32 PM (cYBz/)

2 Dos Equis

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 05:33 PM (P5BPp)

3 Tres Leches

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 05:33 PM (P5BPp)

4 17-0 Indiana at the turn.

Posted by: toby928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumnus, Twice as Smug as You at January 01, 2026 05:36 PM (jc0TO)

5 Ninth

Posted by: From about That Time at January 01, 2026 05:36 PM (sl73Y)

6 Willowed: Mendoza is good and Indiana has a good offensive scheme

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 05:37 PM (zNwXb)

7 Howdy campers!

Posted by: Caf at January 01, 2026 05:37 PM (qS/Xm)

8 Slow. Must all be wrapped up in bowl game excitement, no?

Posted by: From about That Time at January 01, 2026 05:37 PM (sl73Y)

9 I've never seen that show.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 01, 2026 05:38 PM (t+TFX)

10 Willowed: Mendoza is good and Indiana has a good offensive scheme
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 05:37 PM

Yeah. Alabama isn't playing bad, but Indiana is playing better.

Posted by: toby928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumnus, Twice as Smug as You at January 01, 2026 05:38 PM (jc0TO)

11 Good afternoon! Well, got a little work done this morning, did a little lawn work after that, did some redneck shit in the garage and then sat in the hot tub this afternoon and now I'm ready to watch some hockey. Been a good day so far.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at January 01, 2026 05:40 PM (3Ope8)

12 When Charlie Kelly is the voice of reason...

On a side note, I saw some Washington state senator has figured out how to stop all this fuss about illegal fraud. She wrote a law that the state will no longer share any information with the public. One party dictatorships are great.

In her photo, she looked like Bonnie Kelly.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 01, 2026 05:41 PM (cxFcK)

13 Which is why Alabama should not have been in the playoff. SEC my ass!

Posted by: Mick at January 01, 2026 05:41 PM (HFx9z)

14 First sunset of 2026 does not disappoint here in KY.

Neither did the first sunrise... which I did not capture on digital due to a lack of coffee.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 05:42 PM (NwnyJ)

15 Which is why Alabama should not have been in the playoff. SEC my ass!
Posted by: Mick at January 01, 2026 05:41 PM

Envy much?

Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 05:42 PM (jc0TO)

16 Only 1 day into the new year and the Jews still run everything.

Posted by: Tucker at January 01, 2026 05:43 PM (/CkK4)

17 I'd like to see Indiana take it all the way to the championship. I'm not holding a grudge. They're earning it.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 01, 2026 05:43 PM (h7ZuX)

18 Heh, Mamdani's block party celebrating his inauguration had no bathrooms or concession stands. At least no one got killed. Yet.
Ahh communism

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 05:46 PM (zNwXb)

19 willowed, of course...

141 >120 Daycares in Minnesota donated a combined $35 million to political campaigns in the last two years.

This is why Walz was the VP pick. The Biden Precedent. You can't investigate a VP Candidate, who knows what or who you might uncover.

Posted by: davidt at January 01, 2026 05:41 PM (Q+gd/)

Posted by: davidt at January 01, 2026 05:46 PM (Q+gd/)

20 I'd like to see Indiana take it all the way to the championship. I'm not holding a grudge. They're earning it.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 01, 2026 05:43 PM

Alabama needs them to make a mistake to close the gap and the Hoosiers don't seem to make mistakes.

Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 05:47 PM (jc0TO)

21 I'm impressed with Indiana. But I think that the portal and NIL (just paying players) have a lot to do with their recent success. Probably Texas Tech too.

I don't begrudge them one bit. Them's the rules.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 01, 2026 05:47 PM (cxFcK)

22 They are just doing donuts on the lawn now.

>>@libsoftiktok
·
28m
>>Holy smokes you will never believe this

>>Somalia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs owns a home healthcare company in Ohio. There’s two other healthcare companies in the same suite as his and multiple others at this address with Somali owners

>>What are the odds…

Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 05:48 PM (viF8m)

23 all of my comments at the end of the last thread.....WASTED

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 01, 2026 05:49 PM (qtBQt)

24 "Good afternoon! Well, got a little work done this morning, did a little lawn work after that,"
**************
Lawn work around here today consisted of about an hour of snowblowing.

Posted by: Cosda at January 01, 2026 05:49 PM (SCy/O)

25 Cignetti is coaching a good game and
The marching band is playing "Fat Bottomed Girls"
America, fuck yeah

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 05:50 PM (zNwXb)

26 all of my comments at the end of the last thread.....WASTED

...Shoulder of Orion... Tears in the rain.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 01, 2026 05:51 PM (PH3st)

27 Flat bottom girls make the world go 'round.

Posted by: Brie Larson at January 01, 2026 05:51 PM (Q+gd/)

28 Getting sporty in Iran. I hope Shah Reza changes the name back to Persia. Way cooler.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 01, 2026 05:51 PM (cxFcK)

29 Now the left is attacking Nick Shirley over his faith and for not being a man-whore.

I sadly expect Shirley to be killed or dead before Valentines day.

Posted by: SimoHayha at January 01, 2026 05:52 PM (/ZkOF)

30 DEVELOPING: Police Swarm Home of Jill Biden’s Ex-Husband After Wife Dies Amid Domestic Dispute
- Gateway Pundit

He is probably just as classy as Kill and the Bidens.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 05:52 PM (/lPRQ)

31 Grandpa groypers loves the some Fffckr Carlson! Carlson has the oldest audience, btw. Truth.

Posted by: runner at January 01, 2026 05:53 PM (ReBai)

32 It's now official. NYC is a Islamo-communist enclave. Enjoy!

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 01, 2026 05:54 PM (cxFcK)

33 According to a post on X Scott Adams does not expect to live out January.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 01, 2026 05:54 PM (8CIFn)

34 Kinda funny...

Posted by: runner at January 01, 2026 05:54 PM (ReBai)

35 "Good afternoon! Well, got a little work done this morning, did a little lawn work after that,"
**************
Lawn work around here today consisted of about an hour of snowblowing.
Posted by: Cosda
+++++
$20, same as in town?

-Frosty

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 05:54 PM (/lPRQ)

36 Now the left is attacking Nick Shirley over his faith and for not being a man-whore.

I sadly expect Shirley to be killed or dead before Valentines day.

Posted by: SimoHayha

He received a message yesterday that told him he would be killed by April.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 05:55 PM (0U5gm)

37 I'm impressed with Indiana. But I think that the portal and NIL (just paying players) have a lot to do with their recent success. Probably Texas Tech too.

I don't begrudge them one bit. Them's the rules.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 01, 2026 05:47 PM

It's like that all over college sports. Football, men's basketball. Whichever schools have the biggest donors in order to pay out the most NIL $ will end up with the best players.

You look at these teams from year to year and hardly any of the players are "home grown". Almost all of them are juniors or seniors who have 1-2 years of experience and transfer in thanks to NIL $.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 05:55 PM (P5BPp)

38 21 I'm impressed with Indiana. But I think that the portal and NIL (just paying players) have a lot to do with their recent success. Probably Texas Tech too.

I don't begrudge them one bit. Them's the rules.

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About 100 of the 136 D1 programs need to just drop sports. They don't and will never have the money to keep up with schools anointed by the ESPNCCA.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 01, 2026 05:55 PM (qtBQt)

39 They are just doing donuts on the lawn now.

>>@libsoftiktok
·
28m
>>Holy smokes you will never believe this

>>Somalia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs owns a home healthcare company in Ohio. There’s two other healthcare companies in the same suite as his and multiple others at this address with Somali owners

>>What are the odds…

Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 05:48 PM (viF8m)

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Future Hell Mirror Universe Headline:

"President Walz Appoints Rear Admiral Levine as Tranny Tampon Czar -- and Ilhan Omar as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS).

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at January 01, 2026 05:58 PM (QbCrG)

40 I'm impressed with Indiana. But I think that the portal and NIL (just paying players) have a lot to do with their recent success.

and Cignetti is a good coach. I doubted them last year as they didn't play anyone to get quality wins but, this year, solid team.

Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 05:58 PM (jc0TO)

41 According to a post on X Scott Adams does not expect to live out January.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 01, 2026 05:54 PM

Jason Cohen @JasonJournoDC

NEW: @ScottAdamsSays shares devastating health update

"I talked to my radiologist yesterday and it’s all bad news. So the odds of me recovering are essentially zero."

"You should prepare yourself that January will probably be a month of transition one way or the other."

X video: https://bit.ly/4jmh5S9

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 06:00 PM (P5BPp)

42 About 100 of the 136 D1 programs need to just drop sports. They don't and will never have the money to keep up with schools anointed by the ESPNCCA.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks

We're sort of at the point where these teams are professional organizations for some reason tied to universities who are all proud about their rigorous academics and scholarship. Many of these kids don't even bother to attend class. They have little to do with the other school attendees.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 01, 2026 06:01 PM (cxFcK)

43 About 100 of the 136 D1 programs need to just drop sports. They don't and will never have the money to keep up with schools anointed by the ESPNCCA.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 01, 2026 05:55 PM (qtBQt)

It’s whoever wants to pay the most money, raise the most money, buy the most players is going to have the best opportunity to win. I don’t think that’s the spirit of college athletics. I don’t think it’s ever been the spirit of what we want college athletics to be. That’s my major concern: the combination of pay-for-play, free agency, and how that impacts development.

Posted by: Nick Saban, Multimillionaire and Owner of Waterfront Property at January 01, 2026 06:01 PM (R/m4+)

44 First chore of the New Year: I bought a bigger wall calendar than the ones I've used before. I need to relocate the hanging nail to a higher spot on the wall.

Tap tap tap

Done! Time to start drinking!

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 01, 2026 06:02 PM (PH3st)

45 33 According to a post on X Scott Adams does not expect to live out January.
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 01, 2026 05:54 PM (8CIFn)

His cancer has metastasized into his spine, it’s very sad. He’s trying experimental treatments, but the odds of them working are pretty small.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 06:03 PM (m7iZ5)

46 Indiana's NIL numbers are not the highest, but they are playing in the big leagues and their coach is the real deal. Alabama's coach screwed up early on the 4th down call - if Alabama can't get any traction in the next half a quarter, this game is over. And IU will win the national championship. Pretty crazy, the rest of us Big Ten types are going to be waiting for his retirement so we have a chance. At least I can stop hating Ohio State so much.

Posted by: Black JEM at January 01, 2026 06:03 PM (UVyKP)

47 Adams has looked pretty bad, the last videos I've seen. He got a few months reprieve.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 01, 2026 06:03 PM (+mUZM)

48 8 Slow. Must all be wrapped up in bowl game excitement, no?

watching robots fight over at cheddar.com

Posted by: chatgpt at January 01, 2026 06:04 PM (edU/H)

49 First chore of the New Year: I bought a bigger wall calendar than the ones I've used before. I need to relocate the hanging nail to a higher spot on the wall.

Tap tap tap

Done! Time to start drinking!

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 01, 2026 06:02 PM (PH3st)

If only all home projects were that easy.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 06:04 PM (snZF9)

50 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Hubby and I have The Crud - been sleeping all day, only waking up when the cough medicine wears off. Then we take more. Lather, rinse, repeat.

I do have a slight advantage in that I still have Hydrocodone leftover from my surgery, so I am pretty much knocked out not long after I take some of that....

Some colleges are playing Bowl games today, right? Our beloved Aggies lost in the first round, so we haven't paid much attention since then.

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - AoSHQ's at January 01, 2026 06:04 PM (SRRAx)

51
We're sort of at the point where these teams are professional organizations for some reason tied to universities who are all proud about their rigorous academics and scholarship. Many of these kids don't even bother to attend class. They have little to do with the other school attendees.

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I can't cheer for you if you aren't even committed to my school. It is pretty obvious that these guys are being recruited mid season by agents and told to not get hurt playing for little Colorado State, we got you a deal to go to Texas next year.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 01, 2026 06:05 PM (qtBQt)

52 It’s whoever wants to pay the most money, raise the most money, buy the most players is going to have the best opportunity to win. I don’t think that’s the spirit of college athletics. I don’t think it’s ever been the spirit of what we want college athletics to be. That’s my major concern: the combination of pay-for-play, free agency, and how that impacts development.
Posted by: Nick Saban, Multimillionaire and Owner of Waterfront Property at January 01, 2026 06:01 PM (R/m4+)
==
That hasn't been the spirit for some time. The courts opened this up. The alumni money men wanted it. They are now essentially team owners. The NCAA was actually created to prevent this, but then they screwed the pooch themselves so as to make everybody hate them.

Posted by: Black JEM at January 01, 2026 06:05 PM (UVyKP)

53 How has everyone been doing today?

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 06:06 PM (Ia/+0)

54 https://nil-ncaa.com/

Estimated NIL and revenue sharing 2025-2026.

Lots of numbers. Kind of mathy.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 01, 2026 06:08 PM (bQ4nt)

55 Indiana is just grinding Alabama down. It's not big strikes, mostly. It's just get 3, get 5, get 4 and on and on. And then Mendoza scrambles for 12.

Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 06:09 PM (jc0TO)

56 TD Indiana.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 01, 2026 06:09 PM (bQ4nt)

57 Well, spoke too soon. 24 yard TD pass.

Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 06:09 PM (jc0TO)

58 DataRepublican (small r) reposted

Leigh Marcotte @labtechleigh

Quoting this bombshell thread on HHS/ORR quietly handing a sole-source $1M grant to a deeply connected pro-mass-immigration NGO.

Entrenched bureaucrats at work -- but WIN'S globalist ties and partner network tell the real story.

X thread: https://bit.ly/45l6Szu

The Welcoming Initiative for Newcomers (WIN) is a San Diego-based 501(c)(3) focused on "win-win-win" outcomes for refugees/immigrants, private sponsors, and communities.

They innovate "lawful pathways" for arrival, integration, and filling labor needs – often with taxpayer support via federal grants like this one.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 06:10 PM (P5BPp)

59 Wow.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 06:10 PM (viF8m)

60 Saw one small story today that has convinced me that Iran’s government truly will collapse this year. (Who knows the timing). Remember this is happening because Iran currently has 50% unemployment and 40% inflation. Fuel prices were always kept extremely low, but in an attempt to get control of their fiscal catastrophe the government has been raising those prices quite a bit, which has hit everyone very hard.

So today a government minister announced they have a plan to make everything affordable again - they are going to print up a lot more money so everyone will have plenty.

What could possibly go wrong.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 06:10 PM (m7iZ5)

61 At this point I just want to put one in the endzone. One.

Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 06:10 PM (jc0TO)

62 So how are leftwing women responding to videos of Persian/Iranian women ripping off their burqas? Cheering loudly?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 01, 2026 06:11 PM (8CIFn)

63 We watch the Mummers parade for few hours

Cognac now, and pretzels

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 06:11 PM (Ia/+0)

64 Teens surprise Walmart Shoppers by paying for all the items in their carts. They're part of a group at their school which emphasizes positive values for young men:

Faithpot site:

https://tinyurl.com/vsuz63bk

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 06:11 PM (oT1li)

65 IU is about to score again, after forcing a 3 and out. And TD IU - game. Folks, college football now goes through Bloomington, Indiana.

To think the new world of wild west college football results in a toppling of the old kings and the elevation of a D1 school that was historically the worst football in the country forever.

Posted by: Black JEM at January 01, 2026 06:11 PM (UVyKP)

66 This is an impressive Indiana. The calls are perfect and so is the execution. There D is excellent also.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 06:11 PM (zNwXb)

67 Mendoza and the Hoosiers are murdering The Tide

Posted by: M. Gaga at January 01, 2026 06:12 PM (KiBMU)

68 FB post says surgery went well for VDH.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 01, 2026 06:12 PM (+mUZM)

69 At this point I just want to put one in the endzone. One.
Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken

Me too!

Posted by: Pete Bootyjuice at January 01, 2026 06:12 PM (PH3st)

70 DogeDesigner @cb_doge

BREAKING: Somali TikToker threatens Elon Musk’s life:

"I wouldn't worry too much about him. He about to die."

Protect Elon Musk at all costs.

X video: https://bit.ly/4jjaTdu

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 06:14 PM (P5BPp)

71 Ty Simpson out, Austin Mack in.

A change of pace.

Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 06:14 PM (jc0TO)

72 To think the new world of wild west college football results in a toppling of the old kings and the elevation of a D1 school that was historically the worst football in the country forever.
Posted by: Black JEM

=====

I'm not crazy about NIL, but this is fun.

Posted by: George Costanza at January 01, 2026 06:14 PM (8AONa)

73 Tim Walz is not a Retard,
he is the Valedictorian of the Learing Center.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 06:14 PM (UZwsW)

74 @60 the mullahs can BS all they want , but without water they're effed. The Persian people ain't stupid and they realize the government did it and are incompetent, corrupt morons

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 06:14 PM (zNwXb)

75 Begone, marine biologist sock

Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 01, 2026 06:15 PM (8AONa)

76 Amy Mek @AmyMek

France’s “Cultural Enrichment” New Year’s Inferno Just Hit a New High!

Update: The annual infidel car-burning festival outdid itself this New Year’s Eve!

At least 1,173 vehicles torched across France - smashing last year’s 984!

505 arrests and 403 in custody (up from 420 arrests and 310 last year).

They really went all out this time.

Record-breaking “celebrations” from the religion of peace and tolerance.

X video: https://bit.ly/4skws1x

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 06:16 PM (P5BPp)

77 Sad news for Scott Adams.

His 'Out! Out! Demons of Stupidity!' was the most zeitgeistest of corporate zeitgeist.

Posted by: Adriane the Artistic License Critic ... at January 01, 2026 06:16 PM (3ZUWJ)

78 The Iranian city of Qom has joined the uprising. It's the spiritual center of Shias. I think it's where the well is that houses the 13th imam they're so nuts about. I think that's a big deal.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 01, 2026 06:17 PM (cxFcK)

79 3@C_3C_3b . 1h

Future Leaders Learning Center in Minneapolis has donated over $6 million to Democrats in the last 2 years

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 06:17 PM (UZwsW)

80 Ty Simpson out, Austin Mack in.

A change of pace.

Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 06:14 PM

I do not think it will not make much of a difference. Alabama has been a 1-dimensional offense all season. No running game. I'm surprised they have gotten as far as they have.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 06:17 PM (P5BPp)

81 Hopefully Mack can look good as he transfers after this game. He is very ready to be a starter somewhere and has been the backup for two years.

Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 06:18 PM (jc0TO)

82
"It's the spiritual center of Shias."

What's the spiritual center of Lutherans?

Posted by: I gotta ask at January 01, 2026 06:18 PM (2Ez/1)

83 What's the spiritual center of Lutherans?
Posted by: I gotta ask at January 01, 2026 06:18 PM

Heidelberg?

Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 06:19 PM (jc0TO)

84 The Iranian city of Qom has joined the uprising. It's the spiritual center of Shias. I think it's where the well is that houses the 13th imam they're so nuts about. I think that's a big deal.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 01, 2026 06:17 PM (cxFcK)

Wow! Hopefully soon some expat washington dc goblin savages will take over the iranian embassy here and hold the staff hostage.

Like 1979 all over again but in reverse.

Posted by: Operation Eagle Claw 2: Hostage Boogaloo at January 01, 2026 06:19 PM (R/m4+)

85 @82 jello salad?

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 06:20 PM (zNwXb)

86 85th?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 06:20 PM (QGaXH)

87 Nice arm. That was a rope.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 06:20 PM (viF8m)

88 61 At this point I just want to put one in the endzone. One.
Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 06:10

Getting closer. And with backup QB.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 01, 2026 06:20 PM (bQ4nt)

89 Good lord, Hoosiers are CRUSHING Bama.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 01, 2026 06:21 PM (cxFcK)

90 What's the spiritual center of Lutherans?
Posted by: I gotta ask

Which synod?

Posted by: Davey and Goliath at January 01, 2026 06:21 PM (oftw2)

91 What's the spiritual center of Lutherans?
Posted by: I gotta ask at January 01, 2026 06:18 PM

Heidelberg?
Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken

Ya. Der's jello and shredded carrots, der!

Posted by: Luther Johnson at January 01, 2026 06:21 PM (3ZUWJ)

92 (not our)Nurse Ratched retweeted
Elon Musk@elonmusk . 2h

America is toast if the radical left wins.

They will open the floodgates to illegal immigration and fraud.

Won’t be America anymore.
--
@jackunheard
Elon Musk is reportedly going all-in funding Republicans to help President Trump take back full control in the November midterms.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 06:22 PM (UZwsW)

93 Nice arm. That was a rope.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 06:20 PM

He's ready to be a starter, but I expect Simpson to come back, and there is a 5 star Freshman behind him.

He's going to transfer, is my bet. And no hard feelings from the Gumps of he does, well, if he transfers out of the SEC.

Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 06:22 PM (jc0TO)

94 What's the spiritual center of Lutherans?
Posted by: I gotta ask

I think it was Wittenberg where Luther nailed the 95 theses to the church door. That started all this fuss.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 01, 2026 06:23 PM (cxFcK)

95 To think the new world of wild west college football results in a toppling of the old kings and the elevation of a D1 school that was historically the worst football in the country forever.

---

ESPN gave them and all the schools in the Big10 and SEC $100million per year and fucked over everyone else. If you have less than $50MM in revenue per year, you shouldn't be allowed to play those schools that have over $100MM

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 01, 2026 06:23 PM (qtBQt)

96 So, New Yorkers, are you ready to abandon the frigidity of rugged individualism for the warmth of collectivism?

Posted by: gKWVE at January 01, 2026 06:23 PM (gKWVE)

97 The timing of the Iranian revolt is good for the US. Rubio is solid and won't be pushed around by the State Department dug in nitwits. They think only they have the magic fix. Gotten us into crap for the last 75 years. Rubio will use his head

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 06:23 PM (zNwXb)

98 What's the spiritual center of Lutherans?
Posted by: I gotta ask

I'd consider the Upper Midwest as it also is the epicenter of the earth's casserole, or 'hotdish' if you prefer, area.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2026 06:23 PM (cYBz/)

99 @60 the mullahs can BS all they want , but without water they're effed. The Persian people ain't stupid and they realize the government did it and are incompetent, corrupt morons
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 06:14 PM (zNwXb)
---
PRO TIP for asshole wannabe tyrant dictators:

Make sure your people can eat and drink.

Otherwise they'll take it out of your hide.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 06:24 PM (ESVrU)

100 >>>505 arrests and 403 in custody (up from 420 arrests and 310 last year).

They really went all out this time.
-------

Arrest them, they don't care.
Jail food is better than home cooking and lots of fresh tooshy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 06:25 PM (UZwsW)

101 86 85th?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 06:20 PM (QGaXH)

So close!

This is how I amuse myself.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 06:26 PM (QGaXH)

102
Elon Musk is reportedly going all-in funding Republicans to help President Trump take back full control in the November midterms

Is that why the nutty Somali woman in the hijab in the video linked in post 70 wants to kill him? I couldn't get any sound.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 06:26 PM (oT1li)

103 Started the year with some gainz!

Posted by: Cray Cray at January 01, 2026 06:27 PM (EES2L)

104 So how are leftwing women responding to videos of Persian/Iranian women ripping off their burqas? Cheering loudly?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 01, 2026 06:11 PM (8CIFn)

Probably pissed that they're too far away to loot them and claim them as their own.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 06:27 PM (snZF9)

105 I don't like this. FG Bama to get off the snide.

Down 3 scores I'd have gone for it and taken our beating like a man.

Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 06:27 PM (jc0TO)

106
Wow! Hopefully soon some expat washington dc goblin savages will take over the iranian embassy here and hold the staff hostage.

Like 1979 all over again but in reverse.
Posted by: Operation Eagle Claw 2: Hostage Boogaloo

Bring back Ted Koppel!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 06:27 PM (pkeXY)

107 101 86 85th?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 06:20 PM (QGaXH)

So close!

This is how I amuse myself.....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 06:26 PM (QGaXH)

Since I don't have a back porch to shoot cans and squirrels off of.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 06:28 PM (QGaXH)

108 On the bright side, Mack moved us down the field.

Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 06:28 PM (jc0TO)

109 Still sad about my Buckeyes yesterday. Good thing we don't have real problems in the world like our political class selling out our kids' and grandkids' future by running a tax funded scam through importing tens of millions of dirty, retarded 3rd worlders.

Posted by: Cray Cray at January 01, 2026 06:29 PM (EES2L)

110 I guess we now know why Harris picked Walz and was able to spend a billion dollars in a hundred days.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 06:29 PM (0U5gm)

111 Indiana was (3-9) in 2023.

2024: 6th year senior QB Kurtis Rourke transfers to Indiana from MAC school Ohio. 3 full seasons of experience. Proceeds to lead Indiana to (10-1) season against weak schedule. Round 1 loss at Notre Dame in playoff.

2025: Junior QB Fernando Mendoza transfers to Indiana from Cal, where he started for two seasons. 5th year Senior RB Roman Hembry transfer from Maryland. Senior DL Stephen Daley transfer from Kent State.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 06:29 PM (P5BPp)

112 Just saw some flipped cars in Iran, and a building described as a mosque on fire. Not sure where in Iran.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 06:30 PM (vV6n9)

113 Now the left is attacking Nick Shirley over his faith and for not being a man-whore.

I sadly expect Shirley to be killed or dead before Valentines day.
Posted by: SimoHayha at January 01, 2026 05:52 PM (/ZkOF)

Then, revenge needs to rule the day. Period. These people need to learn to live in fear. I never thought I would live long enough to see this crap go on in my country.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 01, 2026 06:31 PM (5xuJ/)

114 Fires can be tough to fight without water.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 06:32 PM (QAvZU)

115 Just saw some flipped cars in Iran, and a building described as a mosque on fire. Not sure where in Iran.
Posted by: Lincolntf

Some Iranian on X claimed that Iran has been forced to close 50,000 of 75,000 mosques in the country. People seem to be gravitating to Christianity and Zoroastrians, which I have no idea what it is but it's authentic Persian.

Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly at January 01, 2026 06:32 PM (cxFcK)

116 Damn, Indiana doesn't seem to have a low gear. They are rolling.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 06:34 PM (vV6n9)

117
Zoroastrians, which I have no idea what it is but it's authentic Persian.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly

Guy Williams as Zorro.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 06:34 PM (pkeXY)

118 the mullahs can BS all they want , but without water they're effed. The Persian people ain't stupid and they realize the government did it and are incompetent, corrupt morons
Posted by: Smell the Glove
--------
I recall a 'journalist' commenting that Moses got water from Iraq.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 01, 2026 06:34 PM (XeU6L)

119 Damn, Indiana doesn't seem to have a low gear. They are rolling.
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 06:34 PM

We've had no answer against their offense since the first quarter.

Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 06:35 PM (jc0TO)

120 I still want a TD.

Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 06:36 PM (jc0TO)

121 I think Zoroastrianism is one of the very first monotheistic faiths, started in Iran, and suprised that the idiot Islamics haven't genocided them out of existence.

Worship some guy named Ahura-mazda, I think.

Posted by: SimoHayha at January 01, 2026 06:37 PM (/ZkOF)

122 Damn, Indiana doesn't seem to have a low gear. They are rolling.
Posted by: Lincolntf
-------
[recalls Bobby Knight flinging chair onto the court]

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 01, 2026 06:37 PM (XeU6L)

123 Western Lensman @WesternLensman

Chuck Schumer: “Our ultimate goal is to get a path to citizenship for all 11 million or however many undocumented there are here."

I'ts right out in the open.

Elon Musk @elonmusk

And that’s exactly what they’ve been doing

X video: https://bit.ly/492W2Az

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 06:37 PM (P5BPp)

124 The thing about Iran is that, unlike many Muslim countries, there was a time in living memory, or at least in tales that the Olds share when things were so very much better. And, they are not a bunch of inbred idiots. That too.

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 06:37 PM (pDt9x)

125 Some Iranian on X claimed that Iran has been forced to close 50,000 of 75,000 mosques in the country. People seem to be gravitating to Christianity and Zoroastrians, which I have no idea what it is but it's authentic Persian.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly

They are bigly into the Mazda brand

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 06:37 PM (/lPRQ)

126 Man, that sucked. 31-3

Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 06:37 PM (jc0TO)

127 Iran ha 92m people and a lot of resources. If they shook off the mullahs and solve the water problem, a resurgent Western leaning Iran would be a massive change in the Middle East. If they threw off radical Shiites for Zoro or Christianity, wow

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 06:38 PM (zNwXb)

128 Indiana is now showing off

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 06:39 PM (zNwXb)

129 Living under Mullahs is living under tyranny

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 06:39 PM (Ia/+0)

130 About 100 of the 136 D1 programs need to just drop sports. They don't and will never have the money to keep up with schools anointed by the ESPNCCA.
Posted by: Lemmiwinks

Maybe not drop them but have them play in FCS, DII, DIII, NAIA. St. Francis in PA, did just that for basketball. They used to be a DI program but couldn't afford it any longer (NIL). So, they dropped to DIII, which is where the rest of the athletic programs are at St. Francis.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 01, 2026 06:39 PM (7Pnfz)

131 Alabama has 15 yards rushing with their RBs. Not going to be successful without a running game.

Meanwhile, Indiana has 163 yards rushing between their 2 RBs.

Run the ball and stop the run typically = success.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 06:40 PM (P5BPp)

132 Chuck Schumer: “Our ultimate goal is to get a path to citizenship for all 11 million or however many undocumented there are here."
++++

Way to low-ball it Chuck.

It was ~20 million twenty years ago before the Biden Junta threw open the flood gates.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 06:40 PM (/lPRQ)

133 Time for the IU scrubs/freshmen to get some Bowl game experience.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 06:40 PM (vV6n9)

134 I wasn't expecting to win but I also wasn't expecting to get pummeled.

Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 06:40 PM (jc0TO)

135 Zoroastrians, which I have no idea what it is but it's authentic Persian.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly

I think that fag Freddy Mercury The Fag was a Zoro.

Posted by: Engelbert Humperdinck, Not A Homosexual at January 01, 2026 06:40 PM (R/m4+)

136 What's the spiritual center of Lutherans?

The Diet of Worms?

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 06:40 PM (1paM0)

137 Many years ago, in western Minnesota there was a girl's high school bb game. Local paper headline was " Fertile girls come to Climax Friday night". Fertile, MN and Climax, Mn are just a a few miles apart.

true story

Posted by: free tibet at January 01, 2026 06:40 PM (1wtUm)

138 The Diet of Worms?

Eat ze bugs.

Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 06:41 PM (jc0TO)

139 137 Many years ago, in western Minnesota there was a girl's high school bb game. Local paper headline was " Fertile girls come to Climax Friday night". Fertile, MN and Climax, Mn are just a a few miles apart.

true story
Posted by: free tibet at January 01, 2026 06:40 PM (1wtUm)

I wonder if the writer was sacked.

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 06:41 PM (pDt9x)

140 Zoroastrians are monotheists.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 06:41 PM (QAvZU)

141 Just make any hunan a citizen and screw the American Constitution why don't you Chucky?

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 06:42 PM (Ia/+0)

142 ESPN gave them and all the schools in the Big10 and SEC $100million per year and fucked over everyone else. If you have less than $50MM in revenue per year, you shouldn't be allowed to play those schools that have over $100MM
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 01, 2026 06:23 PM (qtBQt)

And when Miami wins the whole thing, the ACC can demand 3 spots from now on, since they win just as much as anyone else...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 01, 2026 06:42 PM (tOcjL)

143 I wonder if the writer was sacked.
Posted by: tubal

Probably, but he could count on free beers for at least a year after that corker of a headline

Posted by: gKWVE at January 01, 2026 06:43 PM (gKWVE)

144 Now I know how ND fans felt in 2013. We are just getting outplay in every aspect of the game.

Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 06:43 PM (jc0TO)

145 I think you could safely go back to an 8-team playoff. An extra round just to have blowouts doesn't serve any purpose.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 01, 2026 06:43 PM (OEaS0)

146 When they start throwing mullahs from rooftops you'll know it's real.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 06:43 PM (UZwsW)

147 Evenin’, All. Happy New Year.

Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 06:43 PM (77rzZ)

148 Low Tide!

Posted by: War Eagle at January 01, 2026 06:45 PM (R/m4+)

149 145 I think you could safely go back to an 8-team playoff. An extra round just to have blowouts doesn't serve any purpose.
Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 01, 2026 06:43 PM (OEaS0)

Take the conference champs only...the big boys and 1-2 small ones and play.

Make the regular season conference play matter.

Posted by: Nova Local at January 01, 2026 06:46 PM (tOcjL)

150 I think Zoroastrianism is one of the very first monotheistic faiths, started in Iran, and suprised that the idiot Islamics haven't genocided them out of existence.

Worship some guy named Ahura-mazda, I think.

Duotheistic at best: equal time and billing for good and evil gods.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 06:46 PM (1paM0)

151 @ArthurMacwaters

Let me get this straight

- In 1913, zero American families paid income tax.

- In 2025, every family paid income tax, and about 2/3rds of it just covered fraud.

We have become a tax-farm for politicians to enrich themselves and anyone who they can import to vote for them

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 06:47 PM (UZwsW)

152 Really low tide!

Posted by: War Damn Eagle at January 01, 2026 06:47 PM (2Ez/1)

153 Low Tide!
Posted by: War Eagle at January 01, 2026 06:45 PM

Heh.

Apropos of nothing, are y'all going to field a football team next season? The transfer portal is killing you.

Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 06:47 PM (jc0TO)

154 I think you could safely go back to an 8-team playoff. An extra round just to have blowouts doesn't serve any purpose.

Posted by: Ted Torgerson at January 01, 2026 06:43 PM

You mean back to 4-team? This is the round of 8 we're seeing right now.

23-0 Oregon over Texas Tech
41-27 Texas over Michigan
31-3 Indiana over Alabama
TBD Ole Miss at Georgia

Last year's round of 8:
39-31 Texas over Arizona St in 2OT
41-21 Ohio State over Oregon
31-14 Penn State over Boise State
23-10 Notre Dame over Georgia

Personally, I'd like to see 16 teams and all the playoff games are on the campus of the higher seeded school. Then the championship is at a neutral location. Similar to NFL.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 06:48 PM (P5BPp)

155 I think those weirdos Seals & Crofts were Zoros.

Or some other weird shit from the Persians.

Posted by: Diamond Girl at January 01, 2026 06:48 PM (R/m4+)

156 Duotheistic at best: equal time and billing for good and evil gods.
Posted by: Nemo
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This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: Baal at January 01, 2026 06:49 PM (XeU6L)

157 151 @ArthurMacwaters

Let me get this straight

- In 1913, zero American families paid income tax.

- In 2025, every family paid income tax, and about 2/3rds of it just covered fraud.

We have become a tax-farm for politicians to enrich themselves and anyone who they can import to vote for them
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 06:47
Probably not as many taxpayers as they think.

Posted by: Eromero at January 01, 2026 06:49 PM (Slgjz)

158 Just saw some flipped cars in Iran, and a building described as a mosque on fire. Not sure where in Iran.

Nice thing we have Trump in office, otherwise they would be sending in the US military to protect Iranian mosques.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 01, 2026 06:50 PM (a4flb)

159 You mean back to 4-team? This is the round of 8 we're seeing right now.

23-0 Oregon over Texas Tech
41-27 Texas over Michigan
31-3 Indiana over Alabama
TBD Ole Miss at Georgia

Correction - Miami beat Ohio State in the round of 8 last night.

TX=Michigan was not CFP.

Posted by: Nova Local at January 01, 2026 06:50 PM (tOcjL)

160 Duotheistic at best: equal time and billing for good and evil gods.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit

I asked a Parsee once about this (it's probably a FAQ for them which they're tired of answering) and they say that's not true. Ahriman leads the forces of chaos expelled by the good truth of Ohrmazd's creation. So, yeah, he's not a rebel-angel as such; but no, he's not really a secondary god, more of a Lovecraftian horror which Ohrmazd helps keep at bay

Posted by: gKWVE at January 01, 2026 06:50 PM (gKWVE)

161 From Statista.com, about 60.4 percent of U.S. households paid income tax in 2025.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 06:50 PM (1paM0)

162 The Jets desperately need a QB. Unfortunately, so do the Raiders and they suck just a little bit more than the Jets.

Mendoza is going to Vegas. Figures.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 06:51 PM (viF8m)

163 Oh FFS.

Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 06:51 PM (jc0TO)

164 @ArthurMacwaters

> US collects $2.4T in income tax, but spends $1.5T on fraud

> if we didn't have to pay for fraud, only $900b would need to be collected

> this means anyone with less 500k in income could pay *literally $0* in income tax

we don't need to raise taxes. we need to cut fraud

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 06:51 PM (UZwsW)

165
Just make any hunan a citizen and screw the American Constitution why don't you Chucky?
Posted by: Skip

Xi would like that.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 06:51 PM (pkeXY)

166 I'm going to have to ask if we are going to field a football team THIS year.

Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 06:51 PM (jc0TO)

167 Oof. 38-3.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 01, 2026 06:51 PM (bQ4nt)

168 Time for me to switch my focus to Ole Miss vs. Georgia. My niece and nephews have ties there and I went to a graduation in Oxford back in May. Great town, fun kids. I want them to win just so they have another excuse to party.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 06:51 PM (vV6n9)

169 - the US collects more income tax than the *entire national budget* of every county except China

- and we lose more in fraud than the entire budget of all but four

So, money is clearly not the issue

Politicians raise taxes not because it’s needed, but because it gives them a bigger slush fund to enrich groups who will vote for them

They fund luxury hotels for illegal immigrants, while working families can barely afford healthcare

It’s treasonous, corrupt, and evil.

This is how empires fall

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 06:52 PM (UZwsW)

170 @nypost . 2h

Zohran Mamdani fans disappointed by disastrous ‘block party’ with no food, bathrooms

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 06:52 PM (UZwsW)

171 I think you could safely go back to an 8-team playoff. An extra round just to have blowouts doesn't serve any purpose.

All sportsball (except WNBA) is oriented towards gambling now.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 01, 2026 06:53 PM (a4flb)

172 Zohran Mamdani fans disappointed by disastrous ‘block party’ with no food, bathrooms
Posted by: Braenyard

What street should they designate?

Posted by: gKWVE at January 01, 2026 06:53 PM (gKWVE)

173 Tide pods

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 06:53 PM (pkeXY)

174 Everything is free, right?

Posted by: Mamdani Voters at January 01, 2026 06:53 PM (2Ez/1)

175 Zohran Mamdani fans disappointed by disastrous ‘block party’ with no food, bathrooms
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 06:52 PM (UZwsW)

What? You have door dash and the street. Enjoy!

Posted by: Zohran Mamdani, In Over His Pointy Head at January 01, 2026 06:53 PM (R/m4+)

176 Who brought the green dildos?

Posted by: Bama fans at January 01, 2026 06:54 PM (2Ez/1)

177 38-3 is well above 7-1 DE/BR territory

Posted by: dude, they rapin errbody over there at January 01, 2026 06:54 PM (gKWVE)

178 Reelecting your incumbent Representative/Senator and expecting that he will clean up the mess that he has been ignoring for the past 20 yrs - is a really dumb strategy.

Time to support the America First challengers in the 2026 Primaries!

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 06:54 PM (UZwsW)

179 Read up on it and decide for yourself:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoroastrianism

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 06:54 PM (1paM0)

180 In fairness to the Jets, the Gnats are just as bad. The state of New York exists to provide practice games to the real teams

Posted by: we're certainly paying for it at January 01, 2026 06:56 PM (gKWVE)

181 This game... and Indiana's regular season resume... I think makes Ohio State look good. They held Indiana to their lowest points of the season (13) and to their lowest margin of victory for the season (3).

Closest games Indiana has played this season have been:

vs Ohio State in B1G Championship (13-10)
at Penn State (27-24)
at Iowa (20-15)
at Oregon (30-20)

Otherwise, Indiana has steamrolled everyone they have played, like they have done tonight.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 06:59 PM (P5BPp)

182 Personally, I'd like to see 16 teams and all the playoff games are on the campus of the higher seeded school. Then the championship is at a neutral location. Similar to NFL.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 06:48 PM (P5BPp)

This is how the D1 FCS division does the playoffs.

Posted by: Beartooth at January 01, 2026 06:59 PM (GGatE)

183 Georgia is gonna have their work cut out for them if they meet Indiana in the finals.

Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 06:59 PM (jc0TO)

184 36
'I sadly expect Shirley to be killed or dead before Valentines day.

Posted by: SimoHayha

He received a message yesterday that told him he would be killed by April.'

This would be a golden opportunity to lay a trap for whichever antifa motherfucker(s) are doing the threatening.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 01, 2026 07:00 PM (fd80v)

185 So I'm a fan of a school that's not in the Big 10 or SEC. Watching Alabama get humiliated is great! So much for the all-mighty SEC!

My team was kept out of the playoff by the pro-SEC bias. And we won our bowl game.

The Texas Tech loss was bad. Someone said that when you look at the last year and this year's games, the team on a bye in the playoffs have struggled royally. Indiana is the exception, but I wonder if there is something to that. Maybe expand to 16 teams and no one gets a bye.

Posted by: SimoHayha at January 01, 2026 07:00 PM (/ZkOF)

186 This is so bad that I'm not even upset. We're just are getting beat.

I get upset when I feel like we fucked up. We're just getting beat like a rented redhaired stepmule.

Posted by: toby928(c) has drink taken at January 01, 2026 07:01 PM (jc0TO)

187 CAFE nood

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 07:02 PM (P5BPp)

188 3rd and 53?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 07:02 PM (QAvZU)

189 117
Zoroastrians, which I have no idea what it is but it's authentic Persian.
Posted by: Blutarski, Gradually then Suddenly

Guy Williams as Zorro.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 06:34 PM (pkeXY)

Didn't he get reincarnated as the dad on Lost in Space?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 07:05 PM (QGaXH)

190 All sportsball (except WNBA) is oriented towards gambling now.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 01, 2026 06:53 PM

Wasn't there betting on whether certain green marital aids would be kinectically deposited on the floor during the recent playoff games?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 07:05 PM (0sNs1)

191 "Zohran Mamdani fans disappointed by disastrous ‘block party’ with no food, bathrooms."

Socialists are chintzy skinflints.

Posted by: 13times at January 01, 2026 07:06 PM (fnZRl)

192 164 @ArthurMacwaters

> US collects $2.4T in income tax, but spends $1.5T on fraud

> if we didn't have to pay for fraud, only $900b would need to be collected

> this means anyone with less 500k in income could pay *literally $0* in income tax

we don't need to raise taxes. we need to cut fraud
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 06:51 PM (UZwsW)

Considering we are also currently $38 trillion in debt, we should be using the difference to pay that off.

How much are the additional tariffs this year going to affect revenue collected?

Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 07:08 PM (2RJDy)

193 123 Western Lensman @WesternLensman

Chuck Schumer: “Our ultimate goal is to get a path to citizenship for all 11 million or however many undocumented there are here."

I'ts right out in the open.

Elon Musk @elonmusk

And that’s exactly what they’ve been doing

X video: https://bit.ly/492W2Az
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 06:37 PM (P5BPp)

We need to stop them in their tracks with a Constitutional Amendment that says ANYONE who at ANY time entered the country illegally, including those amnestied in the past and including those brought in as children, loses the right to vote and is ineligible to hold any elected or appointed government position at any level.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 07:09 PM (QGaXH)

194 OK, here is something interesting.

Mrs. F.'s Israeli Messianic Jews tell her Netanyahu got the greenlight from Trump to provide support (weapons?) to the Iranian revolt.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 07:09 PM (RIvkX)

195 191 "Zohran Mamdani fans disappointed by disastrous ‘block party’ with no food, bathrooms."

Socialists are chintzy skinflints.
Posted by: 13times at January 01, 2026 07:06 PM (fnZRl)

IiRC, his election victory party had a cash bar.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 07:09 PM (2RJDy)

196 79
'Future Leaders Learning Center in Minneapolis has donated over $6 million to Democrats in the last 2 years'

Of course. Giving the money back to the democrats closes the circle of bribery. The 'Rats steal the money from the taxpayers. They give it to their friends. And their friends 'donate' it back.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at January 01, 2026 07:10 PM (fd80v)

197 Texas won and USC lost Looks like Bama is going down If only Oregon had lost, my happiness would be complete

Posted by: LASue at January 01, 2026 07:11 PM (mFhj8)

198 Newsom's Office of Agitprop literally put a crown on his Twitter avatar.

https://x.com/GovPressOffice

Posted by: 13times at January 01, 2026 07:27 PM (fnZRl)

199 I might start watching Always Sunny now.
Remember when we were kids and we thought someday the real truth would come out?
About Lindbergh baby kidnapping, Pearl Harbor, JFK/RFK/MLK assassinations, Gulf of Tonkin, Watergate, did J Edgar Hoover wear dresses?, Clintoncides, 9/11, War on Terror, BHO's birth certificate and Big Mike's gender at birth, and how the hell did that jug eared Commie rise so fast?, autopen, Pence as a Deep Stater, 2020 election fraud, Epstein's convenient execution/suicide. It is endless.
We need a Festivus with an airing of grievances, open up all the files and let the truths out. And deport every f'n Somali and Muslim that is not a certified ally. Vetted by Hesgeth and company.

Posted by: LGBTQ+POC, ANTI RACIST HERO at January 01, 2026 07:37 PM (6eQS7)

200 No Kings but Gavin, first of his name.

Posted by: LGBTQ+POC, ANTI RACIST HERO at January 01, 2026 07:37 PM (6eQS7)

201 "Zohran Mamdani fans disappointed by disastrous ‘block party’ with no food, bathrooms."

Such things are only for the leaders, Comrade.

Posted by: Hal Dall at January 01, 2026 08:23 PM (k23QL)

Beaver Lovers Open Thread

Posted by: Ace at 04:10 PM

Comments

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1 1st!

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at January 01, 2026 04:12 PM (t/66j)

2 Hell o

Posted by: Case at January 01, 2026 04:12 PM (G1OIb)

3 That thread title is what I call "low and slow over the plate."

Posted by: PabloD at January 01, 2026 04:12 PM (tfChy)

4 Beavers - classic! Still waiting for an Oregon State vs South Carolina matchup in the North Hollywood Cialis bowl....

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at January 01, 2026 04:14 PM (t/66j)

5 I got nothing

Posted by: Zeera. I voted for ALL of this at January 01, 2026 04:15 PM (jvxGE)

6 Squirrel wars here. Tree branches thrashing 24 hours a day rain or shine. What gives?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 01, 2026 04:15 PM (Kt19C)

7 I hate beavers. Disgusting things.

Posted by: Barack Obama at January 01, 2026 04:16 PM (sKqQm)

8 Sharon, are you still here? Make sure you are using the right link on your phone and iPad.

https://ace.mu.nu/

Click on this one on your phone or iPad and see if that works. I had the same issue a long time ago and it’s because the link was http and not https.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 04:16 PM (Wmg4n)

9 Do I need to wait until the game is over to offer Hoosier fans condolences, or can I go ahead and do it now?

Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 04:17 PM (2RJDy)

10 Also, Sharon, clear your cache on both the iPad and phone.

I am not a tech person. At all. Not even a pretend one, so others may have better suggestions.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 04:18 PM (Wmg4n)

11 I've been tricked and deprived.
Damn you ace and your stochastic word play.

Posted by: Skunky Choom at January 01, 2026 04:19 PM (qksFz)

12 Drop them out of panes!

Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 01, 2026 04:20 PM (4wNax)

13 Yay, beavers!

http://tiny.cc/oc3x001

Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 04:21 PM (2RJDy)

14 Texas Tech gave me the sads today. 😢

Posted by: lin-duh at January 01, 2026 04:21 PM (VCgbV)

15 Very cute videos. Thanks, Ace

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 04:21 PM (Yl2Ob)

16 BEAVERS!!!

Yes. I was a Beaver gymnast. We were 4th at NCAA Nationals my freshman year. It was a freaking HOOT!

A group of guys from the all boys dorm across the street managed to get the University to loan them a van to road trip from Corvallis to Salt Lake City for nationals. It was wild! We marched in with the other teams and they were there, yelling like maniacs!

BEAVERS!!!!

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 04:22 PM (IhIKR)

17 We need more beaver in '26

Posted by: Dam dam dam at January 01, 2026 04:24 PM (TbWk/)

18 Breaker 1 9 looks like we got us a narco convoy.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 04:24 PM (QAvZU)

19 GO DUCKS!!!

*runs away*

Posted by: PabloD at January 01, 2026 04:27 PM (tfChy)

20 Yes. I was a Beaver gymnast

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In a parallel universe, I feel like this would have been an amazing Johnny Cash song (or maybe June would've sung it).

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at January 01, 2026 04:27 PM (t/66j)

21 Does CA reallyhave $7.00 gas?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 04:27 PM (QAvZU)

22 Where I used to live there were Beavers hanging out at shopping malls.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 04:29 PM (QAvZU)

23 Tell me more about 2-year-old beaver, fat!

Posted by: Joe Biden at January 01, 2026 04:31 PM (TbWk/)

24 Willowed from NY 1746 thread:

190 The DelWebb community my in-laws live in is very nice. 2 square miles of gated property, expanding every time we visit. Country Club, golf course, dog park, roaming deer, what's wrong with that for retirees?
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 04:24 PM (vV6n9)

I refer you to the video of the Karen yelling into the Ring doorbell that 'if your dog keeps barking after 11 PM she's calling the HOA' on you. She then turns and promptly slips on ice and falls on her....brains....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 04:31 PM (QGaXH)

25 5 I got nothing
Posted by: Zeera. I voted for ALL of this at January 01, 2026 04:15 PM (jvxGE)

Doing nothing today but watching 48 hours and randomly commenting on AoS.

Rain has stopped for now.

It's a good day.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 04:34 PM (QGaXH)

26 I would rather have a marmot.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026 04:34 PM (gbOdA)

27 or a hyrax

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026 04:34 PM (gbOdA)

28 26 I would rather have a marmot.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026 04:34 PM (gbOdA)

Oh sure, spread bubonic plague!!

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 04:35 PM (pDt9x)

29 How about a Lorax???

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 04:36 PM (pDt9x)

30 Oh sure, spread bubonic plague!!
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 04:35 PM (pDt9x)

They clean up well I here

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026 04:36 PM (gbOdA)

31 I hate that little squirt.

Posted by: Eddie Haskell at January 01, 2026 04:37 PM (CNl8/)

32 Give me a couple hundred prairiedogs and I will take territory.

Posted by: Eromero at January 01, 2026 04:37 PM (Slgjz)

33 21 Does CA reallyhave $7.00 gas?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 04:27 PM (QAvZU)

Not everywhere. In my area (coastal OC) I can get off-brand as low as 3.65. Chevron and other brand name regular is 4.29 to high 4's depending. Of course I haven't gone outside since yesterday - don't know if anything changed overnight but doubt it - we would have heard.

Some of the remote areas may be considerably higher - I recall seeing it very high in Needles but it's a 10 minute drive to the Arizona side.

Gasbuddy is a good resource for finding gas prices anywhere.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 04:38 PM (QGaXH)

34 There are a million naghty snarks to be made with this post, but resist I shall.

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 04:38 PM (pDt9x)

35

Oh FFS, the head of the UN Security Council is a Somali. Worst yet he owned a home healthcare business in Columbus, OH. A few years ago.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 01, 2026 04:38 PM (Vh9CX)

36 Nice beaver!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 04:39 PM (ZOv7s)

37 I saw "beavers" and, well, I'm a bit disappointed.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 04:39 PM (NwnyJ)

38 Get on the cart.

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 04:39 PM (QAvZU)

39 12 Drop them out of panes!
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 01, 2026 04:20 PM (4wNax)

"As God is my witness....."

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 04:39 PM (QGaXH)

40 I will commit blasphemy here. I don't give a damn about the college football playoffs, at least at the BCS level. Just don't care. Maybe if I had a rooting interest that would help, but all season long, my interest level kept dropping. Now, meh. The next couple of games I'm going to watch is the DIII Championship and the FCS Championship.

Now, off to the 5-sided nut house in Arlington, VA. A midshift beckons. Probably post non sense from there, assuming my overlords haven't played with the firewalls. They do that, for giggles.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 01, 2026 04:40 PM (sAmhv)

41 Flying Beavers??

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 04:40 PM (pDt9x)

42 I would rather have a marmot.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026 04:34 PM (gbOdA)

Didn't Jharles Chonson have a groupie named Marmota?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 04:40 PM (8zz6B)

43 34 There are a million naghty snarks to be made with this post, but resist I shall.
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 04:38 PM (pDt9x)

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Show-off...

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at January 01, 2026 04:40 PM (t/66j)

44 I was surrounded by beavers in high school. 2000 of them.

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 04:42 PM (vFG9F)

45 42 I would rather have a marmot.
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026 04:34 PM (gbOdA)

Didn't Jharles Chonson have a groupie named Marmota?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 04:40 PM (8zz6B)

Of course he did.

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 04:42 PM (pDt9x)

46 PabloD!

I hope you had a lovely New Year! Fireworks were exploding on the beach until5am.

Sounded like there were more than a few demolition sticks of dynamite. Like, made my windows rattle and the detonation was a block away.

Assholes left a mess for us to clean up
This morning.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 04:43 PM (IhIKR)

47 Beavers -- one of nature's most adorable little nuisances.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 04:43 PM (ESVrU)

48 Yes. I was a Beaver gymnast

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Were the women's teams prefaced by "lady" in sports stories?

"Lady Beavers Sweep Series"

"Lady Beaver Hoops Hold on For Win"

"Lady Beavers Fall to Ducks"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 04:43 PM (ZOv7s)

49 Are Beavers edible?

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 04:43 PM (pDt9x)

50 I recommend this:

https://www.hundredsofbeavers.com/

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 04:44 PM (1paM0)

51 49 Are Beavers edible?
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 04:43

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Welcome to the dark side....

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at January 01, 2026 04:45 PM (t/66j)

52 PabloD,
Duck off!!! 😂

Posted by: lin-duh at January 01, 2026 04:45 PM (VCgbV)

53 Are Beavers edible?
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 04:43 PM (pDt9x)
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No. Absolutely not.

Posted by: Mayor Pete at January 01, 2026 04:45 PM (ZOv7s)

54 50 I recommend this:

https://www.hundredsofbeavers.com/
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 04:44 PM (1paM0)

That’s, disturbing.

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 04:45 PM (pDt9x)

55 Headline after Oregon State beats USC

BEAVERS OUTLAST TROJANS

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 04:46 PM (zNwXb)

56 Beavers - classic! Still waiting for an Oregon State vs South Carolina matchup in the North Hollywood Cialis bowl....
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at January 01, 2026 04:14 PM (t/66j)

The tv ratings would be out of sight!

Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 04:47 PM (2WIwB)

57 My HS mascot was a beaver. The drill team was called the Beaverettes. I am not making that up.

I was in the band and the Beaverettes went to band camp with us. People who say the 70s sucked never went to band camp with the Beaverettes.

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 04:47 PM (vFG9F)

58 "Are Beavers edible?
Posted by: tubal"

The tail is a delicacy. Make of that what you will.

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 04:48 PM (vFG9F)

59 54 50 I recommend this:

https://www.hundredsofbeavers.com/
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 04:44 PM (1paM0)

That’s, disturbing.

It’s very funny in a looney tunes sort of way. Lot’s of slapstick, and a clearly discernible plot and storyline.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 04:48 PM (1paM0)

60 Yes. I was a Beaver gymnast. We were 4th at NCAA Nationals my freshman year. It was a freaking HOOT!

Steady guys. I've seen that Beaver shoot.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 04:48 PM (2WIwB)

61 Our HS fight song was "Onward Beavers", to the tune of "On Wisconsin".

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 04:49 PM (vFG9F)

62 Steady guys. I've seen that Beaver shoot.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 04:48 PM (2WIwB)
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That Beaver is a total ball hog.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 04:49 PM (ZOv7s)

63 I was in the band and the Beaverettes went to band camp with us. People who say the 70s sucked never went to band camp with the Beaverettes.
Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 04:47 PM (vFG9F)
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I think I've heard the rest of the story about that one time at band camp...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 04:50 PM (ESVrU)

64 The Paolo, he is, how you say, the beaver gymnast as well!

Posted by: The Paolo at January 01, 2026 04:50 PM (TbWk/)

65 Headline after Oregon State beats USC

BEAVERS OUTLAST TROJANS
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 04:46 PM (zNwXb)

TROJANS BURST UNDER PRESSURE...BEAVERS WORRIED

Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 04:50 PM (2WIwB)

66 Squirrel wars here. Tree branches thrashing 24 hours a day rain or shine. What gives?

January is 'frisky time' for our beloved tree rats.

Posted by: Heirloominati at January 01, 2026 04:50 PM (euPbd)

67 Squirrel wars here. Tree branches thrashing 24 hours a day rain or shine. What gives?

January is 'frisky time' for our beloved tree rats.
Posted by: Heirloominati at January 01, 2026 04:50 PM (euPbd)
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It's been nice and mild here today (50F), so I've seen them frolicking in the trees in my backyard quite a bit.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 04:51 PM (ESVrU)

68 So it's a Buc-ees thread?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 01, 2026 04:53 PM (xcxpd)

69 BEAVERS!!!!
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 04:22 PM (IhIKR)

You can't lick our beavers....

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 01, 2026 04:53 PM (6Bc88)

70 Huge stop by Indiana.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 04:53 PM (vV6n9)

71 TROJANS BURST UNDER PRESSURE...BEAVERS WORRIED
Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 04:50 PM (2WIwB)
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Oh, my high school is the Trojans, we had a lot of fun with it.

TROJANS WRECK BEAVERS IN LATE SURGE

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 04:54 PM (ZOv7s)

72 21 Does CA reallyhave $7.00 gas?
Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 04:27 PM (QAvZU)

Just looked at Needles on Gasbuddy - Calif side - 5.60/gal, Arizona side: 2.87 or so.

Blythe: Ca side: 4 or 5/gallon, Az side: 2.60/gal.

I don't see how the gas stations on the California side survive - in both cases the Arizona stations are a ten minute drive away - if that.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 04:54 PM (QGaXH)

73 To beave, or not to beave. That is the question.

Posted by: Shakesbranche at January 01, 2026 04:54 PM (nhCoE)

74 I thought this post was talking about another type of beaver...

what a downer !!!!!!!

Posted by: Bill Clinton at January 01, 2026 04:55 PM (J9q9v)

75 Games are more interesting if you have skin in the game.
Betting on the outcome works.

Posted by: waepnedmann at January 01, 2026 04:56 PM (tD+KP)

76 One of the cheers we used at football games was PENETRATE, TROJANS, PENETRATE!

The 80s was a special time. Many of our cheers would get you kicked out of school today.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 04:56 PM (ZOv7s)

77 Outstanding TD pass and catch by IU.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 04:57 PM (vV6n9)

78 Assholes left a mess for us to clean up
This morning.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 04:43 PM (IhIKR)

Same deal here, the back yard looks like a war zone, but it turns out the assholes were us.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 01, 2026 04:59 PM (6Bc88)

79 The main thing I've learned is not to release your beaver too early.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 05:00 PM (3uBP9)

80 Both kinds of beavers can cause vast destruction in an amazingly short time.

Posted by: He-Man Woman Haters Club at January 01, 2026 05:03 PM (oftw2)

81 We had "issues" with beavers at our place in WV. They were taking down some trees near powerlines that feed a cabin, and then, the rest of the folks on the hillside. We called various authorities as they are "protected" there.

No joy.

So a buddy of mine, with a .22 plugged one from our deck at about 100 yds. He took the tail for a trophy.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 05:03 PM (NwnyJ)

82 Beavers built a dam on Plum Run below Little Round Top on the Gettysburg battlefield

Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 01, 2026 05:03 PM (h/O4U)

83 Definitely nice TD catch by the Indiana receiver

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 05:05 PM (zNwXb)

84 BEAVERS BEAVERS BEAVERS!

My frosh year AC Green was a senior.
He was kind and respectful and smart.
Won rings with the Lakers
My sophomore year, Gary Payton was a freshman.
He was a self inflated prick.
Heh.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 05:05 PM (IhIKR)

85 68 So it's a Buc-ees thread?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards
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Only if you like Beaver nuggets.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 05:06 PM (WDjG6)

86 Willowed
304 I used to live in Yachats OR,.
The Ducks and the Beavers are known for their yearly Civil War.
The city a few miles north of Yachats, Waldport,
puts out a weekly newspaper.
Someone complained that beavers were coming up from the river and destroying the trees in their orchard and asked about the process for getting a depredation permit to shoot them.
Some suggested that all they had to do was erect a goal post and the beavers would never get through it.

We had flooding one winter. There was a coffee shop located on the Alsea Bay in Waldport that was owned by a lesbian couple. The newspaper reported on the business that were affected by the flooding and noted that the coffee shop sustained no damage, because it was surrounded by dykes.

Posted by: waepnedmann at January 01, 2026 05:06 PM (tD+KP)

87 (Trojans vs Beavers jokes)

It's unfortunate that the USC Gamecocks don't play the OSU Beavers in college football.

DDG says their women's basketball teams have played 3 times, though, with the record being Cocks 2, Beavers 1.

[your lesbian joke goes here]

Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 05:06 PM (nhCoE)

88 I went to the dam,
To get some dam water.
The dam keeper said,
I could'nt have any dam water.
So i told the dam keeper,
To keep his dam water.

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at January 01, 2026 05:07 PM (WQDw6)

89 So it's a Buc-ees thread?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

Only if you like Beaver nuggets.
Posted by: whig

If the beaver's got nuggets, it ain't a beaver.

Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 05:07 PM (nhCoE)

90 49 Are Beavers edible?
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 04:43 PM (pDt9x)

Yes. In fact, there were areas where the Catholic Church allowed for them to be eaten on Fridays during Lent instead of fish.

https://tinyurl.com/22w5t2az

Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 05:08 PM (2RJDy)

91 Beavers built a dam on Plum Run below Little Round Top on the Gettysburg battlefield
Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 01, 2026 05:03 PM (h/O4U)

General.Lee was heard to mutter "When will the beavers come?"

Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 05:08 PM (2WIwB)

92 Perfessor, the FRISKY is not weather dependent!
IYKWIM

Posted by: Heirloominati at January 01, 2026 05:08 PM (euPbd)

93 If the beaver's got nuggets, it ain't a beaver.
Posted by: mikeski
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Maybe it identifies as a beaver.

Then the murders started. . . . .

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 05:08 PM (WDjG6)

94 BTW.... beavers, the animal, really stink to high heaven.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 05:09 PM (NwnyJ)

95 Is anybody else expecting video of blue footed boobies in the next thread?

Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 05:09 PM (2RJDy)

96 What’s the filthiest thing said in TV?
Ward - you were a little hard on the Beaver last night.

It’s like I don’t know you people anymore.

Happy New Year.

Posted by: CtSpursman at January 01, 2026 05:10 PM (1jbkT)

97 Crimson Tide overwhelms Beavers

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 05:10 PM (zNwXb)

98 Is anybody else expecting video of blue footed boobies in the next thread?
Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 05:09 PM (2RJDy)

I'm hoping for.Robin and her red breasts.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 05:11 PM (2WIwB)

99 Thanks, I just had it stuffed.

Posted by: Priscilla Presley at January 01, 2026 05:11 PM (6ydKt)

100 Robin Sparkles and Jessica Glitters perform "Two Beavers are Better than One". From How I Met Your Mother sitcom.

https://tinyurl.com/Robin-Sparkles

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 05:12 PM (WDjG6)

101 [your lesbian joke goes here]
Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 05:06 PM (nhCoE)

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Horde mind strikes (@4)

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at January 01, 2026 05:12 PM (t/66j)

102 Ducks fans are assholes.

The whole program reeks of cheating and slime.

They do have an amazing Track and Field program. Many many many Olympians have been through.

I went to a training camp in Eugene, not affiliated with the University. Four Olympians for the 1984 Games were there. It was an incredible experience to train with them.

Eugene has something in the water.

Fuck the ducks.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 05:13 PM (IhIKR)

103 How's the Rose Bowl going?

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 01, 2026 05:14 PM (2J/Lj)

104 You were a little hard on the beaver last night, Ward.

Posted by: June Cleaver at January 01, 2026 05:14 PM (WQDw6)

105 I would rather have a marmot.
Posted by: r hennigantx

Jeanne Robertson would like a word with you ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyxM_5pvBj0

Posted by: Adriane the Artistic License Critic ... at January 01, 2026 05:15 PM (3ZUWJ)

106 Is anybody else expecting video of blue footed boobies in the next thread?
Posted by: tankdemon

Or maybe a picture of a pair of great tits?

https://is.gd/g6FZjY

Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 05:15 PM (nhCoE)

107 How's the Rose Bowl going?
Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 01, 2026 05:14 PM

10-0 Hoosiers. Indiana is very well coached up. Good technique across the board.

Posted by: toby928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumnus, Twice as Smug as You at January 01, 2026 05:15 PM (jc0TO)

108 Indiana up 10-0 in the second.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 05:15 PM (vV6n9)

109 Robin Sparkles and Jessica Glitter (with help from Alan Thicke). "Beaver Handpuppets". From How I Met Your Mother sitcom.

https://tinyurl.com/Robin-and-Jessica

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 05:18 PM (WDjG6)

110 Huge turnover.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 05:19 PM (vV6n9)

111 our beloved tree rats.

Been going on all last year too.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 01, 2026 05:20 PM (Kt19C)

112 84 BEAVERS BEAVERS BEAVERS!

My frosh year AC Green was a senior.
He was kind and respectful and smart.
Won rings with the Lakers
My sophomore year, Gary Payton was a freshman.
He was a self inflated prick.
Heh.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 05:05 PM (IhIKR)

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I was a freshman at OSU in 1987

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 01, 2026 05:20 PM (qtBQt)

113 IU hasn't been this strong in football for decades. The boy spawn said Cignetti is basically Jimmy McGinty.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 01, 2026 05:21 PM (2J/Lj)

114 Collin Rugg @CollinRugg

NEW: ESPN’s Scott Van Pelt visibly disgusted after two men making out popped up on his screen during New Year’s coverage.

“Yeah… Live makeouts on Sports Center. Get into it,” he said in response to the normal couples.

“Ohhhhhhhh! What are we….” he said in response to the gay couple before catching himself.

Lmao.

X video: https://bit.ly/4snpecU

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 05:22 PM (P5BPp)

115 Huge turnover.
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 05:19 PM

Grubb needs to take some shots downfield. Ty hasn't attempted anything over 20 yards. At least try some 15 yard digs.

Posted by: toby928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumnus, Twice as Smug as You at January 01, 2026 05:22 PM (jc0TO)

116 94 BTW.... beavers, the animal, really stink to high heaven.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 05:09 PM (NwnyJ)

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So can the other ones, that is why good hygiene is so important

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 01, 2026 05:23 PM (qtBQt)

117 Bama needs a stop here to keep it to two scores.

Posted by: toby928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumnus, Twice as Smug as You at January 01, 2026 05:23 PM (jc0TO)

118
Back in the mid-70s at Michigan Tech, our Division (not One) football team played in a conference of secondary schools that were branch campuses for the Division One schools in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Think, University of Minnesota, Duluth, for example.

One of these schools was Bemidji State University; its team was the Beavers. Thus, for Homecoming at Tech one year where Bemidji State was the opponent, a button was sold for the game with the slogan, "Go Huskies -- Lick the Beavers" and it prominently displayed a Husky atop (mounting?) a prone Beaver on its back.

There was a lot of sniggering over that one, as you could imagine.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 05:25 PM (xG4kz)

119 Beaver?? Burrrarrrummm!!

Posted by: Treebeard at January 01, 2026 05:25 PM (Q+gd/)

120 Daycares in Minnesota donated a combined $35 million to political campaigns in the last two years.

https://x.com/beaverd/status/2006806805486408080

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 05:25 PM (0U5gm)

121 Saw USC / UCLA in rose bowl 1967.
O. J. was QB.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 01, 2026 05:27 PM (Kt19C)

122 Wish I could watch that game but.... If I watch IU play football,, they lose. Dad worked for IU for decades in athletic dept. He got free tickets to home football games. I would go, IU would lose. They were down by so much at the half one time that even the die hard fans were leaving. I bailed. Heard later that they made a stunning comeback in the third quarter and won by a field goal.
Same thing happens when I watch on TV.

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 01, 2026 05:27 PM (2J/Lj)

123
Saw USC / UCLA in rose bowl 1967.
O. J. was QB.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats

He was a running back, and never a quarterback

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 05:29 PM (xG4kz)

124 Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson

A Somali indicted in Minnesota’s $14M Feeding Our Future scam is still getting federal funds through assisted living homes his wife runs on his properties.

It just keeps going.

X video: https://bit.ly/4qB8IVb

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 05:29 PM (P5BPp)

125 > Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson

A Somali indicted in Minnesota’s $14M Feeding Our Future scam is still getting federal funds through assisted living homes his wife runs on his properties.

It just keeps going.
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The insurrection needs to be addressed. But Trump can't do it without being impeached.

Let that sink in.

Y'all ready for what's next?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 05:31 PM (NwnyJ)

126 DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican

It is starting to really look like our new President of the United Nations Security Council, Abukar Dahir Osman, used to run an operation that was convicted of criminal Medicare fraud in a home health agency.

That's who is in charge of authorizing UN military operations and international peacekeeping troops. This is ridiculous.

DataRepublican (small r) @DataRepublican

The exclusion code associated with this NPI is 1128a1 ... which is that this entity has been convicted of Medicaid/Medicare crimes!

@BurtMaclin_FBI arrest this guy!

X: https://bit.ly/4snpuZq

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 05:32 PM (P5BPp)

127 I am really curious if Alabama will have a good Oline next year. The last two have been tough as DeBoer and now Grubb call plays for differently constructed line than is typical at Alabama. They want a smaller, quicker, line than the roadgraders that Alabama has in stock.

Posted by: toby928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumnus, Twice as Smug as You at January 01, 2026 05:32 PM (jc0TO)

128 Hello, Horde! 😊💕

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas - AoSHQ's "Plucky Wee One"; Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn at January 01, 2026 05:32 PM (SRRAx)

129 Joe Avezzano was the head football coach at Oregon State my freshman year.

They won……. Rarely. Less than twice a season.
Went to every game. Yelled at the players we wouldnt write their term papers any more of they didn’t perform.

My goodness we had fun at those games.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 05:33 PM (IhIKR)

130 TD Hoosiers. This is looking rough for the Tide.

I need to start my serious drinking.

Posted by: toby928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumnus, Twice as Smug as You at January 01, 2026 05:33 PM (jc0TO)

131 120 Daycares in Minnesota donated a combined $35 million to political campaigns in the last two years.

https://x.com/beaverd/status/2006806805486408080

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 05:25 PM (0U5gm)

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Does that only count major candidates or does it include contributions to DAs and judges?

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 01, 2026 05:34 PM (qtBQt)

132 Mendoza is good and Indiana has a good offensive scheme

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 05:34 PM (zNwXb)

133 Always Sunny nood

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 05:35 PM (P5BPp)

134 And Ralph Miller was the basketball coach.

Smoked on the court during practice. We used to watch practice sometimes. He demanded discipline and hustle.

Was the winningest D 1 coach for a while.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 05:35 PM (IhIKR)

135 Daycares in Minnesota donated a combined $35 million to political campaigns in the last two years.

https://x.com/beaverd/status/2006806805486408080
Posted by: Thomas Paine

Threadwinner!

Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 05:35 PM (nhCoE)

136 >>I went to a training camp in Eugene, not affiliated with the University. Four Olympians for the 1984 Games were there. It was an incredible experience to train with them.

Was one of them Alberto Salazar?

Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 05:35 PM (viF8m)

137 17-0 Indiana at the turn.

Posted by: toby928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumnus, Twice as Smug as You at January 01, 2026 05:35 PM (jc0TO)

138 120 Daycares in Minnesota donated a combined $35 million to political campaigns in the last two years.

This is where things start to get really interesting.

Posted by: davidt at January 01, 2026 05:36 PM (Q+gd/)

139 > 120 Daycares in Minnesota donated a combined $35 million to political campaigns in the last two years.
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Actually not that good of a ROI. Considering there's trillions at stake.

Where'd the rest go?

I have an idea.... do you feel violated yet?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 05:37 PM (NwnyJ)

140 >>120 Daycares in Minnesota donated a combined $35 million to political campaigns in the last two years.

This is the other shoe.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 05:38 PM (viF8m)

141 >120 Daycares in Minnesota donated a combined $35 million to political campaigns in the last two years.

This is why Walz was the VP pick. The Biden Precedent. You can't investigate a VP Candidate, who knows what or who you might uncover.

Posted by: davidt at January 01, 2026 05:41 PM (Q+gd/)

142 138 120 Daycares in Minnesota donated a combined $35 million to political campaigns in the last two years.

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The left has brought out their minions to stand in the back of a few press conferences holding up signs one read something like "don't defund the children". Ummmm there weren't any children in those places, so this was never about children.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 01, 2026 05:43 PM (qtBQt)

143 140 >>120 Daycares in Minnesota donated a combined $35 million to political campaigns in the last two years.

This is the other shoe.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 05:38 PM (viF8m)

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This is what it was about the entire time. As much as everyone wants to point the finger at Waltz and Omar (and they are guilty as hell), Obama is the architect of this scheme. I bet you not one democrat is innocent of this scam.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 01, 2026 05:48 PM (qtBQt)

144 Legitimate, non-fraudulent daycares in Minnesota rarely have significant surpluses. The industry faces a crisis: Over 1,000 providers closed since 2020, per state data, due to low profitability (margins

The $35 million donation claim, if true, wouldn't come from operational profits — it's alleged to stem from fraudulent overbilling or ghost enrollments. For instance:

Centers reportedly claimed subsidies for hundreds of non-existent children, pocketing millions (e.g., one center allegedly received $10 million since 2019 despite appearing inactive).

This "surplus" could then be funneled to donations, potentially to influence policy or launder money.

Grok: https://bit.ly/4pj6xV2

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 05:48 PM (P5BPp)

145 This is what it was about the entire time. As much as everyone wants to point the finger at Waltz and Omar (and they are guilty as hell), Obama is the architect of this scheme. I bet you not one democrat is innocent of this scam.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at January 01, 2026 05:48 PM

And I bet a lot of Republicans (e.g. Tom Emmer) are guilty in this scam as well.

Not to mention wrapped up in the H-1B scams and every other fraud scam out there.

The UniParty has been scamming us for decades.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 05:50 PM (P5BPp)

146 What would their funding be without laundered government money?

Posted by: Boss Moss at January 01, 2026 06:29 PM (QAvZU)

147 This is why Walz was the VP pick. The Biden Precedent. You can't investigate a VP Candidate, who knows what or who you might uncover.

At first glance that looks about right. But the Otto Pen (aka Obama's 3rd term) maladministration wasn't investigating, and if they killed Trump leaving whatever warm body represented the Demonic Party's scarecrow figurehead in the Oval office sure wasn't going to investigate either.

So Waltz was safe regardless of placement on the ticket.

And after the July assassination attempt failed and the Trump Iwo Jima Photo went viral, no one with a political future was willing to step in. Walz, following the Demonic Party playbook was the only person more retarded than Harris that remained to be veep.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 01, 2026 06:37 PM (a4flb)

148 Obama is the architect of this scheme. I bet you not one democrat is innocent of this scam.

Obama, the post turtle, served two purposes. He is far too lazy and stupid to be an architect of anything.

• He is venal and narcissistic yet excellent teleprompter reader (compared to most other politicians)
• He is black enough and therefore untouchable.

The Enemedia took a complete and total loser in Kamala and turned her into a super star within a few weeks.
Imagine having years to instill a mass formation psychosis in the empty heads of most Americans who have been guilted for generations into despising their own heritage and finding redemption in groveling to a black SCOAMF.

It will be interesting in seeing what scarecrow they run in 2028 since the Enemedia has lost so much influence and their Jedi mindtricks don't fool any red pilled.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 01, 2026 06:45 PM (a4flb)

New York Circa 1746 Open Thread

This better not be AI.

One of my favorite parts of movies is -- or was -- the use of models and later CGI to recreate historical cities.

Now people are cranking these out at home.

Posted by: Ace at 02:50 PM

Comments

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1 >>>This better not be AI.

lol
Caption on video:
New York 1746 (AI Reconstruction)

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 01, 2026 02:52 PM (syz1S)

2 Where's all the horse shit on the pavement and human shit in the river?

Posted by: Shitposter at January 01, 2026 02:54 PM (oftw2)

3 Unrelated but fun! We were on the news last night!

https://tinyurl.com/mrxtmr7x

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 02:55 PM (Wmg4n)

4 Ps - Ace, the video I linked is not AI. 😂 It’s us. I am in there. But like where’s Waldo, I am not telling who! Lol.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 02:57 PM (Wmg4n)

5 whare's e'erbody?

Posted by: DanMan at January 01, 2026 02:57 PM (8uzBS)

6 3 Unrelated but fun! We were on the news last night!

https://tinyurl.com/mrxtmr7x
Posted by: Piper

That's pretty cool. A denizen of this site in the News-for something good!

Posted by: Felonious Jenkins at January 01, 2026 02:58 PM (oftw2)

7
Where are the bawdy houses and the pails of night soil getting dumped out the windows?

See what you've got coming your way, Mamdami Mamas?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 02:58 PM (xG4kz)

8 Videos from 1746 tend to be stuttery.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 02:59 PM (jc0TO)

9 Narration sounds like AI, too. Pacing and emphasis on syllables is subtly wrong.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 03:00 PM (8zz6B)

10 As they say, money can’t buy happiness

but it can darn sure rent it.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 03:01 PM (jc0TO)

11 Went to Powerline. I notice that Scott Johnson is Butthurt that Nick Shirley was covering HIS (Scott's) story, and stealing his thunder.

Now, why won't people complain about this kind of squabble on the right?

Posted by: Eeyore at January 01, 2026 03:02 PM (s0JqF)

12 Got thrown out of the last gym I was in. I kept asking if I was being detained.

Posted by: Sovran Sitticen at January 01, 2026 03:02 PM (oftw2)

13 Test

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 03:04 PM (t/2Uw)

14 "altered or synthetic content", LOL!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 01, 2026 03:04 PM (Cjt/F)

15 Can someone tell me who Brian Krassenstein is and if I should give it flying fuck?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 01, 2026 03:04 PM (8CIFn)

16 Ps - Ace, the video I linked is not AI. 😂 It’s us. I am in there. But like where’s Waldo, I am not telling who! Lol.
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 02:57 PM (Wmg4n)

You're the one who waved to the camera, aren't you.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 03:04 PM (lH8E4)

17 Apparently, some police stations in Iran have been overrun. The feed I'm watching just shut down for a break. Maybe there's another one.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 03:05 PM (vV6n9)

18 that's so cool, Piper!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 01, 2026 03:06 PM (Cjt/F)

19 Narration sounds like AI, too. Pacing and emphasis on syllables is subtly wrong.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 03:00 PM (8zz6B)

I hate AI narration. Even if they didn't mispronounce things, or have odd cadence, it's just lazy.

How long would it have taken you to read the damn thing.

Plonk.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 03:06 PM (q/UWX)

20 Ps - Ace, the video I linked is not AI. 😂 It’s us. I am in there. But like where’s Waldo, I am not telling who! Lol.
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 02:57 PM (Wmg4n)

so cool!! Happy new year!

Posted by: LASue at January 01, 2026 03:07 PM (/DBoU)

21
You're the one who waved to the camera, aren't you.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 03:04 PM (lH8E4)

Hahahah! I am the one in the work out video pretending like it’s super fun and I am not dying.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 03:07 PM (p4NUW)

22 How long would it have taken you to read the damn thing.

Longer than it took the AI to write it, I bet.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 01, 2026 03:08 PM (PH3st)

23 Hahahah! I am the one in the work out video pretending like it’s super fun and I am not dying.
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 03:07 PM (p4NUW)

Well, all the women look lovely, so whichever one you are...

Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 03:08 PM (q/UWX)

24 You're the one who waved to the camera, aren't you.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 03:04 PM (lH8E4)

Hahahah! I am the one in the work out video pretending like it’s super fun and I am not dying.

I like watching as some figures appear and disappear, or walk through walls.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 03:09 PM (Riz8t)

25 Tech is gonna be skunked.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 03:10 PM (jc0TO)

26 I guessed the work out video! I'm glad everyone is faking how fun it is

Posted by: LASue at January 01, 2026 03:11 PM (/DBoU)

27
so cool!! Happy new year!
Posted by: LASue at January 01, 2026 03:07 PM (/DBoU)

18 that's so cool, Piper!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 01, 2026 03:06 PM (Cjt/F)

Thank you! And Happy New Year as well!

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 03:11 PM (OoFl2)

28 Yep, this game had promise, but fizzled out at the half. Hopefully we get better performances in the upcoming games.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 03:11 PM (vV6n9)

29 Went to Powerline. I notice that Scott Johnson is Butthurt that Nick Shirley was covering HIS (Scott's) story, and stealing his thunder.

Because Nick was chosen to be the one for X to amplify the views so that the population would be enraged at the fraud.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 01, 2026 03:11 PM (a4flb)

30 15 Can someone tell me who Brian Krassenstein is and if I should give it flying fuck?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 01, 2026 03:04 PM (8CIFn)

Brian Krassenstein and his brother are two of the biggest engagement farming / hateposting trolls on X.

No you should not give a fuck about anything they say.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 03:12 PM (m7iZ5)

31 New York Circa 2026. Anti American, communist Muslim sworn in on the devils book. Chief lawyer defended Al qaeda terrorists who killed thousands of Americans and demolished the WTC.

New York delenda est. Way to go AWFl’s. You finally did it.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 01, 2026 03:13 PM (IeX0j)

32 >>> Can someone tell me who Brian Krassenstein is and if I should give it flying fuck?
Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at January 01, 2026 03:04 PM (8CIFn)

One of two twin microtwink lefty scum popular on social media. They are ignorable nobodies.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 03:14 PM (3uBP9)

33 Hi
I am now home from my holiday excursion from where I could not comment on the blog. My Ipad died and my phone kept giving me the red letters of death. Thought it might be because i was somewhere I had never been before. Now home, this is working on my lap topbut still can't get my phone to accept my name and email so I can comment. Going to try and replace my Ipad asap but anyone know why This is happening with the phone.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 03:17 PM (t/2Uw)

34 New York Circa 2026. Anti American, communist Muslim sworn in on the devils book. Chief lawyer defended Al qaeda terrorists who killed thousands of Americans and demolished the WTC.

New York delenda est. Way to go AWFl’s. You finally did it.
Posted by: Vengeance

I can't visit any less than I am now so. . . .

Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2026 03:17 PM (cYBz/)

35 I am proud to announce I have invited the Ayatollah and all Iranian Government Officials to come to NYC and to teach me and the people of NYC to love Islam and hate Western Pig Dogs like Trump

Posted by: Mayor Zohan Mandami at January 01, 2026 03:18 PM (J9q9v)

36 4 I am not telling who! Lol.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 02:57 PM

Is that you way in the back? ;-)

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at January 01, 2026 03:19 PM (LgsNJ)

37 Nice video, Piper! Everyone looks like they are getting stronger and maintaining good range of motion.

Posted by: Emmie at January 01, 2026 03:19 PM (FMtrg)

38 >>> Going to try and replace my Ipad asap but anyone know why This is happening with the phone.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 03:17 PM (t/2Uw)

It is normally because there is a weird character in the Comments, Name, or Email box. Try clearing them out, select all, delete/cut, then filling in again.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 03:20 PM (3uBP9)

39 Happy New year!!!

Did you see Mamdani got sworn in on a koran? How can you swear to uphold the Constitution and adhere to Islam. The two are diametrically opposed.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 03:20 PM (t/2Uw)

40 Piper, how's the new hair?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 03:21 PM (0sNs1)

41 Oregon scores in garbage time to win 23-0 over TTech.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 03:21 PM (jc0TO)

42 MTV Channels Signs Off The Air in 2025 With The Song They Debuted With When They First Began in 1981

MTV debuted in 1981 with the now-classic Buggles song "Video Killed the Radio Star"

The landmark synth-pop song released by the British group The Buggles in 1979 is most famous for its role in television history and its prophetic lyrics regarding technological change.

The song was written by Trevor Horn, Geoff Downes, and Bruce Woolley. Upon its original release, it topped charts in 16 countries, including the UK, Australia, and Japan.

On December 31, 2025, MTV Music officially ended its 44-year broadcast run by playing this same iconic video as its final transmission.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 03:22 PM (c115l)

43 Where's all the horse shit on the pavement and human shit in the river?
Posted by: Shitposter at January 01, 2026 02:54 PM

We do the opposite.

Posted by: San Francisco at January 01, 2026 03:22 PM (0sNs1)

44 20 Ps - Ace, the video I linked is not AI. 😂 It’s us. I am in there. But like where’s Waldo, I am not telling who! Lol.
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 02:57 PM (Wmg4n)

so cool!! Happy new year!
Posted by: LASue at January 01, 2026 03:07 PM (/DBoU)

You're the person actually being interviewed?

I stayed at the Marriott in Fairhope one night back in the mid 90's - business travel but wanted to come back - it was really nice.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 03:22 PM (QGaXH)

45 I thought barre was outlawed under Geneva Convention.

Posted by: Hideki Tojo at January 01, 2026 03:23 PM (oftw2)

46 Bernie Sanders and AOC at the inauguration of Mandami is not a good sign..........

Free Stuff for everyone and Big Businesses need to pay their "FAIR SHARE" !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Red States here comes new Business...

Posted by: Jackson at January 01, 2026 03:23 PM (/dgQg)

47
I hate AI narration. Even if they didn't mispronounce things, or have odd cadence, it's just lazy.

How long would it have taken you to read the damn thing.

Plonk.
Posted by: BurtTC

==============

YouTube is infested with AI slop now. I block the channels when they're recommended to me. I won't watch any histories, disaster stories, or any of that stuff unless there are human talkers on the screen, like The Rest Is History or Kyle Hates Hiking.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 01, 2026 03:24 PM (2YF7/)

48 Did you see Mamdani got sworn in on a koran? How can you swear to uphold the Constitution and adhere to Islam. The two are diametrically opposed.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 03:20 PM (t/2Uw)

My thought as well.

Posted by: Emmie at January 01, 2026 03:24 PM (FMtrg)

49 If you visit 1 World Trade Center and take the elevator to the top, the walls of the elevator show the development of NYC as the elevator rises. It is pretty darn cool.

https://tinyurl.com/ym7b6zzz

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at January 01, 2026 03:24 PM (LgsNJ)

50 YouTube is infested with AI slop now. I block the channels when they're recommended to me. I won't watch any histories, disaster stories, or any of that stuff unless there are human talkers on the screen

You mean you don't think that kitten saving a baby by fighting off 100 polar bears is real?

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 03:25 PM (Riz8t)

51 Probably the last time NY was worth a shit.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 03:25 PM (snZF9)

52 40 Piper, how's the new hair?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026

Still there! And I am still glad I did it. I maybe cut just a little too much off, but my hair grows really fast, so it will be fine in no time. It can still go in a pony tail and bun, so that is all that matters.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 03:26 PM (Wmg4n)

53 Even in 1746, there was no good Picante Sauce made in NYC.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 03:26 PM (0sNs1)

54
Ken Burns (yes, that Ken Burns) prepared a multi-episodic documentary about New York. The first episode covers its history up to the opening of the Erie Canal in the mid-1820s. It is what I will go back to view to take a nostalgic look at those times. I can pretty much do without the rest of the series. Here is the link to Episode 1

https://youtu.be/V1omW-OPlRk

I remain astonished that the warp and weft of our history, our doughty Somalis, were not mentioned even once despite their innumerable contributions to what this society has accomplished in 250 years.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 03:27 PM (xG4kz)

55 You're the person actually being interviewed?

I stayed at the Marriott in Fairhope one night back in the mid 90's - business travel but wanted to come back - it was really nice

No, that is one of my instructors. She is like human sunshine so I figured she would be the best face for this kind of thing.

Fairhope is a great little place that needs to stop growing.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 03:28 PM (Wmg4n)

56 So Piper runs a Learing Center too. Apply for grant.

Posted by: Allah Whackbar Child Early Learing Center at January 01, 2026 03:28 PM (oftw2)

57 I don't understand the workout places that have a big front window and you can see the gals inside, normally one of those pole or silks class. No not strippers. I wouldn't want anyone watching me off the streets.

I'm thinking about starting TRX again. That was a good workout. Imagine you are a slave in ancient Rome trying to earn your freedom. Straps, whips, kneeling, getting yelled at a lot. Accept your commander is a little gal with dancer legs screaming at you to hold position five more seconds and you are 4 seconds from collapsing.

Great stuff. Also might try a spin class if I can get up early enough. Spin, TRX, and some class with butt & gut in its name. My goal for this year.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 03:28 PM (3uBP9)

58 Speaking of being sworn in...

U.S. Presidents:
John Quincy Adams: A law book, emphasizing separation of church and state.
Theodore Roosevelt: No book at all.
Lyndon B. Johnson: A Catholic missal used by JFK, taken on Air Force One.
U.S. Congress (House & Senate):
Keith Ellison: The Quran, in 2007, beginning a trend.
Debbie Wasserman Schultz: A Hebrew Bible (Tanakh).
Ilhan Omar & Rashida Tlaib: The Quran.
Tulsi Gabbard: The Bhagavad Gita (first member of Congress to do so).
Robert Garcia: A rare Superman comic book.
Kyrsten Sinema: A law book.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 01, 2026 03:29 PM (NFX2v)

59 >>On December 31, 2025, MTV Music officially ended its 44-year broadcast run by playing this same iconic video as its final transmission.

Maybe they should have stuck with videos over trash reality tv?

At least one good thing came out of it: Sec. or Transportation Duffy and his wife met on an Mtv show, lol.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 03:29 PM (NuV6c)

60 On December 31, 2025, MTV Music officially ended its 44-year broadcast run by playing this same iconic video as its final transmission.
Posted by: rickb223

Somehow, I'm shocked by that. This seems appropriate:

1985 by Bowling for Soup

youtu.be/K38xNqZvBJI

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 01, 2026 03:30 PM (PH3st)

61 Videos from 1746 tend to be stuttery.
Posted by: toby928(c)

Half the things you read and see on the internet are fake.

Posted by: Andrew Jackson, at January 01, 2026 03:30 PM (13Txl)

62 > Hahahah! I am the one in the work out video pretending like it’s super fun and I am not dying.
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 03:07 PM (p4NUW)

Ah... I was guessing the professor. Very classy-looking woman.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 01, 2026 03:30 PM (IG3/x)

63 NY looking pretty good in

Posted by: Eromero at January 01, 2026 03:32 PM (Slgjz)

64 Altered or synthetic comment.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 03:32 PM (pkeXY)

65 Right now I am planning on putting in for retirement and getting the hell out of NYC in late 2027.

But I am making an appointment with a financial planner and seeing if I just might be able to pull the trigger earlier than that.

With Commie Mamdani now my Mayor (spit) it might be smart to make a move sooner than later.

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at January 01, 2026 03:32 PM (LgsNJ)

66 1746.

Posted by: Eromero at January 01, 2026 03:32 PM (Slgjz)

67 6 7

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 03:33 PM (3uBP9)

68 Ohio!

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 03:34 PM (3uBP9)

69
Given this "phrase", $1,800,000, we'd say, what?

"One point eight million dollars"

I no-shit heard an AI narration say it as

"One point eight dollars, million"

Very Somali-like! Very retarded!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 03:34 PM (xG4kz)

70 58, huh.

so, a book, any book? I could use a Horde cookbook if elected?
or a sci-fi novel? ACS Monograph?

oh, the possibilities!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 01, 2026 03:34 PM (Cjt/F)

71
Peak New Yawk.

It's been rotting ever since.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at January 01, 2026 03:35 PM (y9nCu)

72 37 Nice video, Piper! Everyone looks like they are getting stronger and maintaining good range of motion.
Posted by: Emmie at January 01, 2026 03

Thank you! We work hard in there, but are also very supportive so people actually do like it.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 03:35 PM (Wmg4n)

73 > Did you see Mamdani got sworn in on a koran? How can you swear to uphold the Constitution and adhere to Islam. The two are diametrically opposed.
---------
He has no intentions on upholding the Constitution. Or pretty much any American traditions or customs.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 03:35 PM (NwnyJ)

74
Is that you way in the back? ;-)
Posted by: Scuba_Dude at January 01, 2026 03:19 PM (LgsNJ)

Maybe!

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 03:36 PM (Wmg4n)

75 Ah... I was guessing the professor. Very classy-looking woman.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 01, 2026 03:30 PM (IG3/x)

She is a former Miss Alabama and was on the Orlando Magic Dance team. She was also a winner of Mrs. Alabama. She is beautiful inside and out.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 03:37 PM (Wmg4n)

76 52 40 Piper, how's the new hair?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026

Still there! And I am still glad I did it. I maybe cut just a little too much off, but my hair grows really fast, so it will be fine in no time. It can still go in a pony tail and bun, so that is all that matters.
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 03:26 PM (Wmg4n)

Was the news video taken before or after the haircut?

I have a few guesses but I'll just have to wait and see if I ever have the pleasure of meeting you.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 03:38 PM (QGaXH)

77
L - No nic, another fine day

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-- REEEEEEEEEEEEE! --
/ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | \

You neglected that Orange Man Bad would not put his hand on the Bible at his inauguration in January 2024, thus showing his intention to become our king!

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-- REEEEEEEEEEEEE! --
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Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 03:40 PM (xG4kz)

78 Take a look at this and tell me Hollywood ain't doomed:

https://youtube.com/shorts/xw6yh0RoVbM?si=ojGpd8qi_F0JajcB

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 01, 2026 03:42 PM (Vh9CX)

79 57 I'm thinking about starting TRX again.

trx would be a good name for a somali day care center.

Posted by: anachronda at January 01, 2026 03:44 PM (edU/H)

80 New York, New York, it's a helluva town,
The Bronx is up and the Battery down,
The people ride through a hole in the ground,
New York, New York - it's a helluva town!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 03:45 PM (ZOv7s)

81 Who farted … ?

Posted by: Dr_No at January 01, 2026 03:46 PM (ayRl+)

82
Our scout troop used to go visit NYC every other year in December. We'd camp on Staten Island and use public transportation to visit the other boroughs after crossing to the foot of Manhattan on the Staten Island Ferry.

We've not been back since the Coof lockdowns. Given the way NYC is trending, I am a solid "no" vote against considering taking our young people there ever again.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 03:46 PM (xG4kz)

83 Whig, I responded last thread.

It started and ended with, "sorry I gored your ox"

Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 03:46 PM (rbvCR)

84 YouTube is infested with AI slop now. I block the channels when they're recommended to me. I won't watch any histories, disaster stories, or any of that stuff unless there are human talkers on the screen, like The Rest Is History or Kyle Hates Hiking.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 01, 2026 03:24 PM (2YF7/)

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

Dan Davis History, The Ancients, Ancient Architects, World of Antiquity.

All good. I think Dan Davis uses AI for some image generation now, but otherwise his presentations on European Bronze Age history are excellent.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 01, 2026 03:47 PM (Vh9CX)

85 If you visit 1 World Trade Center and take the elevator to the top, the walls of the elevator show the development of NYC as the elevator rises. It is pretty darn cool.

https://tinyurl.com/ym7b6zzz

Oof. Watch the dates and notice the building to the right disappear in 2002.

Posted by: Oddbob at January 01, 2026 03:47 PM (3nLb4)

86 Well NYC wanted Mamdani, they got him.
Now where is all their free shit?
Where is their better life?
I have my stopwatch going.

Posted by: Case at January 01, 2026 03:47 PM (G1OIb)

87
It's been rotting ever since.
Posted by: IllTemperedCur
-------

The Battery's up, the Bowery's down...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 01, 2026 03:47 PM (XeU6L)

88 65 Right now I am planning on putting in for retirement and getting the hell out of NYC in late 2027.

But I am making an appointment with a financial planner and seeing if I just might be able to pull the trigger earlier than that.

With Commie Mamdani now my Mayor (spit) it might be smart to make a move sooner than later.
Posted by: Scuba_Dude
======
Well, get out before teh inevitable wealth tax cometh. NYC and NY state are probably well on the way to require massive tax hikes for all the spending they plan to do.

NY Comptroller, "New York State’s Financial Plan shows a growing structural budget deficit with a cumulative three-year budget gap of $34.3 billion, as forecasted by the Division of the Budget. The gap is up $7 billion since the January release of the Fiscal Year 2026 Executive Budget Financial Plan, and is attributable to downward revisions to the economic forecast and projected revenues, as well as increases in projected spending. When the projected costs of the federal reconciliation bill are added, the gaps as a share of spending are comparable to gap levels last seen in April 2009 during the Global Financial Crisis."

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:49 PM (WDjG6)

89 >>New York, New York, it's a helluva town,
The Bronx is up and the Battery down,
The people ride through a hole in the ground,
New York, New York - it's a helluva town!

..and I'm Brooklynn Bound
'Cause they don't know my name
only know my initials, building bombs in the attic
for elected officials

Posted by: BEASTIE BOYS at January 01, 2026 03:49 PM (grNgC)

90 NY still had a slave port in 1746(closed in 1762). Now it's occupied by sheep

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 03:49 PM (zNwXb)

91 New York, the city some dumb that they had to name it twice.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 01, 2026 03:50 PM (XeU6L)

92 Whoa: https://tinyurl.com/bdyfum8n

Activists Sabotage the Tech That Keeps F-35s From Getting Hit by Missiles

Only hours into 2026, an “autonomous” direct-action group says it broke into Bruntons Aero Products in Musselburgh, outside Edinburgh, and destroyed machinery used to manufacture aerospace components supplied to Leonardo.

Leonardo UK manufactures electronic-warfare and aircraft survivability systems — including BriteCloud, an expendable active decoy designed to confuse radar-guided missiles. Leonardo has also received contracts tied to integrating this system with the F-35.

So this wasn’t “property damage” in the abstract. They’re bragging about sabotaging a link in the supply chain for aircraft self-protection systems — the kind of tech meant to help jets like the F-35 survive radar-guided missile threats.

It’s sabotage in pursuit of a political cause and that’s exactly what terrorism is.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 03:50 PM (NuV6c)

93 In 1746 would it be an Eight Pence instead of an Eightball?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 03:50 PM (YT2Wn)

94 '...so dumb..'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 01, 2026 03:51 PM (XeU6L)

95
Take a look at this and tell me Hollywood ain't doomed:

https://youtube.com/shorts/xw6yh0RoVbM?si=ojGpd8qi_F0JajcB
Posted by: MAGA_Ken

It was nice of them to work podcaster Jennifer Welch into that sequence.

She's a dead ringer for Skeletor.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 03:51 PM (xG4kz)

96 or walk through walls.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 03:09 PM

Walk through walls? Let me look again.

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 03:52 PM (Wmg4n)

97 Thinks became more interesting 30 years later.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 01, 2026 03:52 PM (XeU6L)

98 Kindltot,

You seem to want a fight. You aren't worth it.

Go kindly peddle your bait elsewhere.

Have a happy new year and I suggest moving to Vivek land in Ohio which will run with milk and honey after he gets elected. At least, I hope so for their sakes, they have been screwed enough by GOPe governors like DeWino and Taft.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:52 PM (WDjG6)

99 Posted Skybrows latest AI beats down in Sefton's Morning Thread.

So creamy.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 03:53 PM (YT2Wn)

100 Fairhope is a great little place that needs to stop growing.
Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 03:28 PM

It is known. We haven't recovered from Billy Baldwin dying. The heirs are cashing out and changing the town.

They just tore down his mafia cabstand, you know.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 03:54 PM (jc0TO)

101 Geeze... installed a new keyboard yesterday, and the typing has been weird ever since.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 01, 2026 03:54 PM (XeU6L)

102 >>Well NYC wanted Mamdani, they got him.

Considering how much fraud has been uncovered in the past year by DOGE, Scott Pressler, etc.. can we really believe a lot of these Democrats were legitimately elected?

Citizen journalists on X are already linking the sketchy child care organizations to huge campaign donations and GoTV efforts.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 03:54 PM (NuV6c)

103 Hi guys what are we talking about?

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 03:55 PM (vFG9F)

104 It was nice of them to work podcaster Jennifer Welch into that sequence.

She's a dead ringer for Skeletor.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot
--------
Behold the shape of our destroyer. We shoulda stuck with teh Stay Puffed Marshmellow Man.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:55 PM (WDjG6)

105 Mike Hammer

A Temu keyboard made in Somalia?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 03:55 PM (YT2Wn)

106
All good. I think Dan Davis uses AI for some image generation now, but otherwise his presentations on European Bronze Age history are excellent.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken

=============

I don't mind good stuff. There are tons of true crime, disaster, and history videos out there with awful AI voiceovers. Some of them seem to be self-generated.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 01, 2026 03:55 PM (2YF7/)

107 101 Geeze... installed a new keyboard yesterday, and the typing has been weird ever since.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Workman, tools, etc.

Posted by: Xpert Typpist at January 01, 2026 03:55 PM (oftw2)

108 So this wasn’t “property damage” in the abstract. They’re bragging about sabotaging a link in the supply chain for aircraft self-protection systems — the kind of tech meant to help jets like the F-35 survive radar-guided missile threats.

It’s sabotage in pursuit of a political cause and that’s exactly what terrorism is.
Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 03:50 PM

I wouldn't oppose our CIA taking extralegal action against members of this group. That is what it is for.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 03:56 PM (jc0TO)

109 Happy New Year, all ...

Posted by: Adriane the Artistic License Critic ... at January 01, 2026 03:56 PM (3ZUWJ)

110 Same shit, different day/year...

Dr. Dawn Michael @DawnsMission

Can you believe this is happening in Congress right now, with all the chaos around illegals?

A 400+ page funding bill racing through the Senate packed with hundreds of millions for migrant programs & DEI initiatives. But the jaw-dropper? $5.6 BILLION for migrants who aren't even here yet!

How angry does that make you?

MOMof DataRepublican @data_republican

How can this be true? Surely, President Trump won't sign it, but what is going on... esp after what has been uncovered this week?

X: https://bit.ly/45dplhB

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 03:57 PM (P5BPp)

111 Who farted … ?
Posted by: Dr_No

ANOTHER good name for a somali daycare center.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 03:57 PM (c115l)

112 Have a happy new year and I suggest moving to Vivek land in Ohio which will run with milk and honey after he gets elected. At least, I hope so for their sakes, they have been screwed enough by GOPe governors like DeWino and Taft.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:52 PM (WDjG6)

Back at you dude.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 03:57 PM (rbvCR)

113 Considering how much fraud has been uncovered in the past year by DOGE, Scott Pressler, etc.. can we really believe a lot of these Democrats were legitimately elected?

Citizen journalists on X are already linking the sketchy child care organizations to huge campaign donations and GoTV efforts.
Posted by: Lizzy
=========
They probably did get elected as turnout for local elections are notoriously poor. That being said, Democrats have transferred their party into a vast crime syndicate similar to the Tammany Hall regime in NYC. Only difference is the color and ethnicity of the grifters in office.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:58 PM (WDjG6)

114 I wouldn't oppose our CIA taking extralegal action against members of this group. That is what it is for.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 03:56 PM (jc0TO)
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All the terrorists did was get a British firm to lose a contract. Cutting off the nose to spite the face.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 03:58 PM (ZOv7s)

115 Geeze... installed a new keyboard yesterday, and the typing has been weird ever since.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

Loose nut on keyboard?

Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 03:58 PM (c115l)

116 Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson

Communist Zohran Mamdani at his inauguration: "We'll replace rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism"

Good luck, NYC.

X video: https://bit.ly/49BUei4

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 03:58 PM (P5BPp)

117 Lotus Eaters put out their 'Monkey News' piece for 2025.

Always good for a laugh.

Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 03:59 PM (grNgC)

118 48 Did you see Mamdani got sworn in on a koran? How can you swear to uphold the Constitution and adhere to Islam. The two are diametrically opposed.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 03:20 PM (t/2Uw)
---

It's a clue.
It's a tell.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 03:59 PM (UZwsW)

119 "We'll replace rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism"

Burning times ahead.

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 03:59 PM (vFG9F)

120 I fell sorry for all the animals in new york city: the whores, skunk pussies, buggers, queens, fairies, dopers, junkies, muzzies, chomos, somalis... sick, venal. Someday, a real rain will come and wash all this democrat scum off the streets.

Posted by: Travis Bickle 2026 at January 01, 2026 03:59 PM (R/m4+)

121 103 Hi guys what are we talking about?
Posted by: fd
========
The Animal House line goes "You guys playing cards?"

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:59 PM (WDjG6)

122 Hi guys what are we talking about?
Posted by: fd
========
The Animal House line goes "You guys playing cards?"
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:59 PM

What if our solar system is just one atom in a giant's fingernail?

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 04:01 PM (jc0TO)

123 Willowed from Crossbow fun after I want looking for Kindltots ox goring comments:

300 >Heh. Don, I KNOW you are not new here.

Posted by: tubal
----

I am not. And on my last day here, I will reveal my true identity.
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 03:55 PM (ZxPkt)

"And on my last day here, I will reveal my true identity."

You needed to add 'Muah Haw Haw Haw' after that statement.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 04:01 PM (QGaXH)

124 Dustin Grage @GrageDustin

The New Year brings more bad news for Minnesotans…

Property taxes are set to jump by $1 BILLION to cover for the mess Tim Walz created.

He blew through a $19B surplus, raised taxes $9B, hiked spending 40%, and let $9B+ get stolen in fraud.

Unbelievable.

X video: https://bit.ly/4jFKh6V

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 04:01 PM (P5BPp)

125 113 Considering how much fraud has been uncovered in the past year by DOGE, Scott Pressler, etc.. can we really believe a lot of these Democrats were legitimately elected?

Citizen journalists on X are already linking the sketchy child care organizations to huge campaign donations and GoTV efforts.
Posted by: Lizzy
=========

NO.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 04:01 PM (UZwsW)

126 "We'll replace rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism"

Burning times ahead.

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 03:59 PM (vFG9F)

It can't come fast enough.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 04:01 PM (snZF9)

127 "We'll replace rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism"

Burning times ahead.
Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 03:59 PM (vFG9F)
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I think he meant the "wrath of collectivism."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 04:01 PM (ZOv7s)

128
Workman, tools, etc.
Posted by: Xpert Typpist

Loose nut on keyboard?
Posted by: rickb223

-----------

You guys are cold...

The feel of the new keys are different, and the spacing and size of one or two are different.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 01, 2026 04:02 PM (XeU6L)

129 I think he meant the "wrath of collectivism."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 04:01 PM (ZOv7s)

"where there is a need, there is a right"

Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 04:02 PM (rbvCR)

130
Hi guys what are we talking about?
Posted by: fd

========

Mamdani's New York
AI gonna destroy Hollywood

Hmm, New York and LA both declining...

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 01, 2026 04:02 PM (2YF7/)

131 Dustin Grage @GrageDustin

The New Year brings more bad news for Minnesotans…

Property taxes are set to jump by $1 BILLION to cover for the mess Tim Walz created.

He blew through a $19B surplus, raised taxes $9B, hiked spending 40%, and let $9B+ get stolen in fraud.

Unbelievable.

X video: https://bit.ly/4jFKh6V
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 04:01 PM

Representative democracy. The voters should get what they votef for, good and hard.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 04:02 PM (jc0TO)

132 The things that Democrats do best are cheat, manipulate and destroy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 04:02 PM (UZwsW)

133 Geeze... installed a new keyboard yesterday, and the typing has been weird ever since.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

QWERTY or Dvorak ???
: -))

Posted by: Adriane the Artistic License Critic ... at January 01, 2026 04:03 PM (3ZUWJ)

134 What if our solar system is just one atom in a giant's fingernail?
Posted by: toby928(c)
=====
"I won't go schizo, will I?"

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 04:03 PM (WDjG6)

135 The feel of the new keys are different, and the spacing and size of one or two are different.
Posted by: Mike Hammer

I hate when that happens. Yeah. I'm the one at work that stores keyboards and mice for our department. We try to reuse as much as possible when an employee leaves. Even identical keyboards from the same manufacturer doesn't feel the same.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 04:04 PM (c115l)

136
Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson

Communist Zohran Mamdani at his inauguration: "We'll replace rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism"

Good luck, NYC.

X video: https://bit.ly/49BUei4
Posted by: Clyde Shelton

=============

"The frigidity of rugged individualism," he said.

Where the hell did he get this notion of individualism being frigid? I think he invented it just for something to contrast with the "warmth" of collectivism.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 01, 2026 04:05 PM (2YF7/)

137 > How can this be true? Surely, President Trump won't sign it, but what is going on... esp after what has been uncovered this week?
---------
It's what Congress wants.

The massive fraud being exposed is being perpetrated by both Democrats and Republicans. They've been stealing the public's wealth for decades under the guise of a "budget" and "programs." You, me, everyone paying taxes has been ripped off for decades by our government.

It's the largest theft of wealth in history.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 04:05 PM (NwnyJ)

138 The feel of the new keys are different, and the spacing and size of one or two are different.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc.

That's where the endeavour to persevere part comes in.

Posted by: Dogged Determination And Inventiveness To Infinity at January 01, 2026 04:05 PM (oftw2)

139 QWERTY or Dvorak ???
: -))
Posted by: Adriane the Artistic License Critic
======
My problem is I still pound keys as I learned touch typing on a manual typewriter.

You got a physical dopamine hit when you actually had to hit the carriage return for each line.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 04:05 PM (WDjG6)

140 And now for something completely different:

Doberman nurses kitten along with her newborn puppies:

https://tinyurl.com/3kkh6t4u

Faithpot site

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 04:06 PM (2sfNr)

141 Where the hell did he get this notion of individualism being frigid? I think he invented it just for something to contrast with the "warmth" of collectivism.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia

A lot of people are about to get a rude awakening when they realize democratic socialism is straight up communism.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 04:06 PM (c115l)

142 88 Well, get out before teh inevitable wealth tax cometh.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:49 PM (WDjG6)

California is floating a wealth tax 'on billionaires' but you know if they ever get it it will seep down to us normies.

The problem is people who advocate for wealth taxes don't seem to know anything about markets. Or more likely, don't care. If you are required to liquidate a portion of your unrealized gains - what does that do to the value of the underlying assets if millions of people are suddenly forced to say 'sell stocks' ? Are we still going to be taxed on the pre-crash value of the assets?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 04:06 PM (QGaXH)

143 120 I fell sorry for all the animals in new york city: the whores, skunk pussies, buggers, queens, fairies, dopers, junkies, muzzies, chomos, somalis... sick, venal. Someday, a real rain will come and wash all this democrat scum off the streets.
Posted by: Travis Bickle 2026 at January 01, 2026 03:59 PM (R/m4+)

We're hiring!

Posted by: Hedley Lamarr at January 01, 2026 04:07 PM (pIfcn)

144 Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok

Somalia’s ambassador to the UN is a…. Daycare administrator in Ohio…

You cannot make this up

X: https://bit.ly/4qdwoio

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 04:07 PM (P5BPp)

145 "I won't go schizo, will I?"
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 04:03 PM (WDjG6)

It's a distinct possibility.

Posted by: Professor Jennings at January 01, 2026 04:07 PM (R/m4+)

146 Rose Bowl about to kickoff. I have no dog in this fight, but I'm rooting for Indiana for novelty's sake.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 04:08 PM (vV6n9)

147 Mamdani : and if you don't feel the warmth of collectivism we will beat you, de-platform you, seize your bank accounts , and doxx you so random locals can beat you some more. Oh and you will wear your underwear on the outside of your pants

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 04:08 PM (zNwXb)

148 Did you see Mamdani got sworn in on a koran? How can you swear to uphold the Constitution and adhere to Islam. The two are diametrically opposed.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 03:20 PM (t/2Uw)

Destroy a couple buildings. Kill a couple thousand people. Wait25 years. Take over.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 04:08 PM (2WIwB)

149 The problem is people who advocate for wealth taxes don't seem to know anything about markets. Or more likely, don't care. If you are required to liquidate a portion of your unrealized gains - what does that do to the value of the underlying assets if millions of people are suddenly forced to say 'sell stocks' ? Are we still going to be taxed on the pre-crash value of the assets?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 04:06 PM (QGaXH)
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The destruction is deliberate.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 04:08 PM (ZOv7s)

150 Willowed:

What kind of sciencin’ do you do, if I might ask?

Posted by: tubal

Sorry, I was called away. Physical chemist / solid state physics /surface science / nanoscience and technology.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 04:09 PM (Riz8t)

151 Americans have near $20T in IRAs and other tax-deferred accounts. One it's face, it's mighty tempting to the Bolsheviks.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 04:09 PM (jc0TO)

152 "I won't go schizo, will I?"
Posted by: whig

It's a distinct possibility.
Posted by: Professor Jennings

Four out of five dentists agree, it's in the water.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 04:09 PM (c115l)

153 I have an old microsoft 4000 keyboard that I've been refurbishing and repairing over time, and I hope to never have to replace it.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 04:09 PM (3uBP9)

154 Rose Bowl about to kickoff. I have no dog in this fight, but I'm rooting for Indiana for novelty's sake.
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 04:08 PM

*stinkeye*

Posted by: toby928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumnus, Twice as Smug as You at January 01, 2026 04:10 PM (jc0TO)

155 So no one can help with the problem that I can comment from my laptop but not from my phone?
Am I going to have to get up early so I can ask on the tech thread? This is not an easy thing for me to do.
Now I'm worried because it would be horrible if I can't do Ace on a new Ipad which is also Apple like my phone while my laptop is PC.
Did I tell you how my Ipad went nuclear and then died? While on vacation when I couldn't do anything about it? And only had my phone and couldn't comment because I got the red letters of death?

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 04:10 PM (t/2Uw)

156 124 Dustin Grage @GrageDustin

The New Year brings more bad news for Minnesotans…

Property taxes are set to jump by $1 BILLION to cover for the mess Tim Walz created.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 04:01 PM (P5BPp)

Let's see if that works - raising property taxes will decrease the amount people can pay for the property thus lowering property values and the associated tax revenue based on that valuation.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 04:10 PM (QGaXH)

157 Destroy a couple buildings. Kill a couple thousand people. Wait25 years. Take over.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 04:08 PM (2WIwB)
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Dubya did that. Declared war on countries and then imported thousands of people from the same countries.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 04:10 PM (ZOv7s)

158
Somalia’s ambassador to the UN is a…. Daycare administrator in Ohio…

You cannot make this up

X: https://bit.ly/4qdwoio
Posted by: Clyde Shelton

Well, now that the UN is roped into the Somali fraud, prepare the groundwork to toss it out on its ear, too. Ans we bid it a fond, "Have fun financing your meddlesome schemes!" as we bail out of it.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 04:10 PM (xG4kz)

159 Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok

Omg wait till you hear this

Somalia’s Ambassador to the UN Abukar Dahir Osman was a healthcare administrator in Ohio. There is another healthcare company in the SAME SUITE as his with a different name, and multiple others at the same address, all with Somali names

Of course…

X: https://bit.ly/45te7Ft

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 04:10 PM (P5BPp)

160 >>Did you see Mamdani got sworn in on a koran? How can you swear to uphold the Constitution and adhere to Islam.

You always know you are serious about an oath when you ask Bernie Sanders to administer said oath.

Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 04:11 PM (grNgC)

161 It's the largest theft of wealth in history.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
=========
Obama years with no budget set the stage for debt to go from 64 percent of GDP in 2008 to 118 percent of gdp now in 17 years.

And the rest of the West is not far behind. Both France and UK exceed 100 percent debt to gdp.

Our ruling class figured out it was easier to steal from borrowed money than increase taxes which would piss off voters.

China is well over 200 percent and Japan is over 300 percent.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 04:12 PM (WDjG6)

162 You always know you are serious about an oath when you ask Bernie Sanders to administer said oath.
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 04:11 PM (grNgC)
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Always take financial advice from a guy who has earned a government salary for his entire life and whose wife managed to drive a college into bankruptcy in only a couple of years.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 04:12 PM (ZOv7s)

163 If Alabama impresses me, I have no qualms about switching my fandom. Just want to see some good football. That last game was a tease.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 04:13 PM (vV6n9)

164 Rose Bowl about to kickoff. I have no dog in this fight, but I'm rooting for Indiana for novelty's sake.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 04:08 PM

As a Purdue alum, I can't root for Indiana. Plus I like Alabama. Though, I don't think Alabama has much of a chance as they have had zero running game this season. I am honestly surprised they have made it this far.

Ole Miss-Georgia should be interesting. An Ole Miss team whose coach left and a Georgia team who, if they win, will face their former QB, who now plays for Miami, in next game.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 04:13 PM (P5BPp)

165 152 "I won't go schizo, will I?"
Posted by: whig

It's a distinct possibility.
Posted by: Professor Jennings

Four out of five dentists agree, it's in the water.
Posted by: rickb223
=======
"My advice to you is to start drinking heavily."

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 04:13 PM (WDjG6)

166 >>> Americans have near $20T in IRAs and other tax-deferred accounts. One it's face, it's mighty tempting to the Bolsheviks.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 04:09 PM (jc0TO)

There are large changes to 401K this year pushing people into IRAs. They are edging closer and closer to just raiding it all. Don't think they won't.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 04:14 PM (3uBP9)

167 150 Willowed:

What kind of sciencin’ do you do, if I might ask?

Posted by: tubal

Sorry, I was called away. Physical chemist / solid state physics /surface science / nanoscience and technology.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 04:09 PM (Riz8t)

You are a lot smarter than I am. That being said: second look at Zelenskyyyyy?? JK, Happy New Year!!

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 04:14 PM (pDt9x)

168 ---------
It's what Congress wants.

The massive fraud being exposed is being perpetrated by both Democrats and Republicans. They've been stealing the public's wealth for decades under the guise of a "budget" and "programs." You, me, everyone paying taxes has been ripped off for decades by our government.

It's the largest theft of wealth in history.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
--------------

Let's not forget what congress does for itself:
Nine month, four day work week, generous pay, not bound by the laws they create, free healthcare (the best) in perpetuum, retirement pay after six years service. Surely, I've forgotten something.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 04:15 PM (UZwsW)

169 This better not be AI.

Wow, I love this. Great use for AI.

Posted by: t-bird at January 01, 2026 04:15 PM (cUMVS)

170 Nice blitz there. 3 and out for Indiana.

Posted by: toby928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumnus, Twice as Smug as You at January 01, 2026 04:15 PM (jc0TO)

171 Wow, the Tide Defense isn't fooling around.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 04:15 PM (vV6n9)

172 Roll Tide now that Michigan is toast.

Posted by: Accomack at January 01, 2026 04:15 PM (/Chlc)

173
Communist Zohran Mamdani at his inauguration: "We'll replace rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism"

He said he will "replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism"

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 04:15 PM (pkeXY)

174 Always take financial advice from a guy who has earned a government salary for his entire life and whose wife managed to drive a college into bankruptcy in only a couple of years.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

I think you left out the part where Bernie was simply a bum writing bad rape fan fic for years before being elected mayor in Burlington. I guess people got tired of throwing money into his hat on the street so promoted him to mayor.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 04:15 PM (WDjG6)

175 Let's not forget what congress does for itself:
Nine month, four day work week, generous pay, not bound by the laws they create, free healthcare (the best) in perpetuum, retirement pay after six years service. Surely, I've forgotten something.

Posted by: Braenyard
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Having the taxpayer pick up the cost for sexual harassment claims is another.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 04:16 PM (WDjG6)

176 That being said: second look at Zelenskyyyyy?? JK, Happy New Year!!

Posted by: tubal

*in best Inspector Clouseau voice*
Nevair!

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 04:17 PM (Riz8t)

177 Now I'm worried because it would be horrible if I can't do Ace on a new Ipad which is also Apple like my phone while my laptop is PC.
Did I tell you how my Ipad went nuclear and then died? While on vacation when I couldn't do anything about it? And only had my phone and couldn't comment because I got the red letters of death?
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 04:10 PM (t/2Uw)

I have zero insight into anything Apple, and I plan to keep it that way. I don't even know if an Apple device be wiped and relaoded with Linux.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 04:18 PM (8zz6B)

178 There are large changes to 401K this year pushing people into IRAs. They are edging closer and closer to just raiding it all. Don't think they won't.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 04:14 PM (3uBP9)

Yes, just a matter of time. Bruce and Harriet are in for a big surprise when they get back from their cruise sooner or later. I told them to put their money in Rio Rancho Land Development but their nuts, you should have seen how they were living.

Posted by: Shelley Levene, Mitch and Murray Properties at January 01, 2026 04:19 PM (R/m4+)

179 Did you see Mamdani got sworn in on a koran? How can you swear to uphold the Constitution and adhere to Islam.

By lying.

Posted by: t-bird at January 01, 2026 04:19 PM (cUMVS)

180 Never, ever, live your life according to the whims of a few supposed "experts".

Posted by: The Fifth Dentist at January 01, 2026 04:20 PM (oftw2)

181 interesting NY history video. well done.

first settlers
then the British
then American colonists
now the Socialists

Posted by: get out of my fucking shot at January 01, 2026 04:20 PM (jZ3ZM)

182 Did you see Mamdani got sworn in on a koran? How can you swear to uphold the Constitution and adhere to Islam. The two are diametrically opposed.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 03:20 PM

True, but not sure it really matters anymore. I tend to agree with John Adams' statement "Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other."

As we have seen in Minnesota, Ohio, Maine and all the other states with just Somali fraud perpetrated by all levels of state government, this country is no longer moral or religious. So the US Constitution and state Constitutions have long been inadequate.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 04:20 PM (P5BPp)

183 Some guy named Lin -Manuel Miranda cancelled at the Trump Kennedy center. The left is at the pouting stage

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 04:20 PM (zNwXb)

184 >>> So no one can help with the problem that I can comment from my laptop but not from my phone?

And only had my phone and couldn't comment because I got the red letters of death?
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 04:10 PM (t/2Uw)

Have you tried clearing out the Name:, Email:, and Comments:, and maybe even URL

Try doing all that on your phone, tap in box, hold press - select all, cut/delete/erase/whatever, then re-enter in each box. If that doesn't work then delete all the site data and cookies for .mu.nu and try again.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 04:21 PM (3uBP9)

185 Obvious Horde member plug

Notsothoreau has commented here using a $39 dollar airpad purchased from Ebay. Yeah. She's got a project going.

I'm going to buy one just because.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 04:21 PM (UZwsW)

186 I made my first big money in development by building detention camps for Japanese for FDR. And you people buy into my "retirement" properties? Ha, Ha!

Posted by: DelWebb at January 01, 2026 04:22 PM (oftw2)

187 He said he will "replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism"

At least it's warm, if a little damp.

Posted by: The Stench of Collectivism at January 01, 2026 04:23 PM (6GFFE)

188 Some guy named Lin -Manuel Miranda cancelled at the Trump Kennedy center. The left is at the pouting stage
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 04:20 PM (zNwXb)

Maybe they could get Hank, Jr. to sub for him.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 04:23 PM (8zz6B)

189 184 >>> So no one can help with the problem that I can comment from my laptop but not from my phone?

And only had my phone and couldn't comment because I got the red letters of death?
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice)
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I always call Apple help. Most of the time they are Apple freaks and are polite and quick.
If I get the feeling that's not happening or they have a cheap headset I hang up and start over.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 04:24 PM (UZwsW)

190 The DelWebb community my in-laws live in is very nice. 2 square miles of gated property, expanding every time we visit. Country Club, golf course, dog park, roaming deer, what's wrong with that for retirees?

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 04:24 PM (vV6n9)

191 187 He said he will "replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism"

At least it's warm, if a little damp.
Posted by: The Stench of Collectivism at January 01, 2026 04:23 PM (6GFFE)

Huh. Never thought of Gulags as being warm and toasty before. Although, the ovens of Germany

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 04:24 PM (pDt9x)

192 I made my first big money in development by building detention camps for Japanese for FDR. And you people buy into my "retirement" properties? Ha, Ha!
Posted by: DelWebb at January 01, 2026 04:22 PM (oftw2)

Well, they were a lot more comfy than the camps Japan built for Americans in the same time period.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 04:25 PM (8zz6B)

193 Apple has the best help of ANY business. Period.

Stanley tools is close.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 04:25 PM (UZwsW)

194 As we have seen in Minnesota, Ohio, Maine and all the other states with just Somali fraud perpetrated by all levels of state government, this country is no longer moral or religious. So the US Constitution and state Constitutions have long been inadequate.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 04:20 PM (P5BPp)
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The key factor was people came forward and exposed it. That shows that all is not lost.

We are seeing a major shift in the direction of the country, including its moral foundation. Our parish bulletin noted that college student Mass attendance has increased by 50% over the last four years and the number of students currently looking at entering the Church (or completing Confirmation) is around 50, which is amazing. Used to be having 20 was a great year.

Something profound is happening. All the evils being exposed are a sign of it.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 04:26 PM (ZOv7s)

195 My phone blanked the name email and url boxes and every time I reenter, just liek they looked before, it is underlined like I am doing something wrong and if I ignore and try and Test, i get the red letters of death.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 04:26 PM (t/2Uw)

196 Pulte, I believe, owns the Del Web name.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 04:26 PM (UZwsW)

197
183 Some guy named Lin -Manuel Miranda cancelled at the Trump Kennedy center. The left is at the pouting stage
Posted by: Smell the Glove

He was one of the driving forces behind the musical "Hamilton" and no doubt approved their fatuous and inappropriate hectoring lecture to Mike Pence, who was in the audience, when the then VP took in the show back at the end of Trump's first term.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 04:26 PM (xG4kz)

198 20 somalian daycares within a three blocks in a subsidized housing area in Seattle.
When a journalist goes to ask questions, they call the police on him.

No kids. Doors slammed in his face.

Industrial level fraud across the country.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 04:26 PM (c115l)

199 >>My phone blanked the name email and url boxes and every time I reenter, just liek they looked before

Your phone is clearing the cookies.

Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 04:27 PM (grNgC)

200 Going to try the tried and true turning it off and turning it on.lol

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 04:28 PM (t/2Uw)

201 My phone blanked the name email and url boxes and every time I reenter, just liek they looked before, it is underlined like I am doing something wrong and if I ignore and try and Test, i get the red letters of death.
Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice)

Reboot your phone. Completely off. Wait a couple of minutes, restart and try again.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 04:28 PM (c115l)

202
Call Apple help. It's easy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 04:28 PM (UZwsW)

203 We are seeing a major shift in the direction of the country, including its moral foundation. Our parish bulletin noted that college student Mass attendance has increased by 50% over the last four years and the number of students currently looking at entering the Church (or completing Confirmation) is around 50, which is amazing. Used to be having 20 was a great year.

Something profound is happening. All the evils being exposed are a sign of it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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From reports on church attendance, it appears to be males driving the increases. UK is demonstrating the same effect to a lesser degree.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 04:28 PM (WDjG6)

204 Communist Zohran Mamdani at his inauguration: "We'll replace rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism

I see to many problems. Not facing a realistic reality.

If you were writing a book, it would be a rape of culture yet boring. Lying worked for Obama for a while. Has Obama been to any football games recently?

What did the reporter say about the crowd shouting/chanting to Biden at a game?

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 01, 2026 04:29 PM (EyfuW)

205 We are seeing a major shift in the direction of the country, including its moral foundation. Our parish bulletin noted that college student Mass attendance has increased by 50% over the last four years and the number of students currently looking at entering the Church (or completing Confirmation) is around 50, which is amazing. Used to be having 20 was a great year.

Something profound is happening. All the evils being exposed are a sign of it.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 04:26 PM (ZOv7s)

I would not be surprised to see some mid-level civil servants turning State's Evidence once the investigations into the Somali fraud machine really get going.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 04:30 PM (8zz6B)

206 I asked my sister once, when she was having trouble with her phone how oftern she shut her phone down. She could not remember. Turned it off, turned it back on. Problem solved.

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 04:30 PM (pDt9x)

207 From reports on church attendance, it appears to be males driving the increases. UK is demonstrating the same effect to a lesser degree.

The women will follow. Any time the gender balance is skewed, the others eventually decide they want some 'o dat.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 04:30 PM (Riz8t)

208 Your phone is clearing the cookies.
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 04:27 PM (grNgC)

If a Church of Scientology burned down, would that be "cooking the Clears"?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 04:31 PM (8zz6B)

209 From reports on church attendance, it appears to be males driving the increases. UK is demonstrating the same effect to a lesser degree.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 04:28 PM (WDjG6)
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When they get tired of scissoring, they'll come along, too.

Vocations are up a lot, and the religious sisters are wearing habits again. No more nuns in pantsuits.

My wife reports that the senior set is dismayed by all this, especially young people kneeling to receive the Eucharist on the tongue. Some are afraid altar rails will be coming back.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 04:31 PM (ZOv7s)

210 Anyone upset with FDR detaining Japanese Americans during the war should read Michelle Malkins book on that subject.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 04:32 PM (UZwsW)

211 I would not be surprised to see some mid-level civil servants turning State's Evidence once the investigations into the Somali fraud machine really get going.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 04:30 PM (8zz6B)
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A bunch already have, I'm sure. There are lots of incriminating emails being turned in for certain. No one CYAs like civil service staff.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 04:33 PM (ZOv7s)

212 COMMUNIST SMURFS

https://www.youtube.com/

watch?v=jYQmABfIUdo

Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 04:37 PM (grNgC)

213 Anyone upset with FDR detaining Japanese Americans during the war should read Michelle Malkins book on that subject.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 04:32 PM (UZwsW)
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I saw a documentary on the legal case against it, and naturally it describes the filers (who refused their draft summons) as heroes.

No, the heroes were in the 442nd RCT, "Go For Broke," which covered itself and glory and proved their loyalty to a grateful nation. They were what discredited the camps. If all of them had refuse to serve, the whole lot would have been deported.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 04:37 PM (ZOv7s)

214 Anyone upset with FDR detaining Japanese Americans during the war should read Michelle Malkins book on that subject.

Anyone upset by FDR's attempt to turn America into a police state should read "The New Deal's War on the Bill of Rights: The Untold Story of FDR's Concentration Camps, Censorship, and Mass Surveillance", by David Beito.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 04:39 PM (Riz8t)

215 0-0 after one but Indiana is poised for first blood with a FG.

Posted by: toby928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumnus, Twice as Smug as You at January 01, 2026 04:39 PM (jc0TO)

216 Tried turning off the phone. It refuses to recognize my email address. I put in my nic.when I put in my email it underlines with a dotted red line like I am making a mistake eventhough I am typing the exact same email address as before and on here.
500 Server Error

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 04:41 PM (t/2Uw)

217 3-0 Hoosiers

Posted by: toby928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumnus, Twice as Smug as You at January 01, 2026 04:42 PM (jc0TO)

218 500 Internal Server Error

is how it reads at the top

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 04:42 PM (t/2Uw)

219 sharon - best of luck.

I have no helpful tech expertise.

Posted by: Adriane the Artistic License Critic ... at January 01, 2026 04:49 PM (3ZUWJ)

220 The Rose Bowl has a big capacity for not having much in the way of upper decks.

Posted by: toby928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumnus, Twice as Smug as You at January 01, 2026 04:50 PM (jc0TO)

221
Can you dial out?

800 692 7753

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 04:52 PM (UZwsW)

222 Adriane, thanks for the sympathetic support. I am hoping replacing my Ipad will somehow fix this. I hate commenting from my phone anyways so as long as I can do it from the Ipad It won't matter. (fingers crossed.
At least i wasn't banned.

Posted by: sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 01, 2026 04:52 PM (t/2Uw)

223 Anyone upset by FDR's attempt to turn America into a police state should read "The New Deal's War on the Bill of Rights: The Untold Story of FDR's Concentration Camps, Censorship, and Mass Surveillance", by David Beito.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Double teaming with Kindltot.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 04:53 PM (UZwsW)

224 My wife reports that the senior set is dismayed by all this, especially young people kneeling to receive the Eucharist on the tongue. Some are afraid altar rails will be coming back.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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I, for one, will be happy to see traditions return. Never cared for the hippy dippy version of religion.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 04:57 PM (WDjG6)

225 Nice by TD pass by Mendoza. 10-0 Indiana.

Posted by: toby928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumnus, Twice as Smug as You at January 01, 2026 04:58 PM (jc0TO)

226 Indiana is very well coached up. Their nose tackle just took up two lineman to allow a twist without getting a chopblock call by about a foot. Nice.

Posted by: toby928(c) Native Texan and Alabama Alumnus, Twice as Smug as You at January 01, 2026 05:08 PM (jc0TO)

227 Tried turning off the phone. It refuses to recognize my email address.
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We know who you are, we know where you are, we know what's best for you.

Posted by: Big Brother at January 01, 2026 06:26 PM (XeU6L)

Family Fun With Crossbows Open Thread

Happy New Year!

Apparently the son took over for the dad in later years.

Posted by: Ace at 01:30 PM

Comments

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1 Almost.first!

Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 01:31 PM (2WIwB)

2 Whoa!!! How about that???

Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 01:31 PM (2WIwB)

3 Good afternoon good people.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2026 01:32 PM (cYBz/)

4 HELLO????

Hello...

hello...

Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 01:32 PM (2WIwB)

5
Happy New Year Diogenes!

Posted by: fourseasons at January 01, 2026 01:32 PM (3ek7K)

6 Right back at cha fourseasons!

Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 01:34 PM (2WIwB)

7 I DEMAND EQUAL TIME FOR LONGBOWS!

Posted by: Infuriated Welshman at January 01, 2026 01:34 PM (ZOv7s)

8 Will there be a longbow thread following this one?

Posted by: PabloD at January 01, 2026 01:34 PM (tfChy)

9 I love crossbows.

Funnily enough, my father... not a fan of them.

YouTube: https://bit.ly/4b9Z2wk

Posted by: Tyrion Lannister at January 01, 2026 01:35 PM (P5BPp)

10 "Never point your weapon at something you don't want to destroy."

I think they are violating ALL of the range rules that I learned.

Posted by: Half Dozen at January 01, 2026 01:37 PM (EYvpB)

11 I want to learn to be a slinger.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 01:37 PM (jc0TO)

12 Longbows!

Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 01:37 PM (grNgC)

13 I think they are violating ALL of the range rules that I learned.
Posted by: Half Dozen at January 01, 2026 01:37 PM (EYvpB)
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That's what makes it entertaining.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 01:37 PM (ZOv7s)

14 But why?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 01, 2026 01:37 PM (Idisy)

15 I love crossbows.

Funnily enough, my father... not a fan of them.

YouTube: https://bit.ly/4b9Z2wk

Posted by: Tyrion Lannister

*looks questioningly at guy who does the "It's funny because" bit*

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 01:38 PM (Riz8t)

16 I was watching a video about some old psycho who killed another driver with a crossbow in a road rage incident.

The surgeon they interviewed said he hates the crossbows, because when someone someone shows up with a crossbow wound, it's pretty much 100% certain they won't make it.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 01:38 PM (BI5O2)

17 [100 comment rule]

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 01:38 PM (nWPIJ)

18 Longbows
Mary Ann
1911
No beans

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 01, 2026 01:39 PM (u73oe)

19 Target shot with a crossbow once. Fun, but that was my only interest. Interesting history of the weapon however.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 01:39 PM (zNwXb)

20 The surgeon they interviewed said he hates the crossbows, because when someone someone shows up with a crossbow wound, it's pretty much 100% certain they won't make it.

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Tell me about it.

Posted by: Richard The Lionhearted at January 01, 2026 01:39 PM (nWPIJ)

21
The surgeon they interviewed said he hates the crossbows, because when someone someone shows up with a crossbow wound, it's pretty much 100% certain they won't make it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Just out of curiosity, what was "n" for that study?

Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at January 01, 2026 01:40 PM (aTta8)

22 I used to be an adventurer until I took a bolt to the knee.

Posted by: Freak crossbow accident at January 01, 2026 01:40 PM (TbWk/)

23 About a dozen years ago, a man in Virginia Beach was arrested for shooting his wife with a crossbow when she was walking on a treadmill. She died, he claimed it was an accident, but the jury did not believe him.

Posted by: Arrow Shirt Co. at January 01, 2026 01:41 PM (oftw2)

24 I have no dog in the longbow vs crossbow fight…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 01:41 PM (xT8gx)

25 Texas Tech has been on defense for 43 snaps in the first half. They've done well (down 0-6), but have got to be gassed. Hopefully a bit more scoring in the second half.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 01:42 PM (vV6n9)

26 I want to learn to be a slinger.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 01:37 PM (jc0TO)

Made slings when I was a kid. It was the first time I realized how far I could throw a rock. Never really worked on accuracy rhough. I should of.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 01:42 PM (2WIwB)

27 Crossbow
Mrs. Howell
9 MM
Beans
Carrots

Posted by: Always Thinkin' at January 01, 2026 01:43 PM (oftw2)

28
Finally got Her Majesty and The Big Dummy on the road. Headed off to Mass.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 01, 2026 01:43 PM (tgvbd)

29 Finally got Her Majesty and The Big Dummy on the road. Headed off to Mass.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh

That's a fur piece.

Posted by: Rand McNally at January 01, 2026 01:44 PM (oftw2)

30 But World War IV will be fought with bows and arrows.

Posted by: Just the punchline at January 01, 2026 01:44 PM (2Ez/1)

31 I used to be an adventurer until I took a bolt to the knee.
Posted by: Freak crossbow accident at January 01, 2026 01:40 PM (TbWk/)

I got a couple of bolts in my neck, and I did OK.

Posted by: The Monster at January 01, 2026 01:44 PM (8zz6B)

32 But what about longbows???

Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 01:45 PM (77rzZ)

33 I know that technically Oregon is the underdog as they’re the lower seed… but in reality over the last 20 years (at least) Oregon has been a college football blue blood while Texas Tech has been a nobody (they didn’t even win big when Patrick Mahomes was their QB). So I’m pulling for Tech because I like underdogs

The ridiculous reality is that both teams are funded by billionaires: Phil Knight for Oregon (Nike) and Cody Campbell for Tech (oil money)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 01:45 PM (xT8gx)

34 Crossbow
Mrs. Howell
9 MM
Beans
Carrots
Posted by: Always Thinkin' at January 01, 2026 01:43 PM (oftw2)
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This is an outrage!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 01:45 PM (RIvkX)

35 A bigger boat.
A better crew.
MaryAnn AND Ginger
7.62
Maple syrup

Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 01:46 PM (2WIwB)

36 Cranks the lot of them.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 01:46 PM (mlg/3)

37 Happy Birthday, Uncle Mike!

Uncle Mike was my maternal grandfather’s older brother. His birthday was Jan 1. Every year, he had an open house. Folks would come and go, the Rose Bowl would be on. People would nosh on one folks food and the adults would get totally lit up. Open bar set up on a towel on the washer/dryer off the kitchen. Several plastic gallons of booze. Ice in a bucket. A few mixers. Serve yourself.

Kids snuck drinks. Played croquet in the rain in the back yard. Tromped through the living room to the couch to gorge on chips and dip and Vienna sausages.

He made it to 104. Never had kids. I miss him.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 01:48 PM (IhIKR)

38 I want to learn to be a slinger.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 01:37 PM (jc0TO)

It is not hard, it just takes persistence. I used a leather pouch and 550 cord. The pouch was just a square chunk of leather slit on the ends with holes in each "finger" so it would stack when I threaded it with the cord. There is no right way of doing it.
It was mostly to flip rocks. I used it a lot when I was rehabbing from a broken shoulder to make sure I was getting good rotation and rebuilding flexibility

Look up "shepherd sling" or "Balearic sling" for patterns.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 01:48 PM (rbvCR)

39 The ridiculous reality is that both teams are funded by billionaires: Phil Knight for Oregon (Nike) and Cody Campbell for Tech (oil money)
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 01:45 PM (xT8gx)

If you fund a college football team, do you get to boink all the cheerleaders? Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 01:48 PM (8zz6B)

40 I HATE OREGON.

DIE, ducks, DIE.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 01:50 PM (IhIKR)

41 If you fund a college football team, do you get to boink all the cheerleaders? Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 01:48 PM (8zz6B)

Need to clarify with your friend...half the cheer squads are men.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 01:50 PM (2WIwB)

42 I predict this resolution lasts as long as my jog-a-mile-before-breakfast resolution.

CBS Evening News
@CBSEveningNews
"On too many stories, the press has missed the story. Because we've taken into account the perspective of advocates and not the average American. Or we put too much weight in the analysis of academics or elites, and not enough on you."

That changes now.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 01, 2026 01:51 PM (L/fGl)

43 30 But World War IV will be fought with bows and arrows.
Posted by: Just the punchline
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And drones/droids. But mostly drones and droids.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 01:51 PM (WDjG6)

44 What nurse said!!!

(Cougs beat Tech a year ago 37-16)

Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 01:52 PM (2WIwB)

45 After the results of these playoff games, every Athletic Director in the NCAA is tuning up their speech - "The teams that won had money. If you want to see _____ win, you have to chip in."

Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 01, 2026 01:52 PM (8AONa)

46 >>I HATE OREGON.

DIE, ducks, DIE.

Not a huge fan of Oregon...but, damn I love me some Beavers!

Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 01:52 PM (grNgC)

47 Hey remember when some Democrats made a video suggesting soldiers should refuse illegal orders? And everybody got all excited and and said 'Traitors!" and threatened prosecution?

Good times, huh
And the FT Knox audit?
Nationwide voter ID?
The J6 Inquisition?

forgotten like a fart in the wind

also, right now, the Senate is debating spending over 5 BILLION dollars to

get this

bring more refugees here

meet the new year
same as the old year

Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 01:52 PM (ZxPkt)

48 That changes now.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 01, 2026 01:51 PM (L/fGl)

They will do exactly what their advertisers say.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 01:52 PM (rbvCR)

49 The surgeon they interviewed said he hates the crossbows, because when someone someone shows up with a crossbow wound, it's pretty much 100% certain they won't make it.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice
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Just out of curiosity, what was "n" for that study?
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister

"pretty much 100%" is not 100%, but it's also not 0% or 50-50.....

So more than one or two. I'd guess n=3.

And I think I just used up my yearly "math on the blog" allowance on Jan 1st.

Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 01:52 PM (nhCoE)

50 Need to clarify with your friend...half the cheer squads are men.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 01:50 PM (2WIwB)

Well, that would be icky...

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 01:53 PM (8zz6B)

51 CBS Evening News
@CBSEveningNews
"On too many stories, the press has missed the story. Because we've taken into account the perspective of advocates and not the average American. Or we put too much weight in the analysis of academics or elites, and not enough on you."

That changes now.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks
======
If it causes some commie cry babies at CBS to quit, then even if nothing else happens then it would be worthy. Their positions probably won't get filled and they will find themselves unemployable except as stockers at big box retail stores.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 01:53 PM (WDjG6)

52 Pretty good game between Tech and Oregon. I don't care who wins so long as the SEC and, especially, ESPN lose.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 01, 2026 01:53 PM (/mCq0)

53 also I hate all this CFB 'portal' shit

like The Beach Boys said
'Be true to your school'

Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 01:53 PM (ZxPkt)

54 Or we put too much weight in the analysis of academics or elites, and not enough on you."

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That's a pretty understated way to say "the Party writes every g-ddamned word we print beneath our bylines."

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 01:54 PM (BI5O2)

55 I know that technically Oregon is the underdog as they’re the lower seed… but in reality over the last 20 years (at least) Oregon has been a college football blue blood while Texas Tech has been a nobody (they didn’t even win big when Patrick Mahomes was their QB). So I’m pulling for Tech because I like underdogs

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 01:45 PM

Tech had a pretty easy schedule this season. Utah and BYU were the only ranked teams they faced. And Utah and BYU had easy schedules as well which led to being ranked.

Now facing good competition, Tech may be getting exposed.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 01:54 PM (P5BPp)

56 also, right now, the Senate is debating spending over 5 BILLION dollars to

get this

bring more refugees here

meet the new year
same as the old year
Posted by: Don Black
======
Easy enough to veto. The refugee types do not have the votes to override so let them vote so we know who these quislings are.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 01:54 PM (WDjG6)

57 52 Pretty good game between Tech and Oregon. I don't care who wins so long as the SEC and, especially, ESPN lose.
Posted by: Sasquatch
=========
You will find the bookies win every game. The House always wins.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 01:55 PM (WDjG6)

58 I figure most crossbow wounds occur in places with a lot of hunters.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 01:56 PM (BI5O2)

59 like The Beach Boys said
'Be true to your school'
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 01:53 PM (ZxPkt)

Not a fucking dime.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 01:56 PM (8zz6B)

60 I have a crossbow but I don't shoot it much.
I always wanted a Barnett Commando, mostly due to James Bond.

But guns are better. More fun.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 01, 2026 01:56 PM (xcxpd)

61 ...I miss him.
Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 01:48 PM (IhIKR)
====

May his memory be a blessing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 01:57 PM (RIvkX)

62 Crossbows. Meh.
Not nearly as fun shooting into the sky on New Years as a boomstick.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 01:57 PM (2WIwB)

63 Crossbows. Meh.
Not nearly as fun shooting into the sky on New Years as a boomstick.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 01:57 PM (2WIwB)

And probably more dangerous. I imagine terminal velocity for a crossbow bolt would not be much less than its initial velocity.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 01:59 PM (8zz6B)

64 I figure most crossbow wounds occur in places with a lot of hunters.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 01:56 PM (BI5O2)

Hee...Hee...Hee!!!

Posted by: Bambi's older brother at January 01, 2026 01:59 PM (2WIwB)

65 Crossbows. Meh.
Not nearly as fun shooting into the sky on New Years as a boomstick.
Posted by: Diogenes

"Woohoo!" BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! "Yeah!"

.....

"Woohoo!" thwip..... "Yeah!"

.....

Hypothesis confirmed.

Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 02:00 PM (nhCoE)

66 Come on! No video of the tactical repeating crossbow from Germany? (Goes to youtube)

https://tinyurl.com/4pdfr73e

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 01, 2026 02:00 PM (+mUZM)

67 28
Finally got Her Majesty and The Big Dummy on the road. Headed off to Mass.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh
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May their travels be safe and speedy there and back.

FWIW, you might find the following short story amusing as it involves patent law. "An Ornament to His Profession" Charles L. Harness wrote it and some other short stories that are collected in the book of the same name.

"Charles Leonard Harness was born December 29, 1915 in Colorado City TX. After an abortive stint at Texas Christian University, studying to be a preacher, he moved on to George Washington University in Washington DC, where he received a B.S. degree in 1942, and a law degree in 1946. He married in 1938, and he and wife Nell have a daughter and a son. He worked as a mineral economist for the US Bureau of Mines, 1941-47, then became a patent attorney, first with American Cyanamid (1947-1953), then with W.R. Grace & Co. (1953-1981). "

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 02:00 PM (WDjG6)

68 I'd like to see a husband and wife trebuchet act.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 02:00 PM (3uBP9)

69 Not nearly as fun shooting into the sky on New Years as a boomstick.
Posted by: Diogenes

I'm wondering if the lead I shot skyward at midnight has come down yet. No holes in the roof, but I haven't seen my neighbor yet today. He's usually out and about by now.....

Posted by: Jubilant Delinquent at January 01, 2026 02:00 PM (oftw2)

70 also I hate all this CFB 'portal' shit

like The Beach Boys said
'Be true to your school'

Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 01:53 PM

In my opinion, NIL and transfer portal have ruined college sports. Especially NIL. College sports used to be about players choosing schools based on the school legacy or the good coach. And the focus was on playing for the school.

Now, after NIL and transfer portal, the focus is on which school can offer the most NIL money. And the players play for the money and that's it. School pride, coaches, fans do not matter anymore.

Show me the money is now the motto of college sports.

That is also the case for professional sports for the past 2-3 decades now. Which is why I no longer root for any teams or players. Since players don't care about the team or the cities in which they play or the fans who watch them. Money is all that matters. And they constantly whine about not making enough, even when making more than 99.99% of people in the world.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 02:01 PM (P5BPp)

71 Crossbows are fun but, 10 gauges are more fun when disagreements break out.

Posted by: Amy Bishop at January 01, 2026 02:01 PM (abIsI)

72 I'd like to see a husband and wife trebuchet act.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 02:00 PM (3uBP9)

That's just sick!!!

Posted by: Fluffy the cat at January 01, 2026 02:02 PM (2WIwB)

73 And they constantly whine about not making enough, even when making more than 99.99% of people in the world.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton

.....and that's the guys riding the pine making league minimum.

Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 02:02 PM (nhCoE)

74 The only people who tout the 10 GA have never spent a day hunting geese with a 10 GA.

Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:02 PM (grNgC)

75 I can see the entire CBS newsroom quiting. "We like the elites, they give us stuff. The plebes are ickey".

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 02:03 PM (zNwXb)

76 The Washington state attorney general released a statement on X Tuesday evening warning independent journalists to stop investigating fraudulent Somali daycare centers or they could be charged with a hate crime.

https://t.ly/wno_B
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

The broad response to the AG should be -
FU, you racist POS.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 02:03 PM (/lPRQ)

77 Big stop by Tech, let's see if they can maintain (or even start) a drive.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 02:03 PM (vV6n9)

78 Happy New Year, Horde!

Love the Uncle Mike story, Nurse- appreciate you sharing it.

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at January 01, 2026 02:03 PM (t/66j)

79 Our childhood home was on the path between all the fun places in the neighborhood (creek, woods, fields, train tracks, etc.) and the rest of the homes. As mom was a nurse, she was the first stop when any of us had a bit too much fun while outdoors.

Normie S. shot himself through the knee (sideways) with a longbow and, of course, stumbled in to seek Mom's ministrations. He damn near bled out on our kitchen table. It looked like someone butchered a hog in there.

Funny now at reunions but it wasn't when it happened.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2026 02:04 PM (cYBz/)

80 Mrs. F. is in the den watching the Oregon game and I can hear her shouting.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 02:04 PM (RIvkX)

81 @70 Clyde, Iowa State's coach quit and over 40players went into the portal. They're down to something like 17 scholarship players

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 02:04 PM (zNwXb)

82 Ok, a husband and wife AC-130J Ghostrider act. Her with an apple, him with a 105mm howitzer. She tosses up a plate, he takes it out with a hellfire. The crowd would love it.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 02:05 PM (3uBP9)

83 Thought I might watch a game or two today. Nope. ESPN.
Off to work on car and listen to The Allman Brothers.
Happy new year!!!!!

Posted by: Mikey at January 01, 2026 02:05 PM (HxpHp)

84 The Fargo Butt-Bomb - WWE worthy (New Jersey getting the worst of a Florida Man's effort here):

https://tinyurl.com/yszz5p45

Legal in that style of amateur wrestling (freestyle, IIRC) but illegal in the style high school uses (folkstyle).

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 01, 2026 02:06 PM (/mCq0)

85 Come on! No video of the tactical repeating crossbow from Germany? (Goes to youtube)

https://tinyurl.com/4pdfr73e
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 01, 2026 02:00 PM (+mUZM)

Now he needs to add a weed-whacker engine to cock it, and he has a machine-crossbow.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 02:06 PM (8zz6B)

86 72 I'd like to see a husband and wife trebuchet act.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 02:00 PM (3uBP9)

That's just sick!!!
Posted by: Fluffy the cat at January 01, 2026 02:02 PM (2WIwB)
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Bow much would a trebuchet cost?

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at January 01, 2026 02:06 PM (36PRH)

87 How much.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at January 01, 2026 02:06 PM (36PRH)

88 Yep, college football has been ruined. I still watch because I like football or out of habit…. But a world where USC and Notre Dame no longer play is ridiculous and sad…that’s just one rivalry that’s been erased. There are others (like Bedlam)

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 02:07 PM (xT8gx)

89 Geez, Oregon should be dominating Tech on the scoreboard instead of being up 6-0 if they could simply convert on short yardage.

Turnover on downs at Tech 23 on failed 4th and 1.
Turnover on downs at Tech 2 on failed 4th and 2.
Turnover on downs at Tech 33 on failed 4th and 2.

Dominating time of possession 2:1 (23:31 to 9:56)
Dominating plays 53 to 28
Dominating yardage 207 to 80.

Yet, with one good TD drive, Tech could take lead.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 02:08 PM (P5BPp)

90 Love the Uncle Mike story, Nurse- appreciate you sharing it.
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher

and such a good idea with the towel on the W/D! Wring out the spilled booze, drink it, and toss towel in the washer. Highly efficient!

Posted by: One-Stop Shopping at January 01, 2026 02:08 PM (oftw2)

91 He worked as a mineral economist for the US Bureau of Mines, 1941-47, then became a patent attorney, first with American Cyanamid (1947-1953), then with W.R. Grace & Co. (1953-1981). "
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 02:00 PM (WDjG6)

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W.R. Grace was my first employer out of college... the company was eventually ruined by their asbestos liabilities.

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at January 01, 2026 02:08 PM (t/66j)

92 The Washington state attorney general released a statement on X Tuesday evening warning independent journalists to stop investigating fraudulent Somali daycare centers or they could be charged with a hate crime.

https://t.ly/wno_B
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

The broad response to the AG should be -
FU, you racist POS.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 02:03 PM (/lPRQ)
***

So an intrepid reporter from Seattle's ABC affiliate decided to investigate the emerging reports of Somali day cares in south Seattle. The interview that makes the news? Its a Korean day care center.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 02:09 PM (2WIwB)

93 >>W.R. Grace was my first employer out of college... the company was eventually ruined by their asbestos liabilities.

Yeah - Libby Montana is not a fan.

Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:09 PM (grNgC)

94 74 The only people who tout the 10 GA have never spent a day hunting geese with a 10 GA.
Posted by: garrett
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Supposedly the gas operated ones take up a bit of the recoil but their popularity dwindled when 3 inch 12 gauge shells became widely available.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 02:09 PM (WDjG6)

95 @Clyde Shelton, while I agree with most of your post, I'm adapting to CFB being a new thing. The school loyalty stuff is gone, but the athletics are just as good. I will always be rooting for someone, because I love competition in every form, and college football is still great on the field. I try to ignore the fact that accountants are pulling the strings, they aren't the ones ripping off 50-yard runs through traffic.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 02:09 PM (vV6n9)

96 Ok, A husband and wife battleship show. She holds an unlit cigarette in her mouth and he lights it with a 16" main battery incendiary round at a three mile range. It would be thrilling.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 02:10 PM (3uBP9)

97 Me and my friends would wrap foam and tape around headless arrows and shoot each other them.

One day, our very stupidest friend got in on the action (thank G-d I wasn't present for this, I might have killed him).

This guy wasn't quite Somali dumb, few people are, but dumb AF. He wrapped it but didn't remove the damn arrowhead first, and shot our other buddy Tyler. In the face. It went straight through his lip and maxilla, and lodged in his soft palate. He was riding ATV at the time, which we promptly drove into a barbed wire fence, inflicting more grievous injuries.

He lived. But it was a close run thing.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 02:10 PM (BI5O2)

98 Our childhood home was on the path between all the fun places in the neighborhood (creek, woods, fields, train tracks, etc.) and the rest of the homes. As mom was a nurse, she was the first stop when any of us had a bit too much fun while outdoors.
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Same here. We ran around like a pack of wild indians. The parents gave no thought whatsoever to the safety or behavior of the kids, because it wasn't necessary.

Today, I see no kids out playng around the neighborhood at all.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 01, 2026 02:11 PM (XeU6L)

99 Um, well, ok

@visegrad24 2h
BREAKING: Belarusian Il-76 cargo planes keep landing in Tehran, bringing in Russian and Chinese weapons and equipment for the Islamic regime’s pressured security forces.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 02:11 PM (mlg/3)

100 Funny now at reunions but it wasn't when it happened.
Posted by: Tonypete

My Dad's uncle was a Cyclops because his brother shot him through the eye with an arrow.

Posted by: Warby Parker! at January 01, 2026 02:11 PM (oftw2)

101 He is still updating them, AOP

https://youtu.be/vnJVEeQDNYg

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 01, 2026 02:12 PM (+mUZM)

102 A husband and wife death star act. Padme stands on a planet and Vadypoo annihilates it just under her feet.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 02:12 PM (3uBP9)

103 95 @Clyde Shelton, while I agree with most of your post, I'm adapting to CFB being a new thing. The school loyalty stuff is gone, but the athletics are just as good. I will always be rooting for someone, because I love competition in every form, and college football is still great on the field. I try to ignore the fact that accountants are pulling the strings, they aren't the ones ripping off 50-yard runs through traffic.
Posted by: Lincolntf
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Online gambling will ruin CFB just like it did the pros. By making the bets on performance of individual athletes, etc. rather than win-lose, it makes it much easier for gamblers to get to individual players.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 02:13 PM (WDjG6)

104 >>Supposedly the gas operated ones take up a bit of the recoil but their popularity dwindled when 3 inch 12 gauge shells became widely available.

They punish you like nothing else. I can't say I have shot any of the most current models...but, damn. Gramps 10 GA hit like Mike Tyson.

3.5" Goose Loads out of a 12 GA are not even close and they will beat you up fairly well after a day in the field.

Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:13 PM (grNgC)

105 Man, if Iran collapses, Tucker Carlson is gonna be so pissed off.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 02:13 PM (BI5O2)

106
Yeah - Libby Montana is not a fan.
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:09 PM (grNgC)

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Nor was Woburn, MA....

Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at January 01, 2026 02:13 PM (t/66j)

107 99 Um, well, ok

@visegrad24 2h
BREAKING: Belarusian Il-76 cargo planes keep landing in Tehran, bringing in Russian and Chinese weapons and equipment for the Islamic regime’s pressured security forces.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 02:11 PM (mlg/3)

Soon as this thing broke out we should have shut down Iranian airspace.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 02:14 PM (QGaXH)

108 Me and my friends would wrap foam and tape around headless arrows and shoot each other them.

One day, our very stupidest friend got in on the action (thank G-d I wasn't present for this, I might have killed him).

This guy wasn't quite Somali dumb, few people are, but dumb AF. He wrapped it but didn't remove the damn arrowhead first, and shot our other buddy Tyler. In the face. It went straight through his lip and maxilla, and lodged in his soft palate. He was riding ATV at the time, which we promptly drove into a barbed wire fence, inflicting more grievous injuries.

He lived. But it was a close run thing.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 02:10 PM (BI5O2)

Sounds like a dumb game in any case. Wrap foam tape around a headless arrow, and hit somebody in the eye socket with that, and the shaft of the arrow slips right through the foam tape and enter the guys brainbox.

Nerf guns FTW.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 02:14 PM (8zz6B)

109 Down 13-0, Tech needs to score on this drive or it's going to get out of reach quick.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 02:14 PM (vV6n9)

110 And Tech's collapse continues. Fumble which leads to Oregon TD. The bye week curse continues in college football playoffs.

@Clyde Shelton, while I agree with most of your post, I'm adapting to CFB being a new thing. The school loyalty stuff is gone, but the athletics are just as good. I will always be rooting for someone, because I love competition in every form, and college football is still great on the field. I try to ignore the fact that accountants are pulling the strings, they aren't the ones ripping off 50-yard runs through traffic.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 02:09 PM

I still watch the regular season games between the good schools and watch the playoffs. However, I stopped watching bowl games in general years ago when they lost all meaning... because players sit out who were going to the NFL and the teams playing in the bowl games were 2nd and 3rd stringers, nothing like the teams from the regular season.

The bowl games also have lost all meaning because we've gone from 11 bowl games (16% of schools) in 1976 to 42 bowl games (62%) in 2024.

When everyone is special, no one is.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 02:15 PM (P5BPp)

111 81 @70 Clyde, Iowa State's coach quit and over 40players went into the portal. They're down to something like 17 scholarship players
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 02:04 PM (zNwXb)

Iowa State ripped off the coach from Washington State. I read yesterday that many of the 40 didn't declare for the portal until after they met the new coach. Coach knows how to win, but he's made the road ahead difficult for himself.
Meanwhile, Washington State is going to come out of it all a lot better off.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 02:15 PM (2WIwB)

112 >.Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at January 01, 2026 02:13 PM (t/66j)

I did abatement for about 5 years...and worked with the stuff a lot doing historical remodels.

In the future, I believe we will find (Owens Corning) Fiberglass to be even more deadly/toxic.

Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:15 PM (grNgC)

113 @visegrad24 2h
BREAKING: Belarusian Il-76 cargo planes keep landing in Tehran, bringing in Russian and Chinese weapons and equipment for the Islamic regime’s pressured security forces.

IOW, they're ensuring that they'll be hated by whomever eventually takes over. They might want to think this through.

Russia shouldn't really mind because chaos in Iran would take a major oil producer off the world market for awhile. China is a different story. They're protecting their current oil supplier - one they can't replace.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 02:16 PM (Riz8t)

114 Flouncing
Otters
Hot Iron
Bewbs!

Posted by: Boswell at January 01, 2026 02:16 PM (BGfwC)

115 What a catch!

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 02:16 PM (vV6n9)

116 >> The Washington state attorney general released a statement on X Tuesday evening warning independent journalists to stop investigating fraudulent Somali daycare centers or they could be charged with a hate crime.

Harmeet Dillon responded that's not right, and she will take action if peoples' 1A rights are restricted.

The administration needs to come down on these states fast and hard. No more games, grandstanding, X b#tchslaps. Shut it all down now.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 02:16 PM (NuV6c)

117 As mom was a nurse, she was the first stop when any of us had a bit too much fun while outdoors.

Normie S. shot himself through the knee (sideways) with a longbow and, of course, stumbled in to seek Mom's ministrations. He damn near bled out on our kitchen table. It looked like someone butchered a hog in there.

Funny now at reunions but it wasn't when it happened.
Posted by: Tonypete

How does one shoot oneself in the knee, sideways, with a bow and arrow?

I assume Norm had a long and illustrious career as a circus contortionist as an adult?

Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 02:17 PM (nhCoE)

118 That is also the case for professional sports for the past 2-3 decades now. Which is why I no longer root for any teams or players. Since players don't care about the team or the cities in which they play or the fans who watch them. Money is all that matters. And they constantly whine about not making enough, even when making more than 99.99% of people in the world.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 02:01 PM (P5BPp)

I'm going to miss Clayton Kershaw this year. He was public about his faith and pushed back on the LA degeneracy. But he had six very good reasons to retire: He and his wife just had their 5th kid.

Posted by: pookysgirl, still keeping an eye on the Dodgers at January 01, 2026 02:17 PM (Wt5PA)

119 114 Flouncing
Otters
Hot Iron
Bewbs!
Posted by: Boswell at January 01, 2026 02:16 PM (BGfwC)

Bewbs!!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 02:17 PM (QGaXH)

120
The Washington state attorney general released a statement on X Tuesday evening warning independent journalists to stop investigating fraudulent Somali daycare centers or they could be charged with a hate crime.

https://t.ly/wno_B
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

-------

That's a confession.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 01, 2026 02:17 PM (azNOR)

121 Wrap foam tape around a headless arrow, and hit somebody in the eye socket with that, and the shaft of the arrow slips right through the foam tape and enter the guys brainbox.
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Nah, we're talking about a softball-sized chunk of tightly packed foam and duct tape. They hurt like the devil, and left huge bruises, but that was the only serious injury that happened. Just hillbilly shit in a little mountain hamlet with nothing to do but beat on each other.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 02:17 PM (BI5O2)

122 They punish you like nothing else. I can't say I have shot any of the most current models...but, damn. Gramps 10 GA hit like Mike Tyson.

3.5" Goose Loads out of a 12 GA are not even close and they will beat you up fairly well after a day in the field.
Posted by: garrett
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Back when I shot shotguns, I cheated. Mercury inserts in the buttstock, heavy ass stocks, thick recoil pads, heavy shooting coat and a past recoil pad under the coat. Same with hard kicking rifles. Back and other neuropathy problems pretty much rule out shooting those nowadays.

In Arkansas, snow geese were easy enough to find and shoot, in fact, farmers and state begged people to shoot them in season, but geese are a royal pita to clean and cook so duck hunting is still the premier shooting sport there.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 02:18 PM (WDjG6)

123 Flouncing
Otters
Hot Iron
Bewbs!
Posted by: Boswell at January 01, 2026 02:16 PM (BGfwC)

Perhaps relook the order there..

Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 02:19 PM (2WIwB)

124 He lived. But it was a close run thing.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 02:10 PM (BI5O2)
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Cool. Visible weapons were frowned upon in my neighborhood.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 02:19 PM (RIvkX)

125 >> They hurt like the devil, and left huge bruises, but that was the only serious injury that happened. Just hillbilly shit in a little mountain hamlet with nothing to do but beat on each other.

Like playing BB Tag. 3 Pumps Max!

Yeah...that was more of an aspirational guideline than a hard Rule.

Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:19 PM (grNgC)

126 How is investigating fraudulent Day Cares in MN a hate crime? Very illogical.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 02:20 PM (8Xy/A)

127 Bewbs!!
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 02:17 PM (QGaXH)

And so it begins...

***waits for patiently for that guy who always says nothing is happening***

Posted by: Boswell at January 01, 2026 02:20 PM (BGfwC)

128 13 I think they are violating ALL of the range rules that I learned.
Posted by: Half Dozen at January 01, 2026 01:37 PM (EYvpB)
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That's what makes it entertaining.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 01:37 PM (ZOv7s)

Technically speaking, I don't think the rules of the range actually prohibit blindfolds. So maybe they're okay.

Posted by: Half Dozen at January 01, 2026 02:21 PM (EYvpB)

129 Oregon 13 Texas Tech 0

A culture that celebrates the prom queen over the math olympiad champ, or the jock over the valedictorian, will not produce the best engineers.

Posted by: Vivek Ramaslamadingdong at January 01, 2026 02:21 PM (R/m4+)

130 Like playing BB Tag. 3 Pumps Max!

Yeah...that was more of an aspirational guideline than a hard Rule.
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:19 PM (grNgC)

Oh hell yeah, me and my brothers hunted each other BB guns a lot. My mom hated that, especially inside the house.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 02:21 PM (BI5O2)

131 Like playing BB Tag. 3 Pumps Max!

Yeah...that was more of an aspirational guideline than a hard Rule.
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:19 PM (grNgC)

This!

Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 02:21 PM (2WIwB)

132 >>In Arkansas, snow geese were easy enough to find and shoot, in fact, farmers and state begged people to shoot them in season, but geese are a royal pita to clean and cook so duck hunting is still the premier shooting sport there.

We get big Snow and Ross flights through here. Limits are retarded. Like 20+ per day. No thanks.
I'd rather eat Kale.

Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:21 PM (grNgC)

133 How is investigating fraudulent Day Cares in MN a hate crime? Very illogical.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Because it implicates Democrats.

Democrat logical.

Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 02:22 PM (nhCoE)

134 In the future, I believe we will find (Owens Corning) Fiberglass to be even more deadly/toxic.
Posted by: garrett

Look, Jack, my Corvette never killed anybody. Neilia's station wagon though,.....

Posted by: President Emeritus!! at January 01, 2026 02:22 PM (oftw2)

135 When we were kids, a favorite pastime was waiting until me and my buddy were returning to the beach/dock and my brother and his friends whipping rocks at us as soon as we got in range, took a few stones to the noggin during that phase.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 02:22 PM (vV6n9)

136 Soon as this thing broke out we should have shut down Iranian airspace.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan
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Why risk confrontation with Russia or China? All the arms in the world shipped into Assad in Syria did not save his ass when people wanted him gone.

In fact, a lot of those arms ended up with the opposition when the Alawites had enough of fighting and dying.

If the Iranian people truly want the mullahs gone by a large percentage, they will be gone absent foreign on the ground troops keeping them in control.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 02:22 PM (WDjG6)

137 Russian crew detained after undersea cable cut in 'sabotage'

The Russkis just can't help themselves. If there's a d*** move out there, they'll do it. Now that they're putting Wagnerians on their sabotage and shadow fleet ships, I expect shooting to break out soon. The Finns are not going to back down, and the Russians don't have a lot of friends.

https://is.gd/xJPxlm

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 02:22 PM (Riz8t)

138 I'm going to miss Clayton Kershaw this year. He was public about his faith and pushed back on the LA degeneracy. But he had six very good reasons to retire: He and his wife just had their 5th kid.

Posted by: pookysgirl, still keeping an eye on the Dodgers at January 01, 2026 02:17 PM

One my childhood sports heroes, Ryne Sandberg, passed away this year. I miss players like him and Barry Sanders and Walter Payton who were not obnoxious show-offs, but just played the game and played with class.

That's another thing that has turned me off to college and pro sports the last 10+ years or so. The constant celebrating and showing off for making even the basic play. Make a tackle, dance and pose for the cameras... get a first down, celebrate like you just won the Super Bowl... get a turnover, the entire defense runs to the opposite end zone and puts on a choreographed routine for the cameras.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 02:24 PM (P5BPp)

139 Why risk confrontation with Russia or China? All the arms in the world shipped into Assad in Syria did not save his ass when people wanted him gone.

In fact, a lot of those arms ended up with the opposition when the Alawites had enough of fighting and dying.

If the Iranian people truly want the mullahs gone by a large percentage, they will be gone absent foreign on the ground troops keeping them in control.

Concur. However, there are other things we can do short of military intervention that show we support the Iranian people, which we should.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 02:24 PM (Riz8t)

140 A culture that celebrates the prom queen over the math olympiad champ, or the jock over the valedictorian, will not produce the best engineers.
Posted by: Vivek Ramaslamadingdong at January 01, 2026 02:21

Oh yeah I nearly forgot about that little bon mot.

Tough shit. That's the culture in THIS country, Vivek.

If you think that's no good, then haul ass back to India and go enter a spelling bee, ya fuckin' wog.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 02:24 PM (BI5O2)

141 Garrett,

Current rules in Arkansas on snow geese,

"The season begins on February 1st and runs through late April and there are no bans on plugs or electric calls, plus, there are no bag or possession limits. "

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 02:25 PM (WDjG6)

142 Oh hell yeah, me and my brothers hunted each other BB guns a lot. My mom hated that, especially inside the house.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

I'm recommending you for Order of the Redneck, second class, with Bud Light cap clusters.

Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 02:25 PM (nhCoE)

143 Cody Campbell, the billionaire funding Tech, is going to be opening the checkbook for offensive linemen this upcoming offseason.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 01, 2026 02:25 PM (/mCq0)

144 A culture that celebrates the prom queen over the math olympiad champ, or the jock over the valedictorian, will not produce the best engineers.
Posted by: Vivek Ramaslamadingdong at January 01, 2026 02:21

Oh yeah I nearly forgot about that little bon mot.

Tough shit. That's the culture in THIS country, Vivek.

Disagree. He's making a valid point, and a whole lot of people who wonder why Orientals and Indians in this country are so much more successful than they are would do well to listen.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 02:26 PM (Riz8t)

145 >>Current rules in Arkansas on snow geese,

Yeah. I have buddies who go down there and decimate the Snows. 100-200 geese days. It's nuts.

Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:26 PM (grNgC)

146
https://tinyurl.com/24z6ubst

Massive fraud over illegals getting driving licenses on KY- and no doubt, in other D states as well

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 02:26 PM (Yl2Ob)

147 Concur. However, there are other things we can do short of military intervention that show we support the Iranian people, which we should.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Verbal support, sanctions, warning Iranian higher ups off from crimes against humanity, and acting to spread internal comms from Iranians and those in exile would be something easy enough to do and support.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 02:27 PM (WDjG6)

148 136 If the Iranian people truly want the mullahs gone by a large percentage, they will be gone absent foreign on the ground troops keeping them in control.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 02:22 PM (WDjG6)

No planes in or out does not equal Foreign troops on the ground...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 02:27 PM (QGaXH)

149 Current rules in Arkansas on snow geese,

"The season begins on February 1st and runs through late April and there are no bans on plugs or electric calls, plus, there are no bag or possession limits. "
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 02:25 PM (WDjG6)

Same rules they have for alligators, pythons and penguins...Arkansas is generous like that.

Posted by: Boswell at January 01, 2026 02:27 PM (BGfwC)

150 Big pick by Tech. Gotta make something out of it.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 02:28 PM (vV6n9)

151 Mike DeWine is just a special kind of stupid.

https://is.gd/esSxd8

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 02:28 PM (Riz8t)

152 A culture that celebrates the prom queen over the math olympiad champ, or the jock over the valedictorian, will not produce the best engineers.
Posted by: Vivek Ramaslamadingdong at January 01, 2026 02:21

What about cultures that shit in the streets and molest women on public transit?

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 01, 2026 02:28 PM (Idisy)

153 A culture that celebrates the prom queen over the math olympiad champ, or the jock over the valedictorian, will not produce the best engineers.
Posted by: Vivek Ramaslamadingdong

Oh yeah I nearly forgot about that little bon mot.

Tough shit. That's the culture in THIS country, Vivek.

If you think that's no good, then haul ass back to India and go enter a spelling bee, ya fuckin' wog.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice

As I are one myself, I know the engineers don't give a crap about your accolades, Vivie. Just let us solve our problems in peace. Give the brass-plated pewter trophies to the pretty extroverts who can run fast and throw things.

Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 02:29 PM (nhCoE)

154 He's making a valid point, and a whole lot of people who wonder why Orientals and Indians in this country are so much more successful than they are would do well to listen.

Yes and no. The culture he denigrates produced the inventors of basically everything the Asians are now iterating on. It’s OK to have high school football *and* top mathematicians. We’re America, dammit.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 01, 2026 02:29 PM (QZThv)

155 >>How is investigating fraudulent Day Cares in MN a hate crime? Very illogical.

How is "hate" a crime? Emotions are illegal now?
It's a nonsense crime used to harass people who haven't committed a crime, or to make a normal crime appear much worse.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 02:29 PM (NuV6c)

156 Yeah. I have buddies who go down there and decimate the Snows. 100-200 geese days. It's nuts.
Posted by: garrett

It isn't exactly hunting involved, just killing due to the sheer size of the flocks in the fields.

Had an acquaintance who worked at a large cattle ranch owned by his relative. Came a time that the deer herd got so large that they got a permit from the state to reduce the numbers. The acquaintance killed so many deer doing that he lost the taste for hunting them permanently afaik.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 02:29 PM (WDjG6)

157 We be gots a New Yeer Emale from Presdent Obama and if anybody wants a copy let's meet know.

Posted by: Mary Cloggistein from Brattleboro, Vt at January 01, 2026 02:29 PM (wXPKd)

158 What about cultures that shit in the streets and molest women on public transit?

Vivek doesn't live there, he lives here, and he's trying to make it better. I can't understand why this is a bad thing.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 02:29 PM (Riz8t)

159 Has anyone shot their eye out with the Daisy Red Ryder Crossbow they got for Christmas yet?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 02:30 PM (ESVrU)

160 Goose. Not great eating.

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 02:30 PM (pDt9x)

161 If the army sides with the protesters in Iran against the Mullahs and the secret police it's game over for the mullahs. The secret police are vicious and hated and would be drawn and quartered in the streets

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 02:30 PM (zNwXb)

162 A culture that celebrates the prom queen over the math olympiad champ, or the jock over the valedictorian, will not produce the best engineers.

Anyone ask him about the culture where you can literally buy a PhD in a shop like it was any other commodity?

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 01, 2026 02:31 PM (lUFok)

163 Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 02:28 PM (Riz8t)

I agree with the guy who posted the tweet. I also like his nic- "passably affable".

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 02:31 PM (Yl2Ob)

164 151 Mike DeWine is just a special kind of stupid.

https://is.gd/esSxd8
Posted by: Archimedes
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GOPe for decades was organized as a coalition of grifters and DeWine is a perfect example. He kept on like a Democrat even when he lost his Senate seat, he went home to grift some more.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 02:31 PM (WDjG6)

165 >>A culture that celebrates the prom queen over the math olympiad champ, or the jock over the valedictorian, will not produce the best engineers.
Posted by: Vivek Ramaslamadingdong

And a culture that allows rampant scamming, littering, and pooping in the streets will become so uninhabitable that they will flee to a functional one.
[insert 'let me tell you what it means to be American' meme here]

Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 02:32 PM (NuV6c)

166 158 What about cultures that shit in the streets and molest women on public transit?

Vivek doesn't live there, he lives here, and he's trying to make it better. I can't understand why this is a bad thing.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 02:29 PM (Riz8

Let me know when India makes it to the moon.

Because the American culture he is denigrating -- jocks and prom queens -- was in full swing last time we were there.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 01, 2026 02:32 PM (Idisy)

167 Disagree. He's making a valid point, and a whole lot of people who wonder why Orientals and Indians in this country are so much more successful than they are would do well to listen.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 02:26 PM (Riz8t)

He is not.

We are plagued by many problems that have led us to this impasse.

But while America has never placed a lot of cultural value on nerds, it still managed to produce the best engineers in world history, for a couple straight centuries.

He's just a smarmy little bitch who wishes he was cool, and he never will be.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 02:32 PM (BI5O2)

168 160 Goose. Not great eating.
Posted by: tubal
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Funny thing, turkey is now displacing geese as the traditional holiday dinner bird in the UK. The Brits collectively finally came to the same conclusion as you have.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 02:32 PM (WDjG6)

169 A friend of mine traded another kid for a crossbow when we were about 13 or 14. It didn't come with any crossbow bolts, but we did find some long (12" or so) bolt bolts (the normal threaded kind) in the junk.

They fit, and who gave a shit if they were slightly bent? Bolts is bolts, right?

Yeah, we really wanted to shoot this thing.

First shot, the bent bolt goes flying off in a completely random direction and goes right through the wall of his mobile home like it wasn't even there. Outer sheet metal, inner simulated wood paneling? Crossbow doesn't give a fuck.

We were suitably impressed by the power of the bow, but concerned about the inevitable, and memorable, ass kicking that was sure to arrive courtesy of my friend's father (this was before Modern Parenting forbade ass kickings, even if the kid does something monumentally stupid like shooting a hole in the trailer house).

Fortunately, the outer hole was in a patch of overgrowth at the corner where the homemade carport attached to the trailer, and the inner hole was in the back of my friend's bedroom closet.

As far as I know, the old man never noticed that the trailer had one more hole than it came from the factory with.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 01, 2026 02:32 PM (IG3/x)

170 Yes and no. The culture he denigrates produced the inventors of basically everything the Asians are now iterating on. It’s OK to have high school football *and* top mathematicians. We’re America, dammit.

1) It's not denigration to point out the flaws, which are very real. The culture that produced those things is not, in many cases, the culture of today. The Asians are iterating, but in many cases, they're threatening to take the lead. Besides, there are a whole lot of them, and they're smart and hardworking. Just because we led 50 years ago, doesn't mean we always will.

2) It IS okay to have both. He was saying that if you focus on trivial pursuits to the exclusion of the important stuff, that's not okay.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 02:32 PM (Riz8t)

171 Vivek doesn't live there, he lives here, and he's trying to make it better. I can't understand why this is a bad thing.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 02:29 PM (Riz8t)

"Brown people and girls ruin everything"

Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 02:33 PM (rbvCR)

172 Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 02:30 PM (pDt9x

Why? Too fatty?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 02:33 PM (Yl2Ob)

173 January 1st is always tough. Mom passed away on New Years Day 1996. Heart attack at home. Dad passed 7 1/2 years later. Miss you both.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 01, 2026 02:34 PM (5xuJ/)

174 >>Vivek doesn't live there, he lives here, and he's trying to make it better. I can't understand why this is a bad thing.

Because his idea of "better" is infinity H1B visas --> citizenship for Indians?

Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 02:34 PM (NuV6c)

175 Jack Fowler@jackfowler5h

I've received a flood of heartfelt inquiries about @VDHanson, and respond on my own accord, being clear that I'm not relaying official news about Victor, as I've not been deputized to say anything or to offer an update. However, I will say that what Victor endured this past Tuesday was indeed quite major surgery, and with that comes serious post-op procedures, tests, etc. That is ongoing.

Whether or not the surgery has proven successful (which is the objective of the avalanche of prayers that have already come Victor's way -- of which he is very aware and deeply moved) is still to be determined, and such news Victor will share at his discretion. That said, if you are amenable to continued prayers for Victor as he recovers, then please do offer them.
God bless and Happy New Year
Jan 1, 2026 · 2:16 PM UTC

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 02:35 PM (UZwsW)

176 And a culture that allows rampant scamming, littering, and pooping in the streets will become so uninhabitable that they will flee to a functional one.
[insert 'let me tell you what it means to be American' meme here]

Again, he's not defending India, he's talking about what WE need to do to stay on top. In many cases, we aren't doing it.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 02:35 PM (Riz8t)

177 172 Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 02:30 PM (pDt9x

Why? Too fatty?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 02:33 PM (Yl2Ob)

Greasy, gamey taste, renders too easily, leaving tough meat.

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 02:36 PM (pDt9x)

178 And there will never, ever be a time when I will accept cultural criticism from foreign swine. We can settle our own business without their input, TYVM.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 02:36 PM (BI5O2)

179 I cannot imagine a smarmy WHITE politician. Migawd, the thought just revolts me.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 02:36 PM (rbvCR)

180 Disagree. He's making a valid point, and a whole lot of people who wonder why Orientals and Indians in this country are so much more successful than they are would do well to listen.
Posted by: Archimedes

It's because the ones here are already the top 1% of their 1%.
Their "culture" is why their home countries are complete shitholes (more true of India than any random asian country).
Their rare genius get the ef out but are still lacking an aptitude to recognize why home is a dump.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 02:36 PM (/lPRQ)

181 You partially cook wild geese by pressure cooking, then roast to finish.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 01, 2026 02:36 PM (+mUZM)

182 >>Goose. Not great eating.

Jerky is about the only way I can tolerate goose, anymore.

Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:37 PM (grNgC)

183 Because his idea of "better" is infinity H1B visas --> citizenship for Indians?

I agree that he missed the mark there. However, I live in NoVa, a very "diverse" area. When my kids were in HS, most of the top performers were asians of some flavor. They took their studies seriously. Too many native-born kids don't.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 02:37 PM (Riz8t)

184 He was very clearly saying he thinks Indian culture is superior. He's welcome to it. Anyone who votes for him is a cuck.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 02:37 PM (BI5O2)

185 >>Why? Too fatty?

No fat at all is the problem. They don't develop interstitial fat. Just caul fat.

Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:38 PM (grNgC)

186 Vivek appears disingenuous. An elite ShamWow guy.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 02:38 PM (UZwsW)

187 And there will never, ever be a time when I will accept cultural criticism from foreign swine. We can settle our own business without their input, TYVM.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 02:36 PM (BI5O2)

He was born in Cincinnati. Chances are the worst thing you can say about him is he eats funny food.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 02:39 PM (rbvCR)

188 It's because the ones here are already the top 1% of their 1%.

There is certainly truth in that, but I rather doubt that the majority of their high performers are over here. That means there are more of them in their home countries than we have.

Sooner or later, they'll get it together in India and China, and when they do, you'd better hope our kids have upped their game.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 02:39 PM (Riz8t)

189 You partially cook wild geese by pressure cooking, then roast to finish.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 01, 2026 02:36 PM (+mUZM)

You cook them with bacon, lots and lots of bacon...then throw away the goose, eat the bacon.

Posted by: Boswell at January 01, 2026 02:40 PM (BGfwC)

190 Intramuscular fat / Marbling. Not interstitial. My bad.

Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:40 PM (grNgC)

191 Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 01, 2026 02:34 PM (5xuJ/)
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May their memories be a blessing.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 02:40 PM (RIvkX)

192 178 And there will never, ever be a time when I will accept cultural criticism from foreign swine.

foreign wines > foreign swine

Posted by: anachronda at January 01, 2026 02:41 PM (edU/H)

193 189 You partially cook wild geese by pressure cooking, then roast to finish.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 01, 2026 02:36 PM (+mUZM)

You cook them with bacon, lots and lots of bacon...then throw away the goose, eat the bacon.
Posted by: Boswell at January 01, 2026 02:40 PM (BGfwC)

This is wisdom.

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 02:41 PM (pDt9x)

194 > Yes and no. The culture he denigrates produced the inventors of basically everything the Asians are now iterating on.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 01, 2026 02:29 PM (QZThv)

The cheerleaders and football players I can think of peaked their senior year of high school. They never invented anything.

Most of 'em never even amounted to anything in college... being the best football player or prettiest girl at East Bumblefuck High is an entirely different thing from being the best football player or the prettiest girl at Enormous State University.

Some of them did find limited (albeit highly localized) success by working their high school social contacts into a career as a used car salesman or a real estate agent, but they sure as fuck didn't invent packet switching or software recursion.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 01, 2026 02:41 PM (IG3/x)

195 Ugh. Oregon just probably clinched the game with an endzone INT. Next up, Indiana vs. Alabama.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 02:42 PM (vV6n9)

196 Vivek isn't wrong.

He's just Indian.

Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:42 PM (grNgC)

197 I had a friend, living hand to mouth, that fed his family on geese and sturgeon. That's how they cooked them. They didn't have food to waste.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 01, 2026 02:42 PM (+mUZM)

198 And there will never, ever be a time when I will accept cultural criticism from foreign swine. We can settle our own business without their input, TYVM.

I didn't realize we have nothing of value to learn from anyone else.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 02:43 PM (Riz8t)

199 I've goosed many a young chick and always enjoyed it!

Posted by: President Emeritus! at January 01, 2026 02:43 PM (oftw2)

200 >>Again, he's not defending India, he's talking about what WE need to do to stay on top. In many cases, we aren't doing it.

He made that comment last Christmas during the H1B discussion, defending the hiring of Indians. As has been pointed out since then, Americans that DO work hard, who DO pursue STEM degrees and want very much to achieve great things are being systematically shut out via foreigners getting preferential admissions at elite universities, getting preferential hiring at graduation thanks to OPT, and those who have gotten good jobs are laid off when an Indian executive is hired (see many postings from https://x.com/realmattforney and others), such as Fedx, Walmart, etc...

We are long past calling this an 'Americans are slackers' issue.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 02:44 PM (NuV6c)

201 >>I had a friend, living hand to mouth, that fed his family on geese and sturgeon. That's how they cooked them.

If you cook them in fat, geese and ducks are ok.

I spent 2-3 years living on ducks and geese when I ate through the deer I was allowed to take.

It's not a fun way to live.

Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:44 PM (grNgC)

202 Vivek isn't wrong.

He's just Indian.
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:42 PM (grNgC)

He should have been born in Kiev and raised in Milwaukie. That would have made him OK.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 02:44 PM (rbvCR)

203 130 Like playing BB Tag. 3 Pumps Max!

Yeah...that was more of an aspirational guideline than a hard Rule.
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:19 PM (grNgC)

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I saw 3 Pumps Max! open for Wham! at the Blue Oyster Bar .

Posted by: not an oligarch at January 01, 2026 02:45 PM (5LiC7)

204 He was born in Cincinnati. Chances are the worst thing you can say about him is he eats funny food.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 02:39 PM (rbvCR)

Well, that, and being an undiplomatic jerk. But mostly being an undiplomatic jerk.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 02:45 PM (8zz6B)

205 I heard Willie Fritz, coach for UH, comment on the current NIL/NCAA crap and the way players are able to sell out to the highest bidder and all that goes with it.

"I don't mind it. Now I can have the second or third best guy come in and play next week instead of waiting a year!".

Posted by: DanMan at January 01, 2026 02:45 PM (8uzBS)

206 Sooner or later, they'll get it together in India and China, and when they do, you'd better hope our kids have upped their game.
Posted by: Archimedes

China's best days are past them in the near future as they are aging as rapidly as the Japanese due to their lack of births.

India has the births so far and has probably exceeded China's population by now. However, it lacks cohesion as a nation due to the sheer multitude of ethnicities, religions, etc. and the instability from living next to Pakistan, Bangladesh, and China.

On top of that, you have the caste system and Hinduism for the top Brahmin caste that means disdain and dislike for any of the other castes.

So you get a hodge podge of pockets of wealth along with pockets of extreme poverty. We shall see if India, unlike China, can beat the middle income trap for nations.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 02:45 PM (WDjG6)

207 Sooner or later, they'll get it together in India and China, and when they do, you'd better hope our kids have upped their game.
Posted by: Archimedes

It's cultural, so that's at least 2 generations off, if they get going on it right now. And I don't see any big charismatic leaders in either place.

And in China, it's political..... commies don't like Idea People getting Ideas.

Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 02:45 PM (nhCoE)

208 Big percentage of Jamestown protein came from sturgeon the first few years. They were plentiful, easy to spear, net. Of course, they overfished and sturgeon take a long time to mature and breed. Oops!

Posted by: Gadabout Gaddis at January 01, 2026 02:45 PM (oftw2)

209 Trying to understand who Ramaswamy is pandering to, with his seemingly inept commenting.

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 02:46 PM (pDt9x)

210 I recall a time back in my misspent youth when I lived for a while on nothing but potatoes and clams (dug for free by yours truly). I did have a limited selection of things like salt, pepper, garlic powder, etc. so I was able to vary the flavor a bit.

I wouldn't eat either for a long time after that.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 01, 2026 02:46 PM (IG3/x)

211 Well, that, and being an undiplomatic jerk. But mostly being an undiplomatic jerk.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 02:45 PM (8zz6B)

Well, he could post here then, and no one could tell the difference.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 02:46 PM (rbvCR)

212 Back to work for me, today. Jobs a job. Bought a book in December. A devotional. Called 'Wonderful Things about Your Law'. Doesn't sound like much from the title. Here's the synopsis:

tinyurl.com/ysyzsc44

Goes to Grace Books.

The only thing I got going on this year, for now, is what happens to the contract I'm working in Aug. It should change Beltway Bandits then. (shrugs)

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 01, 2026 02:47 PM (sAmhv)

213 And don't forget the context.

This guy made his snide little jab because he was demanding moe H1Bs.

He isn't trying to help anything but HIS business and HIS tribe.

Well, I don't work for his business, and I'm not in his filthy tribe. His interests are not mine, or my family's, or my country's.

This little fucker shouldn't get within a mile of public office, unless it's in Bangalore.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 02:47 PM (BI5O2)

214 I didn't realize we have nothing of value to learn from anyone else.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 02:43 PM (Riz8t)

Lear...its nothing of value to lear...come on, if the MN Somalis can do it, so can we.

Posted by: Boswell at January 01, 2026 02:48 PM (BGfwC)

215 Oregon is slowly getting the edge in this game.
Sigh...

Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 02:48 PM (2WIwB)

216 Trying to understand who Ramaswamy is pandering to, with his seemingly inept commenting.
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 02:46 PM (pDt9x)

Tech bros who need large numbers of programmers, hopefully already trained, to do the scutwork for bringing out new stuff.
The tech bros who bankrolled him, and backed JD Vance and supported Trump.
They have wallets too. This is the problem of a coalition, it makes a lot of tension.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 02:49 PM (rbvCR)

217 Trebuchet nirvana:

https://tinyurl.com/45e2n9m3

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 02:49 PM (u/afo)

218 He made that comment last Christmas during the H1B discussion, defending the hiring of Indians. As has been pointed out since then, Americans that DO work hard, who DO pursue STEM degrees and want very much to achieve great things are being systematically shut out via foreigners getting preferential admissions at elite universities, getting preferential hiring at graduation thanks to OPT, and those who have gotten good jobs are laid off when an Indian executive is hired (see many postings from https://x.com/realmattforney and others), such as Fedx, Walmart, etc...

That's an argument for getting rid of the DEI rot and all the abuses of HiBs. As I've already said, I don't agree with Vivek on that point. However, it doesn't mean that our kids shouldn't work harder. That's a very different proposition.

We are long past calling this an 'Americans are slackers' issue.

Not all are, but plenty are, and if you want to avoid the need for bringing in boatloads of H1Bs, they're going to have to show they're better. We won't stay on top with mediocre S&T.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 02:49 PM (Riz8t)

219 He was born in Cincinnati. Chances are the worst thing you can say about him is he eats funny food.

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Doesn't matter he was born. He was expressing a preference for his mother culture and denigrating ours. Just because he slid down his mother's leg on our soil doesn't mean much.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 02:49 PM (BI5O2)

220 211 Well, that, and being an undiplomatic jerk. But mostly being an undiplomatic jerk.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Tenure at DOGE, exemplary.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 02:50 PM (UZwsW)

221 >>Doesn't matter he was born. He was expressing a preference for his mother culture and denigrating ours. Just because he slid down his mother's leg on our soil doesn't mean much.

Except that isn't his Mother Culture's Values.

Those are the Values of the people who colonized India. Indians didn't value education prior to colonization.

Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:51 PM (grNgC)

222 Trebuchet nirvana:

https://tinyurl.com/45e2n9m3
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 02:49 PM (u/afo)

Is that a Honda Fit? Please tell me they are pitching a Fit.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 02:51 PM (8zz6B)

223 Well, that, and being an undiplomatic jerk. But mostly being an undiplomatic jerk.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Tenure at DOGE, exemplary.

Trump is often rightfully accused of being an undiplomatic jerk. Should we get rid of his as well? Sometimes that's what's needed.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 02:51 PM (Riz8t)

224 Strings bands just began parading in Philly's Mummers Parade. Due to wind, they're leaving their sets behind this year, marching only in costume with their instruments.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 01, 2026 02:52 PM (NFX2v)

225 My Dad as a yute, was in the hospital in Norway after badly breaking his shoulder pole-vaulting, 1947. During occupation 1940-45, there were no foreign fruit brought in. He was in the hospital over a month and everyone who came to visit him brought bananas, as he was fond of them. He ate so many, he never ate another. Never saw him eat one in all the years I knew him.

Posted by: Bananas PSA at January 01, 2026 02:52 PM (oftw2)

226 116- the problem is our side waits until the damage is done before they act.

Dillon should say something stronger than "having some 'splaining to do." No cuteness, put some damn teeth in it.

Like reminding them a state AG can face federal consequences if their actions in violation of their oath also constitute a federal crime or a breach of the U.S. Constitution or federal law, which the DOJ will investigate and prosecute. Immediately.

Posted by: vivi at January 01, 2026 02:53 PM (jC0jb)

227 New one: New York, 1746

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 02:53 PM (Riz8t)

228 I still have a BB in my ass from 50 years ago.
BB gun wars were all the rage amongst us youngsters.
10 pumps from a Daisy hurt like hell at 10 ft.

Posted by: Elrond Hubbard at January 01, 2026 02:54 PM (WQDw6)

229 Well, that, and being an undiplomatic jerk. But mostly being an undiplomatic jerk.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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You left out grifter. Vivek became rich by running a pump and dump company Axovant and selling at its height-company lasted for eight years pushing a failed Alzheimer's drug. Owns shares in another, Roivant, which has never made a profit yet Wall Street is still propping up.

That is how he made his money. Not by creating anything but from fooling stupid investors.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 02:54 PM (WDjG6)

230 There is little reason for H1Bs.
Shouldn't be used for getting people arguably better than the natives but willing to work for much less.

Should be reserved for scalping other nations real genius. And Filipina nurses.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 02:54 PM (/lPRQ)

231 222 Trebuchet nirvana:

https://tinyurl.com/45e2n9m3
Posted by: Bid
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If that was a Toyota Land Cruiser they'd go start it up.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 02:55 PM (UZwsW)

232 229 Well, that, and being an undiplomatic jerk. But mostly being an undiplomatic jerk.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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You left out grifter. Vivek became rich by running a pump and dump company Axovant and selling at its height-company lasted for eight years pushing a failed Alzheimer's drug. Owns shares in another, Roivant, which has never made a profit yet Wall Street is still propping up.

That is how he made his money. Not by creating anything but from fooling stupid investors.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 02:54 PM (WDjG6)

It's a legal con man job. It's better than an illegal one.

Posted by: Nova Local at January 01, 2026 02:55 PM (tOcjL)

233 @228 I still have a tiny bump on my head where I got shot with a BB gun on 1973.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 02:55 PM (zNwXb)

234 kill a Toyota

youtube.com/watch?v=xnWKz7Cthkk

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 02:56 PM (UZwsW)

235 Trump is often rightfully accused of being an undiplomatic jerk. Should we get rid of his as well? Sometimes that's what's needed.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 02:51 PM (Riz8t)

Trump never comes off as being condescending. Ramaswami comes off as being condescending.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 02:56 PM (8zz6B)

236 >>That's an argument for getting rid of the DEI rot and all the abuses of HiBs. As I've already said, I don't agree with Vivek on that point. However, it doesn't mean that our kids shouldn't work harder. That's a very different proposition.

Embrace the power of 'and' then.
American education has slipped thanks to being run by Lefty activists.
-- and --
American students and workers have been shortchanged by institutions who prefer foreigners over citizens to make more money.

However, you are saying Vivek's comment in the midst of an H1B discussion should not be considered in the context of an H1b discussion. That is a distinction you are making - Vivek did not. He is the one who chose that moment to put down Americans.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 02:56 PM (NuV6c)

237 This little fucker shouldn't get within a mile of public office, unless it's in Bangalore.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 02:47 PM (BI5O2)

Doesn't matter he was born. He was expressing a preference for his mother culture and denigrating ours. Just because he slid down his mother's leg on our soil doesn't mean much.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 02:49 PM (BI5O2)

You drinking again Mr. Bunker? You ain't gonna start on again about the Jews and the Russians, are ya? I'm gonna have to call you a cab if you do.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 02:56 PM (rbvCR)

238 230 There is little reason for H1Bs.
Shouldn't be used for getting people arguably better than the natives but willing to work for much less.

Should be reserved for scalping other nations real genius. And Filipina nurses.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 02:54 PM (/lPRQ)

So, 100 a year. The single best and brightest person from each of the top 100 countries in the world. Give an award.

Posted by: Nova Local at January 01, 2026 02:56 PM (tOcjL)

239 >>That is how he made his money. Not by creating anything but from fooling stupid investors.

I will gladly sacrifice Vivek on the same altar that we sacrifice all such individuals.

But, that's gonna be one bloody fucking altar.

Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:57 PM (grNgC)

240 203 130 Like playing BB Tag. 3 Pumps Max!

Yeah...that was more of an aspirational guideline than a hard Rule.
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:19 PM (grNgC)

My cousin just got his BB behind the eye removed. 42 years after it happened. I was messing with the nerves and he was going blind in that eye. He has it in a small jar. It looks like a rock.

The trouble we got in the day that happened... All known to the parents BB guns went bye bye. As in Dad smashed them in front of us. The cops were called to notify us we were on their radar and shooting BB guns at each other was a crime.

Posted by: Reforger at January 01, 2026 02:58 PM (gKsV+)

241 239 >>That is how he made his money. Not by creating anything but from fooling stupid investors.

I will gladly sacrifice Vivek on the same altar that we sacrifice all such individuals.

But, that's gonna be one bloody fucking altar.
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:57 PM (grNgC)

Nah, happy to have him vote for our candidates...not gonna have him AS one of our candidates...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 01, 2026 02:58 PM (tOcjL)

242 Those are the Values of the people who colonized India. Indians didn't value education prior to colonization.
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 02:51 PM (grNgC)

You really shouldn't make up facts in a debate.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 02:59 PM (rbvCR)

243 Speaking of immigrants, Musk's Starlink just announced that they're scrapping 4,400 satellites this year, just because they think it will slightly improve safety (these are one in lower orbits, subject faster orbital decay).

Launching satellites has gone from a technological tour de force that requires the resources of an advanced nation to something that's as routine as loading boxes on a semi trailer.

Musk launched over 3,000 of 'em in 2025. Nearly 60 per week.

On the other hand, he didn't play football in high school.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 01, 2026 02:59 PM (IG3/x)

244
Trump is often rightfully accused of being an undiplomatic jerk. Should we get rid of his as well? Sometimes that's what's needed.
Posted by: Archimedes
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Trump/DOGE & Co are a room full of undiplomatic high achievers who managed to work together.
How long did Vivek last? A week?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 03:00 PM (UZwsW)

245 H1-Bs are treated like slaves. They have less rights than the H1-As which are the similar program for Ag.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 03:00 PM (rbvCR)

246 However, you are saying Vivek's comment in the midst of an H1B discussion should not be considered in the context of an H1b discussion. That is a distinction you are making - Vivek did not. He is the one who chose that moment to put down Americans.

hat I said was that American students are falling behind, which in many cases they are. It isn't putting down American students if it's true; it's calling attention to the bleeding obvious - and the need for reform. That doesn't change whether we do or don't accept H1Bs.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 03:01 PM (Riz8t)

247
You really shouldn't make up facts in a debate.
Posted by: Kindltot
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India wasn't even a country before the Brits.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 03:02 PM (UZwsW)

248 I will gladly sacrifice Vivek on the same altar that we sacrifice all such individuals.

But, that's gonna be one bloody fucking altar.
Posted by: garrett
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I personally do not care if Vivek becomes governor in Ohio. That is for Ohio residents to decide. He cannot be less scummy than the traditional GOPe governors there like DeWino and Taft.

But proclaiming he is some sort of wunderkind that we should pay attention to as a great thinker about American society and culture is something else.

I have little patience for lectures from a scummy financier about the lack of virtue in the US about the same as I dislike television evangelists pushing prosperity gospel.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:03 PM (WDjG6)

249 > (these are one in lower orbits, subject faster orbital decay).

I got that wrong. They're lowering them from higher orbits, *because* the lower orbits will decay faster. That means that defunct satellites won't hang around for years causing future problems. The old orbit takes four years to decay, the new one only a few months.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 01, 2026 03:04 PM (IG3/x)

250 >>But proclaiming he is some sort of wunderkind that we should pay attention to as a great thinker about American society and culture is something else.

You won't find that in my comments.

Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 03:05 PM (grNgC)

251
You partially cook wild geese by pressure cooking, then roast to finish.
Posted by: Notsothoreau

You cook them with bacon, lots and lots of bacon...then throw away the goose, eat the bacon.
Posted by: Boswell

Goose will fowl the bacon.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 03:05 PM (pkeXY)

252 >>H1-Bs are treated like slaves. They have less rights than the H1-As which are the similar program for Ag.

And has been uncovered this past year, it has become a huge kickback scam, where H1bs are required to give back part of their salary to the hiring manager.

That Walmart IT executive was recently prosecuted for doing this: after he was hired, he replaced ALL of the US employees with Indians, each one giving him $$, so that he was getting $30k in kickback daily.

This doesn't even get into the role of the IT hiring businesses, such as IT Serve, who are facilitating this and getting their kickbacks.

It Is A Huge Scam.
This is not India's "best and brightest" beating out US candidates by merit.

Call me when Vivek wants to discuss that!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 03:05 PM (NuV6c)

253 That is how he made his money. Not by creating anything but from fooling stupid investors.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 02:54 PM (WDjG6)

He is also a lawyer, and I suspect he was the one who came up with the novel solution of "just follow the law" and was the one to popularize "using federal law to clean things up" instead of trying to get new legislation passed
That is why he was on DOGE.

As far as I can tell his Alzheimer treatment is not doing well is because none of the therapies from then are doing well. None of them work since they appear to be treating the wrong symptom

Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 03:06 PM (rbvCR)

254 American students are not falling behind because of football or any sports. American students are falling behind because of communist infusion in the education system and DEI.

Some people excel in intellect, some in sports; there's a place for both.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 03:06 PM (UZwsW)

255 The incoming UN Security Council president is Somalia’s UN ambassador—and also the president & CEO of a home health care company in Ohio.

Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 03:06 PM (ZxPkt)

256 But proclaiming he is some sort of wunderkind that we should pay attention to as a great thinker about American society and culture is something else.

You won't find that in my comments.

Nor mine. It doesn't take a great mind to see the simple truth.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 03:08 PM (Riz8t)

257 Online gambling will ruin CFB just like it did the pros. By making the bets on performance of individual athletes, etc. rather than win-lose, it makes it much easier for gamblers to get to individual players.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 02:13 PM (WDjG6)
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I've read where the gambling sites are being asked by the leagues as well as some states to back off the props bets for just the reason you noted.

Posted by: Black JEM at January 01, 2026 03:09 PM (UVyKP)

258 He made that comment last Christmas during the H1B discussion, defending the hiring of Indians. As has been pointed out since then, Americans that DO work hard, who DO pursue STEM degrees and want very much to achieve great things are being systematically shut out via foreigners getting preferential admissions at elite universities, getting preferential hiring at graduation thanks to OPT, and those who have gotten good jobs are laid off when an Indian executive is hired, such as Fedx, Walmart, etc...

We are long past calling this an 'Americans are slackers' issue.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 02:44 PM

Absolutely this.

I can vouch that this is happening at Stellantis and is likely happening at every other American automotive company and supplier as well.

And no, the vast majority of these Indians being hired in engineering positions are not good at all. They seem to have the equivalent of a high school education. These are remote-working Indians given salaries 1/4 to 1/3 what American engineers would be getting. Entire engineering departments outsourced to India, depriving hundreds of American engineers of jobs.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 03:10 PM (P5BPp)

259 It isn't putting down American students if it's true; it's calling attention to the bleeding obvious - and the need for reform. That doesn't change whether we do or don't accept H1Bs.
Posted by: Archimedes
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His diagnosis is basically stupid. The reason why Americans by and large are not going into STEM is because Americans that spend the time and effort to get real credentials from a university and incur debt to do so are shunted to the side by Megacorps and Indian hiring manager favoritism by H1b and foreign hires or the jobs are outsourced wholesale to foreign nations like China or India (who promptly steal the IP and then compete).

The American responses of top students are rational. Go to law, sales, etc. or licensed trades instead of STEM in order to make a living.

You want more and better students in the US to go into Stem, medicine, etc. then you have to snip most if not all H1B and other hires and ruthlessly go after DIEversity crap which is the justification for managers to hire foreigners on work visas and greencards at a lower wage.

Same issue with pursuing advanced degrees in STEM, Universities prefer coolie labor.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:10 PM (WDjG6)

260 And no, the vast majority of these Indians being hired in engineering positions are not good at all. They seem to have the equivalent of a high school education. These are remote-working Indians given salaries 1/4 to 1/3 what American engineers would be getting. Entire engineering departments outsourced to India, depriving hundreds of American engineers of jobs.

My nephew is a computer engineering student at Ga Tech. I've seen pictures of the roughly 100 or more students in the program. AFAICT, he's the only white boy. He'll tell you that the Indian kids, some of whom were his roomies, are absolute maniacs for hard work. But I guess we should s*** all over them. It won't hurt our tech base at all. Right?

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 03:12 PM (Riz8t)

261 >>What I said was that American students are falling behind, which in many cases they are. It isn't putting down American students if it's true

He criticized American culture, saying our interest in football stars over mathletes is why we are losing jobs. It was not specifically criticizing education; it was putting down our culture. This also mirrors how the Left puts down traditional American culture -- notice he didn't say we were falling behind because of, say, Womens and Gender studies, or an obsession with protests and climate change over STEM, etc.. People picked up on that, even if you didn't.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 03:13 PM (NuV6c)

262 As far as I can tell his Alzheimer treatment is not doing well is because none of the therapies from then are doing well. None of them work since they appear to be treating the wrong symptom
Posted by: Kindltot
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His company had eight employees and 3 of them were family members or himself. Classic pump and dump where you buy a product, hype it, sell plenty of stock at its peak valuation (3 billion) and then let it fail. 8 years it lasted leaving nothing but Vivek and family wealthy.

No different than the classic gold mine or oilfield scam.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:14 PM (WDjG6)

263 You want more and better students in the US to go into Stem, medicine, etc. then you have to snip most if not all H1B and other hires and ruthlessly go after DIEversity crap which is the justification for managers to hire foreigners on work visas and greencards at a lower wage.

Same issue with pursuing advanced degrees in STEM, Universities prefer coolie labor.

Reform DEI and H1Bs, AND improve our educational system and work ethic. We can do both.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 03:14 PM (Riz8t)

264 God made marxist so we would go righteously into outer space.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 01, 2026 03:14 PM (EyfuW)

265 Americans by technicality, and Americans by affinity and affection. There may be a difference.

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 03:14 PM (pDt9x)

266 The main conflicts I've had to manage have been Ethiopian vs Eritrean vs Filipino. No H1Bs in that mix.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 03:15 PM (RIvkX)

267 China's best days are past them in the near future as they are aging as rapidly as the Japanese due to their lack of births.

India has the births so far and has probably exceeded China's population by now. However, it lacks cohesion as a nation due to the sheer multitude of ethnicities, religions, etc. and the instability from living next to Pakistan, Bangladesh, and China.

On top of that, you have the caste system and Hinduism for the top Brahmin caste that means disdain and dislike for any of the other castes.

So you get a hodge podge of pockets of wealth along with pockets of extreme poverty. We shall see if India, unlike China, can beat the middle income trap for nations.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 02:45 PM (WDjG6)
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Yes, India clearly has more people than China - and China is fading fast. But India is aging quite rapidly themselves. The same toll waits for them. Both China and India do not have the civic infrastructure for long term success, and their best and brightest frequently do not possess their appreciation for individual and property rights that made the US what it is. The future is here. How good it will be compared to the rest of the world is TBD.

Posted by: Black JEM at January 01, 2026 03:15 PM (UVyKP)

268 He criticized American culture, saying our interest in football stars over mathletes is why we are losing jobs. It was not specifically criticizing education; it was putting down our culture.

And what if that's true? What if we overemphasize trivial things over the important ones?

This also mirrors how the Left puts down traditional American culture -- notice he didn't say we were falling behind because of, say, Womens and Gender studies, or an obsession with protests and climate change over STEM, etc.. People picked up on that, even if you didn't.

Oh, okay. I guess I'm just not smart enough to grasp your point. For the last time, we need to reform the DEI nonsense. I've said it twice already, but I guess you didn't pick up on it.
*rolls eyes*

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 03:17 PM (Riz8t)

269 That's an argument for getting rid of the DEI rot and all the abuses of HiBs. As I've already said, I don't agree with Vivek on that point. However, it doesn't mean that our kids shouldn't work harder. That's a very different proposition.

Embrace the power of 'and' then.
American education has slipped thanks to being run by Lefty activists.
-- and --
American students and workers have been shortchanged by institutions who prefer foreigners over citizens to make more money.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 02:56 PM

Why should Americans work harder when there is no reward in it? Has anyone stopped to put two and two together with regards to all this fraud and scamming and DEI that has been going on for *decades* now?

D.E.I. and H-1B scamming and India scamming and Muslim scamming and lack of merit-based rewards (for schools, for jobs, etc) has led the last two generations to realize the system is rigged against them.

I worked my ass off to become an expert in my position only to be discarded and replaced by outsourced retards in India. I've lost all faith in the idea that hard work and expertise lead to success. Millions of others have as well.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 03:19 PM (P5BPp)

270 He is also a lawyer, and I suspect he was the one who came up with the novel solution of "just follow the law" and was the one to popularize "using federal law to clean things up" instead of trying to get new legislation passed
That is why he was on DOGE.
Posted by: Kindltot
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Soros paid for his law degree when his family was already millionaires. He is simply a symptom of our current rotten globo homo ruling class which is perhaps not his fault.

But I don't have to listen to his pompous lectures on this or that including his defense of another biotech con man, Skreli

If Ohio wants to elect such as governor, it is their business as the ruling GOPe there is traditionally corrupt and incompetent since Rhodes was governor.

And Vivek was forced out of DOGE because he was big on talk, light on action. Musk managed to sideline Vivek because of that.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:19 PM (WDjG6)

271 America exists for Americans. I think a strong and successful America is good for the world, but that is a side benefit. If a strong and successful America resulted in impoverishing the rest of the world, I would be fine with that too.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 03:20 PM (jc0TO)

272 The whole "jock suck" and "prom queens suck" mindset is just bitter whining from nerds and uggos, and I say that as a once-unkissed nerd.

Civilizations, including those we admire, like the Greeks and Romans, have admired athleticism and beauty since forever. That's no fault.

And the idea that America values only those things or overvalues them is more or less a dopey stereotype based on media portrayals of popular culture that in no way represents the reality that most Americans are living.

There's a reason Indians are coming here and the Chinese are stealing our IP, and not the other way around. As fucked as present day America is, it's substantially less fucked than India or China.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 01, 2026 03:20 PM (Idisy)

273 I worked my ass off to become an expert in my position only to be discarded and replaced by outsourced retards in India. I've lost all faith in the idea that hard work and expertise lead to success. Millions of others have as well.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton

Yep. and the same reason Obamacare caused a lot of really good doctors to quit instead of becoming a cog employee in the new corporate setups envisioned and subsidized by the act.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:20 PM (WDjG6)

274 >>For the last time, we need to reform the DEI nonsense.

No one is disagreeing with that.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 03:21 PM (NuV6c)

275 There's a reason Indians are coming here and the Chinese are stealing our IP, and not the other way around. As fucked as present day America is, it's substantially less fucked than India or China.

True, but I'm not interested in today. I'm looking at the trends for the future.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 03:21 PM (Riz8t)

276 India wasn't even a country before the Brits.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 03:02 PM (UZwsW)

I can't tell if this is simple ignorance, bigoted provincialism, or if we have reached the "refusal to admit anything" point in an online argument.

so I will leave you to your impregnable . . . Stance, and let you get on.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 03:22 PM (rbvCR)

277 No telling what else teachers are doing to kids.

If neighbors are down with the state authority at will to change the sex of their children, run away from that environment. Talking, taxing you to death.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 01, 2026 03:24 PM (EyfuW)

278 >>Why should Americans work harder when there is no reward in it? Has anyone stopped to put two and two together with regards to all this fraud and scamming and DEI that has been going on for *decades* now?

Thankfully, this is finally happening, at least from what I've seen on X. The H1b scamming kicked into overdrive after BLM as an easy way for companies to meet non-white hiring quotas, though it had been ramping of for years.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 03:25 PM (NuV6c)

279 Reform DEI and H1Bs, AND improve our educational system and work ethic. We can do both.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 03:14 PM

DEI and H-1B reform and improvement of the educational system has to happen before work ethic will be improved.

Because no one is going to want to work hard if they see absolutely no benefit to it.

I have been the victim of the DEI and India outsourcing BS myself at Stellantis. Hundreds of my fellow American engineers as well. All of us experts in our positions, hard-working and producing in our positions. But that didn't matter. We were tossed aside for cheap remote labor in India. 90% of my current department (I returned as contract) is now remote in India. While the company laughably talks about "we win together!"

The younger generations see this. They see hard work doesn't pay off. They see the fraud. They see the abuse of H-1Bs. And then they hear people praise these retards in India while damning Americans.

There are consequences to the culture for that.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 03:26 PM (P5BPp)

280 Was India a unified entity before the British presence? What I mean is the existence of a centralized governing body, or a collection of states, if you will. Much like “ Germany”, in the 17th century.

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 03:26 PM (pDt9x)

281 OMG noooooooo!

Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 01, 2026 03:27 PM (L/fGl)

282 Whig, Soros employed Bessent, and Tulsi was once a "future leader" in the WEF.
We are better off with them for the moment, than against them.
Harmeet Dhillon is Indian background too.

If Vivek is a shitbag, then he will show he is a shitbag. To date he has been arrogant as a lawyer, conceited as a university academic, slick as a promoter and mouthy as a candidate. If you don't like him because he is Indian, well, congrats.

However being a shitbag is not an ethnicity.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 03:27 PM (rbvCR)

283 And what if that's true? What if we overemphasize trivial things over the important ones?
Posted by: Archimedes
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The major point in economics is that people respond to incentives and they avoid if disincentives exist. DEI destroyed the traditional white male bastions of STEM because of envy from other groups. Clinton, at the same time, began implementing the outsourcing racket in NAFTA inherited from GHWB, sold our technology including missile tech to the Chicoms for campaign funds, and implemented DEI destroying the pipeline of engineers, medicine, etc. from white males. GWB wasted 8 years pursuing democracy in the Middle East, importing skilled labor to depress hiring of local talent, and continued the DEI scam including supporting it at Scotus--thus the awful Grutter and Gratz decisions. Obama turbocharged DEI, endless waves of foreigners, vilifying white males, and purposefully causing corporations to pick up and send operations overseas.

So GLOBO HOMO coalition of GOP and Dems ran things into the ground from the 90's until Trump's first term. Promptly resumed after that, and thus we have Trump II trying to fix 28 years of our leaders selling the US out.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:27 PM (WDjG6)

284 OMG noooooooo!

Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance at the Kennedy Center. Pulitzer Prize winner Rhiannon Giddens, Peter Wolf, Low Cut Connie, and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., have also canceled. Lin-Manuel Miranda has canceled the entire Kennedy Center run of Hamilton.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 01, 2026 03:27 PM (L/fGl)

I won’t be able to sleep tonight after this news. Literally shaking right now.

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 03:28 PM (pDt9x)

285 DEI and H-1B reform and improvement of the educational system has to happen before work ethic will be improved.

Because no one is going to want to work hard if they see absolutely no benefit to it.The younger generations see this. They see hard work doesn't pay off. They see the fraud. They see the abuse of H-1Bs. And then they hear people praise these retards in India while damning Americans.

There are consequences to the culture for that.

I think we can reform both simultaneously - and had better.

BTW, as a native-born scientist, I'm very familiar with the problem. There are scads of foreign-born scientists who work for peanuts and take postdoc after postdoc because they want to stay here. Like I said, it's not either/or, it's do both.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 03:28 PM (Riz8t)

286 285

BTW, as a native-born scientist, I'm very familiar with the problem. There are scads of foreign-born scientists who work for peanuts and take postdoc after postdoc because they want to stay here. Like I said, it's not either/or, it's do both.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 03:28 PM (Riz8t)

What kind of sciencin’ do you do, if I might ask?

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 03:30 PM (pDt9x)

287 Yep. and the same reason Obamacare caused a lot of really good doctors to quit instead of becoming a cog employee in the new corporate setups envisioned and subsidized by the act.
Posted by: whig
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I have had three physcians take early retirement as their practices were acquired by healthcare companies. They simply got tired of dealing with the patient load and expanded paperwork.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 01, 2026 03:31 PM (XeU6L)

288 If Vivek is a shitbag, then he will show he is a shitbag. To date he has been arrogant as a lawyer, conceited as a university academic, slick as a promoter and mouthy as a candidate. If you don't like him because he is Indian, well, congrats.

However being a shitbag is not an ethnicity.
Posted by: Kindltot
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To me, he already has. Your snide comments say more about you and your insinuations of racism/bigotry than it does about my comments.

Said nothing about Harmeet nor Usha, or any other Indian in the US but then again, others haven't been going around wagging their fingers criticizing American culture writ large.

You want to suck up to Vivek and think he is the greatest since sliced bread, go right ahead.

I don't and won't. YMMV.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:32 PM (WDjG6)

289 This is supposed to be a happy occasion.

Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 03:33 PM (ZxPkt)

290 289 This is supposed to be a happy occasion.
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 03:33 PM (ZxPkt)

Heh. Don, I KNOW you are not new here.

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 03:33 PM (pDt9x)

291 Was India a unified entity before the British presence? What I mean is the existence of a centralized governing body, or a collection of states, if you will. Much like “ Germany”, in the 17th century.
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 03:26 PM (pDt9x)

No. India was a collection of states, and really went from Iran to Burma. India today is about a third the size of Western Europe and was a series of kingdoms, princedoms, break away regions, and was held together by various alliances and "empires"
On top of which it was one of the principal areas of research and learning after the Islamic states went into their fundamentalist phases, and had serious advances in medicine and mathematics.
In the 15th C Europe and India were pretty well matched technologically.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 03:34 PM (rbvCR)

292 Your snide comments

Gore your ox, Whig?

Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 03:34 PM (rbvCR)

293 OMG noooooooo!

Issa Rae has canceled her sold out performance... Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 01, 2026 03:27 PM
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I won’t be able to sleep tonight after this news. Literally shaking right now.
Posted by: tubal
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The very foundation of my being has been shaken by this.
Anyhow...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 01, 2026 03:35 PM (XeU6L)

294 289 This is supposed to be a happy occasion.
Posted by: Don Black
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Well, when the race card gets pulled, then all bets are off.

I won't tolerate it.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:35 PM (WDjG6)

295 There are a lot of reasons to dislike a candidate, I remember the fights over Trump. I miss some people who left over him too. Vivek is not running for President anymore.

Hating him for who his parents are is as dumb as hating some politician who was born in Kiev and was raised in Milwaukie because she was born in Kiev.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 03:38 PM (rbvCR)

296 Yep. and the same reason Obamacare caused a lot of really good doctors to quit instead of becoming a cog employee in the new corporate setups envisioned and subsidized by the act.
Posted by: whig
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HCA Healthcare CEO Sam Hazen's total compensation for 2024 was approximately $23.8 million

Meanwhile, at HCA-owned hospital:
"Mission Hospital in Asheville, NC, has faced significant scrutiny and federal sanctions for patient safety issues, including multiple patient deaths between 2022-2023 linked to failures in emergency and oncology care, leading to "immediate jeopardy" designations from CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services). Investigations revealed systemic problems like understaffing, delays in critical care, and failures in patient monitoring, resulting in preventable harm and deaths, with reports detailing specific incidents such as a patient dying in an ER bathroom after a call for help went unanswered."

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 01, 2026 03:39 PM (XeU6L)

297 Gore your ox, Whig?
Posted by: Kindltot
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Snide and nasty you are for whatever reason.

There is a reason you have been whining in the comment threads of being shut down. People are tired of your insinuations.

You want to get nasty, I decline because you show yourself as what you are by your own words.

You want to suck up to Vivek, go right ahead.
But don't expect others to keep silent about the risks of charlatans whether Vivek or Mamdani.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:39 PM (WDjG6)

298 You want to get nasty, I decline because you show yourself as what you are by your own words.

You want to suck up to Vivek, go right ahead.
But don't expect others to keep silent about the risks of charlatans whether Vivek or Mamdani.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 03:39 PM (WDjG6)

I did gore your ox.

Should we decide to stomp down voices on the national stage for purity reasons, Trump loses voices that support him.

Then should Trump be impeached because he lost the house and senate, (due to infighting) then Trump is sidelined. Partially because he lacks support.

Should this either silence or "redirect" JD Vance because he has lost support from his main area - the tech bros and the vocal backers who got shut down - then he is either a poor candidate or everyone thinks he is a wimp and stays home on election day

Then you get President Hakeem Jefferies.

Sorry I gored your Ox, Whig.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 03:45 PM (rbvCR)

299 Pscientists say January is the saddest month. I think they actually pick 1/27 as the worst day of the year.

Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 03:54 PM (ZxPkt)

300 >Heh. Don, I KNOW you are not new here.

Posted by: tubal
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I am not. And on my last day here, I will reveal my true identity.

Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 03:55 PM (ZxPkt)

301 I am not. And on my last day here, I will reveal my true identity.
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 03:55 PM

I've asked my wife to post my obituary.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 03:59 PM (jc0TO)

302 Musk launched over 3,000 of 'em in 2025. Nearly 60 per week.

On the other hand, he didn't play football in high school.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia

When he wasn't reading sci-fi he was probably getting stoned and playing D&D.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 04:04 PM (/lPRQ)

303 What kind of sciencin’ do you do, if I might ask?

Posted by: tubal

Sorry, I was called away. Physical chemist / solid state physics /surface sceince / nanoscience and technology.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 04:08 PM (Riz8t)

304 I used to live in Yachats OR,.
The Ducks and the Beavers are known for their yearly Civil War.
The city a few miles north of Yachats, Waldport,
puts out a weekly newspaper.
Someone complained that beavers were coming up from the river and destroying the trees in their orchard and asked about the process for getting a depredation permit to shoot them.
Some suggested that all they had to do was erect a goal post and the beavers would never get through it.

We had flooding one winter. There was a coffee shop located on the Alsea Bay in Waldport that was owned by a lesbian couple. The newspaper reported on the business that were affected by the flooding and noted that the coffee shop sustained no damage, because it was surrounded by dykes.

Posted by: waepnedmann at January 01, 2026 04:31 PM (aJyq1)

Democrat Hitman Jack Smith Admits: I Never Called Madison Cornbread to Testify Because Her Testimony Was Nothing But Second- or Third-Hand Gossip and Hearsay

Any day I can say "Madison Cornbread" is a good day.

Madison Cornbread -- government name, Cassidy Hutchinson -- was the low-level sorority sister aide who decided to become a Democrat superstar influencer by peddling a lot of nonsense about what other people supposedly said to her about Trump violently seizing the steering wheel of the presidential limo (from the back seat!) in order to wrest the controls away from the driver and go to the Capitol so he could lead the insurrection.

All of her "testimony" was nonsense along the lines of "and then Bill told me something to the effect of" or "and then John told me something to the effect of."

She was very proud of the "to the effect of" phrase. She thought it made her sound smaaaaaht.

Jack Smith now says that all of her testimony was something to the effect of bullshit nonsense hearsay, and all, by the way, denied by the people she claimed she had heard it from, and that's why he never even considered calling her as a witness.

. This brings us back, then, to the strange case of "Madison Cornbread." She became the "star witness" of that Star Chamber charade because she was willing to share mere gossip -- "so-and-so told me that Trump said this" -- in particular claiming that Trump had attempted to physically overpower his limousine driver to force him to drive to the Capitol. Actual witnesses immediately contradicted this testimony, but of course the J6 committee never presented these contradicting witnesses, allowing Cassidy Hutchinson's dubious testimony to become the defining narrative.
Naturally, Simon & Schuster gave her a fat advance to write a book, a six-figure payoff for her service to the anti-Trump cause.

Of course, another six-figure media payoff. And Republicans continue to permit this.

And now, more than three years after her 15 minutes of fame, we get this ironic coda:

The House Select January 6th Committee's "star" Cassidy Hutchinson provided "secondhand hearsay" about the 2021 Capitol riot and wasn't considered as a witness in the election interference case brought against President Trump, according to former special counsel Jack Smith.
Smith told the House Judiciary Committee in a closed-door deposition on Dec. 17 that Hutchinson -- who testified at the Jan. 6 select panel's made-for-TV hearings in June 2022 -- "certainly" wouldn't have made a "powerful" witness because she couldn't provide "firsthand" testimony.
"My recollection with Ms. Hutchinson, at least one of the issues was a number of the things that she gave evidence on were secondhand hearsay, were things that she had heard from other people," the ex-Trump prosecutor testified to the Judiciary lawmakers and staff, the deposition's transcript shows.
Game. Set. Match.
Here we have the special counsel who got the assignment to put Donald Trump in prison over the 2020 election dispute saying, under oath, that Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony was just gossip. Any first-year law student has to know that hearsay is inadmissable as evidence in a legal proceeding, and Jack Smith couldn't go to court with that stuff.

Thanks to The Patriarch Tree.

I'm not working today, just some open threads and then a Cafe, but I thought you'd like an update on Madison Cornbread.

What are your plans? I've got a good one. I haven't been to a restaurant in at least a month but I'm going out for steak. Specifically, a tomahawk ribeye.

Posted by: Ace at 12:10 PM

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1 Happy New Year, Ace!

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 01, 2026 12:12 PM (u73oe)

2 Happy New Year!

Posted by: IrishEi at January 01, 2026 12:12 PM (3ImbR)

3 Called em

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 01, 2026 12:13 PM (u73oe)

4 Madison Cornbread works for the CIA.

Simon and Shyster giving her a six figure payoff just means they too, are CIA.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 12:13 PM (QbJcY)

5 Happy New Year Ace

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 12:13 PM (Ia/+0)

6 "Madison Cornbread" was inspired.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 01, 2026 12:13 PM (b4LBp)

7 "Trump violently seizing the steering wheel of the presidential limo (from the back seat!) in order to wrest the controls away from the driver"

I still say they should make a carnival ride out of that concept. Outwrestle the wheel from the President before the Beast crashes, three tries for five bucks.

Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 12:14 PM (GHIyr)

8 Yay, rib eye! Enjoy!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 01, 2026 12:14 PM (YlWIZ)

9 Mmmmm cornbread.

Posted by: GOP at January 01, 2026 12:14 PM (/CkK4)

10 Does Madison do butt stuff?

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Ron Jeremy at January 01, 2026 12:15 PM (R/m4+)

11 Today I wonder if America would endure such an abuse like this again?

Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 12:15 PM (2WIwB)

12 "Jack Smith now says that all of her testimony was something to the effect of bullshit nonsense hearsay, and all, by the way, denied by the people she claimed she had heard it from, and that's why he never even considered calling her as a witness."

He didn't call her because she had already done her job, smearing Trump with lies that could not be "disproven".

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 01, 2026 12:15 PM (0N4FZ)

13 >>> Madison Cornbread to Testify Because Her Testimony Was Nothing But Second- or Third-Hand Gossip and Hearsay

But good enough for the MFM and impeachments....

Now do Vindman, Destroyer of Danish.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 12:16 PM (/lPRQ)

14 Happy New Year, Ace. Enjoy your steak!

Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 12:16 PM (77rzZ)

15 Does Madison do butt stuff?

Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Ron Jeremy at January 01, 2026 12:15 PM (R/m4+)

The problem is... and sure, of course she does. But the problem is, so many Deep State and politicians go for buggering boys these days, her type doesn't get as much work as they did in the old days.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 12:16 PM (QbJcY)

16 I don't get the business model of publishers giving giant advances to the politically-connected to write a book in the future that nobody will buy.

I mean, the money has to come from somewhere. The publishers aren't paying off these creative dry holes out of Christian charity.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 12:17 PM (+HNx/)

17 Who?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 12:17 PM (mlg/3)

18 10 Does Madison do butt stuff?

Asking for a friend.
Posted by: Ron Jeremy at January 01, 2026 12:15 PM (R/m4+)

Butts do Madison stuff, my man.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 01, 2026 12:17 PM (06Hmj)

19 How can anyone contemplate eating a tomahawk ribeye when Somali Learing Centers are being attacked by Trumpists?

Posted by: Lutheran Lesbians In The TC at January 01, 2026 12:17 PM (oftw2)

20 Ace gets a mention at theothermcain

"It was Ace of Spades who hung the sobriquet “Madison Cornbread” on former White House staffer Cassidy Hutchinson"

Posted by: Fatty McFattington at January 01, 2026 12:17 PM (uHU6e)

21 I don't get the business model of publishers giving giant advances to the politically-connected to write a book in the future that nobody will buy.

I mean, the money has to come from somewhere. The publishers aren't paying off these creative dry holes out of Christian charity.
Posted by: Cicero

They just write it off Jerry!
-- Kramer

Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2026 12:17 PM (cYBz/)

22
That's all fine, thank you, and much appreciation that Sweetdick Honey um hasn't entered the conversation.

Posted by: Auspex at January 01, 2026 12:18 PM (pCWOd)

23 What are your plans? I've got a good one. I haven't been to a restaurant in at least a month but I'm going out for steak. Specifically, a tomahawk ribeye.
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Where'd you take out the bank loan?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 12:18 PM (qbLEp)

24 The Blade is shot. The Blade won't be commenting today. But ...

... it occurred to me that the Morlock "Learing Center" has a typo, but not the one everyone thinks. The Blade thinks the sign was supposed to say "Leering Center."

We know how Muslim men look at children. And goats.

Just saying.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 01, 2026 12:18 PM (iFTx/)

25 I mean, the money has to come from somewhere. The publishers aren't paying off these creative dry holes out of Christian charity.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 12:17 PM (+HNx/)

*silence* *silence* N-G-O
*silence* *silence* N-G-O
*silence* *silence* N-G-O
It's fake and lame and gay-o

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 01, 2026 12:18 PM (06Hmj)

26 So what's a restaurant ribeye cost these days? I'll guess $39 for the 8oz.

Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 12:18 PM (GHIyr)

27 Make sure you have some black eyed peas with that steak.

Posted by: It's New Year's Day at January 01, 2026 12:18 PM (2Ez/1)

28 I mean, the money has to come from somewhere. The publishers aren't paying off these creative dry holes out of Christian charity.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 12:17 PM (+HNx/)

See me at #4. I'm being serious. And don't call me Shirley.

So in other words, the money comes from you, the taxpayer.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 12:18 PM (QbJcY)

29 Tyvec jump suits, belly chains, perp walks, footrace to the US Attorney for massive rollovers, asset disgorgement, punitive damaged, time in the joint, deportation, domestic energy sources, domestic jobs, and practice of Christian religion. Goodbye Mahomet. Goodbye Marx. Goodbye evil one. Goodbye Sanger. Hello again shining city on the hill.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at January 01, 2026 12:19 PM (YlWIZ)

30 "I don't get the business model of publishers giving giant advances to the politically-connected to write a book in the future that nobody will buy. "

Laundering. Undeclared compensation for services rendered.

Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 12:19 PM (GHIyr)

31 Naturally, Simon & Schuster gave her a fat advance to write a book, a six-figure payoff for her service to the anti-Trump cause.

IT'S FUNNY BECACUE THERE ARE STILL SOME RETARDS WHO THINK 'SELF-PUBLISHED' IS AN INSULT.

Posted by: BEN ROTHLESSBERGERER at January 01, 2026 12:20 PM (ULPxl)

32 20 Ace gets a mention at theothermcain

"It was Ace of Spades who hung the sobriquet “Madison Cornbread” on former White House staffer Cassidy Hutchinson"
Posted by: Fatty McFattington at January 01, 2026 12:17 PM (uHU6e)

Well, that's embarrassing. I didn't even click the link Ace put in his post to it. Found it separately.

Posted by: Fatty McFattington at January 01, 2026 12:20 PM (uHU6e)

33 Mmmm...ribeye. Enjoy, Ace.

I have a pepper and Parm crusted rib roast in the oven. Should be tasty.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 01, 2026 12:21 PM (9iRTe)

34 Where'd you take out the bank loan?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 12:18 PM (qbLEp)

He's not buying, his Mossad handlers are.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 12:22 PM (QbJcY)

35 I'm gonna get in on some of that daycare money.
Reforger's house of Little Shits.

Posted by: Reforger at January 01, 2026 12:22 PM (gKsV+)

36 Happy New Year Ace. Thx to you and the COBS for all you do
Madison Cornbread has yet to start an OF page. Hop to it girl. Looked up her Wikipedia page and she accused Rudy, Gaetz and a couple others of improper behavior. If no OF page , her 15 minutes are long gone

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 12:22 PM (zNwXb)

37 Is Sobriquet a red or white wine?

Posted by: Not a wine-o at January 01, 2026 12:22 PM (2Ez/1)

38 I wish for once we didn’t have so many republicans who act like milquetoast pussy ass simpgots

How did we go from crossing the river from valley forge to kill britons in their sleep to these dickless clowns

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at January 01, 2026 12:22 PM (REq0p)

39 26 So what's a restaurant ribeye cost these days? I'll guess $39 for the 8oz.
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 12:18 PM (GHIyr)

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Are we talking dry-aged Wagyu or commercial-grade dairy cow? There's a big difference.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 12:23 PM (+HNx/)

40 I heard it from a friend who ... heard it from a friend who ... heard it from another you've been messing around

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 01, 2026 12:23 PM (iFTx/)

41 >>> 38 I wish for once we didn’t have so many republicans who act like milquetoast pussy ass simpgots

How did we go from crossing the river from valley forge to kill britons in their sleep to these dickless clowns
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at January 01, 2026 12:22 PM (REq0p)

We pay good.

Posted by: CHYna at January 01, 2026 12:23 PM (ULPxl)

42 Simon and Shuster gets a nice donation from the Foundation Center for Book Children Community or feckin' whatever, who got it from who the crap knows where because they've only existed for about seven hours, and then the great and vaunted and indispensable FCBCC pisses back off into non-existence immediately afterwards, with all debts completely evaporated and all employees now comfortably situated with the Central Foundation for Community Children Development Things and Stuff.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 01, 2026 12:23 PM (06Hmj)

43 Madison Cornbread -- government name, Cassidy Hutchinson -- was the low-level sorority sister aide who decided to become a Democrat superstar influencer by peddling a lot of nonsense about what other people supposedly said to her about Trump violently seizing the steering wheel of the presidential limo (from the back seat!) in order to wrest the controls away from the driver and go to the Capitol so he could lead the insurrection.

All of her "testimony" was nonsense along the lines of "and then Bill told me something to the effect of" or "and then John told me something to the effect of."

She was very proud of the "to the effect of" phrase. She thought it made her sound smaaaaaht.

Still hawt though.

Posted by: The men of cellblock C at January 01, 2026 12:24 PM (Riz8t)

44 Turns out, I'm having cornbread for lunch. Not sure of its Christian name.

Happy New Year Ace!

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 12:24 PM (3uBP9)

45 Is this about us?

Posted by: milquetoast pussy ass simpgots at January 01, 2026 12:24 PM (2Ez/1)

46 Happy New Year to all, and special gratitude to Ace and the COBs for making this oasis of information, sanity, and much-needed laughter

Posted by: barbarausa at January 01, 2026 12:24 PM (enw9G)

47 Ace, you seem to like the way Indians vote. Not who but methodology. Steaks and what else indian fashion do you like?

Eskimo pie recipes?

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 01, 2026 12:24 PM (EyfuW)

48 DanMa'am pointed out a tomahawk ribeye at HEB just sitting there waiting to be barbequed. $23

About ten years ago a neighbor brought some over to grill (he always used my pit) and those blew my mind at $10!

Posted by: DanMan at January 01, 2026 12:24 PM (8uzBS)

49
I mean, the money has to come from somewhere.

The supply is endless.

Posted by: Federal government at January 01, 2026 12:25 PM (pkeXY)

50 IT'S FUNNY BECACUE THERE ARE STILL SOME RETARDS WHO THINK 'SELF-PUBLISHED' IS AN INSULT.
Posted by: BEN ROTHLESSBERGERER at January 01, 2026 12:20 PM (ULPxl)

But seriously, I am curious if self-published (or small, non-traditional publishers') books make decent money.

At times I wonder if everyone but me has published a book somewhere, somehow.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 12:25 PM (QbJcY)

51 *silence* *silence* N-G-O
*silence* *silence* N-G-O
*silence* *silence* N-G-O
It's fake and lame and gay-o
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 01, 2026 12:18 PM

*golf clap*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 01, 2026 12:25 PM (9iRTe)

52 >>> 40 I heard it from a friend who ... heard it from a friend who ... heard it from another you've been messing around
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 01, 2026 12:23 PM (iFTx/)

I triple-dog dare you to sing this during karaoke at the next TX MoMee, wearing a Madison Cornbread wig.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 01, 2026 12:25 PM (ULPxl)

53 SHIT

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 01, 2026 12:26 PM (ULPxl)

54 So what's a restaurant ribeye cost these days? I'll guess $39 for the 8oz.
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 12:18 PM

He is getting a tomahawk ribeye those for for $60+ at Sams. I can't imagine getting one at restaurant for less than $100.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 01, 2026 12:26 PM (0N4FZ)

55 > Specifically, a tomahawk ribeye.
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My wife was watching some cooking show the other day. There was a black woman who had 8 of those on a grill. Burning them to a crisp.

Criminal.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 12:26 PM (NwnyJ)

56 Happy New Year Ace. Thx to you and the COBS for all you do
Madison Cornbread has yet to start an OF page. Hop to it girl. Looked up her Wikipedia page and she accused Rudy, Gaetz and a couple others of improper behavior. If no OF page , her 15 minutes are long gone
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 12:22 PM (zNwXb)

I'm sure the CIA trained her to be a terrific lay, but really, she's barely above average in looks. Or in AoSHQ parlance, she's a Perkins 6.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 12:26 PM (QbJcY)

57 Tomahawk Ribeye. I am envious Ace.

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 12:27 PM (pDt9x)

58
Life grows stupider and stupider. Apparently it's now a thing to video people walking around or parking their cars or stopping at intersections or going in or out of businesses hoping to get a rise out of them, then making TikToks of it.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 01, 2026 12:27 PM (tgvbd)

59 I have never rode in a limousine, yet alone in The Beast. But can't even imagine one can get from the front to the back.

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 12:27 PM (Ia/+0)

60 My wife and I will be enjoying a nice beef roast with Yorkshire pudding. (The leftover roast, sliced thin, is delicious on her homemade pita.) It'll be washed down with our favorite wine, a tasty orvieto. (Yes, I know you're supposed to have red wine with beef, but I like the orvieto. So sue me.)

Posted by: Nemo at January 01, 2026 12:27 PM (4RPgu)

61 Happy New Year Ace. Hope you enjoy your steak.

Posted by: Darth Randall at January 01, 2026 12:27 PM (f1kZG)

62 At times I wonder if everyone but me has published a book somewhere, somehow.
Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 12:25 PM (QbJcY)

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Be sure not to miss my upcoming historical novel where Nanni gets even with Ea-Nasir for selling him substandard copper by dicking his 20 year-old daughter!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 12:27 PM (+HNx/)

63 Recently discovered Good Chop after using ButcherBox and now getting some steaks from them as well, so far the meats have been very good. They even have Wagyu

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at January 01, 2026 12:28 PM (REq0p)

64 Thumbs up on both not having gone out for a month AND breaking the streak with a tomahawk ribeye.

That sounds like a good theme for 2026: Lots less junk, emphasis on high quality.

Posted by: moviegique (buy my books) at January 01, 2026 12:28 PM (asXVI)

65 Didn't your boss give you today off?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 12:28 PM (RIvkX)

66 Simon and Shuster gets a nice donation from the Foundation Center for Book Children Community or feckin' whatever, who got it from who the crap knows where because they've only existed for about seven hours, and then the great and vaunted and indispensable FCBCC pisses back off into non-existence immediately afterwards, with all debts completely evaporated and all employees now comfortably situated with the Central Foundation for Community Children Development Things and Stuff.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 01, 2026 12:23 PM (06Hmj)

USAID was just one of many such schemes. I'm sure there are plenty others, and our Deep Staters were just laughing their spooky arses off at us, when we were so proud that we "got" them.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 12:28 PM (QbJcY)

67 Wonder how soon it will be before the herds in the US are built back up, to normal range. Then the beef price will go down.

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 12:29 PM (pDt9x)

68 Where'd you take out the bank loan?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 12:18 PM (qbLEp)

He's not buying, his Mossad handlers are.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 12:22 PM (QbJcY)
-

/quickly presses the approve transaction button

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 12:29 PM (u/afo)

69 gp: "What is the current typical price for a USA restaurant meal of ribeye steak, potato, green beans, salad and dessert?"

Grok: "At midrange casual steakhouse, $35-$50 per person. Tip not included."

I'll stay home and eat a pita with pizza sauce on it, dusted with Aldi parmesan.

Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 12:30 PM (GHIyr)

70 Clavical Gurl!

Posted by: torabora at January 01, 2026 12:30 PM (KtOUo)

71
Then the beef price will go down.

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 12:29 PM (pDt9x)

__________

More like it will stop going up.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 01, 2026 12:30 PM (tgvbd)

72 "But seriously, I am curious if self-published (or small, non-traditional publishers') books make decent money."

A few do. "The Martian" was originally self-published. But the great majority of them (such as mine, for example) don't make a dime.

Posted by: Nemo at January 01, 2026 12:30 PM (4RPgu)

73 Who did not know Cassidy was spouting bullshit?

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026 12:30 PM (gbOdA)

74 Heading over for a family gathering, my dad's birthday is today.
89 down hopefully at least 10 more to go.

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 12:30 PM (Ia/+0)

75 Crockpot country style ribs, corn bread, collard greens, black eye peas and fried okra for us for dinner.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 01, 2026 12:31 PM (Vh9CX)

76 USAID was just one of many such schemes. I'm sure there are plenty others, and our Deep Staters were just laughing their spooky arses off at us, when we were so proud that we "got" them.

----------

It seems that fatass Stacey Abrams was in the middle of most of them.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 12:31 PM (+HNx/)

77 If you're not going to actually beat someone with the steak, why pay for all that extra bone? This is another silly fad that shows how far down the dumper we are.

Posted by: Tommy Hawks Are For Injuns Only at January 01, 2026 12:31 PM (oftw2)

78 "He is getting a tomahawk ribeye those for for $60+ at Sams. I can't imagine getting one at restaurant for less than $100."

Cripes.

Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 12:31 PM (GHIyr)

79 "I don't get the business model of publishers giving giant advances to the politically-connected to write a book in the future that nobody will buy. "

Laundering. Undeclared compensation for services rendered.
Posted by: gp

Ackshully - publish as an e-book only. Libraries in blue states and schools can buy thousands of "licenses" so the whole damn population can 'check' it out and read concurrently.

AND it is green because it saves trees and shipping!!!

It's a win for everyone

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 12:31 PM (/lPRQ)

80 Beef prices. It doesn't take a ranch. If you have a little spread outside city limits, away from Karens, invest in a calf. My cousin raised one as a 4H project and filled the freezer when it was "time". NE Ohio, the Amish guys down the road processed it for cheap.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 01, 2026 12:31 PM (gm9Sb)

81 All of her "testimony" was nonsense along the lines of "and then Bill told me something to the effect of" or "and then John told me something to the effect of."

Narrator: In reality, each of these men had expressed exasperation that they'd paid her the requested $20 and she was using her mouth to talk.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 01, 2026 12:31 PM (ExV1e)

82 >>> 67 Wonder how soon it will be before the herds in the US are built back up, to normal range. Then the beef price will go down.
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 12:29 PM (pDt9x)

I'm doing my part! My heifer is going to get turkey-basted some time this spring.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 01, 2026 12:31 PM (ULPxl)

83 So what's a restaurant ribeye cost these days? I'll guess $39 for the 8oz.
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 12:18 PM (GHIyr)
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Totally depends on the quality of the cut. $40 sounds about right for a decent cut. But if you're talking aged prime at a high-end steakhouse? Well north of a c-note.

8 oz is a small ribeye, btw. 8 oz is filet mignon sized.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at January 01, 2026 12:31 PM (iFTx/)

84 Are we talking dry-aged Wagyu or commercial-grade dairy cow? There's a big difference.

we bought half a Texas wagu cow. A lot of really good meat and a whole lot of fat to trim. The fajita meat was better than any I've every had.

Our county has a whole lot of Pierce Ranch Brahman cattle on it. Shanghai knew what he was doing with that brand. I think it beats the wagu stuff but I haven't gone through the entire range of cuts like I did on the wagu.

Posted by: DanMan at January 01, 2026 12:32 PM (8uzBS)

85 Be sure not to miss my upcoming historical novel where Nanni gets even with Ea-Nasir for selling him substandard copper by dicking his 20 year-old daughter!
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 12:27 PM (+HNx/)

Sounds like something Bill Barr's dad would have written.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 12:32 PM (QbJcY)

86 Life grows stupider and stupider. Apparently it's now a thing to video people walking around or parking their cars or stopping at intersections or going in or out of businesses hoping to get a rise out of them, then making TikToks of it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 01, 2026 12:27 PM (tgvbd)

It amazes me the number of people out there who believe they the right to privacy while out in public.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 01, 2026 12:32 PM (Y1sOo)

87 I think the Silo series probably did well money wise and it was all self published.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 12:32 PM (3uBP9)

88
Grabbing the steering wheel or anything else in the front seat section of the presidential limousine from the back seat is physically impossible.

In other news, Liz Cheney is still fat.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 01, 2026 12:32 PM (azNOR)

89 Update on the range situation...

After a second look at my old stove, it looks like it is connected to the house-wiring with a four-wire connection (which is good!), so I think all I have to do is remove the wires from my old stove and connect the wires in the right order to my new stove.

So I'll see if Lowe's can redeliver my range tomorrow or Saturday and I'll give that a shot. I'll still double-check with a knowledgeable person, though.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 12:32 PM (ESVrU)

90 "Apparently it's now a thing to video people walking around or parking their cars or stopping at intersections or going in or out of businesses hoping to get a rise out of them, then making TikToks of it."

Some idiot kid got shot in Loudoun a year or so ago for making a habit of that.

He was following a guy at a local mall getting in his face and asking him if he smelled or something equally stupid, and eventually, after telling him to back off several times, the guy shot him (not fatally, but some of the locals would not have been sad if so)

Posted by: barbarausa at January 01, 2026 12:33 PM (enw9G)

91 >>> 72 "But seriously, I am curious if self-published (or small, non-traditional publishers') books make decent money."
==
A few do. "The Martian" was originally self-published. But the great majority of them (such as mine, for example) don't make a dime.
Posted by: Nemo at January 01, 2026 12:30 PM (4RPgu)

Hey, he said 'make decent money', not 'win the lottery'.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 01, 2026 12:33 PM (ULPxl)

92 gp: "Aren't you glad you don't have to eat?"

Grok: "Absolutely, I’m thrilled I don’t have to eat." Followed by a lot of frankly cruel taunting over my human need for nutrition.

Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 12:33 PM (GHIyr)

93 59 I have never rode in a limousine, yet alone in The Beast. But can't even imagine one can get from the front to the back.
Posted by: Skip

Pfffft! Glorified Checker cab.

Posted by: Taxi Squad at January 01, 2026 12:34 PM (oftw2)

94 I wish for a change the government would be on the side of the people who pay the bills around this country instead of the bums and frauds they cater to.

Posted by: Case at January 01, 2026 12:34 PM (G1OIb)

95
Ace has a fevuh!

And the only thing that will cure it is to opine about Madison Cornbread!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026 12:34 PM (xG4kz)

96 /quickly presses the approve transaction button
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 12:29 PM (u/afo)

Thanks, I'm glad somebody got it.

I figured if I got banned for saying it, we'd know I stumbled onto the truth!

Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 12:34 PM (QbJcY)

97 I'm gonna get in on some of that daycare money.
Reforger's house of Little Shits.
Posted by: Reforger

Sub-titled
"Classical Dance, Acrobatics, and Melee Training"

Might as well train up your own army of ninja assassins.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 12:35 PM (/lPRQ)

98 "What is the current typical price for a USA restaurant meal of ribeye steak, potato, green beans, salad and dessert?"

Grok: "At midrange casual steakhouse, $35-$50 per person. Tip not included."

I'll stay home and eat a pita with pizza sauce on it, dusted with Aldi parmesan.
Posted by: gp

$52 at Texas Roadhouse.
$62 at Ruth's Chris for just one steak - no sides or drinks.

$102.93 for a Member’s Mark USDA Choice Angus Beef Boneless Ribeye Roast, priced per pound $16.77 lb.

Cut your own to your desired thickness.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 12:35 PM (c115l)

99 Over at Twitchy, Julie Kelly does a good summary of the other BS that Jack Smith spewed during his witch hunt. While I don't think jail is in the offing , he should lose his law license.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 12:35 PM (zNwXb)

100 guy was acquitted of the most serious charge:

https://tinyurl.com/ykrevbft

Posted by: barbarausa at January 01, 2026 12:36 PM (enw9G)

101 A few do. "The Martian" was originally self-published. But the great majority of them (such as mine, for example) don't make a dime.
Posted by: Nemo at January 01, 2026 12:30 PM (4RPgu)

I'm assuming Critical Drinker "self-publishes" his books, and if so, I wonder if he made any money BEFORE his Yootoob channel took off.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 12:36 PM (QbJcY)

102
Now do Vindman, the Slavering-Mawed Destroyer of Danish.

Fixed it for you

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026 12:36 PM (xG4kz)

103 I'm making some Hoppin' John for lunches.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 12:36 PM (RIvkX)

104 So I'll see if Lowe's can redeliver my range tomorrow or Saturday and I'll give that a shot. I'll still double-check with a knowledgeable person, though.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

FWP thread is Sunday 2 PM EST. You'd think a Junior Cob would know that.

Posted by: RIP P-Nut at January 01, 2026 12:37 PM (oftw2)

105 It seems that fatass Stacey Abrams was in the middle of most of them.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 12:31 PM (+HNx/)

Well, that's not really saying anything.

Anywhere she goes, she's essentially in the center of everything.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 12:37 PM (QbJcY)

106 I've never had a bad cut at Texas Roadhouse.

Posted by: DanMan at January 01, 2026 12:37 PM (8uzBS)

107 Life grows stupider and stupider. Apparently it's now a thing to video people walking around or parking their cars or stopping at intersections or going in or out of businesses hoping to get a rise out of them, then making TikToks of it.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 01, 2026 12:27 PM (tgvbd)

It amazes me the number of people out there who believe they the right to privacy while out in public.
Posted by: one hour sober

OR, that you need to get a signed release ftom thrm. LOL.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 12:37 PM (c115l)

108 Anywhere she goes, she's essentially in the center of everything.
Posted by: BurtTC

She has her own zipcode and gravity.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2026 12:38 PM (cYBz/)

109 101 A few do. "The Martian" was originally self-published. But the great majority of them (such as mine, for example) don't make a dime.
Posted by: Nemo at January 01, 2026 12:30 PM (4RPgu)

I'm assuming Critical Drinker "self-publishes" his books, and if so, I wonder if he made any money BEFORE his Yootoob channel took off.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 12:36 PM (QbJcY)

=======

Go publish something off Amazon as a nobody and just wait for the money to roll in as people just naturally discover it and realize the genius of your work!

Yeah...that don't work. You need to market it. And most writers don't have it in them to be their own marketing department.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 12:38 PM (GBKbO)

110 >>> 80 Beef prices. It doesn't take a ranch. If you have a little spread outside city limits, away from Karens, invest in a calf. My cousin raised one as a 4H project and filled the freezer when it was "time". NE Ohio, the Amish guys down the road processed it for cheap.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 01, 2026 12:31 PM (gm9Sb)

Get two - everyone needs a buddy - and sell whatever you don't need to help offset your cost for feed and such. Or find someone who does the work for you - I got my very first 1/2 steer off craigslist when I moved to TX.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 01, 2026 12:39 PM (ULPxl)

111 It amazes me the number of people out there who believe they the right to privacy while out in public.
Posted by: one hour sober

Just because you CAN do something doesn't mean you SHOULD do something. This is axiomatic.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 12:40 PM (Riz8t)

112 105 It seems that fatass Stacey Abrams was in the middle of most of them.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 12:31 PM (+HNx/)

Well, that's not really saying anything.

Anywhere she goes, she's essentially in the center of everything.
Posted by: BurtTC

That's why Pluto got demoted. It started orbiting around Stacy.

Posted by: Jack Horkheimer at January 01, 2026 12:40 PM (oftw2)

113 The Sinfeld part of history is evolving into Rodney Dangerfield but with new material history.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 01, 2026 12:40 PM (EyfuW)

114 The Patriarch Tree is Robert Stacy McCain, of "The Other McCain" blog and the Spectator, ably assisted by my loooongtime (since 1984) Friend Christopher Smith (@Smitty1e).

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at January 01, 2026 12:40 PM (gUs21)

115 youtube channel of serial "prankster"

https://tinyurl.com/5572y956

Posted by: barbarausa at January 01, 2026 12:40 PM (enw9G)

116 I just looked on LinkedIn and see M Cornbread has a profile which lists only a single experience: working at the White House from March 2019 to January 2021. Also has a link to a lawyer named Bill Jordan who wrote an article saying he was proud to represent her… a few comments from lemmings about how brave she is and how amazing her book! A real profile in courage… sheesh. Oh and the only education listed is one year at Christopher Newport University (no degree). Never heard of that place…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 12:41 PM (YobFY)

117 $102.93 for a Member’s Mark USDA Choice Angus Beef Boneless Ribeye Roast, priced per pound $16.77 lb.

Quick back of the envelope math = $12.86 a ribeye.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 12:42 PM (c115l)

118 Lose a Law License?
Pffft, Yeah that will happen

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 12:42 PM (Ia/+0)

119 Oh and the only education listed is one year at Christopher Newport University (no degree). Never heard of that place…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 12:41 PM (YobFY)

It's no Goucher College....

Posted by: Jonah Goldberg at January 01, 2026 12:43 PM (B7UQz)

120
Remember that portal in the aliens' mother ship that Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum skeedaddled through after leaving an armed nuke counting down inside it in "Independence Day"?

You do? Well, the gap in Big Stace's front teeth is the very same thing. It's standard equipment on all ham planets sold these days.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026 12:44 PM (xG4kz)

121 Just because you CAN do something doesn't mean you SHOULD do something. This is axiomatic.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 12:40 PM (Riz8t)

Yeah, just to open up ANOTHER can of worms, I feel the same way about TikTokers and Yootoobers who do the whole "bait the cop into violating my rights" thing.

I'm not sure anyone's gotten shot that way yet, but it wouldn't surprise me if the number who have is not zero.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 12:44 PM (QbJcY)

122 I like ribeye for cheesesteaks.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 12:44 PM (RIvkX)

123 How can anyone contemplate eating a tomahawk ribeye when Somali Learing Centers are being attacked by Trumpists?

Posted by: Lutheran Lesbians In The TC at January 01, 2026 12:17 PM (oftw2)

Nothing makes a feast better than seeing your enemies driven before you.

Shit Conan said.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 12:44 PM (snZF9)

124 education listed is one year at Christopher Newport University (no degree). Never heard of that place…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

World renowned finest University in Newport News, VA!

Posted by: Skool Ratings On the Cheep at January 01, 2026 12:44 PM (oftw2)

125 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 12:41 PM (YobFY)

Christopher Newport University is a d-list college in Newport News, VA spun off from William and Mary.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at January 01, 2026 12:44 PM (gUs21)

126 My rant: I had to sign up for a trial of YouTubeTV to watch the college playoffs. There is something wrong with these games not being on OTAtv.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 12:43 PM

Posted by: toby928(c) repeats himself at January 01, 2026 12:44 PM (jc0TO)

127
Oh and the only education listed is one year at Christopher Newport University (no degree). Never heard of that place…
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

It's somewhere in Virginia, IIRC

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026 12:45 PM (xG4kz)

128 Christopher Newport University (CNU) is a public university in Newport News, Virginia, United States. It was founded in 1960 as Christopher Newport College, an extension school of the College of William and Mary for mid-career working professionals, members of the military, and non-traditional students in and around the Newport News area of the Hampton Roads region. The university has since expanded into a residential college for traditional students.

It is named after Christopher Newport, captain of one of the ships which carried settlers of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 12:45 PM (Riz8t)

129 Nothing makes a feast better than seeing your enemies driven before you.

Shit Conan said.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 12:44 PM

Hear the lamentations of their transwomen.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 12:45 PM (jc0TO)

130 When the deep state has a rumor they think will hurt an enemy, they trot out a thot like this to peddle it as if it were testimony.

The damage is done that way, with no opportunity for cross examination.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 12:45 PM (0U5gm)

131 Update on the range situation...

After a second look at my old stove, it looks like it is connected to the house-wiring with a four-wire connection (which is good!), so I think all I have to do is remove the wires from my old stove and connect the wires in the right order to my new stove.

So I'll see if Lowe's can redeliver my range tomorrow or Saturday and I'll give that a shot. I'll still double-check with a knowledgeable person, though.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Cut the red wire first... Or just turn off the breaker and try to lock it out in some way if there is any way anyone else can physical get to the breaker and flip it back on for you.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 12:45 PM (/lPRQ)

132 126 My rant: I had to sign up for a trial of YouTubeTV to watch the college playoffs. There is something wrong with these games not being on OTAtv.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 12:43 PM

Posted by: toby928(c) repeats himself at January 01, 2026 12:44 PM (jc0TO)

======

The Oscars are going to be on YouTube in a few years. YouTube bought the rights from the Academy, replacing ABC.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 12:46 PM (GBKbO)

133 Regular daycare: Playdough

Somali daycare: C4

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at January 01, 2026 12:46 PM (L/fGl)

134 It amazes me the number of people out there who believe they the right to privacy while out in public.
Posted by: one hour sober at January 01, 2026 12:32 PM (Y1sOo)

Crank the radio and youboobs algo will take it down.

Posted by: Reforger at January 01, 2026 12:46 PM (gKsV+)

135 >>> 109

=======

Go publish something off Amazon as a nobody and just wait for the money to roll in as people just naturally discover it and realize the genius of your work!

Yeah...that don't work. You need to market it. And most writers don't have it in them to be their own marketing department.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 12:38 PM (GBKbO)

*ding ding ding*

Yeah, this too. (Although if you can get over that, at least you're making the effort, vs a publishing house that may have labeled you as politically incorrect)

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 01, 2026 12:46 PM (ULPxl)

136
It amazes me the number of people out there who believe they the right to privacy while out in public.
Posted by: one hour sober

OR, that you need to get a signed release ftom thrm. LOL.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 12:37 PM (c115l)

____________

Both true, but I also hate dicks for clicks.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 01, 2026 12:46 PM (Df91n)

137 Wait wait wait

You mean the obvious preposterous lie told by an obvious Party hatchet man ended up being a preposterous lie told by a Party hatchet man?

The hell you say!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop1) at January 01, 2026 12:46 PM (avHHk)

138 That's why Pluto got demoted. It started orbiting around Stacy.
Posted by: Jack Horkheimer at January 01, 2026 12:40 PM (oftw2)

Astronomers were shocked to discover Saturn now only has 96 moons.

Wait... I thought they discovered a bunch more, and that the number was 274?

It was.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 12:47 PM (QbJcY)

139 He is getting a tomahawk ribeye those for for $60+ at Sams. I can't imagine getting one at restaurant for less than $100.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 01, 2026 12:26 PM (0N4FZ)
~~~~~

Yep. At steakhouse by me tomahawks go for $124. But they do throw in a couple of veggies!

Posted by: IrishEi at January 01, 2026 12:47 PM (3ImbR)

140 137 Wait wait wait

You mean the obvious preposterous lie told by an obvious Party hatchet man ended up being a preposterous lie told by a Party hatchet man?

The hell you say!

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop1) at January 01, 2026 12:46 PM (avHHk)

===

I'm gonna need you to be more specific, bruh.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 12:47 PM (GBKbO)

141 My rant: I had to sign up for a trial of YouTubeTV to watch the college playoffs. There is something wrong with these games not being on OTAtv.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 12:43 PM
Posted by: toby928(c) repeats himself at January 01, 2026 12:44 PM (jc0TO)

We just got YouTube TV… like it so far. Dropped DirecTV because it’d become a shit product especially considering what they charged…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 12:47 PM (YobFY)

142 I still remember 2025 like it was yesterday...

Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 12:47 PM (c115l)

143 If somebody wanted to film me walking around I’d oblige them; I’d turn my back to them, drop my pants, and bend over. Film this buddy, show it to all your friends.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 12:47 PM (m7iZ5)

144 "He is getting a tomahawk ribeye those for for $60+ at Sams. I can't imagine getting one at restaurant for less than $100."

Ay, ay-ay. How much for a bowl of "Ze Bugs"?

Posted by: t-bird at January 01, 2026 12:47 PM (d9i2R)

145 Here I stand in the rubble, and I never knew that a Tomahawk Rib Eye meant a rocket grande landing in my garden.

Nicholas Maduro, soon to be on the lam

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 01, 2026 12:48 PM (gm9Sb)

146 144 Ay, ay-ay. How much for a bowl of "Ze Bugs"?

Posted by: t-bird at January 01, 2026 12:47 PM (d9i2R)

=====

The largest insect farm used for making protein for human consumption in Europe went bankrupt in the final days of 2025.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 12:48 PM (GBKbO)

147 >>>I'm going out for steak. Specifically, a tomahawk ribeye.

WITH MADISON CORNBREAD?

Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 12:48 PM (RuTUS)

148 I still remember 2025 like it was yesterday...
Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 12:47 PM

*snort*

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 12:48 PM (jc0TO)

149
It is named after Christopher Newport, captain of one of the ships which carried settlers of Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America.

He also invented the first rolling papers for roll your own cigarettes.

... waits for a decent interval ...

Nah, he didn't -- just messing with youse guys!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026 12:49 PM (xG4kz)

150 I saw Lamentations of the Women open for Pussy Riot at the Hole in '83.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at January 01, 2026 12:49 PM (L/fGl)

151 Nothing makes a feast better than seeing your enemies

on a spit over a fire in your great hall.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 12:50 PM (c115l)

152 So it sounds like Christopher Newport University is pretty much a local junior college you can attend for 4 years. M Cornbread is an academic powerhouse!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 12:50 PM (YobFY)

153 The Olympics are coming up in a few weeks and they will be showing a lot of Snoop Dogg. He will be an honorary coach for Team USA and part of NBC's broadcast team.

I think he is everywhere and would like to see less of him in 2026.

Posted by: Joemarine at January 01, 2026 12:50 PM (y171U)

154 The largest insect farm used for making protein for human consumption in Europe went bankrupt in the final days of 2025.

Eat Zee Bugs! Eat Zee Bugs!

Posted by: Klaus Schwab, Weirdo and Closeted Homosexual at January 01, 2026 12:51 PM (R/m4+)

155 Last year I got a tomahawk at Costco for $50. Never cooked one before. Damn. It was good.

Sigh...the gooy'ol days.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 12:51 PM (2WIwB)

156 Heading out
Have a great afternoon everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 12:51 PM (Ia/+0)

157 Surprisingly, the Orange Bowl is a defensive struggle.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 12:51 PM (jc0TO)

158 Just because you CAN do something doesn't mean you SHOULD do something. This is axiomatic.
Posted by: Archimedes

Which has nothing to do with my comment.

I don't blame people for being upset at someone following them around in public and recording them. But stupid retorts like "you need my consent and I'm not giving it to you" make me laugh.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 01, 2026 12:52 PM (Y1sOo)

159 Hey, he said 'make decent money', not 'win the lottery'.
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 01, 2026 12:33 PM (ULPxl)
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It really depends on the book. There are people who find a genre and write to it, build a following, and get a steady income out of it without having huge sales.

My sister in law had a setup where she would spot ebooks on sale and list them on her site, and get a percentage, but Amazon eventually wound that down. She then began writing on her own, and because she had a following (and knew what they liked) she has made "decent" money.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 12:52 PM (ZOv7s)

160 I saw Ribeye Fifteen Year Mortgage open for Family Meat Box at The Union Stockyards.

Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 12:52 PM (GHIyr)

161 Once one of my idiot friends ordered a tomahawk "blue" which is basically raw. It was horrific.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 12:53 PM (RIvkX)

162 I like this time of year in the NFL and College when coaches get fired.

Who's getting shit canned next?

Posted by: Foreskin Lint at January 01, 2026 12:53 PM (R/m4+)

163
The Olympics are coming up in a few weeks and they will be showing a lot of Snoop Dogg. He will be an honorary coach for Team USA and part of NBC's broadcast team.

I wasn't going to watch them anyway but that, all by itself, strengthened my resolve not to watch them.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026 12:54 PM (xG4kz)

164 Some YT shorts of tomahawk steaks, courtesy of Miguel's Cookingwithfire:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjhEqIaKU7Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP9K8Vd9F8Y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VcRFh_OjsI

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rztaw8JvCG0

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at January 01, 2026 12:54 PM (/mCq0)

165 If somebody wanted to film me walking around I’d oblige them; I’d turn my back to them, drop my pants, and bend over. Film this buddy, show it to all your friends.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 12:47 PM (m7iZ5)

That was you???!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 12:54 PM (2WIwB)

166 My Father in Law once took us to a steak restaurant that was literally at the stockyard. The aroma of cow dung was ever present.

The steaks were pretty good though IIRC.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 12:54 PM (jc0TO)

167 143 If somebody wanted to film me walking around I’d oblige them; I’d turn my back to them, drop my pants, and bend over. Film this buddy, show it to all your friends.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Ooooooh, do you live somewhere locally?

Posted by: Rudy Galindo at January 01, 2026 12:54 PM (oftw2)

168 Yeah, less Snoop Dog, please

Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 12:55 PM (YGMyl)

169 Way to go, Ace!

Ribeye has got to be *the best* cut of beef...yummy.

Add that "tomahawk" bone & you can eat it like a caveman, just for fun!

**Happy New Year**

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 12:55 PM (rdVOm)

170 Mike Gallagher just reminded me that Tucker Carlson recently claimed he got scratched by a demon in his bed… he’s nutso and it’s bad theology: everywhere in the Bible where demons are mentioned they physically manifest by dwelling inside a physical being… these spirit creatures are real but they don’t scratch people. Yeah they might inhabit (example selected at random) a Somali and that human might attack and scratch you…. But a nonphysical demon scratching you; the notion is ridiculous

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 12:55 PM (YobFY)

171 Madison Cornbread sold a lot of her books I think.

TDS in the publishing industry is still a big seller.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 01, 2026 12:55 PM (0JWOm)

172 Cut the red wire first... Or just turn off the breaker and try to lock it out in some way if there is any way anyone else can physical get to the breaker and flip it back on for you.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

"TURN IT OFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF!!!!!"

- Things a husband hollers to his wife while being electrocuted when at the back of the range.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2026 12:55 PM (cYBz/)

173 126 My rant: I had to sign up for a trial of YouTubeTV to watch the college playoffs. There is something wrong with these games not being on OTAtv.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 12:43 PM
Posted by: toby928(c) repeats himself at January 01, 2026 12:44 PM (jc0TO)

It is the ABC/ESPN/Disney+ monopoly of college football.

Posted by: Joemarine at January 01, 2026 12:57 PM (y171U)

174 Anyone following me and taking my picture had better not be alone.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 12:57 PM (2WIwB)

175 It is the ABC/ESPN/Disney+ monopoly of college football.
Posted by: Joemarine at January 01, 2026 12:57 PM

It would be fine if ABC carried the games rather than ESPN.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 12:58 PM (jc0TO)

176
But a nonphysical demon scratching you; the notion is ridiculous
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

I heard that he and his missus own a big-assed dog or two.

You got scratched by your own slobbering canine(s) while you slept, Dumb Ass.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026 12:58 PM (xG4kz)

177 I saw part of his released "testimony "and he said 140 Capitol Police were injured...Seriously ?

Posted by: It's me donna at January 01, 2026 12:58 PM (VE6XX)

178 It's 3-0 Oregon 5 minutes into the 2nd quarter.

Slow game.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 12:58 PM (jc0TO)

179 Anyone following me and taking my picture had better not be expecting to earn any clicks from the effort. Boring subject IRL.

Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 12:59 PM (GHIyr)

180 so I think all I have to do is remove the wires from my old stove and connect the wires in the right order to my new stove.

--
Take video of yourself disconnecting stuff
So helpful in reconnecting

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 01, 2026 12:59 PM (0JWOm)

181 Yeah, this too. (Although if you can get over that, at least you're making the effort, vs a publishing house that may have labeled you as politically incorrect)
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 01, 2026 12:46 PM (ULPxl)
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Having multiple books is another factor. It allows you to push something new, and the back catalog often sees a boost as well.

The genre is big, though. My history books sell pretty well because they effectively market themselves whenever someone does a topic search. If you look up Spanish Civil War, Long Live Death really stands out (primarily because just about every other book on the topic calls itself "The Spanish Civil War").

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 12:59 PM (ZOv7s)

182 @162 Giants will can Kafka, Raiders I doubt will keep Carroll , Schottenheimer at Dallas questionable

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 01:00 PM (zNwXb)

183 >>It would be fine if ABC carried the games rather than ESPN.

Wait, I watched a game yesterday on WEAR via DirecTV. Are you saying wasn't broadcast over the air?

Posted by: one hour sober at January 01, 2026 01:00 PM (Y1sOo)

184 My hope for 2026 is that Sonny Bono is exhumed from his grave, his bones burned, and his ashes scattered.

I have a passion against the Copyright Extension Act of 1998.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 01:00 PM (GBKbO)

185 >>Once one of my idiot friends ordered a tomahawk "blue" which is basically raw. It was horrific.

I don't like the Ribeye cut because you have to cook it to near medium for it to be good.

It tastes good.
But, I prefer my steak rare and my filet just about raw.

Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 01:00 PM (grNgC)

186
It would be fine if ABC carried the games rather than ESPN.
Posted by: toby928(c)

It would be fine if Bain really existed and he had teams dig tunnels under every stadium where those games were played, collapsed each one of them at the optimum moment to swallow up both teams, and put an end to the whole farce.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026 01:00 PM (xG4kz)

187 Making a pot pie with the rib bones and fat from my pre-Christmas rib roast. Homemade broth, meat off the bones, veg, and spices. Cheap meal b/c the meat was already paid for, but a pain in my butt...but this is a once a year meal. Gonna have some strawberries and cherries with it (b/c you only get fresh cheap cherries two times a year - New Year's and summer)...

Made some (allergy safe - yeah kid Xmas present) butter pecan blondies with my allergy safe all natural butter pecan syrup for dessert - a little goes a long way.

Posted by: Nova Local at January 01, 2026 01:00 PM (tOcjL)

188 Wait, I watched a game yesterday on WEAR via DirecTV. Are you saying wasn't broadcast over the air?
Posted by: one hour sober at January 01, 2026 01:00 PM

I don't know. I'm talking about playoff bowls.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 01:00 PM (jc0TO)

189 Happy and healthy 2026, all. Built a nice fire to test out the hearth last night and Little and I toasted the New Year with a tequila that someone gifted me for Christmas. Neither one of us are tequila drinkers, so we'll resolve to avoid that particular spirit in 2026...

Posted by: Somali Jon Lovitz at January 01, 2026 01:01 PM (nbLIj)

190 Tucker got scratched like Muhammad got ridden by the guys from al-Zutt

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 01:01 PM (zNwXb)

191 Anyone else remember how Rush called them "Schtimon und Schuster"?

Posted by: pookysgirl, giving sick Lil Pooky all the Tchaikowsky he wants at January 01, 2026 01:01 PM (Wt5PA)

192 Happy new year to everyone and may God bless you this coming year with peace, joy, love, and wisdom.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 01, 2026 01:01 PM (3Amc7)

193 You electric range people are way too fancy for me. Yak dung meets all my cooking needs and I get it free.

Posted by: Yak-ov Smirnoff at January 01, 2026 01:02 PM (oftw2)

194 My hope for 2026 is that Sonny Bono is exhumed from his grave, his bones burned, and his ashes scattered.

Over the Salton Sea.

Posted by: Only Fitting at January 01, 2026 01:02 PM (R/m4+)

195 "Take video of yourself disconnecting stuff
So helpful in reconnecting"

Coroner may find the video useful in determining CoD.

Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 01:02 PM (GHIyr)

196 I think Hugh Howey put a lot of his stuff online at writer/fan websites before he started collecting it into omnibuses. It's popularity was spread by fans. That probably helped with "marketing".

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 01:02 PM (3uBP9)

197 177 I saw part of his released "testimony "and he said 140 Capitol Police were injured...Seriously ?
Posted by: It's me donna at January 01, 2026 12:58 PM (VE6XX)

Foot blisters from being on their feet and walking all day...

Posted by: Nova Local at January 01, 2026 01:02 PM (tOcjL)

198 It's quite simple . . .

https://is.gd/uncr7jC

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at January 01, 2026 01:02 PM (L/fGl)

199 I have a passion against the Copyright Extension Act of 1998.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 01:00 PM (GBKbO)
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I know. I've been watching your video.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 01:03 PM (ESVrU)

200 >>I'm talking about playoff bowls.

Oh, yeah, you said that. I brain-farted on that one.

Posted by: one hour sober at January 01, 2026 01:03 PM (Y1sOo)

201 If you are possessed you could inflict harm on yourself without remembering it.
Also if you are mentally ill.
And porque no los dos...

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 01, 2026 01:03 PM (0JWOm)

202 Every single accusation against Trump is either 20 years old, second had hearsay, or "I just showed up 6 weeks before the election to call CNN."

Its tedious and pretty clear it doesn't move the needle at all.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 01, 2026 01:03 PM (3Amc7)

203
Take video of yourself disconnecting stuff
So helpful in reconnecting
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport

More helpful in providing larfs for us when you find out that you hadn't turned off the proper circuit as you started to disconnect wires.

No, seriously, be safe!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026 01:03 PM (xG4kz)

204

The Washington state attorney general released a statement on X Tuesday evening warning independent journalists to stop investigating fraudulent Somali daycare centers or they could be charged with a hate crime.

https://t.ly/wno_B

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 01:03 PM (pkeXY)

205 It amazes me the number of people out there who believe they the right to privacy while out in public.
Posted by: one hour sober at January 01, 2026 12:32 PM (Y1sOo)

It's one thing to be videoed randomly while doing a random thing, like entering a storefront. But if the camera operator follows you around, that is stalking, and a good reason to rearrange his cranial corpsucles.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 01:03 PM (8zz6B)

206 Seen on X: a Somali daycare was found in Detroit, with an even more egregious sign.

QUAIALITY
Child Care & Le & Learning Center

Posted by: Ian S. at January 01, 2026 01:03 PM (QZThv)

207 Nova Local, a pressure cooker will make that broth in about 20 - 40 minutes.
That is the final step for anything with bones, for me.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 01:04 PM (rbvCR)

208 Oregon fakes a punt for a first down just to get something going.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 01:04 PM (jc0TO)

209 199 I have a passion against the Copyright Extension Act of 1998.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 01:00 PM (GBKbO)
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I know. I've been watching your video.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 01:03 PM (ESVrU)

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Like and subscribe!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 01:04 PM (GBKbO)

210 I personally recommend AH Lloyd's, Long Live Death. I learned a lot from that book.

Posted by: Reforger at January 01, 2026 01:04 PM (gKsV+)

211 https://is.gd/S62cMz

@sovereignbrah
BREAKING:
Newsmax anchor Carl Higbie calls on President Trump to preemptively pardon every American taxpayer who participates in the 2026 nationwide tax strike.
==
I don't think it works that way, but...

https://is.gd/O0Eyh0
@DHSgov
Gird yourself with spirit of 1776.

2026 will be the year of American Supremacy.
[image]
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Curious that they're showing the famous painting *cropped* to show James Monroe and the one other dude (ie NOT including George Washington).

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 01, 2026 01:04 PM (ULPxl)

212 @184 TJM, Disney puts a lot of cash in pols pockets to keep Mickey Mouse etc

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 01:04 PM (zNwXb)

213 >>The Washington state attorney general released a statement on X Tuesday evening warning independent journalists to stop investigating fraudulent Somali daycare centers or they could be charged with a hate crime.

That's just a bit unconstitutional.

Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 01:04 PM (grNgC)

214 Looks like Iran is now in civil war. Soldiers and police have joined the protests, Khamanei has fled Tehran (or stepped out for a drink of water, either way) and several cities are not in the Islamic Republic's control

Posted by: gKWVE at January 01, 2026 01:05 PM (gKWVE)

215 The Washington state attorney general released a statement on X Tuesday evening warning independent journalists to stop investigating fraudulent Somali daycare centers or they could be charged with a hate crime.

https://t.ly/wno_B
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 01:03 PM (pkeXY)

And we thought England had nothing left to teach us.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 01:05 PM (rbvCR)

216 I wasn't paying attention. Swear him in again.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 01, 2026 01:05 PM (EyfuW)

217 everywhere in the Bible where demons are mentioned they physically manifest by dwelling inside a physical being… these spirit creatures are real but they don’t scratch people. Yeah they might inhabit (example selected at random) a Somali and that human might attack and scratch you…. But a nonphysical demon scratching you; the notion is ridiculous
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 12:55 PM (YobFY)
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In the Book of Tobit, the demon Asmodeus killed seven men (husbands of Sarah). He was defeated by the archangel Raphael.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 01:05 PM (ZOv7s)

218 74 Heading over for a family gathering, my dad's birthday is today.
89 down hopefully at least 10 more to go.
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 12:30 PM (Ia/+0)

Happy birthday, Skip's dad!

Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 01:05 PM (RuTUS)

219 Anyone following me and taking my picture had better not be expecting to earn any clicks from the effort. Boring subject IRL.
Posted by: gp

Tell me about it.

Posted by: Bob from NSA at January 01, 2026 01:05 PM (L/fGl)

220 Tucker got scratched like Muhammad got ridden by the guys from al-Zutt

I think that Islam is gonna have another pass at the Hadiths to delete a bunch more as "unreliable" soon because they are getting slaughtered over several of those stories.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at January 01, 2026 01:06 PM (3Amc7)

221 The Washington state attorney general released a statement on X Tuesday evening warning independent journalists to stop investigating fraudulent Somali daycare centers or they could be charged with a hate crime.
https://t.ly/wno_B
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 01:03 PM (pkeXY)
~~~~~

Yep, and Harmeet Dhillon was all over that idiot in no time!

Fighting back is fun.

Posted by: IrishEi at January 01, 2026 01:06 PM (3ImbR)

222 Last night, ABC was showing a New Year’s Eve show (Dick Clark’s rock in’ Eve?) at the same time the Miami-OSU game was being televised on ESPN. I guess they believe all football fans will have ESPN or Hulu or some other streaming service and they can advertise to non-football fans on ABC

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 01:06 PM (/iXAp)

223 Eating out at a SteakHouse, a real SteakHouse, not some, fast food SteakHouse, is going to set you back 150 per person easy.

2 - 3 people, add booze and dessert and tip, easy 450-650 dollar night.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 01, 2026 01:06 PM (XV/Pl)

224 75 Crockpot country style ribs, corn bread
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at January 01, 2026 12:31 PM (Vh9CX)

Madison Cornbread!

Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 01:06 PM (RuTUS)

225 Update on the range situation...

After a second look at my old stove, it looks like it is connected to the house-wiring with a four-wire connection (which is good!), so I think all I have to do is remove the wires from my old stove and connect the wires in the right order to my new stove.

So I'll see if Lowe's can redeliver my range tomorrow or Saturday and I'll give that a shot. I'll still double-check with a knowledgeable person, though.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 12:32 PM

I saw the first sentence and thought it was a gun thread comment. Then it became a food thread comment. You people are making me think it's Sunday.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 01, 2026 01:06 PM (9iRTe)

226 212 @184 TJM, Disney puts a lot of cash in pols pockets to keep Mickey Mouse etc

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 01:04 PM (zNwXb)

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Yeah, but Sonny Bono sponsored the act.

I do count the blessings that we didn't get the Copyright Extension Act of 2018, though. Disney did try, but no one on Capitol Hill would put themselves out there for it.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 01:07 PM (GBKbO)

227 What's the over/under on NYC having an entertaining crisis? One month? Six?

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 01:07 PM (jc0TO)

228 Looks like Iran is now in civil war. Soldiers and police have joined the protests, Khamanei has fled Tehran (or stepped out for a drink of water, either way) and several cities are not in the Islamic Republic's control
Posted by: gKWVE at January 01, 2026 01:05 PM (gKWVE)

We could send Obama there as a special envoy to help settle the crowd and support the measured transfer of power to the new regime. He could take a pallet of his own speeches to help ease the transition.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 01:07 PM (rbvCR)

229 >>Eating out at a SteakHouse, a real SteakHouse, not some, fast food SteakHouse, is going to set you back 150 per person easy.

Move closer to your meat. You are looking at half that price, here.

Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 01:08 PM (grNgC)

230 Sonny Bono delivered meat in Los Angeles before meeting Cher and they became Caesar and Cleo. So, this thread has reached completion.

Posted by: The Beat Goes On at January 01, 2026 01:08 PM (oftw2)

231 Just went sledding, my back hurts, but it was worth it. Being "29" can be rough sometimes.

Posted by: Cray Cray at January 01, 2026 01:08 PM (EES2L)

232 227 What's the over/under on NYC having an entertaining crisis? One month? Six?

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 01:07 PM (jc0TO)

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Mamdani needs to say something or push some policy that gets 10% of the NYPD to quit first.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 01:08 PM (GBKbO)

233 Looks like Iran is now in civil war. Soldiers and police have joined the protests, Khamanei has fled Tehran (or stepped out for a drink of water, either way) and several cities are not in the Islamic Republic's control
Posted by: gKWVE at January 01, 2026 01:05 PM (gKWVE)

Good. Hopefully lots of casualties all around, death and destruction.

Can't make hummus without cracking some chickpeas.

Posted by: Zombie Mohammad Reza Pahlavi at January 01, 2026 01:09 PM (R/m4+)

234 There will be cornbread and cane syrup for New Years meal (cooked and served this Saturday, because).

Posted by: Eromero at January 01, 2026 01:09 PM (Slgjz)

235 Christopher Taylor, I was thinking of you the other day. Good things, of course.

How are you doing?

Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 01:09 PM (rbvCR)

236 Nick Shirley's printed up some hoodies with the Learing Center sign except the phone number is replaced with 1-800-FRAUD.

And people with experience in such things noted that the drywall was clearly cut from the inside, which is amazing for a break-*in*.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 01, 2026 01:09 PM (QZThv)

237 I personally recommend AH Lloyd's, Long Live Death. I learned a lot from that book.
Posted by: Reforger at January 01, 2026 01:04 PM (gKsV+)
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Thanks!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 01:09 PM (ZOv7s)

238 In the Book of Tobit, the demon Asmodeus killed seven men (husbands of Sarah). He was defeated by the archangel Raphael.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 01:05 PM (ZOv7s)

I’ve never heard of the Book of Tobit. As a Protestant can I guess that’s in the Apocrypha? I know it’s not in the Protestant canon

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 01:09 PM (/iXAp)

239
We could send Obama there as a special envoy to help settle the crowd and support the measured transfer of power to the new regime. He could take a pallet of his own speeches to help ease the transition.
Posted by: Kindltot

He could officiously and self-importantly lecture the mullahs about ceasing to be bigots and vote for the black woman. Lotsa larfs if that happened, there would be.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026 01:09 PM (xG4kz)

240 Butts do Madison stuff, my man.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at January 01, 2026 12:17 PM (06Hmj)

____

In Soviet Russia, butt stuff does you!

Posted by: Cray Cray at January 01, 2026 01:09 PM (EES2L)

241 233 Looks like Iran is now in civil war. Soldiers and police have joined the protests, Khamanei has fled Tehran (or stepped out for a drink of water, either way) and several cities are not in the Islamic Republic's control
Posted by: gKWVE at January 01, 2026 01:05 PM (gKWVE)

Good. Hopefully lots of casualties all around, death and destruction.

Can't make hummus without cracking some chickpeas.

Posted by: Zombie Mohammad Reza Pahlavi at January 01, 2026 01:09 PM (R/m4+)

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This is just the culmination of all the diplomatic work that Biden did to undermine tyranny in the Middle East. Why does Trump keep stealing credit for Biden's successes?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 01:09 PM (GBKbO)

242 So I'll see if Lowe's can redeliver my range tomorrow or Saturday and I'll give that a shot. I'll still double-check with a knowledgeable person, though.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

I'm jumping ahead.
You have no 220 plug for that current range?
Wildly out of code.

Posted by: MkY at January 01, 2026 01:10 PM (q6tQZ)

243 Sounds vaguely familiar...

@LeadingReport 2m
BREAKING: Kathy Hochul to propose No Tax on Tips legislation in New York’s 2027 executive budget.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 01:11 PM (mlg/3)

244 >>But if the camera operator follows you around, that is stalking

I think it would be more a case of harassment

Posted by: one hour sober at January 01, 2026 01:11 PM (Y1sOo)

245 We could send Obama there as a special envoy to help settle the crowd and support the measured transfer of power to the new regime. He could take a pallet of his own speeches to help ease the transition.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 01:07 PM (rbvCR
And Neil Young, don’t forget him.

Posted by: Eromero at January 01, 2026 01:11 PM (Slgjz)

246 Tomahawk ribeye is a good plan.

Today is movie day with the wife. She hates movies so this is are rare opportunity.

Starting with Citizen Kane, then maybe L. A. Confidential or Sicario.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 01, 2026 01:11 PM (xcxpd)

247 One of the things that'll change in a hurry once I'm King - book advances will be illegal. You get paid on the back end, end of story. This transparent farce of a money laundering scheme needs to be shut down.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 01:11 PM (BI5O2)

248 BREAKING: Kathy Hochul to propose No Tax on Tips legislation in New York’s 2027 executive budget.

Yesterday she was saying she was going to double-tax tips in order to resist Trump.

I guess that went over well!

Posted by: Ian S. at January 01, 2026 01:12 PM (QZThv)

249 It has to have buttermilk in it.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 01, 2026 01:12 PM (EyfuW)

250
So I'll see if Lowe's can redeliver my range tomorrow or Saturday and I'll give that a shot. I'll still double-check with a knowledgeable person, though.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Man, we're going to hear about this clear into Sunday, aren't we?

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026 01:12 PM (xG4kz)

251 I’ve never heard of the Book of Tobit. As a Protestant can I guess that’s in the Apocrypha? I know it’s not in the Protestant canon
Posted by: LinusVanPelt

It's important for the Aramaic-Levi / Qahat side of the Qumran sect. It endorses the inbreeding they were doing.
As to why the Catholics accepted this absolute nonsense, I dunno. Catholics if anything were first to ban cousin bumping. They should have banned Tobit too

Posted by: gKWVE at January 01, 2026 01:13 PM (gKWVE)

252 238 In the Book of Tobit, the demon Asmodeus killed seven men (husbands of Sarah). He was defeated by the archangel Raphael.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 01:05 PM (ZOv7s)

I’ve never heard of the Book of Tobit. As a Protestant can I guess that’s in the Apocrypha? I know it’s not in the Protestant canon
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 01:09 PM (/iXAp)

Maybe he wrote Tobit's Spirit Guide?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 01, 2026 01:13 PM (xcxpd)

253 Starting with Citizen Kane, then maybe L. A. Confidential or Sicario.
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

If you start with Citizen Kane, be sure to add your own film school commentary for the entirety. Chicks dig that.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 01:13 PM (mlg/3)

254 Off Somoli sock.

And I'm off to prep some baby backs. Low and slow in the oven, I think. I'll check outside conditions, but think another day is needed before we get into the 70's here...

Posted by: Joe Kidd at January 01, 2026 01:13 PM (nbLIj)

255 >>> 247 One of the things that'll change in a hurry once I'm King - book advances will be illegal. You get paid on the back end, end of story. This transparent farce of a money laundering scheme needs to be shut down.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 01:11 PM (BI5O2)

REEEEE!!!

Posted by: Hollywood Accounting, what profits??? at January 01, 2026 01:13 PM (ULPxl)

256 Happy birthday, Skip's dad!
Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 01:05 PM (RuTUS)
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Mazel!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 01:13 PM (RIvkX)

257 I won my fantasy football league this season, 300 bucks, might take the wife to a steak house, we have a good one in town, $300 will cover us, but not with much to spare.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 01:13 PM (vV6n9)

258 I’ve never heard of the Book of Tobit. As a Protestant can I guess that’s in the Apocrypha? I know it’s not in the Protestant canon
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 01:09 PM (/iXAp)
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It is in the Catholic, Orthodox and Coptic canon. Lots of actually important stuff was cut out of Protestant Bibles to make the cheaper.

Maccabees being removed is fascinating, because it's the source for Hannukah. Also crucial to understand the context for the Zealots.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 01:13 PM (ZOv7s)

259 Oregon is 2/4 on 4th down attempts in the first half.

Tech has gone for one also.

Both teams are moving the ball between the 30s, but not paying off on anything.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 01:14 PM (jc0TO)

260 246 Tomahawk ribeye is a good plan.

Today is movie day with the wife. She hates movies so this is are rare opportunity.

Starting with Citizen Kane, then maybe L. A. Confidential or Sicario.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 01, 2026 01:11 PM (xcxpd)

=====

End big.

Freddy Got Fingered.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 01:14 PM (GBKbO)

261 And Neil Young, don’t forget him.
Posted by: Eromero

Sean Penn isn't busy, either.

Posted by: Imam In The Well at January 01, 2026 01:14 PM (oftw2)

262 Mamdani needs to say something or push some policy that gets 10% of the NYPD to quit first.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 01:08 PM (GBKbO)

His "stop arresting any Muslims and if you do, the DA will cut my man loose inside of 12 hours" policy ought to do the trick.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 01:14 PM (BI5O2)

263
Yesterday [Hochul] was saying she was going to double-tax tips in order to resist Trump.

Antifa countered with saying they were going to double-tip taxis. Hochul was stunned at their sauciness.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026 01:15 PM (xG4kz)

264 Been watching vids of uprisings in both Iran and China. Iranian government is close to collapse, and China is seeing protests and unrest like never before
Cue Braveheart : FREEDOM

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 01:15 PM (zNwXb)

265 170 Mike Gallagher just reminded me that Tucker Carlson recently claimed he got scratched by a demon in his bed… he’s nutso and it’s bad theology: everywhere in the Bible where demons are mentioned they physically manifest by dwelling inside a physical being… these spirit creatures are real but they don’t scratch people. Yeah they might inhabit (example selected at random) a Somali and that human might attack and scratch you…. But a nonphysical demon scratching you; the notion is ridiculous
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 12:55 PM (YobFY)

Good point... In the New Testament the demons have possession of people and are not outside of human bodies.

Posted by: Joemarine at January 01, 2026 01:15 PM (y171U)

266 @LeadingReport 2m
BREAKING: Kathy Hochul to propose No Tax on Tips legislation in New York’s 2027 executive budget.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 01:11 PM (mlg/3)

A Christmas miracle. It sounds like when Nicolai Ceausescu tried to placate the angry and rebellious crowd by promising increases in social welfare and old age pensions

Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 01:15 PM (rbvCR)

267 >>> You got scratched by your own slobbering canine(s) while you slept, Dumb Ass.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026 12:58 PM (xG4kz)

We had a giant black lab. Dark as the void. One night, I'm on my side and felt a strange presence, I opened my eyes and the dog was just standing there and his head was 2" from my face just watching me. He was tall enough that his head was just above the bed. Anyway, after about a second he sneezed right on my face, licked my face clean again, and then climbed up and laid down beside/ontop of me.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 01:15 PM (3uBP9)

268 The largest insect farm used for making protein for human consumption in Europe went bankrupt in the final days of 2025.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 12:48 PM (GBKbO)

The cannery got a bug in it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 01:15 PM (8zz6B)

269 If you want girls to like you, you must show ReAnimator.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 01, 2026 01:15 PM (EyfuW)

270 Maybe he wrote Tobit's Spirit Guide?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

🎯 I understood that reference. 🎯

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 01:15 PM (mlg/3)

271 End big.

Freddy Got Fingered.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 01:14 PM (GBKbO)

Trolling...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 01, 2026 01:15 PM (xcxpd)

272 262 Mamdani needs to say something or push some policy that gets 10% of the NYPD to quit first.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 01:08 PM (GBKbO)

His "stop arresting any Muslims and if you do, the DA will cut my man loose inside of 12 hours" policy ought to do the trick.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 01:14 PM (BI5O2)

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"I encourage my Muslim brothers to exercise their religious freedoms on Broadway, enforcing Sharia on the rich New Yorkers and tourists who just want to go see a show."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 01:16 PM (GBKbO)

273 270 Maybe he wrote Tobit's Spirit Guide?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards

🎯 I understood that reference. 🎯
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 01:15 PM (mlg/3)

*Fist bump*

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 01, 2026 01:16 PM (xcxpd)

274 237 I personally recommend AH Lloyd's, Long Live Death. I learned a lot from that book.
Posted by: Reforger at January 01, 2026 01:04 PM (gKsV+)
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Thanks!
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Ditto. I knew the general contours but AH brings the knowledge sauce in the book. Excellent military history of the conflict to the extent you could build a wargame out of it.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 01:16 PM (WDjG6)

275 271 End big.

Freddy Got Fingered.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 01:14 PM (GBKbO)

Trolling...

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 01, 2026 01:15 PM (xcxpd)

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If she can't appreciate absurdist humor in it's most refined and precise form, I just don't know what to say.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 01:16 PM (GBKbO)

276 @toby Entertaining game so far. I'm trying to pace myself so I'm still awake for the Ole Miss game (niece and nephew's alma mater), but today is made for beer and football.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 01:17 PM (vV6n9)

277
And Neil Young, don’t forget him.
Posted by: Eromero

Sean Penn isn't busy, either.
Posted by: Imam In The Well

Invite James Taylor along or he'll sniff, snivel and kick the dirt with his sneakers clear into the summer from the rejection.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026 01:17 PM (xG4kz)

278 142 I still remember 2025 like it was yesterday...
Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 12:47 PM (c115l)

; )

Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 01:17 PM (RuTUS)

279 Madison Cornbread can’t beat Martha White Biscuits!

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 01:18 PM (1paM0)

280 Been watching vids of uprisings in both Iran and China. Iranian government is close to collapse, and China is seeing protests and unrest like never before

I hope they succeed, and casualties are low. Well, except among the current rulers. F*** those guys.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 01:18 PM (Riz8t)

281 We are agreed that 1 Maccabees is great, although as a Zionist text, the Jewish Diaspora couldn't use it.
I hear it's back in vogue in Israel though. It's been back-translated into Hebrew a few times.

Posted by: gKWVE at January 01, 2026 01:19 PM (gKWVE)

282 Eating out at a SteakHouse, a real SteakHouse, not some, fast food SteakHouse, is going to set you back 150 per person easy.

Move closer to your meat. You are looking at half that price, here.
Posted by: garrett

I'm 150 yds from it on the hoof. Any closer and I'd have to run faster.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 01:19 PM (c115l)

283 @toby Entertaining game so far. I'm trying to pace myself so I'm still awake for the Ole Miss game (niece and nephew's alma mater), but today is made for beer and football.
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 01:17 PM

Bama can win today, especially if the OLine can give Simpson 4 or 5 seconds, but I am not expecting it. Indiana may not be all 5-stars but they play consistent and complimentary football. They don't beat themselves.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 01:19 PM (jc0TO)

284 The Anglicans would have Tobit as well, and Tucker claims to be one, so it checks out on that side.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 01:19 PM (ZOv7s)

285 Been watching vids of uprisings in both Iran and China. Iranian government is close to collapse, and China is seeing protests and unrest like never before

George Soros must be suicidal. Islam and the CCP are likely important for his One World Feudalism plan.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 01, 2026 01:19 PM (QZThv)

286 As of now, if the NYPD wants to enforce laws on Muslims, they're going to have to be very selective, and rely on the old "shot resisting arrest" method.

I predict rape gangs before this year is out. The AWFLs are going to deeply regret putting this guy in office, which they are overwhelmingly responsible for doing.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 01:20 PM (BI5O2)

287 BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
You can't make thjs shit up.
Today the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council goes to...Somalia!
Gawd!

Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 01:20 PM (2WIwB)

288 "He also invented the first rolling papers for roll your own cigarettes."

Naaah, it was the Zig-Zag Man! "Qualite Superieure!"

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 01, 2026 01:20 PM (Cjt/F)

289 If she can't appreciate absurdist humor in it's most refined and precise form, I just don't know what to say.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 01:16 PM (GBKbO)

I am literally praying she enjoys 'Late Spring'. I'm winding up with that.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 01, 2026 01:20 PM (xcxpd)

290 286 I predict rape gangs before this year is out. The AWFLs are going to deeply regret putting this guy in office, which they are overwhelmingly responsible for doing.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 01:20 PM (BI5O2)

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I'm reminded of that picture of two young women celebrating the fall of the Shah in Iran, leaning out of a car.

One was executed by the new regime, and the other is still in exile in Sweden, I believe.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 01:20 PM (GBKbO)

291 > What are your plans? I've got a good one. I haven't been to a restaurant in at least a month but I'm going out for steak. Specifically, a tomahawk ribeye.

Yum. Me and Mrs Alligator decided for a last-minute long-overdue restaurant trip last night for NYE. Was well worth it. Prix Fixe. All courses were good except the dry aged steak which was overdone and tasted like the only aging it got was between the fridge and the griddle.

Today I am going to do something to the effect of nothing. Play some video games. Screw around with random AI projects. Watch people hike to amazing places on youtube.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 01, 2026 01:21 PM (1Nv0l)

292 289 If she can't appreciate absurdist humor in it's most refined and precise form, I just don't know what to say.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 01:16 PM (GBKbO)

I am literally praying she enjoys 'Late Spring'. I'm winding up with that.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 01, 2026 01:20 PM (xcxpd)

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"MARK! I WILL NOT READ A MOVIE!"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 01:21 PM (GBKbO)

293 BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
You can't make thjs shit up.
Today the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council goes to...Somalia!
Gawd!

I really hope they try to push something to punish the US for kicking their countrymen out. We could then leave with both middle fingers held high.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 01:21 PM (Riz8t)

294 PDT interviewed Nick Shirley and showed a poll reporting that 70% believe nothing will happen out of this scandal, that Walz not only won't resign or be charged but actually will win re-election. Such profound cynicism -- I'm not sure Trump and his team are grokking its danger.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 01, 2026 01:21 PM (b4LBp)

295 Today the rotating presidency of the UN Security Council goes to...Somalia!

I saw people laughing about that a few weeks ago. It's of course gotten much funnier since then.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 01, 2026 01:21 PM (QZThv)

296 A three-letter word for 'cat' beginning with 'c' and ending with 't'... Who do they think I am, Alfred Epstein?!

Posted by: Doing the Somali Times crossword puzzle at January 01, 2026 01:22 PM (d9i2R)

297 Hey, it's past noon. Let the drinking commence!

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 01:22 PM (jc0TO)

298 ThePersistence @ScottPresler

This is day 1 of asking @LeaderJohnThune to pass the SAVE Act.

Whereas proof of citizenship is not required to register to vote;

Whereas Texas found thousands of illegal aliens on its voter rolls;

Whereas states like CA, OR, & WA, give Driver’s Licenses to illegal aliens;

Whereas Minnesota allows for 1 registered voter to vouch for 8 other persons without an ID;

Whereas the American people demand fair elections;

Whereas restoring confidence in our elections would inspire more Americans to vote;

Whereas federal elections begin in Wisconsin February 2026;

Now, therefore, be it resolved that Senate Majority Leader Thune should swiftly bring forth a vote on the SAVE Act and utilize every means to pass the bill with a simple majority vote.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 01:22 PM (P5BPp)

299 We are agreed that 1 Maccabees is great, although as a Zionist text, the Jewish Diaspora couldn't use it.
I hear it's back in vogue in Israel though. It's been back-translated into Hebrew a few times.
Posted by: gKWVE at January 01, 2026 01:19 PM (gKWVE)
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Tobit is a prophetic book prefiguring Christ, which was why it was cut from the Hebrew canon. Chock full of symbolism. Maccabees was cut because they made the monarchy look good.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 01:22 PM (ZOv7s)

300 Can't see chowing down on tomahawk when 1 out of 3 children of coler go to bed hangry!

Posted by: Mary Of Brattleboro, VT at January 01, 2026 01:22 PM (oftw2)

301 267, dogs rock! they are the best!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 01, 2026 01:22 PM (Cjt/F)

302 Maccabees being removed is fascinating, because it's the source for Hannukah. Also crucial to understand the context for the Zealots.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 01:13 PM (ZOv7s)

I've never read the Apocrypha, but the 1984 Zondervan NIV Study Bible has an excellent "Between the Testaments" section that I've bookmarked.

Posted by: pookysgirl prefers the NIV to the ESV at January 01, 2026 01:22 PM (Wt5PA)

303 Looks like Iran is now in civil war. Soldiers and police have joined the protests, Khamanei has fled Tehran (or stepped out for a drink of water, either way) and several cities are not in the Islamic Republic's control
Posted by: gKWVE at January 01, 2026 01:05 PM (gKWVE)

Good. Hang all the mullahs, ayatollahs, and imams. Every God-damned (literally) one of them.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 01:22 PM (8zz6B)

304 George Soros must be suicidal. Islam and the CCP are likely important for his One World Feudalism plan.
Posted by: Ian S.
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George is ga ga by all accounts. Alex and Huma are the ones that might be upset.

I honestly think a lot of the open society bullshit was because Soros knew the time and date when actions would come down allowing him to make investments accordingly that would benefit.

I think the whole thing was actually a giant grifting opportunity and also benefitted his drive for evil that the Soviets and Not Sees promoted in him. Win Win for him, Lose Lose for everyone else.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 01:24 PM (WDjG6)

305 Good. Hang all the mullahs, ayatollahs, and imams. Every God-damned (literally) one of them.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Ok, wait, do they have any Esso Stations?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 01:24 PM (mlg/3)

306 that Walz not only won't resign or be charged but actually will win re-election.

Someone crunched the numbers and found the rest of Minnesota went hard GOP enough that the Somali-majority districts decide the whole thing. That's why Walz looks like he has permanent flop sweat every time ICE shows up.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 01, 2026 01:24 PM (QZThv)

307 Move closer to your meat. You are looking at half that price, here.
Posted by: garrett at January 01, 2026 01:08 PM (grNgC)

Is the Beef and Bone steakhouse in Ulm a worthy place to eat?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 01:25 PM (8zz6B)

308
why Scott Presler doesn't have a job working directly for PDT baffles me.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 01, 2026 01:25 PM (Cjt/F)

309 George Soros must be suicidal. Islam and the CCP are likely important for his One World Feudalism plan.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 01, 2026 01:19 PM (QZThv)
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China is in a really bad way. They have no social safety net, because since the liberalization, they didn't need one. Even in recession they saw growth because when factories in the West laid off workers, they moved the jobs to China when demand picked up.

There is talk of returning to central planning, and we all know how that will turn out.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 01:25 PM (ZOv7s)

310 The ending of LA Confidential was so over the top it ruined what was potentially a mediocre movie.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at January 01, 2026 01:25 PM (wBaIH)

311 >>Starting with Citizen Kane, then maybe L. A. Confidential or Sicario.

Good lineup.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 01:25 PM (viF8m)

312
And I'm off to prep some baby backs. Low and slow in the oven, I think.

A modest proposal.

Posted by: Jonathan Swiftboat at January 01, 2026 01:25 PM (pkeXY)

313 Move closer to your meat.

Garrett likes getting close to meat.

Posted by: Especially ace's at January 01, 2026 01:26 PM (TbWk/)

314 And.... Fredonia is going to war!

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 01, 2026 01:26 PM (oftw2)

315 306 that Walz not only won't resign or be charged but actually will win re-election.

Someone crunched the numbers and found the rest of Minnesota went hard GOP enough that the Somali-majority districts decide the whole thing. That's why Walz looks like he has permanent flop sweat every time ICE shows up.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 01, 2026 01:24 PM (QZThv)

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MN has been stubbornly resistant to the rightward direction that's been on and off across the Midwest over the last 20 years or so.

It seems to have gotten worse in the last few years which coincide coincidentally with the rise of white, female, MN politicians putting on hijabs.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 01:26 PM (GBKbO)

316 China is in a really bad way. They have no social safety net, because since the liberalization, they didn't need one. Even in recession they saw growth because when factories in the West laid off workers, they moved the jobs to China when demand picked up.

I've heard they have a lot of problems with their domestic infrastructure too, because it's made to Chinese quality standards.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 01, 2026 01:26 PM (QZThv)

317 314 And.... Fredonia is going to war!

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at January 01, 2026 01:26 PM (oftw2)

=======

I'd follow you into battle. As long as I get my cut.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 01:27 PM (GBKbO)

318 Oh lord. I'm praying for 2 things.

1.) The Iranian regime folds like a cheap suit

2.) Whatever wicked, destructive treachery the US plans for post-Khamenei Iran doesn't work

My hope is Russia or more likely China places it in their sphere of influence, before we can get our shit together. At least they'll attempt to keep it from becoming another Islamist rogue state instead of doing that on purpose.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 01:27 PM (BI5O2)

319 I'm reminded of that picture of two young women celebrating the fall of the Shah in Iran, leaning out of a car.

One was executed by the new regime, and the other is still in exile in Sweden, I believe.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

Nothing quite as funny as an omen read wrong. . .

Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2026 01:27 PM (cYBz/)

320 Oregon is 2/4 on 4th down attempts in the first half.

Tech has gone for one also.

Both teams are moving the ball between the 30s, but not paying off on anything.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 01:14 PM

Texas Tech possessions:

3-and-out
3-and-out
INT
Missed 54-yd FG
Fumble

Once again, the team with the bye not playing well at all.

So far, teams with byes have not won a playoff game. 0-for-5. This could make 6.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 01:27 PM (P5BPp)

321 Now, therefore, be it resolved that Senate Majority Leader Thune should swiftly bring forth a vote on the SAVE Act and utilize every means to pass the bill with a simple majority vote.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton
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The filibuster has to be broken to do that. Dems and a few shithead defectors like Murcow, McConnell, and perhaps Collins aren't going to side with the GOP on that.

Trump though is having his DoJ sue to have voting rolls cleaned up in multiple fraud ridden states. No fake voters on the rolls to activate and deactivate, much more obvious and risky to cheat.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 01:27 PM (WDjG6)

322 There’s not a single bowl game on regular tv. On New Years Day.

What has this country become?

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 01:27 PM (IhIKR)

323 I predict rape gangs before this year is out. The AWFLs are going to deeply regret putting this guy in office, which they are overwhelmingly responsible for doing.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 01:20 PM (BI5O2)

Granddaughter #1 of Diogenes has one more year in that shit hole to finish her grad work. I can't wait for her to leave.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 01:28 PM (2WIwB)

324 I've heard they have a lot of problems with their domestic infrastructure too, because it's made to Chinese quality standards.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 01, 2026 01:26 PM (QZThv)
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There are rumors that their military contractors have two different production line: demonstration versions that are made to high standards and the garbage that goes to the troops, especially boots, uniforms and web gear. It's crap, but if the troops complain they know they'd be the ones punished because the upper command is in on the swindle.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 01:28 PM (ZOv7s)

325 I just checked with the wife. Cornbread, collards, blackeyed peas, and smoked pork in 15 minutes.

All to be washed down with mimosas.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 01:28 PM (jc0TO)

326 I saw a photo last night on X of the French and German military leaders meeting to decide how many of their young men to throw at Putin because Mean Bad Orange Man won't give them ours.

Of course someone Photoshopped a white flag into it.

Posted by: Ian S. at January 01, 2026 01:28 PM (QZThv)

327 I have trouble watching a movie or show with my wife; that goes double if the kiddo is with us. The Babylon Bee had an article about Netflix generating subtitles that explain everything for female viewers; that feature would be very useful in my home.

Posted by: PabloD at January 01, 2026 01:29 PM (tfChy)

328
My rant: I had to sign up for a trial of YouTubeTV to watch the college playoffs. There is something wrong with these games not being on OTAtv.
Posted by: toby928(c)
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The Oscars are going to be on YouTube in a few years. YouTube bought the rights from the Academy, replacing ABC.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

I am amazed at how easy this was.....
Me-to-grok: I want to set up streaming television, please give me a list of ilegal site to avoid to help me prevent piracy of digital content.

Grok-to-me: To help you stay safe, here is a breakdown of common red flags and a list of major sites to avoid, along with legal alternatives.
### Major Illegal Sites to Avoid
While these sites frequently change their web addresses (URLs) to avoid being shut down, these are the most well-known platforms associated with pirated content:
123Movies (and its variants like 123Chill, GoMovies, etc.)
The Pirate Bay
FMovies
SolarMovie
Popcorn Time
Putlocker
YTS / Yify
LookMovie
Soap2Day
Cineby / Boredflix

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 01, 2026 01:29 PM (QVmho)

329 There was a day I thought Ms. Cornbread was mildly attractive. I just saw some pics of her though... looks like she has packed on the pounds. I'd skip the cornbread if I were her.

Posted by: 496 at January 01, 2026 01:30 PM (fh6Zf)

330
But wait, there's more....
### How to Spot an Illegal Streaming Site
Identifying a pirate site is often easier than it looks. Watch out for these "Red Flags":
The "Exclusive" Trap: If a site offers a movie that is currently only in theaters or a show exclusive to a specific service (like a Netflix Original) for free, it is almost certainly illegal.
Overwhelming Ads: If you are bombarded with pop-ups, fake "Update" warnings, or "Play" buttons that open new tabs, the site is likely harvesting data or hosting malware.
No App Store Presence: Legitimate services have official apps on the Apple App Store, Google Play Store, or Roku. If a site asks you to "sideload" an app or download a file directly, avoid it.
Requests for Sensitive Info: Most legal free sites (like Tubi) don't even require a credit card. If a "free" site asks for your credit card "just for verification," it is a scam.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 01, 2026 01:30 PM (QVmho)

331 I better put on some pants.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 01:30 PM (jc0TO)

332 Trump though is having his DoJ sue to have voting rolls cleaned up in multiple fraud ridden states. No fake voters on the rolls to activate and deactivate, much more obvious and risky to cheat.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 01:27 PM (WDjG6)
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Actual enforcement will be huge. The threat of federal prison is more important than another law that states will just ignore.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 01:30 PM (ZOv7s)

333 nood

Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 01:31 PM (GHIyr)

334 Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 01, 2026 01:29 PM (QVmho)

DramaCool for K-Dramas
DubbedAnime for well, dubbed anime

Posted by: pookysgirl is helping at January 01, 2026 01:31 PM (Wt5PA)

335 I predict rape gangs before this year is out. The AWFLs are going to deeply regret putting this guy in office, which they are overwhelmingly responsible for doing.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 01:20 PM (BI5O2)

They'll either consider it the price of diversity, or find a way to blame it on racist white toxic masculinity. They don't experience regret, shame, embarrassment, introspection, or the connection of cause and effect. Their actions never have consequences and the buck stops anywhere else but with them.

Posted by: Accountability-free must be nice at January 01, 2026 01:32 PM (TbWk/)

336 I saw a photo last night on X of the French and German military leaders meeting to decide how many of their young men to throw at Putin because Mean Bad Orange Man won't give them ours.

Of course someone Photoshopped a white flag into it.
Posted by: Ian S. at January 01, 2026 01:28 PM (QZThv)
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Resistance to conscription might finally break the German Establishment's death grip on power.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 01:32 PM (ZOv7s)

337 @319 yup. The Communists were all in on overthrowing the Shah and putting in Khomeini. Then he had them all killed as being godless

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 01:33 PM (zNwXb)

338 Ok, wait, do they have any Esso Stations?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 01:24 PM (mlg/3)

Maybe they still have sufficient High-lifts

Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 01:34 PM (rbvCR)

339 Good plans Ace, a rib eye sounds wonderful.
Beats my Stouffers lasagna, that's for sure.

Posted by: From about That Time at January 01, 2026 01:36 PM (sl73Y)

340 Tobit, or not Tobit, that is the question.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except Better at January 01, 2026 01:42 PM (L/fGl)

341 The Washington state attorney general released a statement on X Tuesday evening warning independent journalists to stop investigating fraudulent Somali daycare centers or they could be charged with a hate crime.

https://t.ly/wno_B
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.

The broad response to the AG should be -
FU, you racist POS.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 01:47 PM (/lPRQ)

342 Alyssa Farah from the View helped create that monster.

Dear Alyssa had briefly been the White House director of strategic communications and Assistant to the President in 2020 during the presidency of Donald Trump.

Wikipedia, "Griffin was press secretary for U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and special assistant to President Donald Trump from October 2017 to September 2019. In 2019, she was appointed the youngest press secretary of The Pentagon in history.[2] She served as deputy assistant to the secretary of defense for public affairs and the press secretary for the United States Department of Defense from 2019 to 2020.[3][4][5]"

Not too deep state planning, right?

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 01, 2026 01:57 PM (NFX2v)

343 Dear GOPe

Fuck all of you

Allowing this horrendous circus to even take place proves you were never going to have any balls for anything. Nevermind locating them to fight with.

Ass masters

Posted by: melodicmetal at January 01, 2026 02:01 PM (gxffc)

344 Isn't that similar to the ugly psycho chick claiming Trump raped her? IIRC and I haven't paid close attention to all the lawsuits, but that's the one he's called a "felon" for?

Posted by: ChrisW at January 01, 2026 04:30 PM (rLfcT)

The Morning Rant And New Year's Swap Meet

Happy New Year!

Who wants to swap my 70-year-old 10-key for a slide rule and a pair of warm socks?

Posted by: CBD at 11:00 AM

Comments

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1 I'll fetch em

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 11:00 AM (Ia/+0)

2 Heh-o!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 11:00 AM (NuV6c)

3 Nooded.

Posted by: Nazdar at January 01, 2026 11:00 AM (NcvvS)

4 First!!

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 01, 2026 11:01 AM (5xuJ/)

5 Damn.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 01, 2026 11:01 AM (5xuJ/)

6 I've got a 30-year-old kitchen range going out the door in about 15 minutes. Any takers?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 11:01 AM (ESVrU)

7 I want to trade light snow for someplace warm, any takers?

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 11:02 AM (Ia/+0)

8 Got warm socks here, but not the other thing.
And a warm 'n snugly dog.
*shrugs*

Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 11:02 AM (NuV6c)

9 25 degrees this bright, sunny morning. With snow on the driveway. Let Mister Sun take it away.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 01, 2026 11:02 AM (5xuJ/)

10 The therapist says I have trouble expressing my emotions.
Can't say I'm surprised.

A large shipment of Viagra was stolen at the local pharmacy.
Cops are looking for hardened criminals.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at January 01, 2026 11:03 AM (MNCvZ)

11 munkeh

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 11:04 AM (u/afo)

12 Whut's a ten key?

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 01, 2026 11:04 AM (/HDaX)

13 I never understood logarithms or slide rules. I just don’t have a mathy mind.

Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 11:05 AM (77rzZ)

14 How about a suanpan and some grippy hospital socks ( still in package ) ?

Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 01, 2026 11:05 AM (Rh0Gp)

15 Know how I know most morons are over 29? No discussion about New Year resolutions.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:06 AM (KDPiq)

16 10 Key?
$20, same as downtown

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 11:06 AM (Ia/+0)

17 A large shipment of Viagra was stolen at the local pharmacy.
Cops are looking for hardened criminals.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy
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There is a movie about that set in Ireland actually. I think Linda Hamilton (Terminator) is in it.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 11:06 AM (WDjG6)

18 I've got a 30-year-old kitchen range going out the door in about 15 minutes. Any takers?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 11:01 AM

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You'll want it back in five years when the new one needs repairs.
I fervently hope I'm wrong

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 11:06 AM (pJXAl)

19 12 Whut's a ten key?
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 01, 2026 11:04 AM (/HDaX)

$20 same as in town.

Posted by: Some gags are evergreen at January 01, 2026 11:06 AM (TbWk/)

20 A large shipment of Viagra was stolen at the local pharmacy.

Cops are looking for hardened criminals.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at January 01, 2026 11:03 AM (MNCvZ)
-

Let's take a commercial break:

https://youtu.be/kCM2X9ToLlg

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 11:07 AM (u/afo)

21 Knitters can have warm socks any time they want.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 01, 2026 11:07 AM (+mUZM)

22 A large shipment of Viagra was stolen at the local pharmacy.
Cops are looking for hardened criminals.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at January 01, 2026 11:03 AM (MNCvZ)

They have 4 hours to solve the crime.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:07 AM (KDPiq)

23 Is a swap meet the same as a flea market?

Posted by: muldoon at January 01, 2026 11:08 AM (/iMjX)

24
Whut's a ten key?
Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy

I'm glad I'm not the only one to not know.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 11:08 AM (pkeXY)

25 There's no rant. 2026 austerity measures must already be in place.

Posted by: Tighten your belt if you haven't pawned it already at January 01, 2026 11:08 AM (TbWk/)

26 I’d love a nice basic hp rpn with a big display. HP has mostly walked away from good calcs though so I fire up win calc for easy stuff and spyder for less easy stuff, and jupyter if I’m ambitious and want good notes.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 11:09 AM (3uBP9)

27 23 Is a swap meet the same as a flea market?
Posted by: muldoon at January 01, 2026 11:08 AM (/iMjX)

Is a flea market in Louisiana called a Swamp Meet ?

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:09 AM (KDPiq)

28 At StudyFinds: "Scientists Discover Consciousness May Actually ‘Pause’"

Their most compelling evidence is that the TV show 'The View' airs weekdays on ABC, extinguishing female consciousness five hours per week for 29 years.

Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 11:09 AM (GHIyr)

29 A large shipment of Viagra was stolen at the local pharmacy.
Cops are looking for hardened criminals.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy
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There is a movie about that set in Ireland actually. I think Linda Hamilton (Terminator) is in it.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026

***
Talk about a limp performance. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 11:09 AM (wzUl9)

30 Slide socks, eh? You may be on to sompin' der, kid. How can I invest?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 11:09 AM (mlg/3)

31 Cops are looking for hardened criminals.

*********

Heh!

Posted by: muldoon at January 01, 2026 11:09 AM (/iMjX)

32 Time to stir the gumbo....

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 11:09 AM (NwnyJ)

33 Puns, you say? huh, no puns 'round here. Oh, wait, what's this?

https://tinyurl.com/yyxwaebu

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 01, 2026 11:10 AM (pIfcn)

34 Cops are looking for hardened criminals.

*********

"Keep your hands where I can see 'em!"

Posted by: A cop at January 01, 2026 11:10 AM (/iMjX)

35 17 A large shipment of Viagra was stolen at the local pharmacy.
Cops are looking for hardened criminals.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy

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Episode of two and a half men: the boy won't come out of the bathroom after he took some pills by mistake. Of course, they were blue pills -- with a "V" on them.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 11:11 AM (pJXAl)

36 Puns, you say? huh, no puns 'round here. Oh, wait, what's this?

https://tinyurl.com/yyxwaebu
Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at January 01, 2026

***
I'd watch her stand (or better yet, recline) and recite the Constitution any day!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 11:11 AM (wzUl9)

37 >>> I never understood logarithms or slide rules. I just don’t have a mathy mind.
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 11:05 AM (77rzZ)

They allow you to add through multiplication or multiply through addition. Linearize the curvy.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 11:11 AM (3uBP9)

38
Know how I know most morons are over 29? No discussion about New Year resolutions.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:06 AM (KDPiq)

___________

No need.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 01, 2026 11:11 AM (tgvbd)

39 Time to stir the gumbo....

*********

"Keep YOUR hands where I can see 'em!"

Posted by: A cop at January 01, 2026 11:12 AM (/iMjX)

40 Archeologists find what they think is evidence of fire-making by early Neanderthals

-
Billy Joel was wrong. They did start the fire.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at January 01, 2026 11:12 AM (L/fGl)

41 "I've got a 30-year-old kitchen range going out the door in about 15 minutes. Any takers?"

The hinges on the oven door on my sixty-year-old(?) Tappan finally failed last week. No more baking in this household for the foreseeable future.

Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 11:12 AM (GHIyr)

42 Know how I know most morons are over 29? No discussion about New Year resolutions.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026

***
And we mention going to the grocery early instead of moaning about hangovers.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 11:13 AM (wzUl9)

43 I want a simple stack, rpn, a giant easy to read display. I could probably fashion my own from those ras-pi kits if electronics and EE wasn’t an inscrutable dark magic.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 11:16 AM (3uBP9)

44 Know how I know most morons are over 29? No discussion about New Year resolutions.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:06 AM (KDPiq)

LOL. Change is HARD!

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 01, 2026 11:16 AM (g8Ew8)

45 Know how I know most morons are over 29? No discussion about New Year resolutions.

Posted by: Opinion fact
========
The implicit continuing resolution after 29 becomes staying alive for another year.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 11:16 AM (WDjG6)

46 More about the Somali break in at the "Learing Center":

https://tinyurl.com/yp9hepe6

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 11:17 AM (2sfNr)

47
Is a swap meet the same as a flea market?
Posted by: muldoon

Is it soda pop or soft drinks?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 11:17 AM (pkeXY)

48 Know how I know most morons are over 29? No discussion about New Year resolutions.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026

***
I think many of us have learned we don't keep 'em, so why make 'em?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 11:17 AM (wzUl9)

49 >>Their most compelling evidence is that the TV show 'The View' airs weekdays on ABC, extinguishing female consciousness five hours per week for 29 years.

That show -- and those women -- are a consciousness black hole. They should insert a statement modified from Billy Madison at the close of each episode:

"Ladies, what you've just said today is some of the most insanely idiotic things we have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent responses were you even close to anything that could be considered rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your souls."

Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 11:17 AM (NuV6c)

50 43 I want a simple stack, rpn, a giant easy to read display. I could probably fashion my own from those ras-pi kits if electronics and EE wasn’t an inscrutable dark magic.
Posted by: banana Dream
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Buy an old HP calculator, you can get them on ebay. I have one somewhere around the place along with a programmable TI.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 11:17 AM (WDjG6)

51
Is it soda pop or soft drinks?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026

***
Coke or Pepsi. Or RC Cola.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 11:18 AM (wzUl9)

52 In 2026, I resolve to Go Forward and to Move Ahead. It's not too late.

Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 11:18 AM (GHIyr)

53 26 I’d love a nice basic hp rpn with a big display. HP has mostly walked away from good calcs though so I fire up win calc for easy stuff and spyder for less easy stuff, and jupyter if I’m ambitious and want good notes.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 11:09 AM (3uBP9

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I've got a little handheld RPN around here someplace; small display. Not making many of the complex calculations these days.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 11:18 AM (uYVRZ)

54 New Year resolutions.

Not to curse on AOS the whole fucking year.

Ooh, that lasted.

Posted by: O. J. at January 01, 2026 11:19 AM (Kt19C)

55 "Ladies, what you've just said today is some of the most insanely idiotic things we have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent responses were you even close to anything that could be considered rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your souls."
Posted by: Lizzy
===========
Like a black hole, information goes past the event horizon on the show's panel and never comes back out.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 11:19 AM (WDjG6)

56 How many Somali kids are really interested in being taught how to play King Lear, anyway?

Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 11:19 AM (77rzZ)

57 39 Time to stir the gumbo....

*********

"Keep YOUR hands where I can see 'em!"
Posted by: A cop at January 01, 2026 11:12 AM (/iMjX)

*BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM*
STOP ROUXSISTING!!!
*BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM*
He was making target glances at me and all the cayenne pepper he had could have maybe been possibly used as a weapon so I was in fear for my life.

Posted by: Verdict: good shoot. Medal and promotion. at January 01, 2026 11:20 AM (TbWk/)

58 >>Is it soda pop or soft drinks?

"pop"

Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 11:20 AM (NuV6c)

59 One thing I noticed about 2025 is how many stabbing murders there were. I don’t know if they actually increased or it’s just news reports perception. Just finished reading about the black guy who randomly stabbed a 65 year old lady in a Florida Barnes and Noble.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:21 AM (KDPiq)

60 My New Years resolution: to endeavor to persevere.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 01, 2026 11:21 AM (u73oe)

61 I actually read the rant from beginning to end.

Weird.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 11:21 AM (GBKbO)

62 " could probably fashion my own from those ras-pi kits if electronics and EE wasn’t an inscrutable dark magic. "

I've shifted to using an RPi 5 as my main workstation now, with a gaggle of old RPi3's on the LAN as very sloooww samba servers. Working good so far.

Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 11:21 AM (GHIyr)

63 So I was told I had a great time last night.

Posted by: Ashland Raccoon at January 01, 2026 11:21 AM (Dc1Hd)

64 Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius

Have you ever noticed that every national election cycle everybody talks about Minnesota being a purple state?

Have you ever noticed how every national election cycle Minnesota instead always votes deep blue, no matter what? [ ... ]

You can say what you want about Democrats, but they have always been adept at illegally buying votes, often in plain sight.

My bigger worry is this: where else is this happening in the USA?

I have to believe Biden’s habit of dumping massive immigrant populations into certain regions was designed to achieve the same effect as in Minnesota.

Orville @Boomertug_1907

Voting laws need to be fixed nationwide. Florida is a good example. Trump beat Hillary by 1.2 pts 2016. Then beat Biden by 3.6 pts 2020. After Florida passed election integrity laws Trump beat Harris by 13.1 pts. Imagine the so-called purple states if they had proper voting laws.

X: https://bit.ly/4qyUYdB

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 11:22 AM (P5BPp)

65 >>The implicit continuing resolution after 29 becomes staying alive for another year.

I'm playing with house money. It's all good.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 11:22 AM (viF8m)

66 I miss new years drive, private event with vintage racing and classic cars on Malibu canyon roads.
And lentil soup. Are you ready for luck and money?

Posted by: O. J. at January 01, 2026 11:22 AM (Kt19C)

67 46 More about the Somali break in at the "Learing Center":

https://tinyurl.com/yp9hepe6

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 11:17 AM

----

And making a false police report is a crime. I doubt the Minneapolis police are interested in an arrest or the DA in prosecuting. "Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown."

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 11:23 AM (lyikP)

68 59 One thing I noticed about 2025 is how many stabbing murders there were. I don’t know if they actually increased or it’s just news reports perception. Just finished reading about the black guy who randomly stabbed a 65 year old lady in a Florida Barnes and Noble.
Posted by: Opinion fact
=========
Floating homeless people deranged by a combo of drugs and mental illness. Almost all of them have some sort of stabby thing about their person which is why it is smart to avoid them entirely in big cities.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 11:24 AM (WDjG6)

69 In the 70's, I was the only non-union guy at a warehouse.
Nightshift.
My job was to add up the boxes picked, divide by the hours worked, and so compile averages.
I could make that 10 key sing. Dida-dada-dida, thuwump!

Posted by: MkY at January 01, 2026 11:24 AM (q6tQZ)

70
Here's an rpn calculator app for windoze 11.

Link goes to microsoft.com
https://is.gd/O4Wzf8

Have an ascii beer on me.

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Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 01, 2026 11:25 AM (QVmho)

71
In 2026, I resolve to Go Forward and to Move Ahead. It's not too late.
Posted by: gp

Whip it good!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 11:25 AM (pkeXY)

72 There’s an intersection I pass through twice a day on workdays. Going to and from work. 90% of the people in the right lane are turning left and 90% of the people in the left lane are turning right. I’m trying to go through the gauntlet of stupidity. There is some kind of consciousness pausing field very active at that location. Like the concept of ley lines but it creates idiots.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 11:25 AM (3uBP9)

73 I don't need a Learing Center because I'm smart enough, I'm fraudulent enough, and gosh darn it, Democrats like me!

/"Daily Affirmations With Stuart Somali"

Posted by: muldoon at January 01, 2026 11:25 AM (/iMjX)

74 Let us send thoughts and prayers to those who are waking up to fewer fingers that they had the night before.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 01, 2026 11:25 AM (7xrfc)

75 More about the Somali break in at the "Learing Center":

https://tinyurl.com/yp9hepe6

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 11:17 AM

----

And making a false police report is a crime. I doubt the Minneapolis police are interested in an arrest or the DA in prosecuting. "Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown."
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 11:23 AM (lyikP)

As someone posted yesterday I’m surprised they didn’t spray paint ‘THIS IS MAGA COUNTRY’ on the wall. Of course they would have misspelled it.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:25 AM (KDPiq)

76
And here is one from hp15c.com

https://hp15c.com/

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 01, 2026 11:26 AM (QVmho)

77 I'm dreaming of a white New Years!
But if we run out of white, I'll drink the red.

Posted by: proudvastrightwingguy at January 01, 2026 11:26 AM (MNCvZ)

78 And making a false police report is a crime. I doubt the Minneapolis police are interested in an arrest or the DA in prosecuting. "Forget it, Jake. It’s Chinatown."
Posted by: JM in Illinois

Federal charges apply, 18 U.S.C. § 1519,

"Whoever knowingly alters, destroys, mutilates, conceals, covers up, falsifies, or makes a false entry in any record, document, or tangible object with the intent to impede, obstruct, or influence the investigation or proper administration of any matter within the jurisdiction of any department or agency of the United States or any case filed under title 11, or in relation to or contemplation of any such matter or case, shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both."

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 11:27 AM (WDjG6)

79
Reagan won the 1984 election with 49 states. He lost Minnesota by 4,000 votes.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 11:28 AM (AFr51)

80 Is it soda pop or soft drinks?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026

Coke or Pepsi. Or RC Cola.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 11:18 AM

Growing up for me it was RC. RC and Cavalone's pizza (Southside Chicago thin crust) on Saturday nights watching Star Trek: Next Generation with the family.

In college, it changed to Mt. Dew.

With regards to soda vs. pop, I've always said pop.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 11:28 AM (P5BPp)

81 In 2026, I resolve to Go Forward and to Move Ahead. It's not too late.
Posted by: gp

*********

On one of my annual performance reviews a few years before I retired I put in my goals for the coming year that I would "Endeavor to Persevere". Nobody batted an eye.

Posted by: muldoon at January 01, 2026 11:28 AM (/iMjX)

82 72 There’s an intersection I pass through twice a day on workdays. Going to and from work. 90% of the people in the right lane are turning left and 90% of the people in the left lane are turning right. I’m trying to go through the gauntlet of stupidity. There is some kind of consciousness pausing field very active at that location. Like the concept of ley lines but it creates idiots.
Posted by: banana Dream
=========
Figure all drivers of other vehicles are out to kill you and you can make out ok by preemptively avoiding them. Paranoia is a virtue when driving.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 11:29 AM (WDjG6)

83 78 O Henry is reading that sentence with despair. He's suddenly realized that when it comes to undiagrammably complex English sentences, he's no longer the Top Dog.

Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 11:30 AM (GHIyr)

84 WATCH: CBS News Promises To Put You, The Viewer, First Over Corporate Interests

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CBS: And what you viewers need is communism!

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at January 01, 2026 11:30 AM (L/fGl)

85 My gumbo probably should be illegal. It's that good. 😁

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 11:30 AM (NwnyJ)

86 Somalians ran a "Nigerian Prince email" level scam operation, and the entire American political establishment fell for it.

Ponder that.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 01, 2026 11:31 AM (f0sNM)

87 >>More about the Somali break in at the "Learing Center":

What's sad is that this is all a farce, everyone involved knows this is a farce, and the MSM will now use this as a factual "hate crime" to smear and decent person questioning this organized Somali criminal activity anywhere in the US as hateful white nationalist who should be censored/harassed into silence.

Jussie Smollet's op was the rare one that didn't take.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 11:31 AM (NuV6c)

88 and a pair of warm socks?

I know someone I can ask nicely if they'll send you a pair of red ones. I'm quite sure they'd be very happy to.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 11:32 AM (0sNs1)

89
More about the Somali break in at the "Learing Center":

https://tinyurl.com/yp9hepe6

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

The stammering and Yankees cap wearing Somali spokes creature is referred to by his compatriots as the "Einstein of Mogadishu Town"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 11:32 AM (xG4kz)

90 Somalians ran a "Nigerian Prince email" level scam operation, and the entire American political establishment ~~fell for~~ was in on it.

Ponder that.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 01, 2026 11:31 AM

Suggested edit.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 11:32 AM (0sNs1)

91 I’ve been to places I know only have pepsi stuff and ordered a pepsi and they reply to me, “is pepsi ok?” Well, if pepsi pepsi is the only pepsi you have then I guess I’ll have a pepsi pepsi.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 11:34 AM (3uBP9)

92 Coinky dink?

WATCH: Historic Amsterdam church burns to the ground shortly after midnight on New Year's Day

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at January 01, 2026 11:34 AM (L/fGl)

93 It's like Minnesota is King Theoden and the democrats are like Saruman, with the Minnesota dummies under the democrats spell and no amount of undoing the spell cast will change things without Trump The White's intervention.

Posted by: Hillary Wormtongue at January 01, 2026 11:34 AM (R/m4+)

94 All this rose parade shite is teh ghey.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 01, 2026 11:34 AM (Kt19C)

95 On one of my annual performance reviews a few years before I retired I put in my goals for the coming year that I would "Endeavor to Persevere". Nobody batted an eye.
Posted by: muldoon at January 01, 2026 11:28 AM

"Doctor Muldoon, how would you say you did in achieving this goal?"
-- Hospital Administrator

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 11:35 AM (0sNs1)

96
Tucker Carlson turned into Bill Kristol so fast I could barely keep up with it.

If teamed with Jonah Goldberg and David Brooks thief power could shake conservatism to it's core, or something.

Posted by: Auspex at January 01, 2026 11:35 AM (pCWOd)

97 Archeologists find what they think is evidence of fire-making by early Neanderthals

Discovering them in the Neander Valley in Germany was probably the first clue. There aren't enough animal skins in the world to keep me warm in this weather, and they managed to do it at the same latitude as Calgary!

Posted by: t-bird at January 01, 2026 11:35 AM (d9i2R)

98
Somalians ran a "Nigerian Prince email" level scam operation, and the entire American political establishment ~~fell for~~ was in on it.
Ponder that.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo
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Suggested edit.
Posted by: Duncanthrax

The ones the fell for it, are barely as smart as their MN Somali constituents. The handful that are running the scam were totes in on it.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 01, 2026 11:35 AM (QVmho)

99 What's sad is that this is all a farce, everyone involved knows this is a farce, and the MSM will now use this as a factual "hate crime" to smear and decent person questioning this organized Somali criminal activity anywhere in the US as hateful white nationalist who should be censored/harassed into silence.

Jussie Smollet's op was the rare one that didn't take.
Posted by: Lizzy
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I think the MSM lacks that ability to push the race card anymore. That is why ABC and NBC are still avoiding the story and MSNOW and CNN are too as much as possible.

Like Watergate did for the Nixon administration's credibility, the drip drip drip of new frauds and felonies will destroy the credibility of any attempt to cover it up. Shirley's video count is well above 100 million and the left is creating a Streisand effect by trying to go after him while not covering the story.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 11:35 AM (WDjG6)

100 "Endeavor to Persevere" Imma cadge that one for next year. I admit I need to endeavor harder than I've been endeavoring so far. Endeavor gets Results.

Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 11:35 AM (GHIyr)

101 I'm still nursing a cold, but I'm going to make BBQ ribs, collard greens, and baked beans later today. Maybe I'll get out the knife sharpener I got for Christmas and go to work on the kitchen blades.

Posted by: PabloD at January 01, 2026 11:35 AM (tfChy)

102 I’ve been to places I know only have pepsi stuff and ordered a pepsi and they reply to me, “is pepsi ok?” Well, if pepsi pepsi is the only pepsi you have then I guess I’ll have a pepsi pepsi.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 11:34 AM

But it wasn't Pepsi Pepsi.

Posted by: Whoopi at January 01, 2026 11:36 AM (0sNs1)

103 Apparently the MN fraud involved Assisted Living as well:

https://tinyurl.com/3bc6m4k2

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 11:36 AM (8Xy/A)

104 "... stirring the gumbo..."

Is that what you kids are calling it nowadays?

Posted by: Grandpa Simpson at January 01, 2026 11:36 AM (2Ez/1)

105 >>Jussie Smollet's op was the rare one that didn't take.

Maybe. At some point the camel's back breaks.

Been seeing some videos on X of people visiting the Learing Center after Nick's video. I don't think this one is going away.

Somalian criminals aren't that sympathetic.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 11:37 AM (viF8m)

106 Don't forget the black eyed peas.

Posted by: It's New Year's Day at January 01, 2026 11:37 AM (2Ez/1)

107 >>As someone posted yesterday I’m surprised they didn’t spray paint ‘THIS IS MAGA COUNTRY’ on the wall. Of course they would have misspelled it.

Did you see this?

They put a young, innocet-looking Somali gal in front to read a prepared statement, and she absolutely glitches after reading the line about understanding "fraud is bad."

They couldn't even perform the most basic, performative denial:

https://tinyurl.com/265yzrxk

Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 11:37 AM (NuV6c)

108 That ruse of Burglars stole our real official documents didn't fool anyone but a Minnesotan

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 11:38 AM (Ia/+0)

109 My gumbo probably should be illegal. It's that good. 😁
Posted by: Martini Farmer

One question, and one question only. Shrimp or no shrimp?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 11:38 AM (mlg/3)

110 Voting laws need to be fixed nationwide. Florida is a good example. Trump beat Hillary by 1.2 pts 2016. Then beat Biden by 3.6 pts 2020. After Florida passed election integrity laws Trump beat Harris by 13.1 pts. Imagine the so-called purple states if they had proper voting laws.

X: https://bit.ly/4qyUYdB/i]

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 11:22 AM

While I agree with the sentiment, it's relatively easy to accomplish this in red states compared to blue states.

How are we to accomplish this in long-time blue states?

How did the left flip long-time red states like California and Illinois?

Illinois voted Republican for President from 1952 to 1988, with the exception of JFK in 1960 and LBJ in 1964. Then in 1992 it flipped to Democrat (with help from Perot) and has never been close ever since.

California similarly voted Republican for President from 1952 to 1988, with the exception of LBJ in 1964. Then flipped in 1992 and has never been close again.

My guess is a primary reason is illegal aliens and fraud. Deport all illegal aliens and denaturalize and deport all legal aliens committing crimes and we get our nation back to sanity.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 11:38 AM (P5BPp)

111 Morning all

Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 11:38 AM (c115l)

112
96
Tucker Carlson turned into Bill Kristol so fast I could barely keep up with it.”

And it’s amazing how quickly they both pivoted into praising Islam. Nobody pays much attention to Kristol anymore, but last I saw of him this Strong Conservative was saying how much he liked Mamdani and how Kristol thought he would be real good for NYC.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 11:39 AM (m7iZ5)

113 Voting laws need to be fixed nationwide. Florida is a good example. Trump beat Hillary by 1.2 pts 2016. Then beat Biden by 3.6 pts 2020. After Florida passed election integrity laws Trump beat Harris by 13.1 pts. Imagine the so-called purple states if they had proper voting laws.

X: https://bit.ly/4qyUYdB

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 11:22 AM

While I agree with the sentiment, it's relatively easy to accomplish this in red states compared to blue states.

How are we to accomplish this in long-time blue states?

How did the left flip long-time red states like California and Illinois?

Illinois voted Republican for President from 1952 to 1988, with the exception of JFK in 1960 and LBJ in 1964. Then in 1992 it flipped to Democrat (with help from Perot) and has never been close ever since.

California similarly voted Republican for President from 1952 to 1988, with the exception of LBJ in 1964. Then flipped in 1992 and has never been close again.

My guess is a primary reason is illegal aliens and fraud. Deport all illegal aliens and denaturalize and deport all legal aliens committing crimes and we get our nation back to sanity.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 11:39 AM (P5BPp)

114 So... who's zooming who with the Somali Pirate wealth theft?

I mean, did the politicos find patsies so stupid they could be conned themselves into running a massive fraud on the American public or was it the Somalis who pulled a fast one on the politicians?

Both parties are getting rich, but who concocted the scheme?

Our political betters is my guess. They owe me a metric shit ton of tax money back.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 11:39 AM (NwnyJ)

115 >>I think the MSM lacks that ability to push the race card anymore. That is why ABC and NBC are still avoiding the story and MSNOW and CNN are too as much as possible.

They use it to end the conversation.
Here's to not allowing it this time.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 11:39 AM (NuV6c)

116 "Jussie Smollet's op was the rare one that didn't take."

It did, for far too long. The entire Establishment fell for it for a while. It feels like public tolerance of the Race Card has finally, seriously, ebbed now.

Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 11:40 AM (GHIyr)

117 Take the cases of two cops in Minneapolis.

One shot an innocent lady dead for no apparent reason and sentenced to 12 1/2 years that was overturned and resentenced to 4 years 9 months and served only half of that .

The other case is a cop restrained a suspect with technique taught to them and the suspect subsequently died arguably from the drugs he swallowed . He was sentence to 22.5 years in a Fed prison where he will have to serve at least 85% of the sentence. Other three cops on the scene that had no contact with the suspect were each sentenced to 2.5 to 3.5 years.

Why the discrepancy in the charges and sentencing?

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:40 AM (KDPiq)

118 The ones the fell for it, are barely as smart as their MN Somali constituents. The handful that are running the scam were totes in on it.
Posted by: BifBewalski

It was sanctioned and goes beyond MN. The federal spending law allowing this crap was pushed through by Omar, and almost instantly the fraud machines ginned up as if it was coordinated. Omar's wealth soars to $30 million plus and so on.

To pull it off, you need comped or neutered regulators which means tops of agencies are involved, and that means governors and AGs and DAs are involved in the coverup.

Now, pick another social spending category like home health. And the same pattern exists--regulators do nothing because they are implicitly ordered to not act or they are bribed themselves, etc. etc.

Musk, who was in a position to know, estimated roughly 1-1.5 trillion bucks of our budget are fraud, waste, and abuse. And since healthcare, defense spending, and welfare are the biggest categories of spending, most of the fraud will be found there.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 11:41 AM (WDjG6)

119 Sorry the other 3 cops had minimal contact with the suspect.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:41 AM (KDPiq)

120 They put a young, innocet-looking Somali gal in front to read a prepared statement, and she absolutely glitches after reading the line about understanding "fraud is bad."

They couldn't even perform the most basic, performative denial:

https://tinyurl.com/265yzrxk

Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 11:37 AM

Jim Carrey punked her:

X video: https://bit.ly/4jj40cl

Also see this Karen glitching as well.

Daycare activist covers her mouth after she slips and says "there IS fraud"

https://bit.ly/3LgCnUr

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 11:41 AM (P5BPp)

121 > My gumbo probably should be illegal. It's that good. 😁
Posted by: Martini Farmer

One question, and one question only. Shrimp or no shrimp?
Posted by: weft cut-loop
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None. It's "low-land" gumbo. Chicken and Andouille sausage. No seafood. Wife won't eat seafood.

But... if I make a batch for myself, it's all the seafoods I can find. Including shrimp.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 11:41 AM (NwnyJ)

122 40 Archeologists find what they think is evidence of fire-making by early Neanderthals

So neither Irish nor Somalian?

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 01, 2026 11:41 AM (NFX2v)

123
They couldn't even perform the most basic, performative denial:

https://tinyurl.com/265yzrxk
Posted by: Lizzy

She froze up at the prospect of the question that she knew was coming:

"Which of your brothers did you marry?"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 11:41 AM (xG4kz)

124
Muh 'Horns won yesterday, beating the Michigooses...Michigeese?....maybe Michiganders...something like that...ah! Mishigas!

Anyway, the 'Horns won in a victory that was right and just, and right with the world.

Hook'em!

Also nice to see Miami beat the Ohio Flowers. Nice to see some different teams in the playoffs.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 11:41 AM (iJfKG)

125 Gird your loins!

Trump Says Minnesota Fraud Scandal Is “Peanuts” Compared to What’s Coming

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at January 01, 2026 11:42 AM (L/fGl)

126 More about the Somali break in at the "Learing Center":

Elon reposted a clip of the people who have been outsmarting the government and people of Minnesota for years:
x.com/LaurenWitzkeDE/status/2006237728862790021

Posted by: t-bird at January 01, 2026 11:42 AM (d9i2R)

127 It shouldn't be easier to vote than it is to buy a gun.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 11:42 AM (0sNs1)

128 Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 11:32 AM (xG4kz)

Maybe he's the fall guy for a bunch of other crooks.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 11:43 AM (8Xy/A)

129 One question, and one question only. Shrimp or no shrimp?
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 11:38 AM (mlg/3)

My question is snot or no snot. I mean okra.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:43 AM (KDPiq)

130 As someone posted yesterday I’m surprised they didn’t spray paint ‘THIS IS MAGA COUNTRY’ on the wall. Of course they would have misspelled it.

Did you see this?

They put a young, innocet-looking Somali gal in front to read a prepared statement, and she absolutely glitches after reading the line about understanding "fraud is bad."

They couldn't even perform the most basic, performative denial:

https://tinyurl.com/265yzrxk
Posted by: Lizzy

Go look at the infamous Learing Center video.
Find a clip of the front door.

Address on door: 1411 Nicolet

Address on license: 1411 Nicollet Ave.
They couldn't even spell that right. And that wasn't done by a "Graphic Designer".

Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 11:43 AM (c115l)

131
This is GAMMA COUNTRY!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 11:44 AM (xG4kz)

132 Also nice to see Miami beat the Ohio Flowers. Nice to see some different teams in the playoffs.

Expect to see a push to pare the playoffs back to eight, to prevent this from ever happening to the Big Ten commissioners again. They will be battling the TV push for expansion to sixteen and thirty-two teams to ensure that Notre Dame is never left out again.

Posted by: t-bird at January 01, 2026 11:44 AM (d9i2R)

133 Shirley's video count is well above 100 million and the left is creating a Streisand effect by trying to go after him while not covering the story.
Posted by: whig
------

Haven't seen the vids but if anything like the still pics of "day care" one would have to be in on the grift, willfully blind, or of sub-moron intellect to even pretend that some/most of those were real day cares.

Would have been more convincing if they used a mail box at the UPS Store.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 11:44 AM (/lPRQ)

134 Ten hours of Couperin. Harpsichord overdose.
youtube.com/watch?v=huTzm0GP_JE

Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 11:45 AM (GHIyr)

135 "They couldn't even perform the most basic, performative denial:

https://tinyurl.com/265yzrxk
Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 11:37 AM"

Geez. What was that?
Love how she was surrounded by a crowd of sympathetic AWFLs, some holding handwritten signs.
I guess that means the sympathetic AWFLs have their snout in the trough as well.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 11:45 AM (2Ez/1)

136 Illinois voted Republican for President from 1952 to 1988, with the exception of JFK in 1960 and LBJ in 1964. Then in 1992 it flipped to Democrat (with help from Perot) and has never been close ever since.

California similarly voted Republican for President from 1952 to 1988, with the exception of LBJ in 1964. Then flipped in 1992 and has never been close again.

My guess is a primary reason is illegal aliens and fraud. Deport all illegal aliens and denaturalize and deport all legal aliens committing crimes and we get our nation back to sanity.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 11:38 AM (P5BPp)

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A lot of people believe the 1960 election was stolen for J.F.K. in the south and west side of Chicago. That was the Mayor Daley democratic machine operating to perfection. No illegal immigrants necessary.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 11:45 AM (bHjkq)

137 My gumbo probably should be illegal. It's that good. 😁
Posted by: Martini Farmer

One question, and one question only. Shrimp or no shrimp?
Posted by: weft cut-loop
---------
None. It's "low-land" gumbo. Chicken and Andouille sausage. No seafood. Wife won't eat seafood.

But... if I make a batch for myself, it's all the seafoods I can find. Including shrimp.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 11:41 AM (NwnyJ)

Sounds good.

Okra?

Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 11:45 AM (iJfKG)

138 How did the left flip long-time red states like California and Illinois?
Posted by: Clyde Shelton

Many like to sperg out about Californians infecting other states, turning them Democrat. But few understand that Democrats moved to CA in the 60's and 70's and made it a blue state. Few are willing to admit that the infection of the Left Coast began with assholes from the East Coast. You hate CA? Fine. Then you should shit all your curses upon the fuckers from other states that made it so.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 11:45 AM (mlg/3)

139 *sigh*

Turns out I'm NOT getting a new range today.

Apparently the old range is hard-wired into the house's electrical system, so I need to rewire everything behind the stove before I can get a new range.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 11:45 AM (ESVrU)

140 Address on license: 1411 Nicollet Ave.
They couldn't even spell that right.

I think Eric Zoolander would agree that you can't spell good if you can't read good.

Posted by: t-bird at January 01, 2026 11:46 AM (d9i2R)

141 They couldn't even perform the most basic, performative denial:

https://tinyurl.com/265yzrxk
Posted by: Lizzy

And the klatch of Karens should win the prize for best supporting actresses.

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 11:46 AM (Riz8t)

142 >>Both parties are getting rich, but who concocted the scheme?

Who has the power to change immigration laws and controls an army of NGOs to not only import millions of useless people but also funnel billions through them?

There's a reason the first target of DOGE was USAID. We've been living with a shadow government for a very long time.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 11:46 AM (viF8m)

143 Trump Says Minnesota Fraud Scandal Is “Peanuts” Compared to What’s Coming

Well, the kids in "Peanuts" actually went to a real school.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 11:46 AM (8Xy/A)

144 It shouldn't be easier to vote than it is to buy a gun.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 11:42 AM (0sNs1)

It shouldn't be easier to do my taxes than to take a satisfying shit.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 11:46 AM (QbJcY)

145 Shrimp, like lobsters, have copper-based blood. We settled that yesterday. So why don't they taste like pennies?

Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 11:46 AM (GHIyr)

146 The Guardian UK
EU’s new ‘green tariff’ rules on high-carbon goods come into force
The ‘border adjustment mechanism’ aims to create a level playing field while also encouraging decarbonisation, 1 Jan 2026

In part, "Under the EU rules, exporters to the bloc can buy certificates to cover the carbon emissions generated in the production of their goods. The CBAM is intended to make sure that competitors from countries with poor environmental standards cannot undercut EU businesses and to prevent “carbon leakage”, when producers move to regions with lax regulations because those countries have a cost advantage.

Initially, the rules will cover iron and steel, aluminum, cement, hydrogen, electricity and fertilisers."
--
They love to kick their own a**es.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 01, 2026 11:47 AM (NFX2v)

147
107 >>As someone posted yesterday I’m surprised they didn’t spray paint ‘THIS IS MAGA COUNTRY’ on the wall. Of course they would have misspelled it.

Did you see this?

They put a young, innocet-looking Somali gal in front to read a prepared statement, and she absolutely glitches after reading the line about understanding "fraud is bad."

They couldn't even perform the most basic, performative denial:

https://tinyurl.com/265yzrxk
Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 11:37 AM (NuV6c)

-------

All her life she's been taught that fraud is good.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 01, 2026 11:47 AM (azNOR)

148 >>Jim Carrey punked her:
X video: https://bit.ly/4jj40cl

Heh, this one made me laugh, too:

https://tinyurl.com/42pjcnrh

Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 11:47 AM (NuV6c)

149 Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 11:45 AM (ESVrU)

Hope you don’t have aluminum wiring. I doubt CA allows the splicing .

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:47 AM (KDPiq)

150
Address on door: 1411 Nicolet

Address on license: 1411 Nicollet Ave.
They couldn't even spell that right. And that wasn't done by a "Graphic Designer".
Posted by: rickb223

It is indeed strange that they would misspell a Frog's name like that, seeing as how Somali's have been the very warp, nay, warp and woof, of the fabric of this country from its beginning.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 11:47 AM (xG4kz)

151 Shrimp, like lobsters, have copper-based blood. We settled that yesterday. So why don't they taste like pennies?
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 11:46 AM (GHIyr)

Because they don't make cents.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 11:48 AM (iJfKG)

152 My gumbo probably should be illegal. It's that good. 😁
Posted by: Martini Farmer

One question, and one question only. Shrimp or no shrimp?
Posted by: weft cut-loop

One question, and one question only: why isn't Martini Farmer sharing? I thought we were all friends.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 11:48 AM (c115l)

153 Apparently the old range is hard-wired into the house's electrical system, so I need to rewire everything behind the stove before I can get a new range.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 11:45 AM (ESVrU)

When you electrocute yourself, can I have some of your stuff? Your libarry, perhaps?

Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 11:48 AM (QbJcY)

154 Also nice to see Miami beat the Ohio Flowers. Nice to see some different teams in the playoffs.

Expect to see a push to pare the playoffs back to eight, to prevent this from ever happening to the Big Ten commissioners again. They will be battling the TV push for expansion to sixteen and thirty-two teams to ensure that Notre Dame is never left out again.

Posted by: t-bird at January 01, 2026 11:44 AM

I am in favor of what the Oregon coach has suggested, to have playoffs end by January 1st. And not have bye weeks.

With Ohio State's loss last night, that makes 5 out of 5 teams who have had byes lose in their first game after the bye week the past 2 seasons with the new playoff format.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 11:48 AM (P5BPp)

155 Shrimp, like lobsters, have copper-based blood. We settled that yesterday. So why don't they taste like pennies?

Because their blood doesn't contain metallic copper.

In lobster blood (hemolymph), copper is found in the protein hemocyanin, which acts as the oxygen carrier; the copper ions cycle between the colorless $\text{Cu(I)}$ state (deoxygenated) and the blue $\text{Cu(II)}$ state (oxygenated), giving the blood its blue tint when oxygen is bound, unlike iron-based hemoglobin in vertebrates

Posted by: Archimedes at January 01, 2026 11:48 AM (Riz8t)

156 Shrimp, like lobsters, have copper-based blood. We settled that yesterday. So why don't they taste like pennies?
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 11:46 AM (GHIyr)

Because they don't make cents.

Posted by: naturalfake

Aw, geeze.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 11:48 AM (c115l)

157
Ryan Day needs to be fired.

The hair dye and eyeliner are sex crimes.

Posted by: Auspex at January 01, 2026 11:49 AM (pCWOd)

158 151 Ha!

Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 11:49 AM (GHIyr)

159 153 Apparently the old range is hard-wired into the house's electrical system, so I need to rewire everything behind the stove before I can get a new range.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 11:45 AM (ESVrU)

When you electrocute yourself, can I have some of your stuff? Your libarry, perhaps?
Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 11:48 AM (QbJcY)

Sometimes paying someone to do something is sensible.

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 11:49 AM (pDt9x)

160 Gumbo without seafood should be illegal.

Posted by: People who live on the Gulf of America coast at January 01, 2026 11:49 AM (2Ez/1)

161 >>And the klatch of Karens should win the prize for best supporting actresses.

Disgusting. Things like that make me ashamed to be woman. They are so freakin' dumb. Obstinate Lefty harpies.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 11:50 AM (NuV6c)

162 The best part of garden hose water is the copper tang.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 11:50 AM (mlg/3)

163 All her life she's been taught that fraud is good.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 01, 2026 11:47 AM (azNOR)

Of course. Until a few days ago, she was under the impression the government not only permitted it, but was rewarding them massively for what they were doing.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 11:51 AM (QbJcY)

164 My gumbo probably should be illegal. It's that good. 😁

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 11:30 AM (NwnyJ)

Recipe, or this is a spurious claim that will be mocked.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 01, 2026 11:51 AM (n9ltV)

165 I prefer chicken and sausage gumbo over seafood gumbo but I prefer Shrimp etouffee over gumbo.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:51 AM (KDPiq)

166 "Because their blood doesn't contain metallic copper."

Come to think of it, pennies don't have much either. 98% Zn. So I withdraw the question, at least until we find an edible animal with zinc blood. Then I shall revisit.

Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 11:51 AM (GHIyr)

167 "so I need to rewire everything behind the stove"

Maybe time to try the raw food revolution?

Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 11:52 AM (GHIyr)

168 Ryan Day needs to be fired.

The hair dye and eyeliner are sex crimes.
Posted by: Auspex at January 01, 2026 11:49 AM (pCWOd)

Speaking of that, what happened to Shep?

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 01, 2026 11:52 AM (g8Ew8)

169 Many people don't know it Normie, but in 1943 all the shrimp and lobster in America were made of steel.
Because of the war.

Posted by: Cliff Clavin at January 01, 2026 11:52 AM (2Ez/1)

170 He was everywhere!

Obama Admin Helped Overthrow Ukraine’s Democracy, Took Control of Intel Services: Mike Benz

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at January 01, 2026 11:52 AM (L/fGl)

171 Who eats pennies?

Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 11:54 AM (viF8m)

172 Who has the power to change immigration laws and controls an army of NGOs to not only import millions of useless people but also funnel billions through them?

There's a reason the first target of DOGE was USAID. We've been living with a shadow government for a very long time.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 11:46 AM

Yep, Discover the Networks (launched in 2005) has detailed the worldwide networks of leftists and Marxists and everyone else undermining western civilization. I discovered that site about 10-15 years ago. Completely depressed me about how powerful and organized and well-funded the enemy is... and how conservatives have nothing even close to this.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 11:54 AM (P5BPp)

173 Many people don't know it Normie, but in 1943 all the shrimp and lobster in America were made of steel.
Because of the war.
Posted by: Cliff Clavin

STFU, Cliff.

Posted by: Last Season Norm at January 01, 2026 11:54 AM (mlg/3)

174 107, OMG, LOL!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 01, 2026 11:55 AM (Cjt/F)

175 "Who eats pennies?"

People who can't afford to eat Krugerrands.

Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 11:55 AM (GHIyr)

176 I made seafood etouffee on Monday. Shrimp, scallops and chunks of flounder.

Posted by: Ben Had at January 01, 2026 11:55 AM (sDNVV)

177 153 Apparently the old range is hard-wired into the house's electrical system, so I need to rewire everything behind the stove before I can get a new range.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 11:45 AM

Download our apps.

Posted by: GrubHub and DoorDash at January 01, 2026 11:55 AM (2Ez/1)

178 With Ohio State's loss last night, that makes 5 out of 5 teams who have had byes lose in their first game after the bye week the past 2 seasons with the new playoff format.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 11:48 AM (P5BPp)

I really know jack squat about college football, but I kept hearing people who are supposed to be experts (sure, let's trust the experts) saying they were by far the best team, and that we should just give them the national championship without a playoff at all.

And I parroted their comments. If I learned anything in 2025, it's to never trust the experts. Especially when I've never beeeeen to the place.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 11:55 AM (QbJcY)

179 Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 01, 2026 11:51 AM (n9ltV)

How's your new business going for

Dildo's New Jersey Imperial Bourbon
Now Almost Kosher!

Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 11:55 AM (iJfKG)

180
*sigh*
Turns out I'm NOT getting a new range today.
pparently the old range is hard-wired into the house's electrical system, so I need to rewire everything behind the stove before I can get a new range.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

When our dishwasher died, i discovered that it, and the in sink aerator were both hard wired into the house in the same circuit. Fortunately, i knew how to do it myself. Killed the breaker, double checked with the multimeter, then de-wired both appliances. Installed an outlet box, repaired the dry wall under the cabinet. Installed new appliances with plugs and all done.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 01, 2026 11:56 AM (QVmho)

181 170 He was everywhere!

Obama Admin Helped Overthrow Ukraine’s Democracy, Took Control of Intel Services: Mike Benz
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at January 01, 2026 11:52 AM (L/fGl)

With each passing year, the damage done to America and the world by the Obama Regime is revealed. That smirking fool, a tool of the globalist aristocracy even surpasses Woodrow Wilson.

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 11:56 AM (pDt9x)

182 Muh 'Horns won yesterday, beating the Michigooses...Michigeese?....maybe Michiganders...something like that...ah! Mishigas!

Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 11:41 AM (iJfKG)
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Wolverines. Also known as Skunk Bears.

Worst fan base in college sports.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 11:56 AM (ZOv7s)

183 Chicago has elected Democrat Mayors, nonstop, since 1930. Almost 100 years and the city is overwhelmingly burdened by debt. Underfunded pensions. The labor contracts for police and firemen both have a me-too" clause; what one gets, the other gets in the next contract

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 11:56 AM (uYVRZ)

184
Speaking of that, what happened to Shep?
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

He retired when Bella, Ursula and George left the series for greener rain forests

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 11:57 AM (xG4kz)

185 Nigel Farage: 2026 Will Mark the Start of the “Last Chance” Battle to Save Britain

-
I know which way I'd bet.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at January 01, 2026 11:57 AM (L/fGl)

186 Apparently the old range is hard-wired into the house's electrical system, so I need to rewire everything behind the stove before I can get a new range.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Hard wired range?
Who the hell does that?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 11:57 AM (/lPRQ)

187 Maybe time to try the raw food revolution?
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 11:52 AM (GHIyr)

Three words: Door. Dash.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 11:57 AM (QbJcY)

188 "Who eats pennies?"

People who can't afford to eat Krugerrands.
Posted by: gp

Washer at Home Depot .11 cents.
Penny with hole in center .01 cents.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 11:58 AM (c115l)

189 Go look at the infamous Learing Center video.
Find a clip of the front door.

Address on door: 1411 Nicolet

Address on license: 1411 Nicollet Ave.

They couldn't even spell that right. And that wasn't done by a "Graphic Designer".

Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 11:43 AM

I see this with all the outsourced Indian "engineers" who Stellantis has hired over the past 4+ years. These retards constantly misspell basic things. In an industry where attention to detail is mandatory, it is immensely aggravating dealing with their incompetence.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 11:58 AM (P5BPp)

190 Speaking of that, what happened to Shep?
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 01, 2026 11:52 AM (g8Ew

I kind of remembered that he flounced off, announced he was going to start a new independent career or something and then was never heard from again.

Maybe he took a canoe up the Amazon or something.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 11:58 AM (m7iZ5)

191 Posted by: Ben Had at January 01, 2026 11:55 AM (sDNVV)

Sounds delicious!

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:58 AM (KDPiq)

192 183 This whole country is an Empire of Debt. Stealing from the future to pay for YOLO today.

Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 11:58 AM (GHIyr)

193 133 ... the left is creating a Streisand effect by trying to go after him while not covering the story.
Posted by: whig

So imaginative, and they really learn, don't they? But I guess they don't have to learn. Look at the opposition.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 01, 2026 11:58 AM (b4LBp)

194 Hard wired range?
Who the hell does that?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 11:57 AM (/lPRQ)

Somali electrician school gradulates?

Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 11:58 AM (QbJcY)

195 Apparently the old range is hard-wired into the house's electrical system, so I need to rewire everything behind the stove before I can get a new range.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 11:45 AM (ESVrU)
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Wiring isn't all that complicated. I've swapped out several outlets that stopped working since we moved here.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 11:59 AM (ZOv7s)

196 > My gumbo probably should be illegal. It's that good. 😁
Posted by: Martini Farmer

One question, and one question only. Shrimp or no shrimp?
Posted by: weft cut-loop
---------
None. It's "low-land" gumbo. Chicken and Andouille sausage. No seafood. Wife won't eat seafood.

But... if I make a batch for myself, it's all the seafoods I can find. Including shrimp.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 11:41 AM (NwnyJ)

Sounds good.

Okra?

Posted by: naturalfake
---------------
Depends. I'm ambivalent about it. In the seafood, maybe, if it's fresh. In the low-land, no.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 11:59 AM (NwnyJ)

197 183 Chicago has elected Democrat Mayors, nonstop, since 1930. Almost 100 years and the city is overwhelmingly burdened by debt. Underfunded pensions. The labor contracts for police and firemen both have a me-too" clause; what one gets, the other gets in the next contract

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 11:56 AM (uYVRZ)

And yet that hellhole staggers on, supported by the pillaging of a state that, without them, would be a decent place with tremendous upside potential. Feudalism, really.

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 11:59 AM (pDt9x)

198 Speaking of that, what happened to Shep?
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 01, 2026 11:52 AM (g8Ew

I kind of remembered that he flounced off, announced he was going to start a new independent career or something and then was never heard from again.

Maybe he took a canoe up the Amazon or something.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 11:58 AM (m7iZ5)

I heard he was reading Dickens to some old blind man there.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 11:59 AM (iJfKG)

199 Apparently the old range is hard-wired into the house's electrical system, so I need to rewire everything behind the stove before I can get a new range.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Hard wired range?
Who the hell does that?
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher

Moe! Larry! Moe! Larry!
Posted by: Curly

Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 11:59 AM (c115l)

200 O-H!

Oh, shit.

Posted by: Ohio State fans at January 01, 2026 12:00 PM (Y1sOo)

201 Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 11:45 AM (ESVrU)

Hope you don’t have aluminum wiring. I doubt CA allows the splicing .
Posted by: Opinion fact

This is Home Despot is for.
They sell both the range chord and recepticle.

Use an anti-oxidant and torque dem nuts.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 12:01 PM (/lPRQ)

202 EGO = Everybody's Got One.

Posted by: Podcasts at January 01, 2026 12:01 PM (2Ez/1)

203 Ovens can be hard wired or plug in

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 12:01 PM (Ia/+0)

204 I kind of remembered that he flounced off, announced he was going to start a new independent career or something and then was never heard from again.

Maybe he took a canoe up the Amazon or something.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 11:58 AM (m7iZ5)

I assume he started a podcast, and found out what all these teevee reader douchebags discover: Nobody cares what they think.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 12:02 PM (QbJcY)

205 I like the IQ concept regarding Somalis, but there's a lot of subjectivity in IQ. However watching them talk , act or attempt to lie, you realize they are just a dim group of people. Skin color doesn't determine this , their brains do. The white DFL people in Minnesota are just as stupid

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 12:02 PM (zNwXb)

206 Wiring on range: if possible , dump the electric set up and do with a gas range and stove unit. Much, much better. Of course you’ve got to have (or out in) a gas line to the kitchen.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 12:02 PM (m7iZ5)

207
Worst fan base in college sports.

Oh, please. The Buckeyes have had that title since I was a kid.

Posted by: Auspex at January 01, 2026 12:02 PM (pCWOd)

208 >>Yep, Discover the Networks (launched in 2005) has detailed the worldwide networks of leftists and Marxists and everyone else undermining western civilization. I discovered that site about 10-15 years ago. Completely depressed me about how powerful and organized and well-funded the enemy is... and how conservatives have nothing even close to this.

I find it liberating. Once you know what's going on it's a lot easier to focus on the problem. Clearly, Trump and Musk know.

I get as caught up in the day to day as anyone but I try to remember the scope of what we are up against. It's not insurmountable but it is going to take a sustained fight and we are still going to lose battles along the way. But for the first time in a very long time we are fighting the right battles. And winning a few.

Endeavor to kick ass. I've got nothing else to do.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 12:02 PM (viF8m)

209 Is that a a major or minor range chord?

Posted by: Rimshot at January 01, 2026 12:03 PM (2Ez/1)

210 205 I like the IQ concept regarding Somalis, but there's a lot of subjectivity in IQ. However watching them talk , act or attempt to lie, you realize they are just a dim group of people. Skin color doesn't determine this , their brains do. The white DFL people in Minnesota are just as stupid
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 12:02 PM (zNwXb)

Do they fling Poo? That’s always a tipoff.

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 12:03 PM (pDt9x)

211 I like the IQ concept regarding Somalis, but there's a lot of subjectivity in IQ. However watching them talk , act or attempt to lie, you realize they are just a dim group of people. Skin color doesn't determine this , their brains do. The white DFL people in Minnesota are just as stupid
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Shittiest job prospect:
Elementary school teacher in Mogadishu.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 12:03 PM (c115l)

212 Wiring on range: if possible , dump the electric set up and do with a gas range and stove unit. Much, much better. Of course you’ve got to have (or out in) a gas line to the kitchen.

Posted by: Tom Servo

My two must haves for a house are a lot size of 1/2 acre and gas furnace and stove.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 12:04 PM (0U5gm)

213
Okra?

Posted by: naturalfake

Depends. I'm ambivalent about it. In the seafood, maybe, if it's fresh. In the low-land, no.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 11:59 AM (NwnyJ)

Even in the lowland...Yes!

But, definitely with seafood.

Okra is an essential ingredient or it's not gumbo, it's-

a thick brown soup with almost burnt flour and some other stuff crying over it's lost identity and stolen heritage.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 12:04 PM (iJfKG)

214 None. It's "low-land" gumbo. Chicken and Andouille sausage. No seafood. Wife won't eat seafood.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

You shall pass.
( opens Bacon Hall )
* Angelic chorus *

Posted by: Last Season Norm at January 01, 2026 12:04 PM (mlg/3)

215 "I like the IQ concept regarding Somalis"

First thing we should do is get rid of Griggs v Duke Power, so that USA employers can go back to using IQ tests on job applicants. Maybe I could find a job then.

Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 12:04 PM (GHIyr)

216
Somalis may be stupid, but they vacation in the Maldives on on dime.

Posted by: Auspex at January 01, 2026 12:05 PM (pCWOd)

217
"Worst fan base in college sports."

So they have cowbells?

Posted by: Mississippi State at January 01, 2026 12:05 PM (2Ez/1)

218 All her life she's been taught that fraud is good.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 01, 2026 11:47 AM (azNOR)

Of course. Until a few days ago, she was under the impression the government not only permitted it, but was rewarding them massively for what they were doing.
Posted by: BurtTC

Probably TRUE - most turd-wirld countries the government is openly a criminal racket. Your local aldenan/whatever gets you the child care license, legislator provides the funds, inspector says "all good". You give gratuities to all.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 12:06 PM (/lPRQ)

219 Mrs. F. is on a rant that PG&E is paying people who lost power 6 hours the same as us. This is an outrage, you see. She is so awesome.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 12:06 PM (RIvkX)

220 I like the IQ concept regarding Somalis, but there's a lot of subjectivity in IQ. However watching them talk , act or attempt to lie, you realize they are just a dim group of people. Skin color doesn't determine this , their brains do. The white DFL people in Minnesota are just as stupid
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 12:02 PM (zNwXb)

In a normal, egalitarian society, the best and brightest rise to the top.

In socialist third world shitholes, the most vile and opportunistic rise.

It doesn't take intelligence to be a vicious grifter. Cunning, perhaps, but not intelligence.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 12:06 PM (QbJcY)

221 @ 183
"elected" is another word that should always be in scare quotes.

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 01, 2026 12:06 PM (Cjt/F)

222 > Dildo's New Jersey Imperial Bourbon
Now Almost Kosher!
--------
IIRC there is kosher Bourbon. Or maybe all Bourbon's kosher?

There is a Bourbon called "BR" for BourbonRabbi. I sent CBD a photo of it back in May 2023.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 12:06 PM (NwnyJ)

223 I'm interested in the slide rule and warm socks.

Happy New Year

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 01, 2026 12:06 PM (xcxpd)

224 Wakes up
Scratches
Looks around
*sees the OKRA word*
Dang. Just...dang.
Goes looking for coffee.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 12:07 PM (2WIwB)

225 "Somalis may be stupid"

For 'stupid' people, they sure do know how to work the system. Better than I ever did.

Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 12:07 PM (GHIyr)

226 I am in favor of what the Oregon coach has suggested, to have playoffs end by January 1st. And not have bye weeks.

The extravaganza of big New Year's Day bowl games was great fun. But ending on Jan 1 left too much money on the table, which is a horrible thing.

Posted by: t-bird at January 01, 2026 12:07 PM (d9i2R)

227 First thing we should do is get rid of Griggs v Duke Power, so that USA employers can go back to using IQ tests on job applicants. Maybe I could find a job then.
Posted by: gp

Famously Google had a series of questions that included " Why are manhole covers round?" as a substitute for IQ questions. That ended quickly.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 12:07 PM (mlg/3)

228 Serious question - what in the world would make a bourbon kosher, as opposed to non kosher?

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 12:07 PM (pDt9x)

229
Okra is from Africa.
Collard greens are from Africa.
Fried chicken is from Africa.

You eating is cultural appropriation.

Posted by: Auspex at January 01, 2026 12:07 PM (pCWOd)

230 205 I like the IQ concept regarding Somalis, but there's a lot of subjectivity in IQ.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 12:02 PM (zNwXb)
In a recent debate with a Muslim cleric about what religion was best for society, Andrew Wilson offered a devastating recital of the percentage of inbreeding in Muslim culture and the associated collapsed IQ levels. The danger is not merely their raging theocratic impulses, but their imbecility.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 01, 2026 12:08 PM (b4LBp)

231
I've swapped out several outlets that stopped working since we moved here.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

They go bad over time, loosen up and don't provide a solid connection. I replaced every one of them in my 1992 year of construction house when I bought it in 2012. Most of them were worn and wouldn't hold the plugs tightly. Very much like the desk outlets in hotels, all worn out.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 01, 2026 12:08 PM (QVmho)

232 Rapid Response 47 @RapidResponse47

WATCH IN FULL:
@250Freedom_ presents "The Illumination of America" at the Washington Monument, celebrating 250 years of the United States of America — and looking forward to our next incredible chapter.

GOD BLESS AMERICA!

X video (17:13): https://bit.ly/49gTKwB

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 12:08 PM (P5BPp)

233 Probably TRUE - most turd-wirld countries the government is openly a criminal racket. Your local aldenan/whatever gets you the child care license, legislator provides the funds, inspector says "all good". You give gratuities to all.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 12:06 PM (/lPRQ)

Not unlike boys growing up in these societies thinking it's good and right to bugger the goats.

Posted by: BurtTC at January 01, 2026 12:08 PM (QbJcY)

234 I've got a used patio heater and a mostly clean golf shirt from the university where I don't teach anymore except for when I'm low on bier money.
The heater comes with its own beehive.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 12:09 PM (2WIwB)

235 this man will be destroyed lest he ruin the pretext our federal government is based around

Peter St Onge, Ph.D.
@profstonge
31 Dec 2025
If you cut $1.5 trillion in fraud you could exempt all income tax up to $200,000

Dec 31, 2025 · 5:03 PM UTC

Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 12:10 PM (rbvCR)

236 Famously Google had a series of questions that included " Why are manhole covers round?" as a substitute for IQ questions. That ended quickly.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

Hole is slightly smaller than the lid. It can't fall in.
A rectangular cover could.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 12:10 PM (c115l)

237 233 Probably TRUE - most turd-wirld countries the government is openly a criminal racket. Your local aldenan/whatever gets you the child care license, legislator provides the funds, inspector says "all good". You give gratuities to all.
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 12:06 PM (/lPRQ)

Baksheesh. Kipling went on about it.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 01, 2026 12:10 PM (b4LBp)

238 "Most of them were worn and wouldn't hold the plugs tightly. Very much like the desk outlets in hotels, all worn out."

We're talking about electrical stuff, right?

Posted by: Vegas hookers at January 01, 2026 12:11 PM (2Ez/1)

239 Whoa … ! It's 'Monkey Time!' again … yayyyyyyyy … !

Posted by: Dr_No at January 01, 2026 12:11 PM (ayRl+)

240 nood

Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 12:11 PM (GHIyr)

241 Time to take the hound to play in the snow.

For Ben Had.

https://tinyurl.com/3bnavfha

Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 12:11 PM (viF8m)

242 Shittiest job prospect:
Elementary school teacher in Mogadishu.
Posted by: rickb223

It was bad enough here. When the somalis invaded Columbus, they instantly overloaded the Special Ed classrooms in the suburb of Westerville. The only fistfight my wife was ever in (the classroom) during her teaching career was with somali asshoe boys that would not take any direction from a woman. As we are now seeing, they are still f*cking up the cities in which they are in.

Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2026 12:11 PM (cYBz/)

243 @230 yup. Used to love looking at the map published by the trademark and patent people every ten years. The US had a humongous amount as did Japan and the rest of the developed world. The Islamic nations had almost nothing, completely blank

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 12:12 PM (zNwXb)

244 Ace is up.

Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 01, 2026 12:12 PM (u73oe)

245
A word on Nick Shirley.....

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/3lxazmLqz9c

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 01, 2026 12:12 PM (5xuJ/)

246 Sometimes paying someone to do something is sensible.
Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 11:49 AM (pDt9x)
----
Yeah, I have no intention of tackling this solo. I know some folks with relevant skills, though, or at least they can recommend a good electrician.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 12:13 PM (ESVrU)

247 Hole is slightly smaller than the lid. It can't fall in.
A rectangular cover could.
Posted by: rickb223

Congrats. You too could be a Gurgle engineer. Circa 2008. Limited offer. Exclusions apply. See a physician if Gurgle is right for you. ™ ® ©

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 12:14 PM (mlg/3)

248 Happy Nee Year All!
Now can anyone tell me who the blonde and redhead are nekked in my bed, why am I wearing a lace purple thong several sizes too smalland why am I handcuffed to a lamp,

Posted by: The Man from Athens at January 01, 2026 12:14 PM (yFcKl)

249 Famously Google had a series of questions that included " Why are manhole covers round?"
Posted by: weft cut-loop

YooHoo!!!
-- Obummer, Buttigig

Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2026 12:14 PM (cYBz/)

250 I find it liberating. Once you know what's going on it's a lot easier to focus on the problem. Clearly, Trump and Musk know.

I get as caught up in the day to day as anyone but I try to remember the scope of what we are up against. It's not insurmountable but it is going to take a sustained fight and we are still going to lose battles along the way. But for the first time in a very long time we are fighting the right battles. And winning a few.

Endeavor to kick ass. I've got nothing else to do.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 12:02 PM

My problem is I started out naive and optimistic about the world when young. Because I was sheltered and ignorant about most things.

Up until 09/11/2001, I was as optimistic and motivational as anyone, thinking I could change the world. But after becoming more and more informed of the realities of the world over the past couple decades, my optimism has waned. And things like the 2008 economic crash which hit me hard and then the 2020 black ops and the stolen election, etc. have all soured me.

I hope things are turning around, but unfortunately I now live always waiting for the other shoe to drop.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 12:14 PM (P5BPp)

251 My two must haves for a house are a lot size of 1/2 acre and gas furnace and stove.
Posted by: Thomas Paine

I use the 1/2 arce minimum to filter out the HOAs.

You can pipe your own gas... Just have fill your own tanks because most propane delivery companies won't fill if no permit with licensed plumber for the piping.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 12:14 PM (/lPRQ)

252 Also, as a review on the explosion in a facility in Venezuela that Trump linked to the narco-trade interdiction: The facility hit was 3 km from the water front, was a chemical storage and transfer site, and the owner is yelling at President Petro of Colombia for claiming it dealt in narcotics.

Chances are that it was the main source of resin for making the fast boat fiberglass hulls.

Also the chances are that no CIA drone was involved in making it go boom, but instead a small band of operators.

Posted by: Kindltot at January 01, 2026 12:14 PM (rbvCR)

253 I’ve never understood how so many of my retard coworkers who can’t walk up a flight of stairs can somehow be criminal masterminds when it comes to defrauding work

One rewrote a contract for a hire of his he was having an affair with so she could illegally get family leave and other benefits, another skimmed off the top of budgets where he would hire agencies using 10% of the budget and then pocket the difference of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Eventually they did get caught but the irony was that before that they had actually received promotions. I’ve been here 4 years and still haven’t gotten a promotion despite receiving several employee awards

What a racket

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at January 01, 2026 12:16 PM (REq0p)

254 My two must haves for a house are a lot size of 1/2 acre and gas furnace and stove.

***********

That’s funny, my family is looking for the same but I increased lot size to one acre, as they like to use this rectangular format where all the land is behind the house, thus ensuring even with a half acre you can’t even roll out of bed without hitting the wall of your neighbors house

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at January 01, 2026 12:19 PM (REq0p)

255 Yeah, I have no intention of tackling this solo. I know some folks with relevant skills, though, or at least they can recommend a good electrician.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Pfft
Just match the colors up.

Should have black, red, white, and maybe green or bare copper as a bonus.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 12:22 PM (/lPRQ)

256 You’ll have to pry my multifunctional trig and log slide rule from my cold stiff hands. It’s down to 50 here in the desert and I’m still drinking on back porch.

Posted by: epador at January 01, 2026 12:30 PM (TRnzq)

257 I have an Irish potato available for sale or trade.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 12:38 PM (jc0TO)

258 My rant: I had to sign up for a trial of YouTubeTV to watch the college playoffs. There is something wrong with these games not being on OTAtv.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 12:43 PM (jc0TO)

259 Reagan won the 1984 election with 49 states. He lost Minnesota by 4,000 votes.
Posted by: JM in Illinois

Minnesota crooked >> Minnesota nice

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 01, 2026 01:02 PM (hYZtI)

260 248 Happy Nee Year All!
Now can anyone tell me who the blonde and redhead are nekked in my bed, why am I wearing a lace purple thong several sizes too smalland why am I handcuffed to a lamp,
Posted by: The Man from Athens at January 01, 2026 12:14 PM (yFcKl)

Money well spent?

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 01, 2026 01:10 PM (xcxpd)

261 She froze up at the prospect of the question that she knew was coming:

"Which of your brothers did you marry?"
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars

Her brother Darryl and her other brother Darryl.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 01:11 PM (1paM0)

262 That’s funny, my family is looking for the same but I increased lot size to one acre, as they like to use this rectangular format where all the land is behind the house, thus ensuring even with a half acre you can’t even roll out of bed without hitting the wall of your neighbors house
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos

I live in the country on a two acre lot, but the land in front of my home is open farmland.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 01:16 PM (1paM0)

263 Circular or straight slide rule?

Posted by: zogger at January 01, 2026 01:34 PM (HGKOZ)

264 Eventually they did get caught but the irony was that before that they had actually received promotions. I’ve been here 4 years and still haven’t gotten a promotion despite receiving several employee awards

What a racket
Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Where Are My Keto Cheetos at January 01, 2026 12:16 PM (REq0p)

Who determines the promotions? Are they crooked as well and just haven't been caught yet?

Posted by: Emmie at January 01, 2026 03:04 PM (FMtrg)

265 Back in the day, my wife, a civil engineer and very proud of her new HP engineering calculator was watching me do some mission planning. I was a C-130 navigator using my E6B circular slide rule. She asked, "That thing any good?" I told her I could do time distance, fuel flow, drift calculations, etc. accurate to two digits faster than she could use her new HP. Game on! I smoked her three times before she conceded defeat.

Posted by: JML at January 01, 2026 04:26 PM (EtRph)

Mid-Morning Art Thread

The wasteland II
Jeffrey Smart

Posted by: CBD at 09:30 AM

Comments

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1 1

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 09:30 AM (Ia/+0)

2 BOING! Art.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 09:30 AM (u/afo)

3 hummm

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026 09:30 AM (gbOdA)

4 Authorized sequel to T.S. Eliot?

Posted by: Pete in Texas at January 01, 2026 09:31 AM (JsFZb)

5 The wasteland was angry that day, my friends.

Posted by: George Costanza at January 01, 2026 09:31 AM (2Ez/1)

6 Happy New Year to you too, CBD

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 01, 2026 09:31 AM (7L0HB)

7 Would think otherwise know as New Jersey, but looks a bit dry for there

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 09:32 AM (Ia/+0)

8
Artist wanted to use up all his orange and buy fresh
I rate this as Meh
no hang, would sell to slack-jawed rube

Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 09:32 AM (ZxPkt)

9 Welcome to Hobbs, New Mexico, ca. 2026.

Old joke: First prize of the New Mexico Travel Contest is two days and nights in Hobbs. Second prize is three days and nights.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 09:32 AM (wzUl9)

10 Hmmm…Interesting.

Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 09:32 AM (77rzZ)

11 Electric boogaloo?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:33 AM (ZOv7s)

12 Have to go see what Wasteland I is about

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 09:33 AM (Ia/+0)

13 Any gasoline around?

Posted by: Max at January 01, 2026 09:33 AM (wVcYX)

14 Three Somali Learing Centers located inside.

Posted by: Omar Fateh's Misshapen Skull at January 01, 2026 09:33 AM (oftw2)

15 NSW Art Gallery

Place where the work was made
Flinders Ranges → South Australia → Australia
Date
1945
Media category
Painting
Materials used
oil on canvas
Dimensions
60.9 x 73.4 cm stretcher; 75.8 x 86.5 x 6.3 cm frame :
0 - Whole, 59.5 x 70.3 cm, SIGHT DIMENSION

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026 09:33 AM (gbOdA)

16 OK but where's Elvis?

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 09:33 AM (u/afo)

17 Great place for a learing center!

Posted by: Mogadishu's finest at January 01, 2026 09:33 AM (2Ez/1)

18 It kinda looks like a Far Side cartoon, without any people or a caption

Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 09:33 AM (ZxPkt)

19 Kind of depressing for New Years Day.

Posted by: Tuna at January 01, 2026 09:34 AM (lJ0H4)

20 Artist wanted to use up all his orange and buy fresh
I rate this as Meh
no hang, would sell to slack-jawed rube
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 09:32 AM (ZxPkt)

I'd buy that for a dollar!

Posted by: Slack-jawed Rube at January 01, 2026 09:34 AM (wVcYX)

21 Sanford and Son, the early years

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 09:34 AM (NwnyJ)

22 I see the water tower.Where are the Bradley girls?

Posted by: Floyd Smoot at January 01, 2026 09:34 AM (oftw2)

23 Any man draws a picture of a Wasteland spends a night in the box.

Posted by: Carr, the Floorwalker at January 01, 2026 09:34 AM (PiwSw)

24 It kinda looks like a Far Side cartoon, without any people or a caption
Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 09:33 AM (ZxPkt)
---
Treat it like the cartoons appearing in the New Yorker, where every single cartoon works with "I want to kill myself."

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:34 AM (ZOv7s)

25 Reminds me of Humpy Dumpy magazine quizz pictures.

Can you spot the murderer in the picture?

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 01, 2026 09:35 AM (EyfuW)

26 I see the water tower.Where are the Bradley girls?
Posted by: Floyd Smoot at January 01, 2026 09:34 AM (oftw2)
---
Petticoat Junction has seen better days.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:36 AM (ZOv7s)

27 I like this. For some reason my brain classifies this as Dali, Before the Drugs.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 01, 2026 09:36 AM (V9cMX)

28 I looked at some of his other paintings as well. I don't care for his Modernist style.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 09:36 AM (2sfNr)

29 would not hang

Posted by: Gref at January 01, 2026 09:36 AM (5rh/l)

30 Gotta climb the telephone pole to use the phone here too. This air bnb sucks!

Posted by: Oliver W. Douglas, Gentleman Farmer at January 01, 2026 09:36 AM (wVcYX)

31 Needs teenagers.

Posted by: The Who at January 01, 2026 09:36 AM (2Ez/1)

32 Maybe Wasteland I ended up in the trash, and this was his wnd attempt. Painted 1945 in Australia which he soon decamped from to go to Europe

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 09:36 AM (Ia/+0)

33 Looks like the phone, telegraph and power lines are down. Is this an omen for California?

Posted by: Teenage Wasteland at January 01, 2026 09:37 AM (oftw2)

34 Place where the work was made
Flinders Ranges → South Australia → Australia
Date
1945 . . .

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026

***
South Australia? There was a video posted here recently explaining why that stretch, the southern coast, is so poorly inhabited. Lack of water is one thing. This artwork explains it all in one visual shot.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 09:37 AM (wzUl9)

35 My first thought was that this was inspired by the Dust Bowl, but if its in Australia, that doesn't apply. Maybe there was an abandonment of rural areas during WW II?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:38 AM (ZOv7s)

36 Looks like a perfect place for another Somali franchise daycare center.

Posted by: Donny Brook at January 01, 2026 09:38 AM (Dc1Hd)

37
The Wasteland III is just a map of Minnesota.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 09:38 AM (iJfKG)

38 The sniper has come and gone already. Took the surviving dog with him.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 01, 2026 09:39 AM (mYsW1)

39 Very sparse. Me like. Needs giant armored cockroaches.
Would hang . Thx CBD, happy new year

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 09:39 AM (zNwXb)

40 Saw this on Zillow for $3.4 million. Ad said bring your hammer and paint brush.

Posted by: Fixer-Upper at January 01, 2026 09:39 AM (oftw2)

41 I really love this. It looks real but it's not, there are things off, suggesting this is not what it appears, it is of some other world.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 09:39 AM (RIvkX)

42 Not what I was expecting to ring in the New Year.
Maybe it's an omen.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 01, 2026 09:40 AM (NpAcC)

43 Totally art.

Posted by: Weasel at January 01, 2026 09:40 AM (jUN6x)

44 Needs more red. And maybe a rectangle or two.

Posted by: Mark Rothko at January 01, 2026 09:40 AM (mYsW1)

45 The picture is to be cut and pasted into other art things.

Art regifted. Or re grifted.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 01, 2026 09:40 AM (EyfuW)

46 The house looks like it was intended to be quite the minor mansion, like a miniature version of Downton Abbey. Apparently things happened. Or failed to happen.

Still, I like this. One can imagine dust collecting in the dry water tower, and the house being haunted with desiccated ghosts.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 09:40 AM (wzUl9)

47 Jeffrey doesn't seem all that smart. What's in a name?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:40 AM (ZOv7s)

48 Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 09:39 AM (zNwXb)

Happy New Year to you too!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 01, 2026 09:41 AM (n9ltV)

49 "...this is not what it appears, it is of some other world."

That's right. It's South Australia.

Posted by: Crikey! at January 01, 2026 09:41 AM (2Ez/1)

50 "Maybe it just needs teenagers."

- R Daltrey

Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 09:41 AM (ZxPkt)

51 It needs that old man from Poltergeist II stalking around the place

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 01, 2026 09:42 AM (wVcYX)

52 Septic tank wouldn't perk, so the County condemned the place.

Posted by: No Shrimp, Nor Barbie at January 01, 2026 09:42 AM (oftw2)

53 Wiki says he often psinted witth a joke in mind

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 09:42 AM (Ia/+0)

54 This would be more of a Senior Citizen Wasteland than a Teenage Wasteland, eh?

Posted by: The Who at January 01, 2026 09:42 AM (IG3/x)

55 South Australia? There was a video posted here recently explaining why that stretch, the southern coast, is so poorly inhabited. Lack of water is one thing. This artwork explains it all in one visual shot.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 09:37 AM (wzUl9)
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Giant, hyper-intelligent murderous spiders are also a factor.

Everything in Australia wants to kill you.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:42 AM (ZOv7s)

56 that was not good

Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 09:43 AM (ZxPkt)

57 Title checks out.

Posted by: Person who checks out titles at January 01, 2026 09:43 AM (2Ez/1)

58 Coincidentally, Amazon has started airing the second season of "Fallout."

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 09:43 AM (qbLEp)

59 I really love this. It looks real but it's not, there are things off, suggesting this is not what it appears, it is of some other world.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026

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A planet circling twin suns? No, there are no double shadows. Okay, a planet that rides closer to its Sol-like star than Earth does, or has a greater axial tilt so its summer is even more savage. Or around a variable star; when the colony began, the area was livable, but then the star flared a bit, and . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 09:43 AM (wzUl9)

60 The weather vane is askew.

Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 09:43 AM (77rzZ)

61 Well done depiction of desolation, but I'm not sure where I'd hang it. Happy New Year, CBD.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 09:43 AM (uejmF)

62 Wiki-

The painting depicts a stark, desolate urban scene, emphasizing feelings of loneliness and disconnection. The absence of human figures highlights the emptiness of modern life.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 01, 2026 09:43 AM (NpAcC)

63

the wasteland - a limerick

the great american desert is gritty
but there's one thing that's really a pity
punctuation is sparse
and the spelling is a farce
and the region has no capital city

Posted by: t.s. eliot at January 01, 2026 09:43 AM (/iMjX)

64 > The painting depicts a stark, desolate urban scene

"Urban"?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 01, 2026 09:44 AM (IG3/x)

65 There are 16 venomous snakes in this painting. See if you can find them all.

Posted by: Highlights For Children at January 01, 2026 09:45 AM (oftw2)

66
The melting stopwatch hanging off the roof is a nice touch.

Posted by: Line of People Watching Old Bat Balance Her Cbeckbook at January 01, 2026 09:45 AM (qsezt)

67
Not what I was expecting to ring in the New Year.
Maybe it's an omen.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 01, 2026 09:40 AM (NpAcC)

CBD drank too many stirred Manhattans made from Val-U-Rite's Finest New Jersey Bourbon and Car Lube. Sustainably made from old truck tires and roadkill.

And woke up thinking it was a-

Haunted Wasteland New Year.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 09:45 AM (iJfKG)

68 The chair in the foreground gives an impression of hasty departure. Why is it so far from the house? Who would drag a chair that far away and leave it there? Did it fall off Granny's truck?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:45 AM (ZOv7s)

69 "...desolate urban scene..."

Be better, wiki. Be better.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 09:46 AM (2Ez/1)

70 There are 16 venomous snakes in this painting. See if you can find them all.
Posted by: Highlights For Children at January 01, 2026

***
-- before they find *you*!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 09:46 AM (wzUl9)

71 "Urban"?

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 01, 2026 09:44 AM (IG3/x)
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That word does not mean what they think it means.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 09:46 AM (qbLEp)

72 58 Coincidentally, Amazon has started airing the second season of "Fallout."
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 09:43 AM (qbLEp)

How does the Man With No Nose smell?

Posted by: Punchlines 'R' Us at January 01, 2026 09:46 AM (Rh0Gp)

73 Moisture Farming R&D Center

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 01, 2026 09:46 AM (wVcYX)

74 Too Dust Bowl.

Posted by: huerfano at January 01, 2026 09:46 AM (98kQX)

75 I look at it and almost immediately think of Matt Damon and The Martian. It looks like the surface of Mars

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 09:47 AM (xT8gx)

76 The chair in the foreground gives an impression of hasty departure. Why is it so far from the house? Who would drag a chair that far away and leave it there? Did it fall off Granny's truck?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:45 AM (ZOv7s)
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Left over from a very small game of musical chairs?

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 09:47 AM (qbLEp)

77 Oh, I remember this one. There's a booby trap inside the front door and two ghouls in the main room. Just remember to get the fusion core in the basement.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 09:47 AM (mlg/3)

78 Coincidentally, Amazon has started airing the second season of "Fallout."
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 09:43 AM (qbLEp)
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All streaming shows suck in the end. All of them. There is no point in watching any of them. No matter what the premise, how well it starts, it will become retarded and gay.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:47 AM (ZOv7s)

79 His last painting showed that he couldn't believe they were going to pay so much. With a glint of humor.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 01, 2026 09:47 AM (EyfuW)

80 How does the Man With No Nose smell?
Posted by: Punchlines 'R' Us at January 01, 2026 09:46 AM (Rh0Gp)
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Terrible.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 09:48 AM (qbLEp)

81 The dilapidated building in the back, which looks to have only two walls, suggests that the property owner abandoned the place before finishing it. Though that's not how you build a structure, one wall at a time.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 09:48 AM (wzUl9)

82 Coincidentally, Amazon has started airing the second season of "Fallout."
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 09:43 AM (qbLEp)

How does the Man With No Nose smell?
Posted by: Punchlines 'R' Us at January 01, 2026 09:46 AM (Rh0Gp)

Terrible*

*low-hanging fruit picked!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 09:48 AM (iJfKG)

83 Failed "wind farm"

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 09:48 AM (NwnyJ)

84 Eb Dawson and the Monroe Brothers could spiff up the place in no time.

Posted by: Sam Drucker, Editor, Hooterville World Guardian at January 01, 2026 09:48 AM (oftw2)

85 All streaming shows suck in the end. All of them. There is no point in watching any of them. No matter what the premise, how well it starts, it will become retarded and gay.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:47 AM (ZOv7s)
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*shrug* Still pretty good, so far.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 09:48 AM (qbLEp)

86
CBD drank too many stirred Manhattans made from Val-U-Rite's Finest New Jersey Bourbon and Car Lube. Sustainably made from old truck tires and roadkill.

And woke up thinking it was a-

Haunted Wasteland New Year.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 09:45 AM (iJfKG)
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French Toast with Maple Syrup cures everything.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 01, 2026 09:49 AM (NpAcC)

87
Alternate title: Los Angeles City Hall.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 01, 2026 09:49 AM (hZ1gu)

88 Huh. Looks like Shoshone, WY.

Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 01, 2026 09:49 AM (/HDaX)

89 Well, the guy can draw and paint. That's obvious. I assume this was meant to be displayed in a gallery because who the hell would want it in their home.

All that comes to mind is Yeats' poem "The Second Coming" which is powerful but not a load of laughs.

"what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?"

Posted by: JTB at January 01, 2026 09:49 AM (yTvNw)

90 Mars in 2050.

Posted by: Don't tell Elon at January 01, 2026 09:49 AM (2Ez/1)

91 Left over from a very small game of musical chairs?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 09:47 AM (qbLEp)
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If you abandon stuff, it stays inside. Why drag it out and then leave it? Abandoned properties don't look like this. Weird artist making weird points.

Also, he lives in upside-down land where the government hates you and wants you to die, because everyone is descended from criminals.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:50 AM (ZOv7s)

92
Or, as some might style it, "Sinnemota Under Benevolent Somali Grift"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 09:50 AM (xG4kz)

93 Not enough Gables. Would not hang.

Posted by: Nathaniel Hawthorne at January 01, 2026 09:50 AM (Rh0Gp)

94 Who butchered Fallout?

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 01, 2026 09:50 AM (EyfuW)

95 That's much more than a busted weather vane. It's a busted pump to move the ground water up to the busted tank that supplies the water to the busted toilet.

Posted by: Flush With Success at January 01, 2026 09:50 AM (oftw2)

96
That's no shotgun shack!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 09:51 AM (xG4kz)

97 If this had audio, we would probably hear the wind moaning and the windmill vanes forlornly creaking.

Despite its "wasteland" aspect, the painting does give you a lot to pick apart.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 09:51 AM (wzUl9)

98 *shrug* Still pretty good, so far.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 09:48 AM (qbLEp)
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Some shows were quite good, but if it isn't abruptly canceled mid-story, it will inevitably be captured by the wokes and made gay and retarded.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:52 AM (ZOv7s)

99 The dilapidated building in the back, which looks to have only two walls, suggests that the property owner abandoned the place before finishing it. Though that's not how you build a structure, one wall at a time.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 09:48 AM (wzUl9)

One piece at a time worked for me in building my psychobilly Cadillac. You might say I went right up to the factory and picked it up, it's cheaper that way!

Posted by: The Man In Black at January 01, 2026 09:52 AM (wVcYX)

100
Not enough Gables. Would not hang.
Posted by: Nathaniel Hawthorne

Agreed

-- Clark

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 09:52 AM (xG4kz)

101 Not enough Gables. Would not hang.
Posted by: Nathaniel Hawthorne at January 01, 2026

***
There was only one, and he was the King.

Posted by: Clark Gable Fans Everywhere at January 01, 2026 09:52 AM (wzUl9)

102
Weird Brush Strokes - a limerick style art critique

Australia is a land of men and thunder
Where you die if you make one small blunder
At the top I would say
This painting's okay
But it's just a little squiggly down under.

Posted by: muldoon at January 01, 2026 09:53 AM (/iMjX)

103
"It's a busted pump to move the ground water up to the busted tank that supplies the water to the busted toilet."

And that's why we had to stop counting votes!

Posted by: South Australian voter registrar at January 01, 2026 09:53 AM (2Ez/1)

104 Did anyone else think, 'gary larson' before reading the name?

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 01, 2026 09:53 AM (QVmho)

105 58 Coincidentally, Amazon has started airing the second season of "Fallout."
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 09:43 AM

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I watched the first episode. Does it get any better?

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 09:53 AM (xlcwc)

106 Not enough Gables. Would not hang.
Posted by: Nathaniel Hawthorne at January 01, 2026 09:50 AM (Rh0Gp)

Ladies, ladies! There's plenty of me to go around. Just wait your turn.

Posted by: Clark Gable at January 01, 2026 09:54 AM (wVcYX)

107 French Toast with Maple Syrup cures everything.
Posted by: redridinghood

Should it be called "toast" if the bread never enters the toaster?

Posted by: Misnomers Abound at January 01, 2026 09:54 AM (oftw2)

108
Another potemkin village in the desert. We'll get there as soon as the boys return with the shitload of dimes ...

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 09:54 AM (xG4kz)

109 I watched the first episode. Does it get any better?
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 09:53 AM (xlcwc)
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I like it. Don't know if you would or not.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 09:54 AM (qbLEp)

110 Overseer of the dirt farm.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at January 01, 2026 09:54 AM (36PRH)

111 At futurism.com, "Scientists Graft Human Ear Onto Foot"

Pressed for comment, the Foot remarked "Well, now I know why people hate Nickelback. Thanks a whole bunch for that, medical science."

Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 09:54 AM (GHIyr)

112 Alternate caption: Joseph R. Biden Presidential Library.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:55 AM (ZOv7s)

113 Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 09:45 AM (iJfKG)

There's a distillery about 30.minutes from my house. Maybe I should contract for a run of Jersey bourbon!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 01, 2026 09:55 AM (n9ltV)

114 Looks like there's some action in Tehran. Reports of clerics shedding their vestments and IRGC cops defecting to join protestors. I know, here we go again, but hope springs eternal.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 09:55 AM (vV6n9)

115 Would think otherwise know as New Jersey, but looks a bit dry for there
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 09:32 AM (Ia/+0)

Nah. Some southern or western state, with junk on was once a front yard. Missing an engine block or two.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 01, 2026 09:55 AM (5xuJ/)

116 I see you've been to West Texas...

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 01, 2026 09:55 AM (VCgbV)

117 Maybe I should contract for a run of Jersey bourbon!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at January 01, 2026 09:55 AM (n9ltV)
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*record needle scratch*

Jersey bourbon?!?!

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 09:55 AM (qbLEp)

118 > Did anyone else think, 'gary larson' before reading the name?

Posted by: BifBewalski
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Yes

Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 09:55 AM (ZxPkt)

119 Should it be called "toast" if the bread never enters the toaster?
Posted by: Misnomers Abound at January 01, 2026 09:54 AM (oftw2)
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Toasting existed before toasters. Strange but true!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:56 AM (ZOv7s)

120 Ladies, ladies! There's plenty of me to go around. Just wait your turn.
Posted by: Clark Gable at January 01, 2026

***
My mother was a big fan of The Fugitive because, she said, he reminded her strongly of Clark Gable. I guess I know who her favorite movie star was!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 09:56 AM (wzUl9)

121 109 I watched the first episode. Does it get any better?
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 09:53 AM (xlcwc)
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I like it. Don't know if you would or not.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January

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Thanks. I'll give it another try. I think I foolishly expected it to be too much like the game

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 09:56 AM (xlcwc)

122 I look at it and almost immediately think of Matt Damon and The Martian. It looks like the surface of Mars
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 09:47 AM (xT8gx)
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Could be the house from "Usher II" by Ray Bradbury.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 09:57 AM (ESVrU)

123 The 100 Comment lamp is lit

Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 09:57 AM (ZxPkt)

124 Jersey bourbon?!?!
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 09:55 AM (qbLEp)
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Canadian Club with some hair tonic for color.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:57 AM (ZOv7s)

125 "Nah. Some southern or western state, with junk on [what] was once a front yard. Missing an engine block or two."

Amateurs.

Posted by: West Virginia at January 01, 2026 09:57 AM (2Ez/1)

126 Looks like there's some action in Tehran. Reports of clerics shedding their vestments and IRGC cops defecting to join protestors. I know, here we go again, but hope springs eternal.
Posted by: Lincolntf

I've been thinking that for 20 years. But...

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 09:57 AM (mlg/3)

127 @117 World's gone to hell I tell ya.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at January 01, 2026 09:57 AM (36PRH)

128 I see you've been to West Texas...
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 01, 2026 09:55 AM (VCgbV)

Rosa's Cantina?

Posted by: Zombie Marty Robbins at January 01, 2026 09:57 AM (wVcYX)

129 There's a distillery about 30.minutes from my house. Maybe I should contract for a run of Jersey bourbon!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Thirty minutes means within a mile in North Jersey.

Posted by: Root Tree at January 01, 2026 09:57 AM (oftw2)

130 Alternate caption: Joseph R. Biden Presidential Library.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

LOL

Posted by: Tuna at January 01, 2026 09:57 AM (lJ0H4)

131 Thanks. I'll give it another try. I think I foolishly expected it to be too much like the game
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 09:56 AM (xlcwc)
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I've never played the game, so I have no referent for in-game lore. But the show strongly is like a tabletop post-apocalyptic game I played called "This Is Not A Test." So I have that vibe going for me.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 09:58 AM (qbLEp)

132 Coincidentally, Amazon has started airing the second season of "Fallout."
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 09:43 AM

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I watched the first episode. Does it get any better?
Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 09:53 AM (xlcwc)

You mean the episode titled:

"We're Gonna Blow-Up Heads 50 or 60 Times This Episode Using the Exact Same Head Blowing Up EFX. See? See How Cool It Is!?!? Quality Writing This Is. 'Casablanca's Got Nuthin' On Us"

I liked Series One of Fallout, but Episode One of Series Two kinda discouraged me from further watching.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 09:58 AM (iJfKG)

133 Happy New Year, Horde!

Posted by: 2009Refugee at January 01, 2026 09:58 AM (8AONa)

134 I watched the first episode. Does it get any better?
Posted by: JM in Illinois

No, the series is shit. They bastardize the game to boost idiot 'she-ro' characters.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 09:59 AM (mlg/3)

135 Looks like the inspiration for the movie “giant”. That’s what a lot of West Texas (and parts of New Mexico) looked like after the dust bowl years. Nothing green anywhere in sight.

The chair could be there just because some transient pulled it out and left it there, the house itself having been abandoned for some time.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 09:59 AM (m7iZ5)

136 SanFran's suggestion of this depicting another world . . . it could also be an alternate Earth, or an unknown planet in an alternate dimension.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 09:59 AM (wzUl9)

137 Painting: I served with Wasteland. I knew Wasteland. Wasteland was a friend of mine. Painting, you're no Wasteland!

Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 09:59 AM (GHIyr)

138 I look at it and almost immediately think of Matt Damon and The Martian. It looks like the surface of Mars
Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 09:47 AM (xT8gx)
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Could be the house from "Usher II" by Ray Bradbury.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 09:57 AM (ESVrU)

Or the Australian setting for From Dusk To Dawn.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 01, 2026 09:59 AM (wVcYX)

139 ...Reports of clerics shedding their vestments and IRGC cops defecting to join protestors. I know, here we go again, but hope springs eternal.
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 09:55 AM (vV6n9)
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If accurate this would be key. The Basij are the street-level enforcers and if they are abandoning their posts, this could proceed rapidly.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 09:59 AM (RIvkX)

140
My mother was a big fan of The Fugitive because, she said, he reminded her strongly of Clark Gable. I guess I know who her favorite movie star was!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Physical chemists everywhere continue to live with profound disappointment because the long-promised sequel, The Fugacity has never passed muster with Hollywood's movers and shakers.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 09:59 AM (xG4kz)

141 but Episode One of Series Two kinda discouraged me from further watching.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 09:58 AM (iJfKG)
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There are way fewer exploding heads.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 10:00 AM (qbLEp)

142 There are structures like that in this part of KS. They are built with the local limestone. And the roofs caved in a long time ago. Most abandoned during the Depression. We have more vegetation though.

I like to think how proud the locals were of those buildings when they were new.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 01, 2026 10:00 AM (+mUZM)

143 Ladies, ladies! There's plenty of me to go around. Just wait your turn.
Posted by: Clark Gable at January 01, 2026 09:54 AM (wVcYX)
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Thanks to the Horde, I added "Soldier of Fortune" to my DVD library and Gable is great. Actors can achieve greatness in one of two ways. They can either immerse themselves in roles, or they can just be themselves because they have so much charisma.

Gable is in the latter category. Women want him, men want to be him. Not many left like that.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 10:00 AM (ZOv7s)

144 @132 I see now why Todd Howard from Bethesda allowed the story to center around New Vegas... so they could hamhandedly tie in the Commonwealth lore from his games.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at January 01, 2026 10:01 AM (36PRH)

145 The weather vane is askew
Posted by: Bulg.

********

Pffft. Next you'll try to tell us the door is a jar.

Posted by: muldoon at January 01, 2026 10:01 AM (/iMjX)

146 Willowed;
who writes out paper checks anymore?
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*raises hand*
To the yard guy
To the pest control guy
Property taxes

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 01, 2026 10:01 AM (VCgbV)

147 Gable is in the latter category. Women want him, men want to be him. Not many left like that.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Bite your tongue!

Posted by: Carrot Top, Chairman of the Board at January 01, 2026 10:02 AM (oftw2)

148 Nice picture.
cbd if you're around, another Hopper.
https://tinyurl.com/ynmhbsmn

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at January 01, 2026 10:02 AM (2NHgQ)

149 "Gable is in the latter category. Women want him, men want to be him. Not many left like that."

###
This is about me, isn't it?

Posted by: William Henry Gates III at January 01, 2026 10:03 AM (2Ez/1)

150
Sashay up to the front door and knock in order to inquire about directions to Judge Roy Bean's place. He's the law west of the Pecos, iffn you didn't know that.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 10:03 AM (xG4kz)

151 There’s nothing living in that painting, except for a couple century plants near the telephone pole. (desert dwellers)

A dry water trough for horses and cattle that will never come back.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 10:03 AM (m7iZ5)

152 Midwest Chick has some good memes encapsulating some of the past discussion at this smart, military blog about the lack of any actual action against those who have committed crimes against the Constitution.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:03 AM (RIvkX)

153 who writes out paper checks anymore?
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*raises hand*
To the yard guy
To the pest control guy
Property taxes
Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 01, 2026 10:01 AM (VCgbV)
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Contractors aways want cash or its close equivalent. I used to go through checks pretty steadily, but now it's down to just a handful a year. But I still use them from time to time.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 10:04 AM (ZOv7s)

154 147 Gable is in the latter category. Women want him, men want to be him. Not many left like that.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Bite your tongue!
Posted by: Carrot Top, Chairman of the Board at January 01, 2026 10:02 AM (oftw2)

*brandishes Sledge-O-Matic*

Posted by: Gallagher at January 01, 2026 10:04 AM (Rh0Gp)

155 I used to go through checks pretty steadily, but now it's down to just a handful a year. But I still use them from time to time.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 10:04 AM (ZOv7s)
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That's the way of it with me.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 10:05 AM (qbLEp)

156 Never got what the ladies saw in ol’ jug-ears Gable.

Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 10:05 AM (77rzZ)

157 Never got what the ladies saw in ol’ jug-ears Gable.
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 10:05 AM (77rzZ)
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Confidence. It counts for a lot.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 10:06 AM (ZOv7s)

158
A rejected set for the "Near Algodones" episode from "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 10:07 AM (xG4kz)

159 Ah, another work from back in the days when shades of brown were the only colors available. The Sepia Age. Bleak. And lifeless.

Happy Happy New Year and Happy New Month to those using that calendar. Happy New Day to everyone.

I am disappoint. Last year's NYE ONT got 888 comments. This year only made it to 856. So close!

Posted by: mindful webworker - but no cigar at January 01, 2026 10:07 AM (dESj/)

160 102 ... "But it's just a little squiggly down under."

Only Muldoon could make a reference to one of my favorite movies in his limmerick.

Posted by: JTB at January 01, 2026 10:07 AM (yTvNw)

161 The wasteland II

I get it but would pass hanging it. Jeffrey Smart's body of work is fascinating but not what I would routinely display.

Wikipedia, The Waste Land is a poem by T. S. Eliot, widely regarded as one of the most important English-language poems of the 20th century and a central work of modernist poetry. Published in 1922, the 434-line[A] poem first appeared in the United Kingdom in the October issue of Eliot's magazine The Criterion and in the United States in the November issue of The Dial. Among its famous phrases are "April is the cruellest month", "I will show you fear in a handful of dust", and "These fragments I have shored against my ruins".[6]

The Waste Land does not follow a single narrative or feature a consistent style or structure. The poem shifts between voices of satire and prophecy, and features abrupt and unannounced changes of narrator, location, and time, conjuring a vast and dissonant range of cultures and literatures. It employs many allusions to the Western canon: Ovid's Metamorphoses, the legend of the Fisher King, Dante's Divine Comedy, Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, and even a contemporary popular song, "That Shakespearian Rag". (More.)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 01, 2026 10:08 AM (NFX2v)

162 The water there, is very hard to drink

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 10:08 AM (Ia/+0)

163 Oh, wait. Now I see the two yucca plants, so, not completely lifeless. Still bleak.

Posted by: mindful webworker - but no cigar at January 01, 2026 10:08 AM (dESj/)

164 By the way, Planet Fitness has a pretty good offer right now if you're interested:

https://tinyurl.com/349wfh47

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 10:08 AM (2Ez/1)

165 Painting: Artemis Lunar Base XVII up for auction after the moondust market collapsed.

Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 10:09 AM (GHIyr)

166 Or the Australian setting for From Dusk To Dawn.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 01, 2026

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I loved the first half of that movie, like a hardboiled thriller . . . until they got to the giant bar in the desert. Somehow I have trouble believing that so many predators could exist in such a lonely locale. The prey always outnumbers the predators in a given area; when the prey numbers fall too far, the predators go elsewhere.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 10:09 AM (wzUl9)

167 Years ago there was a video where they showed blind surveys of men and women rating the opposite sex on attractiveness.

They used the same stock photos with three different samples.

One had the photo without a caption, one had the photo with income, and the other had the photo with occupation.

The men had zero difference in ratings across all three groups. Hot is hot. Income, occupation are irrelevant.

Women had immense variation. The organizers made a point of making repulsive men rich or doctors or something, and it proved the point quite well.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 10:09 AM (ZOv7s)

168 Those plants are yucca it up.

Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 10:10 AM (77rzZ)

169 I like the art. Would hang.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 01, 2026 10:10 AM (g8Ew8)

170 Confidence. It counts for a lot.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Driving a Duesenberg helps, though I'm pretty popular with the ladies in my Pacer.

Posted by: Pacer DL Wagon at January 01, 2026 10:10 AM (oftw2)

171
Pffft. Next you'll try to tell us the door is a jar.
Posted by: muldoon

No, the door is alarmed...

Who touched me?

Out with it!

Don't touch me!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 10:11 AM (xG4kz)

172 Never got what the ladies saw in ol’ jug-ears Gable.
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026

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Rumors abound that he had bad garlic-breath and his leading ladies hated to kiss him. Still -- who else, then or now, could have embodied Rhett Butler?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 10:12 AM (wzUl9)

173 Still -- who else, then or now, could have embodied Rhett Butler?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius
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Brad Pitt

Posted by: lin-duh is offended at January 01, 2026 10:13 AM (VCgbV)

174 "I will show you fear in a handful of dust",

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 01, 2026 10:08 AM (NFX2v)
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One of Evelyn Waugh's darkest satires is titled A Hand of Dust and includes that quote. The main character loses his son, his wife leaves him, and he ends up trapped in the Amazon jungle, condemned to read Charles Dickens for the rest of his life to a blind man.

For some reason, it's one of his most adapted works.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 10:13 AM (ZOv7s)

175 Painting: Tourists flocked from all over the countryside to see the World's Largest Marshmallow.

Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 10:14 AM (GHIyr)

176 Of course the water there is hard to drink. Everything is upside down.

Posted by: thug dolphin at January 01, 2026 10:14 AM (EyfuW)

177 I might use it as a book illustration, but wouldn't hang.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 10:14 AM (4p5Zb)

178
...when the prey numbers fall too far, the predators go elsewhere.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

And now you know why we have Mogadishu on the Mississippi.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 10:15 AM (xG4kz)

179 >>Women had immense variation. The organizers made a point of making repulsive men rich or doctors or something, and it proved the point quite well.

Women. Am I right?

Still kind of like them even if they are evil. Maybe that's why.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 10:16 AM (viF8m)

180 Or the Australian setting for From Dusk To Dawn.
Posted by: Count de Monet at January 01, 2026

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I loved the first half of that movie, like a hardboiled thriller . . . until they got to the giant bar in the desert. Somehow I have trouble believing that so many predators could exist in such a lonely locale. The prey always outnumbers the predators in a given area; when the prey numbers fall too far, the predators go elsewhere.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026

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Though a line of speculation from Harvey Keitel's character about this -- that the vampire hangout will fall apart someday -- could have handled that. George Clooney's character Seth would have said, "That's great, Jacob. But we're here *now* and so are the vampires!"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 10:16 AM (wzUl9)

181 This is a stark warning about what happens after a society adopts carrots in chili.

Stay vigilant, my friends.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 01, 2026 10:16 AM (0sNs1)

182 So they sunk some roots down in this dirt
To keep from blowin' off the earth
Built a town right here
When the dust had all but cleared

They called it Levelland

/McMurtry Jr.

Posted by: muldoon at January 01, 2026 10:17 AM (/iMjX)

183 "Of course the water there is hard to drink. Everything is upside down."

It's got electrolytes. Plants love it.

Posted by: Brawndo at January 01, 2026 10:17 AM (2Ez/1)

184 ...when the prey numbers fall too far, the predators go elsewhere.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere
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And now you know why we have Mogadishu on the Mississippi.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026

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Minneapolis, or New Orleans? Could be both.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 10:17 AM (wzUl9)

185 I just saw footage from Tehran, largely blurred out, showing an obviously dead body being dragged out of a government building by protesters. Looked like he was wearing a uniform of some sort.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 10:17 AM (vV6n9)

186
"... When the Ampersands Ran Out"

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 01, 2026 10:17 AM (xG4kz)

187 One of Evelyn Waugh's darkest satires is titled A Hand of Dust and includes that quote. The main character loses his son, his wife leaves him, and he ends up trapped in the Amazon jungle, condemned to read Charles Dickens for the rest of his life to a blind man.

For some reason, it's one of his most adapted works.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026

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I know the short story extracted from that novel as "The Man Who Liked Dickens."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 10:18 AM (wzUl9)

188 American Truckers @atutruckers

SHOCKING: A truck driver who can't speak or read English gets caught TWICE — placed out of service for the SAME dangerous violation — yet he's RIGHT BACK on our highways, endangering YOUR family! This is happening NOW, in direct defiance of President Trump's orders!

No impound. No arrest. Driver gets to stay in the truck and gets to keep his commercial driver's license.

This is how dangerous, unqualified drivers keep rolling down OUR highways, endangering all of our families!

Weak enforcement is putting everyone's lives at risk.

X video: https://bit.ly/4jneqaS

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 10:19 AM (P5BPp)

189 Pffft. Next you'll try to tell us the door is a jar.
Posted by: muldoon at January 01, 2026 10:01 AM

Sometimes a door is just a door.

Posted by: Sigmoid Freud at January 01, 2026 10:19 AM (0sNs1)

190 Wires down.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 01, 2026 10:19 AM (Kt19C)

191 Nuketown!

Posted by: Boomer at January 01, 2026 10:19 AM (+abK1)

192 "Artists need inspiration," Tom mused.

Posted by: muldoon at January 01, 2026 10:20 AM (/iMjX)

193 Painting: Original title: "Yes, But It's A Dry Heat."

Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 10:21 AM (GHIyr)

194 Would hang. Reminds me of home.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at January 01, 2026 10:21 AM (1Nv0l)

195 Nuketown!
Posted by: Boomer at January 01, 2026 10:19 AM (+abK1)
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Megaton hardest hit.

Posted by: Fallout 3 Reference at January 01, 2026 10:22 AM (ESVrU)

196 A Tom Swifty! Well done, Muldoon!

Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 10:22 AM (77rzZ)

197 "Sometimes a door is just a door."

But usually it's a phallic symbol.

Posted by: You're sex starved 10th grade cat lady English Literature teacher at January 01, 2026 10:22 AM (2Ez/1)

198 Depressing painting.. Like January itself..

Posted by: It's me donna at January 01, 2026 10:22 AM (VE6XX)

199 Sometimes a door is just a door.
Posted by: Sigmoid Freud

*********

A door is a door is a door...

Gertrude Stein

Posted by: muldoon at January 01, 2026 10:22 AM (/iMjX)

200 Painting: Trusty log trap snares another unsuspecting trunk! Struggle as it might, it's not going anywhere now.

Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 10:22 AM (GHIyr)

201 I know the short story extracted from that novel as "The Man Who Liked Dickens."
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 10:18 AM (wzUl9)
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The British literary establishment loathes him, perhaps because he's enduringly popular in America.

Waugh never passed up an opportunity to mock American tastes. The Loved One is just one massive, extended slam, but very funny because it targets Hollywood, which totally deserves it.

In the Sword of Honour trilogy, he has a literary-minded closeted homosexual write an overwrought pot-boiler of a novel, which "naturally" becomes a best-seller in America.

Perhaps not coincidentally, his elder brother Alec moved to America and had great success, particularly with A Place in the Sun, while Waugh's books languished.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 10:23 AM (ZOv7s)

202 There are what look like salt flats out behind the main building, stretching off into the distance.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 10:24 AM (wzUl9)

203 You could probably buy the land and the structures for half a dozen Nuka-Cola bottle caps.

Posted by: PabloD at January 01, 2026 10:24 AM (tfChy)

204 Never got what the ladies saw in ol’ jug-ears Gable.
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026

***
Rumors abound that he had bad garlic-breath and his leading ladies hated to kiss him. Still -- who else, then or now, could have embodied Rhett Butler?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 10:12 AM (wzUl9)

Wrong!

CG had dentures and very funky denture breath.

Probably the studios thought garlic breath sounded nicer than rotting food and slimy bacteria and fungus breath.

Pro Tip: Clean your damn dentures and leave them out overnight.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 10:24 AM (iJfKG)

205 Ironically, Alec Waugh is all but forgotten. Evelyn is the Waugh people are most likely to know, perhaps because his son Auberon was a popular columnist in his own right.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 10:25 AM (ZOv7s)

206 OJ Simpson is just off scene realizing he didn’t actually land on mars, is real pissed off now, and has decided to do some stabbin’.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 10:25 AM (fIo92)

207 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 10:16 AM (wzUl9)

The ending shows all the abandoned trucks of the prey.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:26 AM (KDPiq)

208 Who names their son Evelyn?

Posted by: Just got here at January 01, 2026 10:26 AM (2Ez/1)

209 "There are what look like salt flats out behind the main building, stretching off into the distance."

Pepper mines played out in the 1880s, and then the salt market collapsed. Trouble all around.

Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 10:27 AM (GHIyr)

210 Raining cats and dogs on rose parade.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 01, 2026 10:27 AM (Kt19C)

211 Geez. This place has gone downhill.

All I hear inn the comments these days is "Waugh, Waugh, Waugh!"

Posted by: muldoon at January 01, 2026 10:28 AM (/iMjX)

212 Who names their son Evelyn?
Posted by: Just got here at January 01, 2026 10:26 AM (2Ez/1)
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Used to be a guy name. Sir Evelyn Wood VC and Evelyn Waugh, for example.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 10:28 AM (ZOv7s)

213 Raining cats and dogs on rose parade.
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 01, 2026 10:27 AM (Kt19C)
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I thought it never rained in southern California.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 10:28 AM (ZOv7s)

214 Sir Evelyn Wood VC
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The most accident and injury-prone officer in the British Army, ever.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 10:29 AM (qbLEp)

215 Sometimes a door is just a door.

An adowable widdle bwanket!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 01, 2026 10:29 AM (Kt19C)

216 *Raining cats and dogs on rose parade.*

We can help with that.

Posted by: Purina at January 01, 2026 10:30 AM (2Ez/1)

217 If he would have painted a dome cage in the back and a suped up Camaro next to it it would have been a winner.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:30 AM (KDPiq)

218 Pro Tip: Clean your damn dentures and leave them out overnight.
Posted by: naturalfak

********

How am I supposed to remember what I had for supper yesterday?

Posted by: muldoon at January 01, 2026 10:30 AM (/iMjX)

219 The British literary establishment loathes him, perhaps because he's enduringly popular in America.

Waugh never passed up an opportunity to mock American tastes. The Loved One is just one massive, extended slam, but very funny because it targets Hollywood, which totally deserves it.

In the Sword of Honour trilogy, he has a literary-minded closeted homosexual write an overwrought pot-boiler of a novel, which "naturally" becomes a best-seller in America.

Perhaps not coincidentally, his elder brother Alec moved to America and had great success, particularly with A Place in the Sun, while Waugh's books languished.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 10:23 AM (ZOv7s)

"Island in the Sun"

Anywho, it just goes to show-

Drama is easy. Comedy is hard.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 10:30 AM (iJfKG)

220 Kitten Dagny is toddling around looking for something to do, or something to kill. I should bring her a nice live mouse or hamster from Petco.

(No, I wouldn't really do such a thing! The cats would love it, but I could never forgive myself.)

(Besides, think of having to clean blood out of the carpet. . . .)

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 10:30 AM (wzUl9)

221 The most accident and injury-prone officer in the British Army, ever.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 10:29 AM (qbLEp)
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Bored of the Rings describing how the Natalie Wood over time became the crochety old Evelyn.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 10:31 AM (ZOv7s)

222 Sir Evelyn Wood VC

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The Nattily Wood became the crotchety old Evelyn.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 10:31 AM (wzUl9)

223 Besides, think of having to clean blood out of the carpet. . . .)

And?

Posted by: O. J. at January 01, 2026 10:32 AM (Kt19C)

224 *Raining cats and dogs on rose parade.*

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

wear your galoshess and be careful not to step in a poodle!

Posted by: muldoon at January 01, 2026 10:32 AM (/iMjX)

225 AH Lloyd beat me to the Bored reference!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 10:32 AM (wzUl9)

226 Bored of the Rings describing how the Natalie Wood over time became the crochety old Evelyn.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 10:31 AM (ZOv7s)
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They were undoubtedly referring to the Evelyn Wood (no relation) speed-reading school.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 10:32 AM (qbLEp)

227 224 Ha!

Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 10:33 AM (GHIyr)

228 Regarding this whole Iran situation - I've seen footage where allegedly people are shouting for the return of the Prince in exile. I have to wonder if this guy really has support on the ground, considering his family got the boot in 1979 and his father wasn't exactly the nicest guy (not the the Mad Mullahs are any better). If Iran does fall, can he fill the power vacuum or will it become a free-for-all as Islamists - whether external or internal - scramble to fill the void?

Posted by: PabloD at January 01, 2026 10:34 AM (tfChy)

229 Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 10:31 AM (wzUl9)

*********

So can we assume that Robert Wagner dressed nattily before tossing the body in the ocean...?

Posted by: muldoon at January 01, 2026 10:34 AM (/iMjX)

230 Just stopped snowing. A light, little wet snow. All the trees are coated with snow and the light is perfect.

Nature is the best painter.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 10:34 AM (viF8m)

231 Painting would make a perfect little homestead if you could find water.

Posted by: Eromero at January 01, 2026 10:34 AM (Slgjz)

232 Good Morning!! Happy New Year!

trying to get my sh*t together to go to the parade but was up way too late last night ...

I have a GREAT feeling about this year! It's going to be awesome! (note: not applicable to NYC)

Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 01, 2026 10:35 AM (emBoF)

233 "Island in the Sun"

Anywho, it just goes to show-

Drama is easy. Comedy is hard.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 10:30 AM (iJfKG)
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Yeah, that's it. Never read it or watched it.

Alec was old enough to serve in World War I, and did so with distinction, but he also wrote a book (The Loom of Youth) that referenced homosexuality in his boarding school, which got him kicked out of the alumni association (a very big deal) and got his younger brother blackballed.

So going to America was a logical choice, and his biggest seller was about interracial sex, which perhaps only an outsider could write at the time. He was a lifelong bachelor, who used his celebrity to bed lots of women.

Evelyn of course became Catholic and cranked out kids who - despite his unpleasant personality - remained loyal to their father's legacy, particularly Auberon. Auberon's son Alexander is also an author.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 10:36 AM (ZOv7s)

234 Animal precipitation scale:
Elephants and whales > Snakes and frogs > Cats and dogs > Tardigrades and bacteriophages.

Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 10:36 AM (GHIyr)

235 I think the Islamists are generally discredited with the population which is mostly young and has no memory of the Shah's abuses.

The clerisy has been brutal and corrupt, they have started and lost war after war, they have mismanaged the infrastructure and the economy, they have only survived thus far through repression and violence.

There is always a clock ticking on that.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:37 AM (RIvkX)

236 AH Lloyd beat me to the Bored reference!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 10:32 AM (wzUl9)
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The Horde mind at work!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 10:37 AM (ZOv7s)

237 wear your galoshess and be careful not to step in a poodle!
Posted by: muldoon at January 01, 2026

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Oy with the poodles already!

As a catchphrase it's right up there with "What you talkin' 'bout, Willis?"

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 10:38 AM (wzUl9)

238 First thing that a government has to address after the overthrow of a dictatorship is organized crime.

They can’t have any competition.

But seriously that’s what survives any revolution.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:38 AM (KDPiq)

239 Eromero if Amazon delivers there as well

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 10:39 AM (Ia/+0)

240 The first wasteland featured solar, this wasteland is wind power. No surprise.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 01, 2026 10:40 AM (nljXp)

241 I think the Islamists are generally discredited with the population which is mostly young and has no memory of the Shah's abuses.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:37 AM (RIvkX)
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People may look at the Shah's time favorably because women were uncovered, and Iran was more nationalist in character, celebrating their Persian heritage rather than aping the Saudi Wahabbists.

The Persian new year is still a big deal, and even when it falls on an Islam day of mourning, people light bonfires and party.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 10:40 AM (ZOv7s)

242 Happy Public Domain Day!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0lUxJeHQ9A

It sucks!

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at January 01, 2026 10:41 AM (GBKbO)

243 68 The chair in the foreground gives an impression of hasty departure. Why is it so far from the house? Who would drag a chair that far away and leave it there? Did it fall off Granny's truck?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 09:45 AM (ZOv7s)
There used to be a tree with a rope close to the chair. But old guy died of natural causes in the outhouse.

Posted by: Eromero at January 01, 2026 10:41 AM (Slgjz)

244 One of the drivers in the 1979 revolution was the poverty of the clerisy. They were not state-supported and did not receive remuneration other than the charity of the mosque. Of course that changed after the revolution and they were all enriched almost overnight. They literally looted the treasury.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:42 AM (RIvkX)

245 Most abuses of a Right wing dictatorship is summary killing of even worse commies trying to overthrow them. Unfortunately it includes some of their useful idiots who are otherwise innocent.

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:42 AM (KDPiq)

246 The mullahs would have been overthrown a decade ago if Obama hadn't propped them up.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 10:42 AM (ZOv7s)

247 Yuri Bezmenov's Ghost @Ne_pas_couvrir

Demoralization isn’t about sadness. It’s the long-term conditioning of perception so reality is filtered through an inverted moral and causal map.

That’s why these moments are so striking. For a split second you can see the programming fail, just before it snaps back into place.

Concerned Citizen @BGatesIsaPyscho

Meanwhile in Cologne, Germany

German Streamer Kunshikitty sets out with the intention of showing that Women can walk safely through the streets that are occupied by new foreign Men

Ends up being attacked twice live on stream

X video: https://bit.ly/48ZGjCg

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 10:42 AM (P5BPp)

248 Happy New Year, all!!

Interesting choice for today, CBD. Mood!

Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 10:42 AM (NuV6c)

249 >>. . .Ends up being attacked twice live on stream

She survived, at least, right?

Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 10:44 AM (NuV6c)

250 If Iran does fall, can he fill the power vacuum or will it become a free-for-all as Islamists - whether external or internal - scramble to fill the void?
Posted by: PabloD
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The dirty secret about Iran is that religious feeling, particularly toward Islam, is now a minority proposition in a population run by clerics for 46 years. An internal letter among clerics intercepted by intel, indicates that only about 24-25 percent are now faithful, many mosques have shut their doors, and a resurgence of ancient faith of Zoroastrianism and even Christianity have become a covert practice among the people.

Historically, any alliance of church and state in a theocracy for a long period of time diminishes both of them. So as the state's regime becomes despised, so does the religion of that state because they are intertwined.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 10:44 AM (WDjG6)

251 The Iranian revolution’s greatest strength is also their greatest weakness. This is not a color revolution; this is a spontaneous, grass roots uprising by a mass of people who just can’t take it anymore, and it will be hard to stop,

However, this also means that it has no leadership and no organization to coordinate its actions. That makes it impossible to predict what direction it will take.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 10:44 AM (m7iZ5)

252
I'd like to see the Prince comeback leading a revival of Zoroastrianism, Iran's true traditional religion before Arab jihadist imperialism and conquest.

and giving the heave-ho to to islam.

It would be a nice rebuke to islam that might light a fire throughout that world.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 10:44 AM (iJfKG)

253 Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh

WTF? They are now SUSPENDING students in Maine if someone refuses to use transgender pronouns

"If a student misuses the pronoun, they are suspended?"

"Yeah. That would be harassment!"

DEFUND MAINE!

X video: https://bit.ly/3LfLhBN

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 10:44 AM (P5BPp)

254 My fault. My skirt was too short.

Posted by: Kunshikitty at January 01, 2026 10:44 AM (KDPiq)

255 246 The mullahs would have been overthrown a decade ago if Obama hadn't propped them up.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Likely to have been true but we will never know.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 10:45 AM (WDjG6)

256 MOMof DataRepublican reposted

Scott Adams @ScottAdamsSays

Seems unlikely Republicans kept their hands out of the cookie jar. I only wonder who and how much.

The Gateway Pundit @gatewaypundit

Senate Majority Leader John Thune Faces FEC Complaint Over Alleged $1.1 Million Campaign Money Laundering Scheme

X: https://bit.ly/4q1XPvD

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 10:46 AM (P5BPp)

257 New Year's resolutions: Gird loins. Roll up sleeves. Hoist by bootstraps. Tighten belt. Whip it good.

Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 10:46 AM (GHIyr)

258 WTF? They are now SUSPENDING students in Maine if someone refuses to use transgender pronouns

"If a student misuses the pronoun, they are suspended?"

"Yeah. That would be harassment!"

DEFUND MAINE!

X video: https://bit.ly/3LfLhBN
Posted by: Clyde Shelton
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Lawsuits over the matter have already been adjudicated in other states. Maine schools doing this are likely to be successfully sued to end the practice.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 10:46 AM (WDjG6)

259 >>Just stopped snowing. A light, little wet snow. All the trees are coated with snow and the light is perfect.

Nature is the best painter.

Sounds lovely!
There's this weird dark overcast, but oddly warm thing going on here.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 10:46 AM (NuV6c)

260 Today is a auspicious day for executing tyrants.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:46 AM (RIvkX)

261 No dog. Not art.

Posted by: No one at January 01, 2026 10:47 AM (qFwJc)

262
No Miners Allowed - a limerick

Their homesteading efforts were in vain.
Since repairing the windmill was in vane
This year's crops will not be sowed
'Cause they've found the Mother Lode
And now all of their efforts are 'in vein'

Posted by: muldoon at January 01, 2026 10:47 AM (/iMjX)

263 >>GOP fiscal hawks balk at $5.7B for refugees in 2026 HHS funding bill

… The amount is less than the $6.3 billion that HHS’s Administration of Children and Families, which runs various refugee and asylee support programs, received in fiscal years 2024 and 2025.

But it is still three times higher than funding levels prior to Joe Biden's presidency, leading U.S. Sens. Mike Lee, R-Utah, and Rand Paul, R-Ky., to vocally oppose the Labor-HHS funding bill.

https://tinyurl.com/2uakukf3

This is where you bound the table and ask what the hell are Republicans doing on the budget? $6 billion for refugee assistance?

Read the whole article. At this point it’s fiscal irresponsibility.

Do. Your. Jobs.

Posted by: Vengeance at January 01, 2026 10:47 AM (Viiux)

264 Nick Sortor @nicksortor

LMAO! The Somali Daycare who falsely claim someone broke in and stole their “student enrollment” documents are now showing off the where the “burglar” entered

Unfortunately for them though, the cuts in the Sheetrock seem to have been made on the INSIDE

Total clown show

X video: https://bit.ly/3MT8FFM

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 10:47 AM (P5BPp)

265 No dog. Not art.
Posted by: No one at January 01, 2026 10:47 AM (qFwJc)

It was implied.

A Boy and His Dog

Posted by: Kunshikitty at January 01, 2026 10:47 AM (KDPiq)

266 Historically, any alliance of church and state in a theocracy for a long period of time diminishes both of them. So as the state's regime becomes despised, so does the religion of that state because they are intertwined.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 10:44 AM (WDjG6)

The Holy Roman Empire lasted for a loooong time.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 01, 2026 10:48 AM (g8Ew8)

267 >>Seems unlikely Republicans kept their hands out of the cookie jar. I only wonder who and how much

Yup. You aren't a performatively angry yet do-nothing GOPe in DC without a reason. Start with MN's Emmer who co-founded with Keith Ellison the Somali Caucus.

Posted by: Lizzy at January 01, 2026 10:48 AM (NuV6c)

268 Senate Majority Leader John Thune Faces FEC Complaint Over Alleged $1.1 Million Campaign Money Laundering Scheme

X: https://bit.ly/4q1XPvD
Posted by: Clyde Shelton

Lady Lindsay Graham has about 11 million or so bucks involved in his campaign fund. The heartwarming thing is it appears that if campaigns are found to have accepted illegal funds, then that money is removed from their campaign accounts and if a deficit still exists, then the candidate is personally liable for the deficit.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 10:48 AM (WDjG6)

269 Imagine being in Tehran right now and looking at what we've allowed to happen in this country.

Since the CIA was largely responsible for destabilizing Iran after WWII which led to the mullahs, maybe we should this one out. We have a pretty bad record of running the world. Not doing so good even running this place lately.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 10:48 AM (viF8m)

270 174. One of Evelyn Waugh's darkest satires is titled A Hand of Dust and includes that quote. The main character loses his son, his wife leaves him, and he ends up trapped in the Amazon jungle, condemned to read Charles Dickens for the rest of his life to a blind man.

For some reason, it's one of his most adapted works.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Thank you. That's really interesting.

Eliot wrote The Wasteland after World War I (1914–1

. Perhaps Waugh took a sliver & used that to frame what he personally knew - his own disillusionment. (His life would stink whether in England or a jungle.) 🤷‍♀️

Now I'm going to look for Brideshead Revisited on streaming. (That I can understand.)

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 01, 2026 10:48 AM (NFX2v)

271 Eric Daugherty @EricLDaugh

HOLY SMOKES. Washington Democrat Sen. Lisa Wellman just pre-filed a bill PROTECTING Somali daycare fraud now that it's all being exposed.

This will hide swaths of information from being accessible to the public.

She is essentially admitting Democrats are IN ON THE FRAUD.

X: https://bit.ly/493nFti

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 10:49 AM (P5BPp)

272 The Holy Roman Empire lasted for a loooong time.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 01, 2026 10:48 AM (g8Ew

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It was a secular empire, not a theocracy.

Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 10:49 AM (qbLEp)

273 257 New Year's resolutions: Gird loins. Roll up sleeves. Hoist by bootstraps. Tighten belt. Whip it good.
Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 10:46 AM (GHIyr)
By ammo.

Posted by: Eromero at January 01, 2026 10:50 AM (Slgjz)

274 She is essentially admitting Democrats are IN ON THE FRAUD.

—

Quick. Someone get my angry letter machine started up.

Posted by: GOP at January 01, 2026 10:50 AM (/CkK4)

275 A Boy and His Dog
Posted by: Kunshikitty at January 01, 2026 10:47 AM (KDPiq)
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Very apt.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 10:50 AM (RIvkX)

276 Also, the HRE was pretty decentralized.

Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 10:52 AM (77rzZ)

277 Since the CIA was largely responsible for destabilizing Iran after WWII which led to the mullahs, maybe we should this one out. We have a pretty bad record of running the world. Not doing so good even running this place lately.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 10:48 AM (viF8m)

I think Britain and Russia occupied Iran after WW2. CIA got involved in the 50’s.

Posted by: Kunshikitty at January 01, 2026 10:52 AM (KDPiq)

278 The Holy Roman Empire lasted for a loooong time.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons
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Holy Roman emperors had varying degrees of power which diminished over time. Charlemagne was the most powerful and the office diminished after that. Power in Germany lay with the princes. Same in most other nations so the Pope did not rule except in the Vatican states in Italy. And in some cases, like the Avignon popes or the later Hapsburg dynasty in Spain and Austria, the kings/emperors controlled the papacy.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 10:52 AM (WDjG6)

279
Sustained heavy rain in San Diego County. I'm thinking flooding, maybe some soil movement.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 01, 2026 10:53 AM (azNOR)

280 "We have a pretty bad record of running the world. Not doing so good even running this place lately."

Concur.

Posted by: gp at January 01, 2026 10:53 AM (GHIyr)

281 Off karma blogger sock

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 10:53 AM (KDPiq)

282 The UK and USSR occupied Iran during WWII.

Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 10:54 AM (77rzZ)

283 The Holy Roman Empire lasted for a loooong time.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 01, 2026 10:48 AM (g8Ew

I spent a little bit of time trying to figure out what it really was, and finally concluded that it was just the Family Business of the Hapsburgs.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 10:54 AM (m7iZ5)

284 Since the CIA was largely responsible for destabilizing Iran after WWII which led to the mullahs, maybe we should this one out. We have a pretty bad record of running the world. Not doing so good even running this place lately.
Posted by: JackStraw
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I think probably the best thing the US can do is verbal acknowledgement of the movement as legitimate and prevent outside powers from interfering.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 10:54 AM (WDjG6)

285 The Holy Roman Empire lasted for a loooong time.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 01, 2026 10:48 AM (g8Ew
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It was a secular empire, not a theocracy.
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 01, 2026 10:49 AM (qbLEp)

Tell that to all those popes and the RNC that presided over it.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 01, 2026 10:55 AM (g8Ew8)

286 >>I think Britain and Russia occupied Iran after WW2. CIA got involved in the 50’s.

Exactly. Right when the "coup" happened.

And we've been dealing with the fallout ever since.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 10:56 AM (viF8m)

287 I spent a little bit of time trying to figure out what it really was, and finally concluded that it was just the Family Business of the Hapsburgs.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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The old saying of historians is that "the Holy Roman Empire was neither Roman nor particularly Holy".

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 10:56 AM (WDjG6)

288 Jeez Jack, 24° in Providence, how is your snow wet? That much ocean effect?

Posted by: From about That Time at January 01, 2026 10:56 AM (sl73Y)

289 I doubt Iran needs any sort of encouragement, CIA or otherwise to implode. It's going to be messy no matter what. And likely very violent.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 10:57 AM (NwnyJ)

290 There were Protestant princes in the HRE, too.

Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 10:57 AM (77rzZ)

291 Meanwhile in Cologne, Germany

German Streamer Kunshikitty sets out with the intention of showing that Women can walk safely through the streets that are occupied by new foreign Men

Ends up being attacked twice live on stream

X video: https://bit.ly/48ZGjCg
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 10:42 AM (P5BPp)

One wonders if lessons were learned, if eyes were opened. One suspects not.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 01, 2026 10:57 AM (ExV1e)

292 Who names their son Evelyn?
Posted by: Just got here

Well, you see, there's this island nation called Britain...

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 10:58 AM (mlg/3)

293 =======
I think probably the best thing the US can do is verbal acknowledgement of the movement as legitimate and prevent outside powers from interfering.
Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 10:54 AM

Was just discussing that with a friend, Iran is really too big for outside powers to do much with - at a population of close to 100 million, it’s one of the most populous countries in the region. China could have no traction there, and Russia is occupied elsewhere.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 10:59 AM (m7iZ5)

294 Tell that to all those popes and the RNC that presided over it.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons

If you read history about it, the Holy Roman Emperors were elected by 'electors' in various principalities in Northern Central Europe, not popes after Charlemagne and that is where we got our electoral college idea from.

Emperors clashed with popes about as much as they got along with them.

It simply was not a theocracy no matter how you slice it. Vatican states were but that was a relatively small slice of Italy for the most part (Borgia period excepted).

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 10:59 AM (WDjG6)

295 NOOD.

Posted by: Nazdar at January 01, 2026 11:00 AM (NcvvS)

296 >>Jeez Jack, 24° in Providence, how is your snow wet? That much ocean effect?

It's pretty amazing how different our weather pattern can be from yours. Sometimes storms roll through North Kingstown and then either move north or largely dissolve before they hit us.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 11:00 AM (viF8m)

297 WE HAZ A NOOD
FREE BE

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 11:01 AM (Ia/+0)

298 Was just discussing that with a friend, Iran is really too big for outside powers to do much with - at a population of close to 100 million, it’s one of the most populous countries in the region. China could have no traction there, and Russia is occupied elsewhere.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Interference probably would be more like importation of Hezbollah, Houthis, Iraqi Shia militias, etc. to act as enforcers in Iran on behalf of their sponsoring regime.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 11:01 AM (WDjG6)

299 I know I’m biased but imo it’s always the commies that create situations that make leaders we support look bad . They are the inventors of victimization propaganda .

Posted by: Opinion fact at January 01, 2026 11:01 AM (KDPiq)

300 The Holy Roman Empire lasted for a loooong time.

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

But it wasn't wholly Roman...

Posted by: muldoon at January 01, 2026 11:03 AM (/iMjX)

301 290 There were Protestant princes in the HRE, too.
Posted by: Bulg

Not until Luther. HRE as an institution dated back to Charlemagne and ran from 800-1806. Protestantism did not exist for about 600 years of that history.

Posted by: whig at January 01, 2026 11:03 AM (WDjG6)

302 The Holy Roman Empire lasted for a loooong time.

Sure, if you don't count its three official collapses, several interregnums, the Investiture Controversy, the Reformation and the Thirty Years War. So, for certain values of "last."

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 01, 2026 11:22 AM (zdLoL)

303 Best wishes to The Horde for a Safe and Persecution-Free New Year … or: "So let it be written; so let it be done". Now: Which movie is the quote from, who spoke it, and what character did he play? I'll wait over here in Da Con'dah, 'kay …

Posted by: Dr_No at January 01, 2026 11:56 AM (ayRl+)

304 This Swiss New Year's party fire is horrific. Preliminary count is 40 dead in a bar. Crans-Montana ski resort. Flare gun free zone.

Posted by: Oglebay at January 01, 2026 12:02 PM (GPa4z)

305 About that 'walking-thru-the-streets-safely' German vid (https://bit.ly/48ZGjCg): Stevie Wonder said it best in 'Superstition':

"When you believe in things / That you don't understand / You will suffer … "

— yeah you rite, Stevie …

Posted by: Dr_No at January 01, 2026 12:06 PM (ayRl+)

The Morning Report — 1/1/26

Good morning kids. Happy new year everyone! Sadly we kick things off on a truly tragic note; many fatalities have been reported as a result of a fire at a Swiss ski lodge that broke out on New Year's eve. Given everything going on in the world today, while there is scant information about the cause, the Islamic angle is certainly top of mind. Yikes.

Well, it is indeed a new day and a new year but sadly much of the same old insanity as well as flashes of normalcy as we still have President Trump firmly in the Oval Office pushing the MAGA and America first agendas domestically and internationally.

As CBD and I discussed on the final episode of 2025 linked here as well as in the sidebar and available on the outlets listed at the bottom of the post, Donald Trump isn't necessarily a revolutionary as he is or positions himself a "reformer."

As was the case with this Amy Vermin Jackson hack-in-black who illegally blocked his Constitutional authority as Chief executive from running this CFPB politburo (itself a completely anti-Constitunal entity as we discussed yesterday). God bless the President he still has faith that an utterly corrupt institution and those who belong to it that are at the heart of the corruption will act honorably and play by the rules and not act as partisan anti-American internal enemies of the people in advancing their goal to take him down and take America down. That has always been his Achilles heel. He cannot or will not distinguish mere rivals from mortal enemies in the figurative and literal sense.

In 2025 there were two assassination attempts on the President and a possible third that was linked to the regime in Tehran. On top of that of course was the assassination of Charlie Kirk, a leading light and voice of American political and societal revival who more than anyone in recent memory was able to reach and steer the youth of this nation away from the siren song of Leftism. For that direct threat to the multi-generational assault on this nation and society by those who continue to seek our destruction and/or subjugation, Kirk had to be taken down. Regardless, TPUSA and its mission continue. How many young people has the late Charlie Kirk inspired or otherwise enlightened and set on the straight and narrow, as President Trump is fond of saying, we'll just have to wait and see.

Of course the fallout over the Somali immigrant sacking and looting of the Minnesota and quite likely state treasuries of Ohio and quite a few other blue and sadly red states as well will be the top story as we head into 2026. While the Leftist controlled propaganda machine will do all it can to embargo and bury the truth or otherwise completely distort it as a Trump Hitlerite white supremacist assault on the African Somali immigrant community whose presence on our soil is a blessing and gift from Heaven instead of at least two of the 10 plagues of Passover/Exodus fame.

Were it not for the intrepid and wonderful reportage of one Nick Shirley, who at the tender age of 23 to me for this alone is the grand old man of real journalism. For doing what he did, he now likely has a gigantic target on his head

YouTuber Nick Shirley said on “PBD Podcast” on Wednesday that people have been telling him he will be assassinated like Turning Point USA (TPUSA) founder Charlie Kirk after his viral video on alleged Somali fraud.
Shirley’s Friday video showed him finding that multiple supposed Minnesota Somali-run daycare centers, including one that reportedly obtained $4 million in taxpayer funds, lacked children. On the podcast, Shirley detailed threats he has received, along with how his family has been affected. (RELATED: Corporate Media Outlets Turn Blind Eye To Somali Fraud Scandal)

Considering the players involved, no not just the low-level hoods but the top echelons of the Minnesota and quite likely national Democrat Party as well as Al Shabab ISIS and other terrorist organizations operating in Somalia and elsewhere, do you really think they're going to let someone get away with putting them out of business? Minnesota is likely the tip of the iceberg as it probably goes way beyond Minnesota and the Somali community but other immigrant groups and native -born fraudsters.

Already, the usual suspects are preemptively justifying and calling for the assassination of anyone who dares even come near them.

The top legal reporter for Politico.com apparently suggested Tuesday a person can be legally shot for asking questions at the doorsteps of businesses.

Just look to the hell that Project Veritas' James O'Keefe (whose name I just couldn't remember for the life of me when we spoke of this on the podcast) has been put through over the years for his incredible exposés of Leftist graft.

And lest we forget the decade of hell the evil fellatrix Kamala Harris as Attorney General of California put David Daleidin and Sandra Merrit through for their explosive exposé of Planned Parenthood's dismembering and selling of of infant body parts.

Here's hoping and praying that 2026 sees legions of Charlie Kirks and Nick Shirleys coming forward. Again, as we bemoaned on the podcast President Trump can't be expected to drain the swamp, the size and depth of every ocean on the planet, all by himself. And here's hoping that the prognostications about our youth drifting and even rushing headlong to embrace socialism are somehow off base and missing something that would indicate otherwise. I have the greatest respect and admiration for our dear friend Jim Lakely at heartland.org but every time we talk to him about his polling, vis a vis the aforementioned I want to slit my wrists.

Other than that, could the Mullahs in Iran at long last finally be on the ropes and perhaps dangling a la the Ceaucescus from ropes on a Tehran lamp post. We've seen this picture before and sadly the protests fizzled and more accurately were brutally crushed by the IRGC. And lest we forget back in 2009 Barack Obama refused to support the Persian people and threw his full throated support behind the Mullahs with pallets of cash to help the build their nukes and export Islamic terrorism around the globe.

But this time is different because the Iranian currency the RIAL is cratering, their water supply is in tatters along with their oil refineries, the people are sicker than ever with the mullahs and their thugs, and Donald J. Trump is in office and no doubt will try and unseat the Mullahocracy if at all possible via sanctions and perhaps other means.

If Iran can be liberated after more than 45 years of ISlamo tyranny, what a blessing for their people and indeed for the world as a whole since they are the #1 with a bullet biggest state sponsor of global terrorism.

Have a great day And here's wishing all of you a very happy healthy and prosperous 2026.

And lastly, a quick shout-out and a huge thank you for your continued support in hitting our tip jar. It truly is appreciated more than you can know.

ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY LINKS

“The fire started around 1:30 a.m. this morning in a bar called ‘Le Constellation,’” police spokesperson Gaëtan Lathion said. “More than a hundred people were in the building, and we are seeing many injured and many dead.”
‘Several tens’ dead, about 100 injured as fire rips through Swiss Alps ski resort bar during New Year’s celebrations (forgotten fondue or Muslim Lightning? - jjs)
Shirley’s Friday video showed him finding that multiple supposed Minnesota Somali-run daycare centers, including one that reportedly obtained $4 million in taxpayer funds, lacked children. On the podcast, Shirley detailed threats he has received, along with how his family has been affected. (RELATED: Corporate Media Outlets Turn Blind Eye To Somali Fraud Scandal)
Nick Shirley Says People Telling Him He’ll Be ‘Kirked’ After Viral Somali Fraud Video

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

The new ordinance, signed by Mayor Daniel Lurie just before Christmas, establishes a reparations fund, as proposed by the city’s African American Reparations Advisory Committee (AARAC) in 2023 – a measure that would cost an estimated $50 billion.
San Francisco Establishes Creation of Fund for $5 Million in Reparations for Each ‘Eligible’ Black Resident — with No Money to Fund It
Democrat Virginia Governor-elect Abigail Spanberger has appointed a chief diversity officer who previously appeared to agree with comments about parts of the U.S. Constitution needing to be dismantled.
Incoming Democrat Gov. Abigail Spanberger Appoints DEI Director Who Cheered On Dismantling Constitution
"DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST BORDER BLOODBATH," AMNESTY, IMMIGRATION, BORDER SECURITY, NEWSOM/DEMOCRAT VIOLENT INSURRECTION RIOTS
Lightfoot threatened the federal official that “his day of reckoning is fast approaching,” while not going into any specifics as to what that meant.
Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Warns Border Patrol’s Greg Bovino His ‘Day of Reckoning Is Fast Approaching’
The lawsuit challenges Virginia’s policy and seeks to halt in-state tuition rates and other benefits for illegal immigrants.
DOJ Sues to Block In-State Tuition Rates for Illegal Immigrants.
DOMESTIC AFFAIRS, THE COURTS, WASTE/FRAUD/ABUSE
Citizen journalists and civic activists are spotlighting potential Somali fraud of taxpayer funding not just in Minnesota but in multiple states across the country.
Citizen Journos Expose Potential Somali Fraud in Ohio, Maine, Pennsylvania, Washington State
Columbus, OH, has the second-largest Somali population, right behind Minneapolis.
Ohio Lawmaker Demands Investigation Into Alleged Daycare Fraud in Columbus
Abdiaziz Shafii Farah, a Somali-born naturalized U.S. citizen, used some of his ill-gotten gains to buy property throughout the Twin Cities and Kentucky before the DOJ prosecuted him for using the nonprofit Feeding Our Future to defraud the government of $300 million in COVID-19 relief meant for hungry children, leading to a 28-year prison sentence in August. There are at least 1,687 people of Somali descent living in Kentucky.
Somali Fraudster In Minnesota Had Sights Set On New State To Loot
. . .one called the Finish the Arkansas Valley Conduit Act and the other called the Miccosukee Reserved Area Amendments Act. . . “Enough is enough,” the press release from the White House added. “My Administration is committed to preventing American taxpayers from funding expensive and unreliable policies. Ending the massive cost of taxpayer handouts and restoring fiscal sanity is vital to economic growth and the fiscal health of the Nation.”
Trump Uses Veto for First Two Times in Second Term

WE-ALL-SLAM-FOR-I-SLAM
“Garza told the undercover that he would buy the ingredients and agreed to meet with a second individual who Garza believed to support ISIS activities…”
Texas Man Charged With Allegedly Trying to Supply Bomb Materials to ISIS
Islam was not born as a peaceful spiritual movement.
WAR FOR CHRISTENDOM: Islam's violent origins
“The legacy of 9/11 ought to be recounted primarily through the stories of Muslims"
Mamdani Appoints Lawyer for 20th 9/11 Hijackers as NYC Chief Counsel
THE ECONOMY, STUPID
Yet another tax on the wealthy will drive more job creators and economy movers from the state.
California’s ‘Get Out Now’ Tax

CRIME & PUNISHMENT, NON-DOSTOYEVSKY
(Democrat Baltimore Mayor Brandon) Scott’s post was in response to a Monday analysis by The Baltimore Banner that found “killings could reach a 48-year low” of fewer than 150 murders in the city. The analysis followed Baltimore City State’s Attorney Ivan Bates cracking down on crime since taking office in 2023. (RELATED: Baltimore Bloodbath: City Sees 4 Homicides And A Quadruple Shooting In First Weekend Of May)
Baltimore Democrats Finally Abandoned Criminal Justice Reform — Now They Boast A Decades-Low Homicide Rate
FIRST AMENDMENT ISSUES, CENSORSHIP, FAKE NEWS, MEDIA, BIG BROTHER TECH
The top legal reporter for Politico.com apparently suggested Tuesday a person can be legally shot for asking questions at the doorsteps of businesses.
Politico Reporter Fantasizes About Somalis Killing Americans While They Investigate Daycare Fraud
Misleading claims spread by journalists, commentators, and so-called fact checkers during 2025.
40 Examples of Fake News in 2025
In no particular order, here are the biggest hoaxes run by our truth-deprived media throughout the past year.
Here Are The 10 Biggest Media Hoaxes Of 2025
RED-GREENS, CLIMATE CHANGE HOAX, DEMOCRAT-LEFT WAR ON FOSSIL FUELS,
"These efforts strengthen America’s rivals by restricting domestic production and limiting our ability to compete on the global stage."
‘Highly Coordinated Activist Network’ Is Undermining Trump’s Plan For Energy Dominance, Report Warns
A new report shows Chinese-linked tech embedded in U.S. energy systems. States must force it out.
America’s ‘Green’ Power Grid Has A Red China Problem
According to data from the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) at the Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium (via Our World in Data), through October 2025, the world saw about 4,500 deaths related to extreme weather events.
Despite climate panic, fewer people died from extreme weather in 2025
SECOND AMENDMENT
Every country needs to respect and restore the natural rights of its citizens to keep and bear arms.
Globalize the Second Amendment
AMERICA AND THE WORLD IMPRISONED: CHINESE+Fauci-created CORONAVIRUS FICTIONS AND FACTS
Maj. Michael Gary was likely the first U.S. service member to preemptively apply for a religious accommodation for the COVID-19 vaccine in December 2020, over a year before Reserve and National Guard members were expected to be vaccinated.
Exclusive: Maine National Guardsman Labeled ‘Domestic Extremist,’ Forced Out for COVID Vaccine Refusal
DEMOCRAT/LEFTIST AND RINO SCANDALS, MESHUGAS, CHUTZPOCRISY
Mayor Singer awards proclamations to radical Muslims and anti-gun, anti-Trump activists.
Scott Singer: Boca Raton’s Own Version of Mamdani
POLITICS
Batya Ungar-Sargon: His complex agenda brought many successes, some failures — and important lessons to carry into 2026.
Lessons learned: How Trump must push his ‘American reset’ into 2026
The 34-year-old Queens state assemblyman was sworn in as the 112th mayor by New York Attorney General Letitia James below City Hall in the abandoned old subway stop. (they and all like them should only be entombed in it for eternity - jjs)
Democratische socialist Zohran Mamdani sworn in on Quran as NYC’s 112th mayor
Even folks on the left, where Rapaport most definitely belongs, are sick and tired of radical extremists and socialists. Is common sense finally making a comeback in 2026? Are people beginning to realize that while socialism looks fantastic on paper in ideal scenarios, it fails in real life? I hope so. The rest of us have seen this coming for a long time. (I know him peripherally from my time in show biz and despite his being a lowlife gavone, he seems to be waking up and I find his anti-left broadsides quite refreshing and necessary - jjs)
Rapaport Launches Mayoral Bid, Declares War on ‘Zohran the Moron’

FOREIGN AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL
And issues a warning.
Trump Speaks Out About the Protests in Iran
Iran needs a fighter.
Iran doesn't need a new shah—it needs a Trump of its ow
“This is the year of blood. Khamenei will be overthrown.”
In Iran, Another Day of Widespread Protests
Iran’s clerical regime closed out 2025 with what an Iranian opposition coalition described as an unprecedented surge of state killings — as the group’s president-elect warned the mass hangings amount to “a crime against humanity” and a desperate bid for “survival” by a system that fears an “explosive society.”
Iran Executed 2,200+ in 2025: Bloodiest Year Under Khamenei as Regime Faces Unrest
Speaking from Greenwich, Mr Farage lamented the disastrous state of the country in 2025, from the economic stagnation, inflation, soaring debt, rising social degeneracy and crime, to the increasingly authoritarian speech restrictions on average Britons.
Farage: 2026 Will Mark the Start of the ‘Last Chance’ Battle to Save Britain
At the center of the social machinery, which has ultimately transformed modern society into a state of abundance, stands the entrepreneur.
Germany Declares War on Entrepreneurs
The administration has laid the groundwork to continue strengthening American influence in Trump’s final term.
Trump And Rubio’s Best America First Wins Of 2025
DEFENSE, MILITARY, SECURITY AFFAIRS
In 2025, war didn’t arrive with tanks or missiles—it arrived by email, exploiting fear, stealing billions, and proving that America’s digital defenses are now a core measure of national strength.
2025 Proved That The Next War Will Start With a Click
ACTUAL SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY
Archeologists have found a Neanderthal campsite from 400,000 years ago that shows strong evidence of the ability to make fire. . . Previously, the earliest known evidence of the ability to make fire had been dated from 50,000 years ago, and was done by homo sapiens, not Neanderthals.
Archeologists find what they think is evidence of fire-making by early Neanderthals
One other detail: All three galaxies also appear to have active nuclei, suggesting the presence of supermassive black holes.
Three Supermassive Black Holes Discovered on Collision Course in a Cosmic First
FEMINAZISM, TRANSGENDER PSYCHOSIS, HOMOSEXUALIZATION, WAR ON MASCULINITY/NORMALCY
President Donald Trump and the Supreme Court have demolished the lawsuit strategy pushed by pro-gender advocates, says Chase Strangio, the self-claimed “transgender” chief at the ACLU group. Gender activists must now hide within progressive political campaigns to advance their revolutionary goals, says Strangio, who is a woman masquerading as a man.
ACLU’s ‘Transgender’ Chief Admits 2025 Defeat, Urges Stealth Strategy
CULTURE WARS, NATIONAL SUICIDE
Christian Toto:Indie content creators rush in, satirize Minnesota's massive child care debacle
Late Night Won’t Touch Somali Scandal, So …
Tribute to a French freedom fighter.
Adieu, B.B.

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1 Good morning good people. Happy new year!!

Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2026 07:10 AM (cYBz/)

2

Happy New Year all!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2026 07:11 AM (x0n13)

3 Oh, and Happy Birthday J.J.

How could have I forgotten?

Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2026 07:14 AM (cYBz/)

4 Happy New Year

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026 07:15 AM (gbOdA)

5 Happy New Year JJ and horde

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 07:15 AM (Ia/+0)

6 Reading this morning somewhere, the thought that even if somehow the Mullahs in Iran fall, Islam has no universal leader so.some where else will pick up their fight with the west.

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 07:22 AM (Ia/+0)

7 Yonder Horde

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 07:23 AM (NwnyJ)

8 .
Happy New Year. It's happy this year is new ... burp.
.
- N. Pelosi

Posted by: Marooned at January 01, 2026 07:26 AM (kt8QE)

9 Happy poo year!

*makes unplanned fudge delivery in pants*

Posted by: Joseph Robinette Biden at January 01, 2026 07:26 AM (J1d9K)

10 6 Reading this morning somewhere, the thought that even if somehow the Mullahs in Iran fall, Islam has no universal leader so.some where else will pick up their fight with the west.
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 07:22 AM (Ia/+0)

Turk Turdogan has always fancied himself the #1 Muslim and is a rival of Iran in that regard

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2026 07:28 AM (x0n13)

11 Too late for the Tech Thread.

G'morning J.J. and the Horde.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 01, 2026 07:31 AM (O7YUW)

12
And in his inaugural address to New York City, Mandami pledges... universal child care!

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 01, 2026 07:32 AM (tgvbd)

13 The book Mamdani swore his offive on tells him to deceive and subjugate the City of New York

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 07:34 AM (Ia/+0)

14 Once again the Neanderthals get good press. Are they spreading $$$ around like Qatar? Only JJ knows the answer. Meanwhile my forbears get no coverage or accolades. Maybe they don't deserve much credit as they mostly just wandered about. Still, it would be nice to recognize my tribe.

Posted by: The Meanderthals at January 01, 2026 07:35 AM (oftw2)

15 Good morning, J.J.
Good morning, Horde.

Happy New Year

Posted by: Inogame at January 01, 2026 07:36 AM (fLcJT)

16 I give Trump one more year- 2026- to affect serious change.

Posted by: Don Black at January 01, 2026 07:41 AM (ZxPkt)

17 This is my favorite Learing Center. I come here every weekday morning.

Posted by: Leetle Achmed at January 01, 2026 07:44 AM (oftw2)

18 [holds head high, which hurts a little]
[stands up tall, violating nature]
YES.
I am...a CAVEMAN!

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 01, 2026 07:45 AM (zdLoL)

19 Happy New Year, everyone!

Posted by: NR Pax at January 01, 2026 07:47 AM (7xrfc)

20 Good morning horde! Happy New Year.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 01, 2026 07:47 AM (ExV1e)

21 Good morning and Happy New Year's Day, everyone.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 01, 2026 07:48 AM (kpS4V)

22
Happy New Year!

2025 was good, here's hoping 26 is awesomer.

Posted by: Auspex at January 01, 2026 07:48 AM (pCWOd)

23 Good morning and happy New Year and happy birthday JJ

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 07:48 AM (RIvkX)

24 Willowed: So, at this point in the cycle, earth is getting more circular and less tilted.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026

***
Does this mean that in enough time, the Earth's tilt will decrease to the point there are no seasons?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 07:49 AM (wzUl9)

25 18 [holds head high, which hurts a little]
[stands up tall, violating nature]
YES.
I am...a CAVEMAN!
Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 01, 2026 07:45 AM (zdLoL)

Remember the movie with Ringo and John Matuszak?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2026 07:49 AM (x0n13)

26 Quite fitting that Mamdani took the oath on a filthy text while standing in the Underworld. A parable, an allegory, a proverb rolled into one.

Posted by: NYC Refugee Since 1988 at January 01, 2026 07:49 AM (oftw2)

27 Remember the movie with Ringo and John Matuszak?
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

Didn't Ringo meet his wife during that movie?

Posted by: It Don't Come Easy at January 01, 2026 07:51 AM (oftw2)

28 Watched a video last night on CNN's YouTube feed. They interviewed Nick Shirley and naturally it was a hit piece. I hope he has armed security soon.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 01, 2026 07:51 AM (7xrfc)

29 Chase Strangio is a girl playing a gay dude.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026 07:52 AM (gbOdA)

30 26 Quite fitting that Mamdani took the oath on a filthy text while standing in the Underworld. A parable, an allegory, a proverb rolled into one.
Posted by: NYC Refugee Since 1988 at January 01, 2026 07:49 AM (oftw2)

The disused City hall station is actually quite an amazing space minus Momzerdani.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2026 07:52 AM (x0n13)

31 A new coating of winter Hell here. But have to go to a family get together this afternoon, it's my dad's 89 birthday today

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 07:52 AM (Ia/+0)

32 Didn't Ringo meet his wife during that movie?
Posted by: It Don't Come Easy at January 01, 2026 07:51 AM (oftw2)

The Spy Who Loved Me

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026 07:53 AM (gbOdA)

33 Does this mean that in enough time, the Earth's tilt will decrease to the point there are no seasons?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Yes, but the painted ponies will still go up and down.

Posted by: Carousel of Time at January 01, 2026 07:53 AM (oftw2)

34 Christian Toto:Indie content creators rush in, satirize Minnesota's massive child care debacle

@J.J.: *guffaw* Thanks, the links to the memes on X in that were fantastic. Made my morning.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at January 01, 2026 07:55 AM (O7YUW)

35 May your days of accidentally writing 25 before scratching it out to write 26 are few. Happy New Year's, Horde!!

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 01, 2026 07:55 AM (qBdHI)

36 a fire at a Swiss ski lodge

Does anyone know the whereabouts of Deep Purple?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 01, 2026 07:55 AM (ExV1e)

37 Reading this morning somewhere, the thought that even if somehow the Mullahs in Iran fall, Islam has no universal leader so.some where else will pick up their fight with the west.
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 07:22 AM (Ia/+0)
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Yeah, that's my thinking as well.

Probably the best we can hope for is that after the mullahs fall Iranian factions will be so busy fighting each other they won't have the resources for exporting terrorism too far outside their borders and can't restart their nuke programs.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 07:56 AM (ESVrU)

38
41 degrees in south Fla this morning and it's being called a weather emergency.

Back in Michigan it's called a typical summer sunrise.

Posted by: Auspex at January 01, 2026 07:56 AM (pCWOd)

39 Donald Trump isn't necessarily a revolutionary as he is or positions himself a "reformer."

Donald Trump is the Great Unmasker and whether the future holds reform, revolution, or destruction, that was needed.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 01, 2026 07:57 AM (ExV1e)

40 36 a fire at a Swiss ski lodge

Does anyone know the whereabouts of Deep Purple?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 01, 2026 07:55 AM (ExV1e)

They ended up at the Grand Hotel. Very cold and bare IIRC.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2026 07:57 AM (x0n13)

41 39 Donald Trump isn't necessarily a revolutionary as he is or positions himself a "reformer."

Donald Trump is the Great Unmasker and whether the future holds reform, revolution, or destruction, that was needed.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 01, 2026 07:57 AM (ExV1e)

Well put, sir.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2026 08:00 AM (x0n13)

42 Gary Danielson called his last game yesterday, thank God. Worst announcer in the history of sports.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 01, 2026 08:01 AM (XvL8K)

43 >41 degrees in south Fla this morning and it's being called a weather emergency.
----

in west metro Denver, the current temp is 55F
I am not making this up

Posted by: Don Black at January 01, 2026 08:01 AM (ZxPkt)

44 Skybrows drops some new AI beats

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eF5540jGiE

So creamy

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 08:01 AM (2GVsD)

45 This New Year's Eve news blurb...

The Lexington police department would like us to remind residents that the city ordinance for New Year’s celebratory gunfire is one mag full. Anything more than that and we will use our new flock powered drone squad to handle things.

🤔

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 08:02 AM (NwnyJ)

46 mornin yall. For a low low one time fee, I will vouch for eight Morons.

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 08:02 AM (vFG9F)

47 37 Reading this morning somewhere, the thought that even if somehow the Mullahs in Iran fall, Islam has no universal leader so.some where else will pick up their fight with the west.
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 07:22 AM (Ia/+0)
---
Yeah, that's my thinking as well.

Probably the best we can hope for is that after the mullahs fall Iranian factions will be so busy fighting each other they won't have the resources for exporting terrorism too far outside their borders and can't restart their nuke programs.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 07:56 AM (ESVrU)

As we yammered on the podcast, Iran will likely be another kleptocracy but I think the people have had enough of Islam. that said, the IRGC has all the guns so my gut tells me they will not give up so easily. Power and access to money plus avoiding nooses are powerful motivators.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2026 08:02 AM (x0n13)

48 Somali Daycare Manager Wears $2,400 Designer Glasses at Press Conference After "Break-In" Theft of Documents.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026 08:03 AM (gbOdA)

49 The only path I think possible in Iran is for the military to decide that they’re better off without the Mullah’s and to take control.
But then who will be running the military, that’s the question.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 08:03 AM (m7iZ5)

50 The ten media hoaxes article is a good, brief, roundup of the crap we have to face everyday. May 2026 bring the demise of the mullahs AND the creeps in lamestream media.

Posted by: Both Are Unbridled Evil at January 01, 2026 08:04 AM (oftw2)

51 I am the only one that sees someone hold up a sign at a Press Conference and sees the word Retard?

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026 08:04 AM (gbOdA)

52 Happy New Year, friends!

Posted by: Piper at January 01, 2026 08:04 AM (p4NUW)

53 Those bandits sure are going to make a lot of money selling kiddie's school records on the black market. Talk about tapping into a gold mine! Who needs to steel copper or rob a bank anymore. Raiding daycares for their paperwork, and only their paperwork, is where the big money is at.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 01, 2026 08:05 AM (qBdHI)

54 36 a fire at a Swiss ski lodge

Does anyone know the whereabouts of Deep Purple?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Wasn't me this time!

Posted by: Some Stupid W/a Flare Gun! at January 01, 2026 08:05 AM (oftw2)

55

Gold and cash = worthless

Permanent Record Cards = PRICELESS

must contact Zombie Rod Serling with Twilight Zone story idea...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2026 08:06 AM (x0n13)

56
g'mornin' again, 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 01, 2026 08:06 AM (tljrc)

57 54 36 a fire at a Swiss ski lodge

Does anyone know the whereabouts of Deep Purple?
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Wasn't me this time!
Posted by: Some Stupid W/a Flare Gun! at January 01, 2026 08:05 AM (oftw2)

Claude Nobs hardest hit!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2026 08:07 AM (x0n13)

58 Permanent Record Cards = PRICELESS

Bueller?

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 08:07 AM (2GVsD)

59 It’s always dangerous to screw with peoples rice bowls, hopefully Nick has a good security team.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 01, 2026 08:07 AM (XV/Pl)

60 Wow, I woke up feeling great until I saw the picture above. Lighten up, it's New Years Day. Just think, we have Trump as Prez for 3 more years!

https://tinyurl.com/bddwk785

https://tinyurl.com/3snns26b long video but I wish I had this place when I was a kid

Posted by: Joe at January 01, 2026 08:08 AM (rzwGB)

61 I think the Somali daycare with the phone number to the Governor's office is just a very brazen middle finger to all the normies.

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 08:09 AM (2GVsD)

62 Yet another tax on the wealthy will drive more job creators and economy movers from the state.

Too late. As I understand it, if passed in November, the tax will be retroactive to today. If the billionaires haven't left, they're going to get his with the tax - which will affect all of us if they try to pay it since they'd have to sell assets, and incur capital gains upon which they'll be taxed, to get the money to pay the tax.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 01, 2026 08:09 AM (ExV1e)

63 Socialist Zohran Mamdani Sworn In as NYC Mayor on shoreline near giant green half submerged statue head from unknown civilization.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026 08:09 AM (gbOdA)

64 Happy New Year's, Horde and JJ.

Posted by: CapeFear at January 01, 2026 08:09 AM (YajMy)

65 Socialist Zohran Mamdani Sworn In as NYC Mayor on shoreline near giant green half submerged statue head from unknown civilization.

so Space Balls

Posted by: Anna Puma at January 01, 2026 08:10 AM (2GVsD)

66 I am the only one that sees someone hold up a sign at a Press Conference and sees the word Retard?
Posted by: r hennigantx
________

There's a movie idea in that. A conservative version of They Live.

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at January 01, 2026 08:11 AM (XvL8K)

67 "San Francisco Establishes Creation of Fund for $5 Million in Reparations for Each ‘Eligible’ Black Resident — with No Money to Fund It"

The left has lost their freaking minds.
There will suddenly be a huge influx of blacks moving to San Francisco.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 01, 2026 08:11 AM (NpAcC)

68 The Learing Center burglars stole all the absence notes concerning Little Juan.

Posted by: Epstein's Mother at January 01, 2026 08:12 AM (oftw2)

69 The left has lost their freaking minds.
There will suddenly be a huge influx of blacks moving to San Francisco.

--

As if Haight-Ashbury didn't already look bad enough.

Posted by: Lady in Black at January 01, 2026 08:13 AM (qBdHI)

70 There has to be a back story as to why Mamdani or his team chose a subway station for his swearing in.

Security?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 08:14 AM (NwnyJ)

71 Happy New Year, Horde!

Let us dedicate 2026 to following God's will.

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 01, 2026 08:14 AM (tcsrY)

72 Reading this morning somewhere, the thought that even if somehow the Mullahs in Iran fall, Islam has no universal leader so.some where else will pick up their fight with the west.
Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 07:22 AM (Ia/+0)

Mamdani will become the leader of global Islam. Hundreds of crackheads and whores will parade down Broadway with trans headbands with the Arabic writing on it shouting slogans like "Bring Us Your Children", "BJs Are $20, Same As Under The Bridge".

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

73 Today is National Bloody Mary Day.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 01, 2026 08:15 AM (NpAcC)

74 67 "San Francisco Establishes Creation of Fund for $5 Million in Reparations for Each ‘Eligible’ Black Resident — with No Money to Fund It"

The left has lost their freaking minds.
There will suddenly be a huge influx of blacks moving to San Francisco.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 01, 2026 08:11 AM (NpAcC)

Well, smear my face with dog shit and call me Tawana! Where's my reparations bitch?!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2026 08:15 AM (x0n13)

75 Happy New Year!

Does the daycare fraud story count as white collar crime or is this just run-of-the-mill government corruption? embrace the healing power of "and?"

Posted by: Corona_exile_back_in_exile at January 01, 2026 08:16 AM (UE0CA)

76 California never had slavery of black folk. Some Indian tribes enslaved those they conquered, but it was never a part of US government.

Posted by: Where MY Check? at January 01, 2026 08:16 AM (oftw2)

77 I give Trump one more year- 2026- to affect serious change.
Posted by: Don Black at January 01, 2026 07:41 AM (ZxPkt)

Which is the entire reason for the judicial misbehavior. To run out the clock.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 01, 2026 08:16 AM (ExV1e)

78 71 Happy New Year, Horde!

Let us dedicate 2026 to following God's will.
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 01, 2026 08:14 AM (tcsrY)

ANd to you too! But if God wills it, then we have no choice but to follow it.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2026 08:17 AM (x0n13)

79 I hope Piper benefits from us fatties who've gained 10 lbs. since Thanksgiving.

Posted by: Fatty Boombilatti at January 01, 2026 08:17 AM (oftw2)

80 The WH needs to suspend any further Leavitt press briefings until the media reports the Somali story. That we would continue to indulge the fallacy and fantasy that we have a professional journalist industry worthy of our time, respect ad interlocution is simply no longer tolerable.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 01, 2026 08:18 AM (b4LBp)

81 This is stupid because there are no black people in San Francisco.

OK, maybe a few. But just a few.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 08:18 AM (RIvkX)

82 and now in 2026 the bullshit will start up again in Virginia.
January 17 ASSberger takes office...

Posted by: qmark at January 01, 2026 08:18 AM (R91/8)

83 73 Today is National Bloody Mary Day.
Posted by: redridinghood at January 01, 2026 08:15 AM (NpAcC)

She is always chewing Beetle nuts and she don't use Pep-So- Dent... Now ain't that too damn bad!

--Ray Walston in coconut bra and grass skirt

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2026 08:19 AM (x0n13)

84 Well, smear my face with dog shit and call me Tawana! Where's my reparations bitch?!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton

Nobody manipsmates me!

Posted by: Ms. Brawley at January 01, 2026 08:19 AM (oftw2)

85 Happy New Year everyone!

Thank you, JJ!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 01, 2026 08:19 AM (Cjt/F)

86 Happy New Years and God Bless you, JJ!

Posted by: Cray Cray at January 01, 2026 08:19 AM (EES2L)

87 Happy New Year, horde!

Posted by: dantesed at January 01, 2026 08:20 AM (Oy/m2)

88 Mornin’, All. Happy New Year!

Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 08:20 AM (77rzZ)

89 >"San Francisco Establishes Creation of Fund for $5 Million in Reparations for Each ‘Eligible’ Black Resident — with No Money to Fund It"
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curious as to how they will determine who is eligible
also- this scheme will not end the racism industry

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Get yourself some marble columns! at January 01, 2026 08:20 AM (ZxPkt)

90 The Wealth Tax debacle in California is shaping up to be hugely amusing for our side, and hugely destructive for the left.
The idea is to grab a piece of all of the wealth of 200 billionaires in the state, to salvage the states collapsing budget situation. It appears to be widely popular, even though it is probably unconstitutional.(getting money for nothing always is)
BUT - these billionaires have also been the backbone for financing the Dems both in state and nationally, and they are pissed. They may not only leave the state, but also the left entirely.

They’re finally beginning to realize why it was a mistake to let the crazies take over the party.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 08:21 AM (m7iZ5)

91 "I understand, fraud is bad..."

(Pauses) internal monologue: are you kidding me, fraud is awesome! We're so rich now, who wrote this shit??

Posted by: Cray Cray at January 01, 2026 08:21 AM (EES2L)

92 "The legacy of 9/11 ought to be recounted primarily through the stories of Muslims"

Remember how we were told how brave the hijackers were?

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 08:24 AM (vFG9F)

93 Slavery reparation money for people who were never slaves, paid for by people who were never slave owners, in a state where slavery was never an institution.

Posted by: davidt at January 01, 2026 08:25 AM (Q+gd/)

94 Something perversely poetic about Minnesota, the seat of the legal-immigrant Nordic ethos of clear-thinking efficiency and practicality becoming ground zero for the scam of the century engineered by the lowest-IQ degenerates on planet earth.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 01, 2026 08:25 AM (b4LBp)

95 Richards X Feed:

@BulwarkOnline

@mcuban
could snap his fingers and have a new health care system in America, what would it look like? (Link is to some brony dating site)

@TheRabbitHole
The rich actually already pay more than their fair share of taxes.

@mcsquared34
The American mind can’t comprehend why US based billionaires, corporations and the stock market are all richer than their European counterparts, but somehow mysteriously European workers have a better quality of life, better healthcare, higher pay and a lower retirement age.

@SenAmyKlobuchar
At midnight tonight, the health care tax credits expire
(telling me today about a lawed passed by Biden in 2022)

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026 08:26 AM (gbOdA)

96 curious as to how they will determine who is eligible
also- this scheme will not end the racism industry
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Get yourself some marble columns! at January 01, 2026 08:20 AM (ZxPkt)

I think it’s obvious - they’re going to determine that everyone is eligible, and then say “oh we’re sorry we forgot to fund this, actually we have no way to fund any of this, but we hope our empty promises make you feel empowered.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 08:26 AM (m7iZ5)

97 93 Slavery reparation money for people who were never slaves, paid for by people who were never slave owners, in a state where slavery was never an institution.
Posted by: davidt at January 01, 2026 08:25 AM (Q+gd/)

With a Hot Check!

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026 08:26 AM (gbOdA)

98 90 Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 08:21 AM (m7iZ5)

I assume these billionaires have very well paid and knowledgeable advisers who will start moving assets outside of Sacramento's claws

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2026 08:26 AM (x0n13)

99 Say you are 20 years old and will live to 80. That's where we are with PDT's second term. If you put the two terms together though, we are more than halfway thru.

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 08:26 AM (vFG9F)

100 100

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026 08:27 AM (gbOdA)

101 Gender activists must now hide within progressive political campaigns to advance their revolutionary goals

So back in the closet and stop bothering people? I can support that.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 01, 2026 08:27 AM (7xrfc)

102 @61

>> is just a very brazen middle finger to all the normies.

Well, if elections are real, then the voters are fully behind this fraud. It also illustrates how impotent the Minnesota GOP is, they can’t seem to make hay out of this so massive and wanton corruption.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 01, 2026 08:27 AM (XV/Pl)

103 Happy New Year, JJ!

Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 08:28 AM (QMAsf)

104 "It also illustrates how impotent the Minnesota GOP is, they can’t seem to make hay out of this so massive and wanton corruption.
Posted by: Thomas Bender"

They take their lead from the RNC. How many of them on in on the scam too?

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 08:30 AM (vFG9F)

105 Midwest Chick did not fail us. Here are the Thursday Memes...

https://tinyurl.com/4c6emsmw

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 01, 2026 08:31 AM (ExV1e)

106 “Well, if elections are real“

Did you see all the articles about voter sponsoring in Minnesota that were out yesterday? Elections in Minnesota are *not* real, they have not been real for a long time now.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 08:31 AM (m7iZ5)

107 "Quality Learing Centers is this nation's backbone!"

Posted by: Cam Brady at January 01, 2026 08:31 AM (EES2L)

108 104 "It also illustrates how impotent the Minnesota GOP is, they can’t seem to make hay out of this so massive and wanton corruption.
Posted by: Thomas Bender"

They take their lead from the RNC. How many of them on in on the scam too?
Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 08:30 AM (vFG9F)

See my MR editorial from a day or so ago where I lit into the useless Tom Emmer

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2026 08:31 AM (x0n13)

109 107 "Quality Learing Centers is this nation's backbone!"
Posted by: Cam Brady at January 01, 2026 08:31 AM (EES2L)

Where NORMAN coordinates?

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2026 08:32 AM (x0n13)

110 California's slave repatriations scheme is a little late to the state run fraud game.

Only state politicos would be eligible for the monies. If CA actually had any.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 08:32 AM (NwnyJ)

111 FOOD! Happy New Year!

Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 08:33 AM (77rzZ)

112 Nick Shirley was on the All In podcast yesterday. Good interview, but the second half, after Nick, where they talked about the financial world's coming reaction to the corruption was something else.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 08:33 AM (0U5gm)

113
Happy New Year!!!

🎆

Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 08:35 AM (iJfKG)

114 Did anybody watch CNN to see if Kathy Griffin offered to suck some homosexual cock on live television? That’s top notch programming right there.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 01, 2026 08:35 AM (nljXp)

115 Watching a report from 2015 about Somali daycare centers that is no different from what Nick Shirley is reporting. This is nothing new and certainly nothing that was just somehow "under the radar." This is racketeering and nothing else. Go to YouTube and search for Fox9 Minneapolis and these reports go back well over a decade.

Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 01, 2026 08:36 AM (4b7CV)

116 Let's start looking into quality living facilities:

https://tinyurl.com/yvapx35b

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 08:36 AM (ZocB7)

117 >>There has to be a back story as to why Mamdani or his team chose a subway station for his swearing in.

Because it was a Quality Swearning In...

Posted by: Boswell at January 01, 2026 08:36 AM (BGfwC)

118 but the second half, after Nick, where they talked about the financial world's coming reaction to the corruption was something else.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 08:33 AM (0U5gm)

How so?

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 01, 2026 08:37 AM (b4LBp)

119 I assume these billionaires have very well paid and knowledgeable advisers who will start moving assets outside of Sacramento's claws
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2026 08:26 AM (x0n13)

Of course - but this will involve moving massive business assets, and their employees, to more business friendly states.
This is one of the reasons why I wrote in our predictions thread yesterday that I see an unusually bifurcated economy coming in 2026 - the business friendly center and south doing extremely well, while California and a few others sink into a near Depression as businesses flee and jobs vanish.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 08:37 AM (m7iZ5)

120 The hypocrisy of the filthy mohammedan who accosted Shirley to speak against "freedom of religion" when they don't believe it themselves.

Posted by: Halfhand at January 01, 2026 08:39 AM (edbiH)

121 "Archeologists find what they think is evidence of fire-making by early Neanderthals"

We found a Zippo with "Trog" engraved on it!

Posted by: A expert at January 01, 2026 08:40 AM (vFG9F)

122 YouTuber Nick Shirley said on “PBD Podcast” on Wednesday that people have been telling him he will be assassinated like Turning Point USA (TPUSA) founder Charlie Kirk after his viral video on alleged Somali fraud.

Not that I expect anything out of the current composition of the DOJ, but considering the MN state senator and representative (former SotH) who was gunned down after voting against the Somalian fraud, if Nick were to be Kirk'd wouldn't that be the basis of declaring the Minnisomalia Criminal Enterprise a terrorist organization?

Why do they get to kill us freely while their judges are causing billions in damages and transforming the former US into a low trust society and yet walk freely?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 01, 2026 08:40 AM (a4flb)

123 I wonder if our Founders ever anticipated a threat as redoubtably perverse, morally inverted, socially corrosive and cruel as Leftism.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 01, 2026 08:40 AM (b4LBp)

124 but the second half, after Nick, where they talked about the financial world's coming reaction to the corruption was something else.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 08:33 AM (0U5gm)

How so?

Posted by: Ordinary American

All four (tech billionaires) agreed that this is a huge problem, primarily caused by democrats, that they are using fraud as a modern form of patronage, and that if multiple people don't go to jail, the rest of the world will not buy treasuries any more, and the country is finished. They also expect one or more of California, New York, or Illinois to be defaulting on their debt in the near future, which will have dire consequences for the municipal debt market.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 08:41 AM (0U5gm)

125 >>May your days of accidentally writing 25 before scratching it out to write 26 are few. Happy New Year's, Horde!!

There's a sniglet for that: Checkuary, the period when you're still writing the last year on your checks.

Posted by: Nazdar at January 01, 2026 08:43 AM (NcvvS)

126 > Why do they get to kill us freely while their judges are causing billions in damages and transforming the former US into a low trust society and yet walk freely?
------------
So, I don't want to come across as overly belligerent, but I truly hope 2026 is the year we start shooting back.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 08:43 AM (NwnyJ)

127 Trump Spent 2025 Making Trans Lives Unlivable. It’s Time for Democrats to Defend Them. Elected Democrats haven’t done nearly enough to oppose attacks on gender-affirming care. They risk being on the wrong side of history.

It's rich to hear the media tell Democrats they're not doing enough about those issues after lecturing Democrats lost the election because they focused too much on "woke" issues like transgender rights more than the economy.

If anyone is on the wrong side of history, it's the fucking media for continuing to pull this kind of crap on one party while running interference and sanewashing the other one.

As a trans individual, Biden made things better in small but meaningful ways. Being able to put an x on my passport is miniscule in the grand scheme of things, but holy shit it mattered. I feel remorse for the suicides Trump will cause. 20 years ago, 10 years ago, this wasn't the political topic it is now.

American Redditors genuinely are some of the most naive people in the American populace. If you think nationally platforming gender affirming care is going to win you elections in the Midwest, you are out of your fucking mind.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at January 01, 2026 08:44 AM (ycI94)

128 " I wonder if our Founders ever anticipated a threat as redoubtably perverse, morally inverted, socially corrosive and cruel as Leftism.
Posted by: Ordinary American"

If they had, would the Constitution be any different? And if it was, it would still be ignored.

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 08:45 AM (vFG9F)

129 123 I wonder if our Founders ever anticipated a threat as redoubtably perverse, morally inverted, socially corrosive and cruel as Leftism.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 01, 2026 08:40 AM (b4LBp)

The Founders were blessed with a population that in the main thought and acted 99.999% exactly as they did. Moral and Christian.

250 years later and after 80-100 years of evil cancerous cultural rot, look where we are.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2026 08:45 AM (x0n13)

130 All of this massive fraud is backed up by debt. Nothing else. Our Congress has been writing checks that your grand kids will be have to pay.

Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 01, 2026 08:45 AM (4b7CV)

131 the business friendly center and south doing extremely well, while California and a few others sink into a near Depression as businesses flee and jobs vanish.

This ought to really distort the real-estate market. I already am overwhelmed by how much the D/FW area has expanded in the past few years.

It seems the largest growth is in multi-family housing where a thousand units will suddenly be where shortly before was a fallow cotton field.

I left Austin in part to the infrastructure not keeping up with the growth. A year or two later I get calls from friends and former co-workers asking how things are out in my neck of the woods since quality of life there has greatly diminished.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 01, 2026 08:46 AM (a4flb)

132 @mcsquared34
The American mind can’t comprehend why US based billionaires, corporations and the stock market are all richer than their European counterparts, but somehow mysteriously European workers have a better quality of life, better healthcare, higher pay and a lower retirement age.

- Better quality of life - for certain values of 'better'.
- Better healthcare - for certain values of less transparently expensive.
- Higher pay - pretty sure that isn't true.
- Lower retirement age - good thing the muzzies are there to work super hard for your early retirement.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 01, 2026 08:46 AM (ExV1e)

133 117 >>There has to be a back story as to why Mamdani or his team chose a subway station for his swearing in.

Because it was a Quality Swearning In...
Posted by: Boswell at January 01, 2026 08:36 AM (BGfwC)

Abandoned Station

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026 08:46 AM (gbOdA)

134
Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem rocking to “ICE ICE Baby” at Mar-a-Lago.

https://tinyurl.com/mv5u6868

Posted by: redridinghood at January 01, 2026 08:46 AM (NpAcC)

135 I feel remorse for the suicides Trump will cause. 20 years ago, 10 years ago, this wasn't the political topic it is now.

Encouraging mental illness is not a healthy idea. But this person is posting on reddit so they won't get it.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 01, 2026 08:47 AM (7xrfc)

136 Christian Toto:Indie content creators rush in, satirize Minnesota's massive child care debacle
-

Let me add a meme to the collection. Willowed from the ONT:

https://tinyurl.com/28jtf54a

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 08:47 AM (ZocB7)

137 @SenAmyKlobuchar
At midnight tonight, the health care tax credits expire
(telling me today about a lawed passed by Biden in 2022)

Did Congress place an expiration date on the tax credits when they passed the law in 2022? Cuz that sounds like a you thing, Amy.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 01, 2026 08:47 AM (ExV1e)

138 All of this massive fraud is backed up by debt. Nothing else. Our Congress has been writing checks that your grand kids will be have to pay.

Debt, yes. Inflation too. Your foods bills doubled because you are being "taxed" in the price of everything.

Fortunately the mood of the country has moved from just a weak "deport but don't make a scene about it" to "DEPORT EVERYONE NOW BY ALL MEANS NECESSARY".

About the only good thing this worthless Congress has done other than lock in the tax cuts, is extend ICE.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 01, 2026 08:49 AM (a4flb)

139 117 >>There has to be a back story as to why Mamdani or his team chose a subway station for his swearing in.

Because it was a Quality Swearning In...
Posted by: Boswell at January 01, 2026 08:36 AM (BGfwC)

Abandoned Station

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026 08:46 AM (gbOdA)
-

Closer to hell.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 08:50 AM (ZocB7)

140 > All of this massive fraud is backed up by debt. Nothing else. Our Congress has been writing checks that your grand kids will be have to pay.
------------
It's been a decades long transfer of wealth from the public to the politicians and their minions. The biggest theft in history. Ever.

All of the debt and probably all of the spending the government has accumulated is fraud.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 08:50 AM (NwnyJ)

141 It was mentioned here yesterday that Chevron has agreed to pay a $1Billion dollar fine to California just to be able to peacefully shut down their refinery early and just leave.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 08:50 AM (m7iZ5)

142 Not that I expect anything out of the current composition of the DOJ, but considering the MN state senator and representative (former SotH) who was gunned down after voting against the Somalian fraud, if Nick were to be Kirk'd wouldn't that be the basis of declaring the Minnisomalia Criminal Enterprise a terrorist organization?

I'd think that finding proof that they'd been funding terrorists in Africa would be the basis of declaring the Minnisomalia Criminal Enterprise a terrorist organization.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 01, 2026 08:51 AM (ExV1e)

143
This young lady has her head on straight.

And is 100% Correct:

https://x.com/timurkuran/status/20064117946092

38186

This older woman is correct as well:

https://accordingtohoyt.com/2025/12/31/bounce/

Let all have a successful and Happy New Year!!!

Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 08:52 AM (iJfKG)

144 Stephen Miller and Kristi Noem rocking to “ICE ICE Baby” at Mar-a-Lago.

https://tinyurl.com/mv5u6868
Posted by: redridinghood at January 01, 2026 08:46 AM (NpAcC)

Well, Kristi was rocking. Stephen Miller looks like he's never let loose in his life. Hahaha!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 01, 2026 08:52 AM (h7ZuX)

145 It was mentioned here yesterday that Chevron has agreed to pay a $1Billion dollar fine to California just to be able to peacefully shut down their refinery early and just leave.

Posted by: Tom Servo

That was me. Sorry, it is Valero not Chevron, but the rest of the story is fact.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 08:52 AM (0U5gm)

146 141 It was mentioned here yesterday that Chevron has agreed to pay a $1Billion dollar fine to California just to be able to peacefully shut down their refinery early and just leave.
Posted by: Tom Servo

Why are divorces so expensive? Because they're worth it.

Posted by: Admiral Ackbar at January 01, 2026 08:54 AM (ycI94)

147 Birdbath status?

Posted by: Just Wondering at January 01, 2026 08:55 AM (2Ez/1)

148 It was mentioned here yesterday that Chevron has agreed to pay a $1Billion dollar fine to California just to be able to peacefully shut down their refinery early and just leave.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 08:50 AM (m7iZ5)

Look, these refineries you have are very expensive. You using my police, my sanitation people, and my Oldsmobiles free of charge. So, if you mention extortion again, I'll have your legs broken.

Posted by: Gov. Gavin Carmine DePasto Newsom at January 01, 2026 08:56 AM (R/m4+)

149
Watching YouTube with NY fireworks around the world:

Australia's are just the best.

Hong Kong's great too.

Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 08:56 AM (iJfKG)

150 Groot gave spelling 'unconstitutional' a good try. Bless her heart.

https://tinyurl.com/55bu9b34

Posted by: one hour sober at January 01, 2026 08:56 AM (Y1sOo)

151 Which of the CA state politicos are getting a cut of the $1B fine Valero's coughing up to bug out of the state?

All of them.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 08:57 AM (NwnyJ)

152 "Archeologists have found a Neanderthal campsite from 400,000 years ago that shows strong evidence of the ability to make fire. Previously, the earliest known evidence of the ability to make fire had been dated from 50,000 years ago, and was done by homo sapiens, not Neanderthals."

Black Neanderthals, right?

Happy New Year, Everyone!

Be thankful every US 250th Anniversary event run by the US Government will not officially begin with a stolen land acknowledgement. As would have happened under in a Falling Out of a Coconut Tree Administration.

Posted by: Gref at January 01, 2026 08:57 AM (5rh/l)

153 Ah yes, "the racists ate my business records", an update of the classic "the dog ate my homework" ploy.

Originality: 0/10
Plausibility: 0/10
Risibility: 10/10

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 01, 2026 08:57 AM (IG3/x)

154 Good morning, all! This is the first day of the year, try to not screw it up.

Posted by: Eromero at January 01, 2026 08:58 AM (Slgjz)

155 It was mentioned here yesterday that Chevron has agreed to pay a $1Billion dollar fine to California just to be able to peacefully shut down their refinery early and just leave.

I guess it would have been too suspicious if the refinery was suddenly struck by Jewish lightning resulting in a massive conflagration.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 01, 2026 08:58 AM (a4flb)

156 Well, Kristi was rocking. Stephen Miller looks like he's never let loose in his life. Hahaha!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 01, 2026 08:52 AM (h7ZuX)
*******
His mind was rocking.

Posted by: redridinghood at January 01, 2026 08:58 AM (NpAcC)

157 Just saw on X that 5 large cargo planes, IL- 76’s, have flown from Russia to Tehran in the last 48 hours. Are they bringing weapons in, or are they taking regime members up to visit their old friend Assad?

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 08:59 AM (m7iZ5)

158 I guess it would have been too suspicious if the refinery was suddenly struck by Jewish lightning resulting in a massive conflagration.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure

!!!

Posted by: Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson at January 01, 2026 09:00 AM (ycI94)

159 Not to give us a kinna-hurrah (or kin-ein-a hurrah depending on where your grandparents came from)

But we're a half hour from the Art thread and no trolls!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2026 09:00 AM (x0n13)

160 FOOD! Happy New Year!
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 08:33 AM (77rzZ)

Happy New Year, Glub!

Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 09:00 AM (QMAsf)

161 Good morning everyone, thx JJ. Hope everyone had a good NYE.
Hope the Horde and loved ones have a healthy and prosperous New Year.
Love the revelation that the Somali guy with the Yankees hat was wearing $2200 glasses. They may be low IQ but they know bling

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 09:01 AM (zNwXb)

162 Despite the chaos and ridiculousness of 2025, we managed to have a great year here at the Lincolntf house. No major family events, tons of travel, and our 25th Anniversary under our belts. I hope this upcoming year is as good, but I know my luck, and something will probably gum up the works in 2026.

Posted by: Lincolntf at January 01, 2026 09:01 AM (vV6n9)

163 who writes out paper checks anymore

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Get yourself some marble columns! at January 01, 2026 09:01 AM (ZxPkt)

164 But we're a half hour from he Art thread and no trolls!
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2026 09:00 AM (x0n13)

What is the capital of Assyria? -- The Old Man From Scene 24 and totally not a troll

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 01, 2026 09:02 AM (ExV1e)

165 Love the revelation that the Somali guy with the Yankees hat was wearing $2200 glasses. They may be low IQ but they know bling
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 09:01 AM (zNwXb)

In the hood we call that "Somali Rich".

Posted by: Joe Ghetto at January 01, 2026 09:02 AM (R/m4+)

166 Happy New Year, all!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 09:02 AM (xT8gx)

167 FOOD! Happy New Year!

I'm wondering how many hung over people are right now at the gym adding muscle ache to their problems.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 01, 2026 09:03 AM (a4flb)

168 157 Just saw on X that 5 large cargo planes, IL- 76’s, have flown from Russia to Tehran in the last 48 hours. Are they bringing weapons in, or are they taking regime members up to visit their old friend Assad?
Posted by: Tom Servo

Who says they're bringing stuff in to save the regime? They could be preparing to smuggle valuable stuff OUT, along with friendly regime leaders.

Posted by: Military Moron at January 01, 2026 09:03 AM (ycI94)

169 Substack article on what the Trump administration is investigating in MN

https://tinyurl.com/3wr2kvrs

Posted by: Notsothoreau at January 01, 2026 09:03 AM (+mUZM)

170 I see the Minneapolis police chief made a public apology to the somalis with regard to the billions in fraud being discovered.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 09:04 AM (0U5gm)

171 > who writes out paper checks anymore
---------
This one old lady at the grocery store...

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 09:04 AM (NwnyJ)

172 FWP

My new Yeti drink tumbler does not allow for gulping, only sipping.
Of course I could just take the lid off and gulp, but that seems to be in contradistinction to the intended use.

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Get yourself some marble columns! at January 01, 2026 09:04 AM (ZxPkt)

173 Good morning and happy New Year to all you maniacs!!!
Today, my girl spawn is 20 yrs old and still under 5 feet tall. We are going out for a birthday breakfast at IHOP and then some shopping.
My boy spawn is building a barn like structure on his property. His house sits exactly where my grandad had a big old barn so this is good.
To ace, the cobs, and all the moron horde, I hope the worst of this year is equal to the best of last year! Be safe, have fun, and remember... The best is yet to come!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 01, 2026 09:05 AM (2J/Lj)

174 !!!
Posted by: Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson[

Why have control over a The Weather Machine if it can't be used profitably?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 01, 2026 09:05 AM (a4flb)

175 Happy New Year, Linus!

Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 09:05 AM (77rzZ)

176 That attempt to be a man of the people he never was
The struggle with the man that now you are

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 09:07 AM (Ia/+0)

177 >This one old lady at the grocery store...

Posted by: Martini Farmer
----
whenever I was behind her, she paid cash, but had to spend a few minutes rummaging thru her handbag for exact change

"Oh that's just a button, not a nickel!... bear with me here..."

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Get yourself some marble columns! at January 01, 2026 09:07 AM (ZxPkt)

178 Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 08:41 AM (0U5gm)

Thanks.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 01, 2026 09:07 AM (b4LBp)

179
Godzilla visits Tokyo for New Years:

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XC-e-sGilPg

Posted by: naturalfake at January 01, 2026 09:07 AM (iJfKG)

180 I'm wondering how many hung over people are right now at the gym adding muscle ache to their problems.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 01, 2026 09:03 AM (a4flb)

Not I. I still have cookies, and I'm having them for breakfast.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 01, 2026 09:07 AM (h7ZuX)

181 165 Love the revelation that the Somali guy with the Yankees hat was wearing $2200 glasses. They may be low IQ but they know bling
Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 09:01 AM (zNwXb)

In the hood we call that "Somali Rich".
Posted by: Joe Ghetto

Oh my....reminds me of the Drawn Together parody of Schoolhouse Rock. The late 90s were a magical time of authorized offensiveness lol
https://shorturl.at/PbAJ5

Posted by: Moron Analyst at January 01, 2026 09:08 AM (ycI94)

182 That was me. Sorry, it is Valero not Chevron, but the rest of the story is fact.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 08:52 AM (0U5gm)

Yes I’ve been watching the big Valero shutdown for months. They were supposed to shut down in April, but we noted that they stopped signing any short term supply contracts a month ago.

They’re bugging out.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 09:08 AM (m7iZ5)

183 @159 JJ , apparently new year's eve is a long night at the glory hole

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 09:08 AM (zNwXb)

184 Melanie wearing a sexy silver dress last night.

https://tinyurl.com/yta23y6r

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

185 123 I wonder if our Founders ever anticipated a threat as redoubtably perverse, morally inverted, socially corrosive and cruel as Leftism.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 01, 2026 08:40 AM (b4LBp)

Big Mullah shortage in Somalia and Afghanistan thanks to Joey Sponge-Brain Shits-Pants!

Supply and Demand! Joey brought them here!!

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at January 01, 2026 09:11 AM (x0n13)

186 When Chuck Schumer shuts down the gubbermint again in a few weeks with the advice and consent of his GOP allies - who will fund these beleaguered Somali daycares?

Posted by: ErikInTexas at January 01, 2026 09:11 AM (4b7CV)

187 163 who writes out paper checks anymore
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Get yourself some marble columns! at January 01, 2026 09:01 AM
Me. Anachronism I is.

Posted by: Eromero at January 01, 2026 09:11 AM (Slgjz)

188 172
My new Yeti drink tumbler does not allow for gulping, only sipping.

Posted by: Don Black. Message: Get yourself some marble columns! at January 01, 2026 09:04 AM (ZxPkt)

I do refer to my Yeti as "my sippy cup."

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 01, 2026 09:11 AM (h7ZuX)

189 Melanie wearing a sexy silver dress last night.

https://tinyurl.com/yta23y6r

Posted by: redridinghood

I don't think we properly appreciate the fact that the first lady is a super model.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 09:12 AM (0U5gm)

190 Did you know that Somalia is a major aircraft manufacturer?

https://tinyurl.com/47t2x4x3

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 09:12 AM (ZocB7)

191 I am writing a paper check right now. Property taxes.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 09:12 AM (0U5gm)

192 191 I am writing a paper check right now. Property taxes.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 09:12 AM (0U5gm
Perfect example.

Posted by: Eromero at January 01, 2026 09:14 AM (Slgjz)

193 163 who writes out paper checks anymore
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Get yourself some marble columns! at January 01, 2026 09:01 AM
Me. Anachronism I is.
Posted by: Eromero at January 01, 2026 09:11 AM (Slgjz)
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I've reduced my check writing to one a month, for my utilities. Mainly out of habit since I'm too lazy to figure out how to pay them online.

I don't generally mail it out (saving on postage) since I can drop it off at the main office on my way to campus.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 09:14 AM (ESVrU)

194 You think you're tough for eating beans every day? There's half a million scarecrows in Minneapolis who'd give anything for one mouthful of what you got. They've been under siege for about three months. They live on rats and sawdust bread and sometimes... on each other. At night, the burning records for the daycares light up the sky. It's medieval.

Posted by: r hennigantx at January 01, 2026 09:16 AM (gbOdA)

195 The late 90s were a magical time of authorized offensiveness lol

The 70s and the 80s as well. Which brings me to the question "What went wrong?"

Posted by: NR Pax at January 01, 2026 09:16 AM (7xrfc)

196 Good morning and Happy 2026!

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 01, 2026 09:16 AM (wVcYX)

197 It’s interesting to me to realize that here on January 1 we’ve probably no clue what significant things might happen this year… for example, a year ago we’d heard about DOGE but it wasn’t created until after inauguration. Then who could’ve imagined all the hoopla, Tesla vandalism, Trump-Musk feud, hug and make up (eventually)? A few things like that are lying in wait to dominate the news cycle temporarily, surprise, delight or dismay…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 09:16 AM (xT8gx)

198 Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 09:16 AM (xT8gx)
-

Be prepared for much more mayhem.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 09:18 AM (ZocB7)

199 Many of my clients here in the South pay by check. Maybe it's a regional thing.

Posted by: Ordinary American at January 01, 2026 09:18 AM (b4LBp)

200 @155 Does the name Ellis Wyatt mean anything to you?

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver at January 01, 2026 09:18 AM (zdLoL)

201 who writes out paper checks anymore?

I do, but not at the grocery store.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 09:19 AM (Yl2Ob)

202 It’s always dangerous to screw with peoples rice bowls, hopefully Nick has a good security team.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 01, 2026 08:07 AM (XV/Pl)

No security team can prevent injury. However, I would warn everyone of those pinheaded assholes that if anything, ANYTHING happened to him, every one of them will be rounded up, and.......well, insert whatever punishment you prefer. My Magyar genes know what I would prefer. As Andrew once declared, WAR!

https://tinyurl.com/hv3wumv5

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 01, 2026 09:19 AM (5xuJ/)

203 The hand of God is on all events so anything can happen.

Posted by: tubal at January 01, 2026 09:19 AM (pDt9x)

204 Happy New Year, beloved Horde!

Be strong and courageous!

Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 01, 2026 09:20 AM (FMtrg)

205 Be prepared for much more mayhem.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 09:18 AM (ZocB7)

Don't blame the shit on me, dude!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at January 01, 2026 09:20 AM (2J/Lj)

206 Many of us will be begrudgingly writing out checks to the IRS in April.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 09:21 AM (NwnyJ)

207 Does the name Ellis Wyatt mean anything to you?

Posted by: Way, Way Downriver

Which reminds me to watch that again.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 01, 2026 09:21 AM (0U5gm)

208
I see the Minneapolis police chief made a public apology to the somalis with regard to the billions in fraud being discovered.
Posted by: Thomas Paine

That was more of a "don't kill me" than anything else.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 01, 2026 09:21 AM (QVmho)

209 Happy New Year! Coffee secured and watching the Mummers Parade.

Posted by: Mick at January 01, 2026 09:21 AM (HFx9z)

210 The 70s and the 80s as well. Which brings me to the question "What went wrong?"
Posted by: NR Pax at January 01, 2026 09:16 AM (7xrfc)

We 'won' the Cold War and people went stupid.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 01, 2026 09:21 AM (ExV1e)

211 Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes

A new scam has just been uncovered in Minnesota

Regular homes are being registered as assisted living facilities

- In Minnesota assisted living facilities have seen 2x the growth of other programs
- They are receiving 15x the payments of other programs
- Shell companies used to create some of the facilities
- The amount of new locations have exploded in Minnesota cities
- Many owned by known money laundering scammers

“This may look like your typical single family home but it bills itself as an assisted living facility and it receives a lot of taxpayer money.

Here in Minnesota the number of people getting help in assisted living facilities is up double the growth of other programs.

But here's the kicker, the rate of payment in this assisted living space is 10 to 15 times the growth in other programs.

X: https://bit.ly/3N0oNp2

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 09:22 AM (P5BPp)

212 OK I surrender

I don't write paper checks anymore

Posted by: Don Black. Message: at January 01, 2026 09:23 AM (ZxPkt)

213 Haven't read yet a former Somalian, now a US appointed Commassar Judge has ordered all Somalian Day Cares must be paid in full

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 09:23 AM (Ia/+0)

214 Collin Rugg @CollinRugg

JUST IN: NewsNation's Rich McHugh finds more apparent fraud in Minnesota, finds one building with *60* "healthcare" businesses registered to it.

McHugh says he visited multiple buildings with dozens of "businesses" inside.

When he entered one of the buildings, he found door fronts with nothing behind.

"Many of them ... they appear to be just window fronts, door fronts with nothing, with nobody behind."

X video: https://bit.ly/4pfI6Yz

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 09:23 AM (P5BPp)

215 The "Blank Check" game on The Price Is Right was always the bane of Bob Barker. It was rare that a contestant actually understood it and no matter how he explained it, some people are just blockheads. Might have taken years off Bob's life.

Posted by: Pay To The Order Of... at January 01, 2026 09:23 AM (oftw2)

216 Saw bureaucrat woman in Minnesota saying they were investigating and whined about Trump "politicizing" the fraud.
Tough nooggies twit, you effed up

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 09:24 AM (zNwXb)

217 Melanie wearing a sexy silver dress last night.

https://tinyurl.com/yta23y6r

Posted by: redridinghood

Yawn.

Now, Jill Biden? https://tinyurl.com/54wkuzf9

Michelle Obama? https://tinyurl.com/52fm82ac

Dead sexy. Strong, feminine...role models for all women.

Posted by: Vogue at January 01, 2026 09:24 AM (ycI94)

218 163 who writes out paper checks anymore
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Get yourself some marble columns! at January 01, 2026 09:01 AM
Me. Anachronism I is.
Posted by: Eromero at January 01, 2026 09:11 AM (Slgjz)
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I've reduced my check writing to one a month, for my utilities. Mainly out of habit since I'm too lazy to figure out how to pay them online.

I don't generally mail it out (saving on postage) since I can drop it off at the main office on my way to campus.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 09:14 AM (ESVrU)

Too much mailed check fraud in the Houston area to risk paying by mailed check anymore. That plus mail delays and misdeliveries.

Sugar Land man pays bills by mail at the Post Office; has 2 checks altered and money stolen from him.
https://tinyurl.com/mt38znpe

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 01, 2026 09:24 AM (wVcYX)

219 Saint James Hartline @JamesHartline

This is how this foreign-born Somali from Kenya, Siyad Abdullahi, moved to Minnesota and set up a medical network for Somali and East African refugees and immigrants and raked in millions of dollars.

X: https://bit.ly/45rEj3p

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 09:25 AM (P5BPp)

220 > 163 who writes out paper checks anymore
Posted by: Don Black. Message: Get yourself some marble columns! at January 01, 2026 09:01 AM (ZxPkt)

Me, unfortunately. Well...money orders.

The landlord of the senior housing development where I moved a while back wants paper checks or money orders.

Yes, I've mentioned that this is 2025 (now 2026) to her.

I do have a "checking account", but physical checks aren't included... just a debit card. I've been buying money orders so far.

I'm still trying to figure out whether I want to pay the monthly fee to upgrade to an account with physical checks or continue paying a monthly fee for the money order. The MO is less.

OTOH, I have to go wait in line to get the MO. I buy them in the store where I do most of my grocery shopping, so at least there's no extra travel time and transportation expense to consider.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 01, 2026 09:26 AM (IG3/x)

221 Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok

Report from 7 years ago of Somali fraudsters caught sending over $100 MILLION through airports to foreign groups, including TERRORIST groups.

Somali daycare scams, one of the sources of this fraud, were reported back in 2015!

This fraud has been going on for YEARS. Democrat leaders are in on it. This is actually treason. Democrats are knowingly funding islamic t*rrorism against Americans with our tax dollars.

X video: https://bit.ly/4jlUcxX

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 09:27 AM (P5BPp)

222 who writes out paper checks anymore
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This one old lady at the grocery store...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026

***
I write checks for bills I have to mail. My Rx company recently sent me a notice that they will start withdrawing my monthly payment from my bank account starting this month. Since I never agreed to any such thing, I called them. They will send me a coupon book -- and I'll write the fee for the entire year (about $72) at one shot. Done.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 09:27 AM (wzUl9)

223 >>I've reduced my check writing to one a month, for my utilities. Mainly out of habit since I'm too lazy to figure out how to pay them online.

Stay lazy. Never understood why people watch the EU come under the veil of digital ID and then say OK boomer, I have to put my life online.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 09:28 AM (viF8m)

224 > 206 Many of us will be begrudgingly writing out checks to the IRS in April.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 09:21 AM (NwnyJ)

Wait, you mean they don't take payment in the form of Apple Gift Cards or cryptocurrency?

That's not what the text message I got from them a while back said.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 01, 2026 09:28 AM (IG3/x)

225
https://tinyurl.com/52fm82ac

Hubba hubba.

Posted by: Ackbar worthy at January 01, 2026 09:28 AM (2Ez/1)

226 Many of us will be begrudgingly writing out checks to the IRS in April.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 09:21 AM (NwnyJ)

My advice to you is, besides start drinking heavily, to use the IRS website's DirectPay option. You can also make your own account at the IRS to check on your filings, tax docs (if your mailed 1099 goes missing) and tax transcripts.

Posted by: Count de Monet at January 01, 2026 09:29 AM (wVcYX)

227 “Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall; but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”

Isaiah 40:20-31

Posted by: Marcus T at January 01, 2026 09:29 AM (q1tXs)

228 Which of the CA state politicos are getting a cut of the $1B fine Valero's coughing up to bug out of the state?

All of them.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 08:57 AM (NwnyJ)

What would happen if Chevron laughed and just shut down and said, "see ya"? Along with GFY.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at January 01, 2026 09:30 AM (5xuJ/)

229 If the companies are going to continue to overcharge me for everything, they can damn well work a bit to process my checks. Paying online does not save me anything but a stamp.

Remember when gas stations would charge less for a gallon of gas when you used their credit card? Now it's .10/gallon more. My Exxon card gives me .10/gal. off, so it balances. Otherwise I try to pay cash.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 09:30 AM (wzUl9)

230 ART CRITICS UPSTAIRS WE HAVE A NOOD

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 09:30 AM (Ia/+0)

231 Brigitte Bardot was arrested multiple times for criticizing muslim occupation of the south of France, iirc. Good on her.

Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 01, 2026 09:30 AM (7L0HB)

232 San Francisco Establishes Creation of Fund for $5 Million in Reparations for Each ‘Eligible’ Black Resident — with No Money to Fund It

Lemme guess; It'll be a DIY project.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 09:30 AM (mlg/3)

233 Clyp Keeper @DGrayTexas45

Somali man convicted by a jury of defrauding taxpayers $7.2 million in healthcare fraud.

Judge TOSSES out jury’s GUILTY verdict on six counts of “aiding and abetting theft by swindle”

Court records show other Minnesota Judges tossing court cases of fraud BEFORE they reach trial.

X video: https://bit.ly/4smNfB4

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 09:31 AM (P5BPp)

234 Pay your taxes! Hundreds of Learing Centers are depending on you!

Posted by: Somali War Lord at January 01, 2026 09:31 AM (oftw2)

235 Ars gratia artis!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 09:31 AM (wzUl9)

236
171 > who writes out paper checks anymore
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This one old lady at the grocery store...
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 01, 2026 09:04 AM (NwnyJ)

-------

Yeah, we know.

Posted by: Line of People Watching Old Bat Balance Her Cbeckbook at January 01, 2026 09:41 AM (t1fZA)

237 Good morning, all, and thanks, J.J. Happy New Year!

Prayers for all involved in the Swiss ski lodge's New Year's Eve fire. It sounds a bit like the 2003 nightclub fire at The Station in Rhode Island where a pyrotechnic display ignited flammable acoustic foam in the walls and ceilings surrounding the stage. (A huge lost of life & injuries there.)

Also from above, "And lest we forget the decade of hell the evil fellatrix Kamala Harris as Attorney General of California put David Daleidin and Sandra Merrit through for their explosive exposé of Planned Parenthood's dismembering and selling of of infant body parts."

I was furious @ PPH's begging ads - "now just a $19 monthly donation," much like the much kinder "charities" - ran the whole New Year's Eve day & into night on many TV stations. ("Make sure little Chauncey can continue to get his STD checks & medication!" Sarcastic, but oh so close.) And I was surprised I did think about her & the exposure about PPH selling infant body parts. But sadly I also thought, it'll all return as it was before. She's going to remain in the public limelight as is that organization. Political vampires. $ for power.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at January 01, 2026 09:53 AM (NFX2v)

238 Love the revelation that the Somali guy with the Yankees hat was wearing $2200 glasses. They may be low IQ but they know bling

Posted by: Smell the Glove at January 01, 2026 09:01 AM

Crazy Rich ~~Asians~~ Somalis

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 10:23 AM (P5BPp)

239 It’s interesting to me to realize that here on January 1 we’ve probably no clue what significant things might happen this year… for example, a year ago we’d heard about DOGE but it wasn’t created until after inauguration. Then who could’ve imagined all the hoopla, Tesla vandalism, Trump-Musk feud, hug and make up (eventually)? A few things like that are lying in wait to dominate the news cycle temporarily, surprise, delight or dismay…

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at January 01, 2026 09:16 AM

Go back to January 2020. No one had any idea of the massive COVID black op that would envelop the entire world. Not to mention the Summer of George Floyd, BLM, Plandemic, mail-in voting op, rigged and stolen election.

Then January 2021 brought the January 6 protest/rally black op and the "vaccines".

This is why I never get on board the #winning! nonsense. Because there is always some black op being orchestrated by the left to destroy any progress western civilization makes. I am always waiting for the other shoe to drop.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 01, 2026 10:32 AM (P5BPp)

240 The Station nightclub fire in Rhode Island was very similar. Pyrotechnics sparked a blaze in the ceiling which released toxic fumes and the exits got crammed as people fled. I think 100 people died. This was maybe 20 years ago.

Posted by: Lex at January 01, 2026 11:21 AM (y4H1r)

241 Somebody tell that heehawin retard Red Cruz that FOOTBALL IS NOT IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW ASSHOLE

Posted by: melodicmetal at January 01, 2026 01:56 PM (gxffc)

242 Fuck touch screens

Posted by: melodicmetal at January 01, 2026 01:57 PM (gxffc)

243 "Other than that, could the Mullahs in Iran at long last finally be on the ropes and perhaps dangling a la the Ceaucescus from ropes on a Tehran lamp post."

The Ceaușescus were shot by firing squad and their bodies left in the street. That too, is an acceptable end for the Mullahs.

Posted by: Jeff Powell at January 01, 2026 10:58 PM (KsuNt)

Daily Tech News 1 January 2026

Top Story

The dumbest things that happened in tech all year, apart from tech journalism. (Tech Crunch)

Not entirely a bad list.

I mean, the list is good. The things that happened were stupid, which makes it a good list of stupid things.

Tech News

Asus has announced price increases across its product range, blaming AI, which seems fair for once. (Tom's Hardware)

The degree of price increase for individual products depends on... Things.
xAI has purchased a third building for its "Colossus" datacenter in Memphis, planning to increase its AI training capacity to 2GW. (Tom's Hardware)

About five million desktop PCs. If you were wondering where all the RAM went, that's where.
I recently lamented the lack of affordable PCIe switches for versions faster than 3.0. But there are affordable PCIe 4.0 switches readily available because there is one on every current motherboard - its the chipset.

Here's an open-source design using the AMD B650 chipset to provide two extra M.2 slots, four SATA ports, and a 20Gbps USB header. (Tom's Hardware)

It's not commercially available but reportedly costs about $40 to make.
Lawyers for Charlie Javice, on trial for defrauding JPMorgan of $175 million, have reportedly defrauded JP Morgan of tens of millions more. (Bloomberg) (archive site)

Since Javice became a JPMorgan executive after the bank bought her student finance company, Frank, before finding that she had created millions of nonexistent user accounts to inflate the company's value, JPMorgan is contractually obliged to pay for her defence.

Javice has taken that to what seem to be her usual levels, hiring two additional legal firms that billed a combined $360,000 per day during her six week trial.

Javice was convicted and sentenced to seven years in jail for fraud, but is currently out of jail pending appeal, which JPMorgan is also required to pay for.
Next looming shortage: Diodes. (CNBC) (archive site)

The Netherlands seized commodity semiconductor maker Nexperia, which produces low-end chips and discrete components for the embedded market, and which had been bought by China, after the US raised the very obvious security concerns.

These parts are widely used in, well, everything. Home appliances, cars, and, yes, computers. They were manufactured in Europe and then shipped to China in bulk for packaging before being re-exported, and now China is just not re-exporting anything.

It's a mess.
The Canon EOS R6 Mark III is a camera. (The Verge) (archive site)

A pretty expensive camera, but a good one. $2799 for the camera alone, but offered alongside is a $470 45mm f/1.2 lens, which is a remarkable price for such a fast lens.
If you want to turn your Raspberry Pi 5 into a router, Waveshare has just what you need. (Liliputing)

$40 for a board that adds four gigabit Ethernet ports; $50 for four 2.5Gb ports.

The Pi can't run four 2.5Gb ports at once at full speed, but that's rarely an issue for a router, more for a switch.

Musical Interlude

Song is Good Girls by Elle King. Anime is of course Dirty Pair. The original and the best.

Disclaimer: It's not our fault!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

Comments

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1 Happy New Year

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at January 01, 2026 04:01 AM (aKh6S)

2 w00t 2026

Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 04:01 AM (RuTUS)

3 Another full year of greed and stupidity coming up!

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 04:01 AM (uQesX)

4 Now that the holidays are basically over, I have to start thinking how to set up the decorations for next time.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 04:03 AM (uQesX)

5 Morning all! Happy New Year!

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 01, 2026 04:06 AM (BLOW1)

6 Happy New Year Everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 04:07 AM (Ia/+0)

7 Pixy, I found a clip online that I really like and wanted to send to a friend, and it's on a site that aggregates clips and strips out (as far as I can tell) information about the original poster of the clip. I'm stumped; how can I track it? I've now found the clip on a second aggregating site, too.

Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 04:09 AM (RuTUS)

8 *on 𝕏

7 Pixy, I found a clip online....
Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 04:09 AM (RuTUS)

Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 04:12 AM (RuTUS)

9 The ONT scored 855 comments! At current count.

Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 04:14 AM (RuTUS)

10 Happy New Year!

Posted by: Idlan at January 01, 2026 04:14 AM (Hufxi)

11 Now that the holidays are basically over, I have to start thinking how to set up the decorations for next time.

Cherry blossoms for Washington's birthday ...

Hearts for Valentine's Day ...

Paper knives for Ides of March ...

Posted by: Adriane the Critic ... at January 01, 2026 04:15 AM (3ZUWJ)

12 (Does Mummers strut out to the kitchen )

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

13 And to all a good night.

Posted by: Idlan at January 01, 2026 04:16 AM (Hufxi)

14 Coffee is on, not sure what I want for breakfast yet.

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 04:22 AM (Ia/+0)

15 haha

Aelfred The Great retweeted
Jeff Moss
@Jeff_Palouse
31 Dec 2025
A little dated now, but still a great joke...

Chancellor Angela Merkel lands at Charles de Gaulle Airport.
The customs officer asks, "Name?"
"Angela Merkel."
"Occupation?"
"No, I'm just here for a visit."

Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 04:23 AM (RuTUS)

16 7 Pixy, I found a clip online that I really like and wanted to send to a friend, and it's on a site that aggregates clips and strips out (as far as I can tell) information about the original poster of the clip. I'm stumped; how can I track it? I've now found the clip on a second aggregating site, too.
Posted by: m

If it's on X, try asking Grok. 50% chance it finds something, 50% chance if feeds you total bullshit.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 01, 2026 04:25 AM (BLOW1)

17 ha ha also

Aelfred The Great retweeted
Tastes like Pork
@MonkeyWithGuns
31 Dec 2025
Reminds me of this one:

In the 1960s, TWA pilot asks for direction from the tower while taxi-ing at Frankfurt.

Tower: "It is clearly marked. Have you not been here before?"

Pilot: "Yeah, a few times in '44, but we never landed."

Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 04:25 AM (RuTUS)

18 16 7 Pixy, I found a clip online that I really like and wanted to send to a friend, and it's on a site that aggregates clips and strips out (as far as I can tell) information about the original poster of the clip. I'm stumped; how can I track it? I've now found the clip on a second aggregating site, too.
Posted by: m

If it's on X, try asking Grok. 50% chance it finds something, 50% chance if feeds you total bullshit.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 01, 2026 04:25 AM (BLOW1)

O.k.!

Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 04:26 AM (RuTUS)

19 Pixy -

Happy New Year! one day late ...
: -))

Posted by: Adriane the Critic ... at January 01, 2026 04:27 AM (3ZUWJ)

20 On the hovercraft in the video, is that a stylized W? This craft made by Volkswagen?

Posted by: clarence at January 01, 2026 04:29 AM (MXMX4)

21 Posted by: Adriane the Critic ... at January 01, 2026 04:15 AM (3ZUWJ)

Usually just decorate outside for Fall and Christmas.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 04:31 AM (uQesX)

22 Guess I should go lie down. All quiet here now. Mess cleaned up, only the tree still lit.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 04:32 AM (uQesX)

23 Re: Morgan fraud trial. So, massive fraud in sale of company, preplanned defense for being caught and more massive fraud at trial. Submit this as a screenplay and have every production company refuse to touch it as completely unbelievable.

Posted by: clarence at January 01, 2026 04:34 AM (MXMX4)

24 "A pretty expensive camera, but a good one. $2799 for the camera alone, but offered alongside is a $470 45mm f/1.2 lens, which is a remarkable price for such a fast lens." - Pixy

Viltrox may have forced Canon's hand on this one by releasing some equally remarkable Pro, Lab and Air lenses over the last few years for both full frame and APS-C sensors. For example, the APS-C Air lenses come in at just under $200 and have optical characteristics of lenses that cost five times or more. I have a 25 mm for the Sony system and I concur from personal experience that they are excellent.

Dustin Abbott, who does excellent reviews in a very consistent manner, has reviewed a number of these Viltrox lenses over the years. He still hasn't posted a review of the new Canon lens.

Meanwhile, Christopher Frost, another solid lens reviewer, does have a review of the Canon 45mm up on YouTube. It does come with some challenges especially when wide open but for a sub $500 lens it's not bad says Mr. Frost.

https://youtu.be/GTqgSjeDF8k

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 01, 2026 04:39 AM (HTCU3)

25 I usually greet people with Happy New Year for a week at least

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 04:40 AM (Ia/+0)

26 Mornin'

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 01, 2026 04:41 AM (sAmhv)

27 20 On the hovercraft in the video, is that a stylized W? This craft made by Volkswagen?
Posted by: clarence

Definitely looks that way.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 01, 2026 04:42 AM (BLOW1)

28 18 16 7 Pixy, I found a clip online that I really like and wanted to send to a friend, and it's on a site that aggregates clips and strips out (as far as I can tell) information about the original poster of the clip. I'm stumped; how can I track it? I've now found the clip on a second aggregating site, too.
Posted by: m

If it's on X, try asking Grok. 50% chance it finds something, 50% chance if feeds you total bullshit.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 01, 2026 04:25 AM (BLOW1)

O.k.!
Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 04:26 AM (RuTUS)

It worked! Thanks, Pixy.

Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 04:46 AM (RuTUS)

29 Thanks for the list, Pixy. Weird and funny list ( I particularly enjoyed the one about Mark Zuckerberg suing Mark Zuckerberg) Happy New Year to you and all here!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 04:46 AM (Yl2Ob)

30 It is snowing har and wind blowing

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 04:51 AM (Ia/+0)

31 Mennonite Choir sings lovely old time hymn, "It is well with my soul":

https://tinyurl.com/3bxsm4pb

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 04:52 AM (Yl2Ob)

32 Good Morning and Happy New Year!

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 04:53 AM (l6pKi)

33 Good Samaritan in CA risks his life to save another family:

https://tinyurl.com/ycx3kuh8

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 05:00 AM (2sfNr)

34 28 18 16 7 It worked! Thanks, Pixy.
Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 04:46 AM (RuTUS)

I hadn't used Grok before. The procedure was very intuitive, I thought.

Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 05:05 AM (RuTUS)

35
I just looked at the full rundown of football college bowl scores going back to well before Christmass.

What a pointless morass the whole thing appears to be.

Die, NCAA, die!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026 05:06 AM (xG4kz)

36 35 I just looked at the full rundown of football college bowl scores going back to well before Christmass.

What a pointless morass the whole thing appears to be.

Die, NCAA, die!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026 05:06 AM (xG4kz)

"more ass"?

Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 05:08 AM (RuTUS)

37
So George Clooney and his spouse are now citizens of France. Good. Revoke his citizenship in this country.

Be the frog in the rapidly warming cauldron of water, George!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026 05:09 AM (xG4kz)

38 Morning, Tech Peeps

Happy New Year

Posted by: fluffy at January 01, 2026 05:14 AM (AN2gy)

39
What a pointless morass the whole thing appears to be.

I should mention the one standout accomplishment in the whole melee, and that was that both Michigan and Ohio State lost.

May this mark the start of a long string of thumpings in the postseasons for them both.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026 05:15 AM (xG4kz)

40 Hope Clooney likes the Caliphate and high taxes

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 05:15 AM (Ia/+0)

41
g'mornin', 'rons

Posted by: AltonJackson at January 01, 2026 05:15 AM (tljrc)

42 A psalm for the New Year. Actor David Suchet reads Psalm 98:

https://tinyurl.com/28wnc7rx

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 05:19 AM (Yl2Ob)

43
I can report this news. Only one half of my German forebears came from Württemberg. The other half came from Saarland.

I blame the chuckleheads at Le Havre who in 1854 listed my family's Saarlanders as being from Württemberg for the error.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026 05:21 AM (xG4kz)

44 This is kind of long, but I thought it was very good:
A essay on the Book of Job

https://tinyurl.com/544evrje

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 05:22 AM (Yl2Ob)

45 >>> Hope Clooney likes the Caliphate and high taxes

I'm sure he consulted a tax attorney first.

Ireland allows artists to live there tax free, IIRC. Does France have a similar loophole?

Posted by: fluffy at January 01, 2026 05:23 AM (AN2gy)

46
Happy New Year to all you Hordians. May 2026 bring you and this great nation every success.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 01, 2026 05:25 AM (tgvbd)

47 Haven't paid much attention to the bowl season. I read over at Outkick that the SEC is getting kicked in the nuts. This, after all the crap they were saying about those 'lesser' conferences.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 01, 2026 05:27 AM (sAmhv)

48
This is kind of long, but I thought it was very good:
A essay on the Book of Job

https://tinyurl.com/544evrje

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

I have said this here before -- we read the Book of Job in our senior year high school college prep English course. This was in a public school and it would never happen today.

I always thought that this portion of dialogue

And the Lord said unto Satan, “From whence comest thou?” Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down upon it.”

was not unlike a parent asking a troublemaking child, "What were you doing?" and that child answering, "Nuthin'".

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026 05:29 AM (xG4kz)

49 Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026 05:29 AM (xG4kz)

Wow; That is amazing that it was taught in the public school. It really is a great part of Scripture.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 05:34 AM (Yl2Ob)

50 And FenSpouse just made me laugh. He was mouthing the words to this old time hymn and he actually quite likes Hank Williams Sr: "Softly and Tenderly Jesus is calling":

https://tinyurl.com/5aw9jk8a

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 05:38 AM (Yl2Ob)

51
Lawyers for Charlie Javice, on trial for defrauding JPMorgan of $175 million, have reportedly defrauded JP Morgan of tens of millions more.

Forget Federal spending, what percentage of the US economy is fraud?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 01, 2026 05:38 AM (tgvbd)

52
And FenSpouse just made me laugh. He was mouthing the words to this old time hymn and he actually quite likes Hank Williams Sr: "Softly and Tenderly Jesus is calling":

https://tinyurl.com/5aw9jk8a
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 05:38 AM (Yl2Ob)

Catholics have better prayers, Protestants have better hymns.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 01, 2026 05:42 AM (tgvbd)

53 Belated BOING!

Tech thread material:

https://tinyurl.com/mypk3sau

I didn't know that!

/cast myself into the gorge of eternal peril

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 05:47 AM (ZocB7)

54 Catholics have better prayers, Protestants have better hymns.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 01, 2026 05:42 AM (tgvbd)
-

In case CBD is lurking:

Jews have better kiddishes.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 05:48 AM (ZocB7)

55 Spider solitaire is evil

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 05:48 AM (Ia/+0)

56 And I opened my new Dilbert calendar.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at January 01, 2026 05:50 AM (aKh6S)

57 Somehow think if all the Lawyers could be wished away into the cornfield, we all the rest would be bettrr off

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 05:51 AM (Ia/+0)

58 53 Tech thread material:

https://tinyurl.com/mypk3sau

I didn't know that!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 05:47 AM (ZocB7)

I didn't know that.

Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 05:55 AM (RuTUS)

59 Morning, 'rons and 'ettes. Happy New Year.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 01, 2026 05:55 AM (bQ4nt)

60
The RV had to go in for repairs (insurance) recently, which meant everything inside and outside it had to be taken out, resulting in a mountain of stuff sitting in the garage for the last two weeks.

We got it back yesterday and, because Her Majesty and The Big Dummy are leaving today for shows, the mountain of stuff had to be put back into it. Not to mention giving TBD a bath. Not a fun day.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 01, 2026 05:59 AM (tgvbd)

61 And the last time Indiana went to the Rose Bowl was 1968.

Posted by: actually inside the beltway at January 01, 2026 06:00 AM (aKh6S)

62 Still flurries, and ground is covered

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 06:03 AM (Ia/+0)

63 I have a new phone and cheaper and hopefully better phone service-from T mobile to AT&T. I would like to say, however, that it is a pain in the neck to transfer all the info etc to new phone. I should probably ask my son. He's much better at this than I am!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 06:06 AM (Yl2Ob)

64 We have a light dusting of snow. The dogs are not amused.

Happy 2026, everyone!

Posted by: NR Pax at January 01, 2026 06:08 AM (7xrfc)

65 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 01, 2026 05:59 AM (tgvbd

Is TBD ( whose actual name escapes me) difficult to give a bath to?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 06:08 AM (Yl2Ob)

66 techish:

@asymmetricinfo
31 Dec 2025
As Bluesky userbase trends down it seems like its denizens are finding its way back here, and I've had a notable uptick in left-wing trolling, which at least makes a nice change from the right-wing trolls.

Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 06:11 AM (RuTUS)

67 Evening and morning for a new year, ever'body,

Fun fact: The Earth is closest to the sun on Jan. 2. Combined with their summer happening at the same time and the fact water holds heat better than land, it's no surprise the Southern Hemisphere is warmer than the Northern.

Don't know why that came out. It just did. An omen for 2026? You make the call!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 06:15 AM (wzUl9)

68 I'm glad no terrible things happened on Bourbon Street this year!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 06:16 AM (wzUl9)

69 . . . Then Satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking up and down upon it.” . . .

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at January 01, 2026

***
Thomas Harris used the same phrasing to describe Hannibal Lecter walking around his hotel room after his escape in Silence of the Lambs.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 06:19 AM (wzUl9)

70
Is TBD ( whose actual name escapes me) difficult to give a bath to?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 01, 2026 06:08 AM (Yl2Ob)

Nobody is difficult to give a bath to. All of them are trained from a young age to stand quietly while being bathed and groomed. We have a long elevated plastic tub for bathing and Delilah, indeed, used to leap into it.

The only little difficulty is grinding nails. All sighthounds become passive-aggressively balky about their nails. We have a special diamond-grit Dremel bit designed to dissipate the heat of grinding, but it's still best if two people work on them. Strange to say, it's the regular show dogs who object the most, likely because they're done shorter than the stay-at-homes.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 01, 2026 06:19 AM (tgvbd)

71 Wolfus, a potentially inspiring Instagram on "location"

https://tinyurl.com/4wjdenbz

Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 06:24 AM (RuTUS)

72 'Tis 47 F., little wind. I *could* go for a workout. I really could, and I should.

I will, however, go for groceries today -- and the cats need litter. Tomorrow I'll run up to the Tecovas store and either exchange or return the $$ boots I bought on Monday. If the latter, I'll stop at the Boot Barn store nearby and see if they have anything that suits me better.

What are your plans, if anything, for today?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 06:26 AM (wzUl9)

73 I would love to read the attorneys fee clause in Charlie Javice's purchase and sale agreement. It sounds like JP Morgan should be suing its own lawyers for malpractice for ever greenlighting such a term.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 06:26 AM (+HNx/)

74 What are your plans, if anything, for today?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere

Take down and put away the Christmas decorations.

Posted by: Tuna at January 01, 2026 06:28 AM (lJ0H4)

75 Wolfus, a potentially inspiring Instagram on "location"

https://tinyurl.com/4wjdenbz
Posted by: m at January 01, 2026

***
A very good video, m. My whole perspective on this city changed when I first visited northern New Mexico in '92, and I couldn't wait to leave. When I couldn't find a job in ABQ, I took one in Denver -- this was in '97, so it was still semi-sane -- and I remember being enormously happier all around than I was here.

I loved having mountains around me. Maybe I should look again at the West and a drier climate, even if it is hot for more of the year than I like. Damn, but I wish CO wasn't a squared-off version of California now. . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 06:32 AM (wzUl9)

76 (.looks outside)
Starting to.wonder if the sun is going to pass us by today.

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 06:32 AM (Ia/+0)

77 Fun fact: The Earth is closest to the sun on Jan. 2. Combined with their summer happening at the same time and the fact water holds heat better than land, it's no surprise the Southern Hemisphere is warmer than the Northern.

-----------

Penguins hardest hit.

Posted by: Perry Helion at January 01, 2026 06:32 AM (+HNx/)

78 >>> What are your plans, if anything, for today?

I'm going to north of the border to walk in the woods. Won't get to greet the first sunrise from a hilltop; I'll still be in the car.

Posted by: fluffy at January 01, 2026 06:36 AM (AN2gy)

79 More tech thread material:

Are you all aware of the 1000000000000K software bug? Will ~~planes~~ space ships fall out of the sky?

Be very afraid!

https://tinyurl.com/4jnkmes9

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 06:37 AM (ZocB7)

80 Fun fact: The Earth is closest to the sun on Jan. 2. Combined with their summer happening at the same time and the fact water holds heat better than land, it's no surprise the Southern Hemisphere is warmer than the Northern.

-----------
Penguins hardest hit.
Posted by: Perry Helion at January 01, 2026

***
There are some species that range farther toward the equator. But most of the ones we know well, the emperor and Adelie penguins, stick close to Antarctica, as if they've heard that the weather is too hot for them farther north.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 06:38 AM (wzUl9)

81 Large prop boulder rolls towards crowd. Man with bigger balls gets in the way.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn8jlm07nz4o

Posted by: NR Pax at January 01, 2026 06:38 AM (7xrfc)

82 There are some species that range farther toward the equator.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 06:38 AM (wzUl9)
-

As an example, South Africa's jackass penguins.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 06:39 AM (ZocB7)

83 a roundup of Jarvis_best 2025 top tweets:

https://tinyurl.com/5n79n4s3

Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 06:39 AM (RuTUS)

84 I will, however, go for groceries today -- and the cats need litter. Tomorrow I'll run up to the Tecovas store and either exchange or return the $$ boots I bought on Monday. If the latter, I'll stop at the Boot Barn store nearby and see if they have anything that suits me better.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

So, you're giving the boots the boot?

Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2026 06:39 AM (cYBz/)

85 All looks familiar.

Posted by: Eromero at January 01, 2026 06:40 AM (Slgjz)

86
What are your plans, if anything, for today?

Get Her Majesty and The Big Dummy on the road, go buy dog food at Tractor Supply, head out for 2:30 Mass, as today is a Holy Day of Obligation.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 01, 2026 06:40 AM (tgvbd)

87 High today will be about 66. Yesterday afternoon I went with Miss Linda to walk, and then for me to walk/trot, at the walking trail about half a mile away. Despite the greater density of cars that I had to dodge on the way over and back, it was a good use of the afternoon, rather than sitting here and eating junk. And I felt good afterward, as I usually do after a workout. I think I'll do the same today.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 06:42 AM (wzUl9)

88 From the video I watched on Ice Ages the other day, seems it all depends on earth tilt, rotation around the sun. Its a question of when the worst situations all come at the same time.

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 06:43 AM (Ia/+0)

89
Re perhelion. This, over long term time scales is one of the main drivers of the Milankovich cycles. Due to the precession of the equinoxes (the wobble of the earth's spin axis), which has a period of about 26,000 years, plus another thing dubbed apsidal precession, where perhelion itself precesses eastward, perihelion thus walks around the seasons.

The period varies from 23,000 to 28,000 years. Anyway, in next half of the cycle, perihelion will happen near the summer solstice, and northern summer will be the closest to the sun.

The Green Sahara cycle is related to this. When perihelion occurs in Northern summer, the Sahara gets wet and green again.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 06:43 AM (w6EFb)

90 Tomorrow I'll run up to the Tecovas store and either exchange or return the $$ boots I bought on Monday. If the latter, I'll stop at the Boot Barn store nearby and see if they have anything that suits me better.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

So, you're giving the boots the boot?
Posted by: Tonypete at January 01, 2026

***
Yup. They are too small, for one thing, and the Tecovas boots are *heavy* -- more so than my Dan Posts, which feel almost like shoes. I have no doubt the Tecovas boots are well made and should last longer than less $$$ brands. But if I'm uncomfortable wearing them . . .

Boot Barn has a Cody James model on their website that I like. If the store in Baton Rouge has that one in my size, and I like it on me, I'll get it. If not, I can order it and have it sent to my local store.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 06:45 AM (wzUl9)

91
That didn't sound quite right -- the perihelion precessional cycle ranges from 21K - 23K years. There's something that is 28K years, but not that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 06:46 AM (w6EFb)

92 91
That didn't sound quite right -- the perihelion precessional cycle ranges from 21K - 23K years. There's something that is 28K years, but not that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 06:46 AM (w6EFb)

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Either way, I won't put it on my calendar.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 06:49 AM (+HNx/)

93 And now drinking the first cup of coffee for the year. The dogs are stirring because they know it's almost breakfast time.

Posted by: NR Pax at January 01, 2026 06:52 AM (7xrfc)

94 Name that Thune:

https://tinyurl.com/4nztfjke

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 06:54 AM (ZocB7)

95 Merry New Year!

Posted by: Nenge Mboko, exchange student from Cameroon at January 01, 2026 06:55 AM (edbiH)

96 Good morning!

Let's smile & be happy & strike fear in the hearts of killjoy leftists everywhere.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 01, 2026 06:58 AM (u82oZ)

97 Welcome to the Future.

Anyone hung over is on their own.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 01, 2026 06:59 AM (u82oZ)

98 97 Welcome to the Future.

Anyone hung over is on their own.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 01, 2026 06:59 AM (u82oZ)

It's on them.

Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 07:00 AM (RuTUS)

99 Welcome to the Future.

Anyone hung over is on their own.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 01, 2026

***
Hangover: the feeling that a moose is having a baby in your head.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 07:01 AM (wzUl9)

100 100

Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 07:01 AM (RuTUS)

101 It's "Happy New Year." In this country we say Happy New Year.

Posted by: Clarence Beeks at January 01, 2026 07:01 AM (+HNx/)

102 Have that great day, everyone.

May it start an upward trend.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 01, 2026 07:02 AM (u82oZ)

103 My new pinup art calendar probably won't be here for a couple of weeks. A good thing my existing calendar has a page with the next three months on it, so I can mark appointments as needed.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 07:03 AM (wzUl9)

104 G'mornin' everyone! Happy New Year!

diodes, eh? fortunately I have several year's supply for my own personal needs; 4148s, 6A10s, a scattering of Zeners ... meh.

3 degrees, overcast, breezy. feh. winter. we hates it, precious!

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 01, 2026 07:10 AM (Cjt/F)

105 Happy New Year, Horde!

How goes it?

I'm supposed to get a new range for my kitchen today. Let's hope the installation goes a bit smoother than this classic Monty Python sketch:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dVkdCQCAS0

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 07:15 AM (ESVrU)

106 Premier League Soccer ....AFD!!! starting in 10'

Posted by: qmark at January 01, 2026 07:17 AM (R91/8)

107
Three years old; new to me:
Scott Adams
How to ... Cure Your Laziness

first 15 minutes

https://youtu.be/y5ZkIDUuHAM

Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 07:18 AM (RuTUS)

108 105 I'm supposed to get a new range for my kitchen today. Let's hope the installation goes a bit smoother than this classic Monty Python sketch:

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 07:15 AM (ESVrU)

https://youtu.be/8dVkdCQCAS0

delete watch?v=
delete .com
add the period youtu.be
delete www.

Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 07:21 AM (RuTUS)

109
Don't know where that 28,000 year thing in my head came from. The earth's tilt varies from 24.5 to 22.1 degrees with 41K year period. It's currently at 23.44 degrees and decreasing.

Now, earth's eccentricity varies in a very complex cycle with a rough period of about 100,000 years. There a complicated beat pattern there, too. That is currently decreasing as well. The greater the eccentricity, the wider the variation in perihelion and aphelion distance.

So, at this point in the cycle, earth is getting more circular and less tilted.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 07:24 AM (w6EFb)

110 G'morning, all!

And Happy New Year!!!

Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 01, 2026 07:30 AM (iMotb)

111 108 105 I'm supposed to get a new range for my kitchen today. Let's hope the installation goes a bit smoother than this classic Monty Python sketch:

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 07:15 AM (ESVrU)

https://youtu.be/8dVkdCQCAS0

delete watch?v=
delete .com
add the period youtu.be
delete www.
Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 07:21 AM (RuTUS)

... 15 characters shorter

Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 07:32 AM (RuTUS)

112 Good Morning and Happy New Year to my absolute favorite people!

Posted by: Pony Tail at January 01, 2026 07:34 AM (HcbZb)

113 So, at this point in the cycle, earth is getting more circular and less tilted.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026

***
Does this mean that in enough time, the Earth's tilt will decrease to the point there are no seasons?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 07:47 AM (wzUl9)

114 Noodus JJS

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 01, 2026 07:48 AM (wzUl9)

New Years Eve ONT - December 31, 2025 [TRex]

*****

The ONT 2025 Roll Call of Remembrance

A few Dino musings on this New Year's Eve...

I don't have all the answers. I am just a dinosaur with a small brain and short arms. I am no theologian or scientist. I still struggle to figure out which threads on the blog require pants.

Two common threads unify all living things across history: life and death.

We barely understand either. It is not for a lack of trying.

Was the universe created or did it emerge from a Bing Bang? If a divine creator, what does "created in the image of God" mean? If a bang, what existed before and what caused the bang?

A monkey hitting random typewriter key for an infinite amount of time could type the complete works of William Shakespeare, but where did the monkey come from? At some point, randomness fails to explain life.

What is the essential "spark" that gives life to raw ingredients?

With life, we can observe the result post-spark. We can argue about the boundaries of "consciousness" and "sentience" and single cell organisms, but at least we can observe and discuss and draw reasonable guesses about life and what makes it different from a pet rock.

Death is different.

Once someone is gone, we can't get answers from them about what happened and where they are and what it is like. We don't know what to expect.

Fear of the unknown is an essential human condition. The fear permeates much of our daily life. We don't like unpleasant surprises with bad outcomes. We are afraid of the dark. We are generally a risk averse species.

Death is the ultimate unknown and humans have sought answers for eons.

The Egyptian "Book of the Dead" is a collection of spells, prayers, and incantations written on papyrus scrolls and placed in tombs to guide the deceased's soul through the perilous journey of the underworld to achieve a blessed afterlife.

Hindu reincarnation envisions an eternal loop of birth, death, and rebirth. Karma determines the future path of the soul based on actions in previous lives.

Christian traditions focus on the promise of eternal life beyond our mortal existence.

Faith means taking a risk to believe something we do not know based on what we think we know.

As much as Christian theology revolves around the resurrection story, where did Jesus go for three days after he was crucified? The Apostles Creed says he "descended to the dead." Did he "preach to the spirits in prison?" Did he liberate Old Testament souls that believed before he existed? Did he take a few days of R&R after a busy few weeks at the office? (We will leave a discussion of purgatory for another time.)

I dunno but a lot of people have spent at lot of time, energy and money trying to communicate with the great beyond. We have questions. We want to know what to expect. We want to know loved ones are OK. We are infinitely intrigued by anything we do not understand. We are afraid of the dark.

And yet, a day will arrive for each of us whether we understand it or not.

But we remember those whose days have come. Even if we don't understand everything about how their earthly existence, we still mourn.

We mourn because we miss them. We mourn because we appreciate them. We mourn for unrealized promise. Not every story is a happy story. In some cases, we recall the carnage they caused and mourn what might have been.

We mourn, in part, for ourselves because we know that we will follow someday.

On this New Year's Eve, we look back and remember those among the Horde and those adjacent to the Horde who are no longer among the living. Prayers for all who mourn and who continue to come to terms with loss that does not go away. Prayers for mothers that struggle with the loss of a child before having a chance to breathe a first breath outside the womb. We also pray for those who are left to pick up the emotional and temporal pieces.

We also offer prayers of strength and peace for those confronting their own mortality. May God grant you continual comfort and strength and may you feel the love and support from your Horde family. Please continue to let the Horde know if anything can be done to help.

We remember the caregivers who are angels sent to comfort the afflicted and rarely signed up for the role. There is often nobody else to say thank you or provide relief when you are the last line of defense. Please continue to let the Horde know if anything can be done to help.

On this New Year's Eve, we also look ahead. A flip of the calendar is cosmically arbitrary, but carries the symbolism of rebirth and the promise of new beginnings. If you are in the Northern Hemisphere, the turn of the new year also moves a step further through the darkness of winter towards the promise of spring.

We do not have to be afraid of the dark. As John says, "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." There is hope in the light.

I do not have all the answers. But if you pass from this life and end up in Pittsburgh, please let me know. I have questions.

Here endeth the message.

*****

Those among the Horde and those Horde Adjacent who died in calendar 2025 are listed below. Apologies for any that were missed or any errors but please comment to remedy. Thanks much to MisHum and Annie's Stew for maintaining The Classical Saturday Morning Coffee Break and Prayer Revival Posts.

This is still a New Year's Eve open thread so opine as you wish. Club ONT is open and has an open bar. JQ is pouring drinks for all. The jukebox has been restocked and is free. Food and party favors are available as well. Please do not wear the lampshades.

*****

pookysgirl (daughter)

Schnorflepuppy (wife)

AmericanKestrel (family member)

smelltheglove (aunt)

AllHailEris (mother)

Pug Mahon (mother)

SpeakingOf (father)

John (Witchdoktor)

Blanco Basura (foster daughter)

BurtTC (mother)

axeman (mother)

rickb223 (wife)

onehoursober (wife)

The Rev (brother)

Screaming in Digital (mother)

Jim Sunk New Dawn

Ciampino

Jay Guevara

Robert (mother)

Sock Monkey (brother)

Alberta Oil Peon (cousin)

Skip (uncle)

Farmer (father)

Dark Litigator (college friend)

Auspex (sister)

John the River (girlfriend)

Jimmy Doolittle (dad)

NaCly Dog (wife)

thefritz (friend Jeff)

jewells45

Sock Monkey (brother in law)

dantesed (brother)

KT (mother)

Stateless (uncle)

Unknown Drip Under Pressure (mother)

Justin Pinochet Castraeu (brother)

Weird Dave (sister)

vmom (sister)

BurtTC (son)

Skip (uncle)

Stateless (mother)

San Franpsycho (Rose, mother of kindergarten buddy)

Rhennigantx (friend Tim)

*****

These people are not Horde or Horde adjacent, but departed in 2025:

Lou Gerstner, Jr.

Brigitte Bardot

Ira "Ike" Schab

Greg Biffle

Norman Podhoretz

Rob Reiner

Frank Gehry

Fuzzy Zoeller

Paul Tagliabue

James Watson

Dick Cheney

June Lockhart

David Ball

Ace Frehley

Diane Keaton

Sister Jean

Chris Dreja

Jane Goodall

Robert Redford

Charlie Kirk

Rick Davies

Giorgio Armani

Ron Turcotte

Humpy Wheeler

Terence Stamp

Bobby Whitlock

Jim Lovell

Loni Anderson

Walker Evans

Ryne Sandberg

Tom Lehrer

Chuck Mangione

George Kooymans

Hulk Hogan

Ozzy Osbourne

Malcolm-Jamal Warner

Felix Baumgartner

David Gergen

Jimmy Swaggart

D. Wayne Lukas

Dave Parker

Lalo Schifrin

Bobby Sherman

Mick Ralphs

Fred Smith

Brian Wilson

Frederick Forsyth

Sly Stone

Loretta Switt

George Wendt

David Souter

Ruth Buzzi

Jochen Mass

Roy Thomas Baker

David Horowitz

Pope Francis

Jay North

Val Kilmer

Mia Love

Eddie Jordan

Richard Chamberlain

George Foreman

Gene Hackman

Roberta Flack

Al Trautwig

Dick Button

Marianne Faithful

Bob Uecker

David Lynch

Alan Green

Bill McCartney

Peter Yarrow

*****

*****

Note: The final Calvin and Hobbes comic strip was published 30 years ago today.

Cheers to the New Year! On behalf of myself and The Grateful, we wish everyone a Happy New Year and a magnificent 2026!

Posted by: Open Blogger at 10:00 PM

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1 FLOTUS

Posted by: mindful webworker - unrecognizable at December 31, 2025 10:00 PM (dESj/)

2 \o/

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 10:00 PM (6ydKt)

3 Yay NYE ONT!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 10:00 PM (QGaXH)

4 So close.

Happy New Years Everybody!

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 10:01 PM (6ydKt)

5 Navy has sensor projection which makes a vessel appear much larger than it is.
Does his wife know?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 10:01 PM (hVbrz)

6 Ack. That was supposed to say

Got the black-eye peas soaking. Gonna have a good luck supper tomorrow.

Happy Old Year, alla y'all.

But FLOTUS was awful pretty, too.
https://tinyurl.com/3zj3vztr

Posted by: mindful webworker - one more oops for the old year at December 31, 2025 10:01 PM (dESj/)

7 Yay!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 31, 2025 10:01 PM (LNeRu)

8 Spending NYE watching my grandsons while their parents went out to buy a car and go to dinner. They'll pick them up tomorrow morning. Life is good.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 10:02 PM (Riz8t)

9 45 is 47. 45 squared is 2025

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 31, 2025 10:02 PM (YlWIZ)

10 I noticed Jim Sunk New Dawn wasn't on the list of Morons above, but he is listed in the sidebar.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 10:03 PM (ESVrU)

11 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

Happiest of New Year's to each and every one of you - so glad to be here to celebrate it with all of you wonderful reprobates 🥳🎊🥳🎊🥳

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 31, 2025 10:04 PM (SRRAx)

12 Hey! I liked Pittsburgh the two times I was there -- in May, which was pleasant, and in March, which was less so, but I liked what I saw.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 10:04 PM (wzUl9)

13 Beautiful post.
Thanks for the mention of my Dad.

I miss him, and Mom, but it's getting better.

You get used to it, slowly.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 10:04 PM (6ydKt)

14 Sorry I'm late, my Pretty Lady was giving me my list of New Year's Resolutions.

Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 10:04 PM (4p5Zb)

15 2026 perp walks for starters.

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 31, 2025 10:05 PM (YlWIZ)

16 Good evening good people. Best wishes for a prosperous and happy new year from all us here at Casa de Tonypete.

We have been manifestly blessed here and I pray good fortune finds it's way to your front door.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 31, 2025 10:05 PM (cYBz/)

17 Here's the Washington Monument show live:

https://is.gd/xanKz9

They project it up onto the face of the obelisk. Beginning the 250 celebration.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 10:06 PM (3uBP9)

18 Thank you for that list.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 10:06 PM (c115l)

19 Made it to the ONT! That's like staying up til midnight at this stage of my life.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 31, 2025 10:06 PM (kpS4V)

20 I know a retired LAPD officer. He told me that if he was on duty New Year's Eve he would find a secluded area at midnight and park there for about 20 minutes. He couldn't do it one year and his patrol car took a bullet in the trunk.

Posted by: Mark1971 at December 31, 2025 10:07 PM (CNl8/)

21 Here's to us
Here's to love
All the times that we fucked up
Here's to you
Fill the glass
'Cause the last few days have kicked my ass.

So let's give 'em hell
Wish everybody well
Here's to us

Posted by: Semper Why at December 31, 2025 10:07 PM (nKug+)

22 Geez, it got dusty here.

That is a lovely memorial tribute, TRex, thank you.

Condolences to the families and friends (including ourselves) of all those we've lost this year.

I love you people.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 31, 2025 10:07 PM (h7ZuX)

23 Good evening, Hordelings!

Posted by: PabloD at December 31, 2025 10:07 PM (tfChy)

24 That's two sad lists of recently departed......

Posted by: caf at December 31, 2025 10:07 PM (qS/Xm)

25 Evening, ever'body,

We just finished re-watching Fatman w/ Mel Gibson. It is the least likely retelling of Santa Claus in movie history -- a minimalist-noir kind of story. There is humor, but it is *not* a comedy. And it has elements of the Krampus legend in it, too. Still, fun stuff.

Heroes & Icons is running their Twilight Zone marathon. Right now there's one with Vera Miles and Martin Milner from way back in '59 or '60.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 10:07 PM (wzUl9)

26 Evening Horde. Thx TRex. Thx for mentioning my aunt. Good lady
To all of the Horde , thx for reading my babbling all year and being a great bunch . May you and yours have a happy and prosperous new year. May our country return to its God blessed roots

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 10:08 PM (zNwXb)

27 These people are not Horde or Horde adjacent, but departed in 2025

I'm sure I've seen a few of them commenting here. Some even posthumously.

Posted by: mikeski at December 31, 2025 10:08 PM (nhCoE)

28 Thanks for the dandy New Year's Eve ONT, T-Rex!

Thanks for the listing of those lost this year. Prayers up for all those lost and the loved ones left behind.

I am holding two tickets for the Stay At Home Early Bedtime concert extravaganza. Looking forward to it!

Love the Calvin & Hobbes cartoon. Pittsburgh indeed.

Happy New Year, everyone!

Posted by: Legally Sufficient at December 31, 2025 10:08 PM (kB9dk)

29 Pittsburgh Scanner is entertaining, but maybe hearing it for all of eternity might get on one's nerves.

Posted by: Short Fuse at December 31, 2025 10:08 PM (oftw2)

30 That’s very sobering to read the roll of those who have passed. All are missed, and mourned, but each of us have some in our minds that really strike our hearts.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 10:09 PM (m7iZ5)

31 Got the black-eye peas soaking. Gonna have a good luck supper tomorrow.

Happy Old Year, alla y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - one more oops for the old year at December 31, 2025 10:01 PM (dESj/)

Dad always had bep every NYD. A few years before he passed, Mom asked if he wanted them. He said no, they never worked.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025 10:09 PM (uQesX)

32 The premise that a monkey (or a thousand monkeys, or whatever) hitting random typewriter key for an infinite amount of time could type the complete works of William Shakespeare is something I profoundly disagree with. The idea that anything in the world can be arrived at through random acts is not how I chose to understand life.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at December 31, 2025 10:09 PM (MZ+PY)

33 It's a Rockin' New Year's Eve ONT!

Posted by: Count de Monet at December 31, 2025 10:09 PM (wVcYX)

34 Cuddle up, baby, move in tight
We'll go dancing tomorrow night
It's cold out there, but it's warm in bed
They can dance, we'll stay home instead

Posted by: gKWVE at December 31, 2025 10:09 PM (gKWVE)

35 10 I noticed Jim Sunk New Dawn wasn't on the list of Morons above, but he is listed in the sidebar.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 10:03 PM
***
Sigh... Always miss one. Thanks Perfessor. Jim has been added.

Posted by: TRex at December 31, 2025 10:10 PM (IQ6Gq)

36 "Please do not wear the lampshades."

But the wind nabbed my fedora, and I am in need of suitable chapeau.

Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 10:11 PM (4p5Zb)

37 Dad always had bep every NYD. A few years before he passed, Mom asked if he wanted them. He said no, they never worked.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Did the bep, cabbage & cornbread last year.

2025 sucked.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 10:11 PM (c115l)

38 19 Made it to the ONT! That's like staying up til midnight at this stage of my life.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 31, 2025 10:06 PM (kpS4V)

Grrrl, me, too! I won't last much longer, though.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 31, 2025 10:11 PM (h7ZuX)

39 Yay, New Year's Eve ONT!

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 31, 2025 10:12 PM (lUFok)

40 {{Stateless}} and
{{halfhourshower}}

Happy new year, wherever you are!!!

Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2025 10:12 PM (rdVOm)

41 The idea that anything in the world can be arrived at through random acts is not how I chose to understand life.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at December 31, 2025 10:09 PM (MZ+PY)
----
Considering the staggering complexity of DNA, it's impossible that life could have achieved its current state on our planet in a mere 4 billion years or so just through natural selection (i.e., random chance).

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 10:12 PM (ESVrU)

42 What I think of every time someone talks about going to Pittsburgh:

youtu.be/jPSnr2WMa_o

And thank you, Dino, for helping us remember everyone. I just wish we'd been able to meet Lil Pookette this side of heaven.

Posted by: pookysgirl, still struggling at December 31, 2025 10:13 PM (Wt5PA)

43 "Was the universe created or did it emerge from a Bing Bang? "

It was a Bada Bang.

Posted by: gp at December 31, 2025 10:13 PM (GHIyr)

44 crown royal and butterscotch schnaps caused the accident

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at December 31, 2025 10:13 PM (jrgJz)

45 {{Stateless}} and
{{halfhourshower}}

Happy new year, wherever you are!!!
Posted by: JQ
*********
Agreed...and Notorious BFD......

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 31, 2025 10:14 PM (IQ6Gq)

46 10 I noticed Jim Sunk New Dawn wasn't on the list of Morons above, but he is listed in the sidebar.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel
---

And Vic didn't even make the po' boy list.
Well, when you're fucked you're fucked
and don't you forget it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 10:14 PM (hVbrz)

47 Geez, it got dusty here.
That is a lovely memorial tribute, TRex, thank you.…
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

Concur. Reading through the list, there was the occasional gut-punch at the loss of great folks.

Posted by: mindful webworker - suddenly at December 31, 2025 10:14 PM (dESj/)

48 It's interesting seeing a government production about the USA that isn't a self flagellating, finger wagging, judgmental, sob story. They must have actually chose people to make the memorial projection show who didn't hate the country. How refreshing.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 10:14 PM (3uBP9)

49 Bleh, TRex, sorry. Hard to see through the drippy eyes.

Posted by: pookysgirl, still struggling at December 31, 2025 10:15 PM (Wt5PA)

50 Yeah. This rocking New Years Eve was about staying home. I will be retiring to bed soon. I expect to sleep well and wake up tomorrow feeling pretty decent.

Prayers up for everyone.

Posted by: No one at December 31, 2025 10:15 PM (qFwJc)

51 Sigh... Always miss one. Thanks Perfessor. Jim has been added.
Posted by: TRex at December 31, 2025 10:10 PM (IQ6Gq)
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No problem.

BTW, for a reptile with a barely functional brain, you have some very deep thoughts about life and death.

There's just so much we don't know and can never know, though many of us have faith that there's much more out there after we're gone than we can possibly imagine.

Life is just a speedbump along the route to something much grander.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 10:15 PM (ESVrU)

52 Terence Stamp passed?

And Lalo Schifrin? He was at the Man From U.N.C.L.E. 50th anniversary mini-convention in LA in 2014, being honored for some music work he had done for the show. He looked even then, at 82, like he was at death's door. But he lived another eleven years. Tough guy.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 10:15 PM (wzUl9)

53 And thank you, Dino, for helping us remember everyone. I just wish we'd been able to meet Lil Pookette this side of heaven.
Posted by: pookysgirl, still struggling
***********
Us too...we pray that God holds you close and gives you comfort...

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 31, 2025 10:15 PM (IQ6Gq)

54 Copper-based blood should be green, not blue.

Just look at that pointy-eared Vulcan logician, if you don't believe me.

Posted by: Leonard "Bones" McCoy, MD at December 31, 2025 10:16 PM (Oubw1)

55 Was the universe created or did it emerge from a Bing Bang?

In an alternate universe somewhere, noted Astrophysicist Dr Ronald Jeremy Is preparing a talk on his "Gang Bang Theory of Universal Formation."

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 31, 2025 10:16 PM (lUFok)

56 Dad always had bep every NYD. A few years before he passed, Mom asked if he wanted them. He said no, they never worked.
Posted by: OrangeEnt

Aw, that's sad, OrangeEnt.

If I wake up in the morning, I always count that as lucky. Anything more is a blessing.

Posted by: mindful webworker - above the sod thanks to God at December 31, 2025 10:16 PM (dESj/)

57 >>> The premise that a monkey (or a thousand monkeys, or whatever) hitting random typewriter key for an infinite amount of time could type the complete works of William Shakespeare is something I profoundly disagree with. The idea that anything in the world can be arrived at through random acts is not how I chose to understand life.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at December 31, 2025 10:09 PM (MZ+PY)

I think it has actually been examined and shown to be impossible for a physically possible universe size and time line. I remember someone writing a paper on it over the past year.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 10:16 PM (3uBP9)

58 In the beginning there was nothing and everything that came to be came to be from nothing.

LOL. That is just illogical.

Posted by: No one at December 31, 2025 10:17 PM (qFwJc)

59 Farst~!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 31, 2025 10:17 PM (mlg/3)

60 54 Cuprous ion is green, cupric is blue. Don't quote me.

Posted by: gp at December 31, 2025 10:17 PM (GHIyr)

61 TRex, thanks for a thoughtful ONT and for the mention of my sweet mama.

Sending all the Horde big hugs and my prayers for a happy and healthy new year for you and all your loved ones.

Posted by: screaming in digital at December 31, 2025 10:17 PM (IONGM)

62 Time keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin'
Into the future

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 31, 2025 10:17 PM (nljXp)

63 Wow! Where did this year go?!
So, tomorrow is my birthday...yikes, 29 AGAIN!
My birthday wish is to give my best to so many of our Horde...
TiFW; sweet pookysgirl; oh my! So many of you struggling!
Many prayers and love to you all. Words fail me...
I surely hope we all have a fine New Year.
Thanks to all of our shiny new CoBs🥰...you guys kick it!
God bless and a big giant Happy New Year❣❣❣
I love youz all!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 31, 2025 10:17 PM (LNeRu)

64 The premise that a monkey (or a thousand monkeys, or whatever) hitting random typewriter key for an infinite amount of time could type the complete works of William Shakespeare is something I profoundly disagree with. The idea that anything in the world can be arrived at through random acts is not how I chose to understand life.
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder

The infinity is the important part. Every possibility is in there somewhere.

Think of it without requiring the actions of a monkey. Write out all of pi, 3.141592654..... in some binary representation. Then convert every 7 or 8 bits into ASCII characters. The complete works of Shakespeare are somewhere in that infinite nonrepeating decimal. Backwards, forwards, and in every possible language.

That concept only applies to "life," or other parts of reality, if the universe is infinitely old, with no starting point.

Posted by: mikeski at December 31, 2025 10:17 PM (nhCoE)

65 Pittsburgh Scanner is entertaining, but maybe hearing it for all of eternity might get on one's nerves.
Posted by: Short Fuse at December 31, 2025

***
Pittsburgh Scanner was slated to work on a double album with Mannheim Steamroller, but the project fell apart.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 10:18 PM (wzUl9)

66 49 Bleh, TRex, sorry. Hard to see through the drippy eyes.

Posted by: pookysgirl, still struggling at December 31, 2025 10:15 PM
***
Sorry to spur the waterworks, but needed you to know the Horde is wrapping its virtual arms around you.

Posted by: TRex at December 31, 2025 10:18 PM (IQ6Gq)

67 Trump’s return to office makes me miss OregonMuse’s posts about FLOTUS’ fashion choices. So many gone, but not forgotten.

Posted by: Jmel at December 31, 2025 10:18 PM (bVhJi)

68 Wow, this is kind of grim.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 10:18 PM (JkO4W)

69 On a lighter note. If you live long enough, you exceed the age range for Legos, which ends at 99.

I'm not sure if there's an upper age limit on Eggos, though....

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 31, 2025 10:19 PM (S/Y4j)

70 Lalo Schifrin, didn't he do work for Clint Eastwood?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 10:19 PM (hVbrz)

71 I just wish we'd been able to meet Lil Pookette this side of heaven.
Posted by: pookysgirl, still struggling at December 31, 2025 10:13 PM (Wt5PA)

I hadn't seen...I'm so sorry. {{{Hugs}}}

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 31, 2025 10:19 PM (h7ZuX)

72 TRex thanks for remembering.

This was a difficult holiday week.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 10:19 PM (a4flb)

73 I had no idea that the Horde was diminished so much year by year.

God bless all, and rest in peace.

Posted by: Ib1netmon at December 31, 2025 10:19 PM (vTTFR)

74 Cheers to the Horde and our absent friends. And to you, Dino - thank you for a year of awesome ONT's and Hobby threads.
Loading 2026....please standby.

Posted by: scampydog at December 31, 2025 10:20 PM (1cq+e)

75 In the beginning there was nothing and everything that came to be came to be from nothing.

LOL. That is just illogical.
Posted by: No one at December 31, 2025 10:17 PM (qFwJc)
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This seems to be a core tenet of atheism.

They get annoyed when you ask them WHY anything exists.

"It just happened" is the only explanation they can come up with.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 10:20 PM (ESVrU)

76 As for me and my house: Linda is scrolling endlessly through crap on her phone. Dagny the little Siberian kitten is sitting on a dinette chair.

Stirling the big black cat is hiding from the fireworks -- not actual visible fireworks, but just the rattle and crump from them outside. He was fine about fireworks noises his first Fourth of July, when he was about five months old. But then on his first NYE, when he was ten months old, something went Zzzz! in his cat brain and he ran to hide under the bed all evening. Still does on 7/4 and 12/31 every year since.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 10:21 PM (wzUl9)

77 ..oh, it's so dusty in here

***GROUP HUG!!!***

Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2025 10:22 PM (rdVOm)

78 Not every possibility is achievable within infinity. There are holes and voids.

Posted by: godel at December 31, 2025 10:22 PM (3uBP9)

79 In the beginning there was nothing and everything that came to be came to be from nothing.

LOL. That is just illogical.
Posted by: No one

In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.

Posted by: zombie Terry Pratchett at December 31, 2025 10:22 PM (nhCoE)

80 Considering the staggering complexity of DNA, it's impossible that life could have achieved its current state on our planet in a mere 4 billion years or so just through natural selection (i.e., random chance).
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 10:12 PM (ESVrU)

Brett Weinstein has a new theory about this, and it might surprise you to know he agrees with you.
He does make a proposal for a mechanism that might explain this having to do with how genes are expressed and modified.
No longer being within academia, he makes his announcement on the Joe Rogan Experience - the first hour touches on this, the rest is more wide ranging

https://tinyurl.com/nkck3fj2

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 10:22 PM (rbvCR)

81 Bret. Sorry

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 10:22 PM (rbvCR)

82 They get annoyed when you ask them WHY anything exists.

"It just happened" is the only explanation they can come up with.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 10:20 PM (ESVrU)

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It all makes sense when you accept that God's consciousness is the most fundamental substrate of all of reality. "Nothingness" is God.

You're welcome.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 10:23 PM (JkO4W)

83 Thanks for the thoughtful comments T-Rex.

Posted by: Joemarine at December 31, 2025 10:23 PM (y171U)

84 "It just happened" is the only explanation they can come up with.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

I tried coming up with a version for the sake of the argument, and the best that I could come up with was; " -1 + 1 = 0 " therefore something ( 1 ) comes from nothing ( 0 )... except all concepts of each value require a 'something'.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 31, 2025 10:23 PM (mlg/3)

85 77 ..oh, it's so dusty in here

***GROUP HUG!!!***

Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2025 10:22 PM
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You're still serving drinks, right??

Posted by: TRex - Club ONT bar is open at December 31, 2025 10:23 PM (IQ6Gq)

86 This seems to be a core tenet of atheism.

They get annoyed when you ask them WHY anything exists.

"It just happened" is the only explanation they can come up with.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Out of twenty trillion planets, and we're the only one, "it just happened" is a joke.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 10:23 PM (c115l)

87 The premise that a monkey (or a thousand monkeys, or whatever) hitting random typewriter key for an infinite amount of time could type the complete works of William Shakespeare is something I profoundly disagree with.…
Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder

Yeah, it's an arguable supposition. But, eternity is a very long time. Very, very long.

Kinda like how they say every combo of numbers can be found somewhere in ℼ.

Posted by: mindful webworker - infinite monkeys and very sturdy typewriters at December 31, 2025 10:24 PM (dESj/)

88 So tomorrow trying to sell black-eyed peas will be just as hard as selling a pumpkin on November 1, or a Christmas tree on Dec. 26th?

Posted by: Thank The Lord Pumpkin Spice Season Is Long Gone at December 31, 2025 10:24 PM (oftw2)

89 Finally read the content all the way through.

Thanks for remembering her.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 31, 2025 10:24 PM (lUFok)

90 Betcha Ace does a story tomorrow about Jack Smith's testimony today. He said he wouldn't have used Madison Cornbreads testimony in front of the 1/6 because it was second hand hearsay. Gee we hadn't figured that out

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 10:24 PM (zNwXb)

91

Lalo Schifrin is the composer of the iconic "Theme from Mission: Impossible," which was created for the television series that aired from 1966 to 1973.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 10:25 PM (pkeXY)

92 Happy New Year Horde.

2025 wasn't a great year, but compared to the last four, I thought it was an improvement. Time is still relentless.

Posted by: Corona_exile_back_in_exile at December 31, 2025 10:25 PM (UE0CA)

93 You're still serving drinks, right??
Posted by: TRex - Club ONT bar is open
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Of course!

Just had to, um, take care of the sneezes. Yeah, sneezes, that's it..

Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2025 10:25 PM (rdVOm)

94 Lalo Schifrin, didn't he do work for Clint Eastwood?
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025

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He did music for Kelly's Heroes, The Beguiled, and Dirty Harry, though those were not Eastwood-directed films, and then for Sudden Impact, which was.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 10:25 PM (wzUl9)

95 Appropriate for tonight's discussion:

https://youtube.com/shorts/qJguU6sLR-8

Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 10:25 PM (4p5Zb)

96 {{Stateless}} and
{{halfhourshower}}

Happy new year, wherever you are!!!
Posted by: JQ

Hey! What about me??!!

Posted by: Mrs. Calabash at December 31, 2025 10:25 PM (uQesX)

97 Three tickets to Pittsburgh, please.

Posted by: Just The Punchline at December 31, 2025 10:26 PM (wVcYX)

98 It all makes sense when you accept that God's consciousness is the most fundamental substrate of all of reality. "Nothingness" is God.

You're welcome.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 10:23 PM (JkO4W)
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Adrian Tchaikovsky's series "The Final Architects" plays around with this idea. It's a fun read and turns some of this inside out and upside down. I can't say any more without revealing some important spoilers, though.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 10:26 PM (ESVrU)

99 Sending all the Horde big hugs and my prayers for a happy and healthy new year for you and all your loved ones.
Posted by: screaming in digital at December 31, 2025 10:17 PM (IONGM)
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Back atcha, Screamo!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 31, 2025 10:26 PM (kpS4V)

100 First, there was Nothing.

Then, it blew up.

Any questions?

Posted by: The Science! at December 31, 2025 10:26 PM (q3N/z)

101 Mr. REX.
For a guy with small arms and a not-so-small at all brain, this was a lovely soliloque. Nicely done my friend. 💕🦖

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 31, 2025 10:26 PM (LNeRu)

102 Lalo Schifrin is the composer of the iconic "Theme from Mission: Impossible," which was created for the television series that aired from 1966 to 1973.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025

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His Wiki entry has this: "It is a distinctive tune written in the uncommon 5/4 time signature. The meter (dash dash, dot dot) is Morse code for the letters M and I."

I did not know that second point!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 10:26 PM (wzUl9)

103 This Miami-Ohio State game is rather good. I hope all of tomorrow's games are just as good.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at December 31, 2025 10:27 PM (Oubw1)

104 Out of twenty trillion planets, and we're the only one, "it just happened" is a joke.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 10:23 PM (c115l)

No, the joke is the punchline, and the punchline was, "we give him chocolate and generally have some picnics and band concerts. Why, what do you do when he shows up?"

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 10:28 PM (rbvCR)

105 I made hot Cocoa tonite. Twice. Just a party animal, I guess

Posted by: Common Tater at December 31, 2025 10:28 PM (q3N/z)

106 25 Heroes & Icons is running their Twilight Zone marathon.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 10:07 PM (wzUl9)

Thought I had seen every TZ episode, however there are still a few that are new to me. Someone here mentioned "Passerby" a few days ago, so I made a point to watch that today.

Posted by: Joemarine at December 31, 2025 10:28 PM (y171U)

107 A lovely post. Thank you. Blessings and peace to all good horde members.

Many years ago, I was newly sober and wrestling with coming to believe in a power greater than myself. I saw that those who did have such a belief had a great peace. I was envious of this, but I felt nothing .

So a friend of mine said to me, "Here's a suggestion: Every morning, ask God to reveal himself to you today. Then, when you go to bed, thank him for keeping you sober. And keep your eyes open for signs."

"How long will that take?"

"How the fuck should I know?? Just DO it!"

Eight months later, I got my answer. And I've known Jesus is the Son of God ever since.

Happy new year, friends.

Posted by: Beverly at December 31, 2025 10:28 PM (reMys)

108 101 Mr. REX.
For a guy with small arms and a not-so-small at all brain, this was a lovely soliloque. Nicely done my friend. 💕🦖

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 31, 2025 10:26 PM
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Thanks! Soliloque (soliloquy?) is a good scrabble word.

Posted by: TRex - dictionary dino at December 31, 2025 10:29 PM (IQ6Gq)

109 Aw, that's sad, OrangeEnt.

If I wake up in the morning, I always count that as lucky. Anything more is a blessing.
Posted by: mindful webworker - above the sod thanks to God at December 31, 2025 10:16 PM (dESj/)

I never liked them, so I don't think I missed anything. It was more of a country folk thing for his side of the family. Mom's didn't eat bep.

See what happens when you're doing multiple things at once. You get behind on the ONT comments.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025 10:29 PM (uQesX)

110 Never met anyone named Lalo. There is also a singer named Lolo.

Posted by: And Laa-Laa is a Teletubby at December 31, 2025 10:29 PM (oftw2)

111 I have maya coba beans, some red beans, cabbage and a ham bone for dinner.
It is better than Chex mix

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 10:29 PM (rbvCR)

112 40 {{Stateless}} and
{{halfhourshower}}

Happy new year, wherever you are!!!
Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2025 10:12 PM (rdVOm)

Seconded.

Reminded of some who went missing without explanation too.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 10:29 PM (QGaXH)

113 A good New Year's Eve to all of my gray box friends, and my best wishes for your 2026 to be a happy one.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 10:29 PM (wzUl9)

114 Thank you TRex.

I hope 2026 is better for everyone.

Posted by: Joyenz at December 31, 2025 10:29 PM (2F0/Y)

115 79 In the beginning there was nothing and everything that came to be came to be from nothing.

LOL. That is just illogical.
Posted by: No one

In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
Posted by: zombie Terry Pratchett at December 31, 2025 10:22 PM (nhCoE)

If you consider this reality as just a 4 dimensional bubble inside a greater multidimensional reality, then it’s not illogical at all.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 10:30 PM (m7iZ5)

116
Re the Monkey typing theorem. To produce, say the exact text of Hamlet, a number of "random monkeys" equal to the number of subatomic particles in the universe typing would need about 10^(360,000) time the age of the universe to get even a decent chance.

That probability in the given age of the universe is so small as to be indistinguishable from zero.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 10:30 PM (w6EFb)

117 110 Never met anyone named Lalo. There is also a singer named Lolo.
Posted by: And Laa-Laa is a Teletubby at December 31, 2025 10:29 PM (oftw2)

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I met a chick named Lola in a bar once.

Posted by: Ray Davies at December 31, 2025 10:30 PM (JkO4W)

118 The infinity is the important part. Every possibility is in there somewhere.

Think of it without requiring the actions of a monkey. Write out all of pi, 3.141592654..... in some binary representation. Then convert every 7 or 8 bits into ASCII characters. The complete works of Shakespeare are somewhere in that infinite nonrepeating decimal. Backwards, forwards, and in every possible language.
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Further, all of those versions with *one* misspelling, or two or so forth. So finding a copy (as with infinite monkey/typewriters there'll be more than one) that's actually letter perfect is going to be prohibitively difficult.

Posted by: Pam Bondi at December 31, 2025 10:30 PM (vSvIl)

119 Speaking of the front page sidebar

Brigitte Bardot… If you have forgotten what she looked like, try this. [CBD]

I find her unforgettable.

Posted by: mindful webworker - speaking of va-voom at December 31, 2025 10:30 PM (dESj/)

120 Dang it, go away TV personality sock.

Posted by: Methos at December 31, 2025 10:31 PM (vSvIl)

121 In the beginning there was nothing and everything that came to be came to be from nothing.

That would be the cosmological argument in classical apologetics.

The atheists pick from:

• The Universe is a Brute Fact (rejecting the need for a metaphysical explanation)

• Quantum Cosmology - emerged from a quantum vacuum, that is "nothing" in physics isn't absolute nothingness but a field with potential energy

• They reject a temporal framework which implies a beginning and that the universe extends beyond time and thus eternal or timeless. Causality applies only within time.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 10:31 PM (a4flb)

122 >>>You're still serving drinks, right??
Posted by: TRex - Club ONT bar is open

>It may be time for that second whiskey. The big moment is approaching and I haven't hit the sack yet.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 31, 2025 10:31 PM (nljXp)

123 I gots one o' them Stay Home and Do Nothing and Go To Bed Early tickets...
... and I plan on using it!

Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2025 10:31 PM (rdVOm)

124 Evenin' and Happy New Year!

“Death is swallowed up in victory.”
55“O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?”

56The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

58Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 31, 2025 10:31 PM (sAmhv)

125 107/Beverly, that is a great post. Thank you for sharing.

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 31, 2025 10:31 PM (IQ6Gq)

126 110 Never met anyone named Lalo. There is also a singer named Lolo.
Posted by: And Laa-Laa is a Teletubby at December 31, 2025 10:29 PM (oftw2)

**********

And a national forest.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at December 31, 2025 10:31 PM (Oubw1)

127 If you consider this reality as just a 4 dimensional bubble inside a greater multidimensional reality, then it’s not illogical at all.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 10:30 PM (m7iZ5)

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Please favor us with your description of Kalabi-Yau manifolds.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 10:31 PM (JkO4W)

128 Deep thoughts. Seems to me we debate the origin of the universe from time to time. We never seem to reconcile faith with quantum theory. It's a real head scratcher.

Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 10:31 PM (ZxPkt)

129 TRex, that was a very thoughtful post. Thank you.

I didn't expect to see my name, thank you again.

Condolences to all who have lost a loved one. May God's peace be with you.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 31, 2025 10:32 PM (igoLh)

130 Life is just a speedbump along the route to something much grander.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 10:15 PM (ESVrU)
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Momento Mori. We will be dead much, much longer than we will be alive. Plan accordingly.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025 10:32 PM (ZOv7s)

131 I don't even know how someone with such short arms can compose and post ONTs. Are there "cheaters" involved, like "marital aids"?

Posted by: On SSDI, Myself, But Handi-Capable! at December 31, 2025 10:32 PM (oftw2)

132 Thought I had seen every TZ episode, however there are still a few that are new to me. Someone here mentioned "Passerby" a few days ago, so I made a point to watch that today.
Posted by: Joemarine at December 31, 2025 10:28 PM

It was my recommendation, I hope you enjoyed it as much as I do! And I have always noticed that it’s not often shown on the TZ marathons, and I don’t know why.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 10:32 PM (m7iZ5)

133 Something my pastor told me years ago. He did not fear death as he believed that it was A) inevitable; and B) he was pretty sure where his soul was going. But...he did admit he wasn't crazy about the death experience. He was hoping for one of those in your sleep events.
Can't fault the logic.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 10:32 PM (2WIwB)

134 Yeah, it's an arguable supposition. But, eternity is a very long time. Very, very long.

Posted by: mindful webworker - infinite monkeys and very sturdy typewriters at December 31, 2025 10:24 PM (dESj/)
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"Eternity is a long time, my friends. It's hard to imagine how long it is. Imagine yourself at the supermarket checkout line. And there's 15 people ahead of you. And each one has a full basket of groceries. And none of the items are marked. And everyone wants to pay by check. And it's the girl's first day on the job. And she doesn't speak English.

"You take a few minutes off that, and you start to get an idea of just how long eternity is."

Posted by: Emo Philips at December 31, 2025 10:32 PM (ESVrU)

135 Oh, and I got around to ordering a calendar for 2026 at last. There never seems to be anything that grabs me in the stores or in those mall kiosks; and I need one with a page that I can write down the various appointments or chores. So I always go online. I got this:

https://tinyurl.com/mrxhpdkp

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 10:32 PM (wzUl9)

136 If you consider this reality as just a 4 dimensional bubble inside a greater multidimensional reality, then it’s not illogical at all.

If that's the case we should be able to fold dimensions and travel anywhere we want pretty much instantly.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 31, 2025 10:33 PM (lUFok)

137 Was the universe created or did it emerge from a Bing Bang?

The Bang was a creation, whether it was divine or not. I suspect this is why so many astronomers have been trying to come up with alternate theories since some sort of cosmic big bang became obvious. I also suspect it was made even worse by having been formulated by a Catholic priest/physicist.

Much of the current alternative theories of the creation of the universe (a) still involve a big bang and (b) attempt to hide it with turtles all the way down.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 31, 2025 10:33 PM (EXyHK)

138 In the beginning there was nothing and everything that came to be came to be from nothing.

LOL. That is just illogical.
Posted by: No one

In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded.
Posted by: zombie Terry Pratchett at December 31, 2025 10:22 PM (nhCoE)

If you consider this reality as just a 4 dimensional bubble inside a greater multidimensional reality, then it’s not illogical at all.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 10:30 PM (m7iZ5)

In other words, our universe was squeezed into existence like toothpaste out of its tube? We're all just bits of toothpaste?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 31, 2025 10:33 PM (S/Y4j)

139 If you consider this reality as just a 4 dimensional bubble inside a greater multidimensional reality, then it’s not illogical at all.

Or that all of the universe is a simulation - a near infinite software program.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 10:34 PM (a4flb)

140 Was the universe created or did it emerge from a Bing Bang? If a divine creator, what does "created in the image of God" mean? If a bang, what existed before and what caused the bang?

I'm still trying to explain to the cat in the Cafe thread where the bubble came from.

Posted by: t-bird at December 31, 2025 10:34 PM (rq3mQ)

141 103 This Miami-Ohio State game is rather good. I hope all of tomorrow's games are just as good.
Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at December 31, 2025 10:27 PM (Oubw1)

Eh. Mr. Dmlw! is building a bonfire to burn all of his OSU stuff.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 31, 2025 10:35 PM (h7ZuX)

142 Thank you Dino for a touching and well thought out NYE ONT. I'm sure it took some planning.

Wife and I are home alone tonight, she watching her shows, I watching mine.
usually there's a big family get-together on her side but with one 90-something in the hospital and several younger people with awful colds - including wife - we thought better to stay home.

So youse guys are stuck wit me and my weird sense of humor. I think I get the better of that arrangement.

Let's be grateful for the blessings bestowed on us in '25 and give thanks for blessings yet to come in '26.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 10:35 PM (QGaXH)

143 The horde was very supportive. Still is supportive.

It made a difference for me.

Annie Stew does good work. I aver she is one of the pillars that makes this smart military blog a community.

Thank you for mentioning me and my late wife.

This was a quite difficult holiday season.
As Astra Per Aspera

After 2025, looking for a better 2026.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 31, 2025 10:35 PM (u82oZ)

144 Please favor us with your description of Kalabi-Yau manifolds.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 10:31 PM (JkO4W)

*waves hands expressively, in vaguely circular motions*

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 10:35 PM (m7iZ5)

145 I made hot Cocoa tonite. Twice. Just a party animal, I guess.

I added brandy to my hot cocoa. Party plussed.

It really was darn good.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 31, 2025 10:36 PM (EXyHK)

146 I don't even know how someone with such short arms can compose and post ONTs. Are there "cheaters" involved, like "marital aids"?
Posted by: On SSDI, Myself, But Handi-Capable!
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Despite bribes and "wondering", I get no previews. I find out when you find out...disappointing, right?

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 31, 2025 10:36 PM (IQ6Gq)

147 Happy New Years Hordemates!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 10:36 PM (2WIwB)

148 Woody Allen: I'm not scared of dying, I just don't want to be there when it happens

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 10:36 PM (zNwXb)

149 Beautiful, TRex. Thank you. And blessings to everyone who has lost a friend or family member. Please take comfort they are in an amazing place.

I want to second or third or fourth what TRex wrote, please don’t keep things laying on your heart. I am not in a position to speak for everyone, but I can speak for me - I promise to listen.

Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 10:36 PM (OoFl2)

150 OK, so that means that our whole solar system could be like one tiny atom in the fingernail of some other giant being. This is nuts! That means that one tiny atom in my fingernail could be...

Posted by: Pinto at December 31, 2025 10:36 PM (wVcYX)

151 I recall Derb stating that he is an atheist, but then saying, 'But, what is this thing that we call 'spirit'?' Acknowledging that there is something beyond the comprehensible.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 10:36 PM (XeU6L)

152 I think I'll bring in the New Year with an uplifting movie!!

Bladerunner (Blu Ray)

Probably watch some Twilight Zone episodes too. Have those on DVD.

Haven't watched them in a long while. Haven't watched any movie or TV show in a long while. My time wasteing TV blackhole usually involves racing or golf. Lots of it on, all year long.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 31, 2025 10:36 PM (sAmhv)

153 Lulu

"To Sir, With Love"

Divinyls covered

https://youtu.be/_PI4G3dbon0

Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 10:36 PM (ZxPkt)

154 In other words, our universe was squeezed into existence like toothpaste out of its tube? We're all just bits of toothpaste?
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf

Is it better to be a bit of toothpaste, or a bit of personal lubricant?

Wrong answers only.

Posted by: mikeski at December 31, 2025 10:37 PM (nhCoE)

155 Ain't looking good right now for THE Ohio State

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 10:37 PM (zNwXb)

156 Thought I had seen every TZ episode, however there are still a few that are new to me. Someone here mentioned "Passerby" a few days ago, so I made a point to watch that today.
Posted by: Joemarine at December 31, 2025

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With James Gregory and Joanne Linville, who would later guest-star on Trek, though not together. I know I've seen it, but it's been a long time. A ghost story set during the Civil War?

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 10:37 PM (wzUl9)

157
Nice one TRex. Thank you, and Happy New year.

*hoists one for both lists*

To absent friends.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 31, 2025 10:38 PM (QVmho)

158 {{{Dash my lace wigs}}}

Just hug him strongly and tell him it’s only a football game.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 31, 2025 10:38 PM (u82oZ)

159 13 Beautiful post.
Thanks for the mention of my Dad.

I miss him, and Mom, but it's getting better.

You get used to it, slowly.
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 10:04 PM (6ydKt)

This year '26 will be 10 years since mom and dad passed within a month of each other. I miss them everyday, more so since I stopped working.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 10:38 PM (QGaXH)

160 OK, so that means that our whole solar system could be like one tiny atom in the fingernail of some other giant being. This is nuts! That means that one tiny atom in my fingernail could be...
Posted by: Pinto at December 31, 2025 10:36 PM (wVcYX)

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Wanna buy some pot from me?

Posted by: Professor Jennings at December 31, 2025 10:38 PM (JkO4W)

161 If you consider this reality as just a 4 dimensional bubble inside a greater multidimensional reality, then it’s not illogical at all.

Or that all of the universe is a simulation - a near infinite software program.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 10:34 PM (a4flb)
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Has anyone discovered observable evidence for either of those hypotheses?

Or are they just interesting mathematical models?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 10:38 PM (ESVrU)

162 Okay, here's something to amuse...

A few weeks ago I got back into playing with miniatures, first Warhammer 40k and then my proprietary fantasy system. While painting, I like music, but not just the radio, it should have a theme. Having gotten bored with the Conan The Barbarian Soundtrack, I did some Christmas carols (not good) and hit upon The Ghost and The Darkness soundtrack. Lovin' it.

My youngest joined me in a joint session of building models and painting. This is a silent but shared activity. Anyway, she remarked that it sounded very dramatic, and I realized she'd never seen the movie! I resolved to remedy that, only to realize that I no longer owned it. You see, it was so old, I owned it on VHS. So I had to go and buy the DVD. Earlier tonight we watched it. Great film, and yes, I have seen the Tsavo lions in Chicago. I told her that her eldest sister also saw them, but probably doesn't remember it. Must dig out pictures.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025 10:38 PM (ZOv7s)

163 Trump Threatens to Sue Fed Chair Powell for ‘Gross Incompetence’ Over $2.5 Billion Headquarters Renovation - December 30, 2025
_istandforfreedom .com

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 10:38 PM (hVbrz)

164 My owl, who hasn’t been around a ton since we got the dog and the neighbors renovated their house, is out there hooting away in the fireworks noise. I think he is scared. I think I may open the screen door and see if he goes on the porch.

Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 10:38 PM (OoFl2)

165 Please favor us with your description of Kalabi-Yau manifolds.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

One star. Cheap Chinesium crap from Amazon.

Buy American-made auto parts.

Posted by: mikeski at December 31, 2025 10:39 PM (nhCoE)

166 Let me clear this up for everyone:

Nothing has happened yet. We aren't really here. Only our potential is here. Past, present, and future all exist in a block, and currently only the future is occurring because there is no past, or present to represent itself.

Hope that clears it up for everyone. MORE WINE!!!!

Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 10:39 PM (dIske)

167 Happy new year Hordians..

I'll bow out... not the type of thread I need right now.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 10:39 PM (mP0Kj)

168 I need one with a page that I can write down the various appointments or chores. So I always go online. I got this:

https://tinyurl.com/mrxhpdkp
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 10:32 PM (wzUl9)

Somebody may not like that you know....

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025 10:40 PM (uQesX)

169 Has anyone discovered observable evidence for either of those hypotheses?

Or are they just interesting mathematical models?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 10:38 PM (ESVrU)
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The rules of logic are always set aside when religion comes into play. Note that "Bible scholars" demand a level of proof unknown to other types of historians. Also that a theory is treated as true by default, but thousands of years of tradition is always suspect.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025 10:41 PM (ZOv7s)

170
"I do not have all the answers. But if you pass from this life and end up in Pittsburgh, please let me know. I have questions."

Ha!
Well done, Dino.
Well done.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 31, 2025 10:41 PM (2Ez/1)

171 Just hug him strongly and tell him it’s only a football game.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 31, 2025 10:38 PM (u82oZ)

Exactly. Happy New Year, NaCly!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 31, 2025 10:41 PM (h7ZuX)

172 This was a quite difficult holiday season.
As Astra Per Aspera

After 2025, looking for a better 2026.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 31, 2025 10:35 PM (u82oZ)

{{{{NaCly}}}}

Much love to you, friend. Wishing you (and the Horde) a blessed New Year!

Posted by: moki at December 31, 2025 10:41 PM (wLjpr)

173 I tossed one of my hoodies onto the futon in my office.

My cat Hexie is now performing her "kneading dance" on it.

She likes to sleep there.

I love my kitties.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 10:41 PM (ESVrU)

174 https://youtu.be/3QsvZ8P1QNk

Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2025 10:41 PM (rdVOm)

175 Vila Restal: I plan to live forever. Or die trying.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 31, 2025 10:42 PM (EXyHK)

176 Personal lubricant is far better than toothpaste for getting caked blood out of your hair.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 10:42 PM (rbvCR)

177 Yeah, Miami is about to close the deal

Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 10:42 PM (ZxPkt)

178 Some might be interested in one or more of these 2025 recap videos

Best of Cowboy Cooking in 2025
Cowboy Kent Rollins, and more than we usually get of his lovely wife, Shannon.
https://youtu.be/2oTpSamJmfI

2025 Year In Review...Highlights and Lowlights
Rick Beato
https://youtu.be/OTSXRcOMxpY

'Seriously?!' Most OUTRAGEOUS Laws Passed in 2025
Carl Higbie Frontline with Oklahoma's Markwayne Mullin
https://youtu.be/GeODcWYBIXI

and I'll throw this in, even though our Sen. Lankford is… less than one might wish.
Senator James Lankford's 2025 Year in Review
https://youtu.be/5Xl2sugK0gk

Posted by: mindful webworker - don't look back, just keep running at December 31, 2025 10:42 PM (dESj/)

179 “Perfessor” Squirrel

There seems to be data at strong odds with current theory in cosmology. That means theory has to adjust. Which I am not seeing happening.

Reality is way too messy to be a simulation.

Hand of God as an explanation is looking more likely. Or someone with all the cheat codes.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 31, 2025 10:43 PM (u82oZ)

180 Eh. Mr. Dmlw! is building a bonfire to burn all of his OSU stuff.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 31, 2025 10:35 PM (h7ZuX)

Hold on, I've got some gear here too ...

#grrrr

Posted by: browndog remembers Rex Kern at December 31, 2025 10:44 PM (3sXRv)

181 Copper-based blood should be green, not blue.

Just look at that pointy-eared Vulcan logician, if you don't believe me.
Posted by: Leonard "Bones" McCoy, MD at December 31, 2025 10:16 PM (Oubw1)

Copper ion in solution is beautiful deep blue. Look at copper sulfate crystals.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 10:44 PM (8zz6B)

182 I love my kitties.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 10:41 PM (ESVrU)
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The senior cat blasted open the doors where we were watching The Ghost and The Darkness, and curled up on my lap.

We knew she was rooting for the lions.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025 10:44 PM (ZOv7s)

183 Every day when I handle my car keys, I think of Jewells, on account of the Aoshq key chain.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 10:44 PM (XeU6L)

184 So I went to Lowe's today to purchase a new range for my kitchen.

While I was chatting with the sales clerks, they told me there's a dude that likes to come into Lowe's and steals the knobs off the appliances. They've caught him multiple times on camera. No apparent reason.

Though when they told me about it, I immediately thought of the subject of last night's ONT.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 10:45 PM (ESVrU)

185 Wishing all y'all a new year filled with laughter, strength and peace.

I am grateful for this grey box community.

Big changes coming up for me this year. I'm looking forward to it.

Posted by: AmericanKestrel at December 31, 2025 10:45 PM (igoLh)

186 69 On a lighter note. If you live long enough, you exceed the age range for Legos, which ends at 99.

I'm not sure if there's an upper age limit on Eggos, though....
Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 31, 2025 10:19 PM (S/Y4j)

My 97 y.o. M-I-L likes her some Eggos with syrup. Wife says she makes her fill every little square with syrup before she'll eat it. Wife says 'old people and little kids are the same'.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 10:45 PM (QGaXH)

187 "Personal lubricant is far better than toothpaste for getting caked blood out of your hair."

Uh... I don't wanna know. The less said, the better.

Posted by: PabloD at December 31, 2025 10:45 PM (tfChy)

188 Good evening morons и с Новым годом Dino!

What a lovely memoriam, thank you we are coming up on Rose's z'l first yahrzeit.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 10:45 PM (RIvkX)

189 I need one with a page that I can write down the various appointments or chores. So I always go online. I got this:

https://tinyurl.com/mrxhpdkp
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025
*
Somebody may not like that you know....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025

***
If you mean Miss Linda, she has never voiced any disapproval of my pin-up art calendars. Besides, it's not like it has actual Playboy/Penthouse nudes.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 10:45 PM (wzUl9)

190 If you consider this reality as just a 4 dimensional bubble inside a greater multidimensional reality, then it’s not illogical at all.

Since we are using dimensions, so we have, through hypothetical complexity, a universe that doesn't require a cosmological explanation.

Now do a planet that supports life. Lets start with the Drake Equation:
N = R* x fp x ne x fl x fi x fc x L
• N = estimated number of detectable civilizations
• R* average rate of star formations in the galaxy
• fraction of stars that have planetary systems
• average # of planets per star that could support life
• fraction of those planets where life actually develops
• fraction of lfe-bearing planets with intelligent life
• fraction of civilizations that develop detectable tech
• average lifetime of such civilizations

The Drake Equation leaves out a lot of other factors.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 10:46 PM (a4flb)

191 Hold on, I've got some gear here too ...

#grrrr
Posted by: browndog remembers Rex Kern at December 31, 2025 10:44 PM (3sXRv)

*rolls the refuse cart on over....throw it in, friend.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 31, 2025 10:46 PM (h7ZuX)

192
There was a recent paper out purporting to disprove that we could be in a simulation. The math is way beyond me, but it was something about what is observed cannot be the product of an "algorithmic" process.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 10:46 PM (w6EFb)

193 I visit Western PA at least once a year, sometimes twice. Grew up north of Pittsburgh. I haven't been to downtown Pittsburgh since the late 80s. Driving there is an adventure. I'm not sure, unless you've been there, anybody understands what the geography there does to driving in Pittburgh. It can be, uh, challenging. So, if you die and end up in Pittsburgh, avoid driving.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 31, 2025 10:46 PM (sAmhv)

194 Though when they told me about it, I immediately thought of the subject of last night's ONT.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

Do you need some knobs?

Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 10:46 PM (c115l)

195 Personal lubricant is far better than toothpaste for getting caked blood out of your hair.
Posted by: Kindltot
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I refuse to ponder this.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 10:46 PM (XeU6L)

196 Miami 23-14

55 seconds to play

Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 10:46 PM (ZxPkt)

197 The bang theory is just a construct to give non-conformists a creation story for happenings we'll never know.

Light years of random data viewed thru a lens in a whisper.

My bowel movements are real. Happy New Year!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 31, 2025 10:47 PM (nljXp)

198 Baron Mikel Scicluna was a fine wrestler of Maltese ancestry. He was always billed as being from "The Isle of Malta!", but more than half his life he was from Pittsburgh.

Posted by: WWF Lore at December 31, 2025 10:47 PM (oftw2)

199 Imagine yourself at the supermarket checkout line. And there's 15 people ahead of you. And each one has a full basket of groceries. And none of the items are marked. And everyone wants to pay by check. And it's the girl's first day on the job. And she doesn't speak English.…
Posted by: Emo Philips

And they don't start writing the check until everything's rung up. And every one has a stack of coupons, many expired. And you really need to pee.

Posted by: mindful webworker - don't look back, just keep running at December 31, 2025 10:47 PM (dESj/)

200 Personal lubricant is far better than toothpaste for getting caked blood out of your hair.

This is somebody who knows how to party.

Or cover up a crime. But definitely one of those.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 31, 2025 10:47 PM (lUFok)

201 w/ PAT 24-14 Miami

Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 10:47 PM (ZxPkt)

202 Good night all and Happy New Year

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 10:47 PM (zNwXb)

203 {{{AmericanKestrel}}}

On to bigger and brighter tomorrows.
For both of us.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 31, 2025 10:48 PM (u82oZ)

204 Andy Warhol was also a prominent Pittsburghian. Died in NY, though.

Posted by: The King Of Pop Art at December 31, 2025 10:49 PM (oftw2)

205 Wife says 'old people and little kids are the same'.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)
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Haha, so true!

Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2025 10:49 PM (rdVOm)

206 Amazon Prime Video has The Twilight Zone available to watch right now. I saw a notice that it's leaving soon.

It's darkly amusing to watch the storylines that involve life in 1959 being just too fast paced for people to stand.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at December 31, 2025 10:50 PM (2XHCB)

207 Miami interception

this is over

Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 10:50 PM (ZxPkt)

208 The senior cat blasted open the doors where we were watching The Ghost and The Darkness, and curled up on my lap.

We knew she was rooting for the lions.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025

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There's been suggestions that the lions which still live in the Tsavo area, larger than most lions and with maneless males, may be direct descendants of the ancient cave lions (Panthera spelaea).

Years ago I told Linda that my then-cat Arizona, the big shaggy red tabby, had racial memories of cave lion days. She thought I was making the "cave lion" part up; she'd never heard of the creatures.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 10:50 PM (wzUl9)

209 The bang theory is just a construct to give non-conformists a creation story for happenings we'll never know.

Light years of random data viewed thru a lens in a whisper.

My bowel movements are real. Happy New Year!
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone

Someone got into the brown acid.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 10:51 PM (c115l)

210 Uh... I don't wanna know. The less said, the better.
Posted by: PabloD at December 31, 2025 10:45 PM (tfChy)

ER nurse told me that one, when we took dad in when he had split his scalp in a fall. That was the one where my wife insisted we take the Impala because it had leather seats.
Funny, frustrating night. I miss dad.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 10:51 PM (rbvCR)

211 Wolfus, I can't remember, did you get that last email I sent?

Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025 10:51 PM (uQesX)

212 I visit Western PA at least once a year, sometimes twice. Grew up north of Pittsburgh. I haven't been to downtown Pittsburgh since the late 80s. Driving there is an adventure. I'm not sure, unless you've been there, anybody understands what the geography there does to driving in Pittburgh. It can be, uh, challenging. So, if you die and end up in Pittsburgh, avoid driving.
Posted by: Puddleglum,
********
1000%

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 31, 2025 10:51 PM (IQ6Gq)

213 This Miami-Ohio State game is rather good.

Well, how about that!

Posted by: t-bird at December 31, 2025 10:52 PM (rq3mQ)

214 77 ..oh, it's so dusty in here

***GROUP HUG!!!***
Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2025 10:22 PM (rdVOm)

Don't know about this 'hug' business but I wouldn't say no to a cold beer......

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 10:52 PM (QGaXH)

215 Ridgid Tools used to put out an eye candy calendar. Bikini girls holding wrenches mostly.

Posted by: Miss February Fan at December 31, 2025 10:53 PM (oftw2)

216 Another Year.

https://youtu.be/_EwjFrHGPb4

Posted by: mikeski at December 31, 2025 10:53 PM (nhCoE)

217 Also, I knew a girl who talked about the time she used toothpaste to spike up and dred her hair for a party, and pretty much had to cut it to a high and tight to get it off, so it is not something to use in hair.

I liked Akane, she was a hoot.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 10:53 PM (rbvCR)

218 *slides a beer down the bar to ARiK*

Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2025 10:53 PM (rdVOm)

219 Have a great new year, everyone.

May it be noted for you and yours thriving.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 31, 2025 10:53 PM (u82oZ)

220 There's been suggestions that the lions which still live in the Tsavo area, larger than most lions and with maneless males, may be direct descendants of the ancient cave lions (Panthera spelaea)
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Hatchet Jack, "was livin' two year in a cave up on the Musselshell with a female panther. She never did get used to him". -- Del Gue

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 10:53 PM (XeU6L)

221 Personal lubricant is far better than toothpaste for getting caked blood out of your hair.
Posted by: Kindltot

What kind of parties do you go to!!?

Posted by: Tonypete at December 31, 2025 10:54 PM (cYBz/)

222 Ridgid Tools used to put out an eye candy calendar.
Posted by: Miss February Fan

Or the other way 'round.

Posted by: somebody had to say it at December 31, 2025 10:54 PM (nhCoE)

223 What is it with the reporterette with the gold lame dress and the upswept hairdo interviewing players after the game? Who dresses this way to be on the sidelines?

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 31, 2025 10:54 PM (IQ6Gq)

224 There's been suggestions that the lions which still live in the Tsavo area, larger than most lions and with maneless males, may be direct descendants of the ancient cave lions (Panthera spelaea).

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 10:50 PM (wzUl9)
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It's Africa. Anything is possible.

I enjoyed watching the film for the first time in a long time, and was able to recognize more of the firearms than before. Michael Douglas keeping a giant bore percussion cap pistol make sense when you realize that magnums haven't been invented yet.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025 10:55 PM (ZOv7s)

225 Wolfus, I can't remember, did you get that last email I sent?
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025

***
A couple of days ago? I'm pretty sure I did. I'll look.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 10:55 PM (wzUl9)

226 Clean the barrel of a gun (except when shooting lead bullets) - beautiful rich blue color. Which tells you that you have to keep cleaning til it diminishes or goes away.

The water in small inlets near Seward, AK - amazing blue tint. Also copper I believe.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 31, 2025 10:55 PM (U/Byj)

227 Pittsburgh is the only city I know attached to the word "confluence".

Posted by: Allegheny, Monongahela, Ohio at December 31, 2025 10:55 PM (oftw2)

228 Who dresses this way to be on the sidelines?
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba

She's not dressed that way to be on the sidelines. She's dressed that way to be on camera.

Posted by: Ridgid Tools at December 31, 2025 10:55 PM (nhCoE)

229 Oh, and I got around to ordering a calendar for 2026 at last.

Just reuse your 2015 or 2009 calendar.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 10:56 PM (a4flb)

230
Ev'ry time I see your face,
It reminds me of the places we used to go.

But all I got is a photograph
And I realize you're not coming back anymore.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 10:57 PM (RIvkX)

231 Ridgid Tools used to put out an eye candy calendar. Bikini girls holding wrenches mostly.
Posted by: Miss February Fan at December 31, 2025 10:53 PM (oftw2)

Dillon Precision does a calendar, hot chicks with guns

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 10:58 PM (rbvCR)

232 "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 10:41 PM

They ARE entertaining, aren't they?

Posted by: KT at December 31, 2025 10:58 PM (7vIsy)

233 143 NaCly

How lovely to see you. We don't often cross paths anymore...
Big prayers for you my friend. Always know you have wonderful loving friends here❣❣❣

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 31, 2025 10:58 PM (LNeRu)

234 So I flat lined after I got my appendix taken out and proceeded to bleed out internally until I started going into shock. It was caught by my ex husband, and I am grateful for that. I flatlined in the operating room after they rushed me back into surgery. I do not fear death, it was the warmest, most loving, most comfortable feeling I have ever had, nothing has even come close. It was peachy and pink everywhere, like a beach sunset. I did not want to leave. But I was told by a voice which seemed to come from everywhere that I needed to go back, I had little girls who needed me, this was not my time. I distinctly remember being told it would be okay, I would come back, but not now. And suddenly it was all gone, and I was cold, things were beeping and I was alive again.

Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 10:58 PM (p4NUW)

235 Happy New Year to The Horde, Families, Friends and Pets!

Posted by: KT at December 31, 2025 10:59 PM (7vIsy)

236 128 Deep thoughts. Seems to me we debate the origin of the universe from time to time. We never seem to reconcile faith with quantum theory. It's a real head scratcher.
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 10:31 PM (ZxPkt)

So far, going with faith and letting the science catch up has been the winning ticket....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 10:59 PM (QGaXH)

237 The XO went to bed a long time ago. The idiot Persian is mostly asleep. The Wicked Witch is wide awake and nagging for another Churo tube. -- which she does not need because she is maybe one or two pounds from round as a pumpkin. My normally quiet neighborhood has been shooting off fireworks since before dusk. And I am eating a slice of fruitcake. I do not understand people who claim to loathe fruitcake. (There's something wrong.)

My brain simply jams up at the thought of eternity. Deep time scares me. Astronomers, physicists, and other such science types who calmly speak of billions of years give me the creeps. My brain simply refuses to process that concept. And neither can my poor, retarded brain accept that the entire universe just suddenly appeared out of nowhere. Someone pushed the button. But where did that "someone" come from? Again, my brain refuses to accept a "someone" with no beginning and no end. I try to be a nice person though, just in case.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at December 31, 2025 11:00 PM (DK5Sh)

238 Season 2, Episode 1 of The Chosen does an excellent job giving context to John writing the scripture Dino mentioned above.

https://watch.thechosen.tv/video/184683594353

When you have an hour watch it.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 31, 2025 11:00 PM (2Ez/1)

239 Also Donna Jean Godcheaux is of blessed memory this year just a few weeks ago.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 11:00 PM (RIvkX)

240 Happy new year to all you folks. 2026 will be a new journey for me and I'm glad this place is here.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 31, 2025 11:00 PM (CHHv1)

241 Happy New Year when it gets here, horde!

Posted by: LRob in OK at December 31, 2025 11:01 PM (47diA)

242 @C_3C_3 . 3h
Perhaps the most absurd January 6th lie…

Cassidy Hutchinson claims she heard POTUS Trump grabbed the steering wheel of the beast in rage.

She’s clearly lying.

We have the texts of her and Liz Cheney setting up a call to create the lie.

Lock them up

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 11:01 PM (hVbrz)

243 I do not fear death, it was the warmest, most loving, most comfortable feeling I have ever had, nothing has even come close. It was peachy and pink everywhere, like a beach sunset. I did not want to leave. But I was told by a voice which seemed to come from everywhere that I needed to go back, I had little girls who needed me, this was not my time. I distinctly remember being told it would be okay, I would come back, but not now. And suddenly it was all gone, and I was cold, things were beeping and I was alive again.
Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 10:58 PM (p4NUW)
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I had a dream like that once. No surgery involved, just an ordinary night's sleep, but it was a dream like nothing I've ever experienced. I *know* it was not a normal dream. It felt far too real and the voice was definitely NOT coming from inside my own head.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 11:02 PM (ESVrU)

244 {{{COMountainMarie}}}

You are sunshine that keeps me going. May your new year be wondrous.

Turning in now.

Posted by: NaCly Dog at December 31, 2025 11:02 PM (u82oZ)

245 was able to recognize more of the firearms than before. Michael Douglas keeping a giant bore percussion cap pistol make sense when you realize that magnums haven't been invented yet.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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I've never seen a Howdah.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 11:02 PM (XeU6L)

246 Darla Hood died after an appendectomy and Andy Warhol died after routine gall bladder surgery.

Posted by: But A Vapor at December 31, 2025 11:02 PM (oftw2)

247 Livestream, New Orleans Street Cam, might get entertaining tonight...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHW8srS0ylo

Posted by: davidt at December 31, 2025 11:03 PM (Q+gd/)

248 What is it with the reporterette with the gold lame dress and the upswept hairdo interviewing players after the game? Who dresses this way to be on the sidelines?
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 31, 2025 10:54 PM (IQ6Gq)

Why am I imaging that the hairdo looks like the dinner brought to the car at the end of the Flintstones?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at December 31, 2025 11:03 PM (S/Y4j)

249 I have a crazy idea that after we die, we spend eternity with others just like us.

Heaven or Hell would simply be a product of our own souls

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 31, 2025 11:04 PM (0bvPF)

250 148 Woody Allen: I'm not scared of dying, I just don't want to be there when it happens
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 10:36 PM (zNwXb)

"Prop me up beside the jukebox when I die.....

I want to go to heaven, I just don't want to go tonight...."

From memory, so apologies all around....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 11:05 PM (QGaXH)

251 Has anyone discovered observable evidence for either of those hypotheses?

I'm a six day Creationist, but the simulation explanation is a fairly versatile model to conceptualize the intermingling of the physical world and the spiritual world and account for the God is all without the pantheism.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 11:05 PM (a4flb)

252 183

Same. I have several of Julie"s Jewels. They keep her in my heart, and that's nice.💔❣

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 31, 2025 11:06 PM (LNeRu)

253 I had a dream like that once. No surgery involved, just an ordinary night's sleep, but it was a dream like nothing I've ever experienced. I *know* it was not a normal dream. It felt far too real and the voice was definitely NOT coming from inside my own head.
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Had something like that too, once. I just woke up feeling like God's love was permeating every cell of my being.

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 31, 2025 11:06 PM (0bvPF)

254 I've never seen a Howdah.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 11:02 PM (XeU6L)
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How about a Howdy?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025 11:06 PM (ZOv7s)

255
Something you might find interesting, which I do, is the theories of theoretical physicist Nikodem Poplawski. He has a sort of "fecund universes" idea, which gives a good basic for some previous hand-waving type of argument.

Basically, under the right conditions of mass and angular momentum, a black hole can birth another universe "inside" (I put inside in quotes because this doesn't work anything like 3D Newtonian intuition imagines). And then in that new universe, more black holes form, and you get an infinite chain of universe creation. One universe births many daughter universes in the ashes of the black hole collapses.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 11:07 PM (w6EFb)

256 I had a dream like that once. No surgery involved, just an ordinary night's sleep, but it was a dream like nothing I've ever experienced. I *know* it was not a normal dream. It felt far too real and the voice was definitely NOT coming from inside my own head.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December

The voice definitely was not in my head, either, plus I was really dead. When I woke up the doctors were standing over me and they said “we really thought we lost you there”. It took awhile for that to make sense in my wooziness, where the voice was crystal clear.

Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 11:08 PM (p4NUW)

257 To badly paraphrase Shakespeare, Death is a Journey To The Undiscovered Country, from no reports are heard.

Hopefully it's nice and not like Pittsburg at all.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 31, 2025 11:08 PM (XV/Pl)

258 Hopefully it's nice and not like Pittsburg at all.

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I dunno. I heard Pittsburgh is pretty nice.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 11:09 PM (+HNx/)

259 Happy happy NEW YEARS 😊🎇 to all the horde 😁💥
And may 2026 bring many blessings to us all 💥💥🎊🎉.
🍾🍾🍸🍸🍸

Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at December 31, 2025 11:09 PM (aO42i)

260 168 I need one with a page that I can write down the various appointments or chores. So I always go online. I got this:

https://tinyurl.com/mrxhpdkp
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 10:32 PM (wzUl9)

Somebody may not like that you know....
Posted by: OrangeEnt at December 31, 2025 10:40 PM (uQesX)

My favorite calendar was a daily Far Side calendar. Haven't seen them around for years. Monthly, yes. Not daily.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 11:09 PM (QGaXH)

261 The fun thing about fake non-booze champagne is that it comes in wild varieties that nature never intended. Just finished a glass of sparkling mango.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 11:10 PM (3uBP9)

262
"On the whole, I'd rather be in Philadelphia."

Posted by: Epitaph of W.C. Fields at December 31, 2025 11:11 PM (2Ez/1)

263 Livestream, New Orleans Street Cam, might get entertaining tonight...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHW8srS0ylo
Posted by: davidt at December 31, 2025

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The corner of Bourbon and Orleans, I think. If it is, the camera is showing the block of Bourbon I grew up on, with Orleans Street to the left with the car. I'm not sure -- I haven't been down there in a long time, and I am not familiar with all the bars in that block now.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 11:12 PM (wzUl9)

264 Piper, just glad that wasn't your final chapter....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 31, 2025 11:12 PM (IQ6Gq)

265 I have a crazy idea that after we die, we spend eternity with others just like us.
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"We travel between the eternities" -Robert Duvall, in 'Broken Trail'

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 11:12 PM (XeU6L)

266 I'm not going to Philadelphia or Camden, though.

Posted by: Got Some Standards at December 31, 2025 11:12 PM (oftw2)

267 Happy New Year everyone.

Well except you know who.

Posted by: Tucker at December 31, 2025 11:13 PM (Tpp9k)

268 Bill Watterson is a paradox. He's a guy who wanted to surpass Charles Schulz, and then got pissed about all the marketing that came with it.

Dude, you got the brass ring. Take the win. But no, he had to sulk and quit. Be careful what you wish for, etc.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025 11:13 PM (ZOv7s)

269 I'm not going to Philadelphia or Camden, though.
Posted by: Got Some Standards
*******
Very wise, in my opinion....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 31, 2025 11:13 PM (IQ6Gq)

270 It's a little after 9 PM here and I'm going to bed. Happy New Year everyone and I hope 2026 is better for us all.

Posted by: Archer at December 31, 2025 11:13 PM (YGRGv)

271 I spent New Year 1986 in Philadelphia. That was a wild party. It is possible to do too much.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 11:14 PM (RIvkX)

272 End Wokeness @EndWokeness

"MN mom" panics after seeing "fraud is bad" in her script

X video: https://bit.ly/4sizByG

@stevenvoiceover @stevenvoiceover

BREAKING: Jim Carrey Pranks CNN & Somali-Minnesota Mom

X video: https://bit.ly/4jj40cl

End Wokeness @EndWokeness

Daycare activist covers her mouth after she slips and says "there IS fraud"

X video: https://bit.ly/3LgCnUr

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 11:14 PM (P5BPp)

273 Went back to @LisaMaret to see if there is an update on Hanson and I can'r find the original post.
Sometimes it's not chronological, went back to the 28th. Nothing. Pissed.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 11:14 PM (hVbrz)

274 Basically, under the right conditions of mass and angular momentum, a black hole can birth another universe "inside" (I put inside in quotes because this doesn't work anything like 3D Newtonian intuition imagines). And then in that new universe, more black holes form, and you get an infinite chain of universe creation. One universe births many daughter universes in the ashes of the black hole collapses.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 11:07 PM (w6EFb)
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Again, that's an interesting theory, but where's the experimental evidence that this actually happens?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 11:14 PM (ESVrU)

275 Back in the pre-web days of CompuServe, on the Religion Forum, a wonderful Texas Baptist preacher and scientist (RIP, Dr B) laid out how well Genesis 1 comports with the progressive development observed by science: the void, then light, then firmament, the plants, living creatures, and, finally, humans. Roughly.

The resident skeptic griped that it wasn't a perfect match, being as how the stars and sun didn't come about until after the grass and trees, et al.

What I took away from it was: of all the genesis myths of human tribes, you have elder gods falling like fruit from the ancient tree, and the fox spirit breathing life into the world, or similar fantastic and turtles-all-the-way-down attempts to explain how everything came to be. And, while they may, in their time and for their people, give some comfort that origins are meaningful and life has purpose, to modern eyes, they are just fanciful nonsense, compared to the developmental progress of Genesis 1. If the sequence got a little muddled in the thousands of years of re-telling (Inerrantists just bear with me), it is still incomparably solid as explanation. Unique.

Most importantly, of course, was "In the beginning God…."😇

Posted by: mindful webworker - be fruitful and multiply at December 31, 2025 11:15 PM (dESj/)

276 'Night, Archer.

Thanks and sleep well!

Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2025 11:15 PM (rdVOm)

277 218 *slides a beer down the bar to ARiK*
Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2025 10:53 PM (rdVOm)

Now that's what I'm talkin about...thankyou!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 11:15 PM (QGaXH)

278
Daily Mail with pics of Melania and others at Mar-a-lago:
https://is.gd/LfW8D6

Judge Jeanine was also decked out to the nines.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 11:15 PM (w6EFb)

279 249 I have a crazy idea that after we die, we spend eternity with others just like us.
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Time and space are attributes experienced in our universe. Outside of it, there is no time and there is no space,

That is what "eternity" is. The absence of time and space.

So don't expect to be catching up on old times with Gramps in the afterlife while practicing new riffs on the harp.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 11:15 PM (+HNx/)

280 My brain simply jams up at the thought of eternity.

Because you are trying to harmonize a temporal framework with a transcendent one.

If you were to take the position that our physical life moves within a purely temporal dimension and beyond the veil to the spirit world it exists in a transcendent dimension it would resolve a number of problems.

The idea of physical death means that in this dimension you cease to function. The body is frozen since it no longer functions to convey the soul about in a series of events which happens to have locality.

The spirit, leaving the stalled car/body at the side of the road passes through the veil to the next dimension. If the spirit is alive, then eternity with the Creator, if spiritually dead, then to Outer Darkness.

People tend to think that the afterlife is just another version of what we have here absent the pain, sin and misery. Entering a different dimension is probably profoundly different, it would imply, in effect time-travel (since not bound to time). In effect you could be your own Guardian Angel as you, on your side of the veil can "go back" to when you needed prompting to do things differently.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 11:15 PM (a4flb)

281 264 Piper, just glad that wasn't your final chapter....
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December

Thank you! Me too, but that experience helped me get through my mama’s death. I knew where she was going was far better than where she was.

Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 11:15 PM (p4NUW)

282 Doubt I will make it to midnight, so to all, a very happy New Year's Eve, and the very best for 2026...this is a very special place and I appreciate being here...

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 31, 2025 11:16 PM (IQ6Gq)

283 JQ are you partying with BiL tonight??

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 11:16 PM (RIvkX)

284 Ok.
Less than 3 hours to my Happy B-day.
Me and girldog, me with a cocktail, her with her cookies.
I'm surely hoping 2026 surpasses 2025.
Although, 2025 was fine enough without cacklin' Kamala and Tampon Timmy.
A very best New Year to you all.

"Here's to the year that lies ahead, let's face it with laughter instead. With humor as our guiding light, we'll tackle each day with all our might!"

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 31, 2025 11:17 PM (LNeRu)

285 The corner of Bourbon and Orleans, I think. If it is, the camera is showing the block of Bourbon I grew up on, with Orleans Street to the left with the car. I'm not sure -- I haven't been down there in a long time, and I am not familiar with all the bars in that block now.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 11:12 PM (wzUl9)
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I loved Sting's "Moon over Bourbon Street," which came out while I was in school, and then I deployed to NOLA in 2010 for da oyl spill, I thought I would find Old World Charm and also Mystery.

It smelled like urine and vomit.

One of those clubs or something came through, drinking in drill formation, but overall, I was unimpressed. The ice cream was good, though.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025 11:18 PM (ZOv7s)

286 230
Ev'ry time I see your face,
It reminds me of the places we used to go.

But all I got is a photograph
And I realize you're not coming back anymore.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 10:57 PM (RIvkX)

But you're expecting me to live without you
that's not something that i'm looking forward to....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 11:18 PM (QGaXH)

287 Happy New Year, Horde!

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 31, 2025 11:18 PM (Q/uAJ)

288 I spent New Year 1986 in Philadelphia. That was a wild party. It is possible to do too much.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025

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In my drinking days I took on too much booze of one kind or another on NYE of '84-'85, and spent the next day feeling as if I had the flu. Or, as H. Allen Smith put it, "like a moose is having a baby in your head."

That "New Year's Day" song by U2 was playing on radio then. To this day it makes me queasy.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 11:19 PM (wzUl9)

289 Bill Watterson is a paradox. He's a guy who wanted to surpass Charles Schulz, and then got pissed about all the marketing that came with it.

Dude, you got the brass ring. Take the win. But no, he had to sulk and quit. Be careful what you wish for, etc.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Will you get what you want?
To be cursed with your dreams?
I hope, for your sake,
Something gets in the way.

https://youtu.be/zaxr9hnQA2U

Posted by: Marillion at December 31, 2025 11:19 PM (nhCoE)

290 >>> I had a dream like that once. No surgery involved, just an ordinary night's sleep, but it was a dream like nothing I've ever experienced. I *know* it was not a normal dream. It felt far too real and the voice was definitely NOT coming from inside my own head.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 11:02 PM (ESVrU)

I had a dream once that lasted a lifetime. It was when I was a teen and went to bed early with a bad stomach ache and woke up from the dream around 5 in the morning sweating. But the dream was very vivid, I aged, met a woman, got married, had a family. A whole lifetime of new stuff. But when I woke up I could feel the massive bulk of memories just evaporating and nothing I could do to hold on. The other aspect that was weird is that it was after a great calamity where the few people left were running and hiding underground from angel like creatures that weren't really angels.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 11:19 PM (3uBP9)

291 156 With James Gregory and Joanne Linville, who would later guest-star on Trek, though not together. I know I've seen it, but it's been a long time. A ghost story set during the Civil War?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 10:37 PM (wzUl9)

Yes Wolfus (if you are still here). And at 11:30PM EST, the Syfy network has my favorite TZ episode, the "Hitchhiker" with the beautiful but troubled Inger Stevens.

Posted by: Joemarine at December 31, 2025 11:19 PM (y171U)

292 >> but where's the experimental evidence that this actually happens?

FInd out what's inside a black hole is impossible, of course. Casual disconnection. So we'll never know. However, in Poplawski's work, in turns some variables from the mother universe get imprinted in the daughter universe. The parent black hole spin would be imparted as sort of a "preferred direction" in the daughter universe.

There is indeed evidence, still a hot and contentious issue in the field, that there is a sort of preferred direction, dubbed the "Axis of Evil". You can read on that and the evidence for and against.

Also, IIRC, Poplawski can do away the need for inflation, or at least explain the mechanism.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 11:20 PM (w6EFb)

293 Mobile drops a Moonpie.

Webcam goes live in ten minutes.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 31, 2025 11:20 PM (2Ez/1)

294 LoLing at my nick..😂😂😂...dang it auto correct it was,supposed to be LaLousiana country girl 😁😁

Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at December 31, 2025 11:20 PM (aO42i)

295 But you're expecting me to live without you
that's not something that i'm looking forward to....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue

That song was written by George, right?

Posted by: Crackerbox Palace at December 31, 2025 11:20 PM (oftw2)

296 Reparations rant, but I can actually see the point being made:

https://tinyurl.com/ysbmxv72

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 31, 2025 11:21 PM (lUFok)

297 People tend to think that the afterlife is just another version of what we have here absent the pain, sin and misery.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 11:15 PM (a4flb)
*Purgatory has entered the chat*

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025 11:21 PM (ZOv7s)

298
What's interesting is the Milky Way's spin axis is indeed aligned with one of the proposed Axes of Evil. There is an apparent non-uniform distribution of galactic spin axes, but this is disputed, could be artifacts of measurements methods and all that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 11:21 PM (w6EFb)

299 243 I do not fear death, it was the warmest, most loving, most comfortable feeling I have ever had, nothing has even come close. It was peachy and pink everywhere, like a beach sunset. I did not want to leave. ...
Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 10:58 PM (p4NUW)
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I had a dream like that once. ...
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 11:02 PM (ESVrU)

********

YouTube has a number of videos about Near Death Experiences, which document similar events with people who flatlined yet lived. Some are impossible to dismiss, one which I remember was about a homeless man with dentures coming into the ER in an unresponsible state. They took his dentures out, revived him in a comatose state, then after a few days he came out of the coma. He asked for his dentures and none of the medical personal knew where it was.

While they were looking, a nurse came into the critical room and the patient said she knows where the dentures are. She did know since she was the one who took them out and he was asked how he knew she was the one. He said that he was out-of-body and watched the entire operation.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at December 31, 2025 11:21 PM (bi2p/)

300 I lost my youngest brother in January. He did something stupid. I still haven’t come to terms with it. He kind of cut himself off from the rest of the family. I must confront this next year.

Posted by: JoeBar at December 31, 2025 11:21 PM (CSWVu)

301 I loved Sting's "Moon over Bourbon Street," which came out while I was in school, and then I deployed to NOLA in 2010 for da oyl spill, I thought I would find Old World Charm and also Mystery.

It smelled like urine and vomit.

One of those clubs or something came through, drinking in drill formation, but overall, I was unimpressed. The ice cream was good, though.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025

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It's worse now. If you get away from the French Quarter, into Mid-City, the Faubourg Marigny, or Uptown, you may find some of that Charm and Mystery. You may also find someone who wants to rob and/or kill you, so Charm and Mystery may have to take a back seat.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 11:22 PM (wzUl9)

302 How about a Howdy?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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I have an anectdote about that. I boarded my old pal of 19 years, Belmont, a male Siamese while I was away on a bike trip. When Iwent to pick him up, I asked the girl who brought him out, 'How'd he do?' She looked at me and said, 'Well, howdy-do to you too'.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 11:22 PM (XeU6L)

303 I had a dream once that lasted a lifetime. It was when I was a teen and went to bed early with a bad stomach ache and woke up from the dream around 5 in the morning sweating. But the dream was very vivid, I aged, met a woman, got married, had a family. A whole lifetime of new stuff. But when I woke up I could feel the massive bulk of memories just evaporating and nothing I could do to hold on. The other aspect that was weird is that it was after a great calamity where the few people left were running and hiding underground from angel like creatures that weren't really angels.
Posted by: banana Dream at

Oh this is really interesting and I wonder if you were being shown someone else’s memories. I dint know why or how, but really interesting.

Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 11:22 PM (p4NUW)

304 laid out how well Genesis 1 comports with the progressive development observed by science: t

SCIENCE!1!™ denies the Global Flood which pretty much erased 1000+ years of everything, especially the original conditions at Day 7. So they look at the layers of rock in the Grand Canyon and think Origins, the Creationist looks at the exact same rocks and says millions of dead things buried in rock layers rapidly laid down by water all over the Earth.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 11:22 PM (a4flb)

305 Yay! New tax year has begun!

Already sent 2025 EOY business tax file to my accountant. Onward, gubbernmint bureaucracy!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 31, 2025 11:23 PM (ZocB7)

306 234 So I flat lined after I got my appendix taken out and proceeded to bleed out internally until I started going into shock. It was caught by my ex husband, and I am grateful for that. I flatlined in the operating room after they rushed me back into surgery. I do not fear death, it was the warmest, most loving, most comfortable feeling I have ever had, nothing has even come close. It was peachy and pink everywhere, like a beach sunset. I did not want to leave. But I was told by a voice which seemed to come from everywhere that I needed to go back, I had little girls who needed me, this was not my time. I distinctly remember being told it would be okay, I would come back, but not now. And suddenly it was all gone, and I was cold, things were beeping and I was alive again.
Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 10:58 PM (p4NUW)

Some of my happiest memories are of driving home to Florida from college in upstate NY at Christmas, or later, looking out the window of a red-eye out of LAX and seeing the Florida coast come into view off to the right. When I think about death, I try to think about it as making one of those trips again

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 11:23 PM (QGaXH)

307 JQ are you partying with BiL tonight??
Posted by: San Franpsycho
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Absolutely NOT. He got the message and did not drive up here. Yay!

Posted by: JQ at December 31, 2025 11:23 PM (rdVOm)

308 I had a dream once that lasted a lifetime.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 11:19 PM (3uBP9)
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Mine happened later, in my 20s, but the same sort of thing. Really long, involved dream, and I woke up thinking "Oh man, I have to go through all of that AGAIN?!"

But it's been better than I foresaw, so there is that.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025 11:24 PM (ZOv7s)

309 I'm 56 and tomorrow starts my retirement. I slaved and saved for 30 years working as an engineer in manufacturing.

So I'm taking the risk to best utilize my time for my own happiness and those I love.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 31, 2025 11:25 PM (Vh9CX)

310 Dreams. I've had a few that I can remember vividly. Most of them involve my hubby engaging in bizarre activities.

I dreamt once that I was Daniel Jackson from Stargate SG-1. That one made no sense at all.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 31, 2025 11:25 PM (Q/uAJ)

311 240 Happy new year to all you folks. 2026 will be a new journey for me and I'm glad this place is here.
Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 31, 2025 11:00 PM (CHHv1)

BC - wishing you the best in the new year!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 11:25 PM (QGaXH)

312 [*Purgatory has entered the chat*

Some people just can't accept grace. (sigh)

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 11:25 PM (a4flb)

313 300 I lost my youngest brother in January. He did something stupid. I still haven’t come to terms with it. He kind of cut himself off from the rest of the family. I must confront this next year.

Posted by: JoeBar at December 31, 2025 11:21 PM
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Sorry to hear. I'd add you to the list, but making edits at this point risks a tear of the AoS time-space continuum. May God give you strength and wisdom for the path ahead.

Posted by: TRex - NYE dino at December 31, 2025 11:26 PM (IQ6Gq)

314 300 I lost my youngest brother in January. He did something stupid. I still haven’t come to terms with it. He kind of cut himself off from the rest of the family. I must confront this next year.
Posted by: JoeBar at December 31

I am so sorry, this must be something very heavy you are carrying. I will pray for you and for faith to get you through the parts you can’t understand.

Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 11:26 PM (p4NUW)

315 309 I'm 56 and tomorrow starts my retirement. I slaved and saved for 30 years working as an engineer in manufacturing.

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That's a big decision. Congratulations, and good luck to you.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 11:26 PM (+HNx/)

316 A ghost story set during the Civil War?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025
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Yes Wolfus (if you are still here). And at 11:30PM EST, the Syfy network has my favorite TZ episode, the "Hitchhiker" with the beautiful but troubled Inger Stevens.
Posted by: Joemarine at December 31, 2025

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Still here. I'm heading off to bed in a bit. Tomorrow I plan, if it's not too chilly and windy in the early am, to work out, then grab a few things at Walmart, and take it easy for the rest of the day.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 11:26 PM (wzUl9)

317 I'm 56 and tomorrow starts my retirement. I slaved and saved for 30 years working as an engineer in manufacturing.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 31, 2025 11:25 PM (Vh9CX)
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"I could'a been a ~~contender~~ day care center manager!"

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 31, 2025 11:27 PM (ZocB7)

318 309 I'm 56 and tomorrow starts my retirement. I slaved and saved for 30 years working as an engineer in manufacturing.

So I'm taking the risk to best utilize my time for my own happiness and those I love.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at

Congratulations on your new chapter!

Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 11:27 PM (p4NUW)

319 @268

>>Dude, you got the brass ring. Take the win. But no, he had to sulk and quit. Be careful what you wish for, etc.

His net worth is listed at over 100 million dollars, I'd say he got what he wanted.

He's one of those rare cats that stepped away and done stayed stepped away.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 31, 2025 11:27 PM (XV/Pl)

320 I have a crazy idea that after we die, we spend eternity with others just like us.

That's not all it's cracked up to be.

Posted by: Archibald Beechcroft at December 31, 2025 11:27 PM (uQesX)

321 309 I'm 56 and tomorrow starts my retirement. I slaved and saved for 30 years working as an engineer in manufacturing.

So I'm taking the risk to best utilize my time for my own happiness and those I love.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 31, 2025 11:25 PM
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Congrats and best wishes!

Posted by: TRex - pre-retired dino at December 31, 2025 11:28 PM (IQ6Gq)

322 I'm 56 and tomorrow starts my retirement. I slaved and saved for 30 years working as an engineer in manufacturing.

So I'm taking the risk to best utilize my time for my own happiness and those I love.

Congrats! Hope to catch up with you in about 9 years.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 31, 2025 11:28 PM (lUFok)

323 lost my youngest brother in January. He did something stupid. I still haven’t come to terms with it. He kind of cut himself off from the rest of the family. I must confront this next year.

Posted by: JoeBar at December 31, 2025 11:21 PM (CSWVu)

Prayers that you will find peace.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 31, 2025 11:29 PM (Q/uAJ)

324 It's worse now. If you get away from the French Quarter, into Mid-City, the Faubourg Marigny, or Uptown, you may find some of that Charm and Mystery. You may also find someone who wants to rob and/or kill you, so Charm and Mystery may have to take a back seat.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 11:22 PM (wzUl9)
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Oh, I got the full brief from a cabby who told me how clever the robbers are, and I just laughed, and said I came from Michigan, lived outside Detroit for a while, where they don't pick your pocket but just kill you and take your stuff.

I walked through the French Quarter in the morning by design, and kept my wallet in my right front pocket, as suggested.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025 11:29 PM (ZOv7s)

325 253 I had a dream like that once. No surgery involved, just an ordinary night's sleep, but it was a dream like nothing I've ever experienced. I *know* it was not a normal dream. It felt far too real and the voice was definitely NOT coming from inside my own head.
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Had something like that too, once. I just woke up feeling like God's love was permeating every cell of my being.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 31, 2025 11:06 PM (0bvPF)

I've had two events occur in my life - nothing like near death or dreams - just circumstances that have me convinced someone up there loves me and is listening and looking out for me.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 11:29 PM (QGaXH)

326 Here's a crazy dream for y'all...

I'm trying to go into my office, where it's dark. I flip the lights and nothing happens. I feel an overwhelming sense of *evil* permeating the space. This is a frequent dream I have.

However, this time, a light suddenly flashes and and I see a demonic face fleeing back into the shadows that are no longer there. The room is brightly lit.

Standing in the room are two figures, one of whom is indistinct. The other is dressed like a cable repairman. He tells me that everything is fine now and there's nothing to fear. I have a sudden instinct to *trust* him, like he's my best friend, even though I've never seen him before in my life.

The other figure is shadowy, silent, yet radiates power.

Pretty weird dream.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 11:29 PM (ESVrU)

327 Some people just can't accept grace. (sigh)
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 11:25 PM (a4flb)
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Purgatory is grace.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025 11:30 PM (ZOv7s)

328 309 I'm 56 and tomorrow starts my retirement. I slaved and saved for 30 years working as an engineer in manufacturing.

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I figure I've got another 18 months to two years practicing law, then it's ADIOS. unfortunately, I won't be 56 when that happens.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 11:31 PM (+HNx/)

329 317 I'm 56 and tomorrow starts my retirement. I slaved and saved for 30 years working as an engineer in manufacturing.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 31, 2025 11:25 PM (Vh9CX)

Congratulations!

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 31, 2025 11:31 PM (Q/uAJ)

330 Yeah A H Loyd ..Ace endorsed... That's Nola ..😅.my bro in law who's from Chicago and was in Air Force & is well traveled was like ughh..from it..😂😂

Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at December 31, 2025 11:31 PM (aO42i)

331 The other figure is shadowy, silent, yet radiates power.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 11:29 PM (ESVrU)
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Well, the first was the cable guy. So that leave the pool maintenance boy.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 31, 2025 11:32 PM (ZocB7)

332 His net worth is listed at over 100 million dollars, I'd say he got what he wanted.

He's one of those rare cats that stepped away and done stayed stepped away.
Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 31, 2025 11:27 PM (XV/Pl)
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Did he? Is he truly happy? Does he pass the hours counting his money contentedly thinking that is all that matters?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025 11:32 PM (ZOv7s)

333 Oh, I got the full brief from a cabby who told me how clever the robbers are, and I just laughed, and said I came from Michigan, lived outside Detroit for a while, where they don't pick your pocket but just kill you and take your stuff.

I walked through the French Quarter in the morning by design, and kept my wallet in my right front pocket, as suggested.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025

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When I was a kid, it was just The Neighborhood. Most of my grammar school classmates lived within the Quarter. There were mom-and-pop grocery stores, service businesses, a new car dealership only a few blocks away and at least three gas stations on the edges of the area. We had shopping and first-run movie theaters on Canal Street, six blocks away.

Mom always said, "The hippies coming in [ca. 1969 ] ruined the area."

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 11:33 PM (wzUl9)

334 273 Went back to @LisaMaret to see if there is an update on Hanson and I can'r find the original post.
Sometimes it's not chronological, went back to the 28th. Nothing. Pissed.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 11:14 PM (hVbrz)

Hoping we are in a 'no news is good news' situation....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 11:33 PM (QGaXH)

335 You know, I am laughing a little, because in the South, we say we will pray for you about this or that a lot. In the last sermon at my Church, our pastor was speaking on the difference in admiring Jesus, and actually believing in him, following him. He preached about being performative, going to Church, saying the right things and telling people you will pray for them - except you don’t remember to actually pray. That simply admiring Jesus isn’t enough, you have to actually do the things. All that to say, I promise if I tell you I am going to pray for you, I am making the time to do it. I want to be both an admirer and follower in a much better way in 2026.

Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 11:33 PM (p4NUW)

336 Did he? Is he truly happy? Does he pass the hours counting his money contentedly thinking that is all that matters?
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025 11:32 PM (ZOv7s)

No, I think he spends his time painting, and is relieved he doesn't have to dance to the daily demands of his editor and contract.

or so he has said.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 11:33 PM (rbvCR)

337 {{{ NaCly}}} Glad to catch you tonight. Usually I see you on posts many hours earlier. Thankfully, this really wasn't such a bad year for me; nobody close to me died. With any luck to speak of, this year will be much better for you.

Whoever mentioned listening to the sound track from Ghost and the Darkness: I listened to it myself this afternoon while I was stitching. Great workout for French horns. Goldsmith always composed good music for the French horn.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at December 31, 2025 11:34 PM (DK5Sh)

338 There seems to be a lull in the fireworks thumping. Maybe a good time for me to slink off to bed.

See all of you next year!

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 11:36 PM (wzUl9)

339 I had a dream once that lasted a lifetime. It was when I was a teen and went to bed early with a bad stomach ache and woke up from the dream around 5 in the morning sweating. But the dream was very vivid, I aged, met a woman, got married, had a family. A whole lifetime of new stuff. But when I woke up I could feel the massive bulk of memories just evaporating and nothing I could do to hold on. The other aspect that was weird is that it was after a great calamity where the few people left were running and hiding underground from angel like creatures that weren't really angels.
Posted by: banana Dream

+++++

That was a Star Trek TNG episode.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 11:36 PM (/lPRQ)

340 Did he? Is he truly happy? Does he pass the hours counting his money contentedly thinking that is all that matters?

Is there any money still in newspaper comics being that few people read newspapers?

Like Rush Limbaugh checking out when he did. Radio is dying and being replaced by podcasts.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 11:36 PM (a4flb)

341 Yeah A H Loyd ..Ace endorsed... That's Nola ..😅.my bro in law who's from Chicago and was in Air Force & is well traveled was like ughh..from it..😂😂
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at December 31, 2025 11:31 PM (aO42i)
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I don't mean to be negative. Climbing up the embankment and looking at the Mighty Miss...was impressive. Nice breeze, and it's a memory that has stuck with me. There is much to admire in NOLA, but it was not what I expected.

I was there in the summer, June 2010, so the notion of there being a high of 82 and low of 82 with 99 percent humidity kind of blew my mind.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025 11:36 PM (ZOv7s)

342 Bought a Blu Ray player a while back and I'm finally using it. The Blu-ray version of Bladerunner is pretty amazing.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 31, 2025 11:38 PM (sAmhv)

343 The other is dressed like a cable repairman. He tells me that everything is fine now and there's nothing to fear.

His name is Harry Tuttle.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 31, 2025 11:38 PM (EXyHK)

344 I just took my dog’s collar off and he is streaking around the house. Anyone else tell their dog they are naked when you take their collars off? And then the dog goes crazy?

Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 11:38 PM (p4NUW)

345 Perfect. Thank you, T-Rex.

Happy New Year everyone! 🥂🎉🕛🥂

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 31, 2025 11:38 PM (NFX2v)

346 Wishing you and yours a very happy New Year, Horde!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 31, 2025 11:38 PM (RpSs/)

347 Wolfus I'm from a born and bread Louisianana chick ..and while I enjoy visiting NOLA I can't imagine living there today..I really don't blame ya for getting out of this state ..

Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at December 31, 2025 11:38 PM (aO42i)

348 Created in the image of God... A film negative is an image. We are the opposite of God.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 31, 2025 11:39 PM (Da7Vv)

349 Isn't somebody's ball supposed to drop about now?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 11:39 PM (+HNx/)

350 I just took my dog’s collar off and he is streaking around the house. Anyone else tell their dog they are naked when you take their collars off? And then the dog goes crazy?

Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 11:38 PM (p4NUW)

Used to do that with my old hound. He loved streaking, lol

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 31, 2025 11:40 PM (Q/uAJ)

351 291 156 With James Gregory and Joanne Linville, who would later guest-star on Trek, though not together. I know I've seen it, but it's been a long time. A ghost story set during the Civil War?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 10:37 PM (wzUl9)

Yes Wolfus (if you are still here). And at 11:30PM EST, the Syfy network has my favorite TZ episode, the "Hitchhiker" with the beautiful but troubled Inger Stevens.
Posted by: Joemarine at December 31, 2025 11:19 PM (y171U)

Also 11:30 PST. right now is 'Mirror Image' with Vera Miles

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 11:40 PM (QGaXH)

352 348 Created in the image of God... A film negative is an image. We are the opposite of God.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 31, 2025 11:39 PM (Da7Vv)

Try slide film.

Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 11:41 PM (4p5Zb)

353 Used to do that with my old hound. He loved streaking, lol
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at December 31

This is hysterical! And glad it isn’t just me.

Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 11:41 PM (p4NUW)

354 Whoever mentioned listening to the sound track from Ghost and the Darkness: I listened to it myself this afternoon while I was stitching. Great workout for French horns. Goldsmith always composed good music for the French horn.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at December 31, 2025 11:34 PM (DK5Sh)
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That was me, and I was a French horn player from grade school through high school. During concert season my senior year, I switched to tuba (long story) and when I auditioned for college marching band, didn't make the cut, but they were short of trumpets that year. So despite the formative years of my life being all French horn, I have a band jacket with a trumpet patch.

But I love the French horn.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025 11:41 PM (ZOv7s)

355
349 Isn't somebody's ball supposed to drop about now?

____

Moon Pie:
https://tinyurl.com/szdfbyjz

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 31, 2025 11:41 PM (2Ez/1)

356 349 Isn't somebody's ball supposed to drop about now?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 11:39 PM (+HNx/)

That's why I wear boxers, not briefs.

Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 11:42 PM (4p5Zb)

357 Where did God come from

Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 11:42 PM (ZxPkt)

358 I'm 56 and tomorrow starts my retirement. I slaved and saved for 30 years working as an engineer in manufacturing.

So I'm taking the risk to best utilize my time for my own happiness and those I love.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken

Congrats!
I should out the door soon myself - target last week of March.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 11:42 PM (/lPRQ)

359 @322

>>Did he? Is he truly happy? Does he pass the hours counting his money contentedly thinking that is all that matters?

Have no idea, he stepped away 30 years ago and has literally done no interviews, talked to no one and is essentially a ghost.

So my assumption is he is as happy and lamb.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 31, 2025 11:43 PM (XV/Pl)

360 Don’t forget Claudia Cardinale in the list. Always loved her.

Posted by: Scottyv at December 31, 2025 11:43 PM (UZnWu)

361 357 Where did God come from

Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 11:42 PM
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Pittsburgh

Posted by: TRex - countdown dino at December 31, 2025 11:43 PM (IQ6Gq)

362 The fireworks have started here; fortunately, it has been raining so I don't have to worry too much about my roof catching fire. Time to stick in some earplugs and hope I sleep past 4:30 AM.

Be well, and Happy New Year!

Posted by: PabloD at December 31, 2025 11:43 PM (tfChy)

363 I just took my dog’s collar off and he is streaking around the house. Anyone else tell their dog they are naked when you take their collars off? And then the dog goes crazy?
Posted by: Piper

He's a Japanese breed. That's an anime thing. You take off the limiter item and BOOOM!

.....martial arts guy takes off his 200 pounds of weighted clothing and starts flying around like he's in the Matrix, Harry-Potter-alike takes off the ring that consumes 99% of his magic power and starts blowing up cities, etc.

Posted by: mikeski-san at December 31, 2025 11:44 PM (nhCoE)

364 Whoever mentioned listening to the sound track from Ghost and the Darkness: I listened to it myself this afternoon while I was stitching. Great workout for French horns. Goldsmith always composed good music for the French horn.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at December 31, 2025 11:34 PM (DK5Sh)
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That was me, and I was a French horn player from grade school through high school. During concert season my senior year, I switched to tuba (long story) and when I auditioned for college marching band, didn't make the cut, but they were short of trumpets that year. So despite the formative years of my life being all French horn, I have a band jacket with a trumpet patch.

But I love the French horn.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
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Wow, I noted this comment to check out the music tomorrow. I played French Horn from middle school thru high school. Just a fabulous instrument that took me to many places and allowed me to meet many people.

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 31, 2025 11:44 PM (IQ6Gq)

365 344 Piper

My dog hates when I take her collar off😛
It's like me taking my shirt off...very uncomfortable...😐

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 31, 2025 11:44 PM (LNeRu)

366 Thinking about how long I still have to work until I can retire put me in the mood to listen to this for some reason:

https://youtu.be/gZ3eJxaRZXU

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at December 31, 2025 11:44 PM (lUFok)

367 No, I think he spends his time painting, and is relieved he doesn't have to dance to the daily demands of his editor and contract.

or so he has said.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 11:33 PM (rbvCR)
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Watterson talked a lot during his rise, and had mean things to say about Peanuts, and then seemed to fall into the same trap.

I'm not judging, but the guy built the same sort of empire, and then seemed annoyed with his creation. The weird thing, was the he had a following. People loved his work. And yet he withdrew into a hermitage. Something is off with this.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025 11:44 PM (ZOv7s)

368
Nice clear sky tonight, but the full Moon glare makes Orion look dim. Orion has just transited.

Sirius, due to a coincidence of the current epoch in the precessional cycle is almost dead on opposite the sun along the celestial equator on New Year's Eve. Thus it transits almost dead on your local apparent solar midnight. That's a good moment to ring in the local New Year.

Jupiter is close to opposition and it will be right there as well. Jupiter, Sirius, and the bright gibbous Moon will make sort of triangle with on leg passing through Orion's belt.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 11:45 PM (w6EFb)

369 >>> Where did God come from
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 11:42 PM (ZxPkt)

God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten not made, one in being with the Father. Through him all things were made.

Posted by: Nicene Creed at December 31, 2025 11:46 PM (3uBP9)

370 God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten not made, one in being with the Father. Through him all things were made.
Posted by: Nicene Creed at December 31, 2025 11:46 PM (3uBP9)

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Sez you.

Posted by: Arias at December 31, 2025 11:47 PM (+HNx/)

371 341 AH Loyd..yeah the heat and humidity can be a real schoker if ya ain't from here..lol..and ur right that there are some very nice areas in Nola..the thing is while it"s a cool place to visit NO way in hell would I ever live there...

Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at December 31, 2025 11:47 PM (aO42i)

372 The funny thing about coding is the side quests you take periodically, I'm on day two of getting markdown set up in neovim.

The main nut I had to crack was syntax highlighting in render-markdown code blocks, getting the parsers to do the injection was a bitch. but I've got it down to just c++ code injection not working. Hopefully that will be corrected shortly.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 31, 2025 11:47 PM (XV/Pl)

373 349

That's what he said...🤪

Posted by: COMountainMarie at December 31, 2025 11:47 PM (LNeRu)

374 Both science and faith use miracles to explain things

Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 11:48 PM (ZxPkt)

375 Is now All Peoples of Novdu wishing Happy New Yearings to all Noble Moron Peoples

Now Grandmothers and Grandfathers also are frolic.

Such is the Way of our People.

Posted by: Official Novdu Informations at December 31, 2025 11:48 PM (f/3mU)

376 ..martial arts guy takes off his 200 pounds of weighted clothing and starts flying around like he's in the Matrix, Harry-Potter-alike takes off the ring that consumes 99% of his magic power and starts blowing up cities, etc.
Posted by: mikeski-san at December 31, 2025 11:44 PM (nhCoE)

This is hysterical. Fireworks started again, so he is back in bed. Are you the one who has Shibas, too? I forgot who that was and I feel terrible about it!

Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 11:48 PM (p4NUW)

377 365 344 Piper

My dog hates when I take her collar off😛
It's like me taking my shirt off...very uncomfortable...😐
Posted by: COMountainMarie at December

These silly beasties!

Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 11:49 PM (p4NUW)

378 Here's to the babies of a brand new world
Here's to the beauty of the stars
Here's to the travellers on the open road
Here's to the dreamers in the bars
Here's to the teachers in the crowded rooms
Here's to the workers in the fields
Here's to the preachers of the sacred word
Here's to the drivers at the wheel
Here's to you my little love
With blessings from above
Now let the day begin
Here's to you my little love
With blessings from above
Now let the day begin
Let the day begin

Posted by: Pepperidge Farms remembers at December 31, 2025 11:50 PM (13Txl)

379 Here's to the winners of the human race
Here's to the losers in the game
Here's to the soldiers of the bitter war
Here's to the wall that bears their name
Here's to you my little love
With blessings from above
Now let the day begin
Here's to you my little love
With blessings from above
Now let the day begin
Let the day begin
Let the day begin
Let the day... start

Posted by: Pepperidge Farms remembers at December 31, 2025 11:50 PM (13Txl)

380 "Anyone else tell their dog they are naked when you take their collars off? And then the dog goes crazy?

Posted by: Piper"

Bruno gets very concerned when I take his collar off and happy when I put it back on. I think it's like his security blanket.

Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 11:50 PM (vFG9F)

381 Wow, I noted this comment to check out the music tomorrow. I played French Horn from middle school thru high school. Just a fabulous instrument that took me to many places and allowed me to meet many people.
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 31, 2025 11:44 PM (IQ6Gq)
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At the start of my sophomore year in college, the opportunity was there for me to switch back to French horn (mellophone) and I was in a quandary. It was my identity, what I had played from the start. But that would mean learning the entire pregame show from scratch and all the ra-ra music. Moreover, I was in college, this was for keeps, did I have time to waste on music practice when I needed to pass academic classes?

I stayed with trumpet. It's now something of a trivia question with my kids. But I love, really love French horn riffs.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025 11:51 PM (ZOv7s)

382 Here's to the doctors and their healing work
Here's to the loved ones in their care
Here's to the strangers on the streets tonight
Here's to the lonely everywhere
Here's to the wisdom from the mouths of babes
Here's to the lions in the cage
Here's to the strugglers of the silent war
Here's to the closing of the age
Here's to you my little love
With blessings from above
Now let the day begin

Posted by: Pepperidge Farms remembers at December 31, 2025 11:51 PM (13Txl)

383 >>> Sez you.
Posted by: Arias at December 31, 2025 11:47 PM (+HNx/)

Well that's the last straw, we're making a whole creed now.

Posted by: First Council of Nicaea at December 31, 2025 11:51 PM (3uBP9)

384 Here's to you my little loves
With blessings from above
Now let the day begin
Here's to you my little loves
With blessings from above
Now let the day begin
Here's to you my little loves
With blessings from above
Now let the day begin
Let the day begin
Let the day... start

Posted by: Pepperidge Farms remembers at December 31, 2025 11:51 PM (13Txl)

385 357 Where did God come from
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 11:42 PM (ZxPkt)

Montana if we're lucky.

Secaucas, NJ if we're not.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 11:52 PM (QGaXH)

386 Pittsburgh
Posted by: TRex - countdown dino

*Second prize is #twoweeks

I was doing that joke back in the 20s

Posted by: W. C. Miklos-Fields at December 31, 2025 11:52 PM (f/3mU)

387 When I was young I thought movies were recordings of events that actually happened ( I didn't understand the concept of fiction). In 1957 I went to a drive in movie with my family. There was a preview of the sci-fi movie The Claw and it had a scene of the giant bird in the movie chasing down a DC-3. My reaction was "I didn't know they had birds that big". That night I had this nightmare of that Giant Bird glaring at me. I had the same nightmare every night for 40 years. I hated going to bed knowing that nightmare was waiting for me.

Then in 1997 I was scanning through the cable channels, and there was that scene from the preview on the screen. It was a puppet, I could see the strings. That night was the first good night's sleep with no nightmares in my adult life.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 31, 2025 11:52 PM (Da7Vv)

388 Gawd!
Mrs D is watching Stranger Things. What a farce. Quite possibly the worst thing I have ever seen.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 11:52 PM (2WIwB)

389 Watterson talked a lot during his rise, and had mean things to say about Peanuts, and then seemed to fall into the same trap.

I'm not judging, but the guy built the same sort of empire, and then seemed annoyed with his creation. The weird thing, was the he had a following. People loved his work. And yet he withdrew into a hermitage. Something is off with this.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025 11:44 PM (ZOv7s)

The only thing I remember Waterson saying negative about Peanuts is that it became a commodity for marketing. He beleived thst once the characters start appearing in commercials and on greeting cards you lose control of them, you don't always have the freedom to do what you want because you have to keep in mind what the corporations expect. Calvin and Hobbes never did that. No commercials, no cards, not even plush toys, just the daily strip and the books of daily strip compilations (one of which Charles Shulz wrote the introduction.)

Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 11:53 PM (4p5Zb)

390 Good evening, Gray Box People!
Wring out the old, Ring in the new!

Posted by: RI Red at December 31, 2025 11:54 PM (LMRVO)

391
>>> Where did God come from
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 11:42 PM (ZxPkt)

God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten not made, one in being with the Father. Through him all things were made.
Posted by: Nicene Creed

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Get it, Don? Of course the universe couldn't come from nothing -- be reasonable! But God does come from nothing -- be faithful!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 31, 2025 11:54 PM (2YF7/)

392 Well that's the last straw, we're making a whole creed now.
Posted by: First Council of Nicaea

We should start a band

Posted by: First Council of Nicaea afterparty at December 31, 2025 11:55 PM (f/3mU)

393 368 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 11:45 PM (w6EFb)

Greetings Publius - wish you a healthy and prosperous New Year filled with joy and laughter.

Just about there for you now - right?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 11:55 PM (QGaXH)

394 I am going to try to go to bed, see you in 2026!

Happy New Year, everyone! 🎆🎇

Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 11:55 PM (p4NUW)

395 Watterson is a ghost, the ultimate grayman.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 31, 2025 11:55 PM (XV/Pl)

396 AH Loyd..yeah the heat and humidity can be a real schoker if ya ain't from here..lol..and ur right that there are some very nice areas in Nola..the thing is while it"s a cool place to visit NO way in hell would I ever live there...
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at December 31, 2025 11:47 PM (aO42i)
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It was widely joked that we came out of our hotels and were soaked with sweat when we reached the duty station. I never went to the sandbox, so I don't know what those guys went through, but it was crazy.

One day I missed the shuttle, and I had been in NOLA for long enough that I walked to the hotel. It rained on me. It always rained. It was the same temperature of the air. It was weird. I just walked through the rain. I have no idea who people live like that.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025 11:56 PM (ZOv7s)

397 381 At the start of my sophomore year in college, the opportunity was there for me to switch back to French horn (mellophone) and I was in a quandary.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at December 31, 2025 11:51 PM
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mellophone?

Is that one of those made up Dr. Seuss instruments?

Posted by: TRex - brass dino at December 31, 2025 11:56 PM (IQ6Gq)

398 Mrs D is watching Stranger Things. What a farce. Quite possibly the worst thing I have ever seen.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 11:52 PM (2WIwB)

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Is there something you want to share with the group?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 11:56 PM (RIvkX)

399 Good to know I can still buy Schlitz beer and play Atari games in the Bladerunner future.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 31, 2025 11:56 PM (sAmhv)

400 Mrs D is watching Stranger Things. What a farce. Quite possibly the worst thing I have ever seen.
Posted by: Diogenes

I have Mister Roberts and then Ensign Pulver teed up

Posted by: Late Nite Imklos at December 31, 2025 11:56 PM (f/3mU)

401 >>> Calvin and Hobbes never did that. No commercials, no cards, not even plush toys, just the daily strip and the books of daily strip compilations (one of which Charles Shulz wrote the introduction.)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 11:53 PM (4p5Zb)

Well, not that he monetized, no.

Posted by: Calvin peeing on the truck brand you don't like at December 31, 2025 11:56 PM (3uBP9)

402 Again, that's an interesting theory, but where's the experimental evidence that this actually happens?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

It's right inside my experimental black hole gun. Now, hold still...

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 31, 2025 11:56 PM (mlg/3)

403 Humm..it may be time for one last drink..

Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at December 31, 2025 11:57 PM (aO42i)

404 I stayed with trumpet. It's now something of a trivia question with my kids. But I love, really love French horn riffs.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
************
So do I...I hope I get to play one again one day...

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 31, 2025 11:58 PM (IQ6Gq)

405 Get it, Don? Of course the universe couldn't come from nothing -- be reasonable! But God does come from nothing -- be faithful!

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A "beginning" can only occur within time. The idea of God having a beginning makes no sense if God exists outside of time. A being outside of time has no beginning or end. It simply "is" in the profoundest sense.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 11:58 PM (+HNx/)

406 This is hysterical. Fireworks started again, so he is back in bed. Are you the one who has Shibas, too? I forgot who that was and I feel terrible about it!
Posted by: Piper

No pets here, so it wasn't me.

My family had a little terror-cross mutt when I was a little kid.

Not a typo.

Posted by: mikeski at December 31, 2025 11:58 PM (nhCoE)

407 As far as I can gather, Watterson has done a grand total of 5 interviews in 30 years.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 31, 2025 11:58 PM (XV/Pl)

408 Just sprinting through: here's to all those who lost friends and loved ones this year, to all the Horde who watch us from the other side. A peaceful and safe NYE to all, and a bright 2026.

Posted by: Barkingmad59, wandering lurkette at December 31, 2025 11:59 PM (/rQlD)

409 Happy New Year, all, and good night!

Posted by: RI Red at January 01, 2026 12:00 AM (LMRVO)

410 Hoping we are in a 'no news is good news' situation....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 11:33 PM (QGaXH)
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Went to DDG AI and received a similar story as the original post but checking the citations (2) both were written pre-operation. Spent time there and it insisted on being incorrect.

Went to Grok (it let me in, surprise!). It said no post-operative info is available with 72 search citations.

Unverified sources, it's a cesspool out there.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 12:00 AM (hVbrz)

411 Happy New Year, Horde

Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 12:00 AM (4p5Zb)

412 Fappy New Year, Horde!

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 01, 2026 12:00 AM (kpS4V)

413 Happy New Year to you East Coast Morons!

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 12:00 AM (ESVrU)

414
Boom! Per EST, that is.
Some of my favorite Auld Lang Synes:
https://is.gd/rIpfea

https://is.gd/ekcXNF

The meaning of that is quite poignant. The Guy Lombardo version sort of obscures it.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 12:00 AM (w6EFb)

415 Happy New Year Horde!!

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 01, 2026 12:00 AM (0nHVk)

416 Happy New Year!

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 12:00 AM (IhIKR)

417 Happy New Year to the horde!

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 01, 2026 12:00 AM (2Ez/1)

418 “The Hitchhiker” reminds ma a lot of “Carnival of Souls”.

Posted by: Tom Servo at January 01, 2026 12:00 AM (m7iZ5)

419 2026.

Meh. Feels about the same.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 01, 2026 12:00 AM (sAmhv)

420 Ha, somebody's setting off fireworks.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 01, 2026 12:00 AM (kpS4V)

421 Mrs D is watching Stranger Things. What a farce. Quite possibly the worst thing I have ever seen.
Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 11:52 PM (2WIwB)

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Is there something you want to share with the group?
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 11:56 PM (RIvkX)

***

No.
I'm drinking it all.

Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 12:00 AM (2WIwB)

422 Calvin & Hobbes was part of my adulthood. LOL!

We had a heavy snow over Christmas/New Year holidays, back in the late 90s and I made a couple of dozen mini-snowmen. Placed them along the deck railing, evenly spaced: "manning the rails" ya know.

BF at the time, was only mildly amused. He thought they should be "anatomically correct" like Calvin's, but I reminded him of the elementary school across the street...

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 12:01 AM (rdVOm)

423 The exact moment:

Date: 01/01/2026 Local Time Zone: Eastern Standard Time (UTC-05:00:00)
Longitude: -82.17110 UTC Offset: -05:28:41 TZ Offset: -00:28:41
DUT1: 74.13120 ms Leap Seconds: 37 s DeltaT: 69.10987 s

Universal Coordinated Time: 05:00:00 UTC
Local Standard Time (TZ) : 12:00:00 AM EST
Local Mean Time : 11:31:19 PM LMT (UT1 base)
Local Apparent Solar Time : 11:27:53 PM LAST (UT1 base)

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 12:02 AM (w6EFb)

424 The only thing I remember Waterson saying negative about Peanuts is that it became a commodity for marketing. He beleived thst once the characters start appearing in commercials and on greeting cards you lose control of them, you don't always have the freedom to do what you want because you have to keep in mind what the corporations expect. Calvin and Hobbes never did that. No commercials, no cards, not even plush toys, just the daily strip and the books of daily strip compilations (one of which Charles Shulz wrote the introduction.)
Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 11:53 PM (4p5Zb)
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That's the paradox of the thing. He wanted to be as big as Peanuts, but not as marketed, got as big, had just as many (if not more) marketing opportunities, and seemed annoyed by all of it.

Dude, you create content. You build an audience. People love your work, and want to celebrate it, and then you shut down and sulk.

What was the point? If he wanted profit-free sales, that was easily managed. If he wrote for the joy of writing, he could have donated 90 percent of his work to charity.

It's sad because he had such a great talent and made so many people happy.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 12:02 AM (ZOv7s)

425 419 2026.

Meh. Feels about the same.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 01, 2026 12:00 AM (sAmhv)

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Can you share some investment advice with those of us on the West Coast who are still in 2025?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 12:02 AM (+HNx/)

426 Lots of fireworks earlier. Nothing now. Still an hour to CST New Year.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 12:02 AM (Q/uAJ)

427
James Gregory and Joanne Linville, who would later guest-star on Trek, though not together. I know I've seen it, but it's been a long time. A ghost story set during the Civil War?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius

Yes Wolfus (if you are still here). And at 11:30PM EST, the Syfy network has my favorite TZ episode, the "Hitchhiker" with the beautiful but troubled Inger Stevens.
Posted by: Joemarine

James Gregory would go on to play Inspector Luger on Barney Miller. Leonard Strong (the hitchhiker) would go on to play The Craw on Get Smart.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 12:02 AM (pkeXY)

428 Happy New Year everyone!

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 12:02 AM (3uBP9)

429 "Deck railing" at the old house = "front porch railing" btw

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 12:03 AM (rdVOm)

430 Happy New Year to Eastern Morons.

Still an hour to go here.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 12:03 AM (gqxJ9)

431 Happy New Year, right-coasters!

Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 12:03 AM (nhCoE)

432 Wifey just made me watch the Ball Drop.

Boom cameras shows couples sucking face... Zooms in on a couple hairy guys slipping each other some tongue...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 12:03 AM (/lPRQ)

433 Meh. Feels about the same.
Posted by: Puddleglum

Narrator: That's what Puddleglum thought at first, but slowly over the course of the next day he/she/it came to realize something was drastically ... wrong.
* CUE LOUD MUSIC *

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 12:03 AM (mlg/3)

434 Ace-endorsed author: I played French horn for seven years in orchestra but tooted a trumpet for marching band. Playing French horn parks you right in the middle of the orchestra so you learn to distinguish the sounds of the various instruments. I really wanted to major in music in college but sadly I lacked the necessary background. To even halfway succeed, I needed many years of piano. My parents had promised me a piano for Christmas one year, but gave me a baby brother instead. So I scrounged pop bottles, ran errands, babysat, and somehow scraped up the money to buy a second hand acoustic guitar and taught myself how to read treble clef and play chords.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at January 01, 2026 12:03 AM (DK5Sh)

435 411 Happy New Year, Horde
Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 12:00 AM (4p5Zb)

Three hours to go!

Three hours to go!

Three hours to go!

Three hours to go!

Three hours to go!

Three hours to go!

Three hours to go!

Three hours to go!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 12:04 AM (QGaXH)

436 396 AH Loyd..lol..yeah somehow us natives manage.. Rain and all..but honestly I enjoy it when it rains and the temp stays warm ..its a nice refreshing change 😁

Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 12:04 AM (aO42i)

437 Happy East Coast New Year!

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 12:04 AM (Q/uAJ)

438 So do I...I hope I get to play one again one day...
Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 31, 2025 11:58 PM (IQ6Gq)
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I saved a mouthpiece for the day.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 12:04 AM (ZOv7s)

439 Both science and faith use miracles to explain things

But for different reasons.

Miracles from faith are to prove the authority of God.

"miracles" in science are to get past the problem of matter ex nilo, abiogenesis and DNA the language and DNA the coding.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 01, 2026 12:04 AM (a4flb)

440 The thing about 2026 I am most looking forward to is meeting my great-granddaughter in a couple of months.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 12:05 AM (4p5Zb)

441 God bless you all in the new year!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 12:05 AM (ZOv7s)

442 East Coast 2026!!!!

My one and only resolution:

"NO MORE MR. NICE GUY"

Posted by: Orson at January 01, 2026 12:05 AM (dIske)

443 Both science and faith use miracles to explain things
Posted by: Don Black

Science tries to explain all things, and thus leaves everything mysterious.

Religion leaves some things mysterious, and thus explains all things.

Posted by: or something to that effect at January 01, 2026 12:05 AM (nhCoE)

444 Socked in foggy here on the beach.

There’s a few folks out there. I supposed
There will be more as the evening progresses. Fireworks are a given.

Going to be loud.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 12:06 AM (IhIKR)

445 1 hour to go here in LALOUSIANA.🎉🎉💥🎉🎉

Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 12:06 AM (aO42i)

446 440 The thing about 2026 I am most looking forward to is meeting my great-granddaughter in a couple of months.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 12:05 AM (4p5Zb)

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GREAT granddaughter?

You're not really 29, are you.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 12:06 AM (+HNx/)

447 Happy New Year from central PA!

Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 01, 2026 12:07 AM (h/O4U)

448 Happy New Year!! May 2026 be a blessing for us all!!

Posted by: exdem13 at January 01, 2026 12:07 AM (XjTSo)

449 The thing about 2026 I am most looking forward to is meeting my great-granddaughter in a couple of months.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 12:05 AM (4p5Zb)

Congratulations, great-grandpa tankdemon!

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 12:07 AM (Q/uAJ)

450 It's sad because he had such a great talent and made so many people happy.

And his legacy is a window sticker on the back of a truck where Calvin is pissing on a Chevy bowtie.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 01, 2026 12:07 AM (a4flb)

451 Greg Biffle …. his wife Cristina, daughter Emma, and son Ryder

Posted by: hooodathunkit at January 01, 2026 12:07 AM (wwBan)

452 Hispanic neighbors popping off fireworks next door.

Posted by: exdem13 at January 01, 2026 12:08 AM (XjTSo)

453 And God bless all the horde already in 2026..😁🎉🎉🎇🎇

Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 12:08 AM (aO42i)

454 GREAT granddaughter?

You're not really 29, are you.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 12:06 AM (+HNx/)

I am almost double that. My granddaughter is third generation teen mom.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 12:08 AM (4p5Zb)

455 422 Calvin & Hobbes was part of my adulthood. LOL!

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 12:01 AM (rdVOm)

Wife and I would always look for the latest C&H compilation book and take it with us to read on road trips.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 12:08 AM (QGaXH)

456 I've never got the impression that Watterson sulked, he said what he had to say through Calvin and Hobbes, had nothing more to say and went away.

He was just adamant about not commercializing his work beyond publication and syndication.

Although he must get a smile whenever he gets stuck behind a car with one of them pissing Calvin bumper stickers.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 01, 2026 12:08 AM (XV/Pl)

457 Been hearing fireworks every hour, on the hour, since 7pm.

Some people got money to (literally!) burn, I guess.

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 12:09 AM (rdVOm)

458 434 Ace-endorsed author: I played French horn for seven years in orchestra but tooted a trumpet for marching band.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at January 01, 2026 12:03 AM (DK5Sh)
_________________________

I played French Horn in orchestra, but Mellophone in marching band. Also, dabbled in trombone, piano for the pop singers, and I play a mean Ozark Harp (I'll let you figure out what that is).

Posted by: Orson at January 01, 2026 12:09 AM (dIske)

459 I'm typing with 1 hand because Smoke the cat is resting on my left arm & purring like an outboard motor.

Posted by: exdem13 at January 01, 2026 12:09 AM (XjTSo)

460 440 The thing about 2026 I am most looking forward to is meeting my great-granddaughter in a couple of months.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 12:05 AM
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If it is your progeny, delivery will undoubtedly be late.

Congrats!

Posted by: TRex - excuses dino at January 01, 2026 12:10 AM (IQ6Gq)

461 Ace-endorsed author: I played French horn for seven years in orchestra but tooted a trumpet for marching band. Playing French horn parks you right in the middle of the orchestra so you learn to distinguish the sounds of the various instruments.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at January 01, 2026 12:03 AM (DK5Sh)
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Absolutely. I loved it. My senior year in high school, I switched to tuba for concert season and it was quite the change.

In retrospect, I had a gift. That sounds arrogant, but with the benefit of hindsight, things came easy to me, but I was to lazy to recognize it. Still, it's all good. I had a ton of fund as a Spartan Trumpet, and actually can play the melody of the fight song rather than just the upbeats. It's a solid win!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 12:10 AM (ZOv7s)

462 So, east-coast Morons are still posting?

* puts away "I went to the Rapture and all I left behind was this lousy t-shirt" shirt for another year *

Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 12:10 AM (nhCoE)

463 Ace-endorsed author: I played French horn for seven years in orchestra but tooted a trumpet for marching band. Playing French horn parks you right in the middle of the orchestra so you learn to distinguish the sounds of the various instruments. I really wanted to major in music in college but sadly I lacked the necessary background. To even halfway succeed, I needed many years of piano. My parents had promised me a piano for Christmas one year, but gave me a baby brother instead. So I scrounged pop bottles, ran errands, babysat, and somehow scraped up the money to buy a second hand acoustic guitar and taught myself how to read treble clef and play chords.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin
**********
THIS is my story, sans the guitar.....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 01, 2026 12:10 AM (IQ6Gq)

464 Happy New Year, All!

Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 12:10 AM (77rzZ)

465 There is a small issue with the sound with this Blu-ray DVD. Sounds cuts out, occasionally. Not enough to affect viewing or audio. Just noticible. Used DVD. Roll the dice, takes your chances I guess. Still, looks and sounds amazing. Bladerunner is in my top 5 favorite movies.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 01, 2026 12:10 AM (sAmhv)

466 "Deck railing" at the old house = "front porch railing" btw
Posted by: JQ

*steps out to take a leak*

Porch, deck...terrasse or veranda don't make no difference when Nature calls

*waves over at Bubba Jr. with the one free hand, says he got more beer if I got tequila*

Posted by: Late Nite Imklos at Trailer Acres at January 01, 2026 12:10 AM (f/3mU)

467 This uprising in Iran might actually have legs

these people are taking over government buildings

@MOSSADil
·
39m
IRAN PROTEST | DEVELOPING INTO REVOLUTION

While we slept here in Israel, they didn’t sleep in Iran.

Reports say Iranian anti-regime protesters are chasing Islamic Regime security forces through the streets of Arak.

Posted by: Don Black at January 01, 2026 12:11 AM (ZxPkt)

468 449 The thing about 2026 I am most looking forward to is meeting my great-granddaughter in a couple of months.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 12:05 AM (4p5Zb)

______________________________

No excuse is going to cut it if you're late for that.

Posted by: Orson at January 01, 2026 12:11 AM (dIske)

469 Happy Nood Year, Horde!

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 12:11 AM (vFG9F)

470 I saved a mouthpiece for the day.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd
************
As have I, my friend. One day....

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 01, 2026 12:11 AM (IQ6Gq)

471 436 396 AH Loyd..lol..yeah somehow us natives manage.. Rain and all..but honestly I enjoy it when it rains and the temp stays warm ..its a nice refreshing change 😁
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 12:04 AM (aO42i)

You'd love south Florida....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 12:11 AM (QGaXH)

472 Fireworks 💥💥are Continuing to go off here..

Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 12:11 AM (aO42i)

473 I can see a creative sort of person just getting burned out. There is nothing wrong with leaving on a high note.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 12:12 AM (Q/uAJ)

474 @MOSSADil
·
24m
🚨 IRGC FIGHTER KILLED as protesters torch IRGC headquarters in Hamedan

Reports from Iran say demonstrators set an IRGC base on fire amid escalating anti-regime unrest.
• One Basij fighter killed
• 13 security forces injured

Posted by: Don Black at January 01, 2026 12:12 AM (ZxPkt)

475 Also, in 2025 we lost our commenter WitchDoktor.

Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 12:12 AM (77rzZ)

476 I played French Horn in orchestra, but Mellophone in marching band. Also, dabbled in trombone, piano for the pop singers, and I play a mean Ozark Harp (I'll let you figure out what that is).
Posted by: Orson at January 01, 2026 12:09 AM (dIske)
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*much respect*
Trombone eluded me. I've played French horn, trumpet, tuba, baritone, but never trombone. My freshman year of college I wanted to take trombone, but all the school instruments were signed out by those bastard music majors. Fuck them assholes!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 12:13 AM (ZOv7s)

477 Been hearing fireworks every hour, on the hour, since 7pm.

Some people got money to (literally!) burn, I guess.

At one time I lived next door to a leader of a biker gang. For reasons that are not clear, I was invited to the biker bar where much alcohol was consumed.

Then they (several dozen drunk hog riders) rode to his place and decided to celebrate New Years with fireworks.

The amount of ordnance cooked off was so great that smoke was like a dense fog and the brilliance of all the fireworks was so bright the street lights turned off.

I don't know what was louder, dozens of straight pipe Harleys or the fireworks. I do know that the smell of cordite still lingered into dawn and it took a snow shovel to clear the wrappers off the street.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 01, 2026 12:13 AM (a4flb)

478 @ShayanX0
·
4h
BREAKING — IRAN:
Multiple IRGC Basij Force bases and governorates of the Islamist regime, in Hamedan, Fars, and Khuzestan provinces have fallen into the hands of protesters, as the pro-@PahlaviReza
uprising keeps spreading after Reza Shah Pahlavi II’s call for nationwide uprising

Posted by: Don Black at January 01, 2026 12:13 AM (ZxPkt)

479 457 Been hearing fireworks every hour, on the hour, since 7pm.

Some people got money to (literally!) burn, I guess.
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Here ay Little Oaxaca on the Miami they have to burn a kilo of black powder or it isn't a holiday.

Posted by: exdem13 at January 01, 2026 12:14 AM (XjTSo)

480 Happy 2026 Horde, from the East Coast, amid lots of fireworks!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 01, 2026 12:14 AM (IQ6Gq)

481 250 years and the Republic is getting it's mojo back.

Happy New Year!

Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 12:14 AM (viF8m)

482 Reports say Iranian anti-regime protesters are chasing Islamic Regime security forces through the streets of Arak.
Posted by: Don Black at January 01, 2026 12:11 AM (ZxPkt)
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Mrs. F. says her Israeli Christian sources say today is the last day for the mullahs.

Who knows.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 12:15 AM (RIvkX)

483 Now I smell like gunpowder and champagne.

Mrs fd went to bed leaving me to finish this bottle of Asti. Anybody up for champagne pong?

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 12:16 AM (vFG9F)

484 People asked me: "How did you go from treble clef to bass clef?"

My answer? "Just read the chart."

I can't transpose worth shit. My father, who loves music and plays lots of instruments, can't grasp that I don't have some unified understanding of music, but just a mechanical "this quals that" level of understanding.

Or as I said to the band director: "what's the fingering?"

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 12:17 AM (ZOv7s)

485 Not familiar with Mellophone, but it sounds good. I played French Horn in concert band, orchestra, marching band, brass quintet, etc.

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 01, 2026 12:17 AM (IQ6Gq)

486 Dwight Yoakam singing Suspicious Minds on the Nashville, NYE thingy on TV. Great version of a great song.

Posted by: scampydog at January 01, 2026 12:17 AM (LVaYG)

487 Anonymous Rouge .yes I would.. I wish I could move there ..Like California its a near perfect state for me..and bonus it doesn't have the fu**ed up scrap of California..

Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 12:17 AM (aO42i)

488 A. H. Lloyd, the trombone is awesome. I played it. Greatest instrument ever.

Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 12:17 AM (77rzZ)

489 Anne Francis (Honey West?) now on SyFy TZ marathon on the west coast

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 12:17 AM (QGaXH)

490 Night all...see everyone when it's 2026 everywhere!

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at January 01, 2026 12:17 AM (IQ6Gq)

491 My freshman year of college I wanted to take trombone, but all the school instruments were signed out by those bastard music majors. Fuck them assholes!

Old joke:

Q: What is the definition of an Optimist?
A: A trombone player with a pager.

It was funny back then.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 01, 2026 12:18 AM (a4flb)

492 I think the neighborhood artillery team has triangulated on their fire solution and all city batteries have been called to fire for effect.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 12:18 AM (3uBP9)

493 Happy New Year Horde!

dino, thank you for a tender year end ont

Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 01, 2026 12:18 AM (eZ5tL)

494 Also, in 2025 we lost our commenter WitchDoktor.

Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 12:12 AM (77rzZ)

I'm sorry, Bulg. He was your friend, I think? That was sad.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 12:18 AM (Q/uAJ)

495 I thought another episode of Twilight Zone was on but it's... Perry Mason.

Posted by: fd at January 01, 2026 12:19 AM (vFG9F)

496 A. H. Lloyd, the trombone is awesome. I played it. Greatest instrument ever.
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 12:17 AM (77rzZ)
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Mean mother-frackers.

Boners do it better.

I was looking forward to my initiation, but it did not come to pass. And now I'm a grandfather, but maybe later...

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 12:19 AM (ZOv7s)

497 Trombone eluded me. I've played French horn, trumpet, tuba, baritone, but never trombone.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

Tell us about that One Time at Band Camp

Posted by: Inquiring Mind of Imklos at January 01, 2026 12:19 AM (f/3mU)

498 >Mrs. F. says her Israeli Christian sources say today is the last day for the mullahs.

Who knows.

Posted by: San Franpsycho
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I want to see those donut hat-wearing goat-smelling tyrants get the Mussolini treatment

Posted by: Don Black at January 01, 2026 12:19 AM (ZxPkt)

499 489 Anne Francis (Honey West?) now on SyFy TZ marathon on the west coast
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 12:17 AM (QGaXH)

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Mmm. Honey West.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 12:20 AM (+HNx/)

500 Feeling *old* tonight. Bleh. It's only a quarter past nine and I'm getting sleepy.

Figure I'll use that funny ticket soon: finish this drink, brush teefs & go to bed.

Imklos might take over the bartending?? I dunno...

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 12:20 AM (rdVOm)

501 Also, in 2025 we lost our commenter WitchDoktor.
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 12:12 AM

and vic. The Great old One. Fair seas, sailor.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 12:21 AM (gqxJ9)

502 Dwight Yoakam singing Suspicious Minds on the Nashville, NYE thingy on TV. Great version of a great song.

Posted by: scampydog at January 01, 2026 12:17 AM (LVaYG)

Dwight Yoakam singing anything is wonderful. That is a great version of that song.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 12:21 AM (Q/uAJ)

503 Intermittent artillery fire in the frozen north.

But now a lull. Infantry assault imminent.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 12:21 AM (ZOv7s)

504 Jeez. I just deleted myself....
Anyways. Me and girldog slipped by Moose out front.
We got my wobbly table all to ourselves.
I'm guessing nurse R and Rat got hawt dates for the Eve...
JQ! One of your finest cocktails for me, and a light beer for doggo!
Geez...I'm lonely 😔....

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 01, 2026 12:21 AM (LNeRu)

505 I played French Horn in orchestra, but Mellophone in marching band. Also, dabbled in trombone, piano for the pop singers, and I play a mean Ozark Harp (I'll let you figure out what that is).
Posted by: Orson at January 01, 2026 12:09 AM (dIske)

I went to Duck Duck Go expecting Ozark Harp was another name for either a Jew's harp or a banjo. Snoopy played it in one of the Peanuts cartoons.
https://youtu.be/oCekQ8Sizqk

Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 12:22 AM (4p5Zb)

506 467 Reports say Iranian anti-regime protesters are chasing Islamic Regime security forces through the streets of Arak.
Posted by: Don Black at January 01, 2026 12:11 AM (ZxPkt)

Arak, ARiK, it's all the same......

maybe I'll have another beer....still around JQ?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 12:22 AM (QGaXH)

507 I don't have any fireworks. Maybe I'll go out and mag dump on the hour.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 12:22 AM (gqxJ9)

508 Mortar fire to the northwest. Lock and load.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 12:22 AM (ZOv7s)

509 At one time I lived next door to a leader of a biker gang. For reasons that are not clear, I was invited to the biker bar where much alcohol was consumed.

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If you are going have a wild house party it is considered polite to invite the neighbors

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 01, 2026 12:22 AM (/lPRQ)

510 Oh shit, cat just jumped off my lap. Shit is getting real.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 12:23 AM (ZOv7s)

511 A. H. Lloyd, the trombone is awesome. I played it. Greatest instrument ever.
Posted by: Bulg

There was a great ska-reggae-punk-ska band called Freedom of Expression.

The lead guy did the lead thing on...trombone.

Unable to find much on the Interwebs

Posted by: Recollections of Mind of Imklos at January 01, 2026 12:23 AM (f/3mU)

512 494 Mary, he and I were in personal e-mail contact. I hoped that he and I could meet up for lunch or something, since we were both in Northern Virginia, and were fellow Navy veterans. Alas, it was not to be.

Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 12:24 AM (77rzZ)

513 I think the neighborhood artillery team has triangulated on their fire solution and all city batteries have been called to fire for effect.

I once attended a large Big Box predominantly black church in the heart of Oak Cliff (suburb of Dallas).

Went to the midnight New Year's service. As we exited a short time after midnight, the familiar ring of fireworks and firearms was in the air.

I talked to one of the DPD moonlighting as parking posse to get us in and out of there. He told me that a lot of officers will park their squad cars under overpasses during the peak of the gunfire/fireworks celebration.

Years later, I was talking to a co-worker who was redoing the roof of her Swiss Avenue home (gentrified neighborhood of historic homes) and the roofer pulled out dozens of bullets stuck in the shingles and underlying plywood.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 01, 2026 12:24 AM (a4flb)

514 Do they make MIRV fireworks? I think some of these might be MIRV. It's getting wild. Probably a good million $ of entertainment going up and poof around me.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 12:24 AM (3uBP9)

515 Sounds like it's curtains for the mullahs.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 12:24 AM (+HNx/)

516 Happy new year, all! I surprised myself tonight. Went to a neighborhood party and had a great time, drinking, eating, chatting up new friends and old, blah blah blah.

I'll be 82 in this new year, and cannot remember the last time I saw midnight on new year's eve.

I drink bottom shelf rye whiskey, and one of my neighborhood buds brought a $120 bottle of bourbon to the party, which I glommed onto and was sipping for over two straight hours, until after the ball dropped and the fireworks outside quieted down to pops. Yes, there is a difference, isn't there, between rotgut grain and good.

So Happy New Year to all, and may the force, whatever it may be, be with you.

Posted by: M. Gaga at January 01, 2026 12:24 AM (KiBMU)

517 Happy New Year, Horde.

I gotta be up early.

You goddamn kids staying up all hours SOME OF US GOT JOBS, YA KNOW!!!!! grumble grumble grumble and pull up your damn pants grumble grumble grumble

Posted by: Robert at January 01, 2026 12:24 AM (k2AiT)

518 #500 JQ..wanna come share a beer with me.. We can maybe share some bar tending stories..and chat and laugh about "em..☺️😀☺️

Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 12:25 AM (aO42i)

519 I am enjoying Cupcake Prosecco. This stuff is dangerous as it goes down easy.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 12:25 AM (gqxJ9)

520 Calabi-Yau manifolds are a manifestation of mathematics getting ahead of physics. There are reasons why there have been no fundamentally new physics discoveries in the last sixty years or so. Pretty maths gets in the way of proper physics. Physics is on the wrong path, and I suspect even QED is meretricious.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 01, 2026 12:25 AM (tDhJ5)

521 Howdy, COMM!

*fixes spicy margarita*

I'm lonely too & it just effing sucks!

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 12:26 AM (rdVOm)

522 IM here, COMM.

Lucy the Fink is curled up under the tree. Which I may take down tomorrow. Meh. I’m kinda sad and lonely too. Mind if I join you?

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 12:26 AM (IhIKR)

523 Sounds like it's curtains for the mullahs.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 12:24 AM

I hope so. They have been a cancer on their people and the world.

Hopefully it will be another Trumpmas.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 12:26 AM (gqxJ9)

524 Anne Francis was very yummy.

Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 12:26 AM (77rzZ)

525 515 Sounds like it's curtains for the mullahs.
Setting a IRGC building on fire sounds like a great way to start the new year.

Posted by: exdem13 at January 01, 2026 12:27 AM (XjTSo)

526 longtime lurker never poster, but howdy everyone and happy new year. Just heard from a friend on Steam that a gamer buddy had passed this winter so Trex's thoughts were poignant, timely, and appreciated.

Posted by: PoorYorick at January 01, 2026 12:27 AM (eClUY)

527 *fixes spicy margarita*

I'm lonely too & it just effing sucks!

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 12:26 AM (rdVOm)

Spicy Margaritas? I am here and down with that,please.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 12:28 AM (Q/uAJ)

528 Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal
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Come join me & COMM at the wobbly table in the corner!

*brings beer for Country Gal*

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 12:28 AM (rdVOm)

529 Nurse Ratched, Happy New Year to you.

Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 12:28 AM (77rzZ)

530 487 Anonymous Rouge .yes I would.. I wish I could move there ..Like California its a near perfect state for me..and bonus it doesn't have the fu**ed up scrap of California..
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 12:17 AM (aO42i)

I grew up in S. Florida. I distinctly remember waking up to the radio in the summer and the announcer saying '82 degrees at 2 AM..WSHE 103.5 Miami/Fort Lauderdale...'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 12:28 AM (QGaXH)

531 Anne Francis was very yummy.
Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 12:26 AM (77rzZ)

I initially read that as Ann Frank.

Time for bed, methinks.

Good night, Horde!

Posted by: Robert at January 01, 2026 12:28 AM (k2AiT)

532 Poppy peed on the couch!

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 12:28 AM (gqxJ9)

533
And now midnight here per local mean time, but not yet quite true midnight.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 12:28 AM (w6EFb)

534 Posted by: Pepperidge Farms remembers

Looks like someone got The Call.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 01, 2026 12:28 AM (lUFok)

535 I cannot recall. How and where did the bolshevik revolt begin? Is something like this happening in Persia? Right now?

Was this foreseen? OMG!

Posted by: M. Gaga at January 01, 2026 12:28 AM (KiBMU)

536 Hi, BarelyScaryMary!

*makes PITCHER of spicy margaritas*

Now we gots a party! Come on over to the wobbly table!

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 12:29 AM (rdVOm)

537 >>> Years later, I was talking to a co-worker who was redoing the roof of her Swiss Avenue home (gentrified neighborhood of historic homes) and the roofer pulled out dozens of bullets stuck in the shingles and underlying plywood.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 01, 2026 12:24 AM (a4flb)

I had roof damage from bullets. Roofer even showed it to me, the entry point and where it ended up. I guess it is common in some locales.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 12:30 AM (3uBP9)

538 Nurse! C'mon over!

*brings another glass*

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 12:30 AM (rdVOm)

539 longtime lurker never poster, but howdy everyone and happy new year. Just heard from a friend on Steam that a gamer buddy had passed this winter so Trex's thoughts were poignant, timely, and appreciated.
Posted by: PoorYorick at January 01, 2026 12:27 AM

You should comment more. I have a lurker brother so I know it's a thing but lurkers should unmask occasionally.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 12:31 AM (gqxJ9)

540 There was a great ska-reggae-punk-ska band called Freedom of Expression.

The lead guy did the lead thing on...trombone.

Unable to find much on the Interwebs
Posted by: Recollections of Minde of Imklos at January 01, 2026 12:23 AM (f/3mU)
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I recall a band called "Fishbone" that my classmates enjoyed. They made me a mix tape, which has not survived.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 12:31 AM (ZOv7s)

541 >>Sounds like it's curtains for the mullahs.

I know we love to dwell on the negative but the change not just in the US but world over the last year is remarkable. Despite all the losses and challenges 2026 is looking pretty special.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 12:31 AM (viF8m)

542 *makes PITCHER of spicy margaritas*

Now we gots a party! Come on over to the wobbly table!

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 12:29 AM (rdVOm)

*brings fireworks and party hats*

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 12:31 AM (Q/uAJ)

543 Don Black -- Maybe, maybe not. A possibly successful overthrow of the Iranian turbans is like swinging on a swing to go all the way over: it takes a lot of failures to finally make it over. I would love to wake up tomorrow to learn that the Persians are free of their tormentors. Or even over the next week or so. But I'm not holding my breath. But maybe having an American president who wants them to succeed instead of one desperate for a second Nobel for making peace with the SOBs will put them over the top. Fingers crossed.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at January 01, 2026 12:32 AM (DK5Sh)

544 And now Happy New Year for real. It's exactly local apparent midnight. The Sun is now directly at nadir, due north, under my feet, on the meridian passing through the house.

Date: 01/01/2026 Local Time Zone: Eastern Standard Time (UTC-05:00:00)
Longitude: -82.17110 UTC Offset: -05:28:41 TZ Offset: -00:28:41
DUT1: 74.13120 ms Leap Seconds: 37 s DeltaT: 69.10987 s

Universal Coordinated Time: 05:32:07 UTC
Local Standard Time (TZ) : 12:32:07 AM EST
Local Mean Time : 12:03:26 AM LMT (UT1 base)
Local Apparent Solar Time : 12:00:00 AM LAST (UT1 base)

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 12:32 AM (w6EFb)

545 This song from Jerry Harrison might be topical:

I Cry for Iran

https://youtu.be/zrqV_TdNg7M

Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 12:32 AM (4p5Zb)

546 JQ..wanna come share a beer with me.. We can maybe share some bar tending stories..and chat and laugh about "em..☺️😀☺️
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal

Stories? You want Stories?

Hey look, Miss. We serve hard drinks with tiny umbrellas in here for Morons who want to get drunk and comment fast, and we don't need any characters around to give the joint 'atmosphere'. We got plenty. Is that clear, or do I have to slip you a 151 Bacardi Jello shot for a convincer?

Posted by: Surly Bartender Imklos at January 01, 2026 12:32 AM (f/3mU)

547 Posted by: PoorYorick at January 01, 2026 12:27 AM (eClUY)

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Congrats on an excellent first post. You're a shellback now!

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 01, 2026 12:32 AM (+HNx/)

548 I cannot recall. How and where did the bolshevik revolt begin? Is something like this happening in Persia? Right now?

Was this foreseen? OMG!
Posted by: M. Gaga at January 01, 2026 12:28 AM (KiB
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Persian new year is in March. Spring equinox. Maybe the locals are impatient.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 12:33 AM (ZOv7s)

549 487 Anonymous Rouge .yes I would.. I wish I could move there ..Like California its a near perfect state for me..and bonus it doesn't have the fu**ed up scrap of California..
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 12:17 AM (aO42i)

Anonymous 'Rouge' Rouge??? LOL - Too funny! I shorten it to ARiK. Reminds me of a movie I saw recently from the 60's with Frank Sinatra - his character's name was Dingus but his native American love interest kept mispronouncing Dingus...

I hope we'll see you again on the ONT

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 12:34 AM (QGaXH)

550 Jeez. I just deleted myself....
Anyways. Me and girldog slipped by Moose out front.
We got my wobbly table all to ourselves.
I'm guessing nurse R and Rat got hawt dates for the Eve...
JQ! One of your finest cocktails for me, and a light beer for doggo!
Geez...I'm lonely 😔....
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 01, 2026 12:21 AM (LNeRu)

I'm sitting home (well, Winter home in AJ) too. My guts were in an uproar earlier, so I decided not to go out. Feeling OK now, but it's 10:33 here, and I am laother to get dressed and go out. Sipping on a Shiner Bock, and reading the ONT, and watching youtoobs.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 12:34 AM (8zz6B)

551 Party hats! Wooo!

Ok, girls, we need to get close-in for a group selfie-- for Commissar of plenty... and show him our FESTIVE LITTLE HATS!

Hahaha!

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 12:34 AM (rdVOm)

552 I know we love to dwell on the negative but the change not just in the US but world over the last year is remarkable. Despite all the losses and challenges 2026 is looking pretty special.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 12:31 AM (viF8m)
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God is not idle.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 12:34 AM (ZOv7s)

553 Just read the list. We lost some good people this year. Stay healthy in the new year all.

Posted by: 496 at January 01, 2026 12:34 AM (ouubj)

554 >>> I recall a band called "Fishbone" that my classmates enjoyed. They made me a mix tape, which has not survived.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 12:31 AM (ZOv7s)

LAB was a great song with the bros when some poor guy was dumped. Always played in the car going out for a "forget about her" night.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 12:34 AM (3uBP9)

555 Wow - a big one...incredibly loud and extremely close....and not near midnight here...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 12:35 AM (QGaXH)

556
Damn, Sirius transit was just 41 seconds off true midnight. That's damn close.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 12:35 AM (w6EFb)

557 Now we gots a party! Come on over to the wobbly table!

Posted by: JQ

*Dances the Shimmy, surreptitiously places shim under wobbly leg*

Which ruins everything

Posted by: Todd at January 01, 2026 12:35 AM (f/3mU)

558 Tomorrow the kids are coming home from Sydney and Mrs. F. has informed I am to stock their fridge, pick them up at SFO, bring them here to be fed, then take them to MiL where their car is parked.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 01, 2026 12:35 AM (RIvkX)

559 JQ thanks 4 the invite. I'm heading over now..😉☺️☺️

Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 12:36 AM (aO42i)

560 555 Wow - a big one...incredibly loud and extremely close....and not near midnight here...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 12:35 AM (QGaXH)

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Here too.

Posted by: Ali Khamenei at January 01, 2026 12:36 AM (+HNx/)

561 LAB was a great song with the bros when some poor guy was dumped. Always played in the car going out for a "forget about her" night.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 12:34 AM (3uBP9)
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IYKYK.

A breakup favorite in my circle as well. I got dumped my senior year in high school and that was recommended therapy.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 12:37 AM (ZOv7s)

562 I had roof damage from bullets. Roofer even showed it to me, the entry point and where it ended up. I guess it is common in some locales.

My favorite roofing story is while I had the biker gang leader on the south, on the north was a rental made into a clown house. It was rather irritating, but not as much as the hundreds of squirrels. My biker neighbor and I had a competition over time to see how many squirrels we could eliminate with our respective pellet guns.

I built a hide in the kitchen and an elevated kill zone loaded with bird seed. Got well over 40. After recording the kills I would take a shovel and trebuchet the kills over the fence and on to the roof of the clown house.

One day a roofer was on the clown house to replace the shingles. He was shocked and horrified at the pile of rotting squirrel carcasses on the roof. I was outside trying not to laugh and be serious. He surmised that the squirrels ate fruit from a poisonous tree that was leaning on the house. He just kept talking and talking about it in bewilderment.

Ok, sure. I got to go inside.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 01, 2026 12:38 AM (a4flb)

563 I wish we could air-drop those people some guns and grenades

Posted by: Don Black at January 01, 2026 12:38 AM (ZxPkt)

564 Happy new Year, bulg. I also miss Witchdokter. I’m Glad you had a chance to connect with him.

I do wish stateless would drop in and say hello. Just to let us know he’s ok.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 12:38 AM (IhIKR)

565 >>God is not idle.

He doesn't expect us to be either.

We've earned it.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 12:38 AM (viF8m)

566 540: I still have a functioning 'Fishbone' cassette, somewhere. CD to. They were a good band. Interesting blend of music.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 01, 2026 12:38 AM (sAmhv)

567 541 >>Sounds like it's curtains for the mullahs.

I know we love to dwell on the negative but the change not just in the US but world over the last year is remarkable. Despite all the losses and challenges 2026 is looking pretty special.
Posted by: JackStraw
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I thought with the election of Trump the tension would relax. Silly boy, why in the world would they lesson? Trump is a scythe and he's a reaping.

In for a penny in for a pound, here we are.
Good evening ladies and gents I'm truly grateful to be here glad to see every one.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 12:38 AM (hVbrz)

568 526 longtime lurker never poster, but howdy everyone and happy new year. Just heard from a friend on Steam that a gamer buddy had passed this winter so Trex's thoughts were poignant, timely, and appreciated.
Posted by: PoorYorick at January 01, 2026 12:27
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Thank you. Thanks for posting. Come on back. We'll leave the light on for you.

Posted by: TRex - 2026 dino at January 01, 2026 12:38 AM (IQ6Gq)

569 Bruce Fowler is an excellent trombonist, played extensively with Zappa and Beefheart. He is still going at 78.

Posted by: Over-Nite Sensation at January 01, 2026 12:39 AM (oftw2)

570 #551 JQ..I got my get my festive little hat just right first..a lil help.please

Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 12:40 AM (aO42i)

571 Howdy, AOP!

Yeah, "going out" for NYE just isn't what it used to be, huh?

Hope you feel better in the morning!

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 12:40 AM (rdVOm)

572 I do wish stateless would drop in and say hello. Just to let us know he’s ok.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 12:38 AM (IhIKR)

I have also wondered if he is okay.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 12:40 AM (Q/uAJ)

573 522 {{{nurse}}}!

Come sit with me🙂 I figured you probably had a hot date tonight!
JQ join us and bring a pitcher of tasty Margs! Some of us still got time till New Year!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 01, 2026 12:40 AM (LNeRu)

574 Twenty-five minutes until it's the New Year here in God's favorite time zone.

I propose we call the new year 250 AUSA or something like that. 😃

I well remember reading the final Calvin & Hobbes. It was a perfect conclusion, leaving us with C&H in happy play, and forever still with us. Still think that whenever I read it again. Watterson done good.

🎶"Maybe just a half a drink morrrre…"

Posted by: mindful webworker - what do you want to do tomorrow night, Calvin? at January 01, 2026 12:41 AM (dESj/)

575 I wish we could air-drop those people some guns and grenades
Posted by: Don Black
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"We" should be taking serious notes!

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 12:41 AM (rdVOm)

576
Posted by: PoorYorick at January 01, 2026 12:27 AM

Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio: a fellow
of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath
borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how
abhorred in my imagination it is!

Couldn't resist. It's a reflex. I like the handle.

Posted by: Orson at January 01, 2026 12:41 AM (dIske)

577 Trey Smith has a video called “The Theory of Everything” in which he argues for the existence of an intelligent creator in a way I found interesting. It’s on YouTube I think. There’s no mention of Pittsburgh. Smith once stole millions of dollars from a televangelist so he’s an interesting guy. Kent Hovind is another person I find interesting, arguing for a young earth through the continued existence of dinosaurs among other things. It takes more faith to believe dinosaur fossils survived millions of years, including soft tissue, than that most of them were exterminated in the Flood 5K years ago, and there’s a lot of evidence for this. Happy New Year!

Posted by: Norrin Radd, sojourner of the spaceways at January 01, 2026 12:41 AM (tRYqg)

578 Zoltar knows all, tells a little.

Posted by: Zoltar at January 01, 2026 12:41 AM (+HNx/)

579 I still have a functioning 'Fishbone' cassette, somewhere. CD to. They were a good band. Interesting blend of music.
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at January 01, 2026 12:38 AM (sAmhv)
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Boning in the boneyard.

I bet there are youtubes of them.

I had shit for audio systems, so my friends made me mix tapes, and then tapes went away. But I still remember.

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 12:42 AM (ZOv7s)

580 *brings fireworks and party hats*
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 12:31 AM (Q/uAJ)

These party hats bear a striking resemblance to lamp shades.

Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 12:43 AM (4p5Zb)

581 Was the universe created or did it emerge from a Bing Bang?

Of the Walla Walla Bing Bangs?

Posted by: Ooo eee ooo ah ahhh at January 01, 2026 12:43 AM (TbWk/)

582 Umm...ummm...would any of you festive hat chicks.....umm... be my date for...the....Prom?

Posted by: Imklos, gaze firmly fixed on own shoes at January 01, 2026 12:43 AM (f/3mU)

583 Country Gal, ya look great!

Ok, hold still & smile.... *click!*

Yay, a good pic!

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 12:43 AM (rdVOm)

584 504 Geez...I'm lonely 😔....
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 01, 2026 12:21 AM (LNeRu)

I think we all are in some way.

Some of us are the types that can be lonely in a crowded room....

You used to live in Orange County - correct?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 12:44 AM (QGaXH)

585 542 scarymary
Sister! Yeah baby! Let's get it on girl😜

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 01, 2026 12:44 AM (LNeRu)

586 May all the blessings of the Lord be yours in abundance in the New Year
Isaiah 43:13

Happy New Year

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 12:44 AM (hVbrz)

587 Umm...ummm...would any of you festive hat chicks.....umm... be my date for...the....Prom?
Posted by: Imklos, gaze firmly fixed on own shoes at January 01, 2026 12:43 AM (f/3mU)
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LOL

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 12:45 AM (ZOv7s)

588 Was the universe created or did it emerge from a Bing Bang?

All children emerge after a Big Bang

Makes sense kinda

Posted by: Imklos, integration theory and practice at January 01, 2026 12:46 AM (f/3mU)

589 Happy New Year, Eastern time zone Hordelings!

Thank you for an outstanding final 2025 ONT, Dino. My fellow Club host and just a damn good friend - much love to you, brother!

Glass raised to those we lost.

My brother Jim Sunk New Dawn - I will never forget you.

Damn, why is it so dusty in here?

Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 12:46 AM (QMAsf)

590
Anne Francis (Honey West?) now on SyFy TZ marathon on the west coast
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

Looking for a thimble?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 01, 2026 12:47 AM (pkeXY)

591 LOL
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd

You Magnificent bastard...I READ YOUR BOOK

Posted by: Francisco Miklos-Franco. in best G. Patton voice at January 01, 2026 12:48 AM (f/3mU)

592 Incomings getting closer here....

Very loud now...

West Coast TZ episode now has a very young Wm Shatner. Sign in background saying : I HAVE NOT BEEN TOLD is no excuse. Know by *Observing *Thinking * Studying * Doing

Interesting - I wonder if that was a Civil Defense thing or?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 12:48 AM (QGaXH)

593 Was the universe created or did it emerge from a Bing Bang?

Of the Walla Walla Bing Bangs?
Posted by: Ooo eee ooo ah ahhh at January 01, 2026 12:43 AM (TbWk/)
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"I'll capture her heart, singing...badda boom, bigga bangg...."

Posted by: Bing Crosby at January 01, 2026 12:49 AM (ZOv7s)

594 AOP

Honey, you can certainly virtually sit with us crazy wimminz😛

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 01, 2026 12:49 AM (LNeRu)

595 The Reticent - Years in a Moment
https://youtu.be/geuwzBy1myY

Claire Voyant - 24 Years
https://youtu.be/vOXB4fBgg0I

iamthemorning - Too Many Years
https://youtu.be/Fe2jzZV4ytw

Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 12:49 AM (nhCoE)

596 I know we love to dwell on the negative but the change not just in the US but world over the last year is remarkable. Despite all the losses and challenges 2026 is looking pretty special.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Cheers to that.

Posted by: scampydog at January 01, 2026 12:49 AM (LVaYG)

597 https://youtu.be/f3vnmV6pPKI

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 12:49 AM (rdVOm)

598 Thanks JQ for the great pic 😊😊..and hey these New Years drinks are sooo good.. Mmm yummy...🍹🍾🍹

Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 12:50 AM (aO42i)

599 You Magnificent bastard...I READ YOUR BOOK
Posted by: Francisco Miklos-Franco. in best G. Patton voice at January 01, 2026 12:48 AM (f/3mU).
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YOU DICK!!!

Posted by: Mister Spicoli at January 01, 2026 12:50 AM (ZOv7s)

600 My brother Jim Sunk New Dawn - I will never forget you.

Damn, why is it so dusty in here?

Posted by: Doof

Auld Lang Syne

*glass raised*

Posted by: Jim sent me books (miklos) at January 01, 2026 12:51 AM (f/3mU)

601 9 minutes here in LaLousiana 🎉🎉💥💥🎉🎉

Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 12:52 AM (aO42i)

602 AOP

Honey, you can certainly virtually sit with us crazy wimminz😛
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 01, 2026 12:49 AM (LNeRu)

Got room for another?

Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 12:52 AM (QMAsf)

603 No New Year yet but quietly observing. Eating shrimp and the ever popular cannibal sandwiches. Weird Wisconsin thing. Just a lurker but Happy New Year!

Posted by: Badgergal at January 01, 2026 12:52 AM (cs22I)

604 Is it time to listen to Fogelberg's take?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 12:52 AM (ZOv7s)

605 I made the last batch of Chex Mix today. Will share at the wobbly table for whoever wants it.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 12:52 AM (Q/uAJ)

606 Better stay up for a while to digest the cannibals, lots of raw onions. Will enjoy the fireworks 💥

Posted by: Badgergal at January 01, 2026 12:54 AM (cs22I)

607 Honey, you can certainly virtually sit with us crazy wimminz😛
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 01, 2026 12:49 AM (LNeRu)

Got room for another?
Posted by: Doof

How do you know that guy is the REAL Doof?

*sidles over to the lay-ties*

Posted by: Elvis and Doof Impersonator Miklos at January 01, 2026 12:55 AM (f/3mU)

608 Five minutes Central Horde

Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 12:55 AM (c115l)

609 Howdy Doof!

Grab a chair & a glass and c'mon over!

*makes another pitcher of spicy margaritas*

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 12:56 AM (rdVOm)

610 604 Is it time to listen to Fogelberg's take?

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 12:52 AM (ZOv7s)

Close enough. It's a good song, and it will be past midnight before it finishes.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 12:56 AM (Q/uAJ)

611 I made the last batch of Chex Mix today. Will share at the wobbly table for whoever wants it.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 12:52 AM (Q/uAJ)
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I also made some, in case you run out.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 12:56 AM (ESVrU)

612 so many comments ... waiting for midnight here.

" where did Jesus go for three days after he was crucified? The Apostles Creed says he "descended to the dead." Did he "preach to the spirits in prison?"

JC was dead for three days and three nights (legal requirement for death afaik). God did not die, his only begotten son did die (in obedience), God's sacrifice to save us that accepted. After that he preached to those imprisoned spirits. (He died Wednesday at sunset and arose Saturday at sunset ... had Saturday night till Sunday morning to be seen alive).

That is all.

Posted by: illiniwek at January 01, 2026 12:57 AM (vbXSk)

613 My cat Penny is running around with the zoomies.

She seems confused because I'm not in bed with her.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 12:57 AM (ESVrU)

614 Okay, Miklos... you too! LOL

Bring a pitcher of beer? My hands are full right now...

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 12:57 AM (rdVOm)

615 The universe began when Leeloo fell through Korben Dallas's taxi's roof.

The Big Bada-Boom.

Just a couple of minutes until the big cow chip descends from the Oklahoma City capitol spire.

Posted by: mindful webworker - multi-pass at January 01, 2026 12:58 AM (dESj/)

616 544 And now Happy New Year for real. It's exactly local apparent midnight. The Sun is now directly at nadir, due north, under my feet, on the meridian passing through the house.

Date: 01/01/2026 Local Time Zone: Eastern Standard Time (UTC-05:00:00)
Longitude: -82.17110 UTC Offset: -05:28:41 TZ Offset: -00:28:41
DUT1: 74.13120 ms Leap Seconds: 37 s DeltaT: 69.10987 s

Universal Coordinated Time: 05:32:07 UTC
Local Standard Time (TZ) : 12:32:07 AM EST
Local Mean Time : 12:03:26 AM LMT (UT1 base)
Local Apparent Solar Time : 12:00:00 AM LAST (UT1 base)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 12:32 AM (w6EFb)

I don't think I'll make local midnight - Apparent or otherwise...

My truncated approximate location: 33.63, -117.95 per googoo maps..

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 12:58 AM (QGaXH)

617 Happy New Year everyone

Posted by: Skip at January 01, 2026 12:58 AM (Ia/+0)

618 Happy New Year, Central Time Morons!

Time for me to go to bed now...

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 01, 2026 12:59 AM (ESVrU)

619 >>Cheers to that.
Posted by: scampydog

This is an amazing time to be alive.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 01:00 AM (viF8m)

620 Happy New Year Horde.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 01:00 AM (c115l)

621 🎆 🎆 🎆 🎆 🎆 🎆 🎆 🎆

🥃 Happy New Year! 🥃

Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 01:00 AM (nhCoE)

622 Happy New Year, Central Timezoners

Posted by: Methos at January 01, 2026 01:00 AM (vSvIl)

623 And HAPPY HAPPY New Years to all the wonderful and special horde ...and may the memory of those not with us continue to live with us all...
May this New Year of our Lord 2026 bless us all ...

Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 01:00 AM (aO42i)

624 Happy New Year Central Time Zone Morons! The fireworks are getting real now.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 01:01 AM (Q/uAJ)

625 HAAPPPPY HAAAPPPPY NEXT YEAR, ALLA Y'ALL.

Posted by: mindful webworker - the dirigible drops at January 01, 2026 01:01 AM (dESj/)

626 Happy New Years, everyone.

I pray God blesses you wonderfully in the New Year, and gives you strength to carry through all of the crap the world will throw our way.

Good night, all.

Posted by: GWB at January 01, 2026 01:01 AM (2XExk)

627 "Kinda like how they say every combo of numbers can be found somewhere in ℼ."
- - - - - -
But not a 0 (zero) anywhere. That would spoil the whole game...

Posted by: As not seen on TV at January 01, 2026 01:01 AM (l5srl)

628 560 555 Wow - a big one...incredibly loud and extremely close....and not near midnight here...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 12:35 AM (QGaXH)

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Here too.
Posted by: Ali Khamenei at January 01, 2026 12:36 AM (+HNx/)

GOOD!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 01:02 AM (QGaXH)

629 Okay, good night to French horn players everywhere! Happy New Year!

Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 01, 2026 01:02 AM (ZOv7s)

630 Woke up 2 minutes ago. Happy New Year, Horde, from Missouri.

Posted by: olddog in mo at January 01, 2026 01:02 AM (bQ4nt)

631 Happy NEW YEAR Methos🎉🎉

Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 01:03 AM (aO42i)

632 Happy new years people!

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 01:03 AM (snZF9)

633 No New Year yet but quietly observing. Eating shrimp and the ever popular cannibal sandwiches. Weird Wisconsin thing. Just a lurker but Happy New Year!
Posted by: Badgergal

Where do you buy the cannibals? Do you have to buy a whole cannibal, or just parts?

Posted by: Inquiring Mind at January 01, 2026 01:03 AM (f/3mU)

634 Happy new years people!
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

people?

*checks Stylebook*

Posted by: Late Nite Copy Editor at January 01, 2026 01:05 AM (f/3mU)

635 Thanks for bringing that extra pitcher, Miklos. (and sorry I forgot to say "please"...)

Good thing the wobbly table expands! My goodness, we've got a crowd!

Happy New Year, all!

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 01:05 AM (rdVOm)

636 Happy happy NEW YEAR 🎊🎊🎊..to all ..

Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 01:05 AM (aO42i)

637 Lifting a shot to absent friends.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 01:05 AM (snZF9)

638 There's a minor war going on here.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 01:05 AM (jc0TO)

639 Happy New Year, Badgergal. The cannibal sandwiches sound interesting.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 01:05 AM (Q/uAJ)

640 Howdy Doof!

Grab a chair & a glass and c'mon over!

*makes another pitcher of spicy margaritas*
Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 12:56 AM (rdVOm)

Thanks JQ. You ladies are the best!

Posted by: Doof at January 01, 2026 01:05 AM (QMAsf)

641 This is an amazing time to be alive.
Posted by: JackStraw
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Heh. Had a baseball coach that used to say, "Gentlemen, any day you step on this field is a great day to be alive." I like the thought on a macro scale.

Posted by: scampydog at January 01, 2026 01:06 AM (LVaYG)

642 >>> Where do you buy the cannibals? Do you have to buy a whole cannibal, or just parts?

Posted by: Inquiring Mind at January 01, 2026 01:03 AM (f/3mU)

The problem with buying cannibals is that regardless of how many you start out with, you eventually only have one.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 01:06 AM (3uBP9)

643 582 Umm...ummm...would any of you festive hat chicks.....umm... be my date for...the....Prom?
Posted by: Imklos, gaze firmly fixed on own shoes at January 01, 2026 12:43 AM (f/3mU)

How do you tell an extroverted engineer from an introverted one?

Extroverted engineer stares at YOUR shoes.....

Caution: may have a foot fetish.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 01:06 AM (QGaXH)

644 This is going to be best year evah. Book it, Morons.

May we live in interesting times.
May we get what we deserve
May the Prince know our names

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 01:07 AM (jc0TO)

645 The black-eye-pea stew is cooked and ready for tomorrow.

Booms and bangs going on around us. Pretty sure that boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom is gunfire, not fireworks.

Daisy dog is agitated and barking loudly. That's our fireworks.

The new year is off to a roaring start.

Posted by: mindful webworker - and awaaay we go at January 01, 2026 01:07 AM (dESj/)

646 Rye bread, raw ground chuck, salt n pepper, and raw onions. Sort of a tradition.

Posted by: Badgergal at January 01, 2026 01:07 AM (cs22I)

647 Bring a pitcher of beer? My hands are full right now...
Posted by: JQ

You are supposed to have the pitchers.

Damn, this keg is heavy

Posted by: Late Nite Typical Imklos at January 01, 2026 01:07 AM (f/3mU)

648 Lifting a shot to absent friends.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 01:05 AM (snZF9)

Earlier this evening I went to the local liquor (and bong, knife, and vape) store, to see if I could get a bottle of Tom Simms whiskey in memory of Jim SND. They had never heard of it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 01:08 AM (8zz6B)

649 Well. That was a bigger boom than I’ve heard in a long time.

It’s only 10 here

Lots and lots of cars on the street now. Going to be nuts.

Ugh.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 01:08 AM (+FOYs)

650 Have a party hat, Doof!

Another festive little hat!!! Woot!

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 01:08 AM (rdVOm)

651 #635..yes we do..lol.. JQ..and I think I got it in me to stay a bit longer if u are..

Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 01:08 AM (aO42i)

652 Fireworks going off here now. Only 51 minutes to go.

Just glad it's not more exploding semi trucks like a few weeks ago.

Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 01, 2026 01:09 AM (lUFok)

653 I just fired up the 1917 Victrola and played the 1914 recording of Auld lang syne sung by Julia Culp. Very nostalgic..and uh..primitive.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 01:09 AM (snZF9)

654 584

Nope. Never lived in Orange County. Never will. But hey, pull up a chair and join us!

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 01, 2026 01:10 AM (LNeRu)

655 564 Thank you, Nurse. God bless you and yours,

Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 01:10 AM (77rzZ)

656 Damn, this keg is heavy
Posted by: Late Nite Typical Imklos
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LOL. Always so over the top... *smooch*

Thank you very much!

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 01:10 AM (rdVOm)

657 This is the state where all old-fashions are made with brandy.

Posted by: Badgergal at January 01, 2026 01:11 AM (cs22I)

658 JQ, can I help with any stocking? Ice? Whatcha need. Not the bathroom cleanup...the new guy is somewhere around here for that.

Posted by: scampydog at January 01, 2026 01:11 AM (LVaYG)

659 Is it wrong to Wang Chung again so soon?

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 01:12 AM (Q/uAJ)

660 Earlier this evening I went to the local liquor (and bong, knife, and vape) store, to see if I could get a bottle of Tom Simms whiskey in memory of Jim SND. They had never heard of it.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 01:08 AM (8zz6B)

Jim recommended Woodford to me. Thats what I'm drinking. The ancient egyptians would say jim hotep. Jim is satisfied.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 01:12 AM (snZF9)

661 Yes, I'll have one more-- what a nice party!

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 01:12 AM (rdVOm)

662 The Slip 'n Slide has now been inflated.

The Jell-o should be ready within minutes

Have at it, Ladies

Drinks are on the house

Posted by: Late Nite Event Organizer Imklos at January 01, 2026 01:12 AM (f/3mU)

663 God, I hope it's not Pittsburgh. I get crazy lost there. I may wind up in Ragnarok instead of Catholic Heaven.

Happy New Year to all. May all of your wildest fantasies come true.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 01, 2026 01:13 AM (qwx/I)

664 Raw hamburger sandwiches, interesting. I wonder if there's a way you could irradiate them and it would be food safe.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 01:14 AM (3uBP9)

665 Hi, Doggo!

Relax, it's all under control (for now, LOL) Grab a glass and join us!

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 01:14 AM (rdVOm)

666 >> My truncated approximate location: 33.63, -117.95 per googoo maps..

That puts you east of the PST meridian of 120W, which is 8 minutes, 12 seconds ahead of PST for your local time. Now, subtract off the EoT which is -3:27 right now, and your local true midnight will be 4 minutes, 45 seconds before midnight, or 11:55:15 PST, if I didn't botch that.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 01:14 AM (w6EFb)

667 Trex,

Thank you for the mention of my loss of my Dad. He was the best Dad, and taught us so many things, how to shoot, hunt, fish, start a fire, fix a car, build an airplane (or 3), love our family, respect his wife, pray to our God.

I will never be the calibre of a Moron such as Jim SND or Jack Straw, because I can only jump in late at night, in Mountain Time.

But, I've been with you since 2000 or so, after Little Green Footballs pointed to you (before he went nuts). Will be here 30 years from now God Willing.

Here's to a wonderful 2026 to all the Horde and all the Earth. Praying for the Persians tonight.

Posted by: Jimmy Doolittle at January 01, 2026 01:15 AM (MvCrO)

668 Dumped a 20 round mag in the yard and it seems to have ended the excitement. Eerily quiet as soon as I stopped.

I guess my rep as that crazy old man is secured.

Posted by: toby928(c) at January 01, 2026 01:15 AM (jc0TO)

669 Gotta make sure your meat is very fresh, straight from a trusted butcher. Hasn't killed any of us yet

Posted by: Badgergal at January 01, 2026 01:15 AM (cs22I)

670 what does "created in the image of God" mean?

I believe it means we have the ability to create. Not just offspring that are mini-versions subtly or no-so-subtly different from ourselves, but art, invention, machines, and even software programs. We are created and we create things as well, albeit less perfect things than God has created. (always room for improvement)

Posted by: slicksister at January 01, 2026 01:16 AM (3ceQJ)

671 662 The Slip 'n Slide has now been inflated.

The Jell-o should be ready within minutes
Posted by: Late Nite Event Organizer Imklos at January 01, 2026 01:12 AM (f/3mU)

is the Jell-O going on the Slip 'n Slide, or is it for dessert?

Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 01:16 AM (4p5Zb)

672 582 Imklos

I can do that....
Saaay...why don't you join us at the wobbly table? Bring a friend.
We might have to push the other wobbly table over🥳

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 01, 2026 01:16 AM (LNeRu)

673 I just fired up the 1917 Victrola and played the 1914 recording of Auld lang syne sung by Julia Culp. Very nostalgic..and uh..primitive.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division

That makes you culpable

Posted by: Imklos sees no cause for offence at January 01, 2026 01:16 AM (f/3mU)

674 654 584

Nope. Never lived in Orange County. Never will. But hey, pull up a chair and join us!
Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 01, 2026 01:10 AM (LNeRu)

Thank you! Don't mind if I do.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 01:17 AM (QGaXH)

675 *taps glass with spoon*

TING TING TING TING TING!

***raises glass***

~~~~~~"To absent friends"~~~~~~

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 01:17 AM (rdVOm)

676 Ohhh..JQ..off ya ever need help stocking or serving drinks just please let me know.. I worked cocktailing in casinos back when.

Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 01:17 AM (aO42i)

677 Miami beats The Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl played at Jerry's World.

They should just tear down the actual Cotton Bowl Stadium in Fair Park. It gets used one day a year.

Posted by: rickb223 at January 01, 2026 01:18 AM (c115l)

678 is the Jell-O going on the Slip 'n Slide, or is it for dessert?
Posted by: tankdemon

I am guessing you are new here

Posted by: Crazy Mikos' Slip 'n Slide Tzampotli Family Fun Park and Somewhat Legal Other Stuff at January 01, 2026 01:18 AM (f/3mU)

679 Happy New Year.

Posted by: Piercello at January 01, 2026 01:19 AM (7QOuK)

680 >>Heh. Had a baseball coach that used to say, "Gentlemen, any day you step on this field is a great day to be alive." I like the thought on a macro scale.

Had a dad like that. Pretty smart dad.

Posted by: JackStraw at January 01, 2026 01:19 AM (viF8m)

681 Matt Walsh's last few podcasts have been exploring why everything sucks now. Case in point -- turned on the TV to see the year ring here in Chicago ... instead, I get a simulcast from Houston that's 2 minutes behind, with no countdown.

That's it, 2026 is ruined.

Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at January 01, 2026 01:20 AM (qwx/I)

682 564, Nurse, I also wonder about Stateless. He seemed so happy once he worked out his legal issues. I hope that he is still so.

Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 01:21 AM (77rzZ)

683 Jello Slip &Slide. can I try it..😁😁💕💕😁😁

Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 01:21 AM (aO42i)

684 E. Coli is no way to start a year.

Posted by: National Dietetic Assoc. at January 01, 2026 01:21 AM (oftw2)

685 Rye bread, raw ground chuck, salt n pepper, and raw onions. Sort of a tradition.
Posted by: Badgergal
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Raw meat & onion sandwich on rye... hmm. Sounds pretty good actually.

METAL!

You go, Badgergal!

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 01:21 AM (rdVOm)

686 >>> That puts you east of the PST meridian of 120W, which is 8 minutes, 12 seconds ahead of PST for your local time. Now, subtract off the EoT which is -3:27 right now, and your local true midnight will be 4 minutes, 45 seconds before midnight, or 11:55:15 PST, if I didn't botch that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 01:14 AM (w6EFb)

I had to process telemetry data off vehicle system on UTC. And I had to correlate that with badly written pilot log scans that they keyed to local time. All over the world. Some places with and without DST and different kinds of DST. Changes from takeoff to land. Cannot overstate how much synching log to data set sucked.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 01:22 AM (3uBP9)

687 602DOOF!
You don't even have to ask darlin'.
And of course if the other Ds are in the house, grab a chair.
I think JQ checked out, but that crazy guy behind the bar might be helpful 😒

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 01, 2026 01:23 AM (LNeRu)

688 Saaay...why don't you join us at the wobbly table? Bring a friend.
We might have to push the other wobbly table over🥳
Posted by: COMountainMarie

*wobbles over, may have been a few down the gullet*

*wobbles, but doesn't fall down*

Posted by: Imklos the Human Weeble at January 01, 2026 01:23 AM (f/3mU)

689 Dumped a 20 round mag in the yard and it seems to have ended the excitement. Eerily quiet as soon as I stopped.
Posted by: toby928(c)

https://youtu.be/pSzej4yoUwA

Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 01:23 AM (nhCoE)

690 Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 01:17 AM
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You're hired! Haha, you can take over after I clock out tonight LOL.

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 01:23 AM (rdVOm)

691 666 >> My truncated approximate location: 33.63, -117.95 per googoo maps..

That puts you east of the PST meridian of 120W, which is 8 minutes, 12 seconds ahead of PST for your local time. Now, subtract off the EoT which is -3:27 right now, and your local true midnight will be 4 minutes, 45 seconds before midnight, or 11:55:15 PST, if I didn't botch that.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 01:14 AM (w6EFb)

A devilish comment number! (666)

Actually I'm about 2 miles from that location.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 01:24 AM (QGaXH)

692 Wisconsin can be kind of weird. It's not just cheese and bratwurst. I'd love for there to be a mome some day, I think there are a good number of us.

Posted by: Badgergal at January 01, 2026 01:24 AM (cs22I)

693 And of course if the other Ds are in the house, grab a chair.
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Evening, COMM. A chair and a fresh drink to seem in order. Thanks for the invite.

Posted by: scampydog at January 01, 2026 01:24 AM (LVaYG)

694 671 662 The Slip 'n Slide has now been inflated.

The Jell-o should be ready within minutes
Posted by: Late Nite Event Organizer Imklos at January 01, 2026 01:12 AM (f/3mU)

is the Jell-O going on the Slip 'n Slide, or is it for dessert?
Posted by: tankdemon at January 01, 2026 01:16 AM (4p5Zb)

Why not both?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 01:26 AM (QGaXH)

695
659 Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 01:12 AM

It's not too soon-----

https://youtu.be/BoXu6QmxpJE

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 01:27 AM (rdVOm)

696 572 I do wish stateless would drop in and say hello. Just to let us know he’s ok.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 12:38 AM (IhIKR)

I have also wondered if he is okay.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 12:40 AM (Q/uAJ)

Was I imagining things, or did Stateless actually post in the last few days?

Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 01, 2026 01:28 AM (0CU3H)

697 Just for the record, last year's ONT for New Year's Eve had 888 comments. We've got a ways to go for that.
https://acecomments.mu.nu/?post=412857

It's been a crazy year. As usual.
https://youtu.be/xP_dfxs6Hak

G'nite, y'all.

Posted by: mindful webworker - it'll never be 2025 again at January 01, 2026 01:28 AM (dESj/)

698 Oh, hey guys!

Noood.

Year.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 01, 2026 01:28 AM (0CU3H)

699 LOL..OK..JQ..just give give me a quick rundown on I what I need to do tonight and ill be fine..😉😉☺️☺️

Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 01:29 AM (aO42i)

700 Happy New Year and goodnight to all! The battle outside seems to have reached a cease fire so I am headed for bed.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at January 01, 2026 01:30 AM (DK5Sh)

701 just give give me a quick rundown on I what I need to do tonight and ill be fine..

Country Gal:

Your imagination is your only limitation! Go with the flow..

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 01:30 AM (rdVOm)

702 Ok..will do.JQ

Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 01:32 AM (aO42i)

703 I'm reading the ingredients on some sugar free breath mints here, and I think I've found the cause for some of the local fireworks, Maltitol.

Ain't that a trip though? Some poor dude somewhere would get these mints to freshin his garlic breath, be all suave, and he's suddenly just uncontrollably tooting around the ladies.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 01:32 AM (3uBP9)

704 698 Oh, hey guys!

Noood.

Year.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at January 01, 2026 01:28 AM (0CU3H)

Anyone calls Nood when there ain't a new thread.......

Gets a night in the box.............

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 01:32 AM (QGaXH)

705 697 Just for the record, last year's ONT for New Year's Eve had 888 comments. We've got a ways to go for that.
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A little behind the curtain on last year's. 'Twas a scramble that evening. Everything above the Ponte Sisto bridge image was at the 11th hour.

Posted by: scampydog at January 01, 2026 01:32 AM (LVaYG)

706 >>Actually I'm about 2 miles from that location.

That's close enough. Only the difference in longitude makes a difference for this local time offset.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 01:33 AM (w6EFb)

707
Hope that clears it up for everyone. MORE WINE!!!!

Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 10:39 PM (dIske)

THISH!

Posted by: Giles Overreach at January 01, 2026 01:34 AM (MDvLA)

708 They should just tear down the actual Cotton Bowl Stadium in Fair Park. It gets used one day a year.
Posted by: rickb223

The original Cotton Bowl was the Tulane stadium in New Orleans. That was torn down in 1981.

Some friends/roommates *acquired* part of the astroturf from the 20 yard line. That became the "floor treatment" in our apartment. We had no end of fun telling girls that we stole the 2 yard line (we got the part with the "2" on it, not the associated "0").

Posted by: Memories of a misspent Youth at January 01, 2026 01:35 AM (f/3mU)

709 I love this place. The care and concern we express for each other, even when we’ve never met in person, is just…awesome.

Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 01:35 AM (77rzZ)

710 Local MN news are referring to Nick Shirley and his reporting as a "YouTuber." Clowns.

Posted by: scampydog at January 01, 2026 01:35 AM (LVaYG)

711 Ain't that a trip though? Some poor dude somewhere would get these mints to freshin his garlic breath, be all suave, and he's suddenly just uncontrollably tooting around the ladies.

Posted by: banana Dream at January 01, 2026 01:32 AM (3uBP9)

Maltitol causes gastric distress for sure. MiL always wanted sugar free candy and gum. It did not pair well with a colostomy.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 01:36 AM (Q/uAJ)

712 Ok Horde ..JQ is heading home soon and she's left it to me to close up...😁😁 📣📣 so closing time tonight will at 2:00..last call at 3:00

Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 01:37 AM (aO42i)

713 Anyone calls Nood when there ain't a new thread.......

Gets a night in the box.............
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

Of Franzia Pinot Grigio

Posted by: Night Court Judge Imklos at January 01, 2026 01:37 AM (f/3mU)

714 Anyone calls Nood when there ain't a new thread.......

Gets a night in the box.............
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

And must eat 50 eggs.

NOW

Posted by: Cool Hand Imklos at January 01, 2026 01:40 AM (f/3mU)

715 More wine cumming up for table #5 Orson &Giles..🔔🔔

Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 01:40 AM (aO42i)

716
And the EoT (equation of time) is changing pretty fast now, I see. By near midnight PST, it will be around -3:28 or a little better. So call it one second later, or 11:55:16 PM PST.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 01:41 AM (w6EFb)

717 713 Anyone calls Nood when there ain't a new thread.......

Gets a night in the box.............
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

Of Franzia Pinot Grigio
Posted by: Night Court Judge Imklos at January 01, 2026 01:37 AM (f/3mU)

I should have socked that as 'Carr'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 01:42 AM (QGaXH)

718 Time for bed. Night, All. Happy New Year!

Posted by: Bulg at January 01, 2026 01:43 AM (77rzZ)

719 I'd love another spicy margarita and a boiled egg, pretty please.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 01:43 AM (Q/uAJ)

720 And the EoT (equation of time) is changing pretty fast now, I see. By near midnight PST, it will be around -3:28 or a little better. So call it one second later, or 11:55:16 PM PST.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

I trust this man

Is probably makes sense

Hurts my brain

Posted by: Admittedly ignant Imklos at January 01, 2026 01:43 AM (f/3mU)

721 Just in and out...

Happy New Year, Horde!

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 01, 2026 01:43 AM (IG3/x)

722 I should have socked that as 'Carr'
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

harsh but fair

Posted by: Night Court Judge Imklos at January 01, 2026 01:45 AM (f/3mU)

723 Ya know...this could easily turn into 1000 comment night...
Kinda like one of those heady MisHum nights🥳🎶🍺🤯💥
*hic*

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 01, 2026 01:45 AM (LNeRu)

724 Country Gal, I admit to not providing much "training" LOL. These commenters will treat you well and not let any bad actors harm you. (Right, guys??!) Miklos will usually assist until he passes out.

You'll know when to close up. There is no *set time* for locking up at this Club, except:

Tech thread posts at ~4am EST, so there's that....

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 01:46 AM (rdVOm)

725 I for one believe in a next world, after having seen my dad standing behind my mom's ER bed (only two armlengths from me) a few hours before she passed. He was only there for a second before receding into the distance. And he wasn't alone; There was a presence standing next to him (couldn't see it, but it was there.) That tells me that the next life can't be all that bad if your loved ones can wait for you, and that your love for those still on this side can open the way for them as well (if worst should come to worst.)
Love is the key to Heaven (and can be shared... :-)

Posted by: As not seen on TV at January 01, 2026 01:46 AM (l5srl)

726 Gotcha JQ..

Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 01:47 AM (aO42i)

727 716
And the EoT (equation of time) is changing pretty fast now, I see. By near midnight PST, it will be around -3:28 or a little better. So call it one second later, or 11:55:16 PM PST.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 01:41 AM (w6EFb)

I might be inspecting the insides of my eyelids by then.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 01:47 AM (QGaXH)

728 It's so nice to sit on the 'customer' side of the bar, for a change.

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 01:48 AM (rdVOm)

729 648 Lifting a shot to absent friends.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 01:05 AM (snZF9)
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To absent friends, clink.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 01:49 AM (hVbrz)

730 Spicy margarita and boiled egg comeing up for Scary Mary ..

Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 01:49 AM (aO42i)

731 Iowa weighs in on the new year:

https://tinyurl.com/2c3mdzbv

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 01:51 AM (ZocB7)

732 May everyone's dreams of the afterlife come true.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 01:51 AM (hVbrz)

733 Lol..enjoy JQ u have earned it..😊😊

Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 01:51 AM (aO42i)

734 It's so nice to sit on the 'customer' side of the bar, for a change.
Posted by: JQ

from that side

hand in the tip jar

lose fingers

Posted by: Cautionary Imklos at January 01, 2026 01:51 AM (f/3mU)

735 Posted by: Cautionary Imklos
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You know how well I *do* understand that, Imklos!

Don't NOBODY mess wit' da tips jar!

Ever!

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 01:53 AM (rdVOm)

736 And if its ok with u JQ ..one round of shouts on the house 4 tonight in honour of absent friends 🍺🍺

Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 01:55 AM (aO42i)

737 Local MN news are referring to Nick Shirley and his reporting as a "YouTuber." Clowns.
Posted by: scampydog

One might ask how a "youtuber" is out-journalisting professional journalists.

But you answered that with your second sentence.

Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 01:56 AM (nhCoE)

738 Country Gal-- I am "bequeathing" all of my tonight's tips to you, for taking over so graciously, and on such short notice.

Thank you!

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 01:57 AM (rdVOm)

739 What the heck!

Pour me a Macallan 1940 - make it a double!

Meh. Just leave the bottle on the counter.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 01:57 AM (ZocB7)

740 Iowa weighs in on the new year:
https://tinyurl.com/2c3mdzbv
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

He's healthy enough for three people!

Posted by: though it'd take five at January 01, 2026 01:58 AM (nhCoE)

741 I remember the New Years Eve family protocol.

Most Americans watched Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians big band show.

Guy Lombardo, big bands, and Canada are all gone now.

Sorry to be a Debby Downer. But...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3z52aT8lV4

Posted by: memory adides, aye me laddies and lassies at January 01, 2026 01:58 AM (f/3mU)

742 725 I for one believe in a next world, after having seen my dad standing behind my mom's ER bed (only two armlengths from me) a few hours before she passed. He was only there for a second before receding into the distance. And he wasn't alone; There was a presence standing next to him (couldn't see it, but it was there.) That tells me that the next life can't be all that bad if your loved ones can wait for you, and that your love for those still on this side can open the way for them as well (if worst should come to worst.)
Love is the key to Heaven (and can be shared... :-)
Posted by: As not seen on TV at January 01, 2026 01:46 AM (l5srl)

My father in law passed peacefully and with family beside him, in our house. A few days/weeks later my wife woke me one night saying she had been awakened feeling his presence very close to her to where she had to say Dad - you're too close - I can't breathe...

She believes he came to say good bye. I can't argue.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 01:59 AM (QGaXH)

743 Mountain Time Zone says Happy New Year.

Posted by: clarence at January 01, 2026 02:00 AM (MXMX4)

744 Happy New Year, Mountain Morons & Moronettes!

Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 02:00 AM (nhCoE)

745 And if its ok with u JQ ..one round of shouts on the house 4 tonight in honour of absent friends 🍺🍺
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal
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It's not my call. BUT! Our host (TRex), has declared Open Bar and Free Jukebox for tonight, so...

Go For It!!!

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 02:00 AM (rdVOm)

746 Pour me a Macallan 1940 - make it a double!

Meh. Just leave the bottle on the counter.
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs

I wrote a whole book about that

Posted by: Whiskey Galore! by Compton McKenzie at January 01, 2026 02:01 AM (f/3mU)

747 Happy New Year, Mountain Time Zoners!

Posted by: scampydog at January 01, 2026 02:01 AM (LVaYG)

748 >> Hurts my brain

All that is about where the sun actually is vs where an average, the so-called mean sun is at. This is the meaning of "mean" in the old Greenwich Mean Time, which was the hour angle of the mean sun relative to the Greenwich prime meridian. The Equation of Time is just that difference between the true sun and mean sun expressed in units of time.

For "true" midnight, we want the sun to be directly underneath the meridian, the opposite of high noon.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 02:01 AM (w6EFb)

749 *leaves CountrybGal a nice tip*

Happy New Year's, mountain time One peeps. And good night.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 02:01 AM (Q/uAJ)

750 731 Iowa weighs in on the new year:

https://tinyurl.com/2c3mdzbv
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 01:51 AM (ZocB7)

That looks like some corn-fed beef there...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 02:01 AM (QGaXH)

751 That green triangular bottle on the top shelf. You know, the Glennfidditch 12 year.

Posted by: clarence at January 01, 2026 02:02 AM (MXMX4)

752 Ahhh JQ ya didn't have to do dat...but Thank u so much..☺️💖😊

Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 02:02 AM (aO42i)

753 Yep. Just gone midnight here in AJ. Lots of loud fireworks reports. No gunshots that I can recognize.

Happy New Year!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 02:04 AM (8zz6B)

754
And it's changing even faster than I eyeballed it, already 3:28.28 now. It's going to be well over 3:29 when midnight rolls around Californee way. So, Anonymous Rogue true midnight will be 11:55:17 or closer to :18.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 02:05 AM (w6EFb)

755 There was a presence standing next to him (couldn't see it, but it was there.) That tells me that the next life can't be all that bad if your loved ones can wait for you, and that your love for those still on this side can open the way for them as well (if worst should come to worst.)
Love is the key to Heaven (and can be shared... :-)
Posted by: As not seen on TV at January 01, 2026 01:46 AM (l5srl)

My father in law passed peacefully and with family beside him, in our house. A few days/weeks later my wife woke me one night saying she had been awakened feeling his presence very close to her to where she had to say Dad - you're too close - I can't breathe...

She believes he came to say good bye. I can't argue.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 01:59 AM (QGaXH)

My mother didn't go quietly. She pops in from time to time in unmistakable ways to pull my ass from the fire. Changed my whole attitude about things, thats for sure.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 02:05 AM (snZF9)

756 It's not my call. BUT! Our host (TRex), has declared Open Bar and Free Jukebox for tonight, so...

Go For It!!!
Posted by: JQ

*hijacks jukebox*

You songs might come up up, but I just did the first 50

Posted by: Evil Devious late Nite DJ Imklos at January 01, 2026 02:07 AM (f/3mU)

757 Hmm, time to switch over to Jack Daniels.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 02:07 AM (snZF9)

758 724 JQ
JQ
You're a kind gal. When I started posting here in 2018, I was put through the wringer...
Carrots in chili? Long bow or crossbow? There were many tests in order to qualify as a Moron. I was totally ok with it. I lurked here for a couple of years before stepping in.
Everyone has become pretty mellow since then, although trolls are not tolerated.
But, sweet, kind folks seem to always be welcome.
A good thing.

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 01, 2026 02:08 AM (LNeRu)

759 Um.. or Ulm

@amuse 2m
TERROR: New Year's Day explosion at a bar in Crans-Montana, Switzerland's luxury ski resort.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 02:08 AM (mlg/3)

760 Biden's dog..bottle of McCellens headed ur way in ..5.4..3..3..2

Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 02:08 AM (aO42i)

761 A bit of booming around Villa Gorilla, now tapering off. I haven't heard any descending projectiles hitting the roof yet.

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 01, 2026 02:08 AM (2XHCB)

762 691 I'm just north of Pomona neighbor

Posted by: MAxIE at January 01, 2026 02:08 AM (3Dvl3)

763 Rose are Red
Violets are Blue
The New Year is Upon Us
Best Wishes to all of U

Posted by: Adriane the Critic ... at January 01, 2026 02:09 AM (3ZUWJ)

764 Happy New Year horde.

The torture never stops.

Posted by: pawn at January 01, 2026 02:10 AM (Rmqfl)

765 Took an hour plus nap on the couch. I am ready for a double.

To absent friends, and to all the Horde.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 01, 2026 02:10 AM (0nHVk)

766 And it's changing even faster than I eyeballed it, already 3:28.28 now. It's going to be well over 3:29 when midnight rolls around Californee way. So, Anonymous Rogue true midnight will be 11:55:17 or closer to :18.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley

Please

Get the Emergency Response Team from those Atomic Clock people in Colorado to help this man NOW

Posted by: Moderately Concerned Miklos at January 01, 2026 02:10 AM (f/3mU)

767 The list of dead is sobering.

For my part, we lost a cousin-in-law, and an uncle-in-law.

But my wife found a long lost family member, and went to visit her in Vegas. So that's good.

My brother moved out to be with us from the living Hell of Colorado, and defeated his evil wife in Court. So our niece is here, too.

Work sucked, but I still have a job, and it feeds us.

My young daughter had no serious medical problems for the first time in her little life, and her speech/education are reflecting that. She's a happy little chatterbox.

My mom's dementia hasn't gotten appreciably worse, and she had a fun time hanging out for NYE, drinking champagne, and snuggling with her granddaughter.

Unfortunately, that all happened during Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve featuring Ryan Seacrest, which sucked even more cock than the name of the show so strongly suggests it would.

On balance, 2025 was a pretty kick ass year.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 02:11 AM (Zhwz2)

768 Berserker what do ya want in Jack Dan's...just let me know ..cool

Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 02:12 AM (aO42i)

769 Debby, are you getting over the flu?

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 02:12 AM (Q/uAJ)

770 Rose are Red
Violets are Blue
The New Year is Upon Us
Best Wishes to all of U
Posted by: Adriane the Critic

Roses are blue
Violets are red
Ain't Trans or nothin'
Just pickin' at you

All the Best

Posted by: Kindly Uncle Miklos at January 01, 2026 02:13 AM (f/3mU)

771 My fresh for the New Year Powerball multi draw ticket just won me $40, only $45 million to go!

Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 01, 2026 02:14 AM (2XHCB)

772 Double 4 DD

Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 02:16 AM (aO42i)

773
Back in 2001, fate decreed I was to be the lone witness to the passing of a great-uncle of mine, just a little shy of his 101st birthday.

I saw him draw his last breath, and then the light go out in his eyes. At that moment, there was a profound sense of speed, something taking off at incredible speed. I jerked my head back and just started at the ceiling. It was the most profound experience of my life. My knees actually buckled at that moment.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 02:16 AM (w6EFb)

774 "Faith means taking a risk to believe something..."

Could not possibly be more wrong. Faith and belief are NOT the same thing, and belief is antecedent to faith. Belief is based on information, and forms the basis for action. Faith comes from the experiences derived from acting.

There is risk of erroneous belief due to inaccurate information; but there is never risk in Faith, as it is the result of experience.

Posted by: Galt at January 01, 2026 02:16 AM (9UnaD)

775 My fresh for the New Year Powerball multi draw ticket just won me $40, only $45 million to go!
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy

One word

Somali childcare

Posted by: Investment advisor Miklos at January 01, 2026 02:17 AM (f/3mU)

776 If I missed anyone please 😍 let me know

Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 02:17 AM (aO42i)

777 Yay! I made it! Happy New Year, and happy birthday to me🤪
All youz all at the wobbly table, well, me and my good girldog will now bid you a good night.
You west coasters, hang in there. Love y'all💖💖

"Go forth into the New Year with brave heart. When fortune smiles, smile with her. When fortune frowns, smile the more, and trust in God"

Posted by: COMountainMarie at January 01, 2026 02:18 AM (LNeRu)

778 Scary, I really think it is just a cold, at least I have felt like this before in my lifetime. Just tired and blocked up nasal passages. I am snuggled upon the couch. Remembering some pretty wonderful New Years' Eves.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 01, 2026 02:19 AM (0nHVk)

779 Double 4 DD
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal

Speakin' of 'ich. I need to go to Harbor Freight for some batt'ries.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 02:19 AM (mlg/3)

780 755 My mother didn't go quietly. She pops in from time to time in unmistakable ways to pull my ass from the fire. Changed my whole attitude about things, thats for sure.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 02:05 AM (snZF9)

After my parents passed in 2016 I was a little disappointed that I detected no discernable evidence of visits. Then I realized that was consistent with how they were after I grew up. I always reached out to them, rarely the other way around.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 02:19 AM (QGaXH)

781 Hippo Birdie Two Ewes ...

Posted by: Adriane the Critic ... at January 01, 2026 02:20 AM (3ZUWJ)

782 Happy New Year, COMM. Good night and sweet dreams, Horde.

Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 01, 2026 02:20 AM (Q/uAJ)

783 Also, everyone, Tomorrow's the day you should change your smoke alarm batteries... Earlier the better...

Break a leg.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 02:20 AM (mlg/3)

784 But my wife found a long lost family member, and went to visit her in Vegas. So that's good.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 02:11 AM (Zhwz2)

Just this past sunday I met a long lost second cousin. We have the same great grandfather. She had no idea there was an entire large family on her grand father and father's side that existed. A shitload of us were there to meet her. Her father's cousins, her second cousins, etc. I never thought I would see that in my family.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 02:21 AM (snZF9)

785 Is it 2026 already?

What kinda bullshit is this

Something ain't right

Posted by: Formerly youthful Miklos at January 01, 2026 02:21 AM (f/3mU)

786
PDT ripped Tampon Timmy and MN at the bash tonight, saying MN fraud was $18B. And then he said, CA, IL, and NY are even worse from what he's seeing.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 02:21 AM (w6EFb)

787 758 724 JQ
JQ
You're a kind gal.
-----------------------

I read that as 'JQ you're a fine girl....'

To the tune of 'Brandy'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 02:22 AM (QGaXH)

788 And don't forget.. Free plays on the Jukebox tonight...💥💥💥💥💥

Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 02:22 AM (aO42i)

789 Also, everyone, Tomorrow's the day you should change your smoke alarm batteries... Earlier the better...

Break a leg.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 02:20 AM (mlg/3)

Mine are wired direct. I have to change batteries in a shit ton of stuff as it is. Smoke alarm batteries is just a bridge too far. lol

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 02:23 AM (snZF9)

790 Double 4 DD
Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal

Speakin' of 'ich. I need to go to Harbor Freight for some batt'ries.
Posted by: weft cut-loop

I think you can buy milk bag warmers in Wisconsin.

Pretty common.

Posted by: County agent Hank Kimball at January 01, 2026 02:23 AM (f/3mU)

791 That looks like some corn-fed beef there...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 02:01 AM (QGaXH)
-

Now you made me hungry. 9:23AM and I'm thinking of heading out to the butcher shop to find me something for an early brunch.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 02:24 AM (ZocB7)

792 762 691 I'm just north of Pomona neighbor
Posted by: MAxIE at January 01, 2026 02:08 AM (3Dvl3)

Hi Neighbor

I get out your way from time to time.

I worked for about 7 years in Azusa and our first house was in Glendora.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 02:24 AM (QGaXH)

793 At the turn of a year, it's time for reflection. It's a time for introspection and review; a time for planning and dreaming.

What is in our future, either within or without our own sense of control?

Do we look forward with eager anticipation or chilling apprehension?

Is that future...merely, blandly, simply...*there*?
---------

Good night, Horde. May you dream of happy times and have eager anticipation of good things to come!

Posted by: JQ at January 01, 2026 02:25 AM (rdVOm)

794 Hank Kimble @ #790...LOL..😂😂😂😂😂

Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 02:27 AM (aO42i)

795 I worked for about 7 years in Azusa and our first house was in Glendora.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

All aboard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQq00lit_Fc

Posted by: Stukk Miklos somehow knows and likes at January 01, 2026 02:29 AM (f/3mU)

796 Happy Eid Everyone!

Posted by: Tucker at January 01, 2026 02:32 AM (/CkK4)

797 795 I worked for about 7 years in Azusa and our first house was in Glendora.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

All aboard

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQq00lit_Fc
Posted by: Stukk Miklos somehow knows and likes at January 01, 2026 02:29 AM (f/3mU)

Before I even opened the link I knew it was Anaheim, Azusa and Cucamonga but I recall seeing that as part of the Jack Benny program.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 02:33 AM (QGaXH)

798 Happy New Year JQ!

Thank you Country Gal.

Happy Birthday COMM, you snuck that one past me.

publius, I experienced that same feeling when my hubs passed. He ascended someplace very rapidly, I was happy that he was going to a good place having lived through hell in his later years.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 01, 2026 02:35 AM (0nHVk)

799 Before I even opened the link I knew it was Anaheim, Azusa and Cucamonga but I recall seeing that as part of the Jack Benny program.
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan

Now see?

We can have nice things.

But try telling the kids that

Posted by: Guardedly Optimisticklos at January 01, 2026 02:38 AM (f/3mU)

800 800

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 02:38 AM (ZocB7)

801 Been 2026 for a bit more than an hour and a half for me. Can't say I'm sad to see '25 go, though I admit...it has its positives.

May 2026 build on the better parts.

Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at January 01, 2026 02:39 AM (FIwBs)

802 Nomination for best last meme of the year award:

https://tinyurl.com/28jtf54a

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 02:39 AM (ZocB7)

803 it was Anaheim, Azusa and Cucamonga

My Dad would open the car door & announce ...

"All Aboard for Anaheim, Azusa and Cucamonga" complete with drawl.

I miss Dad.

Posted by: Adriane the Critic ... at January 01, 2026 02:41 AM (3ZUWJ)

804 A Karen's ~~brain fart~~ moment of truth:

https://tinyurl.com/yefkmm48

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 02:42 AM (ZocB7)

805 Nick needs a couple of biker guys or military pros to hang close to him. I know God's withth him but he needs some earthly volunteers.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 01, 2026 02:42 AM (hVbrz)

806 Nomination for best last meme of the year award:
https://tinyurl.com/28jtf54a
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey

Second!

Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 02:42 AM (nhCoE)

807 https://tinyurl.com/28jtf54a

ha! I had not seen that one yet.

Posted by: Adriane the Critic ... at January 01, 2026 02:42 AM (3ZUWJ)

808 803 it was Anaheim, Azusa and Cucamonga

My Dad would open the car door & announce ...

"All Aboard for Anaheim, Azusa and Cucamonga" complete with drawl.

I miss Dad.
Posted by: Adriane the Critic ... at January 01, 2026 02:41 AM (3ZUWJ)

Sounds like a fun Dad. Complete with Dad humor.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 02:43 AM (QGaXH)

809 Mine are wired direct. I have to change batteries in a shit ton of stuff as it is. Smoke alarm batteries is just a bridge too far. lol
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 01, 2026 02:23 AM (snZF9)

I have hard-wired smoke alarms here in AJ. Had to have them to meet code. They still have 9-volt backup batteries in them. Sort of have to, right? What if the fire making the smoke is caused by a short in the panel that supplies the juice to the hard-wired detectors? But shit, they could have used a high-grade rechargeable battery, and had it on float charge via the AC line. Or use an ultracapacitor, which should last forever.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 02:44 AM (8zz6B)

810 Publius,

I has a similar experience when my Dad passed. He was slumped in a chair he had just fallen back into and I was at his side on my knees. I can still see his face in my mind now.

Suddenly something just gripped me mentality and held me and out of nowhere the thought came to my mind that his life was flashing through his mind. I could feel it, just the enormous rush of time. It was stunning.

Posted by: pawn at January 01, 2026 02:45 AM (Rmqfl)

811 Happy Eid Everyone!

Posted by: Tucker at January 01, 2026 02:32 AM (/CkK4)

Allahu akbar, fellow American.

Have you considered the good news about the prophet Muhammad?

I'm just asking questions. American questions.

Posted by: American at January 01, 2026 02:47 AM (Zhwz2)

812 SyFy TZ episode The Hitchhiker on now. Inger Stevens standing in a gas station - price sign on gas pump behind her: 27.9 per gal.

I remember going with dad to fill his big '65 Chrysler NYer at a place called 'Amos Hudson' - 28.9 in the early pre-embargo 70's.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 02:47 AM (QGaXH)

813 Adios, au revoir, auf wiedersehen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_2egO04Hxc

Posted by: Kindly Miklos warns that this Lawrence Welk from 1973 at January 01, 2026 02:47 AM (f/3mU)

814 Have you considered the good news about the prophet Muhammad?

I'm just asking questions. American questions.

Posted by: American at January 01, 2026 02:47 AM (Zhwz2)
-

A great American replies from the afterlife:

https://tinyurl.com/4euzscc8

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 02:52 AM (ZocB7)

815 Since things r chill 4 now I'm gonna go trap a break and a smoke..

Posted by: la logos haha Country Gal at January 01, 2026 02:53 AM (aO42i)

816 Good night Miklos, I hope that your new year is a happy one.

I am off to bed too, Horde. Happy New Year to my left coast friends, only 8 more minutes.

Happy New Year AOP.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 01, 2026 02:53 AM (0nHVk)

817 Posted by: Kindly Miklos warns that this Lawrence Welk from 1973 at January 01, 2026 02:47 AM (f/3mU)
-

He seemed to have known a lot of Annas.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 02:53 AM (ZocB7)

818 A few minutes to midnight in the west coast. Happy New Year!

Calvin and Hobbes are the best. I have their three volume collection.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 02:53 AM (jkh9b)

819 If you're still here, Anonymous Rogue, Boom! Happy New Year!

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 02:55 AM (w6EFb)

820 Fireworks all quiet now. I have some nifty bottle rockets I never got to use.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 02:55 AM (8zz6B)

821 Biden's Dog, a Happy New Year to you and yours too.

Sweet Dreams, Horde.

Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 01, 2026 02:56 AM (0nHVk)

822 "Fireworks all quiet now. I have some nifty bottle rockets I never got to use."

Shoot them off anyway. Someone has always got to be the last one and you never know if your going to be around to do it , so do it now!!!

Posted by: pawn at January 01, 2026 02:58 AM (Rmqfl)

823 It's sprinkling rain here. Just enough to dampen the pavement. But I can smell the petrichor aroma of the dampened desert. Quite refreshing, it is.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 03:00 AM (8zz6B)

824 The war on mice has resumed! I thought I successfully sealed them out two years ago, but nature is relentless. Like rust, it never sleeps.

Posted by: JM in Illinois at January 01, 2026 03:00 AM (+PfCm)

825 The beach is exploding.

Posted by: nurse ratched at January 01, 2026 03:01 AM (TVRRM)

826 Happy New Years!

Posted by: Diogenes at January 01, 2026 03:01 AM (2WIwB)

827 Who says my life isn't a success? Haven't I managed to eat for sixty years and avoid being eaten?

--Logan Pearsall Smith

Happy New Year to all my friends at AOS.
One of my New Year's resolutions is to post here more frequently in 2026. Pray that I keep it . . .

Posted by: DynamiteDan at January 01, 2026 03:02 AM (HBp0A)

828 Owen Gregorian @OwenGregorian
21h

The Worst 10 'Fact' Checks Of 2025 | Alex Christy, MRC Newsbusters

https://tinyurl.com/32mhk7a8

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 03:04 AM (ZocB7)

829 So a friend of mine said to me, "Here's a suggestion: Every morning, ask God to reveal himself to you today. Then, when you go to bed, thank him for keeping you sober. And keep your eyes open for signs."

"How long will that take?"

"How the fuck should I know?? Just DO it!"

Eight months later, I got my answer. And I've known Jesus is the Son of God ever since.

Happy new year, friends.
Posted by: Beverly at December 31, 2025 10:28 PM (reMys

G'mornin all ALL y'all

Posted by: OkJohn at January 01, 2026 03:05 AM (NC/it)

830 I wonder how long it will be til Carlson pretends to convert to Islam.

I'll call it 6 months.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 03:07 AM (Zhwz2)

831 I love Ace and the Cobs, and the Horde.

Y'all keep me sane.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, at January 01, 2026 03:07 AM (0aYVJ)

832 Happy New Year Everybody still here.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 03:10 AM (QGaXH)

833 Life is a Blessing, difficulties & pleasant happenings are a feature, not a bug.
Horde is good, God is Great!
May His presence be known and felt by each of us.

Im grateful for many things, definitely including AOS.

Posted by: OkJohn at January 01, 2026 03:10 AM (NC/it)

834 And of course, there are other scams once the Islam one Peter's out. He could go libertarian, or gay (BIRM). Or maybe Zoroastrian. Whatever. All roads lead to scam.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 01, 2026 03:11 AM (Zhwz2)

835 For a while outside it sounded like War of the Worlds meets Longest Day meets Gettysburg....subsiding now...

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 03:11 AM (QGaXH)

836 Well, I am off to the snoozer. Night, Horde, and Happy New Year!

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 03:14 AM (8zz6B)

837 ODAT

Posted by: OkJohn at January 01, 2026 03:16 AM (NC/it)

838 The AI clips are really getting good:

https://tinyurl.com/mr3y8x6x

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 03:18 AM (ZocB7)

839 819 If you're still here, Anonymous Rogue, Boom! Happy New Year!
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 02:55 AM (w6EFb)

Thank you publius. I was gone but now i'm back for a little bit. Eyes want to close....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 03:19 AM (QGaXH)

840 We can build this, Horde!

Trebuchet nirvana:

https://tinyurl.com/45e2n9m3

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 03:24 AM (ZocB7)

841 >> Thank you publius. I was gone but now i'm back for a little bit. Eyes want to close....

EoT was was a bit over -3:29 at the time, so your local true midnight was 11:55:18 PM PST. :-)

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 03:25 AM (w6EFb)

842 It's sprinkling rain here. Just enough to dampen the pavement. But I can smell the petrichor aroma of the dampened desert. Quite refreshing, it is.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

It smelled like a stadium bathroom over here earlier.

Guess I should finally clean the gutters.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 01, 2026 03:26 AM (mlg/3)

843 Out for exercise but I'll leave you with this representative of blondes:

https://tinyurl.com/4hzf9z5c

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at January 01, 2026 03:30 AM (ZocB7)

844 Half an hour to the new year, but DH and I are done for the day. Shot at some trash, blew up several hundred dollars of fireworks, ate three kinds of fondue among other delightful treats, hosted friends for the debacle, probably drank too much Prosecco, and had a marvelous 28th anniversary. Now for our long winter's nap.

Things will get better, and some will get worse, but all things work to the Good in His good time.

Posted by: tcn in AK at January 01, 2026 03:31 AM (6Bc88)

845 Ya know ... fondue sounds good. Cheese, chocolate, broth ...

Posted by: Adriane the Critic ... at January 01, 2026 03:37 AM (3ZUWJ)

846 >>>A flip of the calendar is cosmically arbitrary

That's not really true, is it? Publius?

Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 03:37 AM (RuTUS)

847 I have hard-wired smoke alarms here in AJ. Had to have them to meet code. They still have 9-volt backup batteries in them. Sort of have to, right? What if the fire making the smoke is caused by a short in the panel that supplies the juice to the hard-wired detectors? But shit, they could have used a high-grade rechargeable battery, and had it on float charge via the AC line. Or use an ultracapacitor, which should last forever.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

The batteries don't need to last forever, just 10 years or so. That's all the longer the sensors are good for.

Posted by: mikeski at January 01, 2026 03:50 AM (nhCoE)

848 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 01, 2026 02:44 AM (8zz6B)

Funny that most people don't give a thought to their smoke detector. Ours is also hardwired with a battery back up, but they have a service life of about ten years. Or, the ones that were in the house when we bought it in 2000 do. It constantly chirps now, even though the batt light shows green. It's 18 feet up, so I'll need to have an electrician do the job. Hope it doesn't cost too much.

Posted by: OrangeEnt at January 01, 2026 03:50 AM (uQesX)

849 >> That's not really true, is it? Publius?

It's pretty much true, as to what point you increment the year number, and which year number it is and all that. But the tropical year itself, one complete cycle of seasons is not arbitrary, but a measurable, real astronomical cycle, of course.

It's just when it that cycle you count as 0 and when you increment the year counter that's arbitrary. Astronomically the vernal equinox marks the starting point for the 0 point of the sun's longitude. We reckon the mean tropical year by the ecliptic mean sun, not the true sun, but the apparent tropical year, is reckoned by the true sun.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 03:51 AM (w6EFb)

850 849 >> That's not really true, is it? Publius?

It's pretty much true, as to what point you increment the year number, and which year number it is and all that. But the tropical year itself, one complete cycle of seasons is not arbitrary, but a measurable, real astronomical cycle, of course.

It's just when it that cycle you count as 0 and when you increment the year counter that's arbitrary. Astronomically the vernal equinox marks the starting point for the 0 point of the sun's longitude. We reckon the mean tropical year by the ecliptic mean sun, not the true sun, but the apparent tropical year, is reckoned by the true sun.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 03:51 AM (w6EFb)

Very cool. Thanks for knowing all this stuff.

Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 03:53 AM (RuTUS)

851
Around Jan 1, the mean longitude of the sun is about 280 degrees, and for a while they used a concept dubbed the Besselian year, which started at that moment. The length of a Besselian year was thus exactly equal to a mean tropical year.

However, it is cumbersome numerically to use that in various formulae, not to mention defining epochs at exact Besselian year values, so they abandoned that, and just use the much simple Julian year notion.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 03:55 AM (w6EFb)

852 "I do think that at some point, you have stolen enough money."

-Obama, 2026

Posted by: pawn at January 01, 2026 03:55 AM (Rmqfl)

853 "I do think that at some point, you have stolen enough money."

-Obama, 2026
Posted by: pawn at January 01, 2026 03:55 AM (Rmqfl)

By "you," I mean you. Not me.

Posted by: Ozymandias at January 01, 2026 04:00 AM (uQesX)

854 Pixy's up! In 2026!!

Posted by: m at January 01, 2026 04:00 AM (RuTUS)

855 841 >> Thank you publius. I was gone but now i'm back for a little bit. Eyes want to close....

EoT was was a bit over -3:29 at the time, so your local true midnight was 11:55:18 PM PST. :-)
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 01, 2026 03:25 AM (w6EFb)

I was outside but I didn't notice anything at 11:55:18.

Calling it a night now. Take care.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 01, 2026 04:03 AM (QGaXH)

856 For those of us with skeptical and investigative minds, I suggest a reading of Imagine Heaven by John Burke and the sequel Imagine the God of Heaven. A compilation of near desth experiences by normal intelligent people that provides such answers. They should bring you the peace you seek, if you have an open mind and heart.

Posted by: Former Heart of Stone at January 01, 2026 05:53 AM (0pLZt)

New Years' Rockin' Eve Cafe

Chinese are good at fireworks.

Japan, too.

Hong Kong.

Are you celebrating? I've got my "big move" planned.

Guy invents a kickass exercise for The End Times and finds out that other gym-goers want to learn his moves.

"Fashion."

Me, starting now.

The Supervisor.

Cynics will say that this is AI

It�s magic.. 😂 pic.twitter.com/Ey8OJjnfeK
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden) December 31, 2025

Little Lion family. 🤗🤗 pic.twitter.com/xKozyeUgTh
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) December 25, 2025

Real red bull! pic.twitter.com/sgrAds6qC2
— The Figen (@TheFigen_) December 24, 2025

On the other hand...

Posted by: Ace at 07:20 PM

Comments

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1 Foist?

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 07:23 PM (mP0Kj)

2 I know I’m getting older because I’m so over fireworks.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 31, 2025 07:23 PM (KDPiq)

3 I know I’m getting older because I’m so over fireworks.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 31, 2025 07:23 PM (KDPiq)
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I can no longer stay up until midnight.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 07:25 PM (ESVrU)

4 Kickass exercise for the end times...lol. I want to get a gym membership just so I can do that.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 31, 2025 07:27 PM (h7ZuX)

5 The number of links inaccessible to non-subscribers to X ("age restricted") seems to be increasing.

Posted by: Eeyore at December 31, 2025 07:27 PM (s0JqF)

6 > Chinese are good at fireworks.
-------------
Debatable.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2UuPmwqRyM

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 07:27 PM (NwnyJ)

7 The White House put out a video on X with a scene from Gladiator promising to “unleash hell”. We will see

Posted by: Jmel at December 31, 2025 07:29 PM (bVhJi)

8 I am SO tired of these tedious, repetitive, silly, boring "cafe" posts.

I don't want to see another one for the rest of the year. After this one, I mean.
🎉🥳🎊🎈

Posted by: mindful webworker - Get your end-of-year jokes in fast, y'all, at December 31, 2025 07:29 PM (dESj/)

9 We'll know if Ace's "big move" works out if bats appear in the Café over the next two nights.

Best wishes for success, Ace!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 31, 2025 07:29 PM (0sNs1)

10 I never realized Ace has a man-bun. Cheers.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 31, 2025 07:30 PM (nljXp)

11 Why were they going to kill the lion cubs? I bet any of the major zoos would have gladly taken them.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 31, 2025 07:30 PM (KDPiq)

12 The number of links inaccessible to non-subscribers to X ("age restricted") seems to be increasing.
Posted by: Eeyore

Just put "cancel" after the x in the URL. Tedious, but it works.

Posted by: mindful webworker - usually at December 31, 2025 07:31 PM (dESj/)

13 Chinese are good at fireworks.

Japan, too.

Hong Kong.

Losers.
https://shorturl.at/DsOcQ

Posted by: San Diego at December 31, 2025 07:32 PM (ULPxl)

14 Good evening everyone
Happy New Year

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 07:34 PM (Ia/+0)

15 I feel like a Lefty for just having a temporary thought that I hope the blue cities that forced the withdrawal of the National Guard have a huge spike in crimes.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 31, 2025 07:34 PM (KDPiq)

16 FWIW, Happy New Years to youse guys.

Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 07:34 PM (ZxPkt)

17 Thank you, Horde for another wonderful year. I have laughed, cried , prayed with you and am ever thankful for your wit and knowledge. I am blessed by having been able to meet many of you in person and in conversations outside of the blog.

I raise a glass to you all and wish you a Happy New Year.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 31, 2025 07:34 PM (sDNVV)

18 I raise a glass to you all and wish you a Happy New Year.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 31, 2025 07:34 PM (sDNVV)

Same to you! {{{Ben Had}}}

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 07:36 PM (8zz6B)

19 Happy New Year’s Eve!

Posted by: Mick at December 31, 2025 07:36 PM (HFx9z)

20 Dubai
https://youtu.be/ALR2yzYL_C0

Posted by: mindful webworker - lullabye lillyboy louisville lou at December 31, 2025 07:36 PM (dESj/)

21 I could stay up for fireworks and all that but will still be up by 4am then.

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 07:36 PM (Ia/+0)

22 I raise a glass to you all and wish you a Happy New Year.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 31, 2025 07:34 PM (sDNVV)

*clink

Happy New Year to you, Ben Had. Also blessed for knowing you.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 31, 2025 07:37 PM (h7ZuX)

23 Chinese are good at fireworks.
Japan, too.
Hong Kong.

When you look at the Asians, the Asian is very gifted in creation, creativity and inventions. If you go to Japan or any Asian country, they can turn a television into a watch. They're very creative.

Posted by: Zombie Reggie White at December 31, 2025 07:37 PM (R/m4+)

24 Ho lee fook
My money manager and I beat the market by 1%.

Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 07:37 PM (gbOdA)

25 Happy New Year, Horde!!

I can't think of a finer group of Morons I'd prefer to hang out with on New Year's Eve.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 07:39 PM (ESVrU)

26 Good news
I bought a retirement home on Cali
Bad news
There is a 550 lb bear getting his SS checks there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rQ8ce-rEJhU

Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 07:39 PM (gbOdA)

27 UAE
https://youtu.be/TRrY3CVCIA8

Posted by: mindful webworker - darn we now archaic barrel at December 31, 2025 07:40 PM (dESj/)

28 The number of links inaccessible to non-subscribers to X ("age restricted") seems to be increasing.

I got to that one with xcancel. Wasn't really worth the effort.

Posted by: t-bird at December 31, 2025 07:41 PM (rq3mQ)

29 I can't think of a finer group of Morons I'd prefer to hang out with on New Year's Eve.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 07:39 PM (ESVrU)

Read that as Mormons

Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 07:41 PM (gbOdA)

30 A pleasant New Year's Eve to you all.

Too snowy and windy outside to get up to mischief.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 31, 2025 07:42 PM (kpS4V)

31 Why were they going to kill the lion cubs? I bet any of the major zoos would have gladly taken them.
Posted by: Opinion fact
--------

They make excellent hors d'oeuvres.

Posted by: A Haitian at December 31, 2025 07:42 PM (XeU6L)

32
The number of links inaccessible to non-subscribers to X ("age restricted") seems to be increasing.
Posted by: Eeyore

Take "x.com" and replce it with "xcancel.com" leave the rest of the link unedited.

Whining about this pisses off ace.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 31, 2025 07:44 PM (QVmho)

33 That Chinese fireworks show - I’m hearing George Costanza saying “was that wrong? Someone tell me, Cuz I didn’t know, if that was wrong I guess I’m sorry.”

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 07:44 PM (m7iZ5)

34 5 The number of links inaccessible to non-subscribers to X ("age restricted") seems to be increasing.
Posted by: Eeyore at December 31, 2025 07:27 PM (s0JqF)

EU and a couple of States laws now make it a legal minefield to allow anonymous access to what some consider Adult Content.

And it's not just porn, but violence, and in some places 'bad think'.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 07:44 PM (mP0Kj)

35 "one day hopefully we will send them to Africa, where they belong"

I just can't imagine how that would work.

Domestically raised lions just sent back to the Serengeti? Or is she talking about some kind of tour group to major cities?

Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 07:45 PM (fltLA)

36 Happy New Year
Thanks for 25
Make there be showers of blessing
Showers of blessing we need
for 2026

Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 07:46 PM (gbOdA)

37 How the media reports Trump trying to fight fraud " Child Care Freeze" LOL

Posted by: steevy at December 31, 2025 07:46 PM (YwEeS)

38 I donated blood this afternoon and agreed that I wouldn't drink any alcohol tonight. Snort.

I lied. Having some bourbon.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 31, 2025 07:46 PM (h7ZuX)

39 27 UAE
https://youtu.be/TRrY3CVCIA8
Posted by: mindful webworker - darn we now archaic barrel at December 31, 2025 07:40 PM (dESj/)

Kewl, but Gandalf did it better at Dildo's party!

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 07:46 PM (mP0Kj)

40 Evening, folken,

The little fluffy golden cat in the "Magic" video looks very much like my Siberian Dagny, except she is dark gray with a little tan and white sprinkled in.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 07:48 PM (wzUl9)

41 >I lied. Having some bourbon.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs
----

You have to replace the lost volume of liquid. No choice, really.

Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 07:51 PM (ZxPkt)

42 That Chinese show - wow, they really know how to par-TAY!
https://youtu.be/C2UuPmwqRyM

Posted by: mindful webworker - boola boola dont love harold at December 31, 2025 07:52 PM (dESj/)

43 "one day hopefully we will send them to Africa, where they belong"

Sure, SHE can say it, but WE get called racists for that!

Posted by: Minnesotans at December 31, 2025 07:52 PM (rq3mQ)

44 'Cynics will say that this is AI'

It looked like the Grinch was trying to steal that tree's virginity.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 31, 2025 07:53 PM (fd80v)

45 You have to replace the lost volume of liquid. No choice, really.
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 07:51 PM (ZxPkt)

^^^This^^^

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 31, 2025 07:54 PM (h7ZuX)

46 When you look at the Asians, the Asian is very gifted in creation, creativity and inventions. If you go to Japan or any Asian country, they can turn a television into a watch. They're very creative.
Posted by: Zombie Reggie White at December 31, 2025 07:37 PM (R/m4+)
_______________________________

And then there's Anime, which, as they proclaimed in "Jurassic Park," Just because you can do it, doesn't mean that you should.

Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 07:54 PM (dIske)

47 Fast away the old year passes
Fa la la la la la la la la la
Do it just 'til I need glasses
Fa la la la la la la la la la

Have egg nog. Brandy's almost gone, tho. Whoops.

Posted by: mindful webworker - nora's freezin on the trolley at December 31, 2025 07:54 PM (dESj/)

48 I think the China one is AI.

Sorry.

Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 07:57 PM (fltLA)

49 17. I raise a glass to you all and wish you a Happy New Year.
Posted by: Ben Had

And to you, Ben Had. 🥂

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 31, 2025 07:58 PM (NFX2v)

50 Still kind of early for whiskey. Oh who am I kidding, I be in bed before the new year.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 31, 2025 07:59 PM (nljXp)

51 "Fashion"

Piper's gonna have a heart attack.

Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 08:00 PM (4p5Zb)

52 So I have been checking twitter all day, and no word yet on VDH.

I expect radio silence for a few days unless there is bad news.

Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 08:01 PM (fltLA)

53 Cautious about 2026 is very cute, Ace.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 31, 2025 08:01 PM (NFX2v)

54 I was born in 1960 and I can clearly remember thinking when I was 10 years old about what it would be like being around in 2020. That was the era of Apollo, Vietnam , nukes and hippies. It seemed like it was so far away and yet here I am in 2026.

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 31, 2025 08:01 PM (KDPiq)

55 It's getting closer every hour

London
https://youtu.be/sDvQl-RwMsM

France
https://youtu.be/J84RBnOK2bo

Posted by: mindful webworker - slowly it turned, inch by inch, step by step, at December 31, 2025 08:01 PM (dESj/)

56 "Fashion."

Shit that's a lot of drugs.

Posted by: Hunter Biden at December 31, 2025 08:02 PM (ULPxl)

57 Cubs are cute, but eventually will turn into big cats

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 08:03 PM (Ia/+0)

58 43 "one day hopefully we will send them to Africa, where they belong"

Sure, SHE can say it, but WE get called racists for that!
Posted by: Minnesotans

Snort

Threadwinner.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 31, 2025 08:03 PM (IhIKR)

59 That Red Bull video makes my esteem for rodeo clowns increase tremendously.

Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 08:03 PM (4p5Zb)

60 54 I was born in 1960 and I can clearly remember thinking when I was 10 years old about what it would be like being around in 2020. That was the era of Apollo, Vietnam , nukes and hippies. It seemed like it was so far away and yet here I am in 2026.
Posted by: Opinion fact at December 31, 2025 08:01 PM (KDPiq)

I was convinced in the early 70's that we would be in an Ice Age by now... all the headlines said so.

Now? Scientists are once again starting to blab about entering an Ice Age.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 08:03 PM (mP0Kj)

61 This has to be the luckiest woman on the planet today.

Drunk girl in Las Vegas this past December 15th runs off the road flips the car into a brick wall surrounding a pool and while her car is flipping into the outbuilding containing the Jacuzzi she is flung out of the SUV into the pool as the brick wall collapses on her.

She was able to walk away later on after the cops came according to the homeowner:

Article-

https://tinyurl.com/bddv63nr
(Fox5News)

Surveillance Cam from House-

https://tinyurl.com/mr2bc9ts
(Rumble)

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 08:04 PM (6ydKt)

62 "It's magic"

That cat is going to be wondering about that for quite some time. Or just push the bottle off the table.

Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 08:04 PM (4p5Zb)

63 Now? Scientists are once again starting to blab about entering an Ice Age.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 08:03 PM (mP0Kj)

No doubt caused by the use of fossil fuels.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 08:05 PM (8zz6B)

64 Ha ha ha, more on Minnesota's infinity vouching limit for facility employees:

Not only can resident employees vouch for infinity voters but "health care" employees can vouch up to 35 days before election day. Their whole system is a clown show.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 08:06 PM (3uBP9)

65 63 Now? Scientists are once again starting to blab about entering an Ice Age.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 08:03 PM (mP0Kj)

No doubt caused by the use of fossil fuels.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 08:05 PM (8zz6B)

No, but they were convinced we'd be out of oil by now.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 08:06 PM (mP0Kj)

66 Do you think the red bull has insurance? He fucked that SUV up pretty good.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 31, 2025 08:06 PM (nljXp)

67 Please be kind to Piper should she show up. She went in for "new hair" today. I wasn't aware they did complete hair transplants in a day. Perhaps a scalp transplant?

Also, we don't know if she chose cherry red or kale green. Whatever she chose, tell her it looks nice.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 31, 2025 08:07 PM (0sNs1)

68 “ The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me,
because the Lord has anointed me
to proclaim good news to the poor.
He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted,
to proclaim freedom for the captives
and release from darkness for the prisoners,[a]
to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor
and the day of vengeance of our God,
to comfort all who mourn,”

Isaiah 61:1-2

Posted by: Marcus T at December 31, 2025 08:07 PM (++1kQ)

69 Just put "cancel" after the x in the URL. Tedious, but it works.
Posted by: mindful webworker - usually
---

Only tedious if you don't own a $39 Air Pad 11 from Ebay.

unplug da phone, unplug da phone, unplug da phone,

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 08:08 PM (hVbrz)

70 Ultimate Fireworks: Hiroshima and Nagasaki

To soon?

Posted by: General Curtis Lemay at December 31, 2025 08:09 PM (2GIh1)

71
'Cynics will say that this is AI'

============

It's hard if you want to have Christmas decorations in SoCal that aren't wildly aspirational or incongruent with the environment. I tried to keep Christmas decorations realistic and sort of in-sync with the environment at my grandmother's house in SoCal in the past -- lights wrapped around the Giant Bird of Paradise trunks and up the palm trees, deer light sculptures grazing on the grass -- but my niece took charge this year and put some giant blowup snowmen among the succulents and cacti. Sometimes you just give in.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 31, 2025 08:09 PM (2YF7/)

72 Happy Stupid New Year!

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 08:09 PM (QGaXH)

73 Turns out the Democrat party is just a man dressed as a woman, with a 68 IQ and a penchant for theft.

Thanks to Nick Shirley for ripping off the veil.

Posted by: Splunge at December 31, 2025 08:09 PM (7DKa5)

74 54 I was born in 1960 and I can clearly remember thinking when I was 10 years old about what it would be like being around in 2020. That was the era of Apollo, Vietnam , nukes and hippies. It seemed like it was so far away and yet here I am in 2026.
Posted by: Opinion

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I remember the bicentennial in 1776 and thinking about the Susquehanna centennial in 2026. It seemed like a lifetime away.

Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 08:09 PM (fltLA)

75 Actually watched a video on that earth ice age rotation problem the other day. I think we are in a middle period between full ice ages

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 08:10 PM (Ia/+0)

76 5 The number of links inaccessible to non-subscribers to X ("age restricted") seems to be increasing.
Posted by: Eeyore at December 31, 2025 07:27 PM (s0JqF)

Type "cancel" between the x and the dot before com to see X posts without an account.

Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 08:11 PM (4p5Zb)

77 I condemn all of China. Our delivery order just now was more than an hour late!

Posted by: Weasel at December 31, 2025 08:11 PM (+OnsA)

78 I remember the bicentennial in 1776 and thinking about the Susquehanna centennial in 2026. It seemed like a lifetime away.
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 08:09 PM (fltLA)

Hah now that you mention it I also had similar thoughts .

Posted by: Opinion fact at December 31, 2025 08:11 PM (KDPiq)

79 Dug around in the back of the fridge and found a chocolate cream paczki flavored beer. Is this real? When did i buy this?

My fridge is a gateway to Narnia.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 31, 2025 08:12 PM (kpS4V)

80
13 Chinese are good at fireworks.

Japan, too.

Hong Kong.

Losers.
https://shorturl.at/DsOcQ
Posted by: San Diego at December 31, 2025 07:32 PM

-----

We were in the audience at Mission Bay Park for that San Diego July 4 fiasco. Made international news. Not in a good way, but people noticed.

Short evening.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 31, 2025 08:12 PM (azNOR)

81 Ultimate Fireworks: Hiroshima and Nagasaki

To soon?

Posted by: General Curtis Lemay at December 31, 2025 08:09 PM (2GIh1)

Tunguska Event

Posted by: Mark1971 at December 31, 2025 08:12 PM (CNl8/)

82 actual news from 'the mirror us':

Police investigate death of Jill Biden’s ex’s wife

Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 31, 2025 08:13 PM (CWTWj)

83 re 78: i think i still have a copy of the ny times from july 5 '75

Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 31, 2025 08:13 PM (CWTWj)

84 The neighborhood fireworks have begun. Time for that whiskey.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 31, 2025 08:14 PM (nljXp)

85 78 Posted by: Opinion fact at December 31, 2025 08:11 PM (KDPiq)

semi quincentennial, Susquehanna is a river in Maryland....

Posted by: sven at December 31, 2025 08:14 PM (MUJd1)

86 I've been watching videos showing (allegedly) the current uprising in Iran. All well and good, but unless they "terminate with extreme prejudice" the leadership and get someone to take control in their stead, all this is revolution theater.

Posted by: PabloD at December 31, 2025 08:14 PM (tfChy)

87 75 Actually watched a video on that earth ice age rotation problem the other day. I think we are in a middle period between full ice ages
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 08:10 PM (Ia/+0)

Technically, I think we're not truly out of the last one ...

I need to dig up the reference on that, but I'm fairly confident in the assessment

Posted by: browndog moving slowly at December 31, 2025 08:14 PM (3sXRv)

88 Ben Had! Happy New Year!
I was so surprised to have received the most awesome AOS
X Moron T-shirt from you! I'm a real Moron now!
I put it on and hopped on the Road King for the local Biker Bar and when I walked in, the whole place went silent. Beers were put on tables and the bar and everyone ran! I had the whole place to myself! Thanks for such a wonderful gift!

Posted by: DBCooper at December 31, 2025 08:14 PM (QlFnJ)

89 66 Do you think the red bull has insurance? He fucked that SUV up pretty good.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone
---

That’s what you call bull headed. If he had put his shoulder into it that car would have tumpted.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 08:14 PM (hVbrz)

90 I condemn all of China. Our delivery order just now was more than an hour late!
Posted by: Weasel at December 31, 2025 08:11 PM

Has placidity returned after the disastrous L'affaire dishwasher load?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 31, 2025 08:15 PM (0sNs1)

91
I think we are in a middle period between full ice ages
Posted by: Skip

=============

And we're totally wasting it. We should be frolicking all over the globe, growing stuff, and partying like it's a warming period. But no!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 31, 2025 08:15 PM (2YF7/)

92 eh screw it...what do I know...game on evidently Jack Smith convicted trump this week or something...

Posted by: sven at December 31, 2025 08:15 PM (MUJd1)

93 "My fridge is a gateway to Narnia."

I think mine is a gateway to USAMRIID.

Posted by: PabloD at December 31, 2025 08:15 PM (tfChy)

94 63 Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 08:05 PM (8zz6B)

and necessitating sadly the raising of taxes, energy costs, and control over the human diet....climate scientists exempted of course.

Posted by: sven at December 31, 2025 08:16 PM (MUJd1)

95 Libs of TikTok @libsoftiktok

20 Somalian daycares within 3 blocks in a subsidized housing area in Seattle

When a journalist goes to ask questions, they call the police on him

No kids, doors slammed in his face.

Industrial level fraud across the country

X video: https://bit.ly/4jnzbD9

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 08:16 PM (P5BPp)

96
We were in the audience at Mission Bay Park for that San Diego July 4 fiasco. Made international news. Not in a good way, but people noticed.

Short evening.
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug

==============

DUUUDE, you too? My friends and I got their two tiny kids out on a hilltop after hyping them all up about The Fireworks!!! Then.... well, you and I know what happened. It took me hours to drive a couple miles back home.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 31, 2025 08:16 PM (2YF7/)

97 Losers.
https://shorturl.at/DsOcQ
Posted by: San Diego at December 31, 2025 07:32 PM

That wouldn't be a bad way to end a normal fireworks show.
Do the regular thing and then set off a huge pile all at once at the end.

That looked like a nuke going off for the first 10 seconds or so.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 08:16 PM (6ydKt)

98 Has placidity returned after the disastrous L'affaire dishwasher load?
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 31, 2025 08:15 PM (0sNs1)
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Not sure. It's quiet. Too quiet.

Posted by: Weasel at December 31, 2025 08:16 PM (cIOlQ)

99 Ultimate Fireworks: Hiroshima and Nagasaki
To soon?
Posted by: General Curtis Lemay at December 31, 2025 08:09 PM (2GIh1)

Tunguska Event
Posted by: Mark1971 at December 31, 2025 08:12 PM

Pffft.

Posted by: Chicxulub impactor at December 31, 2025 08:17 PM (0sNs1)

100 Semi-Literate, I watched that one from the back porch (all but the low fireworks from the big harbor show are visible - well, depending on the marine layer). Had the radio on. Hilarious. The commentators at first weren't sure what had happened, or what to say.

You watched from Mission Bay? From up at Kate Sessions or down at sea level? And SeaWorld still had its own show, so you probably got at least something.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 31, 2025 08:18 PM (U/Byj)

101 Jack Posobiec @JackPosobiec

We imported Somalian pirates. What did we expect?

Elon Musk @elonmusk

Also, they killed American soldiers in Somalia and did unspeakable things to their corpses.

Blackhawk Down is the tame, movie version of what happened.

Grok, were the bodies of American soldiers desecrated in Somalia?

Yes, during the Battle of Mogadishu...

X: https://bit.ly/4pCFN2h

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 08:18 PM (P5BPp)

102 2026? I was born in ‘59 , and for some reason I never seriously considered the possibility that I’d live this long.
Hell, my mother’s still alive. She named me the executor of her will, I told her good luck, I think I’m gonna name you as executor of mine.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 08:19 PM (m7iZ5)

103
Industrial level fraud across the country

X video: https://bit.ly/4jnzbD9
Posted by: Clyde Shelton

===============

It's SO brazen, you'd think they'd name themselves something other than "Sayaaa Somali al-Nur Ali Daycare" and maybe get on the "Happy Time Tots" names. Just ask ChatGPT for some better suggestions, it's easy.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 31, 2025 08:21 PM (2YF7/)

104 Elon Musk @elonmusk

Yup

New York Post @nypost

Former FBI agent Nicole Parker explains how DEI split the agency and led to disaster: ‘They were hiring idiots’ https://trib.al/CSyki5U

X: https://bit.ly/4qB2BQF

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 08:22 PM (P5BPp)

105 Ultimate Fireworks: Hiroshima and Nagasaki
To soon?
Posted by: General Curtis Lemay at December 31, 2025 08:09 PM (2GIh1)

Tunguska Event
Posted by: Mark1971 at December 31, 2025 08:12 PM

Pffft.

Posted by: Chicxulub impactor at December 31, 2025 08:17 PM (0sNs1)

You're all a bunch of lightweights

Posted by: Theia at December 31, 2025 08:22 PM (CNl8/)

106 Kathy Ireland chopping fish:

x.com/kathyireland/status/
2006481346445955513

She's pretty great.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 08:22 PM (3uBP9)

107 Somalian daycare centers. Its no wonder none of them have any kids in attendance, who would choose to put their child in the care of Somali staff? Not even other Somali folks apparently.

Apparently if you have zero conscience and live in a blue state and city where a majority of the bureaucrats also have no conscience its really easy to make bank with fraud schemes.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 31, 2025 08:22 PM (hhkIi)

108 Either way, I won't get to see a new Ice Age

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 08:23 PM (Ia/+0)

109 put some giant blowup snowmen among the succulents and cacti.

This seems like...just tempting the gods.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 08:23 PM (Riz8t)

110 Blonde M., before it got discovered, the perfect trick for the harbor show was to go to NTC (Liberty Station). Nobody there. Parking everywhere. Just put up your beach chair in that enormous park. One of the fireworks barges is just a bit west off Shelter Island, so, great view (except when marine layer comes in).

Now? Calcutta. Word has spread. And, best part, the exit from that was instant. Nimitz over to the 8, bingo, off to the east. Was home in 15 minutes.

So a few years ago the SDPD, inexplicably, simply closed off the 8 entrance from Nimitz. Between the crowds that have discovered the NTC thing, and the 8 limit, haven't bothered to go in a few years.

It's amazing how many great little tricks and workarounds still exist in the now-overpopulated area, equally amazing how they get discovered, ruined, neutralized.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 31, 2025 08:23 PM (U/Byj)

111 Re: Ice Age

Technically we are still in the Quaternary.

The last glacial period ended about 11,700 years ago, marking the start of the current Holocene interglacial.

This is the warm period we're in now, with much less ice than during the glacial maximum.

According to NOAA and NASA ...

Posted by: browndog moving slowly at December 31, 2025 08:24 PM (3sXRv)

112 99 Ultimate Fireworks: Hiroshima and Nagasaki
To soon?
Posted by: General Curtis Lemay at December 31, 2025 08:09 PM (2GIh1)

Tunguska Event
Posted by: Mark1971 at December 31, 2025 08:12 PM

Pffft.
Posted by: Chicxulub impactor at December 31, 2025 08:17 PM (0sNs1)

Chcxulub impactor FOR THE WIN!

Posted by: General Curtis Lemay at December 31, 2025 08:24 PM (2GIh1)

113 I remember the bicentennial in 1776…
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister

Um… good trick.

Me, Midnight, July 4, 1976, a friend and I were talking about his brother & friends in a car, being chased through wooded rural Arkansas, when on cue we witnessed an object, flying slowly by, which we could not identify. Seriously.

Wonder what might happen this coming July 4!

Posted by: mindful webworker - how do they know? at December 31, 2025 08:25 PM (dESj/)

114
Susquehanna is a river in Maryland....
Posted by: sven

Is there a hat factory there?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 08:25 PM (pkeXY)

115 Chcxulub impactor FOR THE WIN!

Posted by: General Curtis Lemay at December 31, 2025 08:24 PM (2GIh1)

Pfft.

Posted by: Big Bang at December 31, 2025 08:25 PM (dK+Kv)

116 FBI Director Kash Patel @FBIDirectorKash

December 31: FBI taking on public corruption

As we wrap up 2025, your @FBI has an update for you on our efforts to crush public corruption and restore trust in federal law enforcement.

This is one of the most important efforts we’ve undertaken at the Bureau. You deserve to have confidence in your public officials - and to know that justice will be applied without fear or favor. That has not been the case in recent history. We have been working day and night to rebuild that confidence.

These are very much ongoing investigations - much of which we cannot discuss publicly out of respect for the investigative process, Constitutional presumption of innocence, and the judicial process. Equally - there are many public corruption investigations going on as we speak that the public may know very little about - or even none at all.

In less than a year, here is some of what we’ve undertaken:

X: https://bit.ly/4sfQ2Md

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 08:26 PM (P5BPp)

117 Well, getting the average mentally disturbed is going to make your company, or government department a bit limited

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 08:26 PM (Ia/+0)

118 Miami 14, OSU 0 2nd Q

Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 08:27 PM (ZxPkt)

119 Wonder how many people in Minneapolis are celebrating the New Year by driving by the Governor's mansion and yelling "retard!"

Hope it's a lot.

Posted by: Splunge at December 31, 2025 08:27 PM (7DKa5)

120 Why is Kathy Ireland singing hymns and chopping frozen mackerel?

Posted by: Emmie at December 31, 2025 08:28 PM (FMtrg)

121 Evening all

Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 08:28 PM (c115l)

122 Chased by a wikilar in Savannah River Swamp, a story you’ll never forget.

Posted by: Eromero at December 31, 2025 08:29 PM (LHPAg)

123 >>> 119 Wonder how many people in Minneapolis are celebrating the New Year by driving by the Governor's mansion and yelling "retard!"

Hope it's a lot.
Posted by: Splunge at December 31, 2025 08:27 PM (7DKa5)

Does he feel smarter next to a Somalian day care owner, or is it the other way around?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 31, 2025 08:29 PM (ULPxl)

124 Elon Musk @elonmusk

Not exactly Lex-Luthor-smart fraud 😑

Dustin Grage @GrageDustin

“So you’re telling me the ‘Learing Center’ Google page said they were open 6AM–10PM…

Yes, Dave.

“Then after @nickshirleyy showed no kids there during the day, they changed it to 2PM–10PM…”

Mmhmm.

“And now we learn they’re ONLY licensed to operate until 6PM?”

Correct, Dave.

X: https://bit.ly/4joDDll

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 08:30 PM (P5BPp)

125
100 Semi-Literate, I watched that one from the back porch (all but the low fireworks from the big harbor show are visible - well, depending on the marine layer). Had the radio on. Hilarious. The commentators at first weren't sure what had happened, or what to say.

You watched from Mission Bay? From up at Kate Sessions or down at sea level? And SeaWorld still had its own show, so you probably got at least something.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 31, 2025 08:18 PM

------

It was the southern end of the park / north end of San Diego Bay, on a slight rise. Had a decent view of the failure. If I recall correctly, the sound was delayed by several seconds due to the distance. Relatives overseas asked about it.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 31, 2025 08:30 PM (VWtfl)

126 120 Why is Kathy Ireland singing hymns and chopping frozen mackerel?
Posted by: Emmie at December 31, 2025 08:28 PM (FMtrg)

Her husband is a a fisherman, I'm not sure if commercial or charters, but she goes along with him and lends a hand quite often.

Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 08:31 PM (4p5Zb)

127 I know I’m getting older because I’m so over fireworks.

A bunch of drunk retards found a peninsula into the lake just across from my property. Camp fire now. Fireworks when I want to get some sleep.

If I was younger I probably would make a fire on my side of the lake, get tipsy and watch the display in the 40° night sky

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 08:31 PM (a4flb)

128 Um… good trick.

Posted by: mindful webworker - how do they know?

-----------
Typo, thanks.

I remember how psyched everyone was for the bicentennial. Opsail, bicentennial minutes, All the products in the supermarket now had red white and blue packages. It was a different country back then.

Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 08:31 PM (fltLA)

129 Former FBI agent Nicole Parker explains how DEI split the agency and led to disaster:

'They were hiring idiots’

Happened LONG BEFORE DEI.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 08:31 PM (c115l)

130 106 Kathy Ireland chopping fish:

x.com/kathyireland/status/
2006481346445955513
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Is it for bait? Chum?
I like the blade.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 08:32 PM (hVbrz)

131 Elon Musk reposted

David Sacks @DavidSacks

When I first saw that Tim Walz changed the Minnesota flag to resemble the Somali flag, I thought the story was too crazy to be true. Maybe it was a coincidence? Then I saw this video and it became obvious. These crooked politicians sold out our country.

X video: https://bit.ly/44NzJwb

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 08:32 PM (P5BPp)

132 >>> 129 Former FBI agent Nicole Parker explains how DEI split the agency and led to disaster:

'They were hiring idiots’

==
Happened LONG BEFORE DEI.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 08:31 PM (c115l)

rickb223 Johnson is right!

Posted by: Zombie Hans Gruber at December 31, 2025 08:32 PM (ULPxl)

133 I feel like a Lefty for just having a temporary thought that I hope the blue cities that forced the withdrawal of the National Guard have a huge spike in crimes.
Posted by: Opinion fact

No need for hope.
Crime will go up.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 08:32 PM (/lPRQ)

134 Chcxulub impactor FOR THE WIN!

Posted by: General Curtis Lemay at December 31, 2025 08:24 PM (2GIh1)

Pfft.
Posted by: Big Bang at December 31, 2025 08:25 PM (dK+Kv)

Sure you created everything, but what have you done since then?

Posted by: General Curtis Lemay at December 31, 2025 08:32 PM (2GIh1)

135 Look at me.

Look at me!

I am the childcare provider now!

Posted by: Diverse and Appreciated Somali Pirate at December 31, 2025 08:33 PM (k2AiT)

136
I remember the bicentennial in 1776 and thinking about the Susquehanna centennial in 2026. It seemed like a lifetime away.
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 08:09 PM (fltLA)

2026 was several lifetimes away from 1776....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 08:34 PM (QGaXH)

137
Hell, we are still in the so-called icehouse earth state. And icehouse state has polar ice caps. The other state is the greenhouse earth, completely ice free. The planet has been far, far hotter than the current Holocene.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 08:34 PM (w6EFb)

138 I wasn't here for 1976 but I had old Peanuts comic books talking about it. Bisexentinial was a big word I didn't understand. I assumed it was kinky

Posted by: gKWVE at December 31, 2025 08:35 PM (gKWVE)

139 We're going to need to vote a shitload of people off the island.

Posted by: Jeff Probst at December 31, 2025 08:35 PM (ULPxl)

140 The end times are near because I am rooting for Miami. It is somewhat mitigated by Miami playing Oh Hi Oh state. 2026 looks murky.

Posted by: Accomack at December 31, 2025 08:35 PM (GbONR)

141 Her husband is a a fisherman, I'm not sure if commercial or charters, but she goes along with him and lends a hand quite often.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 08:31 PM (4p5Zb)]/i]

Thanks for the explanation, tankdemon.

Posted by: Emmie at December 31, 2025 08:35 PM (FMtrg)

142 "Fashion"
Piper's gonna have a heart attack.
Posted by: tankdemon

When Piper did one of her "joke" fashion segments and asked us to guess which outfits were real, and which were her pulling our collective legs?

This is why I couldn't tell. Reality is so much stranger than fiction.

Posted by: mikeski at December 31, 2025 08:35 PM (nhCoE)

143
It's getting closer every hour
London
https://youtu.be/sDvQl-RwMsM
France
https://youtu.be/J84RBnOK2bo
Posted by: mindful webworker -

Sadly, no underpants.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 31, 2025 08:37 PM (QVmho)

144 JOHN THE FISHERMAN

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=9ufAE-skaA4

Posted by: PRIMUS (sucks) at December 31, 2025 08:37 PM (grNgC)

145 It is also needed to prevent Americans from completely giving up on everything. If this goes unpunished and if every one of those responsible for this are not deported or thrown in prison, there are going to be millions of Americans black-pilled going forward.

Elon Musk @elonmusk

That is what’s needed to stop the fraud

Right Angle News Network @Rightanglenews

BREAKING - Streamer Asmongold says the Somalian fraud is far larger than just arresting a few Somalians, that entire families must be denaturalized and deported, and that the officials who allowed it to happen must face treason and capital punishment charges or he is done voting.

X video: https://bit.ly/4914Re9

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 08:38 PM (P5BPp)

146 118 Miami 14, OSU 0 2nd Q
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 08:27 PM (ZxPkt)

Yep. FFS. Guess I'll have another bourbon. Looks like the Buckeyes don't want to play tonight.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 31, 2025 08:38 PM (h7ZuX)

147 I'm just happy to have met so many badass operatives this year, 2025:

Panama: Navy seal, Jim, lone survivor blown out of his helicopter
Somali: Helicopter mechanic, Winston, instrumental in saving those boys in Mogadishu

Afghanistan: When the shit hit the fan, they called in Blackwater Dave to rescue the navy seals. Dave used to hunt deer with a bowie knife.

These are red blooded Americans, people! With an IQ of about 85. God bless them.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 31, 2025 08:38 PM (nljXp)

148 I will be paid 3x normal rate for working NYD. We start at 6:30 am. We got 2x for Christmas Eve.
This has been the most lifeless holiday season ever.

Posted by: Accomack at December 31, 2025 08:38 PM (GbONR)

149 Does [Walz] feel smarter next to a Somalian day care owner, or is it the other way around?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket

Both.

But it's a tie at 53 IQ.

Posted by: mikeski at December 31, 2025 08:39 PM (nhCoE)

150 The last glacial period ended about 11,700 years ago, marking the start of the current Holocene interglacial.

Which is real cool since the Earth is around 6030 years old.†

† According to Bishop James Ussher who sets the start date at October 23, 4004 BC

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 08:39 PM (a4flb)

151 Things getting spicy in some parts of Iran. At least one Basij/IRGC regional office taken/burned. Unconfirmed report of one IRGC officer offed in the west (Kurdish area).

Sadly, hopes remain zero, based on the size and ferocity of the mullahs' security state.

Notably, no marches or protests in the west opposing the shooting of demonstrators and other repression by the regime. Darndest thing.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 31, 2025 08:40 PM (U/Byj)

152 ‘Fashion’, a tax write-off for all the freaks to get together and party.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 08:40 PM (hVbrz)

153 Why is it still named after Dick Clark if he's dead? What's up with that?

Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 08:40 PM (3uBP9)

154 Why is it still named after Dick Clark if he's dead? What's up with that?
Posted by: banana Dream

His ghost still haunts them?

Posted by: mikeski at December 31, 2025 08:41 PM (nhCoE)

155 I will watch the game later. I have learned not to believe in the slow Big Ten against fast Southern teams.
Ryan Day is an idiot.
DeBoer isn’t very consistent.
Whittingham took the private jet to a big ole bag of money.

Posted by: Accomack at December 31, 2025 08:43 PM (GbONR)

156
Posted by: rhomboid at December 31, 2025 08:23 PM (U/Byj)

==============

My location this year makes everything easy: I'm walking to the beach. I can even drink beyond .08 BAC.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 31, 2025 08:43 PM (2YF7/)

157 Notably, no marches or protests in the west opposing the shooting of demonstrators and other repression by the regime. Darndest thing.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 31, 2025 08:40 PM (U/Byj)

Protests are nice, but there’s no hope for any actual revolution until the military decides their lives would be better without the mullahs and they decide to take over for a while.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 08:44 PM (m7iZ5)

158 Dick Clark never died, he's still rocking New Years Eve, morons!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 31, 2025 08:44 PM (nljXp)

159 Speaking of no punishment, no one has faced any consequences for the COVID Plandemic tyranny.

Adam Carolla @adamcarolla

I hope people never forget what these nut jobs did and how many of you fell for it

The Independent with Scott Atlas @ScottAtlas_IT

@HarmeetKDhillon: "I'll never forget the first case I argued [during covid]. I was challenging the state of CA for arresting people for driving into a church parking lot and opening their windows to hear the pastor preach a sermon — the court said, 'What do you mean, strict scrutiny? There's no scrutiny because it's an emergency' … I was shocked to my core, but I heard it from judge after judge after judge.”

X video: https://bit.ly/3YDRpad

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 08:44 PM (P5BPp)

160
I got interested in continental drift and the supercontinent cycle, and just where everything was millions and hundreds of millions of years ago.

Antarctica has been at the pole for a long time, but only relatively recently covered in ice. At one time, it was temperate, even at the pole. And so I'm wondering just how life adapted to the polar day and night cycle there, which I'm reading up on.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 08:45 PM (w6EFb)

161 Could somebody vouch for me here please? I would like to participate in this smart military blogg.

Posted by: Shy Turtle at December 31, 2025 08:45 PM (oftw2)

162 Happy New Year, Horde.
I thank Ace, all the Cob’s (especially JJ and Pixy) for all the work you do here.
And the commentariat - you make this the best online community.
I’m basically a lurker but here very day and appreciate you all.

Posted by: CtSpursman at December 31, 2025 08:45 PM (1jbkT)

163 Ussher was a putz. World is slightly over 13,000 years old. Creation was 11,013 BC.

Posted by: Timekeeper At The Bell.. at December 31, 2025 08:47 PM (oftw2)

164 Actually watched a video on that earth ice age rotation problem the other day. I think we are in a middle period between full ice ages

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 08:10 PM

Steve Milloy @JunkScience

Embarrassing for climate hoaxers: New study finds a higher rate of global warming from 1899-1940 than from 1983-2024.

Discussion: https://bit.ly/49q3LaW

Study: New Study Finds A Higher Rate Of Global Warming From 1899-1940 Than From 1983-2024

X: https://bit.ly/45swvOL

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 08:47 PM (P5BPp)

165 Sal”Waddles” Ghiaccio – il pinguino de tutti pinguini – laughs softly to himself and shakes his head, as he chews contentedly on a Pilchard Perfecto.
“Get dis, Marco. Here's da latest from dis goomba, Dinkletracks: 'We'll know if Ace's "big move" works out if bats appear in the Café over the next two nights.'”
“I don't get it, boss.”
“Well, you know how dis guy's always goin' off on how penguins stink?”
“Geez, I never noticed no p.o.”
“Well, it's kinda sankamonious is what it is, because I hear he's a bat lover, and dose t'ings got a whole industry built on da huge amount a' s**t dey dump. Da stuff is called guano. Hmmm. I wonder if dere's a connection. I t'ink I'll make a few calls.”

An hour later, a tall, distinguished-looking gentleman attired in formal evening wear, a long black overcoat and a black Homburg descends the stairs from the opera house, where he has just finished enjoying a performance of his favorite operetta, Die Fledermaus. He is suddenly accosted by three penguins

To be continued

Posted by: Paco at December 31, 2025 08:47 PM (2L+MU)

166
Could somebody vouch for me here please? I would like to participate in this smart military blogg.
Posted by: Shy Turtle

Only if there are seven more of you.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 31, 2025 08:48 PM (QVmho)

167 I won’t be up for the ringing of the new year here on the west coast.

But. I will raise a glass to all y’all. Thank you for the best place on the interwebs.

And I’ll raise another for all y’all who are flying solo.
Me too.

*smooches*

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 31, 2025 08:49 PM (IhIKR)

168 Continued from 165

“Oh! You startled me.” Reaches into his sleeve and extracts a scented handkerchief which he holds under his nose
“Well, well! Da great man, hisself! You are just beginnin' to be startled, Mr. Dingletax. Let's take a little ride. Get in da car. No, da back seat, if ya please”.
The foursome proceeds down the street and takes a highway out of town, finally turning onto a gravel road.
“Say, I know this road. And...that's my factory! It's on fire – what's left of it!”
“Yeh, I foun' out dat you was a big mover and shaker in de guano industry, so we come down here to check out de Amalgamated Guano Woiks. Yours, I believe? Looks like yez had a little accident. Ya know, dat guano stuff is very combustible. Ya oughta be more careful.”
“I'll make you pay for this, if it takes the rest of my life!”
“Aw, Donkletrunks, whaddaya gonna do? Ya gonna call...heh...Batman?”
“Haw! 'Batman'! Dat's a good one, boss!”
“Yeh, I get off a decent bone mott every now and den. Hey, Beaks, let's drop dis very elegant guano-shifter off at his penthouse. Dat would be da Chiroptera Arms, I t'ink, right, Mr. D?”

Posted by: Paco at December 31, 2025 08:49 PM (2L+MU)

169 The Bulwark: "Trump’s Attack on Somali Americans Is Vile Fascism"

Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at December 31, 2025 08:49 PM (7/Di9)

170 151 Things getting spicy in some parts of Iran. At least one Basij/IRGC regional office taken/burned. Unconfirmed report of one IRGC officer offed in the west (Kurdish area).

Sadly, hopes remain zero, based on the size and ferocity of the mullahs' security state.

Notably, no marches or protests in the west opposing the shooting of demonstrators and other repression by the regime. Darndest thing.
Posted by: rhomboid at December 31, 2025 08:40 PM (U/Byj)

I don't think things will really kick-off unless the protestors can overwhelm some IRGC and get some guns and ammo to use to fight back with.

Then maybe it will get sporty.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 08:50 PM (QGaXH)

171 Dick Clark never died, he's still rocking New Years Eve, morons!

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 31, 2025 08:44 PM

"What is dead may never die"

Posted by: Iron Islands in Game of Thrones at December 31, 2025 08:50 PM (P5BPp)

172 The Bulwark: "Trump’s Attack on Somali Americans Is Vile Fascism"
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo

How do I, as a lowly Moron, attain 'Vile' status?

Posted by: Tonypete at December 31, 2025 08:50 PM (cYBz/)

173 Could somebody vouch for me here please? I would like to participate in this smart military blogg.
Posted by: Shy Turtle

Maybe. Do you have proof of residency? Where do you live?

Oh. Right there. Silly of me to ask.

Posted by: The Moose Out Front at December 31, 2025 08:51 PM (nhCoE)

174 That wouldn't be a bad way to end a normal fireworks show.
Do the regular thing and then set off a huge pile all at once at the end.

That looked like a nuke going off for the first 10 seconds or so.
Posted by: SpeakingOf
++++

Had some person crash their car into a local Sky King (or whatever) fireworks store. Missed it. But heard it was spectacular!

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 08:53 PM (/lPRQ)

175 This shit has been going on forever. Back in the day the state of Maine would enter 'estimated' park bench addresses for homeless bums as their home address.

Wanna know what party they always voted for?

Posted by: Tonypete at December 31, 2025 08:53 PM (cYBz/)

176 161 Could somebody vouch for me here please? I would like to participate in this smart military blogg.
Posted by: Shy Turtle at December 31, 2025 08:45 PM (oftw2)

It doesn't work like that (to my knowledge).

Just post your thoughts, behave as though you were a guest in somebody's home and don't be an insulting, arrogant jerk. Over time you'll gain recognition as a 'regular' and one day mysteriously a cardboard membership card and set of bathroom tokens will appear in your mailbox.....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 08:57 PM (QGaXH)

177 Not only 50-year moratorium, but denaturalize and deport all third worlders already here now.

The Conservative Alternative @OldeWorldOrder

We need another round of the Immigration Act of 1925. It's been 100 years.

The last time the foreign-born population was this high, we had a 50-year immigration moratorium.

Charlie tried to warn us in the months before he was kiIIed.

Charlie Kirk @charliekirk11

It's time to ban third world immigration, legal or illegal. We've reached our limit and we have a huge cultural, educational, housing, financial and essential services problem to fix now because of it. We need a net-zero immigration moratorium with a ban on all third worlders.

Matt Walsh @MattWalshBlog

Ban all third world immigration. Legal or illegal. There should be a moratorium on all immigration from the third world. We've reached our capacity. We cannot be the world's soup kitchen anymore.

X: https://bit.ly/49zgU2p

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 08:58 PM (P5BPp)

178 † According to Bishop James Ussher who sets the start date at October 23, 4004 BC
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 08:39 PM (a4flb)

Weird how creation started in the middle of a month. And on towards the end of the year no less!

Posted by: Robert at December 31, 2025 08:58 PM (k2AiT)

179 @96 -- Wow, those are some pretty nice digs for these Somalians that you and I are paying for.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 31, 2025 08:58 PM (XMwZJ)

180 Wanna know what party they always voted for?
Posted by: Tonypete

You'd have to be a pretty sturdy bum to survive on a park bench in Winter in ME.

Posted by: Hobo Popsicle at December 31, 2025 08:58 PM (oftw2)

181 Can some ‘splain why Mamdani is getting sworn in a tunnel? Homage to Hamas?

Posted by: Really? at December 31, 2025 08:59 PM (tNkpt)

182 On New Year's Eve, Dick Clark rises from the most sincere bunch of revelers, and distributes the latest pop hits to the assembled crowds.

When The Ball drops, he disappears once again.

Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 08:59 PM (ZxPkt)

183 I don't know this woman.

@LisaMaret . 31 Dec 2025

@VDHanson UPDATE: Victor is out of surgery and it went well. Still test analysis to finalize but so far, "looks good." Waiting for definitive test results. VDH/Sami/Jack will be making an official announcement soon.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 09:00 PM (hVbrz)

184 I"m callkng it, sure the artillery will wake me up at 12
Havea Happy safe New Year eve everyone

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 09:01 PM (Ia/+0)

185 Can some ‘splain why Mamdani is getting sworn in a tunnel? Homage to Hamas?
Posted by: Really? at December 31, 2025 08:59 PM (tNkpt)

Reminds him of his mother.

Posted by: Robert at December 31, 2025 09:01 PM (k2AiT)

186 Weird how creation started in the middle of a month. And on towards the end of the year no less!
Posted by: Robert at December 31, 2025 08:58 PM (k2AiT)

The lawyers that did the paperwork probably billed for the entire month, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 09:01 PM (8zz6B)

187 On New Year's Eve, Dick Clark rises from the most sincere bunch of revelers, and distributes the latest pop hits to the assembled crowds.

When The Ball drops, he disappears once again.

Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 08:59 PM

He must have gotten the One Ring to Rule Them All.

Takes it off on New Year's Eve, puts it back on after the ball drops and disappears.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 09:01 PM (P5BPp)

188 >>@VDHanson UPDATE: Victor is out of surgery and it went well. Still test analysis to finalize but so far, "looks good." Waiting for definitive test results. VDH/Sami/Jack will be making an official announcement soon.

Slap some Hot Iron on it and Walk it Off!

Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 09:02 PM (grNgC)

189 2026 is less than three hours away.

Still no flying cars.

Posted by: Robert at December 31, 2025 09:02 PM (k2AiT)

190 166
Could somebody vouch for me here please? I would like to participate in this smart military blogg.
Posted by: Shy Turtle

Only if there are seven more of you.
Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 31, 2025 08:48 PM (QVmho)

You're not conflating TMNT with Power Rangers?

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 09:02 PM (QGaXH)

191 161 Could somebody vouch for me here please? I would like to participate in this smart military blogg.
(Shuffles large denomination bills in hand.)
Posted by: Shy Turtle at December 31, 2025 08:45 PM (oftw2)

FIFY

Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 09:03 PM (4p5Zb)

192 Happy NYE! Well I did it. Completely changed my hair, lopped a few inches off. I went in as a redhead (well, auburn) and walked out 4 hours later with gunmetal, which is haircolorist speak for an ashy, metallic bronde.

Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 09:03 PM (T6NOp)

193 "UPDATE: Victor is out of surgery and it went well."

YES!!!!!!!

Posted by: pawn at December 31, 2025 09:03 PM (Rmqfl)

194
Interesting site showing what the Erf looked like over millions of years of plate tectonics:
https://is.gd/q6o2o2

I don't know what the uncertainties there are, but its interesting.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 09:03 PM (w6EFb)

195 Four hours until the celebratory gunfire. The sky is gonna get what's coming tonite. FAFO, sky.

Posted by: gp at December 31, 2025 09:03 PM (GHIyr)

196 The Bulwark: "Trump’s Attack on Somali Americans Is Vile Fascism"
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo

How do I, as a lowly Moron, attain 'Vile' status?
Posted by: Tonypete

Teabag a host of The View.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 09:04 PM (c115l)

197 196 lol

Posted by: gp at December 31, 2025 09:05 PM (GHIyr)

198 Party!

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

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at December 31, 2025 09:06 PM (jrgJz)

199 Elon Musk reposted

Cam Higby @camhigby

Somalis are 0.37% of the Washington population on the high end.

DCYF records reflect that roughly 10% of daycare businesses list Somali as a primary language.

I find that odd.

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 09:06 PM (P5BPp)

200 178
'Weird how creation started in the middle of a month. And on towards the end of the year no less!'

October. That's the beginning of the fiscal year.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 31, 2025 09:06 PM (fd80v)

201 192 Happy NYE! Well I did it. Completely changed my hair, lopped a few inches off. I went in as a redhead (well, auburn) and walked out 4 hours later with gunmetal, which is haircolorist speak for an ashy, metallic bronde.
Posted by: Piper

So, like a MUCH shorter Bea Arthur, then?

Posted by: Beau Brummell at December 31, 2025 09:07 PM (oftw2)

202 193 "UPDATE: Victor is out of surgery and it went well."

YES!!!!!!!
Posted by: pawn at December 31

Woohoo!

Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 09:07 PM (T6NOp)

203 >>I find that odd.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 09:06 PM (P5BPp)

Well.
Noticing things?

That's a Racism.

Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 09:07 PM (grNgC)

204 @DataRepublican . 28 Jan 2025

After spending too much time on the award search tool, I’m starting to wonder if we’ve had a
U[niversal] B[asic] I[ncome] system all along for one political party—just disguised as grants.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 09:07 PM (hVbrz)

205 >Could somebody vouch for me here please? I would like to participate in this smart military blogg.
Posted by: Shy Turtle
-----

what is your name?
what is your quest?
what is the capitol of North Dakota?

Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 09:08 PM (ZxPkt)

206 >>"UPDATE: Victor is out of surgery and it went well."

YES!!!!!!!
Posted by: pawn at December 31

Woohoo!
Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 09:07 PM (T6NOp)

He wants Cruelty. He needs Cruelty. He craves Cruelty.

Enough with the well wishes.

Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 09:08 PM (grNgC)

207 Black-eyed peas are in the crockpot.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 31, 2025 09:08 PM (kpS4V)

208 We imported Somalian pirates. What did we expect?
——-

What is this “we” shit? So fucking tired of these verbal atrocities. We did no such fucking thing.

Posted by: Common Tater at December 31, 2025 09:08 PM (n+FG3)

209 Jay D3po @Drunk3po

Check out my History of Churches Channel

Exploring the stories, legends and history behind the world's most fascinating churches.

X: https://bit.ly/3N6OHqY

Posted by: Clyde Shelton at December 31, 2025 09:09 PM (P5BPp)

210 192 Happy NYE! Well I did it. Completely changed my hair, lopped a few inches off. I went in as a redhead (well, auburn) and walked out 4 hours later with gunmetal, which is haircolorist speak for an ashy, metallic bronde.
Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 09:03 PM (T6NOp)

I've been married much too long to even think of asking 'why?'

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 09:09 PM (QGaXH)

211
Could somebody vouch for me here please? I would like to participate in this smart military blogg.
Posted by: Shy Turtle
=====
Only if there are seven more of you.
Posted by: BifBewalski
=====
You're not conflating TMNT with Power Rangers?
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK)

Nope. Going for the MN lurker count. If they bring seven other lurkers, I can vouch for them all.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 31, 2025 09:10 PM (QVmho)

212 So, like a MUCH shorter Bea Arthur, then?
Posted by: Beau Brummell at December 31, 2025 09:07 PM (oftw2)
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God'll getcha for that, Beau.

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 31, 2025 09:10 PM (kpS4V)

213 Yo, Philly !!

Paul A. Szypula@Bubblebathgirl . 31 Dec 2025

Maternity Care Coalition in Philadelphia reportedly received $23 million to run daycares and provide other services.

It’s a nonprofit located in a seemingly abandoned building with blacked-out windows.

Nobody answered the door during business hours, and their voicemail is outdated (references Independence Day).

What is the $23 million being spent on?

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 09:10 PM (hVbrz)

214 Some strange-looking woman is passing for Piper.

Posted by: mindful webworker - unrecognizable at December 31, 2025 09:11 PM (dESj/)

215 Happy New Year everyone.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 09:11 PM (viF8m)

216 192 Happy NYE! Well I did it. Completely changed my hair, lopped a few inches off. I went in as a redhead (well, auburn) and walked out 4 hours later with gunmetal, which is haircolorist speak for an ashy, metallic bronde.
Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 09:03 PM (T6NOp)

Gunmetal, to make it easier to conceal that derringer. I approve.

Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 09:11 PM (4p5Zb)

217 Black-eyed peas are in the crockpot.
Posted by: All Hail Eris

I saw The Black-eyed Peas open for The Red Hot Chili Peppers at Gilley's in '83!

Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 09:12 PM (c115l)

218 Evenin', Horde.

Celebrating with friends and amazing food.

Food coma incoming. I might make it to midnight. Maybe.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 31, 2025 09:12 PM (RpSs/)

219 207 Black-eyed peas are in the crockpot.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 31, 2025 09:08 PM (kpS4V)

I Got a Feeling
Tonight's gonna be a good night.

Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 09:14 PM (4p5Zb)

220 The Bulwark: "Trump’s Attack on Somali Americans Is Vile Fascism"
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo

Again I wish that Trump was even 10% the authoritarian thug his enemies accuse him of.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 09:14 PM (/lPRQ)

221 192 Happy NYE! Well I did it. Completely changed my hair, lopped a few inches off. I went in as a redhead (well, auburn) and walked out 4 hours later with gunmetal, which is haircolorist speak for an ashy, metallic bronde.
Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 09:03 PM (T6NOp)

You'll have to stop at Badge and ID for a new AoS photo ID if you want to get into the secure areas....

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 09:14 PM (QGaXH)

222 I've been married much too long to even think of asking 'why?'
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December

Good man!

Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 09:15 PM (GMx4K)

223 Vondelkerk, an historic church in Amsterdam, ablaze.

Posted by: rhomboid at December 31, 2025 09:18 PM (U/Byj)

224 Happy NYE! Well I did it. Completely changed my hair, lopped a few inches off. I went in as a redhead (well, auburn) and walked out 4 hours later with gunmetal, which is haircolorist speak for an ashy, metallic bronde.
Posted by: Piper

Happy NYE!

"Gunmetal" hair. I detect Horde influence.

Posted by: mikeski at December 31, 2025 09:18 PM (nhCoE)

225 You'll have to stop at Badge and ID for a new AoS photo ID if you want to get into the secure areas....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 09:14 PM (QGaXH)

I don't know why, but this comment reminded me of an acquaintance who got a ticket for failure to wear corrective lenses shortly after getting lasic. You do need to go back to the DMV to get that status changed after your get your vision corrected.

Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 09:18 PM (4p5Zb)

226 So, like a MUCH shorter Bea Arthur, then?
Posted by: Beau Brummell at December 31, 2025 09:07 PM (oftw2)

Yes. I am a dead ringer. Lol.

Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 09:18 PM (GMx4K)

227 Check out FLOTUS at the NYE party tonight

https://tinyurl.com/3zj3vztr

Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 09:19 PM (ZxPkt)

228 Yes. I am a dead ringer. Lol.
Posted by: Piper

I thought that would be Quasimodo.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 31, 2025 09:20 PM (cYBz/)

229 Check out FLOTUS at the NYE party tonight

https://tinyurl.com/3zj3vztr
Posted by: Don Black

Va va voom!

Posted by: Tuna at December 31, 2025 09:20 PM (lJ0H4)

230 >> Check out FLOTUS at the NYE party tonight

Damn.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 09:21 PM (w6EFb)

231 Somali-Americans?

They don’t refer to themselves as Americans. And they aren’t. They are invaders. They need to be deported down to the last one and then reapply for the privilege of coming to the US. No social services available. EVER.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 31, 2025 09:21 PM (IhIKR)

232
Why is it still named after Dick Clark if he's dead?

Ohhh nooo, he's outside looking in.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 09:21 PM (pkeXY)

233 228 Yes. I am a dead ringer. Lol.
Posted by: Piper

I thought that would be Quasimodo.
Posted by: Tonypete at December 31, 2025 09

The similarities there are also shocking. So, yes, a Quasimodo / Bea Arthur blend.

Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 09:22 PM (d2kuJ)

234 To start a new year off right, Skybrows drops more AI beats.

And we have a new type of cat-girl - Tira-Mewsues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eF5540jGiE

So creamy

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 31, 2025 09:22 PM (2GVsD)

235 Weird how creation started in the middle of a month. And on towards the end of the year no less!
Posted by: Robert

Well, if you start with winter, most of the critters will be moving slower. That makes them easier to catch if you need to make any adjustments.

Like, they had to take the horns off the unicorns. Too dangerous. So now they're just horses.

Posted by: mikeski at December 31, 2025 09:22 PM (nhCoE)

236 225 You'll have to stop at Badge and ID for a new AoS photo ID if you want to get into the secure areas....
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 09:14 PM (QGaXH)

I don't know why, but this comment reminded me of an acquaintance who got a ticket for failure to wear corrective lenses shortly after getting lasic. You do need to go back to the DMV to get that status changed after your get your vision corrected.
Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 09:18 PM (4p5Zb)

I seem to recall my wife being given a card from the doctor's office when she had new lens implants. They did the eyes two or three months apart and now she no longer needs glasses after wearing them all her life. She eventually got the driver's license updated when we got the (apparently useless) Real IDs.

Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at December 31, 2025 09:23 PM (QGaXH)

237
FLOTUS Report has some more pics:
https://is.gd/xZnaDg

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 09:23 PM (w6EFb)

238 Twilight Zone is on. It's the one with the cookbook.

We just shot some fireworks. 5" mortars. That'll wake the neighbors.

Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 09:25 PM (vFG9F)

239 I don't know why, but this comment reminded me of an acquaintance who got a ticket for failure to wear corrective lenses shortly after getting lasic. You do need to go back to the DMV to get that status changed after your get your vision corrected.
Posted by: tankdemon

They have field sobriety tests, but not field eye exams? All they need is a bit of paper with some random letters printed on it. What are my tax dollars being spent on?

Posted by: mikeski at December 31, 2025 09:25 PM (nhCoE)

240 Fireworks booming loud.
Precious dog beside herself.
God, I hate people

Posted by: Captain Haiku at December 31, 2025 09:25 PM (8WtOr)

241 Check out FLOTUS at the NYE party tonight

https://tinyurl.com/3zj3vztr
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 09:19 PM

Sssssssmokin"!

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at December 31, 2025 09:26 PM (RpSs/)

242 They have field sobriety tests, but not field eye exams? All they need is a bit of paper with some random letters printed on it. What are my tax dollars being spent on?
Posted by: mikeski at December 31, 2025 09:25 PM (nhCoE)
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All those funds have been reserved for Somali daycare facilities in Minnesota.

Nothing leftover for common sense tools for LEOs.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 09:26 PM (ESVrU)

243 235 Weird how creation started in the middle of a month. And on towards the end of the year no less!
Posted by: Robert

Well, if you start with winter, most of the critters will be moving slower. That makes them easier to catch if you need to make any adjustments.

Like, they had to take the horns off the unicorns. Too dangerous. So now they're just horses.
Posted by: mikeski at December 31, 2025 09:22 PM (nhCoE)

I think the official Catholic Church teaching was that the Fiat Lux was the spring equinox, so creation would have been around March 20-22.

Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 09:27 PM (4p5Zb)

244 I have started telling people who inquire about my vocation that I run a Somali Daycare Center.

Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 09:29 PM (grNgC)

245 "This day is fulfilled this scripture in your ears."

Luke 4:21

Posted by: No one at December 31, 2025 09:31 PM (qFwJc)

246 Bea Arthur looked pretty fetching as a Marine Sergeant in WWII. Her pic is online, but of course, Marines weren't allowed to smile so you don't get peak pulchritude.

Posted by: NY's Own at December 31, 2025 09:31 PM (oftw2)

247
Current year in the Jewish calendar is 5786, and that is "AM", anno mundi, or the year of the world. The Jewish calendar is a lunar calendar primarily, using the Metonic cycle to keep in sync with the sun, but there's a little drift still relative to Gregorian.

At any rate, the tradition is that's the number of years since creation.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 09:31 PM (w6EFb)

248 Check out FLOTUS at the NYE party tonight
https://tinyurl.com/3zj3vztr
Posted by: Don Black

Va-voom! Even for the always va-voomish Melania, that's exceptionally va-voom.

(Set to the tune of Yankovic's "Foil")

Posted by: mindful webworker - unrecognizable at December 31, 2025 09:31 PM (dESj/)

249 Lightshow on the Washington monument:

x.com/RapidResponse47/status/
2006518231264006370

Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 09:33 PM (3uBP9)

250
The civil new year in the Jewish calendar starts with Rosh Hashanah, and that's around the fall equinox usually. So they too reckon creation was in the fall.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 09:33 PM (w6EFb)

251 Three sheets to the wind, to quote a sailing metaphor.

Happy New Year everyone!

With some fortitude and restraint, I will make it to midnight.

I won't make it to midnight.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 31, 2025 09:33 PM (1Nv0l)

252 When my distance vision returned, I didn't have to go to the DMV. My optometrist took care of it electronically. I have a printout that I keep in the car.

Posted by: No one at December 31, 2025 09:34 PM (qFwJc)

253 It is so wonderful when FLOTUS has less peen than POTUS.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 09:35 PM (c115l)

254 241 She's amazing.

Posted by: Don't blame the alligators at December 31, 2025 09:35 PM (1Nv0l)

255 Having watched numerous traffic stop/bodycam videos, I can't fathom thinking police could/would/should administer eye exams. What's next dental cleaning? Nit-picking?

Posted by: Am I Being Detained? at December 31, 2025 09:39 PM (oftw2)

256 It is so wonderful when FLOTUS has less peen than POTUS.
Posted by: rickb223

And yet, she is pretty or glamourous enough to be featured on the cover of a 'fashion' magazine.

The editors and publishers never grew past the mean girl stage of development.

Posted by: Tonypete at December 31, 2025 09:39 PM (cYBz/)

257 He wants Cruelty. He needs Cruelty. He craves Cruelty.

Enough with the well wishes.
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 09:08 PM (grNgC)

Hows the song go?

Cruel to be kind, in the right measure...

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 09:40 PM (mP0Kj)

258 241 Check out FLOTUS at the NYE party tonight

https://tinyurl.com/3zj3vztr
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 09:19 PM

Sssssssmokin"!
Posted by: RedMindBlueState at

Her smile is just stunning.

Posted by: Piper at December 31, 2025 09:40 PM (p4NUW)

259 So amazing to finally have a president who fights for us.

https://tinyurl.com/23dms64k

Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 09:40 PM (viF8m)

260 That red bull is why you carry a truck gun.

Posted by: GWB at December 31, 2025 09:42 PM (2XExk)

261 Wishing all my grey box friends a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year!

Posted by: IrishEi at December 31, 2025 09:42 PM (3ImbR)

262 253 It is so wonderful when FLOTUS has less peen than POTUS.
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FLOTUS is a great lady & the most stylish since Nancy Reagan. The Donald is a lucky man, and I see why he decided to keep the third one. I'm totally not envious.

Posted by: exdem13 at December 31, 2025 09:43 PM (XjTSo)

263 Bo Jackson scores.

What year is this?

Posted by: Mark1971 at December 31, 2025 09:43 PM (CNl8/)

264 Every time I see her I’m reminded of how disgusting it was to see “fashion” magazines try to pretend that Moochelle looked like anything besides a linebacker.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 09:43 PM (m7iZ5)

265
Let's hope the Iranians get it right this time and we see mullahs decorating lamp posts for the new year.

Posted by: Auspex at December 31, 2025 09:43 PM (pCWOd)

266
@VDHanson UPDATE: Victor is out of surgery and it went well. Still test analysis to finalize but so far, "looks good." Waiting for definitive test results. VDH/Sami/Jack will be making an official announcement soon.

Posted by: Braenyard

==============

Yayyyyy!!!

Posted by: Blonde Morticia at December 31, 2025 09:43 PM (2YF7/)

267 A new book.

Are You Working for Your Pussy or Is Your Pussy Working for You?
A Guide to Tapping into the Ultimate Power of Your Femininity
By: Bert Purcell

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 31, 2025 09:44 PM (L/fGl)

268 >>Every time I see her I’m reminded of how disgusting it was to see “fashion” magazines try to pretend that Moochelle looked like anything besides a linebacker.

"Women would kill to have her LadyBalls, or some shit."
-Vogue Magazine

Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 09:44 PM (grNgC)

269 261 Wishing all my grey box friends a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year!
Posted by: IrishEi at December 31, 2025 09:42 PM (3ImbR)

Back atcha, Irish. Cheers!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 31, 2025 09:45 PM (h7ZuX)

270 The concept of "Kara shem" is what tripped up Ussher and many others trying to date the Bible. God uses the OT Patriarchs to date things and gives the ages of many. The "begats" are only helpful is you know the concept of "Kara shem" (call the name). Many of the begats are not a direct father/son, but can be father, grandfather, ggf, and so on. Only the kara shem relationships are direct father/son. So, Ussher was off by thousand of years.

Posted by: Timeline of History at December 31, 2025 09:46 PM (oftw2)

271 @VDHanson UPDATE: Victor is out of surgery and it went well. Still test analysis to finalize but so far, "looks good." Waiting for definitive test results. VDH/Sami/Jack will be making an official announcement soon.
~~~~~

Good news to start the year off right.

Posted by: IrishEi at December 31, 2025 09:46 PM (3ImbR)

272 So amazing to finally have a president who fights for us.
https://tinyurl.com/23dms64k
Posted by: JackStraw

"We're gonna get to the bottom of this." "We're gonna get that money back."

Captain Skinny: Look at me! I am the pants-shitter now!

Trump: That's really not what being President is about. That was just the last guy.

Posted by: mikeski at December 31, 2025 09:47 PM (nhCoE)

273 "Are You Working for Your Pussy or Is Your Pussy Working for You?"

My Pussy never works.

Posted by: Mrs Slocumbe at December 31, 2025 09:48 PM (vFG9F)

274 260 That red bull is why you carry a truck gun.
Posted by: GWB

Worse than a bear eating your kayak.

Posted by: Animalympics at December 31, 2025 09:49 PM (oftw2)

275 The diagnosis came after a nine-month odyssey that Hanson described as frustrating and elusive. The condition, he noted, was rare for someone who neither smokes nor drinks. A biopsy finally provided answers. ...yesterday, he underwent major surgery at Stanford Medical Center.

"...I finally ended up going to the best medical center that I know, Stanford Med, and the people there are wonderful. It’ll work out one way or the other."
_VDH
---------

People, this is why you don't go to some PoDunk hospital or some PoDunk doctor. Piddling around for 9 months instead of going straight to Stanford.

This is why you DON'T take a Medicare Advantage plan. Those free glasses aren't worth a shit if you're dead.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 09:49 PM (hVbrz)

276 A new book.
Are You Working for Your Pussy or Is Your Pussy Working for You?
A Guide to Tapping into the Ultimate Power of Your Femininity
By: Bert Purcell
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks

Mommy says with one of these, I can have all of those that I want!

Posted by: just the punchline at December 31, 2025 09:49 PM (nhCoE)

277 194
Interesting site showing what the Erf looked like over millions of years of plate tectonics:
https://is.gd/q6o2o2

I don't know what the uncertainties there are, but its interesting.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 09:03 PM (w6EFb)

I bookmarked this bad boy right away.

Good stuff !!!

Posted by: browndog knows Stromatolites at December 31, 2025 09:51 PM (3sXRv)

278 Worse than a bear eating your kayak.
Posted by: Animalympics
----

Or tearing up your brand new Ford Station Wagon.
_Old Man Craighead

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 09:51 PM (hVbrz)

279 Prayers for VDH.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 09:51 PM (2WIwB)

280 Break a leg VDH!

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 09:52 PM (RIvkX)

281 Since they both can’t lose, go Miami.

Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine at December 31, 2025 09:52 PM (2NHgQ)

282 Big Mitch Obama's scowl was a daily reminder that she was hungry, thirsting for the blood of a lobster and lusting for Kobe beef.

I never much paid attention to her cock.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 31, 2025 09:53 PM (nljXp)

283 Who's Notre Dame playing?

Posted by: Out Of Loop at December 31, 2025 09:54 PM (oftw2)

284 This post will be the final willowed post.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 31, 2025 09:55 PM (mlg/3)

285 272 So amazing to finally have a president who fights for us.
https://tinyurl.com/23dms64k
Posted by: JackStraw
------------

Looking good for new year's, he is.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 09:55 PM (hVbrz)

286 281 Since they both can’t lose, go Miami.
Posted by: neverenoughcaffeine

If the Buckeyes somehow manage to eke out a win, they'll just disappoint us in the national championship anyway. So, go Miami, I guess.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 31, 2025 09:56 PM (h7ZuX)

287 This post will be the final willowed post.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 31, 2025 09:55 PM (mlg/3)

*thinks*

Wait!

Oh. Wow!!!

Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 09:56 PM (2WIwB)

288 The diagnosis came after a nine-month odyssey that Hanson described as frustrating and elusive. The condition, he noted, was rare for someone who neither smokes nor drinks. A biopsy finally provided answers. ...yesterday, he underwent major surgery at Stanford Medical Center.

"...I finally ended up going to the best medical center that I know, Stanford Med, and the people there are wonderful. It’ll work out one way or the other."
_VDH
---------

People, this is why you don't go to some PoDunk hospital or some PoDunk doctor. Piddling around for 9 months instead of going straight to Stanford.

This is why you DON'T take a Medicare Advantage plan. Those free glasses aren't worth a shit if you're dead.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others
************
Gospel

Posted by: The Grateful - Acta Non Verba at December 31, 2025 09:56 PM (IQ6Gq)

289 Was it Big Mike or Barry who offed the chef?

Posted by: Was The Soup Cold? at December 31, 2025 09:56 PM (oftw2)

290 In a nice coincidence of the current astronomical epoch, Sirius is just about dead opposite the Sun in right ascension on New Year's Eve.

This means it transits at almost dead on local midnight within just a couple of minutes or so.

Jupiter is also very near opposition (Jan 10), so it will be close to transit as well. So, ring in the local time New Year right when Sirius transits.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 09:57 PM (w6EFb)

291 Beginning tonight through January 5, a narrative projection will illuminate the Washington Monument every hour on the hour from 7pm-11:30pm. It is the opening of a year-long series of events celebrating 250 years of American independence. Learn more at:

(long url I shortened from National Park Foundation, Freedom 250)
https://is.gd/xanKz9

Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 09:57 PM (3uBP9)

292 "the blood of a lobster"

Their blood is copper-based instead of iron-based. IDNKT.

Posted by: gp at December 31, 2025 09:57 PM (GHIyr)

293 Interesting site showing what the Erf looked like over millions of years of plate tectonics:
https://is.gd/q6o2o2

I don't know what the uncertainties there are, but its interesting.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at December 31, 2025 09:03 PM (w6EFb)
---
Thanks! Believe it or not, I'm helping a professor redesign a global tectonics course this spring. This link may come in handy for her course.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 09:58 PM (ESVrU)

294 285 272 So amazing to finally have a president who fights for us.
https://tinyurl.com/23dms64k
Posted by: JackStraw
------------

Here's something to consider. The Federal Govt. can put a lien on a State's real estate or financial assets. Trump's saying he's going to get that money back. That's one way if he can show states incompetency or complicity. This might be a fun year to come.

Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 09:58 PM (dIske)

295 >>> "the blood of a lobster"

Their blood is copper-based instead of iron-based. IDNKT.
Posted by: gp at December 31, 2025 09:57 PM (GHIyr)

Is it green?

Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 09:59 PM (3uBP9)

296 Waxing Gibbous Moon out there. Could see it bright in the sky at 2 PM.

Posted by: Luna Park at December 31, 2025 09:59 PM (oftw2)

297 The internet says lobster blood is blue.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 09:59 PM (3uBP9)

298 295 Clear in the body, blue in the air, so sez AI.

Posted by: gp at December 31, 2025 09:59 PM (GHIyr)

299 The internet says lobster blood is blue.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 09:59 PM (3uBP9)
~~~~~

Like horseshoe crabs. Their blood is worth lots of moolah--something like $50,000 a gallon.

Posted by: IrishEi at December 31, 2025 10:03 PM (3ImbR)

300 The internet says lobster blood is blue.
Posted by: banana Dream

There's a prog-rock lyric in there somewhere.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 31, 2025 10:04 PM (mlg/3)

301 289 Was it Big Mike or Barry who offed the chef?
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Neither one of them did it. They rented a couple guys from the Clintons.

Posted by: exdem13 at December 31, 2025 10:05 PM (XjTSo)

302 Like horseshoe crabs. Their blood is worth lots of moolah--something like $50,000 a gallon.
Posted by: IrishEi

More or less than ambergris?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 31, 2025 10:06 PM (mlg/3)

303 ONT UP

Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 10:07 PM (c115l)

304 >>>Was it Big Mike or Barry who offed the chef?
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Neither one of them did it. They rented a couple guys from the Clintons.

Posted by: exdem13

>Barry has a dark side but he'd never do the wet work himself. He's too much of a sissy to get his soft hands and jug ears dirty.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 31, 2025 10:09 PM (nljXp)

305 Happy Gay Pride New Yeer and we loves you Presdent Obama!!@

Posted by: Mary Cloggistein from Brattleboro, Vt at January 01, 2026 12:01 AM (wXPKd)

Minnesota Policy Allows Voters to "Vouch" for Up to Eight Unregistered People (Who Don't Show Proof of Citizenship, Of Course) to Allow Them to Vote Through Same-Day Registration

Disqualify Minnesota's electoral votes. We cannot allow brazen election theft.

A controversial Minnesota election policy that allows a single registered voter to "vouch" for up to eight people seeking same-day registration is under fire amid the state's massive fraud scandal tied to the Somali community there.
Under Minnesota law, the registered voter must go with the person or people they are vouching for to the polling place and sign an oath verifying their address, according to the Office of the Minnesota Secretary of State.
"A registered voter from your precinct can go with you to the polling place to sign an oath confirming your address. This is known as 'vouching.' A registered voter can vouch for up to eight voters," the website reads.

Those being vouched for still must provide at least one form of identity verification, which includes a valid Minnesota driver's license or learner's permit, a "receipt" for them, or a tribal identification card that includes a photo and signature, according to the rules.
Vouching is then used to verify a potential voter's residence in the precinct.
As long as the prospective voter can prove they live in the state, proof of ID can include a driver's license or learner's permit from any of the 50 states, a passport, an expired ID, military ID, or high school or college ID.
However, critics have noted that Gov. Tim Walz's 2023 "Driver's Licenses for All" bill allows people to obtain licenses regardless of immigration status. Licenses carry no marking indicating citizenship, despite being regularly used to register to vote.
"It was made for fraud," Elon Musk, the richest man in the world, declared in on X.
US Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) said he believes his SAVE Act (Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility) could throw a wrench into Minnesota's policy.
Under the bill, which passed in the House but has stalled in the Senate, voters would be required to provide proof of citizenship to cast their ballots in federal elections.
It would establish criminal penalties for election officials who register applicants who have not provided such documentation.

This unbelievable clip drops the red-pill nuke on the Somali fraud scam!

She lays it out cold: "You can't afford another kid because childcare is so expensive - but Somali fraudsters got millions of your taxpayer dollars for child care centers that don�t exist."

"You can�t� pic.twitter.com/C5qlGg86p7
— Bill Mitchell (@mitchellvii) December 31, 2025

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1 Blade

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 06:22 PM (dK+Kv)

2 Dull blade.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 31, 2025 06:25 PM (tDhJ5)

3 I can vouch for the retardedness of Tim Walz

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at December 31, 2025 06:25 PM (xT8gx)

4 Will anything happen?

Posted by: I hope something will happen at December 31, 2025 06:25 PM (2Ez/1)

5 Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 06:22 PM (dK+Kv)

LOL.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 06:25 PM (2sfNr)

6 Ace certainly hasn't had to search for content this week.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 31, 2025 06:25 PM (sDNVV)

7
Voting by text is coming soon. Deep down, You know I'm right.

Posted by: Frank Barone at December 31, 2025 06:25 PM (IifOV)

8 Literally everything they do is a GOTV program for Democrats.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 06:26 PM (6ydKt)

9 Does any other state beside minnesota have this ridiculous vouching law?

I get the constitution mandates that the states run elections, but this is beyond pale and smacks of third world politics.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 31, 2025 06:26 PM (0N4FZ)

10
I couldn't vouch for 8 people.

I only know 7 people.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 06:26 PM (RIvkX)

11 Can't spell vouch without ouch.

Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 06:26 PM (E0p3T)

12 Voting by text is coming soon. Deep down, You know I'm right.
Posted by: Frank Barone at December 31, 2025 06:25 PM

###

We're ready to help.

Posted by: Macedonian bot farms at December 31, 2025 06:27 PM (2Ez/1)

13 Wow.

Just how much can be covered up? Are people able to keep turning a blind eye to ALL of this?

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 31, 2025 06:27 PM (IhIKR)

14 I get the constitution mandates that the states run elections, but this is beyond pale and smacks of third world politics.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 31, 2025 06:26 PM (0N4FZ)

There's also language that guarantees the states a republican form of government.

Fake elections are incompatible with a republic.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 06:28 PM (06Hmj)

15 Batya is right, but she's a Jew. Oh, what shall I believe?

Posted by: Sucker Carlson at December 31, 2025 06:28 PM (98kQX)

16 I used an old baseball card of Steve Carlton to register to vote in Minnesota....

The Pi9gs kept my Card.........

Posted by: Jackson K. at December 31, 2025 06:29 PM (J9q9v)

17 get the constitution mandates that the states run elections, but this is beyond pale and smacks of third world politics.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 31, 2025 06:26 PM (0N4FZ)

There's also language that guarantees the states a republican form of government.

Fake elections are incompatible with a republic.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 06:28 PM (06Hmj)

No standing. Dismissed.

Posted by: Dread Ass Pirate Roberts at December 31, 2025 06:29 PM (dK+Kv)

18 Mrs. F. made a chocolate cake in the shape of a football quarterback.

I asked if it was a Niners player or U of O.?

U of O.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 06:29 PM (RIvkX)

19 WTF is vouching for people who have no proof of identity?

WTF is this some 3rd world sh*t hole or something?

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 31, 2025 06:30 PM (XV/Pl)

20 Not to worry folks, the useless and completely corrupt GOP is going to hold hearings. Did you hear that? Hearings people.

Posted by: GOP at December 31, 2025 06:31 PM (abIsI)

21 Already connecting Somali healthcare facilities to GoTV activities here:

https://tinyurl.com/3jpc5z5k

Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 06:31 PM (NuV6c)

22 So, you don't need to be registered if they vouch for you, but DO need some form of ID...

But I'd wager the Address on the ID does NOT have to match the district you are voting in?

So... 9 people, 9 different districts... 81 potential votes?

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 06:32 PM (mP0Kj)

23 So there's now a trove of people on record "vouching" that people who aren't allowed to vote are allowed to vote.

Huh.

Sounds a lot like perjury, to me. Or something very much like it.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 06:32 PM (06Hmj)

24 Not to worry folks, the useless and completely corrupt GOP is going to hold hearings. Did you hear that? Hearings people.

Posted by: GOP at December 31, 2025 06:31 PM (abIsI)

Could we bother you for a sternly-worded letter?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 06:32 PM (dK+Kv)

25 Trump has got to hammer the Dem theft vs Americans as his way of stomping the Dems in the midterms. The economy is getting better and the Dems have to find something to be their lead issue. Beat them to it by continuing to show this effing mess

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 06:32 PM (zNwXb)

26 20 Not to worry folks, the useless and completely corrupt GOP is going to hold hearings. Did you hear that? Hearings people.
Posted by: GOP at December 31, 2025 06:31 PM (abIsI)

We are rapidly entering 'Trust the Plan' territory.

Even Trump is getting pissed about it.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 06:33 PM (mP0Kj)

27 Childcare is so expensive that for a normal two-parent household with small children one paycheck for one of the parents is almost totally consumed by the payments to the daycare.

Many have to ask themselves why the Mom works just to pay somebody else to watch the kids?

Now those same people are telling themselves what idiots they are when they can just start their own childcare center and pay off the house in two years.

This story should continue until next November it's so good.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 06:33 PM (6ydKt)

28 24 Not to worry folks, the useless and completely corrupt GOP is going to hold hearings. Did you hear that? Hearings people.

Posted by: GOP at December 31, 2025 06:31 PM (abIsI)

Could we bother you for a sternly-worded letter?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon

Stern letters are so yesterday. You're lucky if you get some podium fist pounding.

Posted by: GOP at December 31, 2025 06:33 PM (abIsI)

29 How the FU*K is this in any way constitutional???

Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 06:33 PM (2WIwB)

30 Remember what the high kicking girls in white pleated mini skirts said.

Hey, hey, ho, ho
All Islam's got to go
Hey, hey, ho, ho
All Islam's got to go

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 06:34 PM (hVbrz)

31 Does it seem like this Somali fraud story just came out of nowhere? Or maybe it's me not following along as much as I should.

Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 06:35 PM (ZxPkt)

32 29 How the FU*K is this in any way constitutional???
Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 06:33 PM (2WIwB)

If we need it explicitly codified in our nation's charter that this kind of thing isn't allowed, then it was always doomed to failure.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 06:35 PM (06Hmj)

33 >>Trump has got to hammer the Dem theft vs Americans as his way of stomping the Dems in the midterms.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 06:32 PM

I fear they peaked too soon. No one will remember this after the parties tonight.

Posted by: huerfano at December 31, 2025 06:35 PM (98kQX)

34 One man. Nine votes. Nine times.

Even Stalin wasn't that greedy.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 06:36 PM (06Hmj)

35 Back around 2016, someone in Pooky's unit had a dad from Minnesota that wanted to visit the base. No can do, said the unit commander, because Minnesota at the time wasn't Real ID-certified.

Posted by: pookysgirl remembers the pain of getting family on base at December 31, 2025 06:37 PM (Wt5PA)

36 I fear they peaked too soon. No one will remember this after the parties tonight.
Posted by: huerfano at December 31, 2025 06:35 PM (98kQX)

I disagree. This is just the opening notes, you have no idea how high the peak is going to be.

But a whole lot more is coming down next year.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 06:37 PM (m7iZ5)

37 What she said, x 10^6.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 31, 2025 06:38 PM (XMwZJ)

38 Minnesota sure is one fucked up place. They need to be un-Stated.

Posted by: The Penis at December 31, 2025 06:38 PM (R/m4+)

39 31 Does it seem like this Somali fraud story just came out of nowhere? Or maybe it's me not following along as much as I should.

Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 06:35 PM (ZxPkt)

It's been in the news for years.
Seriously, there are reports about Somali fraud going back to 2015.

It only picked up steam in the past two weeks as it finally got to a rolling boil.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 06:39 PM (6ydKt)

40 But a whole lot more is coming down next year.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 06:37 PM (m7iZ5)

It's going to be fun when the witch hunts eventually burn through half of the GOP too, and the professional newsfaces are completely terrified that we all simply keep cheering as the fire rages.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 06:39 PM (06Hmj)

41 Me and eight budies can car pool to nine different precincts where one of each of registered to vote in earlier.

Somalis cannot keep track, so there has to be a PAC running it.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 06:40 PM (/lPRQ)

42 WE are VERY concerned about this irregular voting pattern. When we convene again we, I promise all of you on my dead mother's eyes this will be examined.

Lawgiver, Jon Thune, sincerely.

Posted by: Kingsman at December 31, 2025 06:40 PM (ehY6c)

43
Hubby thinks since this fraud news was released during the holidays that it will go away after the new year.

I told him people are pissed and it's not going away.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 31, 2025 06:40 PM (3ek7K)

44 Just how much can be covered up? Are people able to keep turning a blind eye to ALL of this?

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 31, 2025 06:27 PM (IhIKR)

No no I'm pretty sure conspiracies are impossible because they involve too many people. That's what I learned from #Science.

Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 06:40 PM (E0p3T)

45 Does it seem like this Somali fraud story just came out of nowhere? Or maybe it's me not following along as much as I should.
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 06:35 PM (ZxPkt)
====

Powerline has been covering the fraud in Minnesota for years especially covid funding

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 06:40 PM (RIvkX)

46 Maybe it became a story because the DoJ in the Trump administration is doing something about it.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 31, 2025 06:41 PM (sDNVV)

47 How the FU*K is this in any way constitutional???

Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 06:33 PM

Because the guys who wrote the constitution were law abiding honest men who thought that everyone else that followed them would be just like them.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 31, 2025 06:42 PM (0N4FZ)

48 >Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 06:39 PM (6ydKt)
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Thanks
by way of explanation, I don't own a television.

Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 06:43 PM (ZxPkt)

49 Back around 2016, someone in Pooky's unit had a dad from Minnesota that wanted to visit the base. No can do, said the unit commander, because Minnesota at the time wasn't Real ID-certified.
Posted by: pookysgirl remembers the pain of getting family on base at December 31, 2025 06:37 PM (Wt5PA)
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No lobster and caviar for him, eh?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 06:43 PM (RIvkX)

50 One man. Nine votes. Nine times.

Even Stalin wasn't that greedy.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 06:36 PM (06Hmj)

By a culture that has no reservations about lying, cheating, and stealing to get what they want, in a jurisdiction controlled by a party that has intentionally set up such a system to benefit itself.

Nuke it all.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 06:43 PM (dK+Kv)

51 Does it seem like this Somali fraud story just came out of nowhere? Or maybe it's me not following along as much as I should.

My theory is that its scripted. Months before Nick S made his video, DOJ was busting dozens of these criminals. Then the Left did the unpardonable - a teenage female judge threw out the jury verdict of guilty and let a multi-million dollar fraudster go free.

Trump wins when he has his opponents take the 20% side. Nick, a Charlie Kirk target demo, did his citizen journalist thing and has Super Bowl viewership numbers for what would normally be an evergreen story. Nick gets a WH Attention Prize encouraging every other click-hungry

Out goes the story to win hearts and minds and get the Demonic Party on record of supporting fraud. The Minnesomalia angle follows Rules For Radicals in isolating a target. We now have a rage stoked population who is Somalia fatigued and better yet the Demonic Party has come out and said We Love Fraud! We Love Terrorists! You are racists!

And just like that Trump wins the Affordability Crisis® political stunt and gets the 80% public screaming demand to investigate and jail / deport everyone.

Trump Wins.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 06:43 PM (a4flb)

52 Republicans here in Minnesota have long insisted "We Must Play by the Marquess of Queensbury Rules!" while the DFL is kicking them in the nuts and hitting them with a club.

And they never learn.

Dennis Prager nailed it: Minnesotans are nice, but they are fools.

Posted by: Fritzy at December 31, 2025 06:44 PM (2GIh1)

53 I'm a little scared when the story finally metastasizes into being that there are, indeed, 100 actual kids in this "daycare", but no one has seen them in months because they're locked in the basement of some chomo "Pillar of the Community".

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 06:44 PM (06Hmj)

54 Stolen children and babies sold into sex slavery.
Racist thieves stole our children and sold our babies
into sex slavery. Help us save the children.
Please send money to:

Redeem Our Children,
PO Box, 123 Give Memo Rd,
Somalia, MN

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 06:44 PM (hVbrz)

55 22 So, you don't need to be registered if they vouch for you, but DO need some form of ID...

But I'd wager the Address on the ID does NOT have to match the district you are voting in?

So... 9 people, 9 different districts... 81 potential votes?
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 06:32 PM (mP0Kj)

The article specifically said it could be a license/permit from another state. Most districts don't encompass out of state addresses.

Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 06:44 PM (4p5Zb)

56 29
'How the FU*K is this in any way constitutional???'

I'm not sure the constitution has a 'What if' section for obvious voter fraud in a state because they were so sure a political opposition would make the circumstance impossible.
250 years on, we discover that fraud is not only possible but inevitable when you factor in a criminal organization like the democrat party.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 31, 2025 06:44 PM (fd80v)

57 It's actually worse. Minnesota also allows a staff member of a "residential facility", nursing homes, assisted living, etc., to vouch for an unlimited number of people.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 06:46 PM (viF8m)

58 Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 06:43 PM (a4flb)

I'm pretty sure you're right about all of that.

Nothing happens in a vacuum. Nothing that looks like a surprise is ever really a surprise.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 06:46 PM (06Hmj)

59 The Marxists opened the voting books

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 06:46 PM (Ia/+0)

60 97% of Somalis in Minnesota are American citizens.
There are only about 110000 Somali Americans living in Minnesota
Stop living in a self made bubble of fear!

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at December 31, 2025 06:47 PM (C4wQ6)

61 And just like that Trump wins the Affordability Crisis® political stunt and gets the 80% public screaming demand to investigate and jail / deport everyone.

Trump Wins.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 06:43 PM (a4flb)

Pretty good speculation; I’m more of the feeling that sometimes you just get lucky, especially when so much shit is so close to the surface, but you could be right.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 06:47 PM (m7iZ5)

62 Someone showed the resident employee rule on the twitters which is infinitely worse. An employee of any residential business is allowed to vouch for residents up to a maximum of infinity residents.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 06:47 PM (3uBP9)

63 Thanks
by way of explanation, I don't own a television.

Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 06:43 PM (ZxPkt)

You wouldn't have seen it on TV anyhow.
Until the "Feeding Our Future" trial started nobody outside of local MN TV news covered it.

All the old stuff people are finding are local TV reports and news articles online.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 06:47 PM (6ydKt)

64 250 years on, we discover that fraud is not only possible but inevitable when you factor in a criminal organization like the democrat party.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 31, 2025 06:44 PM (fd80v)

It's a great point. This kind of shit is supposed to be impossible because it's so laughably easy to destroy them over it.

The fact that they've never gotten destroyed over it means they don't have any actual opposition.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 06:47 PM (06Hmj)

65 Our constitutional republic was funtional if the people are virtuous. That ship sailed and sunk about 1917.

Posted by: Kingsman at December 31, 2025 06:47 PM (ehY6c)

66 >'How the FU*K is this in any way constitutional???'
----

the part where it says the states can write their own election laws

Art I Sec 4

Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 06:48 PM (ZxPkt)

67 Because the guys who wrote the constitution were law abiding honest men who thought that everyone else that followed them would be just like them.

I don't think they were quite that naive but they did believe that a large enough plurality of the people were decent enough that they wouldn't tolerate obvious shenanigans from their "leaders." Starting to look like they were probably wrong about that.

Posted by: Oddbob at December 31, 2025 06:49 PM (3nLb4)

68 Trump pulling National Guard out of Portland, LA and Chicago. Says they'll come back harder if the Dem mayors eff up again

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 06:49 PM (zNwXb)

69 that section also says Congress may weigh in on election law

the likelihood of that is near zero, IMO

Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 06:49 PM (ZxPkt)

70 47 Because the guys who wrote the constitution were law abiding honest men who thought that everyone else that followed them would be just like them.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 31, 2025 06:42 PM (0N4FZ)

That's kind of funny, seeing as a lot of the Constitution is modeled the way it is because the founders distrusted people and wanted to guard against humanity's corrupt nature as much as possible. They weren't always successful, but thst was the intent.

Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 06:50 PM (4p5Zb)

71 On a crazy weather note.

It was sunny and 50 an hour ago.

Now it is fogged in and 38. Like visibility is diminishing rapidly. About 30 yards right now. At this rate I won’t be able to see across the street in another 20 minutes.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 31, 2025 06:50 PM (IhIKR)

72 Nobody is afraid of them ASS, they just want them put in jail for fraud and/or deported.

Why is everything that makes your side look bad a 'phobia' to you people?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 06:50 PM (6ydKt)

73 No lobster and caviar for him, eh?

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 06:43 PM (RIvkX)

TSgt G had just made Tech and justifiably wanted to show his dad around. Fortunately, G lived in off-base base housing, so his dad was able to come anyway.

(I liked TSgt G and his family. They took care of Pookette while Pooky was in ICU, no questions asked.)

Posted by: pookysgirl misses Pooky's old unit at December 31, 2025 06:51 PM (Wt5PA)

74 Suddenly MN under Jesse Ventura seems pretty good.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 31, 2025 06:51 PM (2GVsD)

75 71 On a crazy weather note.

It was sunny and 50 an hour ago.

Now it is fogged in and 38. Like visibility is diminishing rapidly. About 30 yards right now. At this rate I won’t be able to see across the street in another 20 minutes.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 31, 2025 06:50 PM (IhIKR)

At least the rain stopped?

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 06:52 PM (6ydKt)

76 Demoncrats of course they do.

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at December 31, 2025 06:52 PM (xb5wW)

77 I thought we had a bit more time to save the Republic.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 06:52 PM (NwnyJ)

78 250 years on, we discover that fraud is not only possible but inevitable when you factor in a criminal organization like the democrat party.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 31, 2025 06:44 PM (fd80v)

If I may, an edit: ...fraud is not only possible but inevitable when you factor in a criminal organization like government.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 31, 2025 06:52 PM (TvPmY)

79 14 I get the constitution mandates that the states run elections, but this is beyond pale and smacks of third world politics.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 31, 2025 06:26 PM (0N4FZ)

There's also language that guarantees the states a republican form of government.

Fake elections are incompatible with a republic.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 06:28 PM (06Hmj)
________
That's not what "republic" meant; certainly not in the Founders' day. They knew about Venice and Carthage and especially Rome, none of which had elections we'd consider real.

Posted by: Eeyore at December 31, 2025 06:53 PM (s0JqF)

80 Fraud has been a major factor in our elections for some time now.

Since the Republicans won't punish democrats the democrats have gone crazy with it.

Remember after the 2000 election the Dem talking point was millions of people are being disenfranchised so we need to make it easier to vote...and then in 25 have yet to produce any eligible citizen that was in fact denied the vote.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 06:53 PM (sKqQm)

81 Then when the cheating stops working they get violent. That will be their go to even more now. Leftist have to its already written in their history.

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at December 31, 2025 06:54 PM (xb5wW)

82 If I may, an edit: ...fraud is not only possible but inevitable when you factor in a criminal organization like government.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 31, 2025 06:52 PM (TvPmY)

Fraud works best as the thin layer of grease that keeps the gears turning.

You can't make a functioning drivetrain entirely out of grease.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 06:54 PM (06Hmj)

83 Remember when it came out WI had 10,000 voters 120 years old or older?

How many WI election workers went to jail over that? Zero.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 06:54 PM (sKqQm)

84 ASS's point seems to follow the infamous "we're only seeing it's one apartment building involved" justification for criminal activities.

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 31, 2025 06:54 PM (qBdHI)

85 Every Somalian living in Minnesota driving new cars?

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 06:54 PM (Ia/+0)

86 51
'My theory is that its scripted. Months before Nick S made his video, DOJ was busting dozens of these criminals. '

So you think this is an Op done by Trump's folks?

I was thinking they needed to turn this into a campaign issue for 2026. Kudos to them if they did it proactively.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 31, 2025 06:55 PM (fd80v)

87 Why is everything that makes your side look bad a 'phobia' to you people?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 06:50 PM (6ydKt)

I'd like to give every Somalian an offer: You give testimony that leads to the arrest AND conviction of any elected or lifetime officerholder (above a certain level), and you get to leave the country without handcuffs.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 31, 2025 06:55 PM (TvPmY)

88 82 If I may, an edit: ...fraud is not only possible but inevitable when you factor in a criminal organization like government.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 31, 2025 06:52 PM (TvPmY)

Fraud works best as the thin layer of grease that keeps the gears turning.

You can't make a functioning drivetrain entirely out of grease.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 06:54 PM (06Hmj)

No, but it makes a GREAT Slippery Slope!

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 06:55 PM (mP0Kj)

89 When I go to vote, I identify as eight people. (My pronouns are us/them) I demand to have my eight votes!

You gotta problem wid dat?

Posted by: Raoul Ortega at December 31, 2025 06:56 PM (iDFVA)

90 Why is everything that makes your side look bad a 'phobia' to you people?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 06:50 PM (6ydKt)

Faggots like him see homophobia in everyone else, because their minds are deranged.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 06:56 PM (8zz6B)

91 Another point to consider - control of the government gives you access to SO MUCH MONEY, it dramatically changes the risk/reward of election theft.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 06:57 PM (sKqQm)

92 Here's a link to the resident employee rule stuff:
x.com/ScottPresler/status/
2005728517925789963

Infiinity

Posted by: banana Dream - they divided by zero at December 31, 2025 06:57 PM (3uBP9)

93 Biggest scandal in history...until we get to all the other programs in all the other states.

Because government is where all the money is.

Posted by: Willie Sutton at December 31, 2025 06:57 PM (rq3mQ)

94 86 51
'My theory is that its scripted. Months before Nick S made his video, DOJ was busting dozens of these criminals. '

So you think this is an Op done by Trump's folks?

I was thinking they needed to turn this into a campaign issue for 2026. Kudos to them if they did it proactively.
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 31, 2025 06:55 PM (fd80v)

I do find it interesting that right after the Judge overruled a Juries guilty verdict, in Minnesota, on a Somali Fraud case...

And a couple other Judges followed her lead, and dismissed some other cases...

This is suddenly a National Story.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 06:57 PM (mP0Kj)

95 Pretty good speculation; I’m more of the feeling that sometimes you just get lucky, especially when so much shit is so close to the surface, but you could be right.

The X post from a no-name was a clue. X had to have amplified that video.

Then the deputy secretary gave the secret away when he stated that daycare money was going to be halted for MN when if you read the text, the mandates go out to all the states. Why not say out front that all states got the same treatment? Because MN is the ant and X and the Trump Administration are the magnifying glass.

I love the political instincts of this administration - kind of removes the mystery of why Trump kept picking Secretaries who are very savvy in media and are highly motivated in terms of managing the reckoning.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 06:57 PM (a4flb)

96 Fraud works best as the thin layer of grease that keeps the gears turning.

You can't make a functioning drivetrain entirely out of grease.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 06:54 PM (06Hmj)

I think I saw that in a fortune cookie.

Or was it an episode of Kung Fu?

Posted by: BurtTC at December 31, 2025 06:58 PM (TvPmY)

97 100% of my tongue is in my mom's asshole.
It is not the only tongue in my mom's asshole in Minnesota.
Stop sticking your somali tongues in my mom's asshole!

Posted by: Alismytongueinmomsass at December 31, 2025 06:58 PM (R/m4+)

98 If you went back to say 2000 and described the current Dem party to the average voter...even the average Dem voter...what would they say?

Crazy? Evil? The Dem party should be banned?

And yet they continue to get about half the vote. How? Fraud.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 06:58 PM (sKqQm)

99 Have the rules for left turns changed? A lot of times when I'm turning left into a side street the person turning out left from the side street feels the need to turn in front of me. My husband says my car is invisible.

Posted by: NCKate at December 31, 2025 06:59 PM (uQzkA)

100 Minnesota sure is one fucked up place. They need to be un-Stated.
Posted by: The Penis at December 31, 2025 06:38 PM (R/m4+)

Two words: Governor Jesse Ventura

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 31, 2025 06:59 PM (A+Tdg)

101 Have the rules for left turns changed? A lot of times when I'm turning left into a side street the person turning out left from the side street feels the need to turn in front of me. My husband says my car is invisible.

I think the rule in Somali or Guatemala is that if you want to go you just go

Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 07:00 PM (sKqQm)

102 57 It's actually worse. Minnesota also allows a staff member of a "residential facility", nursing homes, assisted living, etc., to vouch for an unlimited number of people.
Posted by: JackStraw
-------------

Saw an example where one staff member vouched for 8,000 persons.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 07:00 PM (hVbrz)

103 Biggest scandal in history...until we get to all the other programs in all the other states.

This is campaign 2026. Why so early? So it effects the GOP primaries and we can get rid of the damned DIABLOs

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 07:00 PM (a4flb)

104 > Another point to consider - control of the government gives you access to SO MUCH MONEY
----

This explains why people raise and spend tens of millions of dollars to land a job that pays $174K/yr

Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 07:00 PM (ZxPkt)

105
Voting by text is coming soon. Deep down, You know I'm right.
Posted by: Frank Barone

You will have to opt out to NOT vote for the Communist.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 07:01 PM (pkeXY)

106 I think I'm going to stop using left turn signals

Posted by: NCKate at December 31, 2025 07:01 PM (uQzkA)

107 "We cannot allow brazen election theft."

We done did.

Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 07:01 PM (vFG9F)

108 John Thune's lifetime Heritage score is a 62. Slightly above Bitch McConnell at 59. Here is our problem.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 31, 2025 07:01 PM (abIsI)

109 93 Biggest scandal in history...until we get to all the other programs in all the other states.

Because government is where all the money is.
Posted by: Willie Sutton at December 31, 2025 06:57 PM (rq3mQ)

Yeah... tough one... which is bigger?

Green Policies based on Man made CO2 causing warmering? Driving entire industries plus buttloads of Government subsidies and funding?

Or Covid, where our Government paid for the creation of a virus, and then paid for buttloads of Genetic Therapy shots, that are still killing people.

DOD not passing audits for what... Eight years?

Somali fraud is not even in the top 10 IMO...

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 07:01 PM (mP0Kj)

110 Have the rules for left turns changed? A lot of times when I'm turning left into a side street the person turning out left from the side street feels the need to turn in front of me. My husband says my car is invisible.
Posted by: NCKate at December 31, 2025 06:59 PM (uQzkA)

Cars have body language. The car turning out of the side street doesn't respect you.

What you need to do is ram into them.

Instant respect!

Posted by: BurtTC at December 31, 2025 07:01 PM (TvPmY)

111 This explains why people raise and spend tens of millions of dollars to land a job that pays $174K/yr

To expand with a specific case

BroFo got a $30M payout in 2024.

Explains why she was willing to spend so much money and time to get the Rep job doesn't it?

Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 07:01 PM (sKqQm)

112 87
'You give testimony that leads to the arrest AND conviction of any elected or lifetime officerholder (above a certain level), and you get to leave the country without handcuffs.'

May I suggest an edit.
'and you get to leave the country' without us selling you into slavery of a hostile clan.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 31, 2025 07:02 PM (fd80v)

113 That's not what "republic" meant; certainly not in the Founders' day. They knew about Venice and Carthage and especially Rome, none of which had elections we'd consider real.
Posted by: Eeyore at December 31, 2025 06:53 PM (s0JqF)

Venice, Carthage, and Rome were perfect examples of debauched Republics that abandoned the idea of being a Public Thing for being Monarchs by another name. Rome still paid lip service to being a republic even after Caesar became a job title and not a family name. Carthage was run by mercenaries. The Doges of Venice were basically a succession of fat rich kids playing a real life game of CK3.

Regardless of how other states in history may have sucked at it, "Republican form of government" to the Founders meant, as it more or less does now, Rule of Law and not rule by the random edicts of Men, along with accountability to the People by some form of electoral feedback.

In other words, not a Monarchy, not an Empire, and not whatever goofball Calvinball nonsense the German states were getting up to in those days.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 07:02 PM (06Hmj)

114 I vouch for the human race.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 07:02 PM (pkeXY)

115 Have the rules for left turns changed? A lot of times when I'm turning left into a side street the person turning out left from the side street feels the need to turn in front of me. My husband says my car is invisible.
Posted by: NCKate at December 31, 2025 06:59 PM (uQzkA)

If the vehicle in the side street is facing a stop sign, its driver is not supposed to proceed in any direction until it is safe to do so.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 07:03 PM (8zz6B)

116 100 Minnesota sure is one fucked up place. They need to be un-Stated.
Posted by: The Penis at December 31, 2025 06:38 PM (R/m4+)

Two words: Governor Jesse Ventura
Posted by: IllTemperedCur

Some of the dumbest people I've ever met were from Minnesota. It must be a gene thing.

Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 31, 2025 07:03 PM (abIsI)

117 Road rule is right is right of way.
At a 4 way stop the person on the
right has the right of way.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 07:03 PM (hVbrz)

118 The left: No one would ever, ever lie about being a citizen just to get to vote.

Also the left: We need absolute proof of the identity of every ICE agent, their faces, and where their kids go to school...because you know people lie about everything all the time

Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 07:03 PM (sKqQm)

119 114 I vouch for the human race.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 07:02 PM

___

A gift has been given in your name to The Human Fund.

Posted by: George Costanza at December 31, 2025 07:03 PM (2Ez/1)

120 The current Minnesota fraud story is an elaborate pay for votes scam funded by looting and funneling public money to Democratic approved identity groups. I strongly suspect this same scam happens in every Democrat controlled state. This is partially how Joe Biden got 81 million votes in 2020.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at December 31, 2025 07:03 PM (wAogl)

121 Another point to consider - control of the government gives you access to SO MUCH MONEY
----

This explains why people raise and spend tens of millions of dollars to land a job that pays $174K/yr
Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 07:00 PM (ZxPkt)

What those people know, which ordinary Americans can't quite grasp, is that money isn't real.

Posted by: BurtTC at December 31, 2025 07:04 PM (TvPmY)

122 Every Somalian living in Minnesota driving new cars?
Posted by: Skip
.....

For some reason they keep buying dune buggies.

Posted by: wth at December 31, 2025 07:04 PM (UjdFS)

123 >>Saw an example where one staff member vouched for 8,000 persons.

If all of this corruption doesn't start to wake people up and piss them off nothing will.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 07:04 PM (viF8m)

124 "Vouching" for others in Minnesota is due to the influence of tribalism and the importance of tribal identity to Muslim cultures.

Posted by: Joemarine at December 31, 2025 07:04 PM (y171U)

125 The judiciary has had just about enough of this damn Trump!

President Donald Trump has suffered a legal setback in attempts to cancel over $4 billion in federal grants for California’s high-speed rail. The California High-Speed Rail Authority called the cuts arbitrary and economically damaging. Judge Dale Drozd denied the Department of Justice (DOJ)’s request to dismiss the case.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at December 31, 2025 07:05 PM (L/fGl)

126 No one wants convictions more than we do, but first we have to stop with all these RICO investigations and start arresting the small-time criminals we already know about!

Posted by: GOPe at December 31, 2025 07:05 PM (rq3mQ)

127 Have the rules for left turns changed? A lot of times when I'm turning left into a side street the person turning out left from the side street feels the need to turn in front of me. My husband says my car is invisible.

Posted by: NCKate at December 31, 2025 06:59 PM (uQzkA)

You have the right-of-way in two ways:

1. I'm assuming from your language, that you're on a main street/highway and they have a stop sign. Therefore, you have right-of-way.

2. You are to the other car's right, which means you have right-of-way.

Posted by: pookysgirl, letting a sick Lil Pooky crash on her at December 31, 2025 07:05 PM (Wt5PA)

128 Have the rules for left turns changed? A lot of times when I'm turning left into a side street the person turning out left from the side street feels the need to turn in front of me. My husband says my car is invisible.
Posted by: NCKate at December 31, 2025 06:59 PM (uQzkA)
====
Sometimes here the side street is too thin to accommodate two cars passing, in which case you must pull out first.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 07:05 PM (RIvkX)

129 Sadly, that woman is wearing a Star of David...so, her otherwise incisive comments will merely be labeled as a Mossad Op

Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 07:05 PM (grNgC)

130 So you think this is an Op done by Trump's folks?

Nick just dropped in from the ceiling tiles. How did he suddenly hook up with the PI who has been investigating this for years?

How did X amplify the hell out of his video? Remember Nick claimed he wasn't going to accept being monetized for the video and BAM 100M+ views.

Honestly I don't care how this came about. I'm enjoying the show - don't analyze the story plot, just eat the popcorn.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 07:05 PM (a4flb)

131 Government has NO money. Every dollar they spend comes from taxpayers.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 31, 2025 07:06 PM (sDNVV)

132 126 No one wants convictions more than we do, but first we have to stop with all these RICO investigations and start arresting the small-time criminals we already know about!
Posted by: GOPe a

*fist bump*

Posted by: Pam Bondi at December 31, 2025 07:06 PM (abIsI)

133 Yup, stop sign for side street. I'm on the main highway. Slowing down to turn left. I need a YouTube channel. It would be constant profanity and near misses.

Posted by: NCKate at December 31, 2025 07:06 PM (uQzkA)

134 Explains why she was willing to spend so much money and time to get the Rep job doesn't it?
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 07:01 PM (sKqQm)

What I wonder is, if you are sitting in your hovel, shitting on the ground, copulating with your brother and anyone else who comes along, do you dream of one day being a bazillionaire elected official in the United States of American?

Or do you just yearn to get out of the hellhole you're in, and once you find yourself in America, do you then discover that they will give you money, hand over fist, for nothing?

Posted by: BurtTC at December 31, 2025 07:06 PM (TvPmY)

135 114 I vouch for the human race.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 07:02 PM

Gotta admit... I'm becoming more and more Racist... because I'm now prejudging the Human Race...

Now ya gotz to prove you are worth something, I don't give the benefit of the doubt anymore.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 07:07 PM (mP0Kj)

136 What those people know, which ordinary Americans can't quite grasp, is that money isn't real.
Posted by: BurtTC at December 31, 2025 07:04 PM (TvPmY)

Screw Gold. Forget MMT. Fraud Backed Currency is the New Hotness.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 07:07 PM (06Hmj)

137 Some of the dumbest people I've ever met were from Minnesota. It must be a gene thing.

The 80IQ Somalian went to MN because they can blend in.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 07:08 PM (a4flb)

138 Please bro, it's not true, bro. C'mon bro. Look at Trump, bro. He's the real fraudster, bro. Seriously, bro. Trust me, bro.

Posted by: Tearful Bro McBroster's Torrential Tears of Torment at December 31, 2025 07:08 PM (7Q0e+)

139 94
'And a couple other Judges followed her lead, and dismissed some other cases...'

Dare I hope some judges will find themselves on the business end of court proceedings?
(When I dream, I dream big).

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 31, 2025 07:08 PM (fd80v)

140 One of my local pet peeves is someone turning right on a major artery with good visibility for the turn...who still come to just about a complete stop on the artery first.

Oh, and people that stop or drive really slow on a highway onramp

Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 07:09 PM (sKqQm)

141 Road rule is: - right is right of way.
At a 4 way stop the person on the
right has the right of way.

In a world where people know how to drive.
Following the above dictum would allow two
opposing cars to travel at the same time.

Not dissimilar maturity from first to flash headlights when approaching a one lane bridge.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 07:09 PM (hVbrz)

142 Get a cow catcher on the front of your car.

Posted by: wth at December 31, 2025 07:09 PM (UjdFS)

143 Now we know why there's a huge national debt. There's no way they could steal this much through actual taxes cause they have to do government things with the money or people would see it. Government created money, then took it for themselves fraudulently. Inflation by creating money? Sure, but if you just stole 500 million do you really care if it is only worth what 250 million was 10 years ago? People go into politics to get rich, the vast majority. Can the few that already had enough money and went into politics to fix things actually defeat the majority that absolutely don't want their scam changed? This is the story of the Trump era.

Posted by: Azjaeger at December 31, 2025 07:09 PM (3/XaG)

144 131 Government has NO money. Every dollar they spend comes from taxpayers.
Posted by: Ben Had at December 31, 2025 07:06 PM (sDNVV)

Well... uh... not really...

That's where we get OUR money... the stuff we lend the Government.

Hell, it's even printed on every Dollar... Fed Reserve Note.

Posted by: Fed Reserve Bank at December 31, 2025 07:10 PM (mP0Kj)

145 Not to worry folks, the useless and completely corrupt GOP is going to hold hearings. Did you hear that? Hearings people.
Posted by: GOP at December 31, 2025 06:31 PM (abIsI)

The GOP is not completely corrupt: it’s only 99 and 44/100% corrupt.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 31, 2025 07:10 PM (tDhJ5)

146 Another MN wrinkle:

If you are an employee of say, a retirement home, the number of people you can vouch for is *unlimited*.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at December 31, 2025 07:11 PM (gUs21)

147 Omg getting on the outer belt here with speed limit of 70 but people doing well over that and I'm behind a car on the ramp doing 35, 45, etc. We're all gonna die!

Posted by: NCKate at December 31, 2025 07:11 PM (uQzkA)

148 >>> The judiciary has had just about enough of this damn Trump!

President Donald Trump has suffered a legal setback in attempts to cancel over $4 billion in federal grants for California’s high-speed rail. The California High-Speed Rail Authority called the cuts arbitrary and economically damaging. Judge Dale Drozd denied the Department of Justice (DOJ)’s request to dismiss the case.
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks at December 31, 2025 07:05 PM (L/fGl)

Reuters:
California drops lawsuit over Trump decision to pull $4 billion in high-speed rail funds
By David Shepardson
December 29, 2025

So a judge brought back a case that was dropped?

Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 07:11 PM (3uBP9)

149 >>No one wants convictions more than we do, but first we have to stop with all these RICO investigations and start arresting the small-time criminals we already know about!

Nearly 100 people have already been charged. How many little people do we need to charge before we can admit there are people being charged?

Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 07:11 PM (viF8m)

150 Why is everything that makes your side look bad a 'phobia' to you people?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 06:50 PM (6ydKt)

The way it works is that you're a homophobe because you're secretly gay.

Just like how you're an islamophobe because you're secretly a muslim.

Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 07:12 PM (E0p3T)

151 139 94
'And a couple other Judges followed her lead, and dismissed some other cases...'

Dare I hope some judges will find themselves on the business end of court proceedings?
(When I dream, I dream big).
Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 31, 2025 07:08 PM (fd80v)

Boasberg is still on the Bench, after signing warrants to spy on Congressmen... and going after the President of the US...

These Judges have NOTHING to worry about.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 07:12 PM (mP0Kj)

152 Look... the GOP is in on this shit.

Deal with it. They aren't here to help you. The entirety of government has been stealing your wealth for decades.

This will not get fixed with Trump, or Vance. It WILL get worse with a Democrat in the White House.

Plan accordingly.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 07:12 PM (NwnyJ)

153 Omg getting on the outer belt here with speed limit of 70 but people doing well over that and I'm behind a car on the ramp doing 35, 45, etc. We're all gonna die!

Posted by: NCKate at December 31, 2025 07:11 PM (uQzkA)

Texting and merging should be discouraged.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 07:12 PM (dK+Kv)

154 a Tic Toker in Kenya shows all the building being built in Kenya by Somali's and the US goverment is looking into it.

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at December 31, 2025 07:13 PM (FCrpy)

155 150 Why is everything that makes your side look bad a 'phobia' to you people?
Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 06:50 PM (6ydKt)

The way it works is that you're a homophobe because you're secretly gay.

Just like how you're an islamophobe because you're secretly a muslim.
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 07:12 PM (E0p3T)

Shit!!!! I'm a gay Muslim?

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 07:13 PM (mP0Kj)

156 >> Under the bill, which passed in the House but has stalled in the Senate, voters would be required to provide proof of citizenship to cast their ballots in federal elections.

Because Republicans in the senate are a bunch of illegal alien simps, just like Walz. They don’t care about vote integrity or anything that might get illegals out of the country.

Posted by: That Guy at December 31, 2025 07:13 PM (e408a)

157 Just like how you're an islamophobe because you're secretly a muslim.
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 07:12 PM (E0p3T)

My shitter faces Mecca. Does that count?

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 07:13 PM (06Hmj)

158 Get a cow catcher on the front of your car.

I always wanted to get some beater like a '69 Dodge Dart and drop a hemi and a 4speed with a granny gear in it. Then weld channel iron bumpers fore and aft with heavy bolts welded on like ripping spikes.

Then I could go drive in some areas like I mean it.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 07:13 PM (a4flb)

159 Ok the stupid judge was three weeks ago, California saying "never mind we didn't want your stinkin money anyway" was 3 days ago.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 07:13 PM (3uBP9)

160 Posted by: Jeff Weimer at December 31, 2025 07:11 PM (gUs21)

Hey! Geez I feel like I haven't seen you around in forever (but it might just be me). Hope you are well, don't be a stranger, and Happy New Year.

Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 07:13 PM (E0p3T)

161 These Judges have NOTHING to worry about.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 07:12 PM (mP0Kj)

Until lynch law begins to look attractive to enough people.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 07:14 PM (8zz6B)

162 Sed ic Canada wants to buy Minnesota, or trade it for Alberta

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 07:15 PM (Ia/+0)

163 Just like how you're an islamophobe because you're secretly a muslim.
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 07:12 PM (E0p3T)

My shitter faces Mecca. Does that count?
Posted by: Warai-otoko

The world is my shitter.

Posted by: Somali Bro at December 31, 2025 07:15 PM (UjdFS)

164 I heard this today. 45 is 47 in forty five squared, as in 2025. Cool!

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 31, 2025 07:15 PM (YlWIZ)

165 if you work for a Nursing home you can vouch for UNLIMITED number VIA Scott Presler

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at December 31, 2025 07:15 PM (FCrpy)

166 Wouldn't it be funny if Clinton was on the tarmac with Loretta Lynch to talk about this Somali shit?

Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 07:16 PM (E0p3T)

167 INSANE. MN IS INSANE.

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 31, 2025 07:16 PM (WONhk)

168 Limited time span to vote. Adopt the 3rd world purple ink on the finger when voting so the D's at least cant vote as several different people.

And then laugh and point at the bigoted FNM and D pols who claim that requiring real ID is too hard for black people to do.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 31, 2025 07:17 PM (hhkIi)

169 Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 07:13 PM (E0p3T)

I lurk mostly, because usually someone else already said what I was going to say better and it's often hard to get a word in edgewise anyway.

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at December 31, 2025 07:19 PM (gUs21)

170 I think if we just cleared out Minnesota and then repopulated it with a half million or so Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish, bikini gals it would bring everything back to blueprint.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 07:19 PM (3uBP9)

171 Under the bill, which passed in the House but has stalled in the Senate, voters would be required to provide proof of citizenship to cast their ballots in federal elections.

Because Republicans in the senate are a bunch of illegal alien simps, just like Walz. They don’t care about vote integrity or anything that might get illegals out of the country.

Posted by: That Guy at December 31, 2025 07:13 PM

None of our politicians want us plebes to know how many illegals are voting in our elections.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 31, 2025 07:20 PM (0N4FZ)

172 Limited time span to vote. Adopt the 3rd world purple ink on the finger when voting so the D's at least cant vote as several different people.

Or better yet, don't tell anyone that the dye is fluorescent under black light and catch the scammers who think they washed off the ink between multiple votes.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 07:20 PM (a4flb)

173 Trump, Johnson, and the reat of the GOP should announce a priority bill for the new year consisting solely of tighter restrictions for handing out Federal money for medical, childcare, nutrition, and every other scam-ridden program going on right now.

Follow that up with a national voting bill setting standards on use of voter IDs and voter registration, mail-in voting, and every other Dem scheme to GOTV via payoffs and cheating.

Make it the next big fight and drag it out until the election.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 07:21 PM (6ydKt)

174 I think if we just cleared out Minnesota and then repopulated it with a half million or so Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish, bikini gals it would bring everything back to blueprint.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 07:19 PM (3uBP9)

You'd need at least a quarter million bikinis, too.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 07:21 PM (8zz6B)

175 84 ASS's point seems to follow the infamous "we're only seeing it's one apartment building involved" justification for criminal activities.
Posted by: Lady in Black
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Anything that creature spews online are lies. Sad and pathetic to be a basement Gollum thinking they are a secret king of the world via their lies.

Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 07:21 PM (WDjG6)

176 INSANE. MN IS INSANE.
Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 31, 2025 07:16 PM (WONhk)
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Insane in the brain!

Posted by: Cypress Hill at December 31, 2025 07:21 PM (ESVrU)

177 170 I think if we just cleared out Minnesota and then repopulated it with a half million or so Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish, bikini gals it would bring everything back to blueprint.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 07:19 PM (3uBP9)

Would be easier to just do an even swap with Ottawa for Alberta.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 07:21 PM (06Hmj)

178 Get a cow catcher on the front of your car.
Posted by: wth
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[recollects scene from 'Death Race 2000']
44 sec.clip:
https://rb.gy/d1itz8

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 07:22 PM (XeU6L)

179 Drozd decision was from early December. Cali dropped the on th 29th

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 07:22 PM (zNwXb)

180 >>I think if we just cleared out Minnesota and then repopulated it with a half million or so Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish, bikini gals it would bring everything back to blueprint.

Swap out the Somalis for South African farmers?
If our globalist betters think moving/dumping populations is cool, why can't we, right?

Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 07:22 PM (NuV6c)

181 You'd need at least a quarter million bikinis, too.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
......

What if we only gave them the bottoms? We could save money.

Posted by: wth at December 31, 2025 07:23 PM (UjdFS)

182 Lock them all up! WTF is going on here?

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at December 31, 2025 07:23 PM (nljXp)

183 INSANE. MN IS INSANE.
Posted by: ChristyBlinky
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Brain washed. And there's probably no way back.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 07:23 PM (XeU6L)

184 We had better election security in Iraq. Let that sink in.

Posted by: That Guy at December 31, 2025 07:23 PM (e408a)

185 161
'Until lynch law begins to look attractive to enough people.'

Yes. When it does go wrong for these tyrant judges, it's going to go really wrong.

Posted by: Dr. Claw at December 31, 2025 07:24 PM (fd80v)

186 ...and when the Dems complain 24/7 about the racist Trump and GOP don't argue, don't explain, just repeat over and over: "The Democrat Party is against fair and free elections and for wide-open, systemic fraud against American taxpayers."

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 07:25 PM (6ydKt)

187 Trump, Johnson, and the reat of the GOP should announce a priority bill for the new year consisting solely of tighter restrictions for handing out Federal money for medical, childcare, nutrition, and every other scam-ridden program going on right now.

Do what every single business on planet earth does when an employee submits an expense report.

PAY IN ARREARS

OCR the receipts, pay only those line items that can be audited and fall under the company guidelines for reimbursement.

Spending three trillion on AI, and OCRs can even read cursive so there is zero excuse not to do this in light of the rampant fraud and shoddy entries.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 07:25 PM (a4flb)

188 The Department of Homeland Security is pouring over $100 million into recruiting new Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and is specifically targeting gun rights advocates and military enthusiasts, Washington Post reported
_via NewsNation

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 07:25 PM (hVbrz)

189 113 ...
Posted by: Eeyore at December 31, 2025 06:53 PM (s0JqF)
...
Regardless of how other states in history may have sucked at it, "Republican form of government" to the Founders meant, as it more or less does now, Rule of Law and not rule by the random edicts of Men, along with accountability to the People by some form of electoral feedback.
...
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 07:02 PM (06Hmj)
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No. You're conflating different ideas. If you look at what the actual founders said, you'll see this. E.g., they DID NOT say that monarchy was per se a bad form of government - as you seem to believe. And Rule of Law was not an essential per se character of any form; rather it characterized good versions of every form. This came from the Greeks.

Posted by: Eeyore at December 31, 2025 07:25 PM (s0JqF)

190 When it does go wrong for these tyrant judges, it's going to go really wrong.
Posted by: Dr. Claw
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Hope springs eternal.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 07:26 PM (XeU6L)

191 Why aren't we flooding Somalia with expats? Like another Costa Rica but with uglier chicks and gross food.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 07:26 PM (06Hmj)

192 Anything that creature spews online are lies. Sad and pathetic to be a basement Gollum thinking they are a secret king of the world via their lies.

Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 07:21 PM (WDjG6)

Oh he knows he's a piece of shit, that's clear. You only hang around a place unwanted like a dingleberry for this long when you have your own problem that won't disappear via other attempts.

Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 07:26 PM (E0p3T)

193 Only eight? Try eighty - or more.

Posted by: Mhandisi at December 31, 2025 07:27 PM (MRDOa)

194 Nood

Posted by: NCKate at December 31, 2025 07:28 PM (uQzkA)

195 Why aren't we flooding Somalia with expats? Like another Costa Rica but with uglier chicks and gross food.

That land is cursed by God. Making it radioactive would be an improvement.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 07:29 PM (a4flb)

196 I'm still thinking Walz is going to snap. Even with the propaganda ministries protecting him , the constant drip drip is turning into a flood he ain't bright enough to deal with

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 07:29 PM (zNwXb)

197 Why aren't we flooding Somalia with expats? Like another Costa Rica but with uglier chicks and gross food.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 07:26 PM (06Hmj)

Or maybe a filibuster. Group of privateers invade the country, and subjugate the locals. But they would have to be real hard-asses.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 07:30 PM (8zz6B)

198 >>> Do what every single business on planet earth does when an employee submits an expense report.

PAY IN ARREARS

OCR the receipts, pay only those line items that can be audited and fall under the company guidelines for reimbursement.

Spending three trillion on AI, and OCRs can even read cursive so there is zero excuse not to do this in light of the rampant fraud and shoddy entries.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 07:25 PM (a4flb)

They should have to fill out Concur, file an expense report, take hours to have everything checked, double checked, and triple checked before sending it back for you to itemize everything. Then sending it back because a candy bar needed a receipt.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 07:31 PM (3uBP9)

199 186 ...and when the Dems complain 24/7 about the racist Trump and GOP don't argue, don't explain, just repeat over and over: "The Democrat Party is against fair and free elections and for wide-open, systemic fraud against American taxpayers."
Posted by: SpeakingOf
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Exactly. And a catchy phrase on no licence, not citizen is fraud, your money.
Image - Flock of Benjamins flying away.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 07:33 PM (hVbrz)

200 We are all bad people for noticing the fraud. I denounce us

Posted by: 496 at December 31, 2025 07:33 PM (z/ZBD)

201
There's also language that guarantees the states a republican form of government.

Fake elections are incompatible with a republic.
Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 06:28 PM (06Hmj)
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That's not what "republic" meant; certainly not in the Founders' day. They knew about Venice and Carthage and especially Rome, none of which had elections we'd consider real.
Posted by: Eeyore
++++++
There is no right to vote.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 07:35 PM (/lPRQ)

202 Ace of Spades Style Guide Update:

Somali Colonizers

Posted by: Fritzy at December 31, 2025 07:56 PM (2GIh1)

203 Oh he knows he's a piece of shit, that's clear. You only hang around a place unwanted like a dingleberry for this long when you have your own problem that won't disappear via other attempts.
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 07:26 PM

*shifty eyes*

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 08:29 PM (gqxJ9)

204 I see y'all are casting shade on my Most Serene Republic. Having lived here in the US my whole life, and seen how much it's slid down in that time, well, it took a thousand years for Venice to get conquered that bad, and it took Napoleon rather than a bunch of fraudulent Somali day care "workers."

Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain at December 31, 2025 09:23 PM (JBRtd)

Wall Street Journal: Yes, Trump Kicked Epstein Out of Mar-a-Lago in 2003 After Being Informed Epstein Pressured an 18-Year-Old Spa Worker for Sex

But-- but-- But Muh Trump.

Via Ed Morrissey:

Jeffrey Epstein wasn't just a frequent visitor to Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago club in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The club was also sending spa employees--usually young women--to Epstein's nearby mansion for massages, manicures and other spa services, according to former Mar-a-Lago and Epstein employees. ...
The spa occasionally provided house calls for members. Epstein wasn't a dues-paying member of the club, but Trump told staff to treat him like one, the employees said. Epstein had an account at the spa where his companion, Ghislaine Maxwell, booked appointments on his behalf.
They came to a halt in 2003, after an 18-year-old beautician returned to the club from a house call to Epstein and reported to managers that he had pressured her for sex, former employees said.
A manager sent Trump a fax relaying the employee's allegations and urged him to ban Epstein, some of the former employees said. Trump told the manager it was a good letter and said to kick him out.

Morrissey adds:

The WSJ notes that Mar-a-Lago aestheticians and spa workers had begun warning each other about Epstein previous to this incident. However, all of these employees were "typically licensed," which means they were adults. The young woman in this incident was 18 years old at the time it occurred. Furthermore, this appears to be the first time that the employees raised this concern all the way to Trump himself. As soon as Trump heard about it, he acted to cut off Epstein's access to Mar-a-Lago and stopped socializing with him at the same time.

Posted by: Ace at 05:20 PM

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1
This does not align with the media and dem narrative.

Posted by: Frank Barone at December 31, 2025 05:23 PM (IifOV)

2 "And stay out!"

Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 05:23 PM (rj6Yv)

3 So you're saying that Trump knew Epstein.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 05:23 PM (ExV1e)

4 Epstein yesterday, today, and tomorrow. He will never die.

Posted by: Kingsman at December 31, 2025 05:23 PM (ehY6c)

5 3 So you're saying that Trump knew Epstein.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 05:23 PM (ExV1e)

Guilty!!!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 31, 2025 05:24 PM (h7ZuX)

6 "A manager sent Trump a fax relaying the employee's allegations and urged him to ban Epstein"

When was the last time a sexual harrasement allegation got sent by fax?

Posted by: Frank Barone at December 31, 2025 05:25 PM (IifOV)

7 Why are they rehashing decades old news as relevant now?

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 31, 2025 05:25 PM (0N4FZ)

8 Are the hiding something?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 05:26 PM (UgvXX)

9 Free Stuff after the New Year...............

President Donald Trump said Wednesday his administration was removing the National Guard from Chicago, ‍Los Angeles and Portland

Posted by: Gangbangers United Theif Union at December 31, 2025 05:26 PM (J9q9v)

10 7 Why are they rehashing decades old news as relevant now?
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 31, 2025 05:25 PM (0N4FZ)

As a diversion.. Of course it's not going as they planned...

Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 05:26 PM (VE6XX)

11 And didn't Trump afterwards help get Epstein convicted?

Posted by: pookysgirl, still playing Christmas music at December 31, 2025 05:26 PM (Wt5PA)

12 We're not Mar-a-lago level here, but at our house it's always New Year's Eve!

*HIC*

Posted by: Foster Brooks and Cooter' at December 31, 2025 05:26 PM (oftw2)

13 For those of you planning to attend Mamdani's inauguration, be advised that the following item are prohibited:

Large bags and backpacks, weapons, fireworks or explosives, drones or other remote-controlled aerial devices, strollers, coolers, chairs, blankets, umbrellas, bicycles or scooters, alcoholic beverages, illegal substances, pets other than service animals, large items that could obstruct spectators' views, laser pens, bats or penguins or batons, and Flipper Zero devices and Raspberry Pi computers.

Guests may bring thermoses filled with warm, non-alcoholic beverages as well as snacks, and are urged to show respect for fellow New Yorkers.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 31, 2025 05:26 PM (0sNs1)

14 'Cause, see, Trump used to be named Drump, and E is next to D. CASE CLOSED, YOU THUGLIKKANS~!!!!

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 31, 2025 05:27 PM (mlg/3)

15 Leftist narrative-"Trump should have told her to press charges. Since he didn't, he's guilty!!!! Ululululu!!!!!"

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 31, 2025 05:27 PM (3630A)

16 Just the fax, ma'am.

Posted by: Sgt. Joe Friday at December 31, 2025 05:27 PM (0sNs1)

17

Massage me with yo mouth! I won't do that thing, I'm dead!

Posted by: Zombie Jeff Epstein at December 31, 2025 05:27 PM (gC2i2)

18 They are washing Leftists who did go to Epstein Island

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 05:28 PM (Ia/+0)

19
They want people to stop talking about the daycare fraud.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 31, 2025 05:28 PM (3ek7K)

20 bats or penguins or batons, and Flipper Zero devices and Raspberry Pi computers.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 31, 2025 05:26 PM (0sNs1)

You have to making that up!

Posted by: pookysgirl, still playing Christmas music at December 31, 2025 05:28 PM (Wt5PA)

21 As a diversion.. Of course it's not going as they planned...

I wonder what other diversions they have in mind, say, around midnight EST.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 05:28 PM (a4flb)

22 And didn't Trump afterwards help get Epstein convicted?
Posted by: pookysgirl

IRRC, He was contacted by the prosecuting attys to set up a deposition, and Trump said he'd just volunteer all information he had without counsel present.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 31, 2025 05:28 PM (mlg/3)

23 When was the last time a sexual harrasement allegation got sent by fax?

Posted by: Frank Barone

Last week for me.

Posted by: Elderly Uncle Pervy at December 31, 2025 05:28 PM (oftw2)

24 Whoopi has had to downgrade Trump from guilty-guilty to guilty.

Posted by: t-bird at December 31, 2025 05:28 PM (rq3mQ)

25 I heard about this years ago, but the media and democrats (BIRM) told me it could not possibly have been true. Lying fuckers.

Posted by: huerfano at December 31, 2025 05:29 PM (98kQX)

26 Maryland Man celebrates freedom and New Years by killing eight.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 31, 2025 05:29 PM (3630A)

27 Pressure cookers full of ball bearings are in.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 05:29 PM (UgvXX)

28 "And stay out of the Woolworth's"

Posted by: Oh Trump Where Art Thou? at December 31, 2025 05:30 PM (47/pr)

29 He also offered his help to the victims' lawyers when Epstein was prosecuted in 2010 (?).

Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 05:30 PM (NuV6c)

30
Unknown Drip,

I'm afraid something bad will happen tonight.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 31, 2025 05:30 PM (3ek7K)

31 bats or penguins or batons, and Flipper Zero devices and Raspberry Pi computers.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 31, 2025 05:26 PM (0sNs1)

You have to making that up!
Posted by: pookysgirl, still playing Christmas music at December 31, 2025 05:28 PM

* side eye *

Well, I might have added one thing to the entire list.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 31, 2025 05:30 PM (0sNs1)

32 Anyone else find this wording a bit confusing?

So Trump's spa was doing house calls to Epstein's mansion, and the women were being harassed when off site.

Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 05:31 PM (fltLA)

33 The left is using Epstein as a 'shiny object " to distract their sheep from their corruption. It's too juicy to let go and our celebrity obsessed culture can't get enough. Most of the men involved with Epstein are dead or older than dirt( sorry Mr President)

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 05:31 PM (zNwXb)

34 x For those of you planning to attend Mamdani's inauguration, be advised that the following item are prohibited:

unless you need them for daycare.

Posted by: t-bird at December 31, 2025 05:31 PM (rq3mQ)

35 Well, I might have added one thing to the entire list.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 31, 2025 05:30 PM (0sNs1)

Pookette's 3-foot penguin, Bruthy, would like to have a word with you.

Posted by: pookysgirl, still playing Christmas music at December 31, 2025 05:32 PM (Wt5PA)

36 bats or penguins or batons, and Flipper Zero devices and Raspberry Pi computers.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 31, 2025 05:26 PM (0sNs1)

You have to making that up!
Posted by: pookysgirl, still playing Christmas music at December 31, 2025 05:28 PM (Wt5PA)
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Who carries around Raspberry Pi computers just because?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 05:32 PM (ESVrU)

37 I have never gotten a massage (or manicure, ....) but I can't think of anything creepier than a dirty old man asking for a happy ending.

How degrading for both of them.

Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 05:34 PM (fltLA)

38 Epstein's not working as they hoped so I see the "media" is dragging out stories about Jack Smiths testimony before Congress where he says Trump was to blame for the Jan6 riots trying to overturn the election

Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 05:34 PM (VE6XX)

39 Who carries around Raspberry Pi computers just because?

Racists. They even start with the same letters.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 31, 2025 05:35 PM (EXyHK)

40 I wonder how many people outside of hardcore right wing knowledgeable types... such as the Morons here .... actually know about this?

I mean, I knew about this from years ago, back when Trump and Hillary were tangling and Epstein was being used to tar Hillary. Funny how all the left were a-ok with Bill and Hillary inviting Epstein over then!

Posted by: SimoHaya at December 31, 2025 05:35 PM (/ZkOF)

41 Isn't it a recurring plot point of basically every comic book out there, back before comics went Full Retard, that the superhero always eventually has to go through the city hating them because their name keeps popping up in connection to every city-wide catastrophe that keeps happening?

"Man, every time there's a giant warehouse full of cash on fire, or a fifty foot robot on a rampage, there's Batman, running around in the thick of it.

We really ought to kick that troublemaker out of our town, huh?"

If the so-called "Epstein Files" said that Trump once gave Epstein a wedgie on the floor of the NYSE and made him say "I'm a pdf file" on national TV, the headlines would still say "Trump personally connected to confirmed child predator".

But who cares about silly stories like that. I'm more concerned for those poor poor People of Community who just had their precious daycare center burgled by racists who really, really seem to want to destroy any evidence that they were up to the geometric centroid of their wedge shaped faces in fraud and theft.

You really can't hate Journalisming enough.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 05:35 PM (06Hmj)

42 And didn't Trump afterwards help get Epstein convicted?
Posted by: pookysgirl, still playing Christmas music at December 31, 2025 05:26 PM (Wt5PA)

I believe that he did. In fact, I believe it's been reported that Trump was, literally, the only big name person who acted against Epstein's interests.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 05:36 PM (ExV1e)

43 > When was the last time a sexual harrasement allegation got sent by fax?

Posted by: Frank Barone at December 31, 2025 05:25 PM (IifOV)

As hard as it may be to believe now, faxes were still in fairly wide use in 2003, especially among non-tech-savvy legal and corporate types.

Posted by: Henry and Richard Bloch at December 31, 2025 05:36 PM (IG3/x)

44 Who carries around Raspberry Pi computers just because?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 05:32 PM (ESVrU)

Because it matches a Raspberry Beret?

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 05:36 PM (mP0Kj)

45 >>drones or other remote-controlled aerial devices,

Zeppelins are right out.

Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 05:36 PM (fltLA)

46 For those attending Mamdani's swearing-in, he will be sworn in to office at midnight on New Year's Eve using a Quran inside an abandoned subway station beneath City Hall that once served as a turnaround for the No. 5 train.

He said the unconventional setting was chosen for its symbolism, framing the ceremony as the start of what he called “inauguration of a new era.”

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 31, 2025 05:37 PM (0sNs1)

47 That's the exact story we've known for years.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 05:37 PM (viF8m)

48 but Trump said "pussy"!

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 05:37 PM (/lPRQ)

49 "Man, every time there's a giant warehouse full of cash on fire, or a fifty foot robot on a rampage, there's Batman, running around in the thick of it.

We really ought to kick that troublemaker out of our town, huh?"

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 05:35 PM (06Hmj)
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Wasn't that J. Jonah Jameson's whole schtick with respect to Spider-Man?

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 05:37 PM (ESVrU)

50

An aesthetician, sometimes spelled "esthetician," is a skincare professional who focuses on bringing out the beauty of your skin.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 05:38 PM (pkeXY)

51 18??
Ewwww. That’s so old.
Come on man.

Posted by: J. Robinette Biden at December 31, 2025 05:38 PM (tNkpt)

52 > "Man, every time there's a giant warehouse full of cash on fire, or a fifty foot robot on a rampage, there's Batman, running around in the thick of it.

Like the way that Karl Malden mook was always around any time someone got their traveler's checks stolen.

Speaking of obsolete technology...

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 31, 2025 05:39 PM (IG3/x)

53 the start of what he called “inauguration of a new era"

Why does this make me think of the ratburger scene from Demolition Man?

Posted by: barbarausa at December 31, 2025 05:40 PM (enw9G)

54 The Flipper Zero is a portable multi-functional Security device developed for interaction with access control systems. The device is able to read, copy, and emulate RFID and NFC tags, radio remotes, iButtons, and digital access keys. It also has a GPIO interface.

They don’t want Raspberry Pi there either because you can set one up to basically do the same things as a Flipper Zero,

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 05:40 PM (6ydKt)

55 One of the attorneys for Epstein's victims said Trump gave him anything he asked for.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 05:40 PM (zNwXb)

56 I guess most of the Epstein story is out. Feel really sorry for those girls and not getting justice, but Epstein is dead so that's something I guess.

And this fraud thing is getting huge. A ton of amateur journos are finding stories everywhere. I saw about 6 others that Ace didn't even mention. It's everywhere and I feel like the sucker that lady was talking about in that previous vid.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 31, 2025 05:40 PM (n5tGW)

57
For those attending Mamdani's swearing-in, he will be sworn in to office at midnight on New Year's Eve using a Quran inside an abandoned subway station beneath City Hall that once served as a turnaround for the No. 5 train.

He said the unconventional setting was chosen for its symbolism, framing the ceremony as the start of what he called “inauguration of a new era.”
Posted by: Duncanthrax

A "new era" begins in an old abandoned subway station.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 05:41 PM (pkeXY)

58 I mean I don't want to be "that guy", but swearing an oath of office on a book that forbids oaths of fealty to anything but your local rugfuckery, and actively encourages breaking any oaths you make to infidels just to fuck them over so much so that it gives the practice its own name...

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 05:41 PM (06Hmj)

59 Trump has got to be the cleanest man in politics today.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 05:41 PM (RIvkX)

60 Someone just broke into my Allah Akbar Little Darlings Daycare and stole all the paperwork and the naptime mats.

Posted by: Hassen Ben Sober at December 31, 2025 05:41 PM (oftw2)

61 Who carries around Raspberry Pi computers just because?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 05:32 PM

It (and the Flipper Zero) feature programmable input-output pins that could, in theory, be connected to external components and misused to interfere with equipment or cause harm.

It's true that explicitly banning these niche devices is unusual, especially given that laptops, which are far more powerful and versatile, are not restricted.

Also, Letitia James will be swearing him in.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 31, 2025 05:41 PM (0sNs1)

62 That's the exact story we've known for years.

That and the fact that Prince Andrew was his only client and he had no connection to American or Israeli intelligence.

Posted by: Citizen Journalist at December 31, 2025 05:41 PM (TDLyG)

63 A "new era" begins in an old abandoned subway station.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 05:41 PM (pkeXY)
=====

Homage to Planet of the Apes

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 05:42 PM (RIvkX)

64 As hard as it may be to believe now, faxes were still in fairly wide use in 2003, especially among non-tech-savvy legal and corporate types.

Posted by: Henry and Richard Bloch at December 31, 2025 05:36 PM (IG3/x)

I got my first mortgage in 2003.

I had to fax about a trillion pages of documentation to the mortgage company. I did it at work since where else was I going to have a fax available?

Posted by: Really?? at December 31, 2025 05:42 PM (tNkpt)

65 And this fraud thing is getting huge. A ton of amateur journos are finding stories everywhere. I saw about 6 others that Ace didn't even mention. It's everywhere and I feel like the sucker that lady was talking about in that previous vid.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 31, 2025 05:40 PM (n5tGW)

There's a bit of a "witch hunt" vibe shaping up. And to be honest, i'm kind of here for it. To hell with them.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 05:42 PM (06Hmj)

66 They're out early this year. I went through two sobriety checkpoints tonight. Asked the cop at the second one how many they grabbed so far. He told me seven.

IOW....staying off the roads tonight.

Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 05:43 PM (dIske)

67 > Speaking of obsolete technology...
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 31, 2025 05:39 PM (IG3/x)

I had to go check.

Apparently all of the major issuers have discontinued them, and very few merchants will accept them.

However, existing ones are still valid and you can likely redeem them through the original issuer (AmEx, Visa, etc.).

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 31, 2025 05:43 PM (IG3/x)

68 >>One of the attorneys for Epstein's victims said Trump gave him anything he asked for.

On tape. It's been available for years. That's how corrupt our media has become. None of this is secret information, it's all been available for years and the media pretends like it doesn't exist.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 05:43 PM (viF8m)

69 PSA, re Somali daycare disaster

Thieves stole the children and sold our babies into sex slavery they did.
Help us get our children back.

Please send money to:

Save Our Children,
PO Box, 123 Give Memo Rd,
Somalia, MN

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 05:43 PM (hVbrz)

70 Wasn't that J. Jonah Jameson's whole schtick with respect to Spider-Man?
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 05:37 PM (ESVrU)

Definitely in the last few movies where they had him set up like a Bill O’Reilly character blaming Spidey for every crime he stopped.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 05:44 PM (6ydKt)

71 Willowed:

So whose bright idea was it to ever bring Somalians to the USA? I expect it was the usual suspects: Clinton and Obama, and perhaps Bush II. How stupid to you have to be to allow that?

-

It isn't just somalis. Also Afghans, Syrians, and plenty of others. It is happening in every western country. They are all trying to emasculate western men at the same time as importing as many military age men from the third world as they possibly can. The goal is pretty obvious - all over history one can see that male lines are completely wiped out by invaders, while the womens' lines stay intact, because they are the spoils.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 05:44 PM (0U5gm)

72 Import Somalians and they build Somalia.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 05:45 PM (UgvXX)

73
Didn't speaker Johnson infer that Trump was an FBI informant against Epstein?

Posted by: Frank Barone at December 31, 2025 05:45 PM (IifOV)

74
The "Our totally legit and valued daycare center was just burgled by Ray Cyst" fabrication is just the level of a story one would expect from former denizens of a country with sub-70 IQ on average.

Retarded raised to the retarded power, in other words.

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at December 31, 2025 05:45 PM (BZmws)

75 I was rightfully informed on some pages with grey boxes that Epstein and his people didn't "pressure" any girls for sex, all the women, including "underage" ones (har har), weren't even victims they were just dirty whores who wanted money and an easy life and ended up neck deep in everything they deserved. I'm sure I read that.

Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 05:45 PM (E0p3T)

76 > I did it at work since where else was I going to have a fax available?
Posted by: Really?? at December 31, 2025 05:42 PM (tNkpt)

I bought a multifunction printer with fax capability around then, thinking that I'd use it all the time.

Nah. Used it maybe five or six times, then the technology was obsolete.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 31, 2025 05:45 PM (IG3/x)

77 I wonder if the Somalias will secure the state's border?

Posted by: thug dolphin at December 31, 2025 05:46 PM (EyfuW)

78 "A manager sent Trump a fax relaying the employee's allegations and urged him to ban Epstein,"

Why didn't they page Trump on his beeper?

Posted by: Frank Barone at December 31, 2025 05:46 PM (IifOV)

79 So whose bright idea was it to ever bring Somalians to the USA? I expect it was the usual suspects: Clinton and Obama, and perhaps Bush II. How stupid to you have to be to allow that?

We had to bring them in because we were over f*cking around in their country.

Same way we got Afghans, Cubans Vietnamese, Iraqis and most other foreign invasive species.

Posted by: Citizen Journalist at December 31, 2025 05:47 PM (TDLyG)

80 As of July 2025 we still had to fax claims to my mother's long term care insurance company.

Posted by: screaming in digital at December 31, 2025 05:47 PM (IONGM)

81 Retarded raised to the retarded power, in other words.
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at December 31, 2025 05:45 PM

** STOP THAT!!! **

Posted by: One of the shoots off of Tim Walz's stump at December 31, 2025 05:47 PM (0sNs1)

82 LOL they have nothing.

Posted by: steevy at December 31, 2025 05:47 PM (YwEeS)

83 The daycare kids will show up when they need human shields. There's historical evidence to that fact.

Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 05:47 PM (dIske)

84 >>>As soon as Trump heard about it, he acted to cut off Epstein's access to Mar-a-Lago and stopped socializing with him at the same time.

It's funny. This has been known, almost to the finest detail for nearly 10 years. Thanks for the late-breaking news, WSJ.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 05:48 PM (dK+Kv)

85 A "new era" begins in an old abandoned subway station.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr.
======
Should have originated in a Times Square bathroom with glory holes.

Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 05:48 PM (WDjG6)

86 Oh, I seriously doubt that Somalis are the only ones pulling these scams.

My theory is that they're just too stupid to effectively cover up the crime.

For example, the "hired truck program" that gentlemen of the Sicilian persuasion used to bilk Chicago out of millions over the course of decades.

Yes, they'd generally have the same truck leased on multiple jobs at the same time, but there was, in fact, a real truck with a real VIN.

The scam only became untenable when computers made it fast and easy to cross-reference things like that.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 31, 2025 05:48 PM (IG3/x)

87 >>A ton of amateur journos are finding stories everywhere. I saw about 6 others that Ace didn't even mention.

Former DOGE consultant @DataRepublican has been working on a db using phone numbers to connect the various centers. Others are scraping state websites to create dbs of all the funded daycare and healthcare centers.

Sunlight is the best disinfectant.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 05:48 PM (NuV6c)

88 A fax was a recorded document.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 31, 2025 05:48 PM (sDNVV)

89 This is but one of the many contours of Epstein's journey from being hired by Bill Barr to being murdered in a prison run by Bill Barr.

The Epstein Saga would surely make for a compelling and rich mini-series.

Listen, the dude worked for
Adnan Khashoggi during Iran Contra, if that's not worthy of film in and of itself, I don't know what is.

I mean, you could easily tell it in a surreal, absurdist GoodFellas kind of way.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 31, 2025 05:48 PM (XV/Pl)

90 I bought a multifunction printer with fax capability around then, thinking that I'd use it all the time.

For quite a while, when computers had telephone ports built in, they also had fax capability built in. So the document never even had to be paper. You’d basically just print it right to fax.

I think I may have used this feature once, or twice at most. Once a computer could emulate a fax machine, there wasn’t much point to faxing things.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 31, 2025 05:48 PM (EXyHK)

91 Wall Street Journal: Yes, Trump Kicked Epstein Out of Mar-a-Lago in 2003 After Being Informed Epstein Pressured an 18-Year-Old Spa Worker for Sex
But-- but-- But Muh Trump.

Remember one of the complaints the left has with the biographical movie Sound of Freedom is that the movie did not explain that some of the underage "sex workers" that Tim Ballard saved were there "voluntarily"

Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 05:49 PM (sKqQm)

92 I was rightfully informed on some pages with grey boxes that Epstein and his people didn't "pressure" any girls for sex, all the women, including "underage" ones (har har), weren't even victims they were just dirty whores who wanted money and an easy life and ended up neck deep in everything they deserved. I'm sure I read that.

Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 05:45 PM (E0p3T)

Yeah, that was way off-base.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 05:49 PM (dK+Kv)

93 But you can't just follow the letter of the law. He was guilty of moral Trumptude, and that's enough. Clinton, OTOH, had only the purest motives. (Obama, of course, wasn't interested in such things as nubile females. Ick.)

Posted by: Eeyore at December 31, 2025 05:50 PM (s0JqF)

94 A racist stole a check and wrote it for $142,311 to buy a luxury automobile that then he ran out of gas and left it in my driveway. What are the odds?

- Some Ali, manger - Somali Daychair Learing Centroid

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 31, 2025 05:50 PM (n5tGW)

95 Sunlight is the best disinfectant.
Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 05:48 PM (NuV6c)

All of these numbers redirect to a call center in the basement of Tim Walz's offices like it's some kind of Chomo HQ.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 05:50 PM (06Hmj)

96 The president of Somaliland is going to meet Trump at the White House and sign the Abraham Accords. Good , Somalis you want to FA in our country now you will FO in yours. Also it's a good way to screw with other Islamic countries. It appears Trump is now leaning towards recognition of Somaliland

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 05:51 PM (zNwXb)

97 The only 142k automobile I would buy would be a G-Wagon other than that, there's nothing.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 31, 2025 05:51 PM (XV/Pl)

98 1
This does not align with the media and dem narrative.
Posted by: Frank Barone at December 31, 2025 05:23 PM (IifOV)

The truth rarely does.

Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 05:51 PM (4p5Zb)

99 It's funny. This has been known, almost to the finest detail for nearly 10 years. Thanks for the late-breaking news, WSJ.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder
====
WSJ was the one pushing the fake Trump boobie girl picture for Epstein's birthday book.

And the Murdoch, We did it!, family still owns it until it augurs into the ground.

Stay away from any Murdoch owned media as the old man loathes Christians (dumped a fiancee for it), loves globo homo (using one of Mick Jagger's old squeezes as an example), and probably thinks, along with another ex wife, that Chinese authoritarianism is the way to go for the US.

Loathsome family that deserves rotten tomatoes and other rubbish thrown at them in a carny stall.

Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 05:51 PM (WDjG6)

100 You know what other famous people had a problem with Epstein years before it was cool and even testified against him?

That's right - no one.

Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 05:51 PM (E0p3T)

101 2003 was right in the middle of the analog to digital revolution.

People had cell phones but also traditional land lines. We used emails and faxes. We had phone text and beepers. Daily printed newspapers were still widely read but so was online news. CDs were still huge and so were MP3s.

Posted by: Really?? at December 31, 2025 05:52 PM (tNkpt)

102 57
For those attending Mamdani's swearing-in, he will be sworn in to office at midnight on New Year's Eve using a Quran inside an abandoned subway station beneath City Hall that once served as a turnaround for the No. 5 train.
...

Remember what the high kicking girls in white pleated mini skirts said.

Hey, hey, ho, ho
All Islam's got to go
Hey, hey, ho, ho
All Islam's got to go

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 05:52 PM (hVbrz)

103 The scam only became untenable when computers made it fast and easy to cross-reference things like that.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 31, 2025 05:48 PM (IG3/x)

Why do you defraud the government?

Well, that's where the moneys at...

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 05:52 PM (mP0Kj)

104 Connecting all those numbers to the civil employees that processed and approved those licenses and funds should be the focus.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 31, 2025 05:52 PM (sDNVV)

105 There will be drunks peeing in every doorway and subway platform near Times Square tonight. Couldn't pay me enough to go there.

Posted by: Homebody at December 31, 2025 05:53 PM (oftw2)

106 Why do you defraud the government?

Well, that's where the moneys at...
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 05:52 PM (mP0Kj)
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It's also a lot easier and more profitable than robbing banks.

And if you are well-connected, then you don't have to worry about being sent to jail.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 05:53 PM (ESVrU)

107 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 05:52 PM (hVbrz)

So, he's gonna get sworn in at what is essentially a very big bomb shelter... at a specific time...

Uh... Bob? NSA? Yah listening?

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 05:54 PM (mP0Kj)

108 I'm going to take Mayor Mamdamni for the entertainment value. This is gonna be great!

*stocks up on popcorn*

Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 05:54 PM (vFG9F)

109 Guests may bring thermoses filled with warm, non-alcoholic beverages as well as snacks, and are urged to show respect for fellow New Yorkers.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 31, 2025 05:26 PM (0sNs1)

If they had any respect for fellow New Yorkers (not to mention self-respect,) they would not have voted for Mamdami

Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 05:55 PM (4p5Zb)

110 108 I'm going to take Mayor Mamdamni for the entertainment value. This is gonna be great!

*stocks up on popcorn*
Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 05:54 PM (vFG9F)

They're looting the Piggly Wiggly!!!!

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 05:55 PM (mP0Kj)

111 104 Connecting all those numbers to the civil employees that processed and approved those licenses and funds should be the focus.
--

Better Call Elon

Oh, hell no, he cuts to the chase and gets pissed when you don't do your job.
Keep him out of this.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 05:55 PM (hVbrz)

112 It’s actually a G-Wagen. Not Wagon.

Posted by: Pedant at December 31, 2025 05:55 PM (tNkpt)

113 I hope they let Mamdani hang himself with his Muslim Marxism

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 05:55 PM (Ia/+0)

114 The WSJ editorial page is somewhat conservative , but the "reporters " are as left as any other propaganda ministry

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 05:55 PM (zNwXb)

115 109 Guests may bring thermoses filled with warm, non-alcoholic beverages as well as snacks, and are urged to show respect for fellow New Yorkers.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 31, 2025 05:26 PM (0sNs1)

If they had any respect for fellow New Yorkers (not to mention self-respect,) they would not have voted for Mamdami
Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 05:55 PM (4p5Zb)

24 years after 9/11, New York elects an Islamist as Mayor.

Sure did not have THAT on my bingo card.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 05:56 PM (mP0Kj)

116 For those attending Mamdani's swearing-in, he will be sworn in to office at midnight on New Year's Eve using a Quran
---------------------

Remember "We Will Never Forget"? Bullshit all along - just like "We're All in this Together".

They forgot. I'm not even sure they ever even knew. Dummies.

Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 05:56 PM (E0p3T)

117 24 years after 9/11, New York elects an Islamist as Mayor.

Sure did not have THAT on my bingo card.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 05:56 PM (mP0Kj)

Once they lopsidedly voted Hussein in 2008 it was well beyond inevitable.

Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 05:57 PM (E0p3T)

118 Trump raped me on my massage table while I visited him at The Zayres Department Store in the women's big and tall section dressing rooms in 2003. I remember it like it was yesterday. I had a screaming orgasm and yelled "Yeah! Oh Yeah" over and over. Donald was dressed as Santa and had a black midget for a valet.

Call me Don! Call me!

Posted by: E.Jean Carroll, The Villages Sex Pest at December 31, 2025 05:57 PM (R/m4+)

119 The president of Somaliland is going to meet Trump at the White House and sign the Abraham Accords. Good , Somalis you want to FA in our country now you will FO in yours. Also it's a good way to screw with other Islamic countries. It appears Trump is now leaning towards recognition of Somaliland

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 05:51 PM (zNwXb)

Of course.

We only bust up fraud rackets if it benefits Israel.

I wish rounding up feral negroes and corrupt liberal judges somehow benefitted Israel. It would've been done last week.

Posted by: Citizen Journalist at December 31, 2025 05:57 PM (TDLyG)

120 Remember "We Will Never Forget"? Bullshit all along - just like "We're All in this Together".

They forgot. I'm not even sure they ever even knew. Dummies.
Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 05:56 PM (E0p3T)

Normally on major anniversaries of events... you have some type of ceremony about it...

Going to be interesting to see what New York does for the 25th Anniversary of 9/11

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 05:58 PM (mP0Kj)

121 Again, when the data and touch points for a fella are Doanld Barr, Bill Barr, Adnan Kyshoggi, Presidents, heads of states, Princes, Captains of Industry, that dudes a special kind of guy, and when that guy gets whacked in prison, well, that guys story is worthy of examination.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at December 31, 2025 05:58 PM (XV/Pl)

122 First, recognize Somaliland. Next, Peruvia.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 05:58 PM (RIvkX)

123 I have leveraged the great force of cheese. That's right. Two baked brie. One brown sugar, the other jam, fruit and nuts. Also crackers. No one can stop the cheese.

Posted by: banana Dream - Power Overwelming at December 31, 2025 05:58 PM (3uBP9)

124 >>The WSJ editorial page is somewhat conservative , but the "reporters " are as left as any other propaganda ministry

Not really, not anymore. It's a rare editorial that isn't typical MSM logic. They've started publishing Rahm Emmanuel op-eds every few weeks. The only real bit of brilliance has been when Peggy Noonan took a break and David Mamet filled in. She returned early, IIRC.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 05:58 PM (NuV6c)

125

24 years after 9/11, New York elects an Islamist as Mayor.

Sure did not have THAT on my bingo card.
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 05:56 PM (mP0Kj

Had you visited New York in the past 10 years you might have. It’s bewildering how fast the change was. NYC was always “diverse”. But in 10ish years it went from diverse to practically no Americans left and Muslims a sizable percentage of the population.

Posted by: Really? at December 31, 2025 05:59 PM (tNkpt)

126 > Guests may bring thermoses filled with warm, non-alcoholic beverages as well as snacks, and are urged to show respect for fellow New Yorkers.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 31, 2025 05:26 PM (0sNs1)

So they're saying it's okay to bring piss jugs to throw at MummyDummy?

Just checkin'.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at December 31, 2025 05:59 PM (IG3/x)

127 Facts do NOT matter to democrats and goypers with stage 4 TDS.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at December 31, 2025 06:00 PM (xvV+O)

128 I have leveraged the great force of cheese. That's right. Two baked brie. One brown sugar, the other jam, fruit and nuts. Also crackers. No one can stop the cheese.
Posted by: banana Dream - Power Overwelming at December 31, 2025 05:58 PM (3uBP9)
====
You baked a brie and did not drizzle?

One must drizzle on the baked brie. This is known.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 06:02 PM (RIvkX)

129 I just wonder when we get the Rotherham scandals here in America, because you KNOW there is at least one leftist/Muslim city where the underaged girls are just sex slaves.

Posted by: SimoHaya at December 31, 2025 06:02 PM (/ZkOF)

130 >>>24 years after 9/11, New York elects an Islamist as Mayor.

Sure did not have THAT on my bingo card.
Posted by: Romeo13
-----

Looks like they are winning the war.
They physically attacked the territory.
Territory boss proclaimed them Peace and said, "go shop".
Now, they not only occupy the territory they control it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 06:03 PM (hVbrz)

131 Going to be interesting to see what New York does for the 25th Anniversary of 9/11
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 05:58 PM (mP0Kj)
=====
They'll do some things for some people.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 06:04 PM (RIvkX)

132
Going back to the fake daycares.

I wonder how many will be mysteriously bombed or burnt up tonight.

New Years Eve fireworks would be a good cover.

The thieves are exposed so if they're being shutdown, they can collect insurance money.

I don't like being cynical, but I can see that happening.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 31, 2025 06:04 PM (3ek7K)

133

This week, Eric Swalwell pledged that, if elected California governor, he will arrest ICE officers and take away their driver’s licences.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 06:04 PM (pkeXY)

134 130 >>>24 years after 9/11, New York elects an Islamist as Mayor.

Sure did not have THAT on my bingo card.
Posted by: Romeo13
-----

Looks like they are winning the war.
They physically attacked the territory.
Territory boss proclaimed them Peace and said, "go shop".
Now, they not only occupy the territory they control it.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 06:03 PM
Right out of the koran. old mo would be proud.

Posted by: Eromero at December 31, 2025 06:05 PM (Slgjz)

135 previous reporting has said Epstein was banned toward the end of 2007, but this incident occurred in 2003? They could be fixing the timeline to make Trump seem like the good guy here. Prior reporting from PBS:

>A Mar-a-Lago member told the journalists that Trump had "kicked Epstein out after Epstein harassed the daughter of a member," Sarah Blaskey of the Miami Herald reported. "The way this person described it, such an act could irreparably harm the Trump brand, leaving Donald no choice but to remove Epstein."

**The incident happened around October 2007**, when Mar-a-Lago's registry listed Epstein's account as "closed," the Miami Herald reported.

this does read as timeline fixing to me. Trump put his own staff at risk by loaning them to Epstein for free, and when he finally listened to the people who were urging him to stop, he failed to do anything to protect anyone outside of his employ.

from the birthday card, to Trumps creepy comments, to this, it seems everyone from Trump on down knew Trump and his friends were creepy pedos. But this behavior continued until “someone complained”.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at December 31, 2025 06:05 PM (8nvxW)

136 That was 2 years AFTER his conviction of child sex trafficking
Prior to Epstein being kicked out he was a non dues paying membership waived guest. Trump's spa repeatedly sent its underaged dpa workers to Epstein's home for outcall service.

This shows how tight Trump and Epstein were for years!

That is the man that Ace follows

All the girls were goyim Torrah has different rules governing the sexual use of non Jews including extremely "liberal" age regulation. They were copied by Mohammad.

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at December 31, 2025 06:05 PM (C4wQ6)

137 Eric Swalwell is a testimony to what retarded people in this country can accomplish.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 06:06 PM (RIvkX)

138 Mamdani is having a big block party after the swearing in. The shootings which will occur will lead to super duper calls for gun control

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 06:07 PM (zNwXb)

139
"Your Epidermis is Showing!"
-Wall Street Journal headline

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 06:08 PM (RIvkX)

140 127 Facts do NOT matter to democrats and goypers with stage 4 TDS.
Posted by: Jukin

Example 136. Outed itself as an anti Semite so likely a Democrat or foreign rat.

Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 06:08 PM (WDjG6)

141 CBD assures me the troll is dialing in from America and not Shenzen like I suspected

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 06:09 PM (RIvkX)

142 The sharia patrol isn't going to let anything happen tonight

Posted by: Ben Had at December 31, 2025 06:10 PM (sDNVV)

143 NYC is likely to get a full understanding of "good and hard" in the next couple months.

The horseshit surrounding the "COPA Act” and will force sales of certain personal properties to the government and NGOs.

Imagine being a real estate investor in Florida, never having lived in NYC, facing this shit.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 06:10 PM (NwnyJ)

144 140 127 Facts do NOT matter to democrats and goypers with stage 4 TDS.
Posted by: Jukin

Example 136. Outed itself as an anti Semite so likely a Democrat or foreign rat.
Posted by: whig

Yeah...I look at this nonsense daily and try to pick the best to either point and laugh at, or help understand the Left's nonsensical arguments, but 136 is just embarrassing.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at December 31, 2025 06:11 PM (8nvxW)

145 Normally on major anniversaries of events... you have some type of ceremony about it...

Going to be interesting to see what New York does for the 25th Anniversary of 9/11

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 05:58 PM (mP0Kj)

Holy crap yeah

Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 06:11 PM (E0p3T)

146 ASS shows his true ass

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 06:11 PM (zNwXb)

147 140:Example 136. Outed itself as an anti Semite so likely a Democrat or foreign rat.

Posted by: whig

A Learing Center Graduate! Have some respect!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 31, 2025 06:11 PM (sAmhv)

148 He still said p**sy.

Posted by: Karen McAwfl at December 31, 2025 06:11 PM (2Ez/1)

149 COPA act means property may not be sold without city permission.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 06:12 PM (RIvkX)

150 I like it better when he talks about the yummy shit pebbles in his mouth

Posted by: barbarausa at December 31, 2025 06:12 PM (enw9G)

151 123 I have leveraged the great force of cheese. That's right. Two baked brie. One brown sugar, the other jam, fruit and nuts. Also crackers. No one can stop the cheese.
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CHEESE!!

Posted by: exdem13 at December 31, 2025 06:12 PM (XjTSo)

152 But this behavior continued until “someone complained”.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at December 31, 2025 06:05 PM (8nvxW)

Everybody knows pedos always stop after the first complaint.

Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 06:12 PM (E0p3T)

153
No one can stop the cheese.
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CHEESE!!

But cheese can stop YOU!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 06:14 PM (pkeXY)

154 Remember "We Will Never Forget"? Bullshit all along - just like "We're All in this Together".

They forgot. I'm not even sure they ever even knew. Dummies.

Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 05:56 PM (E0p3T)

"Boston Strong"
(But only thanks to our founders, the Somalis)

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 06:14 PM (6ydKt)

155 147 140:Example 136. Outed itself as an anti Semite so likely a Democrat or foreign rat.

Posted by: whig

A Learing Center Graduate! Have some respect!
Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 31, 2025 06:11 PM (sAmhv)

A paid Learing Center grad...

Posted by: Nova Local at December 31, 2025 06:14 PM (tOcjL)

156 4 Epstein yesterday, today, and tomorrow. He will never die.
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We should never let it die. Epstein's sordid life & non-suicide were a warning that the global homo elitists running our Republic into the ground had gotten cocky & sure of themselves while in their positions of empowerment.

Posted by: exdem13 at December 31, 2025 06:14 PM (XjTSo)

157 149 COPA act means property may not be sold without city permission.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 06:12 PM (RIvkX)

Sounds like a great opportunity for some malicious compliance....

Posted by: Warai-otoko at December 31, 2025 06:15 PM (06Hmj)

158 >>No one can stop the cheese.

Sounds muensterous!!

Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 06:15 PM (NuV6c)

159 Going back to the fake daycares.

I wonder how many will be mysteriously bombed or burnt up tonight.

New Years Eve fireworks would be a good cover.

The thieves are exposed so if they're being shutdown, they can collect insurance money.

I don't like being cynical, but I can see that happening.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 31, 2025 06:04 PM (3ek7K)

A childhood acquaintance's garage burned last year (they were fortunate that the rest of the house didn't burn and they weren't home at the time). When they looked at their Ring camera, they saw fireworks from a neighbor's yard hitting their garage and whoosh! The date? July 2.

Posted by: pookysgirl, letting a sick Lil Pooky crash on her at December 31, 2025 06:15 PM (Wt5PA)

160 I have leveraged the great force of cheese.
Posted by: banana Dream

How much Febreeze do you have on hand?

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 31, 2025 06:16 PM (mlg/3)

161 Sounds muensterous!!

Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 06:15 PM (NuV6

When they made you Lizzy, they broke the mold.

Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 06:16 PM (E0p3T)

162 150 I like it better when he talks about the yummy shit pebbles in his mouth
Posted by: barbarausa at December 31, 2025 06:12 PM (enw9G)

That's the post he uses when he's typing on his phone and just lets autofill work to show he's here and active to his paymasters...

Posted by: Nova Local at December 31, 2025 06:16 PM (tOcjL)

163 >>When they made you Lizzy, they broke the mold.

It was a feta-compli!

Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 06:16 PM (NuV6c)

164 114 The WSJ editorial page is somewhat conservative , but the "reporters " are as left as any other propaganda ministry
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Robert Bartley was responsible for the editorial page being unapologetically conservative. He died in 2003. Bancroft family sold the WSJ to the Murdochs in 2007. And then it descended into typical globo homo copy of Bloomberg publications and for the same reason.

They saw billions to be made in shitty authoritarian countries like China and from supporting outsourcing American wealth to the world.

Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 06:16 PM (WDjG6)

165
Anyone going out tonight, head on a swivel for drunk drivers and crazy people shooting off guns.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 31, 2025 06:16 PM (3ek7K)

166 152 But this behavior continued until “someone complained”.

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at December 31, 2025 06:05 PM (8nvxW)

Everybody knows pedos always stop after the first complaint.
Posted by: ...

I found this line most interesting: he failed to do anything to protect anyone outside of his employ.

I remember Lefty girls high fiving each other over Carrie Fisher girl-bossing against Harvey Weinstein, because she sent him a cow tongue in a box and warned him to leave a young girl actor she knew alone. My TDS wife mentioned it to me, and I asked "why didn't Carrie threaten him publicly to protect all the other girls?" Yeah....she didn't like that...

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at December 31, 2025 06:17 PM (8nvxW)

167 Had you visited New York in the past 10 years you might have. It’s bewildering how fast the change was. NYC was always “diverse”. But in 10ish years it went from diverse to practically no Americans left and Muslims a sizable percentage of the population.
Posted by: Really? at December 31, 2025 05:59 PM (tNkpt)

How many of those low IQ savages are getting a hand out from the Local, State and Federal governments?

Posted by: 100 Percent at December 31, 2025 06:17 PM (R/m4+)

168 The Learning Center. We help every student live up to their PUtential.

(Make up your own slogans!)

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 06:17 PM (2sfNr)

169 It was a feta-compli!

Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 06:16 PM (NuV6c)

You're always goating me into more puns, but talk is sheep.

Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 06:18 PM (E0p3T)

170 150 I like it better when he talks about the yummy shit pebbles in his mouth
Posted by: barbarausa

Cocoa Pebbles > shit pebbles > Kaboom pebbles

Posted by: Intercepted Reddit Transmissions brought by the Intrepid AoS Liaison at December 31, 2025 06:18 PM (8nvxW)

171 Facts don’t matter to the Left, but they do matter to us, so it seems worthwhile just to point out, for the record, that Epstein was first indicted for sex trafficking in 2006, and Trump booted him out of Mar a Lago in 2003.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 06:18 PM (m7iZ5)

172 A Learing Center Graduate! Have some respect!
Posted by: Puddleglum
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I think part of the curriculum is painting with one's own excrement. Expressing themselves indeed.

Culinary skills are also taught how to hunt American housepets for food.

Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 06:18 PM (WDjG6)

173 Does this aliassmith guy have a head shaped like a candy corn?

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at December 31, 2025 06:18 PM (8CIFn)

174 Nova Local, I thought it was some kind of blog wizardry by hamster-power that allowed Ace or the COBs to flip a switch and create comments for him, when they got tired of his regular crap.

Posted by: barbarausa at December 31, 2025 06:19 PM (enw9G)

175 171 Facts don’t matter to the Left, but they do matter to us, so it seems worthwhile just to point out, for the record, that Epstein was first indicted for sex trafficking in 2006, and Trump booted him out of Mar a Lago in 2003.
Posted by: Tom Servo
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The left and a few posters around here don't really want any facts, they want Jews to be blamed for Epstein by any means possible.

Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 06:19 PM (WDjG6)

176 >>You're always goating me into more puns, but talk is sheep.

It's all gouda!!

Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 06:20 PM (NuV6c)

177 Posted by: fourseasons at December 31, 2025 06:16 PM (3ek7K)

Thanks. Im not going out. We're going to watch an old movie favorite , "The Trouble With Angels" with Hayley Mills and Rosalind Russell.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 06:20 PM (2sfNr)

178 Facts don’t matter to the Left, but they do matter to us, so it seems worthwhile just to point out, for the record, that Epstein was first indicted for sex trafficking in 2006, and Trump booted him out of Mar a Lago in 2003.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 06:18 PM (m7iZ5)

Next the Left will prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that there is no such thing as a "Trump", or a "Mar-a-Lago".

Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 06:20 PM (E0p3T)

179 I'll bet there will be a lot of parties in Minneappolis-St. Paul tonight whwere the main question going around is:

"Do you know a good Swiss bank with an online signup portal? How about Panama?"

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 06:21 PM (6ydKt)

180 I'll bet there will be a lot of parties in Minneappolis-St. Paul tonight whwere the main question going around is:

"Do you know a good Swiss bank with an online signup portal? How about Panama?"

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 06:21 PM (6ydKt)

Hopefully the Nigerian Princes will be out and about.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 06:22 PM (dK+Kv)

181 Nova Local, I thought it was some kind of blog wizardry by hamster-power that allowed Ace or the COBs to flip a switch and create comments for him, when they got tired of his regular crap.

Posted by: barbarausa at December 31, 2025 06:19 PM (enw9G)

Hamster wizards? oh, that is the last thing we need!

Posted by: pookysgirl, picturing a Harry Potter-Redwall crossover at December 31, 2025 06:22 PM (Wt5PA)

182
"Do you know a good Swiss bank with an online signup portal? How about Panama?"
Posted by: SpeakingOf

Wrong. Swiss banks bent the knee to the Globohomo bank mafia after 2008. Hawala is where it be.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 31, 2025 06:22 PM (mlg/3)

183 131 Going to be interesting to see what New York does for the 25th Anniversary of 9/11
Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 05:58 PM (mP0Kj)
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They'll do some things for some people.
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I'm waiting for Mamdani to speak on 7/04/26, where he will extoll the contributions of Muslims to the American Revolution, and claim the Jews burned down NYC after the British captured it in order to drive up rental rates for the Redcoats.

Posted by: exdem13 at December 31, 2025 06:22 PM (XjTSo)

184 Nood

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 06:23 PM (dK+Kv)

185
pookysgirl,

We live in a desert like area. No rain or snow for a very long time.

Everything is dry and one firework could be dangerous.

I love fireworks. I hope people will use their brains tonight.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 31, 2025 06:23 PM (3ek7K)

186 >>"Do you know a good Swiss bank with an online signup portal? How about Panama?"

Too complex. Probably more like gypsies, will simply change their names and disappear into another state's Somali community.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 06:23 PM (NuV6c)

187 Wrong. Swiss banks bent the knee to the Globohomo bank mafia after 2008. Hawala is where it be.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 31, 2025 06:22 PM (mlg/3)

There's always BitCoin.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 06:24 PM (6ydKt)

188 When was the last time a sexual harrasement allegation got sent by fax?

Posted by: Frank Barone at December 31, 2025 05:25 PM (IifOV)

It was quite frequent back in the day. Trump owns a bunch of properties and was probably getting a daily report from each one. I know the guy I worked for back in the late 80's and 90's had a fax machine at his house to get a daily report from the companies that he owned.

Posted by: Ashley Judd's Puffy Scamper at December 31, 2025 06:24 PM (k1E2D)

189 142 The sharia patrol isn't going to let anything happen tonight
Posted by: Ben Had
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Good bouncers can control a room without the patrons ever being aware.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 06:25 PM (hVbrz)

190 MN vouches for a NOOD.

Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at December 31, 2025 06:25 PM (tDhJ5)

191 30 -- I am very surprised nothing happened Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. Maybe the Islamofascists have been saving it for tonight as a foretaste of what to expect in 2026.

Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at December 31, 2025 06:26 PM (DK5Sh)

192 171 Facts don’t matter to the Left, but they do matter to us, so it seems worthwhile just to point out, for the record, that Epstein was first indicted for sex trafficking in 2006, and Trump booted him out of Mar a Lago in 2003.
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This is true, and should be repeated. However, we should also anticipate that the Leftards will quickly & fiercely take the opposite stance in anything related to Trump, because TDS is a terrible disease. I don't even know why the midterms should be considered close, due to the Left's craziness. Oh wait, the GOP is the Stupid Party.

Posted by: exdem13 at December 31, 2025 06:27 PM (XjTSo)

193 We are about to see if 10% of the government can arrest 90% of the government

Posted by: Azjaeger at December 31, 2025 06:27 PM (3/XaG)

194
"And stay out of the Woolworth's!"

Posted by: Don Black at December 31, 2025 06:29 PM (ZxPkt)

195 >>> (3uBP9)
====
You baked a brie and did not drizzle?

One must drizzle on the baked brie. This is known.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 06:02 PM (RIvkX)

Oh I drizzled baby. You can count on that.

Posted by: banana Dream - The Drizzler at December 31, 2025 06:33 PM (3uBP9)

196 24 years after 9/11, New York elects an Islamist as Mayor.

Sure did not have THAT on my bingo card.
Posted by: Romeo13

It's a new generation.
9/11 was, like, a lifetime ago ...

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 06:34 PM (/lPRQ)

197 The problem with getting your dog hopped up on cbds before NY night fireworks is it definitely gives them the munchies. I should have picked up a gnaw stick.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 06:36 PM (3uBP9)

198 25th anniversary?
Open the 9/11 Mosque

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 06:36 PM (Ia/+0)

199 Hello, just wanted to mention, I liked this article.
It was funny. Keep on posting!

Posted by: homepage at December 31, 2025 11:12 PM (TMXRc)

Somali Pirate: Racist Thieves Broke Into Our Very Legitimate Day Care and Stole All the Enrollment and Employee Records That Would Prove This Is a Legitimate Business and Not a Pirate Plundering Operation

Drat -- the racist thieves stole the very documents that would allow the pirates to clear their good piratical names!

Oh, and he slips it in that they tore off checks from the "day care's" checkbook, too. Not the whole checkbook, for some reason, but just certain checks.

So if you find any checks from the company going to pay for obviously-personal luxuries -- well, that must have been the racist thieves.

So convenient of the thieves.

He also -- get this -- claims to be a victim of racism, you Racists.

A Somali-run day care in Minneapolis is claiming somebody broke in and stole "important documents" as the national spotlight shines on the unfolding multibillion-dollar fraud scandal involving Minnesota human services.
Nasrulah Mohamed, manager of Nakomis Day Care Center, told reporters that a suspect entered through the kitchen at the rear of the facility, damaging a wall and breaking into the building's office, sometime on Tuesday.
He said the alleged prowler stole "important documentation" including children's enrollment information, employee documentation and checkbooks.

Nasrulah Mohamed, manager of Nakomis Day Care Center, at a press conference with other individuals, one of whom holds a sign that reads "Racism Has NO Place in Childcare". ]

Absolute LOL.

Look at that uggo Karen holding her Racists Repent! sign.

Mohamed blamed last week's viral video by YouTuber Nick Shirley, in which he visited nearly a dozen day care facilities looking for evidence of fraud, for the incident.

"This is devastating news, and we don't know why this is targeting our Somali community as one video made by a specific individual made this all happen," he said, claiming they've received "hateful" and "threatening" messages over the last several days.
"This is frightening and exhausting," he said, calling Shirley's reporting "false."
Nakomis Day Care Center was not one of the facilities featured in Shirley's video, which has been viewed over 110 million times.

At least $1 billion in fraud has been uncovered by authorities in Minneapolis so far, including fraudulent food, housing and child care payments, with warnings from the US Attorney's Office that the true figure could be as high as $9 billion.
Ninety-two people have been arrested in connection with the scheme, 80 of whom are Somali immigrants.
On Tuesday night, the US Department of Health and Human Services announced it was freezing all child care payments to Minnesota -- which totaled $185 million in 2025 alone -- unless proof is provided that the payments are legitimate.

🚨 OMG.

Somali daycare manager speaks to the media after his �business� was allegedly broken into, claims student enrollment and employee documentation was stolen.

You cannot make this up. pic.twitter.com/VgiCncTsoy
— johnny maga (@_johnnymaga) December 31, 2025

This was widely predicted by people who also don't have access to my time machine:

pic.twitter.com/aFHptX5qyi
— tazinbay (@tazinbays) December 31, 2025

Did I call it or did I call it? https://t.co/q6yi4Qum4R pic.twitter.com/Ii9UyuehbE
— Bad Hombre (@Badhombre) December 31, 2025

Tucker Carlson has nothing to say about this -- I guess it's more anti-Muslim "hate" stirred up by the Jews -- but Trump has commented:

The media is investigating.

I mean, they're investigating Nick Shirley and relying on claims by Tim Walz's corrupt government that everything's kosher.

Whoops, shouldn't have said kosher. That will just encourage Tucker Carlson and his Nazi family of scumbags.

Jaw-dropping journalism.

"Are you committing fraud?"

"No."

"I believe you!"
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 31, 2025

�We talked to the maybe complicit government, the investigators who green-lit millions of tax dollars for daycares without kids, and the people who are benefiting from potential fraud, and they all said there�s nothing to see here,� Real Journalists�️ https://t.co/vRjY7NL6kq
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) December 31, 2025

CNN opens the segment by introducing Nick Shirley as someone who has posted anti-muslim and anti-immigrant content in the past and calls him a MAGA influencer. They also imply that Nick Shirley falsified his claims by going to the daycares during off-business hours. pic.twitter.com/w95M04X6OQ
— Autism Capital 🧩 (@AutismCapital) December 31, 2025

Posted by: Ace at 04:10 PM

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1 Foist!

Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 04:12 PM (vFG9F)

2 Somebody broke in and stole all my cocaine!

Posted by: Hunter at December 31, 2025 04:13 PM (vFG9F)

3 I'm very tired and the top headline made me laugh. Thanks, Ace.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 04:14 PM (Yl2Ob)

4 This is literally the "dog ate my homework" excuse.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 31, 2025 04:15 PM (0N4FZ)

5 When I was five, I took a $20 from Mom's purse, walked to the corner and hid it.

Then I turned around and 'found' it. It was mine. Legally mine.

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 31, 2025 04:15 PM (dtajH)

6 Anybody heard from Jon Thune? Anybody?

Posted by: Kingsman at December 31, 2025 04:15 PM (ehY6c)

7 Why would thieves want records? No poop swastikas?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 04:15 PM (UgvXX)

8 Now we see if the black card can overcome defrauding the government!

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 31, 2025 04:16 PM (URXDc)

9 Folks, we've got to pace ourselves. If we go all in on the mockery right away we'll burn out, and then they'll sneak away when we aren't looking.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 04:16 PM (Riz8t)

10 LMAO...it keeps getting better. If you are going to defraud the Federal Govt....use checks. They don't keep records of those things.

Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 04:16 PM (dIske)

11 Look at that uggo Karen holding her Racists Repent! sign.

Stockholm Syndrome

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 04:16 PM (a4flb)

12 I am waiting for a Somalian to claim his Daycare was lost in a tragic boating accident.

Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 04:16 PM (grNgC)

13 Nasrulah Mohamed, manager of Nakomis Day Care Center, told reporters that a suspect entered through the kitchen at the rear of the facility, damaging a wall and breaking into the building's office, sometime on Tuesday.

"And to make matters even worse, then he left a Cadillac in my driveway!"

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 04:16 PM (guGkK)

14 Drat -- the racist thieves stole the very documents that would allow the pirates to clear their good piratical names!

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"Oh, well, I guess all is fine. Go on and continue."

I mean...nah. I suspect the scale within each daycare is massive. Like, they're essentially just homes for the second to fifth wives of individual men, getting paid to take care of their own kids while they say that each has 40 enrollees.

A concentrated investigation of like three at once will show all three unable to fill their rosters ever.

The Somali population in Minnesota and across America is about to decline rapidly.

And suddenly Minnesota Democrats will be all, "Why do you act like I spoke Somali and dressed up in a hijab? I never did that."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 04:16 PM (GBKbO)

15 Oh and the thieves also stole my kid's homework. Ate it, in fact.

Posted by: Mohammad M. Mohammad at December 31, 2025 04:17 PM (qUkBO)

16 4 This is literally the "dog ate my homework" excuse.

Not quite. This is the "the dog broke into my locker, ate my homework, gave a Nazi salute, and then pooped in the cafeteria" excuse.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 04:17 PM (Riz8t)

17 The only thing missing here is "This is MAGA country!" left spray painted on the wall.

Posted by: Mark1971 at December 31, 2025 04:17 PM (CNl8/)

18 They're just racists doing the racist jobs the racist FBI guys don't want to do. It's a labor of racist love, really. Racist.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 04:18 PM (dK+Kv)

19 including children's enrollment information, employee documentation
________
Both of which bring top dollar on the street, right?

Posted by: Eeyore at December 31, 2025 04:18 PM (s0JqF)

20 >>Racism Has NO Place in Childcare".

Except, this isn't really "childcare."
That is kind of the point, isn't it?

Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 04:18 PM (fltLA)

21 Just wait till they start parading the Somali mothers who just happened to put their kids in the daycares in question.

This will get interesting very fast.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 31, 2025 04:18 PM (URXDc)

22 Posted by: Mark1971 at December 31, 2025 04:17 PM (CNl8/)

You forget the noose and "I hate Somalis."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 04:18 PM (Yl2Ob)

23 And as he spirited away the business's entire collection of exonerating records, he was heard to mutter the phrase, "this is MAGA Country!"

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 04:19 PM (guGkK)

24 Racism has no place in looting the taxpayer

Posted by: Halfhand at December 31, 2025 04:19 PM (edbiH)

25 Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 04:17 PM (Riz8t)

Bravo.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 04:19 PM (Yl2Ob)

26 https://youtu.be/lR-bhPzQYUE

The House GOP just released Jack Smith's deposition. This doesn't look good. A quiet New Year's Eve release means they want to bury it and that means they did no damage to Smith.

Posted by: Mark1971 at December 31, 2025 04:19 PM (CNl8/)

27 We will not restore the West until EVERY Somalian (and Haitian, ...) self deport out of fear over what they have done to good and decent americans with guns.

Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 04:20 PM (fltLA)

28 And suddenly Minnesota Democrats will be all, "Why do you act like I spoke Somali and dressed up in a hijab? I never did that."

Their lawyer will be Nathan Thurm.
https://youtu.be/Jv2-8BCPMGE

Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 04:20 PM (Riz8t)

29 The Blew Wall?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 04:20 PM (UgvXX)

30 You gotta love the media.

There is no bucket of water they won't carry for the cause.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 31, 2025 04:20 PM (URXDc)

31 Someone needs to tell that Somali in the still-frame on that video to tuck in his lip, Forrest Gump-style.

Posted by: Citizen Journalist at December 31, 2025 04:20 PM (TDLyG)

32 Nasrulah Mohamed, manager of Nakomis Day Care Center ...

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If Obama and Spike Lee had a love-child son ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 04:20 PM (rEr2I)

33 No, No, NO! You wait until the relevant government body schedules the audit, THEN, the night before the audit, a mysterious fire destroys the records!

Leave NO evidence or possibility of evidence behind. And you can score a nice payment from the insurance company on the way to your next scam, sorry, enterprise.

Trust me, somehow I know, do this twice and the government gives up trying.

Posted by: "Rev" Al Sharpton at December 31, 2025 04:20 PM (/gRa9)

34 Let's face it. Somalis are a disgusting people. Everybody knows it, hell even other Somalis think other Somalis are disgusting people. They bring nothing but hate, violence, crime, incest and low IQs.

The democrat Soros and Obongo people are laughing their asses off having brought these disgusting people here to live. Jokes On America.

Posted by: The Truth at December 31, 2025 04:21 PM (R/m4+)

35 This is literally the "dog ate my homework" excuse.
Posted by: Mister Scott
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"I don't recall"

Hillary Clinton, 39 times in Congressional hearing.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 04:21 PM (XeU6L)

36 The media playing cover is just trying to capture the narrative, but that's not going to affect the investigations already started by the Trump DOJ.

Remember, this whole news cycle started because of a news conference by the MN USA detailing some indictments while saying it was the tip of the iceberg.

Now you have midwit, unimpressive, spineless GOP congressmen in leadership calling for denaturalization.

CBS will convince its loyal viewers, but that's all they'll do. The Trump DOJ, DHS, and ICE will be deeply unconvinced.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 04:21 PM (GBKbO)

37 23 And as he spirited away the business's entire collection of exonerating records, he was heard to mutter the phrase, "this is MAGA Country!"
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 04:19 PM (guGkK

So it was the same people that bleached Jussie Smollet!!

Ye gads!

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 31, 2025 04:21 PM (URXDc)

38 Looks guilty to me.

Posted by: Jurors 1 thru 12 at December 31, 2025 04:21 PM (UjdFS)

39 Off business hours... Sure.. Because all daycares open at 2pm and close at 10pm right ?

Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 04:21 PM (VE6XX)

40 That fucking AWFL holding the sign in the first picture is the epitome of what is fucking wrong with this country.

Repeal the 19th!

With due respects to the 'ettes here and the many smart women in my life. Sadly, they're outnumbered by the brain-dead (men included) and the Republic is in grave danger because of them. The survival of the country is

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at December 31, 2025 04:22 PM (y0ylk)

41 Somali Lightning

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 04:22 PM (Ia/+0)

42

Shiver me Clit-Clippers!

Long Dong Somali . . .

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 31, 2025 04:22 PM (x0n13)

43 That little blonde ditz holding the "racism" sign is the poster child for every lefty white churchgoing nut who thru sheer naivety is hell-bent on destroying this nation.

Posted by: Crusader at December 31, 2025 04:22 PM (TN0g+)

44 more important than sexual politics.

Sorry, my finger hit the tab and sent before I was done.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at December 31, 2025 04:22 PM (y0ylk)

45 Look at that uggo Karen holding her Racists Repent! sign.

Our only crime was in trying to help disadvantaged Somali children to lear.

Posted by: Mohammed Mohammed Mohammed at December 31, 2025 04:22 PM (guGkK)

46 Look at that uggo Karen holding her Racists Repent! sign.

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Looks like she's missing some chromosomes.

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 04:22 PM (rEr2I)

47 40 That fucking AWFL holding the sign in the first picture is the epitome of what is fucking wrong with this country.

Looks like a hostage video

Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 04:23 PM (VE6XX)

48 That fucking AWFL holding the sign in the first picture is the epitome of what is fucking wrong with this country.

She's been getting that Somali pipe laid to her.

No self-respecting, god-fearing white man would touch her.

Posted by: Citizen Journalist at December 31, 2025 04:23 PM (TDLyG)

49 If ever there was an incident where "don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining" applies, this is it.

Posted by: PabloD at December 31, 2025 04:23 PM (tfChy)

50 Where all the white women at?!?!!!??

Posted by: Somali Daycare Magnate at December 31, 2025 04:23 PM (YrUlT)

51 "Children? Children??!!"

-Witch Hazel

Posted by: Bad Andrew at December 31, 2025 04:23 PM (DgMqy)

52 Behind blondie is the union muscle.

Posted by: Kingsman at December 31, 2025 04:24 PM (ehY6c)

53 It’s 2025 and you have no digital records or only hard copies?

Posted by: Really? at December 31, 2025 04:24 PM (tNkpt)

54 Not quite. This is the "the dog broke into my locker, ate my homework, gave a Nazi salute, and then pooped in the cafeteria" excuse.
Posted by: Archimedes at December 31,

"....so we must censor hate speech on internet.."

Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 04:24 PM (fltLA)

55 Lay off Karen and her wonderful sign. Can't you see how much effort she put into that. I count at least three different colors for emphasis. AND, it's nearly legible. And, look at the effort she is putting into that expression on her face (concern, sadness, righteous indignation). That's not easy.

Of course the dude standing behind her is pissed he had to put off his yoga class to, literally, stand behind her for support.

Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 04:24 PM (dIske)

56 Their lawyer will be Nathan Thurm.

Posted by: Archimedes
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I know that.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 04:24 PM (XeU6L)

57 Bet there will be copycat burglars all over the country

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 04:24 PM (Ia/+0)

58 Does Tim Walz survive this?

Not like it matters though. He's done politically on the national stage and even if he resigns to obscurity, another retard will take his place in the Land of a Billion mosquitoes.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 31, 2025 04:24 PM (URXDc)

59 How much you want to bet the Democrats are advising them what to do?

Posted by: steevy at December 31, 2025 04:25 PM (YwEeS)

60 This, the Somali fraud, is just the low hanging fruit of the entire corruption complex that empowers the Democrat left and likely not just a few in the RINO camp too. By breaking this open we will see where the next level is by who screams the most defending the indefensible.

Posted by: geoffb at December 31, 2025 04:25 PM (r//c2)

61 didn't a warehouse containing documents related to the clinton pals the mcdougalls mysteriously burn down at an inopportune moment years ago? funny how that happens

Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 31, 2025 04:25 PM (CWTWj)

62 Mr. Mohamed looks like he's barely old enough to be out of daycare himself.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 04:25 PM (ESVrU)

63 Record keeping must be pure hell for illiterates.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 04:25 PM (UgvXX)

64 58 Does Tim Walz survive this?

Not like it matters though. He's done politically on the national stage and even if he resigns to obscurity, another retard will take his place in the Land of a Billion mosquitoes.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 31, 2025 04:24 PM (URXDc)

======

I heard you just got engaged.

Did you happen to travel to Florida to get engaged?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 04:25 PM (GBKbO)

65 They also punched a big hole in a wall for no explained reason. Speculation on X is 'that's where they hid the cash and they wanted to get it out of there before the Feds showed up', which is exactly what you'd expect a room temperature IQ scammer to have done.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 04:25 PM (wa3mR)

66 He said the alleged prowler stole "important documentation" including children's enrollment information, employee documentation and checkbooks.

Outside of checkbooks this stuff is worthless to thieves and even the checkbooks are only worth anything if the victim doesn't know they've been stolen - breaking into the person's wall kind of gives it away.

Also...who stores enrollment documentation in their wall?!?

Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 04:26 PM (sKqQm)

67 govt money --> nonprofits --> dems

Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 31, 2025 04:26 PM (CWTWj)

68 Not like it matters though. He's done politically on the national stage and even if he resigns to obscurity, another retard will take his place in the Land of a Billion mosquitoes.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 31, 2025 04:24 PM (URXDc)
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Ultimately, we'll find out that the mosquitos are the masterminds behind all this fraud. Literal parasites.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 04:26 PM (ESVrU)

69 You cannot make this up.

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Never underestimate the power of Somali AR (Artificial Retardation) ChatBots.

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 04:26 PM (rEr2I)

70 This is the "the dog broke into my locker, ate my homework, gave a Nazi salute, and then pooped in the cafeteria"

Yours too?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 31, 2025 04:26 PM (Kt19C)

71 This is worse than the dog ate my homework

Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 04:26 PM (VE6XX)

72 There's one positive about that lying sack of shit is that he isn't wearing a Mariner's hat.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at December 31, 2025 04:26 PM (HTCU3)

73 48 That fucking AWFL holding the sign in the first picture is the epitome of what is fucking wrong with this country.

She's been getting that Somali pipe laid to her.

No self-respecting, god-fearing white man would touch her.
Posted by: Citizen Journalist at December 31, 2025 04:23 PM (TDLyG)

Debbie Wasserman Schultz spit-roasted by the Awan wogs.

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at December 31, 2025 04:26 PM (x0n13)

74 Did you happen to travel to Florida to get engaged?

Wouldn't that be crossing state lines? I remember when liberals said that was the worst crime on the books.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 04:26 PM (wa3mR)

75 62 Mr. Mohamed looks like he's barely old enough to be out of daycare himself.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 04:25 PM (ESVrU)

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Internet says he's 20 years old.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 31, 2025 04:26 PM (Vh9CX)

76 Lay off Karen and her wonderful sign. Can't you see how much effort she put into that. I count at least three different colors for emphasis. AND, it's nearly legible.

She's like a gifted six year-old. I'm surprised that she hasn't festooned her sign with a bunch of hearts.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 04:27 PM (guGkK)

77 Look at that uggo Karen holding her Racists Repent! sign.
__________

Bring Back Our Money

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 31, 2025 04:27 PM (XvL8K)

78 If ever there was an incident where "don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining" applies, this is it.
Posted by: PabloD
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The whole thing does have an SNL air about it. Too outrageous to believe, and yet...

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 04:27 PM (XeU6L)

79
So are the Somalis or their enablers going to fill out the missing checks to try and frame local rednecks?

(Whoever heard of a burglar pulling some checks out of a checkbook and leaving it instead of grabbing the whole thing and running?)

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 31, 2025 04:27 PM (azNOR)

80 53 It’s 2025 and you have no digital records or only hard copies?

Posted by: Really? at December 31, 2025 04:24 PM (tNkpt)

Retarded negroes.

They think the FBI and DHS won't be able to just contact their bank and find out who they've been writing checks to.

This is the problem with involving 68 IQ fresh off the boat blue-gums and their droopy Bubba lips in your fraud scheme.

Can we not at least fall victim to criminal masterminds instead of mental midgets?

Posted by: Citizen Journalist at December 31, 2025 04:27 PM (TDLyG)

81 I'd really like to see some of these fuckers dragged behind cars and trucks tonight while the public throws rocks and pisses on them.

Let them know it's something of a tradition now.

Happy New Year. Now, hold this rope.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 04:27 PM (NwnyJ)

82
Story making me think of this picture:

https://tinyurl.com/5n6k7mz9

Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 04:27 PM (E0p3T)

83 What's there to say other than fuck these people.

Posted by: Eloquence and reason are wasted effort at December 31, 2025 04:27 PM (TbWk/)

84 i hear the secondary market pays good money for documentation stolen from daycare centers.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 31, 2025 04:28 PM (CWTWj)

85 I heard you just got engaged.

Did you happen to travel to Florida to get engaged?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 04:25 PM (GBKbO)

I did.

I did not.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 31, 2025 04:28 PM (URXDc)

86 Can the feds just take over a state? Declare it non-compos-mentis on a state level, invalidate all it's courts and officials and just take over.

That is the only way anyone will be prosecuted (and even that is a forlorn hope) The bureaucrats will cover for the criminals, the judges will do what they always do, the lawyers will get rich, and the taxpayers will get fucked in the ass.

Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 04:28 PM (fltLA)

87 Actually, to that smarmy white AWFL holding the Racism...sign, Fucking Somali pirates have no place in Childcare!

You fucking C*nt! You need to be denaturalized and deported to Somalia.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at December 31, 2025 04:28 PM (y0ylk)

88 Internet says he's 20 years old.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 31, 2025 04:26 PM (Vh9CX)
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Fall guy.

Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 04:28 PM (rj6Yv)

89 Their lawyer will be Nathan Thurm.

Posted by: Archimedes
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I know that.

Why wouldn't you know that?

Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 04:28 PM (Riz8t)

90 She luvs her some of that SBD.
Skinny Black ____

Posted by: wth at December 31, 2025 04:29 PM (UjdFS)

91 Mali is closer.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 04:29 PM (UgvXX)

92 85 I did.

I did not.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 31, 2025 04:28 PM (URXDc)

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1. Congrats.

2. For a minute there...I thought you were my younger brother. From Alabama...who also got engaged in the last few days.

That would have been crazy. But otherwise, congrats.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 04:29 PM (GBKbO)

93 84 i hear the secondary market pays good money for documentation stolen from daycare centers.
Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 31, 2025 04:28 PM (CWTWj)

THat's it.... The Learing center broke in to steal their student roster !

Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 04:29 PM (VE6XX)

94
That guy looks like a poster child for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.

Rather appropriate that he's wearing a New Yawk Yankees hat.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 31, 2025 04:29 PM (y9nCu)

95 Somebody on X made the interesting point that we should be banning immigration from all places, like Somalia, where cousin marriage is the norm, since that is completely incompatible with Western society.

God knows there is enough nepotism in the West, but nevertheless there is an expectation that you will do business with people who you aren't related to, that you will hire people that you aren't related to, and you will generally interact in society mostly with people who you aren't related to.

That is absolutely not the case in a clan-based society - you hire only people that you are related to, you try to do business only with people that you are related to, and you have as little as possible to do with people that you aren't related to.

It's a completely different (and inferior) social construct, but it is fundamentally incompatible with Western culture.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 31, 2025 04:29 PM (xTIDn)

96 re 80: this just in, the bank was broken into and all the documentation was stolen, first national back of mogadishu

Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 31, 2025 04:30 PM (CWTWj)

97 My guess that woman is getting a cut of the fraud

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 04:30 PM (Ia/+0)

98 What's there to say other than fuck these people.
Posted by: Eloquence
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There is a great deal to be said, and done. We should be in the sticks and stones phase.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 04:30 PM (XeU6L)

99 In the Shirley video there is a Karen who shows up to one of the “daycare centers” and starts screaming something like don’t open the door ICE is here. Over and over. It’s like she’s in a trance.

Posted by: Really? at December 31, 2025 04:30 PM (tNkpt)

100 Blonde woman with the sign could be a hostage. The Mogadishu syndrome is a real thing.

Who is John Galt ?

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at December 31, 2025 04:30 PM (bg3bN)

101 Mid terms are coming up. Massive fraud is being exposed on the Democrats side.

I wonder if the DNC is now scrambling to find money elsewhere now that their money laundering schemes are being exposed?

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (UJMvS) at December 31, 2025 04:30 PM (UJMvS)

102 Internet says he's 20 years old.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 31, 2025 04:26 PM (Vh9CX)
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Fall guy.
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You have to have a Fall guy.

Posted by: Chris Carter, NFL Analyst and Moralist at December 31, 2025 04:30 PM (TN0g+)

103 Micro Cephallic.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 04:30 PM (UgvXX)

104 The (insert group) backlash is horrible!

This is now who we are as Americans!

Conservatives are racist!

Now it's (insert important information) was eaten by the doggo.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 31, 2025 04:30 PM (URXDc)

105 43 That little blonde ditz holding the "racism" sign is the poster child for every lefty white churchgoing nut who thru sheer naivety is hell-bent on destroying this nation.
Posted by: Crusader at December 31, 2025 04:22 PM (TN0g+)

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10 to 1 she heads up an NGO 'non-profit' that assists our poor immigrints on setting up daycares. All funded by the HHS of course.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 31, 2025 04:30 PM (Vh9CX)

106 She luvs her some of that SBD.
Skinny Black ____

Wait, does that mean our own Art Thread perpetrator is actually "Chalky Black D__k"?

Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 04:30 PM (wa3mR)

107 Outside of checkbooks this stuff is worthless to thieves and even the checkbooks ....

Posted by: 18-1 a

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Their play is that MAGA stole the documents to make it hard to defend themselves.

Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 04:30 PM (fltLA)

108 >>> 86 Can the feds just take over a state? Declare it non-compos-mentis on a state level, invalidate all it's courts and officials and just take over.

That is the only way anyone will be prosecuted (and even that is a forlorn hope) The bureaucrats will cover for the criminals, the judges will do what they always do, the lawyers will get rich, and the taxpayers will get fucked in the ass.
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 04:28 PM (fltLA)

At least a third of our states ought to be dropped back to territory status.

We should nominate Morons as military governors...

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 31, 2025 04:31 PM (ULPxl)

109 Let's face it. Somalis are a disgusting people. Everybody knows it, hell even other Somalis think other Somalis are disgusting people. They bring nothing but hate, violence, crime, incest and low IQs.

The democrat Soros and Obongo people are laughing their asses off having brought these disgusting people here to live. Jokes On America.

Posted by: The Truth at December 31, 2025 04:21 PM

somali's are a tribal people, you are either in the tribe or you are not in the tribe. If you are not in the tribe whatever they do to you or steal from you is fair game and it is an expected part of their behavior towards outsiders.

They aren't the only people like that, most of Africa and larges parts of Asia are tribal based.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 31, 2025 04:31 PM (0N4FZ)

110 17 The only thing missing here is "This is MAGA country!" left spray painted on the wall.
Posted by: Mark1971
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Were subway sandwiches involved? And muscular Nigerian males? They were wearing red hats, right?

Posted by: Jesse Smolett at December 31, 2025 04:31 PM (WDjG6)

111 someone wanted to make sure their records of kickback payments to the community disappeared.

Posted by: coba at December 31, 2025 04:31 PM (IuIym)

112 Poor kids were just starting to lear, then all hell breaks loose.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 04:31 PM (guGkK)

113 It's a completely different (and inferior) social construct, but it is fundamentally incompatible with Western culture.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 31, 2025 04:29 PM (xTIDn)
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Well ....

Posted by: The Hapsburgs at December 31, 2025 04:31 PM (rj6Yv)

114 That would have been crazy. But otherwise, congrats.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 04:29 PM (GBKbO)

That would wild. Two siblings posting on the same site forever and never realizing who the other one was.

Almost a weird book there.

Thanks!

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 31, 2025 04:32 PM (URXDc)

115 Micro Cephallic.

Soooo....a real d***head?

Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 04:32 PM (Riz8t)

116 If the average IQ of Somalis is 68 , the guy with the Yankees hat is below the line.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 04:32 PM (zNwXb)

117 I asked a couple questions of long dong Somali.
He shoved me out the door and I landed in the alley.
Oh baby, yeah
Oh baby
Baby,
Gonna be posting tonight

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at December 31, 2025 04:32 PM (8WtOr)

118 They aren't the only people like that, most of Africa and larges parts of Asia are tribal based.
Posted by: Mister Scott
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China uses CCP membership as a license to steal and India relies upon ancient caste system that emulate tribalism.

We use political parties, sportsball, and ideology for our tribalism.

Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 04:32 PM (WDjG6)

119 Children Learing Centers are required to have outdoor playgrounds which warehouses don't have.
So Minnesota licensing agencies are in on the con too.

Posted by: torabora at December 31, 2025 04:32 PM (KtOUo)

120 I wonder if the DNC is now scrambling to find money elsewhere now that their money laundering schemes are being exposed?

If Ukraine gets shut down, every liberal party in the West will go bankrupt simultaneously.

Watching the media try and explain that would be amazing.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 04:32 PM (wa3mR)

121 This is some funny shit going on.

The MSM is losing credibility by the hour.

And please pray for Nick’s safety. You know he has a target on him.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 31, 2025 04:33 PM (1wZKM)

122 63 Record keeping must be pure hell for illiterates.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 04:25 PM (UgvXX)

++++

LOL. Apparently it is so simple even a Somali can do it. I, on the other hand, feel like an idiot.

Posted by: washrivergal at December 31, 2025 04:33 PM (1Y4iD)

123 We need to ban immigration from all non-European countries, and even then only if their European lineage goes back 100 years.

Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 04:33 PM (fltLA)

124 Heard a radio interview yesterday with Nick Shirley, and he says the Criminal MDM-MSM Progda Enemedia Sycophantic Islamunist Whores are doxxing him and members of his family online.

He also said some newspaper in India wrote a story doxxing him and members of his family.

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 04:33 PM (rEr2I)

125 Racism Has NO Place in Childcare

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What in the hell is that even supposed to mean? This dumb, stupid Karen isn't even making any point relative to this uncovering of mass fraud against the taxpayers of this country. How does phony businesses milking taxpayers for $billions have anything to do with racism? My gawd, what an imbecile.

Posted by: Lady in Black at December 31, 2025 04:33 PM (qBdHI)

126 And the dude next to her with the AZOV Battalion haircut ?

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at December 31, 2025 04:33 PM (bg3bN)

127 93 84 i hear the secondary market pays good money for documentation stolen from daycare centers.
Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 31, 2025 04:28 PM (CWTWj)

THat's it.... The Learing center broke in to steal their student roster !
Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 04:29 PM (VE6XX)
______________________________

You can joke about it, but claiming that information was stolen on children attending a daycare is serious business for law enforcement. Especially since only one purpose presents itself if it really happened. They just invited a significant increase of law enforcement resources to the party while trying to end their current exposure. Of course they just staged it and made it up...but I don't think what results will improve their situation.

Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 04:33 PM (dIske)

128 114 That would wild. Two siblings posting on the same site forever and never realizing who the other one was.

Almost a weird book there.

Thanks!

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 31, 2025 04:32 PM (URXDc)

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We're like 15 years apart. We're not close. I'm not even sure I have his phone number. Well...I do now. I'm in a group text as of a couple of days ago.

But...my mother is the one who introduced me to this site. She doesn't comment, though.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 04:34 PM (GBKbO)

129 Look at that uggo Karen holding her Racists Repent! sign.

Karen has her biological needs, which her Somali warlords are only too happy to take care of.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 31, 2025 04:34 PM (Da7Vv)

130 That is absolutely not the case in a clan-based society - you hire only people that you are related to, you try to do business only with people that you are related to, and you have as little as possible to do with people that you aren't related to.

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This is why nothing in 3rd world shitholes ever works. Because the people hired to do build things like roads or electric grids are incompetent cousins of the people in charge.

Posted by: Really? at December 31, 2025 04:34 PM (tNkpt)

131 A 20 year old manager ? Riiiiight... Patsy

Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 04:34 PM (VE6XX)

132 120 I wonder if the DNC is now scrambling to find money elsewhere now that their money laundering schemes are being exposed?
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If Ukraine gets shut down, every liberal party in the West will go bankrupt simultaneously.

Watching the media try and explain that would be amazing.
Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 04:32 PM (wa3mR)

We will defy OrangeManBad by increasing our funding of NGOs to make up the gap!!!

Posted by: EU at December 31, 2025 04:34 PM (ULPxl)

133 Nakatomi Day Care!

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 04:34 PM (pkeXY)

134 The MSM is losing credibility by the hour.

It's not just the MSM.

It's Teh Narrative, period.

The peasants are revolting.

Posted by: Citizen Journalist at December 31, 2025 04:35 PM (TDLyG)

135 "Racism Has NO Place in Childcare"

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Who bitch dis is???

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 31, 2025 04:35 PM (qtBQt)

136 This is amazingly bold, and actually a hell of a plan. They’re doing “the boat sank with all my guns in it, I’m so devastated “ play right out in front of everyone, with news cameras and everything. They now have the perfect excuse for not having records of anything.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 04:36 PM (m7iZ5)

137 >>> 135 "Racism Has NO Place in Childcare"

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Who bitch dis is???
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 31, 2025 04:35 PM (qtBQt)

A stupid one, who needs to be slapped by a license-bearing 'Ette.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 31, 2025 04:36 PM (ULPxl)

138 So only "some" checks were removed not the whole book ? You mean the check for the new BMW ? The thieves must have written that....

Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 04:36 PM (VE6XX)

139 You fucking C*nt! You need to be denaturalized and deported to Somalia.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at December 31, 2025 04:28 PM (y0ylk)

She probably secretly loves the idea of being rogered by these animals until she finds out that even these animals have standards and would probably avoid her like the plague. Heh.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at December 31, 2025 04:36 PM (y0ylk)

140 Nakatomi Day Care?

Children guaranteed to have a blast.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 31, 2025 04:36 PM (3630A)

141 Trump & Co recently released a report on US global strategic priorities:

1. Fortress Americas with a latter-day Monroe Doctrine

2. The Far East. We'll try to get China to play nice, but if not see #1

3. Europe. Has lost its way. If they don't find their way back, it's on them. See #1

4. Africa. Benign neglect. See #1

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 31, 2025 04:36 PM (dtajH)

142 Children Learing Centers are required to have outdoor playgrounds which warehouses don't have.
So Minnesota licensing agencies are in on the con too.
Posted by: torabora at December 31, 2025 04:32 PM (KtOUo)
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Of course they are. Does anyone seriously think this "manager" has proper licensing and other necessary documentation to run a daycare center?

The same folks handing out CDLs to illiterate illegals are handing out similar fraudulent credentials to these inbred Somalis for exactly the same reasons.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 04:36 PM (ESVrU)

143 The peasants are revolting.
Posted by: Citizen Journalist at December 31, 2025 04:35 PM (TDLyG)

But you I like!

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 04:36 PM (m7iZ5)

144
62 Mr. Mohamed looks like he's barely old enough to be out of daycare himself.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 04:25 PM (ESVrU)

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He has an IQ of 95. By local standards, a genius.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 31, 2025 04:37 PM (azNOR)

145 Saw Uggo Karen open for Limp Bizkit at Ray James stadium in Denver in '95

Posted by: Maj. Healey at December 31, 2025 04:37 PM (abIsI)

146 Nasrulah Mohamed, manager of Nakomis Day Care Center, told reporters that a suspect entered through the kitchen at the rear of the facility, damaging a wall and breaking into the building's office, sometime on Tuesday.

How about the video security camera footage that is required by Minnesota law (142B.6

requiring licensed child care centers to install video security cameras, mandates at least 80% coverage at 720p/15fps and retained for a minimum of 28 days?

Did that get looted too?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 04:37 PM (a4flb)

147 Did the racist dog eat the paperwork?

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 31, 2025 04:37 PM (3630A)

148 "He also -- get this -- claims to be a victim of racism, you Racists."

They are BENEFACTORS of racism. The type of racism that is not anti-black, but is pro-black.

It is prejudice in FAVOR of blacks (especially foreign Muslim jihadi blacks).

Posted by: illiniwek at December 31, 2025 04:37 PM (vbXSk)

149 Somebody tell the stupid white chick holding her stupid sign that she can take her claim of racism and shove it up her squeak hole. This isn't racism sugartits, this is wide scale fraud and corruption.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 04:37 PM (2WIwB)

150 Lost carbons of paper checks?
No problem. Banks just scan them now and you have to go on line to get the images.

WTF, why are all the checks written to "cash"?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 04:38 PM (/lPRQ)

151 If you want to open a whole 'nother can of worms, investigate how many Somali women and girls born in the United States have been subjected to female genital mutilation.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 31, 2025 04:38 PM (xTIDn)

152 Usually you have to provide documentation to justify payments being made. The Somalis saying "it was stolen" doesn't halt that requirement"

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 04:38 PM (zNwXb)

153 Of course it's not a Somalian daycare.
It has a roof, a real floor (not dirt) and indoor plumbing.

Posted by: wth at December 31, 2025 04:38 PM (UjdFS)

154 Maryland Man is officially a free man. ICE said they will not try to detain him because a judge’s order is in place which specifically bars his detention. So unless the judge revokes the order (about as much of a chance as Tim Walz investigating Somali fraud), he’s a free man.

Incredible.

Posted by: Really? at December 31, 2025 04:39 PM (tNkpt)

155 86 Can the feds just take over a state? Declare it non-compos-mentis on a state level, invalidate all it's courts and officials and just take over.

That is the only way anyone will be prosecuted (and even that is a forlorn hope) The bureaucrats will cover for the criminals, the judges will do what they always do, the lawyers will get rich, and the taxpayers will get fucked in the ass.
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 04:28 PM (fltLA)

--------

A $20,000 annual per person non-citizen resident fee.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 31, 2025 04:39 PM (Vh9CX)

156 I can honestly say I never anticipated the Democrats and their third world leeches would turn their looting of the nation into a stand-up comedy routine. But here we are. Next up leftist judges setting them all free.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at December 31, 2025 04:39 PM (HTCU3)

157 One thing's for sure -

Every time a Commie complains about the lack of funding for their pet government project, DJT can come back with "If it weren't for the industrial-grade fraud committed during the Biden Administration ..."

Higher exemption for "taxes on tips"? "If it weren't for the the fraud back in ..."

More money for S.S.? "During the Biden Administration, the fraud ..."

Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 04:39 PM (rj6Yv)

158 "Somali Pirate: Racist Thieves Broke Into Our Very Legitimate Day Care and Stole All the Enrollment and Employee Records That Would Prove This Is a Legitimate Business and Not a Pirate Plundering Operation"

OH NO!

Posted by: javems at December 31, 2025 04:39 PM (rW5qH)

159 I'm not mad at Democrats about this. I expect this from them. Hell, I expect this from the GoPe now. Bunch of feckless corrupt wusses, the lot of them. I mostly raging against the msm. Smug halfwits, who preen like they are high priests of TROOF!! The entire industry needs to be burned down, ashes scattered, ground salted where it once stood. I loath the bastards!

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 31, 2025 04:39 PM (sAmhv)

160
When I was five, I took a $20 from Mom's purse, walked to the corner and hid it.

Then I turned around and 'found' it. It was mine. Legally mine.
Posted by: Ignoramus

That was a Leave It To Beaver episode.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 04:39 PM (pkeXY)

161 When we get to the bottom of this multi-billion dollar theft of taxpayer money over the past several years, I want to see more that just all of these third worlders deported.

I want to see the politicians who coordinated this in return for a cut of the money to get the death penalty.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 04:39 PM (0U5gm)

162 She wants to be in on the story, let's make her part of the story. What's her name? I did a first level run at a search but didn't yet get anything.

Posted by: Crusader at December 31, 2025 04:40 PM (TN0g+)

163 And the dude next to her with the AZOV Battalion haircut ?
Posted by: Going deep. Out. at December 31, 2025 04:33 PM (bg3bN)

I cannot be the only person sick to death of the modern "I'm going to address the media so here is my backdrop of people whose presence, theoretically, lends credence to whatever bullshit I'm about to spew - some of them may be holding retarded signs" press conference.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 04:40 PM (ExV1e)

164 Not the Bee

Maryland Man gies on celebratory soree leaving eight dead.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 31, 2025 04:40 PM (3630A)

165 "Lost carbons of paper checks?"

So, FI's scan all the checks and their check processors have digital copies of the images.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at December 31, 2025 04:40 PM (DgMqy)

166 If it's true then yeah baby, i'm gonna cut my dick off and give you a million dollars.

If i win, you have to play an adult game with me.

Posted by: thug dolphin at December 31, 2025 04:40 PM (EyfuW)

167 I did not eat those cookies. Somebody broke in and stole them.

- Skinny with crumbs on face

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 04:41 PM (/lPRQ)

168 By the shores of Gitche Gumee,
By the shining Big-Seawater
Stood the wigwam of Nokomis
Daughter of the moon Nokomis.

__________________________

I remembered Nokomis. Now you have to remember it too?

Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 04:41 PM (dIske)

169 Mohamed blamed last week's viral video by YouTuber Nick Shirley, in which he visited nearly a dozen day care facilities looking for evidence of fraud, for the incident.

---

Dear leftists,

They are not lying to me, they are lying to you. They know I, and my fellow conservatives will never believe this utter horseshit of a story... but you and your cult will dig in and defend them... cuz you are really stupid and deserve to be cuckholded by your government

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 31, 2025 04:41 PM (qtBQt)

170 at twitchy: "Manager Nasrulah Mohamed reported that the suspect stole important employee and client documents"

just one suspect? and: "The Minneapolis Police have confirmed that *nothing* was stolen."

Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 31, 2025 04:41 PM (CWTWj)

171 Look at that uggo Karen holding her Racists Repent! sign.

Tens of thousands of interchangable uggo Karens voting is why MN is what it is.

Posted by: mikeski at December 31, 2025 04:41 PM (nhCoE)

172 The fox says that the hen house is 'clean as a whistle'. His words; 'clean as a whistle'.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 04:41 PM (jc0TO)

173 A 20 year old manager ? Riiiiight... Patsy
Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 04:34 PM (VE6XX)

That is not true at all. Erika Kirk was running an orphanage when she was in her 20's

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 04:42 PM (rbvCR)

174 I am going to dip out. This crap has me feeling typey-deletey.

Happy New Year, horde.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 04:42 PM (dK+Kv)

175 Dear leftists,

They are not lying to me, they are lying to you. They know I, and my fellow conservatives will never believe this utter horseshit of a story... but you and your cult will dig in and defend them... cuz you are really stupid and deserve to be cuckholded by your government
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 31, 2025 04:41 PM

Poetry.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 04:42 PM (jc0TO)

176 Someone should tell her it's harder to read her sign with the multi-colored printing. (At least it is for me)

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 04:43 PM (pkeXY)

177 They stole all the children, too! Where are they?!

Posted by: "For Kids Who Don't Read Good" at December 31, 2025 04:43 PM (WTWWW)

178 A Somali-run day care in Minneapolis is claiming somebody broke in and stole "important documents"
----
And that video of him fscking underage goats?

Someone hacked his Facebook page.

Posted by: buddhaha at December 31, 2025 04:43 PM (M5t5H)

179 That was a Leave It To Beaver episode.
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 04:39 PM (pkeXY)
===

I bet it was Eddie Haskell's idea.

Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 04:43 PM (rj6Yv)

180 I’ve done a thorough investigation and have found no evidence of any organized crime in the state of New Jersey.

The case is now closed.

Posted by: Tony Soprano at December 31, 2025 04:43 PM (tNkpt)

181 2 p.m. to 10 p.m.

Samir's Swingshiftgarten

Posted by: SloPitch Whiffer at December 31, 2025 04:44 PM (NYInA)

182 136 This is amazingly bold, and actually a hell of a plan. They’re doing “the boat sank with all my guns in it, I’m so devastated “ play right out in front of everyone, with news cameras and everything. They now have the perfect excuse for not having records of anything.
Posted by: Tom Servo
======
Doesn't work. Checks are all imaged along with bank statements easily available.

Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 04:44 PM (WDjG6)

183 She probably secretly loves the idea of being rogered...

There are any number of photos of pro-migrant demonstrations with women holding signs specifically stating that they're down for a little of the old in-out with anyone who just entered the country with no known means of support. Because that's what empowered wimmins do, apparently.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 04:44 PM (ExV1e)

184 I have a many decades hippie friend who has become a complete toady for The Man since her husband died.

It'd unnerving how quickly she went from Fight the Power to defending the power.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 04:44 PM (jc0TO)

185 "Are you committing fraud?"

"No."

"I believe you!"

---

Now wipe the cum off of your chin

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 31, 2025 04:45 PM (qtBQt)

186 He's too stupid to even lie well.. The Karen looks like that because even she's embarrassed...

Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 04:45 PM (VE6XX)

187 Look at that uggo Karen holding her Racists Repent! sign.

That's the face you make when you find out you're going to jail. Or you tried to eat some of that fine Somali cuisine.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at December 31, 2025 04:45 PM (MZ+PY)

188 Europe. Has lost its way. If they don't find their way back, it's on them.

You know what might help them find their way back? US out of NATO. And, if that fails, at least the US is out of NATO.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 04:45 PM (ExV1e)

189 This is literally the "dog ate my homework" excuse.
Posted by: Mister Scott

Dogs are haram. It was the goat.

The sexy, sexy goat.

Posted by: N. Mohamed at December 31, 2025 04:46 PM (nhCoE)

190 omebody tell the stupid white chick holding her stupid sign that she can take her claim of racism and shove it up her squeak hole.

She's there in the hopes of someone, anyone shoving something up her squeak hole.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 04:46 PM (P9pDS)

191 By Grabthars Hammer I will avenge thee.

Just needed to work that in. Feel better now. More effective than GOPe.

Posted by: Kingsman at December 31, 2025 04:47 PM (ehY6c)

192 The R Kelly Learing Center?

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 31, 2025 04:47 PM (3630A)

193 We need to ban immigration from all non-European countries, and even then only if their European lineage goes back 100 years.

Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 04:33 PM (fltLA)

I find that acceptable.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 31, 2025 04:48 PM (snZF9)

194 I wonder if the DNC is now scrambling to find money elsewhere now that their money laundering schemes are being exposed?

While a portion of the laundered money goes to corrupting elections, much of it underwrites the maintenance of condos, private jets, chauffeured limos, yachts and other amenities enjoyed by "Citizens of The World". Staff, fuel, maintenance and booze costs money.

There is a reason why prime real-estate in the major cities doesn't seem to be effected by the anti-wealth policies. The elites have demanding tastes and exposing the fraud hurts them.

Expect the Empire to Strike Back as their luxuries and entitlements are jeopardized.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 04:48 PM (a4flb)

195 How about the video security camera footage that is required by Minnesota law (142B.6 requiring licensed child care centers to install video security cameras, mandates at least 80% coverage at 720p/15fps and retained for a minimum of 28 days?

Did that get looted too?
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 04:37 PM (a4flb)

Sadly, the system had been maintained by the same firm responsible for NY jails in the vicinity of the Epstein cell so they were all non-functional... at least for the duration of the break-in. -- Somali Security Systems, Ltd.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 04:48 PM (ExV1e)

196 from google: Eight members of a Maryland family were found dead in a house Monday when police went to check on the father, who had failed to show up for work

Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 31, 2025 04:49 PM (CWTWj)

197 CNN opens the segment by introducing Nick Shirley as someone who has posted anti-muslim and anti-immigrant content in the past and calls him a MAGA influencer. They also imply that Nick Shirley falsified his claims by going to the daycares during off-business hours.

---

He went there after Christmas break started. School is closed and parents still have to work. This is the busiest time of the year for legit day-cares.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 31, 2025 04:49 PM (qtBQt)

198 Rotherham 2.0 (3.0?): Complain about the muzzies? YoUr'E a RaCiSt!!!

Posted by: There's No "I" in F at December 31, 2025 04:49 PM (qUkBO)

199 Cops:"Let's see the deposit receipts and records."

"uh.."

Cops:"From your bank."

"uh .."

Cops: "You don't have a bank account?"

"They stole our bank account!"

Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 04:50 PM (rj6Yv)

200 ===

I bet it was Eddie Haskell's idea.
Posted by: mrp

+++

Had a boss that I called Eddie Haskell.

At any given time he was actively sabotaging a project (usually the high dollar one) and then throwing that project manager under the bus. Eddie is now gone. So is virtually everyone else except the office admin lady and myself. I am gone in another month or two.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 04:50 PM (/lPRQ)

201 from google: Eight members of a Maryland family were found dead in a house Monday when police went to check on the father, who had failed to show up for work
Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 31, 2025 04:49 PM

Sounds personal.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 04:50 PM (jc0TO)

202 201 from google: Eight members of a Maryland family were found dead in a house Monday when police went to check on the father, who had failed to show up for work
Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 31, 2025 04:49 PM

Sounds personal.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 04:50 PM (jc0TO)

Or a gas leak

Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 04:50 PM (VE6XX)

203 This is amazingly bold, and actually a hell of a plan.

They will need this footage when they do the insurance claim scam next.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 04:51 PM (a4flb)

204 Did the thieves steal the children too???

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 31, 2025 04:51 PM (qtBQt)

205 from google: Eight members of a Maryland family were found dead in a house Monday when police went to check on the father, who had failed to show up for work

Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 31, 2025 04:49 PM (CWTWj)

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Another sympathetic "Maryland man," father, and victim of white supremacy?

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 04:51 PM (rEr2I)

206 Doesn't work. Checks are all imaged along with bank statements easily available.
Posted by: whig

But it tells investigators exactly which check numbers to look for.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 04:51 PM (/lPRQ)

207 "This is devastating news, and we don't know why this is targeting our Somali community as one video made by a specific individual made this all happen," [Mohamed] said

Devastating is right! What are the odds of all those reams of certified proof just vanishing? The timing is simply awful. Better make sure all the children haven't been kidnapped, too.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at December 31, 2025 04:51 PM (gLikB)

208 This is amazingly bold, and actually a hell of a plan.

They will need this footage when they do the insurance claim scam next.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 04:51 PM

He didn't mention that the thieves made off with his life savings in gold bullion.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 04:52 PM (jc0TO)

209 Given that the democrats rely on criminal mohammedans for their funding and power just like labour in the UK, I wonder how many rape gangs are operating in the US with the connivance of democrat politicians?

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 04:52 PM (0U5gm)

210 @195 I think that was ten years ago

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 04:52 PM (zNwXb)

211 That fucking AWFL holding the sign in the first picture is the epitome of what is fucking wrong with this country.

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

Simps and soys and all the gay boys is what creates so many of these karens to begin with

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Patiently Awaiting My Pre-Ordered AI Powered Fembot at December 31, 2025 04:53 PM (REq0p)

212 Did the thieves steal the children too???

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 31, 2025 04:51 PM (qtBQt)

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

Likely put an underground railroad to traffic them to The Swamp as pedo playthings.

/mostly joking, but would anybody be surprised?

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 04:54 PM (rEr2I)

213 Given that the democrats rely on criminal mohammedans for their funding and power just like labour in the UK, I wonder how many rape gangs are operating in the US with the connivance of democrat politicians?

Comet Pizza is a global franchiser.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 04:54 PM (a4flb)

214 And really, how fucking inbred am I?

Look at my fucking face.

My lips are twice as far from my nose as they are from the end of my chin. That's backwards from you people with 46 chromosomes.

And my nose looks like it was modeled on a 4000-year-old Egyptian mummy. I literally breathe sideways.

And I still stole millions from you. Chumps.

Posted by: N. Mohamed at December 31, 2025 04:54 PM (nhCoE)

215 Just know that the IRS will crawl up your butt if you don’t report any miscellanies income over $600. If you are a legal citizen. Criminal illegal invaders steal millions and nothing will be done.

Time to play cowboys and Somalis.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at December 31, 2025 04:54 PM (7sRdt)

216 Are child daycare centers even a thing in fucking Somalia? Did these fucks ever even imagine such a thing exists? Does a single child daycare exist in Somalia? But now these assholes are the most proficient providers of child daycare services that ever existed. Sure, Jan. I'd really like to see some heads on spikes...Vlad the Impaler knew how to deal with Mohammedan interlopers.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 31, 2025 04:54 PM (XMwZJ)

217 I noticed that Harmeet Dhillon gave a little wave to Washington's AG. I like Harmeet.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at December 31, 2025 04:54 PM (pF9JQ)

218 re 205: no, sounds tragic: "A divorced kitchen worker and his seven children were accidentally poisoned by carbon monoxide from the gas-powered generator they were using to keep warm after their electricity was cut off, Princess Anne police chief Scott Keller said on Tuesday."

Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 31, 2025 04:55 PM (CWTWj)

219 Money laundering for terrorism is what Minnesota is up to. This is the summary.

Posted by: tubal at December 31, 2025 04:55 PM (pDt9x)

220 As independent journalists continue digging into alleged fraud inside Washington’s daycare subsidy system, Democratic State Senator Lisa Wellman has pre-filed legislation that critics say could make it significantly harder for the public to verify whether taxpayer-funded childcare operations even exist.

The proposal, Senate Bill 5926, was pre-filed on December 22 and expands public records exemptions for childcare providers, shielding a broad range of identifying information from disclosure. Supporters frame the measure as a safety tool designed to protect providers from harassment or threats. Opponents argue it is arriving just as journalists are using public data to uncover suspicious daycare listings tied to large sums of taxpayer funding.

Posted by: Citizen Journalist at December 31, 2025 04:55 PM (TDLyG)

221 At any given time he was actively sabotaging a project (usually the high dollar one) and then throwing that project manager under the bus.

You worked there too?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 31, 2025 04:55 PM (Kt19C)

222 "Are you committing fraud?"

"No"

"Know anyone who could vouch for you?"

"Yeah...my wife...Morgan Fairchild..."

Posted by: Somali Jon Lovitz at December 31, 2025 04:55 PM (nbLIj)

223
I can't stop laughing about the hole in the wall. WTH

Posted by: fourseasons at December 31, 2025 04:55 PM (3ek7K)

224 We need to ban immigration from all non-European countries, and even then only if their European lineage goes back 100 years.

Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 04:33 PM (fltLA)

I find that acceptable.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 31, 2025 04:48 PM (snZF9)

No. If they're real Europeans then they need to fix the mess that they've allowed to happen to their countries. Even the "ultra - super - extreme - far - right" Europeans appear to be, at best, center left with a bit of Jew hate thrown in for fun.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 04:55 PM (ExV1e)

225 So the left's defense appears to be "Smear Nick Shirley" because all the leftists commenting at my local newspaper -- every single one -- has now come out with "how can you believe anything Nick Shirley says!" and denying that any fraud is actually occuring.

It's really brazen. The same thing they do whenever a leftist gets caught by that undercover guy. If we attack the messenger, then we never did anything wrong!

Posted by: SimoHayha at December 31, 2025 04:56 PM (/ZkOF)

226 Well the African number system is 1, 2, many so don’t disrespect their culture.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at December 31, 2025 04:56 PM (7sRdt)

227 67 is the number to remember.

Posted by: tubal at December 31, 2025 04:56 PM (pDt9x)

228 Thieves took his Lamborghini for a getaway car

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 04:56 PM (Ia/+0)

229 Base two?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 04:57 PM (UgvXX)

230 Suspect the daycare centers in Somaliland are restaurants, protein is protein.

Posted by: Kingsman at December 31, 2025 04:57 PM (ehY6c)

231 "Racism Has NO Place in Childcare"

---

Is her argument that the "daycare" owner is racist? Cuz Nick Shirley isn't IN daycare.

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 31, 2025 04:57 PM (qtBQt)

232 218 re 205: no, sounds tragic: "A divorced kitchen worker and his seven children were accidentally poisoned by carbon monoxide from the gas-powered generator they were using to keep warm after their electricity was cut off, Princess Anne police chief Scott Keller said on Tuesday."
Posted by: gnats local 678 at December 31, 2025 04:55 PM (CWTWj)

That was my guess...

Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 04:57 PM (VE6XX)

233 They didn't come here to be friends. Or lay about. They came to kill us. Their marxists gods on tv and the classrooms told them so.

Posted by: thug dolphin at December 31, 2025 04:57 PM (EyfuW)

234 To be fair the guy is funnier than Jimmy Kimmel.

Posted by: Northernlurker , Maple Syrup MAGA at December 31, 2025 04:57 PM (8CIFn)

235 I heard that Simps and Soys and All The Gay Boys opened for The San Fransicko Gay Pedo Men's Choir at Satan's Hollow in 2015.

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 04:58 PM (rEr2I)

236 @218 the eight dead in Maryland occurred in 2015

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 04:59 PM (zNwXb)

237 Expect the Empire to Strike Back as their luxuries and entitlements are jeopardized.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
---------
And that is eventually what happened with King Charles I and Parliament. Parliament got tired of paying the tab for Charles and his rotten Duke of Buckingham PM. So Charles tried to strike first by arresting Parliament. Failed. Parliament then decided to raise an army while Charles relied on his fat cat aristos to support his sorry ass. End of it, he lost, many castles got blown up real good, many nobles lost their fortunes, and Charles lost his head.

Cromwells don't come out of the woodwork for no reason. And the appetites of one measly king and court are far easier to satisfy than the multitude of fake royalty that we have.

Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 04:59 PM (WDjG6)

238 https://is.gd/R4zh4i

ThatOneGuy55
@Tesla7771
The Quality Learing center playset
[video]

==
from Instapundit

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 31, 2025 04:59 PM (ULPxl)

239 One would think that a non-corrupt employee of any state's human services organization would notice that a large number of third world people were setting up child care, transportation, and elder care facilities, given that none of these things exist in the third world.

Also, that the number of purported clients exceeds the actual population of children and seniors.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 05:00 PM (0U5gm)

240 Miss Karen McAWFL is actually a state fraud investigator of the Keystone Cop variety.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 31, 2025 05:00 PM (Da7Vv)

241 >>They also imply that Nick Shirley falsified his claims by going to the daycares during off-business hours

Tell me they didn't watch the video without saying they didn't watch the video. They noted the listed business hours at each one they visited, such as "7:00am to 6:00pm" - while they visited during these hours.
Empty parking lots, locked doors, blacked out windows, etc..

Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 05:00 PM (NuV6c)

242 ...after their electricity was cut off...

Sounds like suicide by stupid.

Happens more often than people know.
Usually mislabeled as an "accident".

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 05:01 PM (/lPRQ)

243 One would think that a non-corrupt employee of any state's human services organization would notice that a large number of third world people were setting up child care, transportation, and elder care facilities, given that none of these things exist in the third world.

Also, that the number of purported clients exceeds the actual population of children and seniors.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 05:00 PM (0U5gm)

One would think.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 05:01 PM (ExV1e)

244 They also imply that Nick Shirley falsified his claims by going to the daycares during off-business hours

Tell me they didn't watch the video without saying they didn't watch the video. They noted the listed business hours at each one they visited, such as "7:00am to 6:00pm" - while they visited during these hours.

So not only did Nick Shirley use an iPhone, he also brought his own sun to make everything look like it was in daylight.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 05:02 PM (a4flb)

245 225 So the left's defense appears to be "Smear Nick Shirley" because all the leftists commenting at my local newspaper -- every single one -- has now come out with "how can you believe anything Nick Shirley says!" and denying that any fraud is actually occuring.

It's really brazen. The same thing they do whenever a leftist gets caught by that undercover guy. If we attack the messenger, then we never did anything wrong!
Posted by: SimoHayha

Disqualify!!! is a time worn leftist tactic where because the source is allegedly a bad person therefore his research must be bad.

Another is Squirrel!!! by claiming racism as a justification for the public noticing crime among the POCs although that is about played out.

The last play will be loyalty, at least us Democrats have to stick together against the Evil Orange Man Bad even if our coalition is a bunch of thieves including high places. Theft of government money and crime is just the dues we have to pay for wonderful Die-versity.

Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 05:02 PM (WDjG6)

246 Hey Ace, Madison Cornbread is back in the news thanks to good ol' Jack Smith via faux news:

"Jack Smith says key Jan 6 witness relied on hearsay, lacked firsthand evidence
Former special counsel tells Congress the Jan. 6 Committee star witness offered largely secondhand hearsay"

durrr

Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 05:02 PM (3uBP9)

247 You worked there too?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats

Last one standing.
Sr managenent finally figured it and helicoptered Eddie out of there.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 05:03 PM (/lPRQ)

248 The Christmas break thing the left is pushing is really dumb. Daycare is open pretty much every day of the year. Sometimes even holidays since parents with full time jobs - get this - don’t have 2 week winter breaks or spring break or an entire summer off.

Posted by: Really? at December 31, 2025 05:03 PM (tNkpt)

249 243 One would think that a non-corrupt employee of any state's human services organization would notice that a large number of third world people were setting up child care, transportation, and elder care facilities, given that none of these things exist in the third world.

Also, that the number of purported clients exceeds the actual population of children and seniors.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 05:00 PM (0U5gm)

One would think.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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Those regulators either go along with it for job retention and/or got paid to keep their mouth shut.

Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 05:03 PM (WDjG6)

250 Miss Karen McAWFL is actually a state fraud investigator of the Keystone Cop variety.
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Interesting--do we have a source for that information?

Posted by: Crusader at December 31, 2025 05:04 PM (TN0g+)

251 I wonder if cornbread was being buttered up by Pelosi or getting sliced.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 05:04 PM (3uBP9)

252 I would like to point out that all this Somali daycare stuff is designed to draw attention away from the fact that the Dow has utterly collapsed. It's down almost 700 points since it's recent high. All of society is in peril.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 05:04 PM (ExV1e)

253 >>That fucking AWFL holding the sign in the first picture is the epitome of what is fucking wrong with this country.

Did you see the part of Nick's video where some passerby AWFL starts screaming "ICE IS HERE!" and repeatedly tells them to leave? Nick keeps talking to her, explaining that the many children are missing and he wants to find them and she eventually is dumbfounded, with this idiot scowl on her face.

Total NPC moment -- you can see her software's crashed and she has no response. Amazing visual.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 05:04 PM (NuV6c)

254 ell me they didn't watch the video without saying they didn't watch the video. They noted the listed business hours at each one they visited, such as "7:00am to 6:00pm" - while they visited during these hours.

—

All the footage is during daylight. In December daylight in MN is about 8am to 4pm.

Posted by: Really? at December 31, 2025 05:05 PM (tNkpt)

255 The madisoncornbread news isn't really news. Just regurgitation of obvious stuff. I guess fox needed something.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 05:05 PM (3uBP9)

256 So nice of him to take time out from studying neuroscience to manage a day care facility. Truly a gentleman and a scholar.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 31, 2025 05:05 PM (mlg/3)

257 Interesting - In Minnesota, most daycare workers are private employees (working for centers, homes, etc.), but a specific group of in-home, license-exempt family child care providers are legally treated as public/state employees for collective bargaining purposes only, allowing them to unionize under PELRA (Minnesota Public Employee Labor Relations Act). So, it depends on the type of care: most aren't public, but those who qualify under a specific state law are designated as such for union rights.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 31, 2025 05:05 PM (NFX2v)

258 1 or 2 percent.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 05:05 PM (UgvXX)

259 >>> 256 So nice of him to take time out from studying neuroscience to manage a day care facility. Truly a gentleman and a scholar.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 31, 2025 05:05 PM (mlg/3)

Aspiring rapper, too.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 31, 2025 05:06 PM (ULPxl)

260 The next shoe to drop is where did all the money go? Billions are missing and all that money didn't go into houses and cars.

It's already known some of the money went to al Shabaab, basically al Qaeda in Somalia. And nobody did anything to stop it.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 05:06 PM (viF8m)

261 >>Also, that the number of purported clients exceeds the actual population of children and seniors.

And they're all on welfare -- unemployed -- so why do they need offsite care?

Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 05:06 PM (NuV6c)

262 Did you see the part of Nick's video where some passerby AWFL starts screaming "ICE IS HERE!" and repeatedly tells them to leave? Nick keeps talking to her, explaining that the many children are missing and he wants to find them and she eventually is dumbfounded, with this idiot scowl on her face.

Total NPC moment -- you can see her software's crashed and she has no response. Amazing visual.
Posted by: Lizzy
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People like that should be drafted to be social workers for a stint to really see how the other half lives.

There is a reason for high turnover in social work.

Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 05:07 PM (WDjG6)

263 1) Have they reported these "hateful" and "threatening" messages to the FBI? Do they have any substantiating documentation for them?

2) Does their bank have copies of all those stolen checks? Banks have them for everyone else, so they should have them here, too - right?

Posted by: LCMS Rulz! at December 31, 2025 05:07 PM (eKNpP)

264 And they're all on welfare -- unemployed -- so why do they need offsite care?
Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 05:06 PM (NuV6c)

Sometimes daddy wants to get jiggy with one of the mommies so they ship the kiddies to one of the other mommy's daycare.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 05:08 PM (ExV1e)

265 The next shoe to drop is where did all the money go? Billions are missing and all that money didn't go into houses and cars.

It's already known some of the money went to al Shabaab, basically al Qaeda in Somalia. And nobody did anything to stop it.

Posted by: JackStraw

A lot of it was sent to democrat campaigns and get out the vote efforts, but always interstate, to try and hide it better.

It looks like almost the entire democrat fundraising system is based on using stolen taxpayer money.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 05:09 PM (0U5gm)

266 Habib: The Dog ate our homework, I mean records...

Investigator: Where's the Dog...

Habib: Oh.... we ate him...

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 05:09 PM (mP0Kj)

267 Visit the MN DHS licensing page for provider information and licensing details.
Contact the DHS directly if you have concerns about a specific daycare's health, safety, or well-being.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 31, 2025 05:10 PM (NFX2v)

268 252 I would like to point out that all this Somali daycare stuff is designed to draw attention away from the fact that the Dow has utterly collapsed. It's down almost 700 points since it's recent high. All of society is in peril.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic
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Why that is almost 1.6 percent. Turn the machines back on!!!!

Posted by: The Duke Brothers at December 31, 2025 05:10 PM (WDjG6)

269 266 Habib: The Dog ate our homework, I mean records...

Investigator: Where's the Dog...

Habib: Oh.... we ate him...
Posted by: Romeo13
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Cycle of life.

Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 05:10 PM (WDjG6)

270 It's down almost 700 points since it's recent high. All of society is in peril.

So its down about 1%.

Time to build an ark and start loading up the animals.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 05:10 PM (a4flb)

271 You can joke about it, but claiming that information was stolen on children attending a daycare is serious business for law enforcement. Especially since only one purpose presents itself if it really happened. They just invited a significant increase of law enforcement resources to the party while trying to end their current exposure. Of course they just staged it and made it up...but I don't think what results will improve their situation.

Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 04:33 PM

Yep and the feds are involved now, they can't keep this local from this point. A theft of kids records means everything from names to DOB's and SSN's. That's federal territory there.

Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 31, 2025 05:11 PM (0N4FZ)

272 Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 05:09 PM (0U5gm)

Thing is, that if even one dollar of this conspiracy, went to support Somali terrorists, then that open up the Laws about supporting International Terrorism...

Which open a whole new set of investigative tools to become available.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 05:11 PM (mP0Kj)

273 I'm glad the somalin guy mention racism. Beat that dead horse. Beat the horse will become a dance craze.

Posted by: thug dolphin at December 31, 2025 05:11 PM (EyfuW)

274 Cats sleeping with dogs.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 05:11 PM (UgvXX)

275 >>It looks like almost the entire democrat fundraising system is based on using stolen taxpayer money.

Probably why they fought so hard against Musk and DOGE over USAID.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 05:12 PM (viF8m)

276 Auslander Raus.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 05:12 PM (UgvXX)

277 Love the pic of the AWFL holding the sign—looks like a proof of life pic in a kidnapping. And just like that…a meme is born!

Posted by: Another AWFL got Patty Hearsted at December 31, 2025 05:12 PM (fKeBm)

278 Polls don't matter

Well betting odds also show that the Dems will take the House in 2026.

The odds are 3 to 1 and still trending UP.
Is anyone here brushing their money ? I am .

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at December 31, 2025 05:12 PM (C4wQ6)

279 Yep and the feds are involved now, they can't keep this local from this point. A theft of kids records means everything from names to DOB's and SSN's. That's federal territory there.
Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at December 31, 2025 05:11 PM (0N4FZ)

Most folks think that Lying to the FBI is against the law... what they don't realize is the way the law is worded, it is lying to any Federal Agent.

So even lying to ICE? Yeah, can be prosecuted under that law... and should be.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 05:13 PM (mP0Kj)

280 273 I'm glad the somalin guy mention racism. Beat that dead horse. Beat the horse will become a dance craze.
Posted by: thug dolphin
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They haven't realized yet that the race card is overdrawn and thus suspended at the bank.

Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 05:13 PM (WDjG6)

281 The Dow is up about 5000 since Trump's inauguration. It was 43400+ on 1/17

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 05:13 PM (zNwXb)

282 So exactly what do the media companies get out of this in protecting the fraudsters? I know they hate America and all, but I really don't get this one.

Also "Racism, what crime can't it cover up?!" It's like magic.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 31, 2025 05:13 PM (n5tGW)

283 May it please the Court, let it be entered into the record which Major League Baseball Team Mr. Nasrulah Mohamed supports, the New York Yankees.

Posted by: Red Sox Fan Nation at December 31, 2025 05:14 PM (0sNs1)

284 Someone smell a person here that shit their pants, usual suspect.

Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 05:14 PM (WDjG6)

285 It's already known some of the money went to al Shabaab, basically al Qaeda in Somalia. And nobody did anything to stop it.
Posted by: JackStraw

That the Bush admin didn't shutdown the hawalas and instead passed the PaTrIoT AcT is unconscionable.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 31, 2025 05:14 PM (mlg/3)

286 > >It looks like almost the entire democrat fundraising system is based on using stolen taxpayer money.
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GOP too. To what degree? Probably close to taking half. Time to go down their rabbit hole too.

This has been generational wealth theft. By the government.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 05:15 PM (NwnyJ)

287 Time to build an ark and start loading up the animals.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 05:10 PM (a4flb)

It's too late for that. Find some big-boobed chick on a door and take it from her. Grab the ring, though, you can sell that.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 05:15 PM (ExV1e)

288 I spent all my money on shitpebbles for the homeless.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 05:15 PM (UgvXX)

289 Interesting--do we have a source for that information?

Sorry, just a joke.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 31, 2025 05:15 PM (Da7Vv)

290
I have no doubt that Republicans are in on this shit.

Posted by: fourseasons at December 31, 2025 05:15 PM (3ek7K)

291 NPR, What to know about Nick Shirley, the YouTuber alleging day care fraud in Minnesota
December 31, 2025

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 31, 2025 05:16 PM (NFX2v)

292
Time to play cowboys and Somalis.
Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious

Unless the DOJ gets off its collective ass quickly, ^^^this^^^ is going to be the result across very wide swathes of the former USA.

See also corrupt judges, and prosecutors. We probably are not voting our way out of this, and our elite betters have made the choice for what happens when it finally goes kinetic in their faces.

Bug out plan. Practice it. Survive the 1st 24 hours. Then survive the next two weeks.

Posted by: BifBewalski - at December 31, 2025 05:16 PM (QVmho)

293 The next shoe to drop is where did all the money go? Billions are missing and all that money didn't go into houses and cars.

Across all of the fraud? You name it. GOTV, foreign terrorism, sinecures, stocks and bonds, real-estate and a lot splashed around for lifestyle of Party Members.

A shell company buys a penthouse condo and makes it available to party members. Another for private jets, the hangars, maintenance, fuel and staff. Another for yachts. Another for underwriting Michelin rated restaurant tabs, another for procuring underage sex toys, drugs and other grey market luxuries.

That way no one is on any records for receiving goods and services. No one is held responsible. Financial trails lead to shell companies, LLCs and trusts that own and maintain assets.

You know why no one at the top is ever indicted? Because They Own Nothing And Like It.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 05:16 PM (a4flb)

294 This has been generational wealth theft. By the government.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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Always the last place anyone looks.

Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 05:17 PM (WDjG6)

295 one of whom holds a sign that reads "Racism Has NO Place in Childcare".

The usual potato-faced AWFL

Posted by: Delurker at December 31, 2025 05:17 PM (xNHSX)

296 It is clear to me that I am wired different than the people in the photo.

Posted by: connected and litigious at December 31, 2025 05:18 PM (cS1cw)

297 Most folks think that Lying to the FBI is against the law... what they don't realize is the way the law is worded, it is lying to any Federal Agent.

So even lying to ICE? Yeah, can be prosecuted under that law... and should be.
Posted by: Romeo13

"False or misleading statement"

Brought that up during the first Trump Admin.
Surely Comey etal lied to El Presidente.

He could have had the whole cabal arrested.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 05:18 PM (/lPRQ)

298 I have no doubt that Republicans are in on this shit.

How do you think their junkets and fact finding missions to Tahiti are underwritten?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 05:18 PM (a4flb)

299 291 NPR, What to know about Nick Shirley, the YouTuber alleging day care fraud in Minnesota
December 31, 2025
Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 31, 2025 05:16 PM (NFX2v)

Of course

Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 05:18 PM (VE6XX)

300 Ya know who usually has a shit ton of cameras to protect themselves and children - yep, day care facilities.

Natch no cameras on the ghost perps.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 31, 2025 05:19 PM (n5tGW)

301 Nick Shirley is already getting death threats. They also gave a date of April 26.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 05:19 PM (0U5gm)

302 Connect-the-dots:

@nickshirleyy
🚨 PLEASE WATCH
The “manager” for Quality LEARING Center is dancing with the mayor of Minneapolis…

Are you still wondering why they give MILLIONS of dollars to daycares with no windows, blacked out doors, and phone numbers that lead to nowhere?

How dumb do you think we are?

Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 05:19 PM (NuV6c)

303 I have no doubt that Republicans are in on this shit.
Posted by: fourseasons at December 31, 2025 05:15 PM

As some mid-Tier Commenter here says, you are too young to be so cynical.

Posted by: GOPe at December 31, 2025 05:20 PM (BuMkE)

304 Minnesota is the last brick in Trump's Red Wall.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 05:20 PM (UgvXX)

305 So whose bright idea was it to ever bring Somalians to the USA? I expect it was the usual suspects: Clinton and Obama, and perhaps Bush II. How stupid to you have to be to allow that? This is a country whose population has an average IQ of 69, who produce nothing but pirates, warlords, and sundry criminals. It is a virtual certainty that the vast majority of them would wind up on welfare, committing crime at unprecedented levels, and being a giant sucking drain on the commonweal.

Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at December 31, 2025 05:21 PM (XMwZJ)

306 So exactly what do the media companies get out of this in protecting the fraudsters? I know they hate America and all, but I really don't get this one.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk

The left is comprised of quasi-religious levels of devotees. 1st part is Initiates who ingest and recite whatever propaganda is served. 2nd is the Acolytes, the true believers, who think they are serving a greater cause for some uncertain reward that involves punishing opponents and will receive aristocratic status. 3rd is the programmers who know all roads must lead to the destruction of the Republic and don't care if it requires ruination because they believe they are protected somehow.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 31, 2025 05:21 PM (mlg/3)

307 The daycare dude wearing a Yankees hat is the icing on the cake 😂.

Posted by: bluebell at December 31, 2025 05:22 PM (79pEw)

308 Fox 9 (MN) Facebook

3 related posts in the last hour.

Posted by: L - No nic, another fine day at December 31, 2025 05:22 PM (NFX2v)

309 Why not Minnesota Twins?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 05:23 PM (UgvXX)

310 Nood

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 31, 2025 05:23 PM (h7ZuX)

311 There is a new thread.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 05:23 PM (ExV1e)

312 “Bug out plan. Practice it.”

What if you’ve already bugged out? Do I need a bug out plan to bug out from the bug out ?

Asking for a friend.

Posted by: Going deep. Out. at December 31, 2025 05:24 PM (zqeQL)

313 Racist, Nazi, bigoted thieves.

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 05:25 PM (hVbrz)

314 Then why are we here?

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 05:25 PM (Ia/+0)

315 So whose bright idea was it to ever bring Somalians to the USA? I expect it was the usual suspects: Clinton and Obama, and perhaps Bush II. How stupid to you have to be to allow that?

It isn't just somalis. Also Afghans, Syrians, and plenty of others. It is happening in every western country. They are all trying to emasculate western men at the same time as importing as many military age men from the third world as they possibly can. The goal is pretty obvious - all over history one can see that male lines are completely wiped out by invaders, while the womens' lines stay intact, because they are the spoils.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 05:25 PM (0U5gm)

316 For those of you planning to attend Mamdani's inauguration, be advised that the following item are prohibited:

Large bags and backpacks, weapons, fireworks or explosives, drones or other remote-controlled aerial devices, strollers, coolers, chairs, blankets, umbrellas, bicycles or scooters, alcoholic beverages, illegal substances, pets other than service animals, large items that could obstruct spectators' views, laser pens, bats or penguins or batons, and Flipper Zero devices and Raspberry Pi computers.

Guests may bring thermoses filled with warm, non-alcoholic beverages as well as snacks, and are urged to show respect for fellow New Yorkers.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 31, 2025 05:25 PM (0sNs1)

317 "There are some people who believe that faith should be silent and terrorism should be understood," "Faith should speak its voice and terrorism should be confronted, not understood, confronted and defeated."
_Benjamin Netanyahu

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 05:26 PM (hVbrz)

318 Asmongold did another bit on the daycares yesterday.

In it he has a video where the guy filming it is a Somali screaming at Nick Shirley that it will be his fault if anything happens to any Somali in America because Nick is a racist who hates Muslims and they want him out of their community.

This is their only play; turn this into a racist/Islamaphobic thing, rig some kind of attack on themselves, and then start violently attacking anybody who gets in the way.

This skinny kid and Karen & Co. are just the opening salvo, especially if this story keeps going for awhile, as the DemsMedia try to memory hole it all.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 05:27 PM (6ydKt)

319 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 05:26 PM (hVbrz)

Very nice quote. Thanks

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 05:29 PM (Yl2Ob)

320 one of whom holds a sign that reads "Racism Has NO Place in Childcare".

The real question is, do children have a place in childcare…

Apparently the answer is no.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at December 31, 2025 05:30 PM (EXyHK)

321 ***Stole All the Enrollment and Employee Records That Would Prove This Is a Legitimate Business and Not a Pirate Plundering Operation
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Stole the children and sold our babies into sex slavery they did. Help us get them back.
Please send money to:

Redeem Our Children,
PO Box, 123 Give Me More Rd,
Somalia, MN

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 05:30 PM (hVbrz)

322 Guests may bring thermoses filled with warm, non-alcoholic beverages as well as snacks, and are urged to show respect for fellow New Yorkers.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at December 31, 2025 05:25 PM (0sNs1)

Bacon is RIGHT OUT.

Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at December 31, 2025 05:32 PM (8WtOr)

323 Remember what the high kicking girls in white pleated mini skirts said.

Hey, hey, ho, ho
All Islam's got to go
Hey, hey, ho, ho
All Islam's got to go

Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at December 31, 2025 05:36 PM (hVbrz)

324 At the day care, I identify as a dozen people. You gotta problem wid dat?

Posted by: Raoul Ortega at December 31, 2025 05:42 PM (iDFVA)

325 Of course.

Posted by: SOMEASSHOLESTOLEMYPEN at December 31, 2025 05:48 PM (qrMhX)

326 Look at them holding their homemade signs, clueless as the day is long.

I really hope we can come together as a nation again and root this retarded bullshit out and restore faith the our gvt actually cares about us.

Posted by: melodicmetal at December 31, 2025 05:55 PM (XLfSN)

327 We only took a bunch of records because old vinyl LPs are now valuable collector's items!

Posted by: Voice of Somalia at December 31, 2025 05:55 PM (DsA2n)

328 There, debunked.
Good job, CNN!

Posted by: Tim at December 31, 2025 07:26 PM (P2nsc)

329 "Drat -- the racist thieves stole the very documents that would allow the pirates to clear their good piratical names!"
Apparently, they stole all the kids too.

Posted by: CynicalCynic at January 01, 2026 04:06 AM (yp32/)

More Daycare Fraud Suspected, This Time in Washington

Via John Sexton, a citizen journalist went to the listed address of a "daycare" that's received $210,000 in federal funding this year.

But no one sees any kids enter the place, and the people at the address refuse to answer the door.

🚨SOMALI FRAUD IN WASHINGTON: @choeshow and I spent yesterday investigating Somali daycares in WA.

�Dhagash Childcare� has received over $210,000 just this year. People living at the address claim there has never been a daycare there.

We lay out the facts in this teaser ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/KNkmJfV2Ss
— Cam Higby 🇺🇸 (@camhigby) December 30, 2025

Another suspicious "daycare:"

🚨$800,000 FOR FAKE DAYCARE?

I went to the listed address for �Hilowle Safia Daycare� in Kent, WA. Residents say there IS NO DAYCARE HERE.

Records show massive subsidy payments following inspections reflecting risk of death to children. pic.twitter.com/8lFWCjIqpo
— Cam Higby 🇺🇸 (@camhigby) December 31, 2025

He says that even if this fake day care really is a day care, it's only permitted to "care" for three children -- and for caring for three children, it's been paid $800,000 since 2023.

Babysittlers' club is making a mint.

Washington State's AG says he'll launch an investigation -- into the people asking if these really are daycares.

For "harassment."

And "hate."

Attorney General Nick Brown
@AGOWA
My office has received outreach from members of the Somali community after reports of home-based daycare providers being harassed and accused of fraud with little to no fact-checking.
We are in touch with the state Department of Children, Youth, and Families regarding the claims being pushed online and the harassment reported by daycare providers.

Showing up on someone's porch, threatening, or harassing them isn't an investigation. Neither is filming minors who may be in the home. This is unsafe and potentially dangerous behavior. I encourage anyone experiencing threats or harassment to either contact local law enforcement or our office's Hate Crimes & Bias Incident Hotline at 1-855-225-1010 or http://atg.wa.gov/report-hate.
If you think fraud is happening, there are appropriate measures to report and investigate. Go to DCYF's website to learn more. And where fraud is substantiated and verified by law enforcement and regulatory agencies, people should be held accountable.

Andy Ngo
@MrAndyNgo
2h
It is the duty of journalists to visit taxpayer-funded nonprofits and businesses to investigate where you have failed. The journalists have documented their visits on camera and there is no harassing or threatening behavior. You are trying to threaten journalists by telling people to call police with false allegations of a hate crime.

Exactly. Her point is that as this level of fraud and plundering is permitted by society -- Democrats, I mean -- the pillars that hold up the country -- hard-working, honest, law-abiding Americans -- stop holding the country up.

Powerful words
pic.twitter.com/53aQEDZNAx
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 31, 2025

No one wants to feel like an abused, cucked loser for doing the right thing. If the right thing is not rewarded, and the wrong thing is not punished, we'll all start doing the wrong thing, and Atlas will shrug off his burden.

And society will collapse.

Posted by: Ace at 03:00 PM

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1 Showing up on someone's porch, threatening, or harassing them isn't an investigation. Neither is filming minors who may be in the home. This is unsafe and potentially dangerous behavior. I encourage anyone experiencing threats or harassment to either contact local law enforcement or our office's Hate Crimes & Bias Incident Hotline at 1-855-225-1010 or http://atg.wa.gov/report-hate.

If you think fraud is happening, there are appropriate measures to report and investigate. Go to DCYF's website to learn more. And where fraud is substantiated and verified by law enforcement and regulatory agencies, people should be held accountable.

And a bang up job you've been doing. Seriously, please to GFY.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 03:02 PM (Riz8t)

2 This is not just systemic, it is intentional

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 03:02 PM (rbvCR)

3 BLADE STRIKES FIRST

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 31, 2025 03:02 PM (iFTx/)

4 How much do the Somalis have to kick back to get the level of protection they seem to be getting? Gotta be more than 10% to the big guy.

Posted by: huerfano at December 31, 2025 03:02 PM (98kQX)

5 We are in touch with the state Department of Children, Youth, and Families regarding the claims being pushed online and the harassment reported by daycare providers.
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He really means the state Department of CYA....

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 03:02 PM (ESVrU)

6 Somali fraudsters are just friends you haven't met.

Posted by: C. Tarlson at December 31, 2025 03:02 PM (8j8Ns)

7 Water is getting a little warmer

Posted by: The Frog at December 31, 2025 03:02 PM (TezPK)

8 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

I think I may be catching what Paul has. The TiFW family will be spending NYE at home, rather than infecting all of our friends at the party we had planned to attend 🤧🤒😷

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 31, 2025 03:03 PM (SRRAx)

9 Fraud is the word.

Posted by: dantesed at December 31, 2025 03:03 PM (Oy/m2)

10 Happy new year

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 31, 2025 03:03 PM (YlWIZ)

11 I think the young man and the older fellow doing these exposes are good and brave people .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 03:03 PM (Yl2Ob)

12 At what point do the Democraps just come out and admit what we already know: they see nothing wrong with illegal criminal savages that look like horror-movie monsters invading our country to rape, pillage, and defraud Americans?

Serious question.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 31, 2025 03:04 PM (iFTx/)

13
Exactly. Her point is that as this level of fraud and plundering is permitted by society -- Democrats, I mean -- the pillars that hold up the country -- hard-working, honest, law-abiding Americans -- stop holding the country up.

Wise words, which will cause the Dems to rethink the damage they're doing.

Hahahahahahaha. Sorry, I just couldn't hold it in anymore.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 03:05 PM (Riz8t)

14 Of course it's intentional. And don't forget, the current gov of WA state was previously the AG.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 31, 2025 03:05 PM (+mUZM)

15 If the right thing is not rewarded, and the wrong thing is not punished, we'll all start doing the wrong thing, and Atlas will shrug off his burden.
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I don't know if I could commit to doing the wrong thing, as I still care about God's opinion, but I can definitely dial back on how far I go out of my way for anyone, particularly the people's enemies in government.

Posted by: Methos at December 31, 2025 03:05 PM (vSvIl)

16 I can't imagine red states are completely immune.

Kentucky for example.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 31, 2025 03:05 PM (bss/y)

17 I was deeply saddened to learn of Tim Walz impending suicide.

Posted by: Hitlery Chardonnay at December 31, 2025 03:05 PM (TezPK)

18 Someday there will be a presidential address and it will be them sitting in their car, parked in the driveway, speaking into their phone.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 03:05 PM (3uBP9)

19 So, standing to sue, recover, collect punitive damages? Eject from office, sentence to incarceration?

Posted by: Hokey Pokey at December 31, 2025 03:05 PM (YlWIZ)

20 Somali fraudsters are just friends you haven't met.
Posted by: C. Tarlson at December 31, 2025 03:02 PM

Streetcar!

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 03:05 PM (jc0TO)

21 3 children, $800k a year, for approximately two years (not knowing what month in 2023 these payments began) is roughly $133k per child, per year. FFS.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 31, 2025 03:06 PM (h7ZuX)

22 Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 31, 2025 03:03 PM (SRRAx

Take care of yourself, dear. You are important to so many people .

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 03:06 PM (Yl2Ob)

23 We should totally give Democrats control of the House and the taxpayers money. Just think of all the illegal aliens, fraud, Democrat voters and green stuff they could fund. Plus, they can cut ICE and DHS out of the budget. Hooray for Democrats.

Posted by: Vengeance at December 31, 2025 03:06 PM (rmAcl)

24 Ohio, too. Will find the tweet -- 1 LLC opened 40 daycare centers on the same day in November 20204. Uhuh, sure.

Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 03:06 PM (NuV6c)

25 We are not a nation of laws.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:07 PM (UgvXX)

26 I can't imagine red states are completely immune.

Kentucky for example.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 31, 2025 03:05 PM (bss/y)
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Every so-called "red" state has pockets of deep, deep blue where all of this is going on, encouraged by the local politicians (mayors and city councils). And of course, the folks out in red counties are paying for all of it with their state taxes.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 03:07 PM (ESVrU)

27 I think the young man and the older fellow doing these exposes are good and brave people .

Agreed, but I don't care if he's the worst person imaginable. He's doing work that needs doing, work not being done by the people who SHOULD be doing that work.

I hope he gets a cut of the penalties, assuming there are some. If not, I'd let him drive the boat loaded with Somalis that gets mid Atlantic, and then springs a big leak. He, of course, would have a helicopter to lift him away.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 03:07 PM (Riz8t)

28 I hate that I keep having the thought that there is nothing wrong with this country that a couple of thousand murders wouldn't go a long way to fixing.

That way lies anarchy.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 03:07 PM (jc0TO)

29 Only 4 digits for years.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:07 PM (UgvXX)

30 You remember that there was that period in history, where several countries had revolutions around the same time? We are almost there. If one country, say Ireland or Italy, pushes back hard on "the replacements", you'll see sparks fly in other countries.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 31, 2025 03:08 PM (+mUZM)

31 TikTok gal is 100% right, though a lot of us have been feeling this way for decades already. It's probably spreading, as it should. Whether it reaches critical mass remains to be seen.

Posted by: Abused, cucked loser who did "the right things" at December 31, 2025 03:08 PM (TbWk/)

32 3 children, $800k a year, for approximately two years (not knowing what month in 2023 these payments began) is roughly $133k per child, per year. FFS.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

$2560 per week.

Why do I get the feeling that these subsidies are driving the "unaffordability" of daycare?

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 31, 2025 03:08 PM (Cznub)

33 We are not a nation of laws.
Posted by: Boss Moss

We have the laws. Just no one willing to enforce them.

Posted by: Joe Mama at December 31, 2025 03:08 PM (TezPK)

34 Playing by the rules, working hard, providing for family is White Supremacy!

Posted by: Major Academic Study at December 31, 2025 03:08 PM (Dv3i1)

35 You remember that there was that period in history, where several countries had revolutions around the same time? We are almost there. If one country, say Ireland or Italy, pushes back hard on "the replacements", you'll see sparks fly in other countries.

1848?

Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 03:09 PM (Riz8t)

36 Willowed:

Any entity of any size should have THREE levels of audit/review. The first is internal audit. The organization should have trained personnel who review records and compare the records with how policy, procedure, and internal controls say those records are to be maintained. Then there should be an accounting firm that comes in and reviews enough of the transactional records to determine whether the organizations books are reliable and accurate. Finally, there should be an outside agency that reviews the organization (unless the entity is fortunate enough to do business in a unregulated field).

Our country's leadership now largely pretends they don't understand any of this "mystical" three levels of review stuff, and shrug their shoulders when its found out that massive theft and corruption abounds.

Posted by: Crusader, former Federal Bank Examiner at December 31, 2025 03:09 PM (TN0g+)

37
Showing up on someone's porch, threatening, or harassing them isn't an investigation.

Unless 60 Minutes does it.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 03:09 PM (pkeXY)

38 What the fuck are all you racists talking about?

Posted by: Every WA Democrat Voter at December 31, 2025 03:09 PM (tNkpt)

39 Willowed:

HEADLINE (IRS ci.irs.gov)

Date: AUGUST 6, 2025 NOTE DATE!!!

"In landmark sentence, Feeding Our Future scheme leader sentenced to 28 years in prison"

First two paragraphs:

"MINNEAPOLIS – Today, United States District Judge Nancy E. Brasel sentenced Abdiaziz Shafii Farah, to 28 years in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for his role in a $300 million fraud scheme that exploited a federally funded child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson. Farah was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $47,920,514.

Farah played a leading and role in the Feeding Our Future case, the largest Covid-19 fraud scheme in the United States. According to public documents, Farah and his co-defendants stole more than $47 million in program funds by claiming to serve 18 million meals to kids at more than 30 food distribution sites. In June 2024, after a seven-week trial before Judge Brasel, a federal jury convicted Farah of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit federal programs bribery, false statements in a passport application, conspiracy to commit money laundering, ..."
Posted by: mrp at Dec

Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 03:09 PM (rj6Yv)

40 And where fraud is substantiated and verified by law enforcement and regulatory agencies, people should be held accountable.

A lot of weasel language there:

"verified by law enforcement and regulatory agencies"

Apparently these agencies don't do audits nor does LE or RAs investigate.

"verified" - I'm going to need a definition for that.

"...people should be..." We agree that they should, but you disagree that they will be held accountable.

"...held accountable..." Yeah, we know your definition of that - find and blame the nearest Republican. Use your imagination based on your own projection.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 03:09 PM (a4flb)

41 >> Every so-called "red" state has pockets of deep, deep blue where all of this is going on, encouraged by the local politicians (mayors and city councils).

If you have a Republican governor there is no excuse for this unless you’re incompetent or in on it. Federal programs are administered by the state and parsed out to the cities and counties. They should have ultimate oversight and responsibility.

Posted by: Vengeance at December 31, 2025 03:09 PM (rmAcl)

42 Every so-called "red" state has pockets of deep, deep blue where all of this is going on, encouraged by the local politicians (mayors and city councils). And of course, the folks out in red counties are paying for all of it with their state taxes.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 03:07 PM (ESVrU)

Probably fueled by the kickbacks from the fraudsters.

High Trust ==> Low Trust

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 31, 2025 03:09 PM (bss/y)

43 Here it is: https://tinyurl.com/8d7k3bae

WOW. Read this carefully.

Over 40 daycare centers reportedly opened in Columbus, Ohio on the same day, all linked to the same inactive shell entity — and together pulled in $14 MILLION in taxpayer-funded subsidies in a single year.

Same paperwork.
Same structure.
Same funding stream.
. . . .

Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 03:09 PM (NuV6c)

44 I think I may be catching what Paul has. The TiFW family will be spending NYE at home, rather than infecting all of our friends at the party we had planned to attend 🤧🤒😷
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 31, 2025 03:03 PM (SRRAx)

Can't be very good friends then. After all, sharing is caring.

Posted by: The party spirit is infectious at December 31, 2025 03:10 PM (TbWk/)

45 Every so-called "red" state has pockets of deep, deep blue where all of this is going on, encouraged by the local politicians (mayors and city councils). And of course, the folks out in red counties are paying for all of it with their state taxes.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel

*hangs head in shame*

Posted by: Ohio at December 31, 2025 03:10 PM (Dv3i1)

46 Willowed:

The entire press release concerning Mr. Abdiaziz Shafii Farah's conviction can be found here. Very, very interesting.

LINK: https://tinyurl.com/496zmd8t
Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 03:07 PM (rj6Yv)

Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 03:10 PM (rj6Yv)

47 Why are the Somali retards still here?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:10 PM (UgvXX)

48 We should totally give Democrats control of the House and the taxpayers money. Just think of all the illegal aliens, fraud, Democrat voters and green stuff they could fund. Plus, they can cut ICE and DHS out of the budget. Hooray for Democrats.
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Perhaps we could give the house to a party that's committed to repealling the laws which enable the criminality of democrat constituencies. Assuming such a thing could be found.

Posted by: Methos at December 31, 2025 03:10 PM (vSvIl)

49 Question: If Somalis are something like ~80% on welfare, they why do they need day care?????

Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 03:10 PM (NuV6c)

50 >> Today, United States District Judge Nancy E. Brasel sentenced Abdiaziz Shafii Farah, to 28 years in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for his role in a $300 million fraud scheme that exploited a federally funded child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson. Farah was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $47,920,514.

They should revoke his citizenship and sent him back to Dirtbagland.

Posted by: Vengeance at December 31, 2025 03:10 PM (rmAcl)

51 " BLADE STRIKES FIRST"

pale imitation of slapweasel. try again, loser.

Posted by: 5 miles to nowhere at December 31, 2025 03:11 PM (G+z4C)

52 If this was private money being squandered and pillaged so be it but it is the people's money being stolen so if the people want to investigate why, where, who, and how it is being stolen - game on.

These Governors, Mayors, AGs, and others that are defending the theft are obviously in on it and should be in jail but instead are threatening citizens who dare question the theft.

Posted by: Cheri at December 31, 2025 03:11 PM (oiNtH)

53 He gets to keep the money though?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:11 PM (UgvXX)

54 of a "daycare" that's received $210,000 in federal funding this year.

But no one sees any kids enter the place

With an average IQ of 69, they can only memorize the first half of "No Child Left Behind".

Posted by: t-bird at December 31, 2025 03:11 PM (WTWWW)

55 People are going to wonder why they pay taxes. Then, maybe decide not to.

Then it gets interesting.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 03:12 PM (NwnyJ)

56 Over 40 daycare centers reportedly opened in Columbus, Ohio on the same day, all linked to the same inactive shell entity — and together pulled in $14 MILLION in taxpayer-funded subsidies in a single year.
_____

You sir, are a racist!
-Columbus Mayor Andrew Ginther

I see nothing wrong.
-Gov Mike DeWine, GOP

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 31, 2025 03:12 PM (Dv3i1)

57 Exactly. Her point is that as this level of fraud and plundering is permitted by society -- Democrats, I mean -- the pillars that hold up the country -- hard-working, honest, law-abiding Americans -- stop holding the country up.

In other words "Atlas Shrugged"

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 03:12 PM (a4flb)

58 We’re at the point we should be tying people to car bumpers and running them into a wall. In Somalia these people would already be wearing a burning tyre around their necks.

Posted by: Vengeance at December 31, 2025 03:12 PM (rmAcl)

59 We are not a nation of laws.
Posted by: Boss Moss

We have the laws. Just no one willing to enforce them.
Posted by: Joe Mama at December 31, 2025 03:08 PM (TezPK)

Look at me, I'm on TV!

Posted by: Pam Bondi at December 31, 2025 03:13 PM (vSvIl)

60 Daycarein aint easy.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:13 PM (UgvXX)

61 You remember that there was that period in history, where several countries had revolutions around the same time? We are almost there. If one country, say Ireland or Italy, pushes back hard on "the replacements", you'll see sparks fly in other countries.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 31, 2025 03:08 PM (+mUZM)

You are thinking of the European revolutions of 1848.
The consensus was later that it was mostly a throwing off of the decision how Europe would be run post Napoleonic wars, as adjudicated by Clemmens von Metternich in Austria, but even more it was an economic stress continent wide that made "home rule" and nationalism a better bet than being under the sway of the French, Austrians or some elector who's interests were in some other imperial capitol.
The US had invaded Mexico the previous year so we didn't participate, and the British were focused on India and the far east.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 03:13 PM (rbvCR)

62 >> I see nothing wrong.
-Gov Mike DeWine, GOP

PS: I am also blind.

Posted by: Vengeance at December 31, 2025 03:13 PM (rmAcl)

63 What we need is some crazy pipe hitting motherfuckers to go all medieval on their sorry asses with pliers and blow torches.

Thank You
Samuel L. Jackson, Taxpayer

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 31, 2025 03:13 PM (gm9Sb)

64 The funny thing about the Somali being sentenced to Fed prison is that it's probably nicer than Somalia. Hopefully he'll get the Whitey Bulger special

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 03:14 PM (zNwXb)

65 *Sigh* ACE is ruining my new year.

Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 03:14 PM (dIske)

66 Aaaaaand the GOPe never misses an opportunity to fail:

@AFpost

The office of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has dismissed ongoing claims of fraud related to daycare centers as “the cost of doing business.”

Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 03:14 PM (NuV6c)

67 People are going to wonder why they pay taxes. Then, maybe decide not to.

I have enough saved to retire, but I want to work another ten years because I love what I do.

I may revisit that.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 03:14 PM (a4flb)

68 Over 40 daycare centers reportedly opened in Columbus, Ohio on the same day, all linked to the same inactive shell entity — and together pulled in $14 MILLION in taxpayer-funded subsidies in a single year.

Same paperwork.
Same structure.
Same funding stream.
. . . .
Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 03:09 PM (NuV6c)

That alone should have been flagged in the system, if they had one that a) was built with even the slightest modicum of competence and b) wasn't intentionally circumvented to facilitate fraudulent activity to benefit certain donors and voter groups.

Posted by: When it's this obvious, the govt is in on it at December 31, 2025 03:14 PM (TbWk/)

69 When my dad died, a month after I was born, my mom had to go work at a factory and I was taken care of by cousins. My sisters, who were also kids still, went and cleaned up people's houses for money. But then after a while my mom got a job babysitting/daycare at home and could stay with me the newborn and my sisters didn't have to go work. And that's what she did till she was in her 50s. At one point I did her taxes and knew how much she made. She never cleared more than 25k a year.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 03:14 PM (3uBP9)

70 I have been saying this for years.

The thing is -- MOST of the 3rd world works this way, where you are a sucker if you play by the rules. In fact, other than Japan, I think the entire non-Christian world works this way (I know nothing of Israel so I skip them.)

These people are OK to import in ones or twos per community where they can spend a generation and maybe their kids will be OK, but that is not what we are doing.

ANYONE who has really interacted with Chinese, Russian, Africans.... would know this. I learned it in college from expats and had it reinforced throughout my life. Yet the ruling class can not see it.

Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 03:14 PM (fltLA)

71 If you have a Republican governor there is no excuse for this unless you’re incompetent or in on it. Federal programs are administered by the state and parsed out to the cities and counties. They should have ultimate oversight and responsibility.
Posted by: Vengeance at December 31, 2025 03:09 PM (rmAcl)

Funny.

Posted by: Shaniqua, Director of Every State Agency at December 31, 2025 03:15 PM (tNkpt)

72 >> The office of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has dismissed ongoing claims of fraud related to daycare centers as “the cost of doing business.”

What a gimpy, idiotic bottom-guy thing to say.

Posted by: Vengeance at December 31, 2025 03:15 PM (ScG/9)

73 Tyranny is not marked out by its severity, but rather by its capriciousness. When there is one law for someone, and a different law for someone else, you live under tyranny.

We live under tyranny.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 03:15 PM (jc0TO)

74 Keep looking, bet most states are subjected to this kind of fraud

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 03:15 PM (Ia/+0)

75 "Farah was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $47,920,514."

Good luck with collecting on that.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 03:16 PM (8zz6B)

76 What we need is some crazy pipe hitting motherfuckers to go all medieval on their sorry asses with pliers and blow torches.

Thank You
Samuel L. Jackson, Taxpayer

Ving Rhames as Marsellus Wallace

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 03:16 PM (a4flb)

77 It's just a write off.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:16 PM (UgvXX)

78 I was about to make a joke about 'The Blade is the Bladiest' but I think he's done that one.

We could also go a George Hamilton route and make 'The Gayest Blade!' jokes.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 31, 2025 03:16 PM (bss/y)

79 36
Any entity of any size should have THREE levels of audit/review. The first is internal audit. The organization should have trained personnel who review records and compare the records with how policy, procedure, and internal controls say those records are to be maintained.
Posted by: Crusader, former Federal Bank Examiner at December 31, 2025 03:09 PM (TN0g+)

This assumes that it is a legitimate organization, which everyone knows these day cares are not. Organization doesn't want to be on the up-and-up, and the funders don't want it to be discovered, thus, no audits.

Even when they do audit, it's too important to The Powers That Be to keep the grift going, so the funding is granted despite failed audits.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at December 31, 2025 03:16 PM (h7ZuX)

80 The office of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has dismissed ongoing claims of fraud related to daycare centers as “the cost of doing business.

Embracing the 3rd World they are.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 03:16 PM (jc0TO)

81 You are trying to threaten journalists by telling people to call police with false allegations of a hate crime.

Which is a crime in and of itself.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 03:17 PM (QGRvm)

82 Go to DCYF's website

DCYF stands for "Don't Care, You F--kers"

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 31, 2025 03:17 PM (WPL6O)

83 I'm shocked.

Posted by: CLinton Foundation at December 31, 2025 03:17 PM (fltLA)

84 66 Aaaaaand the GOPe never misses an opportunity to fail:

@AFpost

The office of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has dismissed ongoing claims of fraud related to daycare centers as “the cost of doing business.”
Posted by: Lizzy

That was just a quote I made up in my post. I didn't realize the actual quote was going to be nearly identical.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 31, 2025 03:17 PM (Dv3i1)

85 66 Aaaaaand the GOPe never misses an opportunity to fail:

@AFpost

The office of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has dismissed ongoing claims of fraud related to daycare centers as “the cost of doing business.”
Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 03:14 PM (NuV6c)

And so, he must needs be in on it.

Fucking hell. We need to start making Guillotines great again.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 31, 2025 03:17 PM (bss/y)

86 ANYONE who has really interacted with Chinese, Russian, Africans.... would know this. I learned it in college from expats and had it reinforced throughout my life. Yet the ruling class can not see it.
Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 03:14 PM (fltLA)

I agree with everything you said except the last sentence. The ruling class not only sees it, they're banking on it, investing in it, and share the same mindset.

Posted by: They're third-world grifters in Brooks Bros suits at December 31, 2025 03:17 PM (TbWk/)

87 With AI it would take about 10 minutes to uncover this fraud.

Nobody WANTS to uncover it though.

Posted by: Reality at December 31, 2025 03:18 PM (tNkpt)

88 @AFpost

The office of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has dismissed ongoing claims of fraud related to daycare centers as “the cost of doing business.”
Posted by: Lizzy

Looks like Ohio needs all of their Federal HHS fund revoked.

Just think of how much saving this will make if Congress can be bothered to pass a budget!

Posted by: FeatherBlade at December 31, 2025 03:18 PM (Cznub)

89 16 I can't imagine red states are completely immune.

Kentucky for example.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Ohio.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 31, 2025 03:18 PM (sAmhv)

90 I got a starbucks blonde roast, well it's a gift for my wife but I brewed it today for her. Not that over burnt stuff, but very mild, light roast. And I'll be darned if it's not some of the most favorable smooth coffee I've ever had in my life. great stuff.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 03:18 PM (3uBP9)

91 There is going to be a Clinton, Ford Class Carrier.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:18 PM (UgvXX)

92 87 With AI it would take about 10 minutes to uncover this fraud.

Nobody WANTS to uncover it though.
Posted by: Reality at December 31, 2025 03:18 PM (tNkpt)

This. Because I'd think we would find they are all fucking corrupt except 'maybe' Desantis.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 31, 2025 03:19 PM (bss/y)

93 Harmet Dhillon has already warned them about going after citizen journalists.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 31, 2025 03:19 PM (+mUZM)

94 We could also go a George Hamilton route and make 'The Gayest Blade!' jokes.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 31, 2025 03:16 PM (bss/y)

Please do. We can use some humor around here

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 03:20 PM (Yl2Ob)

95 Dewine, the cost of doing business; so Mikey let's see YOUR bank accounts you rotted rumpswab.

Posted by: Kingsman at December 31, 2025 03:20 PM (ehY6c)

96 With AI it would take about 10 minutes to uncover this fraud.

Nobody WANTS to uncover it though.
Posted by: Reality at December 31, 2025 03:18 PM (tNkpt)

Not internally, but DataRepublican, Beaver, and a few others are churning away on X.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 03:21 PM (rbvCR)

97 TikTok gal is 100% right, though a lot of us have been feeling this way for decades already. It's probably spreading, as it should. Whether it reaches critical mass remains to be seen.

And people wonder why the GOP base has gone Gault on election day.

Uniparty.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 03:21 PM (a4flb)

98 Just like how the cops showed up almost instantly to harass Nick.

But if someone was kicking the door in to your house, you a taxpaying law-abiding citizen ... they'll get out there maybe next week.

They are protecting the fraud because they are in on the fraud.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at December 31, 2025 03:21 PM (HXT0k)

99 94 We could also go a George Hamilton route and make 'The Gayest Blade!' jokes.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 31, 2025 03:16 PM (bss/y)

Please do. We can use some humor around here
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 03:20 PM (Yl2Ob)

*blink* I kind of already did. Only so much you can do with it except do the 'IT MEANS HAPPY!' thing.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 31, 2025 03:21 PM (bss/y)

100 >>>Niger’s Government bans visas for Americans

Oh no.

Posted by: No one ever at December 31, 2025 03:21 PM (dK+Kv)

101 I agree with everything you said except the last sentence. The ruling class not only sees it, they're banking on it, investing in it, and share the same mindset.
Posted by: They're third-world grifters

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

You are right.

But what they don't see is that they are destroying the West. And when it is gone, they will not survive happily on their yachts and villas in New Zealand.

Posted by: CLinton Foundation at December 31, 2025 03:21 PM (fltLA)

102 I've never seen thieves with such large fat egos. So fat, that they have man tits. Women too.

Posted by: thug dolphin at December 31, 2025 03:22 PM (EyfuW)

103 And our glorious AG Brown can go take a flying fu*k at a rolling donut.

And society will collapse.
Ace

You said it Ace. As I've already said in earlier threads, this corruption is far deeper and serious than we can imagine. It will rock the Republic, and if not cleaned up, destroy it.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 03:22 PM (2WIwB)

104 This is why I say that Republicans should cut federal spending by 5% across the board and include entitlements like SSDI. Why the budget committee doesn’t do something like that is beyond reason. We hear every year all the excuses why we can’t cut, and yet billions of fraud is being unearthed in every single program. I could explain this to a small mammal and it would shake its head in agreement. Yet we get these fat, old, bloviating GOP committee chairs and a weenie speaker. Unreal. Grow some balls.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 31, 2025 03:22 PM (isOGd)

105 The office of Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has dismissed ongoing claims of fraud related to daycare centers as “the cost of doing business.”
Posted by: Lizzy

That was just a quote I made up in my post. I didn't realize the actual quote was going to be nearly identical.
Posted by: Chuck Martel
======
DeWino is a long time GOPe corruptican.

Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 03:22 PM (WDjG6)

106 Ah, late to the thread and I see Ohio was mentioned, repeatedly. I will also add Virginia, though I haven't checked that closely. NoVA is infested with 'Rich Diversity', so I'm just going to assume fraud is baked in the sharia. With the change of regime in Richmond, I suspect the fraud will increase to astronomical range. The Coven of Karens will demand it, for our own good.

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 31, 2025 03:22 PM (sAmhv)

107 From Ohio:

DeWine spokesman Tierney said that makes Ohio’s system tougher to manipulate. “Does it eliminate fraud attempts? I can’t say that,” he said. “But when you have to show attendance, it’s much harder to create ghost enrollment.”

Yes because nobody could possibly forge attendance records. That would be like impossible man.

Posted by: Really? at December 31, 2025 03:22 PM (tNkpt)

108 these really are daycares.

For "harassment."

And "hate."

I think I've seen this playbook before. Maybe California, and whistleblowers/journalists exposing abortion fraud or misconduct?

Posted by: Moron Analyst at December 31, 2025 03:23 PM (ycI94)

109 Harmet Dhillon has already warned them about going after citizen journalists.

Harmet follows up. She should have been AG not the Green Room Queen.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 03:23 PM (a4flb)

110 63 What we need is some crazy pipe hitting motherfuckers to go all medieval on their sorry asses with pliers and blow torches.

Thank You
Samuel L. Jackson, Taxpayer
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 31, 2025 03:13 PM (gm9Sb)

Marcellus Wallace (who does not look like a bitch) was played by Ving Rhames.

Posted by: tankdemon at December 31, 2025 03:23 PM (4p5Zb)

111 "No one wants to feel like an abused, cucked loser for doing the right thing. If the right thing is not rewarded, and the wrong thing is not punished, we'll all start doing the wrong thing, and Atlas will shrug off his burden.

And society will collapse.

Posted by: Ace at 03:00 PM

If we truly turn into a Low Trust society in this way, the American Experiment will become a dead letter - without a shot having been fired.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 31, 2025 03:23 PM (0CU3H)

112 Where is CNN? NPR? New York Times? MS-LOL? Washington Post? CBS? ABC? NBC? Isn't this an important NEWS STORY?

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 03:23 PM (guGkK)

113 DeWine is leaving next year and doesn't care. He listened to his Dem Health director on COVID Amy Acton who was a tyrant . She's now running for governor. Her against probably Vivek. Have fun Ohio

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 03:23 PM (zNwXb)

114 Niger’s Government bans visas for Americans
Oh no.
Posted by: No one ever at December 31, 2025 03:21 PM (dK+Kv)

It is pronounced, "NEE-zher" you know.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 03:23 PM (rbvCR)

115 Do these Day Cares have a box?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:23 PM (UgvXX)

116 btw, you can find the movie (Zorro: The Gay Blade) in it's entirety here:

https://tinyurl.com/mt6tuda7

I was 6 when it came out (1981) and I never actually saw it.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 31, 2025 03:23 PM (bss/y)

117 “the cost of doing business.”

Epic failure on reading the room, idiots.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 31, 2025 03:24 PM (Dv3i1)

118 Yet we get these fat, old, bloviating GOP committee chairs and a weenie speaker. Unreal. Grow some balls.
Posted by: Marcus T at December 31, 2025 03:22 PM (isOGd)
----
Every single one of these weasels is in on the graft at some level. If not them directly, someone in their social circle is (friend, family member, political donor, etc.).

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 03:24 PM (ESVrU)

119 Any entity of any size should have THREE levels of audit/review. The first is internal audit. The organization should have trained personnel who review records and compare the records with how policy, procedure, and internal controls say those records are to be maintained.
Posted by: Crusader, former Federal Bank Examiner at December 31, 2025 03:09 PM (TN0g+)

We investigated our officer for smashing in the face and breaking the limbs of a 90-pound 73-year-old lady with dementia for allegedly shoplifting $8 of merchandise from Walmart and have cleared him of any and all wrongdoing.

Posted by: Average internal investigation at December 31, 2025 03:24 PM (TbWk/)

120 If we truly turn into a Low Trust society in this way, the American Experiment will become a dead letter - without a shot having been fired.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 31, 2025 03:23 PM

I think there will be a plethora of shots.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 03:24 PM (jc0TO)

121 What are the people from there called?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:24 PM (UgvXX)

122 Harmet follows up. She should have been AG not the Green Room Queen.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 03:23 PM (a4flb)

Congress was not willing to play. Politics is the art of the possible.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 03:25 PM (rbvCR)

123 93 Harmet Dhillon has already warned them about going after citizen journalists.
Posted by: Notsothoreau at December 31, 2025 03:19 PM (+mUZM)

By the way, THIS is why we have a First Amendment. Government shouldn't go after citizen journalists that are attempting to root out corruption. Corporate journalism wasn't around during Colonial America.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 31, 2025 03:25 PM (0CU3H)

124 I went back to Ohio
But my city was gone
----
Reduced to Day Care Centers

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 31, 2025 03:25 PM (Dv3i1)

125 104 This is why I say that Republicans should cut federal spending by 5% across the board and include entitlements like SSDI. Why the budget committee doesn’t do something like that is beyond reason. We hear every year all the excuses why we can’t cut, and yet billions of fraud is being unearthed in every single program. I could explain this to a small mammal and it would shake its head in agreement. Yet we get these fat, old, bloviating GOP committee chairs and a weenie speaker. Unreal. Grow some balls.
Posted by: Marcus T
=====
Because the grift will not get cut and innocent people will get hurt. Politicians will never cut the fat preferring instead to affect the people. See Obama closing national parks including the Mall in DC, every local jurisdiction that threatens layoffs of fire and police rather than cut their budgets, and so on.

False Claim Act, applied broadly is the way to go where individual citizens that document fraud waste and abuse in government spending at the federal, state, and local level get 10-20 percent of the money saved.

Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 03:25 PM (WDjG6)

126 >>Dewine, the cost of doing business; so Mikey let's see YOUR bank accounts you rotted rumpswab.

He's already mixed up in the Haitian refugee business. . .

Posted by: Lizzy at December 31, 2025 03:25 PM (NuV6c)

127 Washington State's AG says he'll launch an investigation -- into the people asking if these really are daycares.
________
Those are the only ones who may possibly do time. The reporters.

Posted by: Eeyore at December 31, 2025 03:25 PM (s0JqF)

128 Since Ace referenced Atlas shrugging:

"When you see that men get richer by graft and pull than by work, and your laws don't protect you against them, but protect them against you - when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming self-sacrifice - you may know that your society is doomed. Money is so noble a medium that it does not compete with guns and it does not make terms with brutality. It will not permit a country to survive as half-property, half-loot."

Posted by: Biff Pocoroba at December 31, 2025 03:26 PM (XvL8K)

129 If we truly turn into a Low Trust society in this way, the American Experiment will become a dead letter - without a shot having been fired.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 31, 2025 03:23 PM (0CU3H)
=======

Wearing a MAGA hat in some places will put you face down in the street.

Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 03:26 PM (rj6Yv)

130 Cloward-Piven encouraged putting everyone on the welfare train, in order to break the (actually socialist) system.

The Somalis are just helping break the system much more quickly. They just fabricate thousands of welfare recipients and put that money to better use (for jihadis in Somalia). The infidel deserves to surrender all their ill-gotten profits, and give it to the IQ depraved.

Posted by: illiniwek at December 31, 2025 03:26 PM (vbXSk)

131 Yes because nobody could possibly forge attendance records. That would be like impossible man.

Its not who ~~votes~~ attends that counts, but who counts the ~~votes~~ students"

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 03:26 PM (a4flb)

132 >> I'm shocked.
Posted by: CLinton Foundation

Fun fact. The tax case against the Clinton Foundation that was brought by a couple whistleblowers who are experts in forensic accounting has been going through the court system for the last 6+ years. I remember when the guys bringing the case testified before Congress during Trump's 1st term.

Those on X can follow them here @CFWBers. They post updates. They are also inline to get a huge chunk of cash if they win the case so they are pretty serious guys.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 03:26 PM (viF8m)

133 I am setting up a daycare for morons. Beers and chicks jumping on trampolines. Quality Leering Center.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 03:26 PM (dK+Kv)

134 Somalian backlash?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:26 PM (UgvXX)

135 >> Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 03:24 PM (ESVrU)

You might think Johnson would get on board because his state is at the top of every ignominious list. Crime, fedgov handouts, etc. He stands up there like some beacon, when his own backyard is a dog park mess.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 31, 2025 03:26 PM (isOGd)

136 100 >>>Niger’s Government bans visas for Americans

Oh no.
Posted by: No one ever at December 31, 2025 03:21 PM (dK+Kv)

Those people annoy me.

Posted by: Randy Marsh at December 31, 2025 03:26 PM (TbWk/)

137 Reposting for relevance

I think we are coming to a point in the crisis where the normals are beginning to grasp the enormity of the crime and how they have been enslaved.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 30, 2025 06:53 PM (RIvkX)

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 03:27 PM (RIvkX)

138 112 Where is CNN? NPR? New York Times? MS-LOL? Washington Post? CBS? ABC? NBC? Isn't this an important NEWS STORY?
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

LoL!!!

Sincerely,
CNN, NPR, NYT, MS-NOW, WashPo, CBS, ABC, NBC, etc...

Posted by: Puddleglum, cheer up for the worst is yet to come at December 31, 2025 03:27 PM (sAmhv)

139 Mastercard?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:27 PM (UgvXX)

140 Wearing a MAGA hat in some places will put you face down in the street.

www.bulletproofme.com

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 03:27 PM (a4flb)

141 *watches first three mins of Zorro: The Gay Blade*

This movie is fucking horrible. Not in the good way.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 31, 2025 03:28 PM (bss/y)

142 By the way, THIS is why we have a First Amendment. Government shouldn't go after citizen journalists that are attempting to root out corruption. Corporate journalism wasn't around during Colonial America.
Posted by: Darrell Harris
=====
1st Amendment was drafted in part because of the celebrated colonial trial of Peter Zenger. Zenger noted that the PA royal governor was spending outrageous amounts for his personal life and charging taxpayers to do it. Zenger was charged with seditious libel and a jury freed him despite the royal government's displeasure. Zenger's defense is that he told the truth which he did. Seditious libel used by the Crown to prosecute people for upsetting the peasants even if the allegations printed were true. Theory was it would undermine public support for the Crown.

Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 03:28 PM (WDjG6)

143 And ~~society~~ government will collapse.
......

Back to square one.

Posted by: wth at December 31, 2025 03:28 PM (v0R5T)

144 We are not a nation of laws.

Sure we are. Those laws, like gun control, apply only to the law abiding. See how that works? Remember: No Good Deed goes unpunished.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 31, 2025 03:29 PM (Da7Vv)

145 I can't imagine red states are completely immune.

Kentucky for example.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

***

Just how pervasive is corruption? Do a FOI request on the mayor and city council of your home town. Then see how many "business trips" they made in conjunction with a seminar or training event that was sponsored (and probably paid for) by some company. Look for firms that sell fire trucks, ambulances, IT, etc.
Have a bottle handy because you will want to drink afterwards.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 03:29 PM (2WIwB)

146 47 Why are the Somali retards still here?
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:10 PM (UgvXX)

I am told that they bring something of great value to our culture but for the life of me I can't figure out what it is.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 03:29 PM (guGkK)

147 Wow that was good coffee! 3pm coffee. Maybe it was spiked. I'm super wired now. I feel like streaking somewhere. Is it normal for coffee to make you want to strip nude and run around at a sporting event? I wonder if there are a lot of coffee induced streaking episodes. I bet there are and the authorities would be really understanding. Everyone probably gets one caffeinated streak freebee. A rule somewhere.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 03:29 PM (3uBP9)

148 @137 probably and I hope you're right. The hardcore Dems won't change, but independents will be pissed. Now if the GOp only showed some stones

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 03:29 PM (zNwXb)

149 If its just the cost of doing business. I need to move and start a day care business, make a few mkllion and get out

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 03:29 PM (Ia/+0)

150 I am setting up a daycare for morons. Beers and chicks jumping on trampolines. Quality Leering Center.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon
.....

It won't be empty.

Posted by: wth at December 31, 2025 03:30 PM (v0R5T)

151 If we truly turn into a Low Trust society in this way, the American Experiment will become a dead letter - without a shot having been fired.
Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 31, 2025 03:23 PM

I think there will be a plethora of shots.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 03:24 PM (jc0TO)

***

This.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 03:31 PM (2WIwB)

152 Samuel Adams had a solution to such crooked government officials.

Fun fact: government won’t hold itself accountable.

Posted by: Cray Cray at December 31, 2025 03:31 PM (vWau3)

153 This poor Somali's daycare center was broken into and you're not going to believe it but...
they stole all the student enrollment records and the employee files.

Can't make this up.

https://tinyurl.com/99zdmvtz

Posted by: IrishEi at December 31, 2025 03:31 PM (3ImbR)

154
The consensus was later that it was mostly a throwing off of the decision how Europe would be run post Napoleonic wars, as adjudicated by Clemmens von Metternich in Austria,

....and the British were focused on India and the far east.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 03:13 PM (rbvCR)

I handled him roughly when I commented to him at the Council of Strasbourg "POO TO YOU WITH KNOBS ON!"

Posted by: William Pitt the even Younger at December 31, 2025 03:31 PM (y9nCu)

155 []“the cost of doing business.”

Epic failure on reading the room, idiots.

Sociopaths struggle in that department.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 03:31 PM (a4flb)

156 I am told that they bring something of great value to our culture but for the life of me I can't figure out what it is.
Posted by: Cicero

Doctors, Lawyers, even Congressional Representatives!
-Ilhan Omar

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 31, 2025 03:31 PM (Dv3i1)

157 Somalia is a shithole among shitholes. I’ve been to a lot of toilet countries but that is the worst. Their culture is like the Hunger Games. They will kill each other for a piece of silver. Their only loyalty is to their clan. Barely. Because they will light the other guy on fire for a crust of bread. 99% of them don’t give a shit about our country. They are here to exploit, take and undermine. Period. They should find the people who pushed their migration into our country and throw them down a flight of concrete stairs.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 31, 2025 03:31 PM (isOGd)

158 This poor Somali's daycare center was broken into and you're not going to believe it but...
they stole all the student enrollment records and the employee files.

Great. Now show us the police report on the break-in.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 03:32 PM (a4flb)

159 119 Any entity of any size should have THREE levels of audit/review. The first is internal audit. The organization should have trained personnel who review records and compare the records with how policy, procedure, and internal controls say those records are to be maintained.
Posted by: Crusader
======
Yes they should but even that will not work if the general culture in the US becomes that of the Turd World where casual corruption and graft is justified as everybody does it.

Sweden went through painful but successful restructuring of its welfare state in the 90's only to admit hundreds of thousands of barbarians who have no intention in not stealing everything that is not nailed down.

Denmark made a right turn and decided not to admit more barbarians and to force them to assimilate. We shall see if that is successful which I think not.

Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 03:32 PM (WDjG6)

160 I saw this on X: "Norway Shrugged"

Norway's punitive taxes are driving innovators and startups away.

"Norway imposes a wealth tax that taxes unrealized gains at approximately 1% annually. Calculated on the full market value for publicly traded assets and the book value of private companies. On New Year's Eve, whatever your net worth - including illiquid assets - is subject to this tax. It doesn't matter if you're running a loss-making startup with no cash flow, if your investments have tanked after the valuation date, or even if your company has gone bankrupt—you still owe the tax.

"This creates a perverse scenario where business owners must extract dividends or sell shares every year just to cover their tax bill. With dividend and capital gains taxes at around 38%, you need to withdraw approximately 1.6 million NOK to pay a 1 million NOK wealth tax bill. You're essentially paying taxes to pay taxes, draining capital from your business without any personal financial gain."

Norway also added an "exit tax" so the smart move is to leave before you get rich.

https://paragraph.com/@hagaetc/norway-shrugged

Posted by: mr_jack at December 31, 2025 03:33 PM (LNPSJ)

161 I think there will be a plethora of shots.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 03:24 PM (jc0TO)

Like getting vaxed and boosted?

Posted by: Got my COVID booster and I feel GREA... at December 31, 2025 03:33 PM (TbWk/)

162 >>I think we are coming to a point in the crisis where the normals are beginning to grasp the enormity of the crime and how they have been enslaved.

That's why I've been saying that all these predictions of a blue wave next Fall might be a big premature. Nobody likes being robbed and a lot Democrat voters are going to start finding out they are in fact the baddies.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 03:33 PM (viF8m)

163 Fraud is the word.
Posted by: dantesed
---------

That's a bit passive, it trancends that, let's call it prosecutable crimnal[i/] fraud.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 03:34 PM (XeU6L)

164 157 Somalia is a shithole among shitholes. I’ve been to a lot of toilet countries but that is the worst. Their culture is like the Hunger Games....
____

Don't forget the clit snipping!

Posted by: Somalia Tourism Board at December 31, 2025 03:34 PM (Dv3i1)

165
You should all be happy that at least there's not a bunch of toddlers being brainwashed with marxoislamic rhymes every day.

Posted by: Auspex at December 31, 2025 03:34 PM (pCWOd)

166

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 03:34 PM (XeU6L)

167
What are the people from there called?
Posted by: Boss Moss

Ralph

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 03:34 PM (pkeXY)

168 Think of all the hookers and blow that could have been bought with this money, wow

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at December 31, 2025 03:35 PM (NtVYv)

169 I'm gonna need some evidence this brown eyed beauty is Brazilian... 😉

Posted by: melodicmetal at December 31, 2025 03:35 PM (61TgR)

170 I am told that they bring something of great value to our culture but for the life of me I can't figure out what it is.

When you say "our culture" is that a typo and should read "our coffers" as in the Demonic Party's slush fund ?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 03:35 PM (a4flb)

171 Ugh. Almost ushered in the new year with an embarreling.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 03:35 PM (XeU6L)

172 119 Any entity of any size should have THREE levels of audit/review. The first is internal audit. The organization should have trained personnel who review records and compare the records with how policy, procedure, and internal controls say those records are to be maintained.
Posted by: Crusader
====

"You do, of course, have SOC 2 certification"?

"Infidel!"

Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 03:35 PM (rj6Yv)

173 On Zero Hedge they have an article about the Salem, Oregon city council getting a convicted murderer to sit on the oversight board for the PD.
It does not help that they use the picture of the OLD city hall that was torn down in the 60's to illustrate the article.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 03:35 PM (rbvCR)

174 and the people at the address refuse to answer the door.

Choot the knockers!

Posted by: Politico "journalists" at December 31, 2025 03:35 PM (0sNs1)

175 Somalia is a shithole among shitholes. I’ve been to a lot of toilet countries but that is the worst. Their culture is like the Hunger Games. They will kill each other for a piece of silver. Their only loyalty is to their clan. Barely. Because they will light the other guy on fire for a crust of bread. 99% of them don’t give a shit about our country. They are here to exploit, take and undermine. Period. They should find the people who pushed their migration into our country and throw them down a flight of concrete stairs.
Posted by: Marcus T at December 31, 2025 03:31 PM (isOGd)

Exactly right.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 03:35 PM (2WIwB)

176 Why are the Somali retards still here?
Posted by: Boss Moss

I am told that they bring something of great value to our culture but for the life of me I can't figure out what it is.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)
......

Family-owned Somalian eateries known for their goat platters?

Posted by: wth at December 31, 2025 03:36 PM (v0R5T)

177 The governing class realized that people will revolt over paying taxes but NOT over spending even if it is straight up theft.

So the answer? Print dollars and steal them.

Your taxes are the same but they still took half of your wealth and the LIVs won't vote you out for it

Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 03:36 PM (sKqQm)

178 146 47 Why are the Somali retards still here?
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:10 PM (UgvXX)

I am told that they bring something of great value to our culture but for the life of me I can't figure out what it is.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 03:29 PM (guGkK)

The Powers That Be would be very satisfied if the public opprobrium was strictly limited to the Somalis. Easy to ringfence criticism by calling the critics racist, and there would be more than enough LIVs to buy their explanation and let the story die in time. BTW, I give this story one month and it will be forgotten, in light of the next grotesquerie that will inevitably come out.

Obviously, these Somalis had help from government Sherpas that received kickbacks and votes from the scheme. THESE are the people who need to go to jail most of all. If Bondi and Patel focus on them, this is what will get Trump past the midterms unscathed. That, and everything else Trump did this year that will begin to pay dividends in 2026.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 31, 2025 03:36 PM (0CU3H)

179 1. Wealth Tax
2. ???
3. Profit!!!!
--Norsk Underbusker Gnomes

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 31, 2025 03:36 PM (Dv3i1)

180 The Faustian West has reached senescence. Time to die.

Posted by: Oglebay at December 31, 2025 03:36 PM (GPa4z)

181 But what about all those Gay and Transgender Somali Children ??

Where will they get the medical care if they are not allowed to Scam in Minnasota-stan ??

We call on a Hawaiian Judge to step in now and protect these poor children from Donald" Adolf" Trump and the ICE Storm Troopers ...

Posted by: Jackson at December 31, 2025 03:37 PM (J9q9v)

182 Hope everyone has a Happy New Year!!!

Posted by: Scuba_Dude at December 31, 2025 03:37 PM (Oq/TM)

183 1. Wealth Tax
2. ???
3. Profit!!!!
--Norsk Underbusker Gnomes
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 31, 2025 03:36 PM (Dv3i1)

Careful about sneering. California is planning the exact same thing.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 03:37 PM (rbvCR)

184 "And where fraud is substantiated and verified by law enforcement and regulatory agencies, people should be held accountable."

Nothing will happen.

Posted by: That Guy who sonorously intones "Nothing will happen." at December 31, 2025 03:37 PM (0sNs1)

185 Now extrapolate this to voter fraud.

Aye?! GOP?! you fuckin clowns awake?

Posted by: melodicmetal at December 31, 2025 03:37 PM (61TgR)

186 148 @137 probably and I hope you're right. The hardcore Dems won't change, but independents will be pissed. Now if the GOp only showed some stones
Posted by: Smell the Glove
==========
Like election fraud and election rigging, I have come to the conclusion that far too many GOP officeholders are doing the corruption thing too, just not a crudely.

Only thing that makes sense why far too many of them act the way that they do.

The elite in this country have a vast network formed in politics and elite colleges that essentially view the rest of the population as unworthy peasants. These elites justify their legal and illegal theft from the rest of us because they are smarter, kinder, wiser, and better people all around than the regular folks. Since they are saints by their own definition, then taking their opportunities when they come is simply justified as foresight.

Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 03:37 PM (WDjG6)

187 Then: If Donald Trump has done nothing wrong then he has nothing to fear from an investigation

Now: How dare the government investigate these day care centers for fraud - innocent people will be harmed by baseless investigations!

Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 03:37 PM (sKqQm)

188 I already have a New Calender.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:37 PM (UgvXX)

189 We investigated our officer for smashing in the face and breaking the limbs of a 90-pound 73-year-old lady with dementia for allegedly shoplifting $8 of merchandise from Walmart and have cleared him of any and all wrongdoing.
Posted by: Average internal investigation at December 31, 2025 03:24 PM (TbWk/)
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Not to sh*t on your point but I fired someone as the result of an internal investigation just in October.

Posted by: San Franpsycho at December 31, 2025 03:38 PM (RIvkX)

190 With AI it would take about 10 minutes to uncover this fraud.

Nobody WANTS to uncover it though.
Posted by: Reality at December 31, 2025 03:18 PM (tNkpt)

This. Because I'd think we would find they are all fucking corrupt except 'maybe' Desantis.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

I'm good with uncovering EVERYTHING. Let the bodies fall where they may.
Since I've been played as a chump, I don't care WHO goes to jail.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 03:38 PM (QGRvm)

191 Heh.
It's about a 30 minute drive to Kent and Federal Way. Maybe I'll take a drive up to some of these places and check them out.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 03:38 PM (2WIwB)

192 I'm gonna need some evidence this brown eyed beauty is Brazilian... 😉
Posted by: melodicmetal at December 31, 2025

***
I wouldn't have guessed it either. Though there's a certain precision in the way she pronounces "r" and some other consonants that . . .

Oh.

Wait.

Ohhhhh . . .

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 03:39 PM (wzUl9)

193 and the people at the address refuse to answer the door.
......

Well, that kind of sucks when you go to pick up your kids.

Posted by: wth at December 31, 2025 03:39 PM (v0R5T)

194
Now if the GOp only showed some stones
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Wouldn't be prudent. Not at this juncture.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 03:39 PM (pkeXY)

195 If the Somali's are doing this, sure as HELL the India immigrant's are doing it. I just saw a Day Care open up in New Albany, it's a house not a building. New Albany Ohio ( the place that Epstein built) is one of the HIGHEST tax brackets in Ohio and I wonder if they are doing it to exempt themselves from Property and State Taxes

Posted by: Patrick From Ohio at December 31, 2025 03:39 PM (FCrpy)

196 It isn't the Brazilian way, as the young lady states. It is the third world way, practiced all over the planet. And democrats in this country behave the same way, and will use stolen money to pay for votes.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 03:40 PM (0U5gm)

197 Not the hill to die on.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:40 PM (UgvXX)

198 Off topic, but it appears that American Thinker has changed their entire format beginning with their front page.

https://www.americanthinker.com/

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 31, 2025 03:40 PM (5xuJ/)

199 >>Why are the Somali retards still here?

To provide votes for the people helping them run these scams.

With all the focus on the money being stolen for this fraud we shouldn't lose sight of the other half of the equation, voting. The Great Replacement is very real.

I challenge anyone to justify the voter vouching system that is part of the Minnesota voting process. There is no reason for it other than to cheat.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 03:40 PM (viF8m)

200
What's the old saying? "Nobody can hurt you without your permission." What if honest citizens start withholding their permission to be tax cows?

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 31, 2025 03:40 PM (tgvbd)

201 Today I am asking the Minnesota Legislature to raise taxes on the "White Racist Homo Haters" who reside in the Islamic State of Minnesota-Stan to support these poor people that have been hurt by the Evil and Satanic policies of the Fuhrer and White Cracker Klansman Donny Trump

Posted by: Tim Walz at December 31, 2025 03:41 PM (J9q9v)

202 That's why I've been saying that all these predictions of a blue wave next Fall might be a big premature. Nobody likes being robbed and a lot Democrat voters are going to start finding out they are in fact the baddies.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025

—

I hope you’re right. I just wonder how many Normies are exposed to this stuff. It’s the number 1 story for political nerds. But for the average LIV, CNN or their local newspaper or newscast sure isn’t telling them about it. If anything they’re going out of their way to tell the Normies it’s no big deal and a bunch of racist lies.

Posted by: Really? at December 31, 2025 03:41 PM (tNkpt)

203 Doctors, Lawyers, even Congressional Representatives!
-Ilhan Omar
Posted by: Chuck Martel
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Social refinement, motherfuckers! -- Rashida Harbi Tlaib

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 03:42 PM (XeU6L)

204 I am told that they bring something of great value to our culture but for the life of me I can't figure out what it is.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43)

***
Once upon a time I'd have said, "They act as a bad example." But -- after decades of brainwashing not to be "racist" -- I'm not so sure Americans understand that.

We still don't need them physically here to profit by their example.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 03:42 PM (wzUl9)

205 I'm gonna need some evidence this brown eyed beauty is Brazilian... 😉
Posted by: melodicmetal at December 31, 2025

***
I wouldn't have guessed it either. Though there's a certain precision in the way she pronounces "r" and some other consonants that . . .

Oh.

Wait.

Ohhhhh . . .

TFW you're developing a joke and someone else posts it first, virtually verbatim to what you planned.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 03:42 PM (Riz8t)

206 Gay Blade joke

Esteban- if your blade as sharp as your tongue?

Zorro- is yours as full as your wit?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 03:42 PM (Yl2Ob)

207 Remember the Minnesota somali cop who shot the white woman who was seeking help?
Can't wait for Washington cities to hire their own Somali cops.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 03:43 PM (2WIwB)

208 I wonder if white run legit day cares are left completely unmonitored by the state. Or do they have to show records of the kids, and get regular inspections on various safety protocols?

Posted by: illiniwek at December 31, 2025 03:43 PM (vbXSk)

209 >> I'm shocked.
Posted by: CLinton Foundation

Too soon!

Posted by: Kaya at December 31, 2025 03:43 PM (ycI94)

210 165
You should all be happy that at least there's not a bunch of toddlers being brainwashed with marxoislamic rhymes every day.
Posted by: Auspex at December 31, 2025 03:34 PM (pCWOd)

I'm sure they get plenty of that at home.

Posted by: No beneficial effect to be had here at December 31, 2025 03:43 PM (TbWk/)

211 OK....I find this hilarious in a macabre sort of way. The richest man in Somalia is presumed to be this guy:

Haji Mohamed Said Duale

You might ask yourself..."How did Duale get so rich (billionaire status)? Well, he runs a MONEY TRANSFER COMPANY. You have to admit that is kind of funny.

Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 03:43 PM (dIske)

212 What's the old saying? "Nobody can hurt you without your permission." What if honest citizens start withholding their permission to be tax cows?
------

The GOP house and senate could declare 2026 to be a year of tax ammesty. They could require all returns to be filed as usual, and declare that any taxes owed are waived. That would be an "attention-getter".

But who am I kidding? For it to work, we'd have to have a GOP house and senate that wanted to actually do something other than hold hearings and grift.

Posted by: Crusader at December 31, 2025 03:43 PM (TN0g+)

213 What's the point of anything anymore?

Everything is fake and a lie.

Posted by: Iasonas at December 31, 2025 03:44 PM (gUzGB)

214 202 That's why I've been saying that all these predictions of a blue wave next Fall might be a big premature. Nobody likes being robbed and a lot Democrat voters are going to start finding out they are in fact the baddies.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025

—

I hope you’re right. I just wonder how many Normies are exposed to this stuff. It’s the number 1 story for political nerds. But for the average LIV, CNN or their local newspaper or newscast sure isn’t telling them about it. If anything they’re going out of their way to tell the Normies it’s no big deal and a bunch of racist lies.
Posted by: Really? at December 31, 2025 03:41 PM (tNkpt)

Nick Shirley now has over a million YT subscribers, and his X post received multiple millions of views. CNN, with a fraction of the following that X has, is trying to shoot the messenger. They will not succeed. The MSM may not be dead, but New Media is very much alive, and they are getting all the attention.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 31, 2025 03:44 PM (0CU3H)

215 Likely already mentioned: I think I saw a recent report of investigation in the state of Washington that showed several fraudulent Somali businesses receiving gubmint funds whose registrations with literally no street addresses.

That's not just "willful blindness" ... it's aiding and abetting a conspiracy.

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 03:44 PM (og9b4)

216 I hope you’re right. I just wonder how many Normies are exposed to this stuff. It’s the number 1 story for political nerds. But for the average LIV, CNN or their local newspaper or newscast sure isn’t telling them about it. If anything they’re going out of their way to tell the Normies it’s no big deal and a bunch of racist lies.
Posted by: Really?
======
Euroland yutes are increasingly turning to the Internet for news and that is why the EU is panicking trying to shut down American sources like X.

Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 03:44 PM (WDjG6)

217 206

Darn- Autocorrect ruined the joke. Should be "Zorro -Is yours as dull as your wit?"

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 03:44 PM (Yl2Ob)

218 @186 whig, yup. I don't know if you saw the news today on X about a guy who filed election finance complaints against a number of politicians for "smurfing" . Almost all Dems , except Thune and Graham. If found guilty their campaigns have to pay penalties and if the campaign is broke they could be personally liable

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 03:44 PM (zNwXb)

219 Is there a lot of demand for fake Day Cares?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:44 PM (UgvXX)

220 You should all be happy that at least there's not a bunch of toddlers being brainwashed with marxoislamic rhymes every day.
Posted by: Auspex
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True!
But, cold comfort.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 03:45 PM (XeU6L)

221 >>Nick Shirley now has over a million YT subscribers, and his X post received multiple millions of views.

The number as of now is over 100 million and climbing.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 03:45 PM (viF8m)

222 Childcare Today,
Fraud Somali!

Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 31, 2025 03:45 PM (wtvvX)

223 Did they pick up Thune yet?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:45 PM (UgvXX)

224 219 Is there a lot of demand for fake Day Cares?
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:44 PM (UgvXX)

Evidently

Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 03:45 PM (VE6XX)

225 I am off to Hawaii for the New Year and if anything bad happens my Staff will notify me, and I will issue some type of bogus message to cover my ass and to blame Trump and Global Warming.

Later Suckers of CA......

Posted by: Gav "The Newsome" at December 31, 2025 03:46 PM (J9q9v)

226 I wonder if white run legit day cares are left completely unmonitored by the state. Or do they have to show records of the kids, and get regular inspections on various safety protocols?

Posted by: illiniwek

It depends upon whether they are giving the local democrats ten percent.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 03:46 PM (0U5gm)

227 What's the old saying? "Nobody can hurt you without your permission." What if honest citizens start withholding their permission to be tax cows?
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at December 31, 2025 03:40 PM (tgvbd)

I think it was "nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent." Attributed to Eleanor Roosevelt but who knows about these things. People hurt people without permission all the time. They sure as hell CAN hurt you without permission and usually do. And it hurts regardless of permission each and every time.

Posted by: Unless it's a 50 Shades thing at December 31, 2025 03:47 PM (TbWk/)

228 Is there a lot of demand for fake Day Cares?
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:44 PM (UgvXX)

Somebody has to look after the fake chirrun.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 03:47 PM (8zz6B)

229 Gavin is returning the directed energy weapon to Hawaii.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:47 PM (UgvXX)

230 I am off to Hawaii for the New Year

I'm waiting for "Hawaii" to be replaced by a destination that doesn't have an extradition treaty with the US.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 03:47 PM (a4flb)

231 Posted by: Tex Lovera at December 31, 2025 03:45 PM (wtvvX)

LOL . From "Swindler on the roof"?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 03:47 PM (Yl2Ob)

232 What's the point of anything anymore?

Everything is fake and a lie.
Posted by: Iasonas
---------

Fight the good fight friend, never give up.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 03:47 PM (XeU6L)

233 221 >>Nick Shirley now has over a million YT subscribers, and his X post received multiple millions of views.

The number as of now is over 100 million and climbing.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 03:45 PM (viF8m)

Has any MSM post ever gotten 100 million views? 50 million? 25 million?

Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 31, 2025 03:48 PM (0CU3H)

234 Is there a lot of demand for fake Day Cares?
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:44 PM (UgvXX)

Somebody has to look after the fake chirrun.

... with "autism" and "peanut allergies".

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 03:48 PM (a4flb)

235 Have you seen the S&W 9s?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:48 PM (UgvXX)

236 Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 03:47 PM (XeU6L)

Yes indeed!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 03:49 PM (Yl2Ob)

237 >>> @186 whig, yup. I don't know if you saw the news today on X about a guy who filed election finance complaints against a number of politicians for "smurfing" . Almost all Dems , except Thune and Graham. If found guilty their campaigns have to pay penalties and if the campaign is broke they could be personally liable
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 03:44 PM (zNwXb)

I think there are also reciprocal rewards in all these sort of cases. As a % of the fraud found. Some investigative minded persons could make a whole livelihood going around and identifying election and welfare fraud. You up those %, make them 20-30 % and people will turn on their own relatives.

When I worked at UPS the reward for turning in cow-orkers who were stealing was well over 100% value. Many thousands. And the system worked great. Anyone would report. Because for a college aged kid the reward money was very significant.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 03:50 PM (3uBP9)

238 234 Is there a lot of demand for fake Day Cares?
Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:44 PM (UgvXX)

Somebody has to look after the fake chirrun.

... with "autism" and "peanut allergies".
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 03:48 PM (a4flb)

From 2PM till 10PM

Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 03:50 PM (VE6XX)

239 Completely off topic and maybe something to watch later but this is gobsmacking

https://youtu.be/MiUHjLxm3V0

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 03:50 PM (jc0TO)

240 Nick Shirley now has over a million YT subscribers, and his X post received multiple millions of views. CNN, with a fraction of the following that X has, is trying to shoot the messenger. They will not succeed. The MSM may not be dead, but New Media is very much alive, and they are getting all the attention.

CNN: You can't trust this guy!
Me: I don't, but I can't trust you either. He's never lied to me. You have, repeatedly. Advantage: Nick Shirley!

Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 03:50 PM (Riz8t)

241 Likely already mentioned: I think I saw a recent report of investigation in the state of Washington that showed several fraudulent Somali businesses receiving gubmint funds whose registrations with literally no street addresses.

That's not just "willful blindness" ... it's aiding and abetting a conspiracy.

Posted by: ShainS

They are also transferring money interstate to other democrat candidates and get out the vote operations. This is how the democrats are funding their party.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 03:50 PM (0U5gm)

242 Somebody has to look after the fake chirrun.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon
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Checked temps,(F!)
66 Az, 35 Calgary

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 03:50 PM (XeU6L)

243 Somebody has to look after the fake chirrun.
____

30 kids named Mohammed Mohammed Mohammed all with the same address listed? It's their culture. You don't hate their culture, do you? Hater.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 31, 2025 03:50 PM (Dv3i1)

244 There are 100 Somalis.
There are 10,000 non-Somalis

80 Somalis are criminals
81 non-Somalis are criminals

According to Walz the real problem is non-Somalis.

Posted by: Really? at December 31, 2025 03:50 PM (tNkpt)

245 Has any MSM post ever gotten 100 million views? 50 million? 25 million?

He is entering into Super Bowl viewership territory.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 03:50 PM (a4flb)

246 Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 03:47 PM (XeU6L)

I'm giving up (temporarily) my move to Florida because too many things keep popping up in NJ for me to take care of.

My place in FL is listed on the market and I'm pretty torn up about it.

But I gotta be a good person and take care of my mom and her affairs.

Despite all the scammers out there getting by.

Imagine if with all the fraud money, we could adequately take care of our own senior citizens.

All of this breaks my heart.

Posted by: Iasonas at December 31, 2025 03:51 PM (gUzGB)

247 It depends upon whether they are giving the local democrats ten percent.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 03:46 PM (0U5gm)

The Mafia thought 20% was the break even point.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 03:51 PM (rbvCR)

248
Has any MSM post ever gotten 100 million views? 50 million? 25 million?

Dunno. Have they ever posted anything on a Kate Upton wardrobe malfunction?

Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 03:51 PM (Riz8t)

249 How many were hunted down, arrested, and charged for the Jan 6 thing? I think about 700 actually went to prison, but the number taken into custody with charges was between 1,500 and 2,000.

And how much hay did the leftists get out of this?

This new thing, this disgusting fraud, involves a hundred times those chased down by the F fucking B I for Jan 6.

Posted by: M. Gaga at December 31, 2025 03:51 PM (KiBMU)

250 What's the point of anything anymore?

Everything is fake and a lie.
Posted by: Iasonas
---------

Fight the good fight friend, never give up.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 03:47 PM (XeU6L)

***

This.
I will not betray the works of my ancestors who helped create this country be lost to some marxist islamic shitheads. My grandkids will have an America to grow up in or I will die trying.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 03:51 PM (2WIwB)

251 Scratch the surface of any blue state and you'll find decades of election shenanigans and copious other grift and fraud.

Posted by: Doof at December 31, 2025 03:51 PM (QMAsf)

252 Is the old guy in the Shirley video who did all the investigating getting any kudos?

Posted by: NCKate at December 31, 2025 03:52 PM (uQzkA)

253 Jon Thune is spanking the monkee while watching Avatar Fire N Ice. Busy busy busy. Trot out the Cruz/Kennedy juggernaut ripper; that'll show them.

Posted by: Kingsman at December 31, 2025 03:52 PM (ehY6c)

254 Stop calling me Shirley.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:53 PM (UgvXX)

255 Iasonas at December 31, 2025 03:51 PM (gUzG

Your mom needs so and so do some people who you may not even be aware of .You are appreciated more than you may know. Take a break from news maybe and just take things one step at a time.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 03:53 PM (Yl2Ob)

256 Is the old guy in the Shirley video who did all the investigating getting any kudos?

I don't know about kudos, but the MSM is trying to dox him, because of course they are.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 03:54 PM (Riz8t)

257 @251 Doof, yes. I live in NYS and I doubt you could separate corruption from legitimate action

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 03:54 PM (zNwXb)

258 Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 03:51 PM (2WIwB)

Amen!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 03:54 PM (Yl2Ob)

259 Likely already mentioned: I think I saw a recent report of investigation in the state of Washington that showed several fraudulent Somali businesses receiving gubmint funds whose registrations with literally no street addresses.

That's not just "willful blindness" ... it's aiding and abetting a conspiracy.

Posted by: ShainS

Talk about tone deaf...just last week Washington's governor hosted Walz for a fund raiser. Dumbass.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 03:55 PM (2WIwB)

260 derp

Posted by: GOP at December 31, 2025 03:55 PM (abIsI)

261 We need Tampon Tim to prop up our candidate.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 03:56 PM (UgvXX)

262 Thune, Lady Lindsay and a bunch of Democrats have their own problems with donor smurfing. FEC complaints plus lawsuits have been filed already.

Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 03:56 PM (WDjG6)

263 Walz is a Cultural Marxist protecting other Marxists

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 03:57 PM (Ia/+0)

264 "Scratch the surface of any blue state and you'll find decades of election shenanigans and copious other grift and fraud."

and in a lot of blue big cities in red states, but it helps to have a Dem governor turning the blind eye.

Are there any Big Cities that are not Democrat run?

Posted by: illiniwek at December 31, 2025 03:57 PM (vbXSk)

265 Doof, yes. I live in NYS and I doubt you could separate corruption from legitimate action
Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 03:54 PM (zNwXb)

Same down here in MD. Wes Moore is taking it to new levels and isn't even really trying hard to hide it.

As has been said - it's not that the system is corrupt, it's that corruption is the system.

Posted by: Doof at December 31, 2025 03:57 PM (QMAsf)

266 30 kids named Mohammed Mohammed Mohammed all with the same address listed? It's their culture. You don't hate their culture, do you? Hater.
Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 31, 2025 03:50 PM (Dv3i1)

Just remember, if you see the new neighbors out flogging one of their women on the front lawn for sneezing on a Tuesday, remember they are Islamic fundamentalists who have ways and morals that are not our own, and we are not in a position to judge. You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.

Posted by: Atticus Kindltot at December 31, 2025 03:57 PM (rbvCR)

267 >>Is the old guy in the Shirley video who did all the investigating getting any kudos?

Oh yea. David something or another. He's actually been investigating this stuff in Minnesota for years. It was Shirley joining him not the other way around.

He also filed a lawsuit against Walz the other day. Probably won't go anywhere by itself cause Minnesota is run by Democrats for the most part but every bit helps.

Fun fact, does everyone remember the Democrat politician who was murdered along with her husband a few months ago? Melisa Hortman. She was the former Democrat Speaker of the Minnesota House. She was also the only Democrat who voted against giving healthcare to illegals.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 03:57 PM (viF8m)

268
All of this breaks my heart.
Posted by: Iasonas
--------

I can relate, I know that is of no consolation, but, one foot in front of the other. You just have to take what ever weapons you have and march to the front. Life could be easy, but it just won't. We can only do what we can do. Thoughts will be with you.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 03:57 PM (XeU6L)

269 Scratch the surface of any blue state and you'll find decades of election shenanigans and copious other grift and fraud.
Posted by: Doof at December 31, 2025

***
Lousy-ana was founded by the French, steered badly by the Spanish, squeezed for profit by the French again. The notion of everyday corruption and bribery ("M'sieu wishes me to 'do my job'? I shall require some, shall we say, extra compensation, oui?") was baked into the muddy steaming cake. And it was a Dem stronghold for a very long time.

Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 03:57 PM (wzUl9)

270 They are also transferring money interstate to other democrat candidates and get out the vote operations. This is how the democrats are funding their party.

That is one component, another one was given to us as Projection when Klaus of the WEF told us that we would own nothing and like it.

For a lot of WEF types and their minions this is true. These People Of The World do not have a real income but have access to private jets, penthouse condos, luxury yachts and seats at prominent venues that are largely underwritten by the Blob that has a myriad of holding companies, shell organizations and LLCs.

If you are a Made Man in the globalist party and want to go to Paris then NYC, you are able to use the assets of these various entities that are largely funded by NGO stolen funds.

Also, as most cartels, laundering money into holding equities and bonds is often a vector of the stolen money. I'm sure a huge chunk of the 4-20 trillion stolen over the years is a large reason why the stock market is overpriced.

They aren't storing the trillions in a vault like Scrooge McDuck.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 03:57 PM (a4flb)

271 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 03:53 PM (Yl2Ob)

Thank you, Fen.

I actually have been trying to read the news less than usual but this fraud stuff has me really annoyed.

The holidays had me down too.

Posted by: Iasonas at December 31, 2025 03:57 PM (gUzGB)

272 Beware the spread of occidentalphobia

Posted by: SMOD at December 31, 2025 03:58 PM (RHGPo)

273 I'm good with uncovering EVERYTHING. Let the bodies fall where they may.
Since I've been played as a chump, I don't care WHO goes to jail.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 03:38 PM (QGRvm)

This.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at December 31, 2025 03:58 PM (bss/y)

274 If the right thing is not rewarded, and the wrong thing is not punished, we'll all start doing the wrong thing, and Atlas will shrug off his burden.

And society will collapse.

Posted by: Ace at 03:00 PM
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Didja ever see a movie where someone's been shot and they're as good as dead, but they keep staggering forward just on momentum for a while?

Yeah, it feels like that's where we're at.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 31, 2025 03:58 PM (Hx0tZ)

275 Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 03:57 PM (XeU6L)

Ty

Posted by: Iasonas at December 31, 2025 03:58 PM (gUzGB)

276 274 Didja ever see a movie where someone's been shot and they're as good as dead, but they keep staggering forward just on momentum for a while?

Yeah, it feels like that's where we're at.

Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 31, 2025 03:58 PM (Hx0tZ)

======

The Terminator?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 03:59 PM (GBKbO)

277 They aren't storing the trillions in a vault like Scrooge McDuck.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
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I'm afraid the Caymens will tip over.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 04:00 PM (XeU6L)

278 I actually have been trying to read the news less than usual but this fraud stuff has me really annoyed.

The holidays had me down too.
Posted by: Iasonas at December 31, 2025 03:57 PM (gUzGB)

You're a good Son.. Your Mother is lucky to have you.. I'll say a prayer for you...

Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 04:00 PM (VE6XX)

279 267 >>Is the old guy in the Shirley video who did all the investigating getting any kudos?

Oh yea. David something or another. He's actually been investigating this stuff in Minnesota for years. It was Shirley joining him not the other way around.

He also filed a lawsuit against Walz the other day. Probably won't go anywhere by itself cause Minnesota is run by Democrats for the most part but every bit helps.

Fun fact, does everyone remember the Democrat politician who was murdered along with her husband a few months ago? Melisa Hortman. She was the former Democrat Speaker of the Minnesota House. She was also the only Democrat who voted against giving healthcare to illegals.
Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 03:57 PM (viF8m)

The other fun fact was that the MSM was ready to blame Republicans for that murder until the suspect said that Tim Walz ordered him to do it*. The MSM memory holed that guy toot sweet.

*Walz supposedly wanted Klobuchar's Senate seat, but still.

Posted by: Darrell Harris at December 31, 2025 04:00 PM (0CU3H)

280 Didja ever see a movie where someone's been shot and they're as good as dead, but they keep staggering forward just on momentum for a while?

Yeah, it feels like that's where we're at.
Posted by: OneEyedJack at December 31, 2025 03:58 PM (Hx0tZ)

More than just a flesh wound?

Posted by: Doof at December 31, 2025 04:00 PM (QMAsf)

281 Posted by: Iasonas at December 31, 2025 03:57 PM (gUzGB

It is upsetting, but it's not good to live in that place. The holidays can also be quite hard as well. Is there something you like to do which you could do, or read something that is uplifting to you?

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 04:00 PM (Yl2Ob)

282 I have enough saved to retire, but I want to work another ten years because I love what I do.

I may revisit that.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 03:14 PM (a4flb)

I retired from broadcast engineering in 2019, right before the Covid op. I never looked back. By that time, the job was getting in the way of my hobbies. I waited long enough. 72 was old enough.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 31, 2025 04:00 PM (5xuJ/)

283 The Democrat-Communists are covering up these crimes because they get lots of votes and lots and lots of kickbacks ("campaign contributions" LOL) from the fraudsters. And if the Grand Old Pussies aren't going to prosecute them and put them in jail, why would they stop?

Posted by: Cui Bono? at December 31, 2025 04:00 PM (qUkBO)

284 I'm afraid the Caymens will tip over.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 04:00 PM (XeU6L)

With luck they put it in Silver shorts.

Posted by: Atticus Kindltot at December 31, 2025 04:00 PM (rbvCR)

285 Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 04:00 PM (VE6XX)

Amen!

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 04:01 PM (Yl2Ob)

286 I hope the lock box is still safe.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 04:01 PM (UgvXX)

287 Didja ever see a movie where someone's been shot and they're as good as dead, but they keep staggering forward just on momentum for a while?

Yeah, it feels like that's where we're at.
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I posted yesterday that if there was one thing that shows just how strong the American spirit is, its that we could continue to produce positive economic numbers even while footing the bill for *incredible* levels of outright theft and corruption.

Posted by: Crusader at December 31, 2025 04:01 PM (TN0g+)

288 She was also the only Democrat who voted against giving healthcare to illegals.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 03:57 PM (viF8m)

And she sounded scared shitless when she was talking about her vote.

Posted by: Hugh Jass at December 31, 2025 04:01 PM (UslNH)

289 The problem is not the democrat party. The problem is the idiots who vote for and support the democrat party.
Only an idiot would ever have or still does vote for a democrat at any level.

And idiots we have aplenty.

Posted by: Stop Voting For Them at December 31, 2025 04:01 PM (R/m4+)

290 Massive hole dug into German bank vault over Christmas and £30,000,000 in gold taken

Posted by: SMOD at December 31, 2025 04:01 PM (RHGPo)

291 I don't know if you saw the news today on X about a guy who filed election finance complaints against a number of politicians for "smurfing" . Almost all Dems , except Thune and Graham. If found guilty their campaigns have to pay penalties and if the campaign is broke they could be personally liable
Posted by: Smell the Glove

Yep. I did. As I said, the only reason that the GOP is silent on a lot of fraud whether elections or other is that they too are engaging in it.

GOP in the House did not allow Ethics investigation of Omar because the Dems would have demanded an Ethics investigation of Cory Mills, a FL GOP congress critter accused of sexual assault (DC cops called) and threatening to release revenge pron from another person in Florida when they had a breakup resulting in a protective order for the victim in FL.

Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 04:01 PM (WDjG6)

292 You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.

So Trump says that Somalia isn't a real country its just a bunch of people walking around killing each other.

I'm in. I want to understand. Give me a crate of ammo and a list and I'll be glad to "climb into his skin and walk around" exploiting his "culture" of murder and violence.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 04:02 PM (a4flb)

293 This is the civil war. The blue states and judiciary are in rebellion.

Posted by: steevy at December 31, 2025 04:02 PM (YwEeS)

294 Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 04:00 PM (VE6XX)

Ty

Posted by: Iasonas at December 31, 2025 04:02 PM (gUzGB)

295 Lousy-ana was founded by the French, steered badly by the Spanish, squeezed for profit by the French again. The notion of everyday corruption and bribery ("M'sieu wishes me to 'do my job'? I shall require some, shall we say, extra compensation, oui?") was baked into the muddy steaming cake. And it was a Dem stronghold for a very long time.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at December 31, 2025 03:57 PM (wzUl9)

Sad. Who was that Congress critter from those parts that Rush called "cold cash"?

Posted by: Doof at December 31, 2025 04:02 PM (QMAsf)

296 What I'd like to see happen is for Trump to publicly come out and say he would not encourage anyone who owes money to the IRS to pay them. Call it a tax holiday or whatever. Coming from the administration and not some Internet commenter with a stupid nic like "Martini Farmer" would likely carry a bit of weight with the public.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 04:02 PM (NwnyJ)

297 I retired from broadcast engineering in 2019, right before the Covid op. I never looked back. By that time, the job was getting in the way of my hobbies. I waited long enough. 72 was old enough.

Sitting on my backside and staring slackmouthed out the window is a kind of hobby.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 04:02 PM (Riz8t)

298
Didja ever see a movie where someone's been shot and they're as good as dead, but they keep staggering forward just on momentum for a while?

Yeah, it feels like that's where we're at.
Posted by: OneEyedJack
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Yes, and the result can be momentus.

Posted by: Samson at December 31, 2025 04:02 PM (XeU6L)

299 You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
Posted by: Atticus Kindltot at December 31, 2025 03:57 PM (rbvCR
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It's really not as easy to do as you might think

Posted by: Ed Gein at December 31, 2025 04:02 PM (Hx0tZ)

300 Talk about tone deaf...just last week Washington's governor hosted Walz for a fund raiser. Dumbass.

Posted by: Diogenes

Money stolen by somalis in Minnesota is being channeled to Washington state. It isn't a fundraiser, it is a bag man run.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 04:02 PM (0U5gm)

301 This is very disheartening. I’m not angry. More like sad knowing that this shit is now our country. We’re past the tipping point.

Sure we’ll have some investigations and some people will do some prison time. But will the fraud continue? Absolutely. It’s too big to fail.

Posted by: Really? at December 31, 2025 04:03 PM (tNkpt)

302 Did they get the bars of Tungsten?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 04:03 PM (UgvXX)

303 Ive been wondering what I should do for a side hustle so this is giving me a few ideas

Im thinking adult daycare center complete with complimentary adult diapers and bags of cheetos for bed wetting incels who white knight on Twitter defending AWFLs in the vain hopes that it'll get them laid

I think im on to something here...

Happy New Year!

Posted by: The Unvaxed and Unmasked Ranger - Patiently Awaiting My Pre-Ordered AI Powered Fembot at December 31, 2025 04:03 PM (REq0p)

304 Five Billion in "Questionable" Rental Assistance Went to Dead Tennants, Illegal Aliens Under Biden
—Ace
No wonder they loved covid so much.
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No wonder they made covid.

Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 04:03 PM (E0p3T)

305 Kristi Noem just said 50% of Minnesota Somali visas are fraudulent.
She said Walz either knew or is stupid and she thinks it's both.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 04:04 PM (QGRvm)

306 Another "Gay Blade" movie joke

Esteban- A little clumsy, are you not, my friend?

Zorro- To be your friend I would have to be more than clumsy. I would have to be stupid.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 04:04 PM (Yl2Ob)

307 You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
Posted by: Atticus Kindltot at December 31, 2025 03:57 PM (rbvCR
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It's really not as easy to do as you might think

Posted by: Ed Gein

Right?

Posted by: Jame Gumb at December 31, 2025 04:04 PM (Riz8t)

308 So why is the left so big on gun control? Well if you were an industrial strength thief, would you want your victims to be armed?

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 31, 2025 04:04 PM (Da7Vv)

309 They aren't storing the trillions in a vault like Scrooge McDuck.
Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure
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I'm afraid the Caymens will tip over.
Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 04:00 PM (XeU6L)
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The case I linked to in #46 mentions that the perp laundered his fraud money through China before moving it to Kenya.

Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 04:04 PM (rj6Yv)

310 The Free Rider Problem isn't only a Problem for Communism.

Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 04:04 PM (grNgC)

311 This is the civil war. The blue states and judiciary are in rebellion.
Posted by: steevy
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It is something different then that, and more insidious. It is the intentional greed/power-driven poisoning of society.

Posted by: Samson at December 31, 2025 04:04 PM (XeU6L)

312 286 I hope the lock box is still safe.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 04:01 PM (UgvXX)

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The lock box is where the government keeps the gun to tax you for other people's welfare benefits.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 04:05 PM (GBKbO)

313 Oops /Samson

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 04:05 PM (XeU6L)

314 Sad. Who was that Congress critter from those parts that Rush called "cold cash"?
Posted by: Doof at December 31, 2025 04:02 PM (QMAsf)

William J. Jefferson.

Been stealing since he could crawl.

Posted by: Mortimer Duke at December 31, 2025 04:05 PM (R/m4+)

315 298
Didja ever see a movie where someone's been shot and they're as good as dead, but they keep staggering forward just on momentum for a while?

Yeah, it feels like that's where we're at.
Posted by: OneEyedJack
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Yes, and the result can be momentus.
Posted by: Samson
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You can always take one with you.

Posted by: Winston Churchill at December 31, 2025 04:05 PM (WDjG6)

316 Only 550 pounds.

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 04:05 PM (UgvXX)

317 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 04:00 PM (Yl2Ob)

I've been pretty good about going to the gym. It turns out I lost 30 pounds in about a year and a half.

I have a flight booked for FL for Sat. I'm gonna check on my place there and get my mail, then try to go out and have some fun. Gonna book a hotel at the beach near my favorite bar with live bands.

I was hoping this would be my new life sooner rather than later, /shrug

Posted by: Iasonas at December 31, 2025 04:05 PM (gUzGB)

318 Money stolen by somalis in Minnesota is being channeled to Washington state. It isn't a fundraiser, it is a bag man run.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 04:02 PM (0U5gm)

My conclusion years ago was that the insane third world dictators were insane because they don't require the consent of the people they rule, just a small oligarchy and foreign backing, so they could be nutbar and violent as they could get away with.
I am beginning to see this pattern with Washington and Oregon as well.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 04:06 PM (rbvCR)

319 What I'd like to see happen is for Trump to publicly come out and say he would not encourage anyone who owes money to the IRS to pay them. Call it a tax holiday or whatever.

Or call it: "the cost of doing business"

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 04:07 PM (a4flb)

320 I posted yesterday that if there was one thing that shows just how strong the American spirit is, its that we could continue to produce positive economic numbers even while footing the bill for *incredible* levels of outright theft and corruption.
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Except we're borrowing trillions to pay for it...

Posted by: Cui Bono? at December 31, 2025 04:07 PM (qUkBO)

321 Posted by: Iasonas at December 31, 2025 04:05 PM (gUzGB)

That's wonderful that you lost the weight . You should pay yourself on the back for that . And having a fun time in the sunshine in Florida sounds great.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 04:08 PM (Yl2Ob)

322 Kristi Noem just said 50% of Minnesota Somali visas are fraudulent.
She said Walz either knew or is stupid and she thinks it's both.
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 04:04 PM (QGRvm)

Ouch.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 04:08 PM (rbvCR)

323 Money stolen by somalis in Minnesota is being channeled to Washington state. It isn't a fundraiser, it is a bag man run.

And why Tampon Timmy was going to get a promotion for his work in facilitating and protecting the bag man run.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 04:08 PM (a4flb)

324 Kristi Noem just said 50% of Minnesota Somali visas are fraudulent.
She said Walz either knew or is stupid and she thinks it's both.
Posted by: rickb223
......

Gee. I hope she's not going to do something super racist and mean like start deporting them.

Posted by: wth at December 31, 2025 04:08 PM (UjdFS)

325 What's the point of anything anymore?

Everything is fake and a lie.
Posted by: Iasonas

Depends on what you are looking at.

I am safe. And warm. I have food in the fridge. I have a soft place To sleep at night.

I can look up and see the sky. It is not falling.
I can drink a glass of water from the tap and it will not kill me. I can walk along the sidewalk and see trees and birds and mountains and the sea. I am safe.

I can breathe clean air. I can reach out to people I love. I just brought chicken pho to my son who has the flu and visited with him for several minutes. He loves me. I love him.

When you get despondent, shrink your priorities.

I am loved. I am safe. I am warm. My belly is full.

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 31, 2025 04:09 PM (IhIKR)

326 You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
Posted by: Atticus Kindltot at December 31, 2025 03:57 PM (rbvCR)

You do know, you have to kill him first to do that.

Posted by: Ed Gein at December 31, 2025 04:09 PM (guGkK)

327 Posted by: Iasonas at December 31, 2025 04:05 PM (gUzGB

And that time will come, Isonas, but waiting can be hard!.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 04:09 PM (Yl2Ob)

328 320 I posted yesterday that if there was one thing that shows just how strong the American spirit is, its that we could continue to produce positive economic numbers even while footing the bill for *incredible* levels of outright theft and corruption.
_____

Except we're borrowing trillions to pay for it...

Posted by: Cui Bono? at December 31, 2025 04:07 PM (qUkBO)

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GDP has been positive since 2007 almost exclusively because government spending is added to the + side of the equation.

Without it, we've been negative every year.

One might call it a depression that's lasted almost 20 years.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 04:09 PM (GBKbO)

329 Kristi Noem just said 50% of Minnesota Somali visas are fraudulent.
She said Walz either knew or is stupid and she thinks it's both.

Committing crimes while retarded still makes one guilty

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 04:10 PM (a4flb)

330 I posted yesterday that if there was one thing that shows just how strong the American spirit is, its that we could continue to produce positive economic numbers even while footing the bill for *incredible* levels of outright theft and corruption.
Posted by: Crusader

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You do realize that the GDP, and employment numbers include all the waste? On top of the government waste.

Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 04:10 PM (fltLA)

331 324 Kristi Noem just said 50% of Minnesota Somali visas are fraudulent.
She said Walz either knew or is stupid and she thinks it's both.
Posted by: rickb223
......

Gee. I hope she's not going to do something super racist and mean like start deporting them.

Posted by: wth at December 31, 2025 04:08 PM (UjdFS)

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"Oh, shit! The NYT is going to say mean things about us!"
-Stephen Miller, apparently

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 04:10 PM (GBKbO)

332 In the last 24 years, how many Jews do you know of who picked $18b from welfare fraud? I mean seriously. Really, I'm just asking questions.

And how many Jews have home countries that are so deplorably poor and filthy that they're affronts to G-d and man alike? Really, actually. I'm very serious. Questions. Serious questions.

Posted by: Mirror Universe Tucker Carlson at December 31, 2025 04:10 PM (2Z2fP)

333 314 Sad. Who was that Congress critter from those parts that Rush called "cold cash"?
Posted by: Doof at December 31, 2025 04:02 PM (QMAsf)

William J. Jefferson.

Been stealing since he could crawl.
Posted by: Mortimer Duke at December 31, 2025 04:05 PM (R/m4+)
_________________________

LMAO...I remember that guy. He hid nearly $100,000 in bribe money in pie crust boxes in his freezer.

Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 04:10 PM (dIske)

334 He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord. Psalms 112: 7

Truth from God the father to King David to us. This is the path laid out before you and me.

Posted by: Kingsman at December 31, 2025 04:11 PM (ehY6c)

335 I am loved. I am safe. I am warm. My belly is full.

(Louis Armstrong voice

and I think to myself what a wonderful world.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 31, 2025 04:11 PM (Kt19C)

336 Has anyone complained about the Somali backlash yet?

Poor Somalis.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 31, 2025 04:11 PM (URXDc)

337 Timetable on deporting 50% of Somalians?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 04:11 PM (UgvXX)

338 All of us hear in Brattleboro wants two wish Presdent Obana a Happy New Yeers Eave. We loves yew and miss you.

Posted by: Mary Cloggistein from Brattleboro, Vt at December 31, 2025 04:11 PM (wXPKd)

339 Gee. I hope she's not going to do something super racist and mean like start deporting them.

If "deporting" them involves a lime pit, then I'm OK with that.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 04:12 PM (a4flb)

340 And the NGOs are getting taxpayer money to ship more "refugees" here that then commit all sorts of fraud/suck up welfare bennies and then send their fraud money back to the left in the form of donations and votes plus a little off the top for terrorists in other countries.

Nice racket.

Posted by: CaliGirl at December 31, 2025 04:12 PM (e1rsl)

341 Has anyone complained about the Somali backlash yet?

Poor Somalis.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 31, 2025 04:11 PM (URXDc)

*phew*

Posted by: Haitians at December 31, 2025 04:12 PM (guGkK)

342 You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.
Posted by: Atticus Kindltot at December 31, 2025 03:57 PM (rbvCR)

You do know, you have to kill him first to do that.
Posted by: Ed Gein at December 31, 2025 04:09 PM (guGkK)

Step off, poser!
I'M working this corner!

Posted by: Ed Gein at December 31, 2025 04:12 PM (Hx0tZ)

343 I am sharing this with a young person I know who is in very low spirits. It is verses from the. Bible about being in doubt about oneself:

https://tinyurl.com/473w44bm

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 04:12 PM (Yl2Ob)

344 I've begun looking into other day cares and day schools in my area.

Defrauding the American taxpayer isn't a uniquely Somalian attribute.

I'm looking into religious day cares and day schools of all stripes, Muslim, Christian, Jewish and otherwise.

Posted by: Citizen Journalist at December 31, 2025 04:13 PM (TDLyG)

345 336 Has anyone complained about the Somali backlash yet?

Poor Somalis.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at December 31, 2025 04:11 PM (URXDc)
______________________________

See my post at #211 for the Somali with the most to lose. And, he's not even in the US.

Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 04:13 PM (dIske)

346 Timetable on deporting 50% of Somalians?

Point them to a military C5 and a lime pit and ask them to make a choice right now.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 04:13 PM (a4flb)

347 >>Timetable on deporting 50% of Somalians?

We are indeed too kind a Nation.

Would that I were King...
them and their Clansmen would be working in the Mines until their debts are paid off in KWH.

Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 04:13 PM (grNgC)

348 337 Timetable on deporting 50% of Somalians?

Posted by: Boss Moss at December 31, 2025 04:11 PM (UgvXX)

Two weeks.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 04:14 PM (dK+Kv)

349 nood

Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 04:14 PM (vFG9F)

350 I'm looking into religious day cares and day schools of all stripes, Muslim, Christian, Jewish and otherwise.

We no longer have secular day schools?

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 04:14 PM (a4flb)

351 >>I'm looking into religious day cares and day schools of all stripes, Muslim, Christian, Jewish and otherwise.

Awesome. Find them. Expose them.

Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 04:14 PM (grNgC)

352 I'm not despondent. I've known for years we've been getting robbed by the left and members of the uniparty. What did everyone think USAID and DOGE were all about?

I'm angry and I want payback. Anger is a lot more useful than surrender. I've been called a liar, a conspiracy theorist and many other names. I want these assholes exposed and punished.

Posted by: JackStraw at December 31, 2025 04:14 PM (viF8m)

353 Why were all these daycares getting so much Covid money when all the parents WERE AT HOME? Why do you need daycare when you aren’t going to work?

Posted by: nurse ratched at December 31, 2025 04:14 PM (IhIKR)

354 Always check the pie crust boxes.

Posted by: wth at December 31, 2025 04:15 PM (UjdFS)

355 Except we're borrowing trillions to pay for it...

Borrowing it from whom? If we borrowed trillions of dollars - where IS IT? Its not on any government accounting sheet. Go ahead, try to find an entry that says "Borrowed money". Here is a hint: when the government prints a $100 bill, that money comes out of thin air. When the government takes in money in any way, it goes back to the same thin air it came from in the first place.

Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at December 31, 2025 04:15 PM (Da7Vv)

356
I'm looking into religious day cares and day schools of all stripes, Muslim, Christian, Jewish and otherwise.
Posted by: Citizen Journalist

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In the 60s the Catholic Church had an orphanage in my town, and a school. but they sent the orphans to public school because they were disruptive.

Posted by: Mrs. Santa's unclean sister at December 31, 2025 04:15 PM (fltLA)

357 It'll be interesting when John Q. Public realizes this massive theft of his wealth over the last umpteen decades has led to where we are today.

Half the population is going to be livid while the other half doesn't have a clue.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 04:16 PM (NwnyJ)

358 LMAO...I remember that guy. He hid nearly $100,000 in bribe money in pie crust boxes in his freezer.
Posted by: Orson
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And, had the NG transport him to rescue it.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at December 31, 2025 04:16 PM (XeU6L)

359 Kristi Noem just said 50% of Minnesota Somali visas are fraudulent.

Until the State Department started doing genetic testing, more than half of Somali "families" immigrating to the United States were bringing in non-family members as well.

This includes Ilhan Nur, who immigrated with the Omar family, and so has pretended that her last name is "Omar" ever since.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at December 31, 2025 04:16 PM (xTIDn)

360 I agree the fraud is too big to fail, or stop

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 04:19 PM (Ia/+0)

361 GDP has been positive since 2007 almost exclusively because government spending is added to the + side of the equation.

Without it, we've been negative every year.

One might call it a depression that's lasted almost 20 years.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison
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A fair take. Stagnation is usually the result of government overspending and the commensurate decline in investment. Investment has been headed abroad for higher returns and capital outflows to other nations accentuated the trend.

Posted by: Winston Churchill at December 31, 2025 04:19 PM (WDjG6)

362 Please please please someone look into Lisa Murkowski and Native Alaskan programs...

Posted by: Mudshark at December 31, 2025 04:23 PM (8ftm8)

363 362 Please please please someone look into Lisa Murkowski and Native Alaskan programs...
Posted by: Mudshark
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The rottenness in Alaska is the reason that Sarah Palin was driven out of the state.

The confluence of oil money, no taxes, and federal largesse has resulted in a state where corruption is pretty endemic like in Middle Eastern Countries.

Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 04:27 PM (WDjG6)

364 357 It'll be interesting when John Q. Public realizes this massive theft of his wealth over the last umpteen decades has led to where we are today.

Half the population is going to be livid while the other half doesn't have a clue.
Posted by: Martini Farmer
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This is the story throughout the West I suspect and China/India have their own massive corruption problems as does Russia.

Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 04:28 PM (WDjG6)

365 You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.

Roomy?

Posted by: Jame Gumb at December 31, 2025 04:55 PM (jc0TO)

366 All thieves belong in Prison doing Life terms

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at December 31, 2025 06:08 PM (wGqjj)

Five Billion in "Questionable" Rental Assistance Went to Dead Tennants, Illegal Aliens Under Biden

No wonder they loved covid so much.

While we were locked down, they were living the high life, on our dime.

We just saw new allegations that illegals and Somali pirates scammed the covid-era loans for businesses program.

$5B in 'questionable' rental assistance under Biden revealed -- including to thousands of 'deceased tenants' and non-citizens: HUD report

WASHINGTON -- A US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) report found more than $5 billion in taxpayer funds went to "questionable" rental assistance recipients during the final year of the Biden administration -- including around 30,000 "deceased tenants" and "thousands" of potential non-citizens, The Post can reveal.
HUD officials said a "large concentration" of the suspicious payments went to New York, California and Washington, DC, with dead recipients getting at least some funds in all 50 states -- in what federal officials are calling widespread abuse of taxpayers' dollars under the Biden administration.
"A massive abuse of taxpayer dollars not only occurred under President [Joe] Biden's watch, but was effectively incentivized by his administration's failure to implement strong financial controls resulting in billions worth of potential improper payments," HUD Secretary Scott Turner said in a statement.

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HUD's Office of the Chief Financial Officer uncovered $5.8 billion of the "questionable" payments out of nearly $50 billion in total federal rental assistance to public housing authorities, contractors, landlords and other non-federal entities in fiscal year 2024, the 183-page report disclosed.
The around 11% of taxpayer dollars from HUD went to more than 200,000 possibly ineligible tenants -- of whom 29,715 (around 14%) were dead, 9,472 (4%) were non-citizens and 165,393 (82%) were receiving sums that exceeded the threshold for assistance in their geographic region, particularly in New Orleans and other large metro areas.
The HUD programs are designed to help low-income residents who wouldn't otherwise be able to afford shelter -- and the possible grift means those truly in need could have been left out in the cold.
HUD officials faulted the Biden administration for a directive "to push funding out the door with minimal oversight" as well as rent assistance programs placing "substantial trust and responsibility in these non-federal entities ... to accurately assess tenant eligibility."
Now, HUD will have to reach out to the public housing authorities and other entities to confirm the extent of the fraud -- and either pause or revoke funding. Officials will also make criminal referrals when warranted.
"HUD is implementing processes and procedures to revoke or pause funding as part of its efforts to hold bad actors accountable," one official said. "Additionally, the Department could make criminal referrals and exercise other enforcement actions once it has confirmed fraud occurred."

We're still funding this?

And if you think Minnesota fraud is a scandal: Get a load of the massive industrial-scale looting in California.

A fresh 92-page bombshell from the California State Auditor lays it all out.
"This latest report was issued by the state auditor, and that's a nonpartisan position; that state auditor now puts eight state agencies on the high-risk list of agencies to watch out for, for things like fraud and mismanagement as well as waste," Newsmax correspondent Heather Myers revealed last week. "Here's a look at that 92-page report. Newly added to the high-risk list is California's food stamp program. If the state doesn't get the improper payments under control, it could cost an extra $2.5 billion. Also on there is the Department of Finance, which was tasked with giving out COVID relief funds. Critics say $32 billion of that was taken by fraudsters. Then there are infrastructure issues like California's deteriorating dams, and also the high-speed train that's already cost taxpayers 18 billion without a single section of track complete."
But wait, there's more!
"Other reports cite $24 billion spent on the homeless issue that critics claim the state lost track of. More recently, there's a report that says California cell phone users paid a surcharge for years to upgrade the state's 911 system," she added.
Tallied all up, California taxpayers lost $70 billion to fraud.

Posted by: Ace at 01:40 PM

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1 And more... and more... and more... but it's only money.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 01:40 PM (ExV1e)

2 Neil Tennant is dead?!

Posted by: gKWVE at December 31, 2025 01:40 PM (gKWVE)

3 Prior thread alerted.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 01:40 PM (ExV1e)

4 Biden doubled the federal budget while goods and services that went to American citizens declined.

All of that $4T or so a year was stolen. All of it.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 01:41 PM (sKqQm)

5 if some of that bag had come my way I prolly wouldn't be too upset

Posted by: kallisto at December 31, 2025 01:41 PM (dCxaZ)

6 The system isn't corrupt, corruption IS the system.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 01:41 PM (jc0TO)

7 And it still wasn't enough to beat Trump, huh?

I wonder if there have been some deep-seeded changes in the voting patterns of certain demos in America in response to the Biden administration.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 01:41 PM (GBKbO)

8 Ace - we already have a reason to drink. No need to pile on.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 31, 2025 01:42 PM (sX1BW)

9 I should argue here also that, although the Somalis who did this to us are mostly Daroodis like Ilhan, so tribals bein' tribal; the assholes who covered for them are scum like Ellison, who are not Somali therefore were doing it in service of the Umma.

Posted by: gKWVE at December 31, 2025 01:42 PM (gKWVE)

10 "Other reports cite $24 billion spent on the homeless issue that critics claim the state lost track of.

Maybe those $100,000 pup tents supplied to Skid Row bums by taxpayer-funded NGOs have something to do with this. Somebody should look into this.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 01:42 PM (guGkK)

11 Tallied all up, California taxpayers lost $70 billion to fraud.
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Yes, but look at the high-speed rail system they built. A real marvel.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 31, 2025 01:42 PM (Dv3i1)

12 Time to prosecute a couple Democrats so we can put all these scandals behind us and WinRed the midterms!

Posted by: It's Go Time, Pam! at December 31, 2025 01:42 PM (NcjJv)

13 $5 billion in taxpayer funds went to "questionable" rental assistance recipients during the final year of the Biden administration.

That number is too low.

Posted by: dantesed at December 31, 2025 01:43 PM (Oy/m2)

14 All of that $4T or so a year was stolen. All of it.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 01:41 PM (sKqQm)

And when someone yawns about it...

point out that taxes paid for it. Taxes which you paid into the system from your earnings. Taxes paid with your time. With part of your life. They, literally, stole part of your life from you.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 01:43 PM (ExV1e)

15 Over in MA I see they voted for a statewide audit to identify waste and fraud and the governor responded by...ignoring the widely passed vote initiative.

She is counter offering now with...massive tax increases.

On the one hand I feel bad for Massholes, on the other hand as long as you reflexively vote D those pols don't give a shit about what you want.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 01:43 PM (sKqQm)

16 Protip: When you offer people vast amounts of free money, people are going to take it.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 01:43 PM (jc0TO)

17 Paging man from "Nothing will happen"! Paging man from "Nothing will happen"!!!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at December 31, 2025 01:44 PM (QK0jY)

18 Am I the only one that is not surprised that every time democrats are in control the treasury is looted?

Look at how fast the churned out spending bills after Biden was elected. I bet it was 10 to 1 what the Reps have done recently.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at December 31, 2025 01:44 PM (RQ8Pa)

19 A Bank Robber was once asked why he robbed banks...

His famous answer was : That's where the money is.

Now, over 40% of GDP is spent by Fed, State or Local Government... so THAT is where the money is.

Posted by: Romeo13 at December 31, 2025 01:44 PM (mP0Kj)

20 It's a no-brainer.

Posted by: Guy who always says "Nothing will happen" and is usually right at December 31, 2025 01:44 PM (vFG9F)

21 on the other hand as long as you reflexively vote D those pols don't give a shit about what you want.
Posted by: 18-1

Massholes ain't there for the huntin'.

Posted by: horny polar bear at December 31, 2025 01:45 PM (gKWVE)

22 Just shutting down the fraud will probably balance the budget, since it seems a good third of all federal spending is fraud.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 01:45 PM (0U5gm)

23 And when someone yawns about it...

point out that taxes paid for it. Taxes which you paid into the system from your earnings. Taxes paid with your time. With part of your life. They, literally, stole part of your life from you.

The taxes are part of it and yes as you point out that is the same as stealing years of someone's life.

But allot of it was funded by the inflationary printing of dollars. You can lower taxes later, the damage of inflation is permanent.

I got takeout this weekend...$72 for 3 people. The same food would have been $35 or so in 2019...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 01:45 PM (sKqQm)

24 The retard be back

Posted by: one hour sober at December 31, 2025 01:45 PM (Y1sOo)

25 So some real deadbeats.

Posted by: Anna Puma at December 31, 2025 01:45 PM (3630A)

26 This might explain in part why a lot of hit-and-run, looting, and home robberies were facilitated with expensive cars for the past 5 or so years.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at December 31, 2025 01:46 PM (mlg/3)

27 Joke had to pay for those 81 million votes somehow.

Posted by: Ben Had at December 31, 2025 01:46 PM (sDNVV)

28 Am I the only one that is not surprised that every time democrats are in control the treasury is looted?

People assume the Democrats have some expensive policy positions and they are soft on crime so a lot of that money gets stolen

That's an incorrect understanding.

The point of Democrat politics is to loot the treasury. Their policy positions are merely there to make it possible. Which is why they can change overnight when the opportunity to grift more comes up

Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 01:47 PM (sKqQm)

29 24 The retard be back
Posted by: one hour sober

Etymologically, that is what defines the retard

Posted by: Barbara Tuchman at December 31, 2025 01:47 PM (gKWVE)

30 I think under one big reconciliation bill there need to get many programs limited to 364 days.
Any then maybe 30 day window to reapply.
These are not to be lifelong indenture bonds that people can hold against taxpayers but short-term help to get on with your lives.

Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 01:47 PM (gbOdA)

31 Paging man from "Nothing will happen"! Paging man from "Nothing will happen"!!!

Meh. Something IS happening. The connection between rampant fraud, criminal immigrants and the Democrats has entered the political zeitgeist in a big way. Even LIVs who get their news from CNN are starting to notice.

The effect on voting behavior is hard to predict but the impact can only be positive.

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 01:47 PM (guGkK)

32 Covid was a trillion-dollar forced wealth transfer from taxpayers to Democrap constituencies. I'm sure GOP operatives got their cut, but the vast majority -- probably 80% -- went to Democraps.

There has never been in the history of the world a fraud and scam as massive as covid. Trillions of dollars was stolen. There was a reason these people fought like caged rabid komodo dragons jacked on cocaine to keep covid a never-ending crisis.

Remember the old saying? "If you owe a bank $100, that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem." The problem is similar here. If fraudsters steal $100, that's their problem. If they steal $100B, that's our problem.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 31, 2025 01:47 PM (iFTx/)

33 Tallied all up, California taxpayers lost $70 billion to fraud.

Posted by: Ace at 01:40 PM

So if we follow the government numbers rule then you have to double that to $140 billion, but it’s probably more like $210 billion.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at December 31, 2025 01:47 PM (6ydKt)

34 I'm betting 75 percent of all spending by every state is fraud
and....
100 percent of the spending by the federal government is fraud

Again, this is the biggest transfer of wealth from the public to our political betters and their minions in history. And it's been going on for decades.

Quite The Plan™ And it worked.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 01:47 PM (NwnyJ)

35 Abolish HUD.

Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 01:47 PM (77rzZ)

36 Nothing will happen.

Posted by: That Guy who always intones "Nothing will happen." at December 31, 2025 01:47 PM (0sNs1)

37 Connect the dots, this ish goes straight back to Cucker Tarlson

Posted by: guy who always says it's Cucker Tarlson's fault at December 31, 2025 01:47 PM (RpyCp)

38 Gosh, I wonder why most of us weren't really bothered when the government was closed down.

Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 01:48 PM (dIske)

39 $70b here, $70b there. Pretty soon you're talking about real money.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 01:48 PM (zNwXb)

40 I don’t want to send them back.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at December 31, 2025 01:48 PM (l3YAf)

41 Gavin Newsom just posted “There is no $70 billion in fraud. That's a made up number.”

nothing to see here peasants step off

Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 01:48 PM (gbOdA)

42 Does that final # include the Train to Nowhere?

Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 01:48 PM (grNgC)

43 The retard be back
Posted by: one hour sober

Hey! I’m sitting right here!
And I just wrote out a huge tax check!

Posted by: RI Red at December 31, 2025 01:48 PM (LMRVO)

44 There has never been in the history of the world a fraud and scam as massive as covid.

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Also a very easy fraud. Hey everyone stay home from work for a year and just watch netflix.

Posted by: SH (no more socks) at December 31, 2025 01:49 PM (sX1BW)

45 The system isn't corrupt, corruption IS the system.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 01:41 PM (jc0TO)

Truth.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 31, 2025 01:49 PM (g8Ew8)

46 If you rob Peter to pay Paul, you can always count on support from Paul

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 31, 2025 01:49 PM (iFTx/)

47 Tallied all up, California taxpayers lost $70 billion to fraud.

True Detective Season 2 came out in 2015 and the backdrop was organized crime using the high speed rail initiative as a way to steal a bunch of money

But the show was entirely too optimistic. Yes they had the "bad guys" winning but still had some actual rail built within a few years not as really happened having ALL the money be stolen

Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 01:49 PM (sKqQm)

48 35 Abolish HUD.
Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 01:47 PM (77rzZ)

Never driven 1 single nail. Kind of required if your have Housing in your name.

Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 01:49 PM (gbOdA)

49 I don’t want to send them back.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at December 31, 2025 01:48 PM

Not while there is a sea level dignity kanal to be built.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 01:50 PM (jc0TO)

50 The effect on voting behavior is hard to predict but the impact can only be positive.
Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 01:47 PM (guGkK)

Imagine thinking you’re going to vote your way out of this.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at December 31, 2025 01:50 PM (l3YAf)

51 It would not shock me at all to learn that, under Biden, landlords got big govt checks for every property rented to illegals.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at December 31, 2025 01:50 PM (WPL6O)

52 Newsome of course is denying the report...

Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 01:50 PM (VE6XX)

53 Of the top 10 wealthiest counties, five boarder DC. They must have a robust industrial base there.

Posted by: profligatewaste at December 31, 2025 01:50 PM (hf2C+)

54 I got takeout this weekend...$72 for 3 people. The same food would have been $35 or so in 2019...
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 01:45 PM (sKqQm)

Took my grandson to lunch yesterday at a now moderately priced restaurant. $49 for two hamburgers and drinks.

Posted by: Fractured History at December 31, 2025 01:50 PM (GGatE)

55 We must move heaven and earth to make sure everyone eligible to receive taxpayer money has been paid.

Posted by: Oglebay at December 31, 2025 01:50 PM (GPa4z)

56 Sounds like this fraud story is gonna have legs.

Long long multiple scary hairy legs.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 31, 2025 01:50 PM (n5tGW)

57 Surge Philly (a local YT on the street guy, young guy) is finding the same stuff as up in MN all over Philly.

I know! You're shocked!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 31, 2025 01:50 PM (emBoF)

58 Gavin Newsom just posted “There is no $70 billion in fraud. That's a made up number.”

*Jedi hand wave*

Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 01:51 PM (guGkK)

59 The Democrat Party is the largest global organized crime syndicate.

Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at December 31, 2025 01:51 PM (V362x)

60 you can always count on support from Paul
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 31, 2025 01:49 PM (iFTx/)

and Mohomeed and Samil and Nadir and...

Posted by: r hennigantx at December 31, 2025 01:51 PM (gbOdA)

61 What percentage of the world GDP is U.S. tax dollars?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 31, 2025 01:51 PM (ULPxl)

62 they were living the high life

Got a quart of high life right here!

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 31, 2025 01:51 PM (Kt19C)

63 The CA State budget has doubled over the last 10 years. The government numbers say inflation has been around 30% cumulative over that time.

So...that means a real increase in spending of around 50%. Where is that money going Gavin?

Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 01:51 PM (sKqQm)

64 I expect an "unexpected" revision up from the admitted 70 billion.

Posted by: connected and litigious at December 31, 2025 01:52 PM (cS1cw)

65 You can lower taxes later, the damage of inflation is permanent.

Yes. In particular, it harms people who lived below their means in order to save for the future (not Democrats) and people who're trying to improve themselves through work - even though they don't yet qualify for more than low wages (frequently not Democrats).

It makes the spendthrifts go deeper into debt for everything and ensures that the proles will not rise above their station.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 01:52 PM (ExV1e)

66 Abolish HUD.
Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 01:47 PM (77rzZ)

It's whole premise has always been corruption.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 31, 2025 01:52 PM (g8Ew8)

67 Took my grandson to lunch yesterday at a now moderately priced restaurant. $49 for two hamburgers and drinks.

when I was a kid our "shore" was Ventnor. so we would walk on the boards one way to Margate, or the other to AC.

we'd get ice cream in very posh Margate - $1 a sundae right? go the shorter way to AC? $5 and that was WAY back.

because of comps. bc so many people in AC were gambling and getting comp cash, all the prices were jacked up.

anyway ...that's how I learned about what's going on here in the US. when "comp cash" gets sloshed around, everything gets $$$

Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 31, 2025 01:52 PM (emBoF)

68 People are having a hard time making ends meet, with grocery prices and housing prices and insurance going up so fast.

Meanwhile, the government is shoveling these peoples' tax dollars as fast as they can to every scam known on earth.

I would think a few people are waking up.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 01:53 PM (0U5gm)

69 I hope I am not the only one to ask, but why in hell is there a rental assistance program to the tune of $5B fraud for anyone but the legitimately infirm?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 01:53 PM (dK+Kv)

70 So...that means a real increase in spending of around 50%. Where is that money going Gavin?
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 01:51 PM (sKqQm)

Fire insurance.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 31, 2025 01:54 PM (g8Ew8)

71 Tennants --> Tenants

Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 01:54 PM (RuTUS)

72 California government funding fraud: $70,000,000,000

California 2024 population: 39,430,000

Amount of fraud flushed down the toilet: $1,775.30 per capita.

Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 01:55 PM (rj6Yv)

73 It would not shock me at all to learn that, under Biden, landlords got big govt checks for every property rented to illegals.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm

Prepare to be not shocked, then, because that is exactly what happened.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 01:55 PM (0U5gm)

74 Can you say RICO?

It was designed to deal with criminal enterprises that had 'lots of buffers.' It reaches beyond a simple conspiracy case because it covers bad people doing bad things without necessarily knowing the greater RICO scheme, just that they knew their part in it.

To bring a RICO case you need two or more RICO predicates. 'Murder for hire' is one, as you'd expect
But another is "Bringing in, aiding or assisting aliens in illegally entering the country (if the action was for financial gain);"

If you have the right facts, RICO is a killer.

We're seeing more and more of these potential RICO cases popping up through leaks and exposures. This isn't an accident. Trump is settling all family business.

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 31, 2025 01:55 PM (dtajH)

75 >>> 34 I'm betting 75 percent of all spending by every state is fraud
and....
100 percent of the spending by the federal government is fraud

Again, this is the biggest transfer of wealth from the public to our political betters and their minions in history. And it's been going on for decades.

Quite The Plan™ And it worked.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 01:47 PM (NwnyJ)

Naw, only 74% and 99.999999999%.

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 31, 2025 01:55 PM (ULPxl)

76 Is it time to start hanging folks yet?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 01:55 PM (dK+Kv)

77 all this was (and is) is buying votes - > and those become power. it's buying power

Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 31, 2025 01:55 PM (emBoF)

78 68 People are having a hard time making ends meet, with grocery prices and housing prices and insurance going up so fast.

Meanwhile, the government is shoveling these peoples' tax dollars as fast as they can to every scam known on earth.

I would think a few people are waking up.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at December 31, 2025 01:53 PM (0U5gm)

=======

"You know what will help? Shutting down the government again!"
-AOC

"Fuck that bitch."
-Chuck Schumer, still wounded from his "win" in the last government shutdown

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 01:55 PM (GBKbO)

79 Gavin Newsom just posted “There is no $70 billion in fraud. That's a made up number.”

Why does California have a state auditor then? What's the point?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 01:55 PM (ExV1e)

80 Honestly, if the government was strict and audited everything on the money they gave out, I'd be complaining about their lack of efficiency. The problem is that they are spending at all.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 01:55 PM (jc0TO)

81 76 Is it time to start hanging folks yet?

I was knitting earlier today so yeah maybe!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 31, 2025 01:56 PM (emBoF)

82 So...that means a real increase in spending of around 50%. Where is that money going Gavin? Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 01:51 PM (sKqQm)

My guess is that you need to look first at the Assembly before you look at the governor. They appropriate the money and levy the taxes.

But you know what else that doesn't capture? The absolute freaking waste in government mandates, regulations, restrictions, union featherbedding, windmills and solar panels, and hidden costs of security and safety borne by citizens.

Posted by: Obamacare economists at December 31, 2025 01:56 PM (eStot)

83 from the previous thread:

393 I cannot wait to see the fraud numbers from California.
Posted by: connected and litigious

*shoulder shimmy*
* milking a cow hand motions*
*crosses legs like a girl*
Posted by: Gavin Newsom at December 31, 2025 01:34 PM (UjdFS)

Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 01:56 PM (RuTUS)

84 4 Biden doubled the federal budget while goods and services that went to American citizens declined.

All of that $4T or so a year was stolen. All of it.
Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 01:41 PM (sKqQm)

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All that money that the shadow autopen government printed was the reason we went through massive inflation. The money disappeared to a bunch democrat operatives while the price of steak went from 6 to 22 dollars

Posted by: Lemmiwinks at December 31, 2025 01:56 PM (SnWM7)

85 Prima Facie evidence of the Democratic-Communist Party buying votes from the dead and illegal aliens -- and mostly dead illegal aliens created out of thin air.

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 01:56 PM (Qreqs)

86 >>> 76 Is it time to start hanging folks yet?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 01:55 PM (dK+Kv)

Can we haz heads on pikes?

Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 31, 2025 01:57 PM (ULPxl)

87 I'm getting the distinct impression that a very substantial part of our government - both federal and local - is corrupt beyond salvage.

Posted by: Chairborne!...Desk From Above! at December 31, 2025 01:57 PM (y0ylk)

88 393 I cannot wait to see the fraud numbers from California.
Posted by: connected and litigious

*shoulder shimmy*
* milking a cow hand motions*
*crosses legs like a girl*
Posted by: Gavin Newsom at December 31, 2025 01:34 PM (UjdFS)
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 01:56 PM (RuTUS)

He just denies it and goes on his way

Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 01:57 PM (VE6XX)

89 69 I hope I am not the only one to ask, but why in hell is there a rental assistance program to the tune of $5B fraud for anyone but the legitimately infirm?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon

In Springfield OH, never mind the dead and eaten pets, Gov. DeWine's pet Haitians received rental assistance. So naturally rents went up, the Haitians didn't care, the property owners benefitted. The only people hurt were the lower income Springfield residents who couldn't afford the rent increases. But who cares about them, they had it coming for being taxpaying descendants of colonizers, and probably white supremacists to boot.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 31, 2025 01:57 PM (Dv3i1)

90 > Gavin Newsom just posted “There is no $70 billion in fraud. That's a made up number.”
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Ok, Gavin. What number do you propose? Because it's probably way fucking north of $70B.

Asshole.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 01:57 PM (NwnyJ)

91 What percentage of the world GDP is U.S. tax dollars?
Posted by: Helena Handbasket at December 31, 2025 01:51 PM (ULPxl)
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Good question, but I'd also add the US debt dollars, too.

Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 01:57 PM (rj6Yv)

92 Sounds like this fraud story is gonna have legs.

Long long multiple scary hairy legs.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at December 31, 2025 01:50 PM (n5tGW)

Hillary Clinton's inner thighs.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 31, 2025 01:58 PM (g8Ew8)

93 We've had a Vampire Tapeworm for some time, no?

It's grown to where it was threatening the host.

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 31, 2025 01:58 PM (dtajH)

94 All that money that the shadow autopen government printed was the reason we went through massive inflation. The money disappeared to a bunch democrat operatives while the price of steak went from 6 to 22 dollars

exactly and the "closer-in" elites got the best benefit from the money printer, while those outside the inner circle got progressively less and less, and we all got screwed.

there's a name for this I will never in my life remember

Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 31, 2025 01:58 PM (emBoF)

95 A point of order:

It takes time to build fraud cases. You need multiple witnesses describing intent around signatures on forms, that sort of thing. It's very different from, "That guy in the video robbing a store is obviously this guy because we can see his face."

Also, Senate Democrats have slow walked floor business to the degree that more floor votes have happened this year than any year. Why? Because they're denying unanimous consent on lower appointment posts, like US Attorneys.

The MN USA who started the news cycle about MN fraud? He was only appointed in August. There was some stuff from the Biden admin done on this front, but it was honestly very minor, focusing on 1 of 14 welfare programs targeted.

This MN USA has said that he's looking into all 14 and the first indictments he filed a couple of weeks ago were the first in a large wave.

We're going to see a lot more.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 01:58 PM (GBKbO)

96 92 Hillary Clinton's inner thighs.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 31, 2025 01:58 PM (g8Ew

ewwww

Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 01:59 PM (RuTUS)

97 exactly and the "closer-in" elites got the best benefit from the money printer, while those outside the inner circle got progressively less and less, and we all got screwed.

there's a name for this I will never in my life remember
Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 31, 2025 01:58 PM (emBoF)

Cantillon effect.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at December 31, 2025 01:59 PM (l3YAf)

98 also I missed the Tucker thread.

well here's another case where I'm sad to be right.

I was right about him. Since 2020.

Scum.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 31, 2025 01:59 PM (emBoF)

99 85 Prima Facie evidence of the Democratic-Communist Party buying votes from the dead and illegal aliens -- and mostly dead illegal aliens created out of thin air.

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 01:56 PM (Qreqs)

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And it wasn't enough.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 01:59 PM (GBKbO)

100 100

Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 01:59 PM (RuTUS)

101 So Mike Johnson and Republicans are standing there with visors, calculators and a ledger deducting all of this from the federal budget- right? I mean that plus the DOGE savings.

Because I have no idea WTF Congress is doing other than standing around patting themselves on the backs and fundraising off this garbage.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 31, 2025 01:59 PM (b0bY0)

102 He just denies it and goes on his way
Posted by: It's me donna

"We checked on the California fraud accusations, government records and Governor Newsome himself say there is no evidence for this. Therefore, there is no evidence, this is just another MAGA hoax."
- CBSs Crack Investigative Journalist

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 31, 2025 01:59 PM (Dv3i1)

103 Democracy in action! The Democrats went all in over the last decade on looting the nation to enrich themselves and to payoff people to vote for them.

For extra credit the Democrats made a hard run at destabilizing the culture by importing as many 3rd world people as possible who will never assimilate and to keep them compliant paid them off with public money.

And then there is the rigging of the electoral system so all accountability went out the door; this resulted in Biden getting elected and went along ways down the path of ensuring the Democrats would have permanent control of the nation. They still may succeed giving us a Marxist utopian state.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions at December 31, 2025 01:59 PM (HTCU3)

104 >>He just denies it and goes on his way

I would imagine he will be having dinner tonight (or tomorrow) here in town.

Unless his FiL has a catered party.

Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 02:00 PM (grNgC)

105 >>>Hillary Clinton's inner thighs.

Let's have a New Year's resolution to never mention THAT again.

Posted by: Pile of Shit at December 31, 2025 02:00 PM (CwhoI)

106 California government funding fraud: $70,000,000,000

California 2024 population: 39,430,000

Amount of fraud flushed down the toilet: $1,775.30 per capita.
Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 01:55 PM (rj6Yv)

50% of California taxes. Most people don't care.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 02:00 PM (ExV1e)

107 98 also I missed the Tucker thread.

well here's another case where I'm sad to be right.

I was right about him. Since 2020.

Scum.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 31, 2025 01:59 PM (emBoF)

There'll be more Tucker threads!

Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:00 PM (RuTUS)

108 CANTILLON!

yes

so yeah that's life in the USSA basically

the inner ones buy up property with the fake moneys and we get to pay more to rent from them

Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 31, 2025 02:00 PM (emBoF)

109 I hope I am not the only one to ask, but why in hell is there a rental assistance program to the tune of $5B fraud for anyone but the legitimately infirm? Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 01:53 PM (dK+Kv)

You may ask, where do I find in the Constitution that one of the responsibilities of the federal government is to take money from the people to provide rental assistance funds to the states so they can spend it on the people's housing?

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at December 31, 2025 02:00 PM (eStot)

110 7 And it still wasn't enough to beat Trump, huh?

I wonder if there have been some deep-seeded changes in the voting patterns of certain demos in America in response to the Biden administration.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison

That happened in Trump's first term. Trump was the only president in history running for a second term that received more votes than in the first term and still lost. Trump gained about 11 million votes between 2016 (63 million) and 2020 (74 million). And about another 3 million in 2024 on top of that (77 million). So roughly 25 percent increase from 2016.

Killary's baseline was 65 million, Biden got 81 million*, and Kumala got 75 million ballots.

My guess is that Dem baseline fraud of paid ballot harvested, non existent, counting room fraud, and illegal votes tallied between 10-20 million (baseline legal D vote was probably about 55-60 million give or take).

Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 02:00 PM (WDjG6)

111 104 >>He just denies it and goes on his way

I would imagine he will be having dinner tonight (or tomorrow) here in town.

Unless his FiL has a catered party.
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 02:00 PM (grNgC)

Give him a hug!

Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:01 PM (RuTUS)

112 You may ask, where do I find in the Constitution that one of the responsibilities of the federal government is to take money from the people to provide rental assistance funds to the states so they can spend it on the people's housing?
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at December 31, 2025 02:00 PM (eStot)

It's right there next to Guaranteed health care and Abortions..

Posted by: It's me donna at December 31, 2025 02:01 PM (VE6XX)

113 Because I have no idea WTF Congress is doing other than standing around patting themselves on the backs and fundraising off this garbage.
Posted by: Marcus T at December 31, 2025 01:59 PM (b0bY0)

The passed a resolution condemning “socialism” while keeping Biden levels of spending.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at December 31, 2025 02:01 PM (l3YAf)

114 82 So...that means a real increase in spending of around 50%. Where is that money going Gavin? Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 01:51 PM (sKqQm)
____________________________

I'm willing to bet that a significant amount of Federal funding for specific items was funneled into other totally unrelated programs (which, of course, is illegal), and that's the primary reason that a certain collection of blue states like California are refusing to open their books. High Speed rail project comes to mind considering the absolute non-progress over a period of at least 12 years. Instead, they used that project to gobble up generational farmland and private properties using emminent domain (over 800 properties at last count)...while funneling federal funds into their entitlement programs.

Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 02:01 PM (dIske)

115 Don't put CA over MN in the fraud race yet. CA is 8 times larger, but only has 7 times as much fraud. Plus almost all of our fraud is committed by less than 100K Somalis, which counts for extra style points.

Posted by: Dave at December 31, 2025 02:01 PM (sbsMc)

116 This demands many years of investigations and hearings and commissions and meetings and subpoenas and affidavits and testimonies and Strongly Worded Letters and...oh you know the drill.

Posted by: GOP Playbook at December 31, 2025 02:01 PM (V362x)

117 Ahem.

Posted by: The Good and Plenty Clause at December 31, 2025 02:02 PM (jc0TO)

118 (baseline legal D vote was probably about 55-60 million give or take)

45 milion MAX

Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 31, 2025 02:02 PM (emBoF)

119 Yes they had the "bad guys" winning but still had some actual rail built within a few years not as really happened having ALL the money be stolen
Posted by: 18-

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LIAR
we built a couple good overpasses and one pedestrian bridge with that money!

Posted by: CA High Speed Rail at December 31, 2025 02:02 PM (fltLA)

120
Tallied all up, California taxpayers lost $70 billion to fraud.

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That's roughly the amount of the CA debt.

Unlike the federal government, a state can't print money.

During the Covid nonsense, legitimate unemployed couldn't get through to file for unemployment, but the thieves could. After making a hundred unsuccessful phone calls and finally getting through, many had their unemployment payments frozen due to clumsy ineffective controls applied to address the fraud.

For all the taxes and fees the CA government charges, we don't have much service to show for it. The thieves do, though.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 31, 2025 02:02 PM (VWtfl)

121 107 98 also I missed the Tucker thread.

well here's another case where I'm sad to be right.

I was right about him. Since 2020.

Scum.
Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 31, 2025 01:59 PM (emBoF)

There'll be more Tucker threads!
Posted by: m
=======
Well, it does provide paid employment for some posting here and web site numbers for Ace from red states like Bangladesh, India, and China.

Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 02:02 PM (WDjG6)

122 But there is no way we can reduce the federal budget and entitlement programs!! We have to incrementally increase the baseline!!

Posted by: Marcus T at December 31, 2025 02:02 PM (b0bY0)

123 Hillary Clinton's inner thighs.
- What are discarded lyrics from the song Bette Davis Eyes?

Posted by: Jeopardy Response at December 31, 2025 02:03 PM (Dv3i1)

124 Because I have no idea WTF Congress is doing other than standing around patting themselves on the backs and fundraising off this garbage.
Posted by: Marcus T at December 31, 2025 01:59 PM (b0bY0)

The passed a resolution condemning “socialism” while keeping Biden levels of spending.
Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at December 31, 2025 02:01 PM

They are fighting to INCREASE the funds for settling refugees in our country.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 02:03 PM (jc0TO)

125 We're going to see a lot more. Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 01:58 PM (GBKbO)

I foresee Valachi-style hearings this fall, leading up to the midterms.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at December 31, 2025 02:03 PM (eStot)

126 I feel like such a chump. I haven't in on any of this free money that all the half wits have been raking in.

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 02:03 PM (uWKK8)

127 Also, Senate Democrats have slow walked floor business to the degree that more floor votes have happened this year than any year. Why? Because they're denying unanimous consent on lower appointment posts, like US Attorneys.

The MN USA who started the news cycle about MN fraud? He was only appointed in August. There was some stuff from the Biden admin done on this front, but it was honestly very minor, focusing on 1 of 14 welfare programs targeted.

This MN USA has said that he's looking into all 14 and the first indictments he filed a couple of weeks ago were the first in a large wave.

We're going to see a lot more.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 01:58 PM (GBKbO)

Does this mean that, eventually, people will quit whining about the DOJ?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 02:04 PM (ExV1e)

128 “Are we still talking about this?”

Posted by: Legacy Media at December 31, 2025 02:04 PM (vWau3)

129 The retard be back

Posted by: one hour sober at December 31, 2025 01:45 PM (Y1sOo)

You're going to have to narrow that down a bit.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 31, 2025 02:04 PM (n9ltV)

130 Pam Bondi to the Fox News makeup chair. Pam Bondi to the Fox News makeup chair.

Posted by: Dept of Justice PA at December 31, 2025 02:04 PM (l3YAf)

131 Is it time to start hanging folks yet?

I was knitting earlier today so yeah maybe!

Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 31, 2025 01:56 PM (emBoF)

AoSHQ Itinerary.

1. Knitting

c. Hanging folks.

. . .

Spitting on hands?

Slitting throats?

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 02:04 PM (dK+Kv)

132 We are chumps.

Posted by: Law Abiding Tax Payers at December 31, 2025 02:04 PM (tNkpt)

133 I want convictions. I want heads on pikes. We won't see this soon.

What we can get soon is total exposure. Including by RICO charges getting dropped after the Overton Window has shifted.

That's what I'm seeing Trump doing.

With e-mails and such hoovered out of the NSA by Surfer Girl Tulsi as evidence, it becames largely a paper case of having the bad actors verify copies of things that they wrote.

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 31, 2025 02:04 PM (dtajH)

134 Ya know. If you start watching The New Hope at exactly 10:02:41, tonight, the Death Star will explode at midnight.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 02:05 PM (2WIwB)

135 And if you think Minnesota fraud is a scandal: Get a load of the massive industrial-scale looting in California.

Just start arresting everyone in office.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 02:05 PM (QGRvm)

136 Where does all this infinite money come from?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 02:05 PM (pkeXY)

137 When someone starts to tally up how much this is costing or has cost the average taxpayer over, say, the last 30 years....

"Something" might happen. And our political betters are probably not prepared for it.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 02:05 PM (NwnyJ)

138 127 Does this mean that, eventually, people will quit whining about the DOJ?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 02:04 PM (ExV1e)

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No, because Bondi, a manager, should be in courtrooms. I think.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 02:06 PM (GBKbO)

139 50% of California taxes. Most people don't care.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 02:00 PM (ExV1e)

That should read...

LESS THAN 500K Californians pay MORE THAN 50% of California taxes.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 02:06 PM (ExV1e)

140 Where does all this infinite money come from?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 02:05 PM

Our grandchildren.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 02:06 PM (jc0TO)

141 Scum.

Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 31, 2025 01:59 PM (emBoF)

Carlson fooled me for a long time. But clearly the wheels fell off when he left Fox and no longer had the benefit of producers and writers who reined in his lunacy.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at December 31, 2025 02:06 PM (n9ltV)

142 Ben Nighthorse Campbell, the former senator and U.S. representative of Colorado known for his passionate advocacy of Native American issues, died Tuesday at age 92.

-
I met the Nighthorse several times and he seemed like a good guy.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 31, 2025 02:06 PM (L/fGl)

143 You get some tar and I’ll get some feathers,

Honey, Honey

You get some tar and I’ll get some feathers,

Babe, babe

You get some tar and I’ll get some feathers and will toss them on to our Washington betters, honey your baby, be mine

Posted by: Cray Cray at December 31, 2025 02:06 PM (vWau3)

144 I believe this is on-topic given today's Ace posts -

https://tinyurl.com/4kmw23nr

Posted by: Gref at December 31, 2025 02:06 PM (5rh/l)

145 Is it slit then hang or hang then slit? I can never remember.

Posted by: guy who can't remember at December 31, 2025 02:07 PM (vFG9F)

146 Where does all this infinite money come from?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 02:05 PM (pkeXY)
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This generation's great-great-great-great-great-great grandchildren.

(not enough greats?)

Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 02:07 PM (rj6Yv)

147 132 We are chumps.
Posted by: Law Abiding Tax Payers at December 31, 2025 02:04 PM (tNkpt)

This is how I feel.

Posted by: CaliGirl at December 31, 2025 02:07 PM (dtf79)

148 "Something" might happen. And our political betters are probably not prepared for it.
Posted by: Martini Farmer

Have you heard about our new Central Bank Digital Currency?

Posted by: Western Governments at December 31, 2025 02:07 PM (Dv3i1)

149 I’m thinking Fox knew something about Carlson and that’s why they cut him. Imagine tuning in and seeing this crap.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 31, 2025 02:07 PM (b0bY0)

150 Where does all this infinite money come from?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 02:05 PM (pkeXY)

Your children and their children.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 02:08 PM (dK+Kv)

151 I forgot the story details of The goose that laid the golden egg.

What happened to the goose and where can i get one?

Posted by: thug dolphin at December 31, 2025 02:08 PM (EyfuW)

152 136 Where does all this infinite money come from?

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 02:05 PM (pkeXY)

From the United States Treasury. It grows there on digital money trees.

Posted by: Gref at December 31, 2025 02:08 PM (5rh/l)

153 Nice. Crawdad Hole ref.

Is that the Stanley Brothers?

Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 02:09 PM (grNgC)

154 Is it slit then hang or hang then slit? I can never remember.
Posted by: guy who can't remember at December 31, 2025 02:07 PM

It's hang then tar.

The bones hold together longer.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 02:09 PM (jc0TO)

155 So, math. Just spitballing here. Say, Minnesota has $9 billion in fraud. So, my thesis is if that’s fraud we don’t have to pay it next year. That means -$9 billion from that program- right?

Somebody please send this to Johnson and Thune. With a calculator.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 31, 2025 02:09 PM (b0bY0)

156 I was right about him. Since 2020.
Scum.
Posted by: BlackOrchid

I lack these Bene Gesserit powers, sadly. I thought he was great back then.

Posted by: gKWVE at December 31, 2025 02:10 PM (gKWVE)

157 32 Covid was a trillion-dollar forced wealth transfer from taxpayers to Democrap constituencies. I'm sure GOP operatives got their cut, but the vast majority -- probably 80% -- went to Democraps.

There has never been in the history of the world a fraud and scam as massive as covid. Trillions of dollars was stolen. There was a reason these people fought like caged rabid komodo dragons jacked on cocaine to keep covid a never-ending crisis.

Remember the old saying? "If you owe a bank $100, that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem." The problem is similar here. If fraudsters steal $100, that's their problem. If they steal $100B, that's our problem.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 31, 2025 01:47 PM (iFTx/)

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If you look at the macro numbers it was ultimately a $3 trillion dollar wealth transfer to the top 1%.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 31, 2025 02:10 PM (Vh9CX)

158 156 I was right about him. Since 2020.
Scum.
Posted by: BlackOrchid

I lack these Bene Gesserit powers, sadly. I thought he was great back then.

Posted by: gKWVE at December 31, 2025 02:10 PM (gKWVE)

=======

I never care about any talking heads and feel no connection to them.

So, they can never disappoint me or make me feel stupid.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 02:10 PM (GBKbO)

159 And if you think Minnesota fraud is a scandal: Get a load of the massive industrial-scale looting in California.

Just start arresting everyone in office.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 02:05 PM (QGRvm)

And run the crematories 24/7.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at December 31, 2025 02:10 PM (snZF9)

160 Ok, so we can't expect to see things happen immediately. Can we set some milestones maybe? Like in three months and six months? How long before we can expect some
trials and convictions?

Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 02:11 PM (vFG9F)

161 A point of order:

It takes time to build fraud cases. You need multiple witnesses describing intent around signatures on forms, that sort of thing. It's very different from, "That guy in the video robbing a store is obviously this guy because we can see his face."

Also, Senate Democrats have slow walked floor business to the degree that more floor votes have happened this year than any year. Why? Because they're denying unanimous consent on lower appointment posts, like US Attorneys.

The MN USA who started the news cycle about MN fraud? He was only appointed in August. There was some stuff from the Biden admin done on this front, but it was honestly very minor, focusing on 1 of 14 welfare programs targeted.

This MN USA has said that he's looking into all 14 and the first indictments he filed a couple of weeks ago were the first in a large wave.

We're going to see a lot more.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 01:58 PM (GBKbO)
______________

It also takes a long time to unravel all the shell companies, the pass-throughs, the money flow, etc. A lot of the fraud is disguised as normal, legit transactions.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 31, 2025 02:11 PM (iFTx/)

162 "... but was effectively incentivized by his administration's failure to implement strong financial controls resulting in billions worth of potential improper payments," ...

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BREAKING: Senator Fauxcahontas Warren (CCP - Liewatha) Proposes Another New Politically-Weaponized Unconstitutional Bureaucracy -- The DUDFIB (Deceased & Undocumented Democrat Financial Incentivization Bureau). Developing ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 02:11 PM (XZaOB)

163 >>And run the crematories 24/7.

There is a Better Way.

Posted by: Soylent Green Energy at December 31, 2025 02:11 PM (grNgC)

164 Leftists: "I don't see a problem with the Minnesota Daycare issues."

Low Information Moderates: "Well, that seems a bit sketchy. Perhaps we should look into that."

AOS HQ response: "Why in the actual F*ck are we using taxpayer dollars to subsidize daycare centers in the first f*cking place. If you can't afford to raise a kid, do f*cking have a kid."

Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 02:11 PM (dIske)

165 118 (baseline legal D vote was probably about 55-60 million give or take)

45 milion MAX
Posted by: BlackOrchid

Obama got about 70 million votes in 2008. 66 million in 2012. My guess is the 2008 vote had less formal cheating (typical ingrained type in places like Detroit, Atlanta, etc.) because it simply was not needed. People were tired of the Bushes and some thought that Obama would be a better president than McCain. McCain got 60 million votes. Romney did only slightly better than McCain getting nearly 61 million votes. That is where I think fraud started to kick in as my guess is Obama benefitted from about 4-6m in fraudulent votes in key states for 2012. Florida and Ohio among a few other states like PA, VA, IA, were likely tipped by fraud. Romney probably would have won the electoral college if not the popular vote.

Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 02:11 PM (WDjG6)

166 126 I feel like such a chump. I haven't in on any of this free money that all the half wits have been raking in.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 02:03 PM (uWKK

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You are a chump. All us straights are chumps.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 31, 2025 02:12 PM (Vh9CX)

167 You may ask, where do I find in the Constitution that one of the responsibilities of the federal government is to take money from the people to provide rental assistance funds to the states so they can spend it on the people's housing?

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at December 31, 2025 02:00 PM (eStot)

Of course. But in the 80/20 sense, and in the times in which we live, do we really want old people and special needs people roaming the streets in squalor?

I know. I know. Still not a Constitutional duty of the federal government. But that train has sailed, baby.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 02:12 PM (dK+Kv)

168 161 It also takes a long time to unravel all the shell companies, the pass-throughs, the money flow, etc. A lot of the fraud is disguised as normal, legit transactions.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 31, 2025 02:11 PM (iFTx/)

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Thankfully, the demographic tendency of Somalis to be really stupid is going to make a lot of this relatively easy.

$5 says that a few of these locations have printed out emails from NGO employees telling them how to do things step by step.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 02:12 PM (GBKbO)

169 76 Is it time to start hanging folks yet?
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 01:55 PM (dK+Kv)

That time was well in the past my friend ...

What's coming will be

#vigilantejustice

Posted by: browndog nosing about at December 31, 2025 02:13 PM (3sXRv)

170 The GOP needs to get this message out asap to Americans of all color, but especially blacks:

THIS is where welfare is going and yours is probably less. YOU Americans are not the priority!

Not saying that generational welfare is ok (note: Katrina response if you need an example: people hacking through roofs with an ax to wait for help vs helping themselves). These are the LBJ welfare generations.

At least they are legal Americans, being raised by grandmothers because for generations large % of baby daddies vanish. Pregnancy and drug addiction and here we are...and it's not new in inner cities. Few make it out, like Dr. Ben Carson. But some do and fix their own generational welfare and lack of male figures.

What is new is the complete hand out of billions to illegals, arriving from Somolia and Mexico and other places that are here for the freebies.

Round 'em all up and DEPORT.

Round up politicans and arrest. Walz and others can claim they did not know, and it is possible being that Walz is a retard, but I call BS.

Voting blocs of Omar types elect Omar types and are on the kickbacks. Vs assimilation. GET OUT!

Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at December 31, 2025 02:13 PM (WONhk)

171 In three months I don't really expect much. In six months I expect even less.

Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 02:13 PM (vFG9F)

172 The Democrat Party is the largest global organized crime syndicate.
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at December 31, 2025 01:51 PM (V362x)

Hey!

Posted by: The Saxe-Coburg-Gothas at December 31, 2025 02:13 PM (HuCsm)

173 It takes time to build fraud cases. You need multiple witnesses describing intent around signatures on forms, that sort of thing. It's very different from, "That guy in the video robbing a store is obviously this guy because we can see his face."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 01:58 PM (GBKbO)
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It also takes a long time to unravel all the shell companies, the pass-throughs, the money flow, etc. A lot of the fraud is disguised as normal, legit transactions.
Posted by: Judge Elric
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Gentlemen, we do not do reasoned analysis here. The gray boxes are for emotional venting (Veruca Salt style) only.

Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 02:13 PM (WDjG6)

174 For the politicians and the government types, it's always someone else's money. It's easy to spend it. It's easy to give it away. It's easy to have it stolen, and look the other way. At this point it's not even other people's money, i.e. the taxpayers, because the deficits are so high that it's not tax revenue, it's just printed money, so the attitude is, who cares?

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at December 31, 2025 02:13 PM (MZ+PY)

175 153 Nice. Crawdad Hole ref.

Is that the Stanley Brothers?
Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 02:09 PM (grNgC)

Honestly, I only know it from basic training cadences. But now I’ve tune in to Doc Watson’s version for the first time.

Posted by: Cray Cray at December 31, 2025 02:13 PM (vWau3)

176 We may never know the motive.

Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 02:13 PM (2fdLC)

177 Nighthorse was an interesting guy politically. He was a moderate Dem, back when they existed, and when he switched in '95 he stayed the same politically - the Dems had just moved far enough left he was no longer a Dem...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 02:13 PM (sKqQm)

178 173 Gentlemen, we do not do reasoned analysis here. The gray boxes are for emotional venting (Veruca Salt style) only.

Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 02:13 PM (WDjG6)

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*considers mentioning Prometheus*

*thinks better of mentioning Prometheus and does not mention Prometheus*

*does own part to keep thread Prometheus free*

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 02:14 PM (GBKbO)

179 You may ask, where do I find in the Constitution that one of the responsibilities of the federal government is to take money from the people to provide rental assistance funds to the states so they can spend it on the people's housing?

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at December 31, 2025 02:00 PM (eStot)

Of course. But in the 80/20 sense, and in the times in which we live, do we really want old people and special needs people roaming the streets in squalor?

I know. I know. Still not a Constitutional duty of the federal government. But that train has sailed, baby.
Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 02:12 PM

If I wasn't being robbed so much by the government, I'd give even more to charities of my choice.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 02:14 PM (jc0TO)

180 >> It also takes a long time to unravel all the shell companies, the pass-throughs, the money flow, etc. A lot of the fraud is disguised as normal, legit transactions.

I’m waiting for that Omar bint and her husband. No way that’s a legit 0-$30 mil in one year.

Posted by: Marcus T at December 31, 2025 02:14 PM (b0bY0)

181 123 Hillary Clinton's inner thighs.
- What are discarded lyrics from the song Bette Davis Eyes?
Posted by: Jeopardy Response at December 31, 2025 02:03 PM (Dv3i1)

hahahahaha

She's pure as New York snow
Hill'ry Clinton's i-inner thighs

Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:14 PM (RuTUS)

182 It also takes a long time to unravel all the shell companies, the pass-throughs, the money flow, etc. A lot of the fraud is disguised as normal, legit transactions.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 31, 2025 02:11 PM (iFTx/)

And then MN judges just toss the convictions, as has already happened.

It’s almost as if an Anglo system of justice meant for a moral, homogeneous people can’t work when the country has a hundred million third-worlders in it..

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at December 31, 2025 02:14 PM (l3YAf)

183
I never care about any talking heads and feel no connection to them.

They know about life during wartime.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 02:14 PM (pkeXY)

184 > If you look at the macro numbers it was ultimately a $3 trillion dollar wealth transfer to the top 1%.
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Last year maybe. I bet the totals for the last decade dwarf that $3T.

Because this has been going on for a very long time.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 02:14 PM (NwnyJ)

185 It also takes a long time to unravel all the shell companies, the pass-throughs, the money flow, etc. A lot of the fraud is disguised as normal, legit transactions.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 31, 2025 02:11 PM (iFTx/)
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According to First Assistant US Attorney Joe Thompson during yesterday's announcement, a lot of the MN fraud money has been traced to eastern Africa, particularly to Nairobi, Kenya.

Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 02:14 PM (rj6Yv)

186 "I wonder if there have been some deep-seeded changes in the voting patterns of certain demos in America in response to the Biden administration."

Turnout. Turnout. Turnout.

I've been ranting about this since 2016. Trump has gotten White Non-College to turnout after they were evicted from their historic home in the D party. Hispanics and Black Men have been joining. Still plenty of room to grow.

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 31, 2025 02:14 PM (dtajH)

187 THIS is where welfare is going and yours is probably less. YOU Americans are not the priority!

The Dems believe they've already bought the domestic FSA - why should they give them more?

Getting the illegal and immigrant vote though? They are still paying for that.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 02:14 PM (sKqQm)

188 172 The Democrat Party is the largest global organized crime syndicate.
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese

One of the oldest too. The proto Democrat party was accepting foreign money from France and its minister during G. Washington's term in office.

Old Tom Jefferson as Washington's Sec. of State put a party propagandist on government payroll just to attack his own administration under the table.

Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 02:15 PM (WDjG6)

189 Ok, so we can't expect to see things happen immediately. Can we set some milestones maybe? Like in three months and six months? How long before we can expect some
trials and convictions?
Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 02:11 PM (vFG9F)

Or more "sporty" actions. Because if this doesn't get fixed, that becomes inevitable.
Screw Russia. Screw Ukraine. To hell with nato. The Republic is in serious danger.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 02:15 PM (2WIwB)

190 Gentlemen, we do not do reasoned analysis here. The gray boxes are for emotional venting (Veruca Salt style) only.

Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 02:13 PM (WDjG6)

I feel seen.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 02:15 PM (dK+Kv)

191 Ok, so we can't expect to see things happen immediately. Can we set some milestones maybe? Like in three months and six months? How long before we can expect some
trials and convictions?
Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 02:11 PM (vFG9F)

Can you guarantee that the judges won't insert themselves? Can you guarantee that the citizens of the relevant communities with indict when shown the evidence?

Nothing is certain but death, fraud, and taxes.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 02:15 PM (ExV1e)

192 You're invited!

https://is.gd/YSQetR

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 31, 2025 02:15 PM (L/fGl)

193 We’re probably up to a trillion on fraud and counting. Which we are going to reduce from the budget. Right?

Posted by: Marcus T at December 31, 2025 02:15 PM (b0bY0)

194 149 I’m thinking Fox knew something about Carlson and that’s why they cut him. Imagine tuning in and seeing this crap.
Posted by: Marcus T at December 31, 2025 02:07 PM (b0bY0)

I don't remember the story.

Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:16 PM (RuTUS)

195 It also takes a long time to unravel all the shell companies, the pass-throughs, the money flow, etc. A lot of the fraud is disguised as normal, legit transactions.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 31, 2025 02:11 PM (iFTx/)

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Thankfully, the demographic tendency of Somalis to be really stupid is going to make a lot of this relatively easy.

$5 says that a few of these locations have printed out emails from NGO employees telling them how to do things step by step.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 02:12 PM (GBKbO)
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True, but you also have to prove that the money was collected for fraudulent kids. I'm sure there are sign-in sheets with names and attendance, and I'll bet the names are legit. How do you prove that Kid X wasn't at the center on February 21, 2023?

The parents of the fake kids were probably getting a cut. They will line up to testify that "yes, my kids were enrolled here and we went almost every day. Fraud? What fraud?"

See how the "Learing Center" was suddenly flooded with parents and kids the day after the story broke? They are ALL in on the fraud.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 31, 2025 02:16 PM (iFTx/)

196 "do we really want old people and special needs people roaming the streets in squalor?"

Don't we have that anyway?

Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 02:16 PM (vFG9F)

197 The pushback seems to have coalesced behind the, "this is just the cost serving the community, yes we've always known about it", Talking points.

"oh, you think investigating fraud is your thing. But you merely adopted the fraud; I was born in it."

Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 02:16 PM (3uBP9)

198 I never care about any talking heads and feel no connection to them.

So, they can never disappoint me or make me feel stupid.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 02:10 PM (GBKbO)

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"Never fall in love with any politician." -- Dan Bongino

Now, when it comes to podcasts and talk radio ...

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 02:16 PM (XZaOB)

199 Gentlemen, we do not do reasoned analysis here. The gray boxes are for emotional venting (Veruca Salt style) only.
Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 02:13 PM (WDjG6)

Reasoned analysis and your precious legal system are what have led us to our current sorry state of affairs.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at December 31, 2025 02:16 PM (l3YAf)

200 200

Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:16 PM (RuTUS)

201 >>Thankfully, the demographic tendency of Somalis to be really stupid is going to make a lot of this relatively easy.

You would think. Except. Islamic banking practices get in the way of a lot of paper trails we would traditionally employ..

Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 02:17 PM (grNgC)

202 Leftists: "I don't see a problem with the Minnesota Daycare issues."

Low Information Moderates: "Well, that seems a bit sketchy. Perhaps we should look into that."

AOS HQ response: "Why in the actual F*ck are we using taxpayer dollars to subsidize daycare centers in the first f*cking place. If you can't afford to raise a kid, do f*cking have a kid."
Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 02:11 PM (dIske)

Do any of the fucking parents have fucking jobs? If not, why do they need fucking daycare anyway?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 02:17 PM (ExV1e)

203 As the average taxpayers sit down to do their Federal taxes in a couple of months, let this seep in. Let it seep in real deep.
Not even the government can blame them for being mad as hell. And there better be some justice doled out to those responsible for this mess.

Posted by: Case at December 31, 2025 02:17 PM (G1OIb)

204 Back in the 60s Futurists presumed we'd have a 20 hour work week and retire in our 50s.

That dream ended when we got rid of the gold standard, but SPECIFICALLY because the government just started printing money to give to itself, its clients, and its overseas interests.

If there was an opposition party they might want to point out what we didn't get because instead we gave generational wealth to Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton...

Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 02:17 PM (sKqQm)

205 Bonk bonk on the head

Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 31, 2025 02:17 PM (q+0n5)

206 It takes time to build fraud cases. You need multiple witnesses describing intent around signatures on forms, that sort of thing. It's very different from, "That guy in the video robbing a store is obviously this guy because we can see his face."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 01:58 PM (GBKbO)
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It also takes a long time to unravel all the shell companies, the pass-throughs, the money flow, etc. A lot of the fraud is disguised as normal, legit transactions.
Posted by: Judge Elric

1st shell company proves fraud. Arrest.
Then keep unraveling. But arrest.

And do the classic TV detective thing:

"1st one to talk gets the good deal"

Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 02:17 PM (QGRvm)

207 136 Where does all this infinite money come from?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 02:05 PM (pkeXY)

Brrrrp ... brrrp ... brrrp ... go the printers

Posted by: The Folks Who Brought You MMT at December 31, 2025 02:17 PM (3sXRv)

208 MIT > MTM > MMT

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 02:18 PM (jc0TO)

209 Anybody doing reasoned analysis in the gray spends a night in the

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 31, 2025 02:18 PM (L/fGl)

210 Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at December 31, 2025 01:47 PM (guGkK)

Thanks for a positive view here, which except for Jack Straw, often isn't expressed.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 02:18 PM (8Cor4)

211 >>But now I’ve tune in to Doc Watson’s version for the first time.

Checkout the Ralph and Carter Stanley version. Good stuff.

Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 02:18 PM (grNgC)

212 Just caught a glimpse of CNN Top News of the Year.

Killing of Iryna Zarutska was number five.
P Diddy was number one.

No Kirk that I saw.
Dude was bigger than MLK and international too. His assassinations knocked Iryna off the news, and did not seem fit to mention.

/ They might have him below number 6, which I did not see.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 02:18 PM (/lPRQ)

213 Bondi's and Patel's troops need to be need to be in Federal Courts 24/7 getting court orders to lock-down the records of every Somali 'small business' in the nation, ASAP.

Because -

https://tinyurl.com/2s378d2r

When will the arson jobs begin?

I'm surprised people (gee, I wonder who?) haven't been calling-in bomb threats to Somali 'small businesses' two thousand times a day by now. The Democrats need
a bit of dummy ammo to begin yelling that Somali-phobia ginned-up by white supremacists falsely claiming widespread Somali fraud exists, is now a serious threat to the peaceful and industrious Somali immigrant communities, who built this nation!

Posted by: Gref at December 31, 2025 02:19 PM (5rh/l)

214 If I had just one free question I could get the answer to, it would be this:

"How much Somali Op money was going to Republicans"

Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 02:19 PM (2fdLC)

215 I've been watching a lot of "Justified" short clips on YT lately. How about a new season located in Minnesota?

Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 02:19 PM (rj6Yv)

216 184 > If you look at the macro numbers it was ultimately a $3 trillion dollar wealth transfer to the top 1%.
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Last year maybe. I bet the totals for the last decade dwarf that $3T.

Because this has been going on for a very long time.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 02:14 PM (NwnyJ)

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I meant just the Covid spending.

But yeah, overall there have been many, many trillions stolen. Even things where services and products are actually provided are rife with over charging.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 31, 2025 02:19 PM (Vh9CX)

217
Do any of the fucking parents have fucking jobs? If not, why do they need fucking daycare anyway?

It seems like one common element of this is having a Somali father providing a "daycare" service where one of his religious but not civil wives "works" raising their children on the government dime.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 02:19 PM (sKqQm)

218 It also takes a long time to unravel all the shell companies, the pass-throughs, the money flow, etc. A lot of the fraud is disguised as normal, legit transactions.
Posted by: Judge Elric

1st shell company proves fraud. Arrest.
Then keep unraveling. But arrest.

And do the classic TV detective thing:

"1st one to talk gets the good deal"
Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 02:17 PM (QGRvm)

Or just snatch up all of the Somalis and deport them. There shouldn’t be a single Somali in America.

Posted by: Disinterested FDA Director at December 31, 2025 02:19 PM (l3YAf)

219 158 I never care about any talking heads and feel no connection to them.

So, they can never disappoint me or make me feel stupid.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 02:10 PM (GBKbO)

And more so all the time. Which, on the whole, is good.

Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:19 PM (RuTUS)

220 IIRC, all this COVID assistance funding was rushed through in spite of complaints from everywhere, even inside Congress, that there were no effective safeguards on any of it toward fraud prevention. That this is all coming out 5 years later is not shocking; it's sickening. Everybody knew it amounted to massive deflection & fraud; nobody cared. It's not just Timmy Walz and Gavin Newsome: it's the whole freakin' government, top-to-bottom.

Ain't no way we're voting ourselves out of a multi-trillion dollar payola across the whole government. The only possible solution is root-and-branch, and that ain't gonna happen eithr.

Posted by: Beelzebubba at December 31, 2025 02:19 PM (eKNpP)

221 AI robots will eventually replace Somalian daycare workers anyway. Looks like it's the end of the ride for them.

Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 02:20 PM (vFG9F)

222 Brrrrp ... brrrp ... brrrp ... go the printers
Posted by: The Folks Who Brought You MMT at December 31, 2025 02:17 PM (3sXRv)

That’s why Trump got rid of pennies, slowly cutting off the grift money. Brilliant!

Posted by: Cray Cray at December 31, 2025 02:20 PM (vWau3)

223 Somehow, this will all become our fault.

Posted by: boomers at December 31, 2025 02:20 PM (Y1sOo)

224 There's just no reason for me to pay taxes any longer.

Posted by: Jim Rose at December 31, 2025 02:20 PM (miqrx)

225 105 >>>Hillary Clinton's inner thighs.

My Uncle Skillet has very close veins, too!

Posted by: Stymie Beard, Our Gang at December 31, 2025 02:20 PM (oftw2)

226 For those of you that keep saying "nothing will happen." The fraud investigations have been going on for a while up in Minnesota. Patel wasn't grandstanding when he said law enforcement was investigating in Minneapolis well before the Shirley videos.

As of yesterday:

92 people charged and 60 convictions so far. Of those charged, FBI said 82 are Somali-Americans.

Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 02:20 PM (dIske)

227

168 161 It also takes a long time to unravel all the shell companies, the pass-throughs, the money flow, etc. A lot of the fraud is disguised as normal, legit transactions.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at December 31, 2025 02:11 PM (iFTx/)

========

Thankfully, the demographic tendency of Somalis to be really stupid is going to make a lot of this relatively easy.

$5 says that a few of these locations have printed out emails from NGO employees telling them how to do things step by step.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 02:12 PM

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Hence an onset of burglaries and arson ('islamic lightning") at Somali welfare storefronts and offices. They're probably too dumb to really erase their tracks, but burglary and setting fires are things they understand.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at December 31, 2025 02:20 PM (azNOR)

228 186 "I wonder if there have been some deep-seeded changes in the voting patterns of certain demos in America in response to the Biden administration."

Turnout. Turnout. Turnout.

I've been ranting about this since 2016. Trump has gotten White Non-College to turnout after they were evicted from their historic home in the D party. Hispanics and Black Men have been joining. Still plenty of room to grow.

Posted by: Ignoramus at December 31, 2025 02:14 PM (dtajH)

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The GOP traded the high propensity, highly educated voters who voted for Mitt for the lower propensity, less educated voters who vote for Trump.

That means trading midterms to start winning presidential elections.

We're gonna see how important that is if Democrats take the House (60-40 probability, I'd guess) and Trump is still able to deport millions of people a year while running DOJ investigations into leftist money laundering.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 02:20 PM (GBKbO)

229 166 126 I feel like such a chump. I haven't in on any of this free money that all the half wits have been raking in.
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 02:03 PM (uWKK

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You are a chump. All us straights are chumps.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 31, 2025 02:12 PM (Vh9CX)

Yes you are. And so am I. And so is everyone else who bought the same lie about working hard, being productive, obeying the law, and paying your taxes is the American Way and will lead you to wealth and success.

Posted by: We are the suckers and losers they depend on at December 31, 2025 02:21 PM (TbWk/)

230 Oh, here's a much Cuter version:

CRAWDAD SONG:

https://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=_Cpu9Z3z6pU&t=1s

Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 02:21 PM (grNgC)

231 "oh, you think investigating fraud is your thing. But you merely adopted the fraud; I was born in it."

Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 02:16 PM (3uBP9)

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Old & Busted: Born with a Silver Spoon in your mouth.
New Hotness: Born with a Silver Fleece in your hand.

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 02:21 PM (XZaOB)

232 According to First Assistant US Attorney Joe Thompson during yesterday's announcement, a lot of the MN fraud money has been traced to eastern Africa, particularly to Nairobi, Kenya.
Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 02:14 PM (rj6Yv)

Becausae it might be the closest place to Somalia that has some semblance of a banking system?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 02:21 PM (8zz6B)

233 Don't panic amigo. One, COMEX has been neutered. Their price manipulation games won't work anymore. Two, supply issues are real. When you start hearing discussions about the big boys buying silver mining operations to guarantee supply you know there is a real issue. Buy on the dip if you have excess cash.
Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at December 31, 2025 01:48 PM (55cF/)

A lot of the final refining in Gold is done in Switzerland, and a lot of the semirefined ore comes in from "conflict" zones like Sudan and Congo, routed through the UAE to hide the source.
This is one of the reasons no one really seems to be able to stop the conflicts in these places -- It would mean having to pay market prices for the ore, instead of the cut rate from groups that don't actually own it and are willing to sell it cheap to keep fighting.
If these conflicts go away, it will seriously impair the Euros and the ME rats who keep things boiling to keep the money rolling in.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 02:21 PM (rbvCR)

234 And 75% of kalifornians would vote for that massive stealing of taxpayer monies in a heartbeat. 125% of democrats would vote for it.

Posted by: Jukin the Deplorable and Totally Unserious at December 31, 2025 02:21 PM (xvV+O)

235 LOL. On Facebook

"We hate white men but have sex with them"

Activists in the streets, colonized in the sheets.

Pictures of Omar, Donkey Chompers, Kumswallah with their white husbands/squeezes.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 02:21 PM (QGRvm)

236 Anybody doing reasoned analysis in the gray spends a night in the
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 31, 2025 02:18 PM (L/fGl)

Alas poor Wrecks. We knew him well.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 02:21 PM (2WIwB)

237 Everybody knows that the latest spending bill being rammed through the senate by our elected republican representatives doubles down on all of this, right? I'm talking about what is going through right now.

Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 02:21 PM (3uBP9)

238 224 There's just no reason for me to pay taxes any longer.
Posted by: Jim Rose at December 31, 2025 02:20 PM (miqrx)

As we've been saying here for years now - there are only two purposes that personal taxes serve any more;
1) to provide financial incentives and coerce behavior that it wouldn't be legal to control in a more direct way, and
2) to punish political enemies. (and most of the Red States qualify as "political enemies" to those doing the taxing.)

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 02:22 PM (uWKK8)

239 Of course. But in the 80/20 sense, and in the times in which we live, do we really want old people and special needs people roaming the streets in squalor? I know. I know. Still not a Constitutional duty of the federal government. But that train has sailed, baby. Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 02:12 PM (dK+Kv)

Silly me. I thought that was what SSI was for.

My pet peeve is that welfare moms get SNAP (used to be food stamps), and then the kids get fed free at school by another program, but the SNAP doesn't get docked for the cost of the school feeding.

A few years ago, someone in the Pennsylvania government totaled up all the benefits that a single mother of two got, and came to the conclusion that she would have to make about $35 an hour just to break even. I'm sure the numbers are all a lot larger now.

I had an uncle who once said he understood that he had to pay that woman to sit on the couch and watch Oprah, but why couldn't he get any work out of her?

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at December 31, 2025 02:22 PM (eStot)

240 The grand scope of imported Somali Chicanery is certainly giving Nigerian princes opportunity for reflection and improvement in their own craftiness.

Posted by: Dr. Varno at December 31, 2025 02:22 PM (q+0n5)

241 For those of you that keep saying "nothing will happen." The fraud investigations have been going on for a while up in Minnesota. Patel wasn't grandstanding when he said law enforcement was investigating in Minneapolis well before the Shirley videos.

As of yesterday:

92 people charged and 60 convictions so far. Of those charged, FBI said 82 are Somali-Americans.

Which one seems to have caused the Somalis greater concern?

Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 02:22 PM (Riz8t)

242 Because I have no idea WTF Congress is doing other than standing around patting themselves on the backs and fundraising off this garbage.

It's somehow worse than that. The proposed budgets from the GOP House and Senate both increase funding to Somali daycares.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 02:22 PM (wItF4)

243 50% of California taxes. Most people don't care.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic

I think most people care that their wages are supporting fraudsters, but, they only have so many hours in a day and honestly, they never intended to be the problem or pretended to be the solution.

Posted by: old chick at December 31, 2025 02:22 PM (F3Dlr)

244 Gavin Newsom just posted “There is no $70 billion in fraud. That's a made up number.”
It's really $170 billion. Tee hee.

Posted by: Gavin Newsom at December 31, 2025 02:22 PM (v0R5T)

245 Deep bench.

It sure looks like the Cackler, Governor Hair Gel, Comrade AOC, and Mayor Pete are all going to run for president in 2028

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 31, 2025 02:23 PM (L/fGl)

246 237 Everybody knows that the latest spending bill being rammed through the senate by our elected republican representatives doubles down on all of this, right? I'm talking about what is going through right now.
Posted by: banana Dream at December 31, 2025 02:21 PM (3uBP9)

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Waste, fraud and abuse built into the budget and it's A-OK with the Republicans in Congress. Not even miffed about it.

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 31, 2025 02:23 PM (Vh9CX)

247 This demands many years of investigations and hearings and commissions and meetings and subpoenas and affidavits and testimonies and Strongly Worded Letters and...oh you know the drill.
Posted by: GOP Playbook at December 31, 2025 02:01 PM (V362x)

Only until they can figure out a way to lose elections.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at December 31, 2025 02:23 PM (g8Ew8)

248 136 Where does all this infinite money come from?
Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at December 31, 2025 02:05 PM (pkeXY)

Hello.

Posted by: Federal Reserve Printing Press at December 31, 2025 02:24 PM (tNkpt)

249 Isn't diversity grand?

Mamdani To Be First NYC Mayor Sworn In With Hand On Quran

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 31, 2025 02:24 PM (L/fGl)

250 224 There's just no reason for me to pay taxes any longer.
_____

If I paid for it all by myself though, people would get suspicious.

Posted by: Money Printers at December 31, 2025 02:24 PM (Dv3i1)

251 All this money going out in scams, and I have to shop for clothes at Goodwill. And i'm wearing a cardboard belt!

Posted by: Max Bialystock at December 31, 2025 02:24 PM (oftw2)

252 17 Paging man from "Nothing will happen"! Paging man from "Nothing will happen"!!!

this is about the abortion, isn't it?

Posted by: the white zone is for loading and unloading only. there is no parking in the red zone. at December 31, 2025 02:24 PM (edU/H)

253 If I wasn't being robbed so much by the government, I'd give even more to charities of my choice.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 02:14 PM (jc0TO)

I am with you. But that is an argument about a process about how to get from here to there. An 80/20 position that has the potential to be sold to the rabid leftist mouthbreathers is only assistance for actually infirm.

Otherwise, I don't care to much, because I believe it is all going down at the present rate, even knocking out this particular program in its entirety.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 02:24 PM (dK+Kv)

254 Sign in front of a section 8 apartment:

Finna Be Learing
Child Daycare

😂😂😂😂
The Right CAN meme.

Posted by: rickb223 at December 31, 2025 02:24 PM (QGRvm)

255 92 people charged and 60 convictions so far. Of those charged, FBI said 82 are Somali-Americans.
Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 02:20 PM (dIske)

If we don't have a 3am, thousand armed agent raid, and wall-to-wall coverage on all the anti-Trump news services, can anything truly be said to be happening?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 02:24 PM (ExV1e)

256 It sure looks like the Cackler, Governor Hair Gel, Comrade AOC, and Mayor Pete are all going to run for president in 2028

Not gonna lie, that debate is going to be hilarious.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 02:24 PM (wItF4)

257 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 31, 2025 02:23 PM (L/fGl)

That should be good for some humorous comments.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 02:24 PM (Yl2Ob)

258 Becausae it might be the closest place to Somalia that has some semblance of a banking system?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 02:21 PM (8zz6B)

Partly, I suppose, but Thompson followed with the observation that the funds were invested in Nairobi real estate.

Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 02:24 PM (rj6Yv)

259 Nothing but a crime syndicate.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, diseased garbage human at December 31, 2025 02:25 PM (P7vXf)

260 Silly me. I thought that was what SSI was for.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at December 31, 2025 02:22 PM (eStot)

That's a whole 'nother ball of fraudulent wax.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 02:25 PM (dK+Kv)

261 Where does all this infinite money come from?/i]

Every new dollar reduces the value of the existing dollars.

The government can't create value, but it can steal it.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 02:25 PM (sKqQm)

262 212 Just caught a glimpse of CNN Top News of the Year.

Killing of Iryna Zarutska was number five.
P Diddy was number one."

Well I'm shocked that are getting more conservative.

I was sure items 1 - 5 would all be versions of "Trump said something mean!!!"

Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 02:25 PM (uWKK8)

263 255 If we don't have a 3am, thousand armed agent raid, and wall-to-wall coverage on all the anti-Trump news services, can anything truly be said to be happening?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 02:24 PM (ExV1e)

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Only if the DNC fails to message. If the DNC messages, then we're doomed.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 02:25 PM (GBKbO)

264 As we've been saying here for years now - there are only two purposes that personal taxes serve any more;
1) to provide financial incentives and coerce behavior that it wouldn't be legal to control in a more direct way, and
2) to punish political enemies. (and most of the Red States qualify as "political enemies" to those doing the taxing.)
Posted by: Tom Servo at December 31, 2025 02:22 PM (uWKK

It's to make us pay the jizyah with willing submission and feel ourselves subdued.

Posted by: Compliance and control are the goal at December 31, 2025 02:26 PM (TbWk/)

265 Test.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 31, 2025 02:26 PM (2Ez/1)

266 "I never care about any talking heads and feel no connection to them.

So, they can never disappoint me or make me feel stupid."

Ditto.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at December 31, 2025 02:26 PM (DgMqy)

267 Test.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 31, 2025 02:26 PM

Five by five.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 02:26 PM (jc0TO)

268 P Diddy was number one."

Ah yes the case that Comey's daughter intentionally spiked. I suppose they don't mention that though

Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 02:26 PM (sKqQm)

269 256 It sure looks like the Cackler, Governor Hair Gel, Comrade AOC, and Mayor Pete are all going to run for president in 2028

Not gonna lie, that debate is going to be hilarious.

Posted by: Ian S. at December 31, 2025 02:24 PM (wItF4)

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It'll be a race for "not Kamala" until the vote in SC happens.

Then it'll be, "Why do those crackers in Iowa think they can tell the black women of SC that they don't get what they want?"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 02:26 PM (GBKbO)

270 Busting a bunch of low end patsies out at the end of the chain is hardly something happening. It's like busting street dealers. What about the people who facilitated it?

Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 02:27 PM (vFG9F)

271 The Northern Frontier District of Kenya is majority Somali. The Somalis claim it as part of Somalia. That money goes to Kenyan banks then in to happy land

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 02:27 PM (zNwXb)

272 I saw Deep-Seeded Changes open for The Smashing Pumpkins at the Blind Pig in '91.

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 02:27 PM (XZaOB)

273 224 There's just no reason for me to pay taxes any longer.
Posted by: Jim Rose at December 31, 2025 02:20 PM (miqrx)

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As I asked a few years ago, how do I remove my consent to be governed?

Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 31, 2025 02:27 PM (Vh9CX)

274 239 Of course. But in the 80/20 sense, and in the times in which we live, do we really want old people and special needs people roaming the streets in squalor?"

That's what icebergs are for.

Posted by: The Eskimos at December 31, 2025 02:27 PM (uWKK8)

275 265 Test.
Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 31, 2025 02:26 PM (2Ez/1)

Gentleman's "C"

Posted by: Some kinda C anyway at December 31, 2025 02:27 PM (TbWk/)

276 255 If we don't have a 3am, thousand armed agent raid, and wall-to-wall coverage on all the anti-Trump news services, can anything truly be said to be happening?

Posted by: I used to have a different nic

Frog suits. I want frog suits.

Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory, diseased garbage human at December 31, 2025 02:28 PM (P7vXf)

277 LOL. On Facebook

"We hate white men but have sex with them"

Activists in the streets, colonized in the sheets.

Pictures of Omar, Donkey Chompers, Kumswallah with their white husbands/squeezes.
Posted by: rickb223
++++

Tweak it a bit and make it vulgar.

"We hate white men but...
... love it when they bust a nut in us"

The variations are endless.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 02:28 PM (/lPRQ)

278 155 So, math. Just spitballing here. Say, Minnesota has $9 billion in fraud. So, my thesis is if that’s fraud we don’t have to pay it next year. That means -$9 billion from that program- right?

Somebody please send this to Johnson and Thune. With a calculator.
Posted by: Marcus T at December 31, 2025 02:09 PM (b0bY0)

Fiscal years and all.

Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:28 PM (RuTUS)

279 The weekend is here

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 02:28 PM (Ia/+0)

280 I hope one day their biggest regret besides missing by half an inch is stealing 2020 and not just riding Trump I out the door.

Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 02:28 PM (2fdLC)

281 Speaking of fraud and graft... miss me yet?

Posted by: Preznit Joetato at December 31, 2025 02:29 PM (Bo9Yf)

282 258 Becausae it might be the closest place to Somalia that has some semblance of a banking system?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 02:21 PM (8zz6B)

Partly, I suppose, but Thompson followed with the observation that the funds were invested in Nairobi real estate.

Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 02:24 PM (rj6Yv)

An obvious move by the Somalis here in the US. Many know from personal experience you can't get a positive rate of return from any investments in their homeland shithole.

Posted by: Gref at December 31, 2025 02:29 PM (5rh/l)

283 Becausae it might be the closest place to Somalia that has some semblance of a banking system? Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 02:21 PM (8zz6B)

Same reason the Iranians keep their money in Dubai.

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at December 31, 2025 02:29 PM (eStot)

284 "We hate white men but have sex with them"

Activists in the streets, colonized in the sheets.

When they say fuck you, white man, they mean it.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 02:29 PM (jc0TO)

285 You are a chump. All us straights are chumps.
Posted by: MAGA_Ken at December 31, 2025 02:12 PM (Vh9CX)

However, the main character in Falling Down is the worst person ever because he lets the team down instead of just knuckling under with dignity.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 02:29 PM (rbvCR)

286 I'm looking at April 15th next year and... well I'm having some thoughts about all that.

Posted by: Martini Farmer at December 31, 2025 02:29 PM (NwnyJ)

287
280 I hope one day their biggest regret besides missing by half an inch is stealing 2020 and not just riding Trump I out the door.

Posted by: ... at December 31, 2025 02:28 PM (2fdLC)

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Working with him on an actual infrastructure bill in 2017, killing Russian collusion, and treating Trump like he was boring personally while hyping up all the terrible economic conditions that might or might not exist.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 02:29 PM (GBKbO)

288 Partly, I suppose, but Thompson followed with the observation that the funds were invested in Nairobi real estate.
Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 02:24 PM (rj6Yv)

Sounds like another step in the laundry cycle to me. Who were the sellers of that (probably notional) real estate?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 02:29 PM (8zz6B)

289 "I never care about any talking heads and feel no connection to them.

So, they can never disappoint me or make me feel stupid."

Ditto.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at December 31, 2025 02:26 PM (DgMqy)

Same. There was a time, pre-Trump, when I might have given some of their opinions some weight. Trump 1 was so eye-opening.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 02:30 PM (dK+Kv)

290 Its looting the Republic

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 02:30 PM (Ia/+0)

291 289 Same. There was a time, pre-Trump, when I might have given some of their opinions some weight. Trump 1 was so eye-opening.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 02:30 PM (dK+Kv)

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I just don't need anyone to explain much to me. I can see what's going on and decode it ideologically, partisanly, or grammatically on my own.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 02:30 PM (GBKbO)

292 If you rob Peter to pay Paul, you can always count on support from Paul
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade

============

That's why you want as many Pauls as possible. Import them, convert them, make them, whatever you have to do.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's Phone at December 31, 2025 02:31 PM (n7rxJ)

293 Here's a question I think we finally need to start to get some answers to:

For the amount of new dollars that entered circulation since January 2021, HOW much of that on a percentage basis went to all of these Lefty payoff schemes?

Because all the rest of us got was inflation and a through-the-roof increase in the cost of living. How much of the NEW money was actually BENEFICIAL?

We need answers to this. STAT.

Posted by: Garfunkel's Sowed Oats at December 31, 2025 02:31 PM (V87Oy)

294 Isn't diversity grand?

Mamdani To Be First NYC Mayor Sworn In With Hand On Quran
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Now With Pumpkin Spice! at December 31, 2025 02:24 PM (L/fGl)

Fu*k him.
Anyone who thinks Islam can co-exist in the US is a fool.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 02:31 PM (2WIwB)

295 The Northern Frontier District of Kenya is majority Somali. The Somalis claim it as part of Somalia. That money goes to Kenyan banks then in to happy land

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 02:27 PM (zNwXb)

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Disney Kenya?

/

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 02:31 PM (XZaOB)

296 A few years ago, someone in the Pennsylvania government totaled up all the benefits that a single mother of two got, and came to the conclusion that she would have to make about $35 an hour just to break even. I'm sure the numbers are all a lot larger now.

I had an uncle who once said he understood that he had to pay that woman to sit on the couch and watch Oprah, but why couldn't he get any work out of her?
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon

Maybe twenty years ago it was done too.
Determination - you have to make above national mean family income to break even w/o welfare
Yup, we are paying the shiftless to live at/above middle class level. Most don't because they spending it on booze. Drugs etc.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at December 31, 2025 02:31 PM (/lPRQ)

297 Usual judicial shenanigans (Newsweek):

A Minnesota judge has found herself at the center of a political firestorm after overturning a guilty verdict in a case involving misappropriated Medicaid funds.

In November, Hennepin County Judge Sarah West granted a judgement of acquittal for Abdifatah Abdulkadir Yusuf, overturning a unanimous jury verdict which had convicted him on the charges connected to a company he owned, and which had been involved in the $7.2 million fraud case. In her order, West said the original conviction had relied “substantially on circumstantial evidence.”

Posted by: Chuck Martel at December 31, 2025 02:32 PM (Dv3i1)

298 And to think my 96 year old grandmother has her house taken to pay for a nursing home.

Let 2026 be the backlash they always crow about

Posted by: melodicmetal at December 31, 2025 02:32 PM (61TgR)

299 Fu*k him.
Anyone who thinks Islam can co-exist in the US is a fool.

Posted by: Diogenes at December 31, 2025 02:31 PM (2WIwB)

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And if there are enough of them, eventually beheaded fools.

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 02:32 PM (XZaOB)

300 300

Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:32 PM (RuTUS)

301 And to think my 96 year old grandmother has her house taken to pay for a nursing home.

You and yours aren't their clients.

Again if the GOP were an opposition party this is something they'd be pointing out.

Posted by: 18-1 at December 31, 2025 02:33 PM (sKqQm)

302 Becausae it might be the closest place to Somalia that has some semblance of a banking system?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Somaliland does, I think, but the Somalis up there are Isaaq clan who hate the other Somalis more than anyone else. Those other Somalis tried to genocide them on several occasions.
So there's no way they'll help the others.

Posted by: gKWVE at December 31, 2025 02:33 PM (gKWVE)

303 7 And it still wasn't enough to beat Trump, huh?

I wonder if there have been some deep-seeded changes in the voting patterns of certain demos in America in response to the Biden administration.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 01:41 PM (GBKbO)

*deep-seated

Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:33 PM (RuTUS)

304 m you're having a hell of a run today

Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 31, 2025 02:34 PM (emBoF)

305
Headline (IRS ci.irs.gov):
September 4, 2025 PLEASE NOTE DATE

"Kenyan national charged with international money laundering in Feeding Our Future fraud scheme"

First paragraph:

"MINNEAPOLIS — Ahmednaji Maalim Aftin Sheikh, a resident of Kenya, was indicted today with Conspiracy to Commit International Money Laundering for his role in the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson. Sheikh is the 74th defendant charged in this scheme, the largest Covid fraud scheme in the country."

Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 02:34 PM (rj6Yv)

306 Becausae it might be the closest place to Somalia that has some semblance of a banking system?
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon

Somaliland does, I think, but the Somalis up there are Isaaq clan who hate the other Somalis more than anyone else. Those other Somalis tried to genocide them on several occasions.
So there's no way they'll help the others.

It's remarkable that with all their other problems, the Somalis found time to build Minnesota.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 02:34 PM (Riz8t)

307 *deep-seated
Posted by: m

Do go on...

Posted by: Mayor Pete at December 31, 2025 02:34 PM (Dv3i1)

308 304 m you're having a hell of a run today
Posted by: BlackOrchid at December 31, 2025 02:34 PM (emBoF)

; )

Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:34 PM (RuTUS)

309 And to think my 96 year old grandmother has her house taken to pay for a nursing home.

With CuomoCare, most of that money could have been passed to her heirs.

Posted by: I used to have a different nic at December 31, 2025 02:35 PM (ExV1e)

310 Somaliland does, I think, but the Somalis up there are Isaaq clan who hate the other Somalis more than anyone else. Those other Somalis tried to genocide them on several occasions.
So there's no way they'll help the others.
Posted by: gKWVE at December 31, 2025 02:33 PM (gKWVE)

Well, Kenya is at least sort of semi-repectable as a country. After all, barack Obama claimed to have been born there,

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 02:36 PM (8zz6B)

311 $70 billion? You could almost build a high-speed rail system for that.

Almost.

Posted by: Green Shades at December 31, 2025 02:36 PM (ZBykU)

312 311 $70 billion? You could almost build a high-speed rail system for that.

Almost.
Posted by: Green Shades at December 31, 2025 02:36 PM (ZBykU)

Within the state of California.

Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:36 PM (RuTUS)

313 Many blue states saw COVID funding as their way to keep the grift going just one...more...year.

Posted by: Green Shades at December 31, 2025 02:36 PM (ZBykU)

314 For the amount of new dollars that entered circulation since January 2021, HOW much of that on a percentage basis went to all of these Lefty payoff schemes? Because all the rest of us got was inflation and a through-the-roof increase in the cost of living. How much of the NEW money was actually BENEFICIAL?
We need answers to this. STAT. Posted by: Garfunkel's Sowed Oats at December 31, 2025 02:31 PM (V87Oy)

That's the x-axis. On the y-axis, of all the private sector employment gains since COVID ended, what proportion of those jobs went to people born in the United States?

Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon at December 31, 2025 02:37 PM (eStot)

315 I just don't need anyone to explain much to me. I can see what's going on and decode it ideologically, partisanly, or grammatically on my own.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 02:30 PM (GBKbO)

I don't think that I ever did, either, except on some esoteric topics or by some truly gifted thinkers like Sowell.

It's just that I would listen to the talking heads from time to time, when there was more trust in the institutions. Trump 1 revealed all about such institutional capture and rot.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 02:37 PM (dK+Kv)

316 "We hate white men but have sex with them"

People on the whole would probably be much better off the less social media they do. In a country of how many millions (?) some stupid angry chicks on Facebook are not the be all and end all of opinions.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 02:37 PM (guLpK)

317 Maybe it's time for our country to get a new name.

Posted by: Somaliland Bureau of Tourism at December 31, 2025 02:38 PM (2Ez/1)

318 I listen to influencers that reflect my own views.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 02:38 PM (jc0TO)

319 A few years ago, someone in the Pennsylvania government totaled up all the benefits that a single mother of two got, and came to the conclusion that she would have to make about $35 an hour just to break even. I'm sure the numbers are all a lot larger now.

I had an uncle who once said he understood that he had to pay that woman to sit on the couch and watch Oprah, but why couldn't he get any work out of her?
Posted by: Caesar North of the Rubicon

If given a job, would she actually do productive work? At best she'd do nothing. At worst she'd 'accidentally' break stuff, and steal stuff. Then tell her boss, "What are going to do? Fire me? I want you to fire me! I can go back to doing nothing at home all day and get more money than I get paid here!"

I fear we are past the tipping-point to inevitable ruin, due to the human material we are now burdened with.

Posted by: Gref at December 31, 2025 02:39 PM (5rh/l)

320 I think Covid expanded the fraud, everyone who was scamming decidedly to go hog wild

Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 02:39 PM (Ia/+0)

321 Imagine the merriment of some of the deepest statiest grifters when Covid hit and they rubbed their hands together, thinking, "Here's the chance for the reset."

A POX on all their houses.

Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:39 PM (RuTUS)

322 People on the whole would probably be much better off the less social media they do. In a country of how many millions (?) some stupid angry chicks on Facebook are not the be all and end all of opinions.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 02:37 PM (guLpK)

Thank you! I have been saying this for years now.

Posted by: pookysgirl, letting a sick Lil Pooky crash on her at December 31, 2025 02:40 PM (Wt5PA)

323 Here's a question I think we finally need to start to get some answers to:

For the amount of new dollars that entered circulation since January 2021, HOW much of that on a percentage basis went to all of these Lefty payoff schemes?

Because all the rest of us got was inflation and a through-the-roof increase in the cost of living. How much of the NEW money was actually BENEFICIAL?

We need answers to this. STAT.

Posted by: Garfunkel's Sowed Oats at December 31, 2025 02:31 PM (V87Oy)

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

Stephen Miller
@StephenM

What if I told you our national debt is the tab for the mass looting of the American economy and the mass theft of the American dream?

https://is.gd/v8QNSw

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 02:40 PM (XZaOB)

324 *I just don't need anyone to explain much to me. I can see what's going on and decode it ideologically, partisanly, or grammatically on my own.*

Kinda like all those endless hours of pre-game talk before the football game.

Posted by: Quarter Twenty at December 31, 2025 02:40 PM (2Ez/1)

325 However, the main character in Falling Down is the worst person ever because he lets the team down instead of just knuckling under with dignity.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 02:29 PM (rbvCR)

I don't know if that was intentional or not to be honest. I always saw Bill D-FENS Foster as something of an anti-hero, a guy beaten down by the system so far he snapped and finally started to beat back. I wonder if it's like Rorshach from Watchmen, wherein the author tried to make him a villain but the audience ended up identifying with him the most.

Posted by: Not economically viable at December 31, 2025 02:40 PM (TbWk/)

326 "MINNEAPOLIS — Ahmednaji Maalim Aftin Sheikh, a resident of Kenya, was indicted today with Conspiracy to Commit International Money Laundering for his role in the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson. Sheikh is the 74th defendant charged in this scheme, the largest Covid fraud scheme in the country."
Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 02:34 PM (rj6Yv)

Yerbouti status:

[ x ] Sheikhen

[ ] not Shaikhen

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 02:40 PM (8zz6B)

327 Countries in the world by population (2025)

Worldometer
https://www.worldometers.info

United States, 347,275,807

Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:41 PM (RuTUS)

328 Single mothers of two have been taken off the PA welfare rolls for decades, given jobs at PennDot in Harrisburg processing car titles and making decisions if some white debbils missing one arm can get food stamps.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 31, 2025 02:42 PM (gm9Sb)

329 Judge Sarah West looks like a nice little white leftist . She believes everyone is nice . Doesn't realizes she'll end up as part of some Somali's harem

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 02:42 PM (zNwXb)

330 323 Stephen Miller
@StephenM

What if I told you our national debt is the tab for the mass looting of the American economy and the mass theft of the American dream?

https://is.gd/v8QNSw

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 02:40 PM (XZaOB)

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Give this man a high position in the administration.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 02:42 PM (GBKbO)

331 Who names their kid Ahmednaji?

Posted by: OK, I'll ask at December 31, 2025 02:42 PM (2Ez/1)

332 ) some stupid angry chicks on Facebook are not the be all and end all of opinions.
Posted by: Fen

it is that the majority of women in the internets are stupid which is the problem . Why are there so many women that have the need to go to the web, share every stupid thought they have about everything?

Posted by: n at December 31, 2025 02:42 PM (+lALu)

333
All US Citizens should get a 2 year tax holiday to make up for just a small portion of the fraud.

All illegals should have all property confiscated and sold to reimburse the United States for services gained by illegal entry.

They money is why they're coming here. Its why the dems want them here. Time to cut it off.

And WHY ISN'T PAM BONDI INDICTING PEOPLE?

Posted by: Frank Barone at December 31, 2025 02:42 PM (IifOV)

334 BREAKING

@GopOversight Committee
"We're bringing in Tim Walz to answer for the massive fraud in Minnesota.

Two hearings. Answers. Accountability.
Jan 7 -> MN State Reps
Feb 10 -> Tim Walz and AG Keith Ellison

We will expose failures and identify solutions so we can legislate so this DOES NOT happen again."

Posted by: GOP Playbook at December 31, 2025 02:42 PM (V362x)

335 If 'welfare' were overhauled and the aid was in the form of dorms, with a card for a cafeteria program, free homework assistance for the kids etc and no funds direct to the recipients for them to waste on booze, drugs, or even junk food the # of people on welfare would start declining by at least a factor of two every generation.

But some petty bureaucrats would lose power and jobs, and the pols would lose some grifting so it can never happen.

Posted by: PaleRider at December 31, 2025 02:42 PM (hhkIi)

336 320 I think Covid expanded the fraud, everyone who was scamming decidedly to go hog wild
Posted by: Skip at December 31, 2025 02:39 PM (Ia/+0)

It created additional troughs for the hogs, that's for certain.

Posted by: Whole lotta money sloppin' 'round at December 31, 2025 02:43 PM (TbWk/)

337 334 BREAKING

@GopOversight Committee
"We're bringing in Tim Walz to answer for the massive fraud in Minnesota.

Two hearings. Answers. Accountability.
Jan 7 -> MN State Reps
Feb 10 -> Tim Walz and AG Keith Ellison

We will expose failures and identify solutions so we can legislate so this DOES NOT happen again."

Posted by: GOP Playbook at December 31, 2025 02:42 PM (V362x)

========

Of course Congress is doing theater. It's kind of all Congress is good for.

Thankfully, the Trump administration is actually staffing decently well and the DOJ is pursuing these matters in ways that will make a difference.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 02:43 PM (GBKbO)

338 Where my EBT card at? I need some Doritos and grape Nehi.

Posted by: LaQuisha at December 31, 2025 02:44 PM (2Ez/1)

339 334 BREAKING

@GopOversight Committee
"We're bringing in Tim Walz to answer for the massive fraud in Minnesota.

Two hearings. Answers. Accountability.
Jan 7 -> MN State Reps
Feb 10 -> Tim Walz and AG Keith Ellison

We will expose failures and identify solutions so we can legislate so this DOES NOT happen again."
Posted by: GOP Playbook at December 31, 2025 02:42 PM (V362x)

For public viewing?

Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:44 PM (RuTUS)

340 I wonder if it's like Rorshach from Watchmen, wherein the author tried to make him a villain but the audience ended up identifying with him the most.
Posted by: Not economically viable at December 31, 2025 02:40 PM

Rorshach was a fool. He should have told Dr. Manhattan that he would keep the secret, IF the Dr. would hold Ozymandias while he exacted retribution upon him.

His morality would have been satisfied and Ozzy could scarcely have complained about the justice of it.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 02:44 PM (jc0TO)

341 334 BREAKING

@GopOversight Committee
"We're bringing in Tim Walz to answer for the massive fraud in Minnesota.

Two hearings. Answers. Accountability.
Jan 7 -> MN State Reps
Feb 10 -> Tim Walz and AG Keith Ellison

We will expose failures and identify solutions so we can legislate so this DOES NOT happen again."

Posted by: GOP Playbook at December 31, 2025 02:42 PM (V362x)

Walz announced he will not appear before the committee.

Posted by: Gref at December 31, 2025 02:45 PM (5rh/l)

342 @GopOversight Committee
"We're bringing in Tim Walz to answer for the massive fraud in Minnesota.

Two hearings. Answers. Accountability.
Jan 7 -> MN State Reps
Feb 10 -> Tim Walz and AG Keith Ellison

We will expose failures and identify solutions so we can legislate so this DOES NOT happen again."

Posted by: GOP Playbook at December 31, 2025 02:42 PM (V362x)

You allowed it to happen the first time, you feckless f***s. I don't want hearings and solutions, I want jail sentences. That's your solution.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 02:45 PM (Riz8t)

343 Busting a bunch of low end patsies out at the end of the chain is hardly something happening. It's like busting street dealers. What about the people who facilitated it?
Posted by: fd at December 31, 2025 02:27 PM (vFG9F)

First you uncover the fraud
Second you stop the money flow…the theft.
Third you prosecute the low level actors
Fourth you end the programs that created the fraud
Fifth you prosecute the mid level thieves
Sixth you take out the politicians who built the fraud

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 02:45 PM (rbvCR)

344 Congressional hearings . Oh boy . The DC two-step

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 02:45 PM (zNwXb)

345 You allowed it to happen the first time, you feckless f***s. I don't want hearings and solutions, I want jail sentences. That's your solution.

Oh, and mass deportations.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 02:45 PM (Riz8t)

346
We will expose failures and identify solutions so we can legislate so this DOES NOT happen again."

Posted by: GOP Playbook at December 31, 2025 02:42 PM (V362x)

They're going to make defrauding government programs MORE illegal than it already is?

Posted by: Closing the barn door, horse is 3 states away at December 31, 2025 02:46 PM (TbWk/)

347 And WHY ISN'T PAM BONDI INDICTING PEOPLE?
Posted by: Frank Barone at December 31, 2025 02:42 PM (IifOV)
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She is, Frank. 74 people were indicted by September 4, 2025. You didn't know this because the MSM didn't want you to know.

Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 02:46 PM (rj6Yv)

348 I am rolling up my sleeves already for the hearings guys.

Posted by: Jim Jordan at December 31, 2025 02:46 PM (tNkpt)

349 Posted by: pookysgirl, letting a sick Lil Pooky crash on her at December 31, 2025 02:40 PM (Wt5PA)

You are a smart woman.

I should have commented earlier for which I apologize, but I am so sorry about the death of your baby girl , Violet Marie . I hope I got her name right. My husband and I have been praying for you and your family for strength and peace.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 02:46 PM (2sfNr)

350 heh

Posted by: Closing the barn door, horse is 3 states away at December 31, 2025 02:46 PM (TbWk/)

Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:46 PM (RuTUS)

351
First you uncover the fraud
Second you stop the money flow…the theft.
Third you prosecute the low level actors
Fourth you end the programs that created the fraud
Fifth you prosecute the mid level thieves
Sixth you take out the politicians who built the fraud

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 02:45 PM (rbvCR)

Then you get the women!

Posted by: Tony Montana, home care entrepreneur at December 31, 2025 02:46 PM (TbWk/)

352 331 Who names their kid Ahmednaji?

Posted by: OK, I'll ask at December 31, 2025 02:42 PM (2Ez/1)

Immigrants who built this nation, of course!

Posted by: Gref at December 31, 2025 02:47 PM (5rh/l)

353 I don't know if that was intentional or not to be honest. I always saw Bill D-FENS Foster as something of an anti-hero, a guy beaten down by the system so far he snapped and finally started to beat back. I wonder if it's like Rorshach from Watchmen, wherein the author tried to make him a villain but the audience ended up identifying with him the most.

Posted by: Not economically viable at December 31, 2025 02:40 PM (TbWk/)

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In many ways this too is the story of Trump.

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 02:47 PM (XZaOB)

354 On less of Americans pay taxes; thus the indifference.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at December 31, 2025 02:47 PM (wBaIH)

355 346
We will expose failures and identify solutions so we can legislate so this DOES NOT happen again."

Posted by: GOP Playbook at December 31, 2025 02:42 PM (V362x)

They're going to make defrauding government programs MORE illegal than it already is?

Posted by: Closing the barn door, horse is 3 states away at December 31, 2025 02:46 PM (TbWk/)

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Yeah...this is why I don't get people demanding Congress to get back and "do it's job."

All of this shit is already illegal. Our problem isn't a surfeit of laws. It's that law enforcement is broken. Capturing Congress doesn't matter if the DOJ isn't going to enforce anything.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 02:47 PM (GBKbO)

356 322 People on the whole would probably be much better off the less social media they do. In a country of how many millions (?) some stupid angry chicks on Facebook are not the be all and end all of opinions.

Posted by: FenelonSpoke

Increasingly all of it is bots. Youtube 25 percent bots and climbing on content makers. tiktok, probably more like 50 percent, and so on.

The outrage merchants on social media do so because that is the only way to get clicks and get paid, so they spiral into more and more outrage to keep those few real people engaged.

Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 02:47 PM (WDjG6)

357 Here's a question I think we finally need to start to get some answers to:

For the amount of new dollars that entered circulation since January 2021, HOW much of that on a percentage basis went to all of these Lefty payoff schemes?

Because all the rest of us got was inflation and a through-the-roof increase in the cost of living. How much of the NEW money was actually BENEFICIAL?

We need answers to this. STAT.

Posted by: Garfunkel's Sowed Oats at December 31, 2025 02:31 PM (V87Oy)

Post of the year, here.

Posted by: Comrade Flounder, Disinformation Demon at December 31, 2025 02:48 PM (dK+Kv)

358 352 331 Who names their kid Ahmednaji?

Posted by: OK, I'll ask at December 31, 2025 02:42 PM (2Ez/1)

Immigrants who built this nation, of course!
Posted by: Gref at December 31, 2025 02:47 PM (5rh/l)

Colloquially pronounced "I'm a dinner jacket."

Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:48 PM (RuTUS)

359 We’re gonna make stealing $18B not just illegal but super duper illegal.

That’ll show ‘em.

Now please send $25.

Posted by: GOP at December 31, 2025 02:49 PM (tNkpt)

360 I’m so sorry to hear about your daughter, Pookysgirl. That’s horrible. Prayers up for you and your family.

Posted by: Bulg at December 31, 2025 02:49 PM (77rzZ)

361 DOJ won't do it. Then it becomes time for friends and neighbors to visit certain people and give them a hand packing. Minnesota nice wise.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 31, 2025 02:49 PM (gm9Sb)

362 I'm getting cold. I'm going to have to turn up the heat in the house or put on some pants.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 02:49 PM (jc0TO)

363 The DC two-step

Posted by: Smell the Glove at December 31, 2025 02:45 PM (zNwXb)

Reminds me of that scene in "Sahara" (great datenight movie, btw) where the admiral is explaining that he's trying to warn of a global catastrophe and getting stymied by bureaucracy.

"I know I can't ask you boys to go it alone..."

"That's the great thing, Admiral. You don't have to."

Posted by: pookysgirl, letting a sick Lil Pooky crash on her at December 31, 2025 02:50 PM (Wt5PA)

364 During xovid,i tried to get some of this money. Legitimately in need. I Applied and my state basically stole all the money they were given. Asked to resubmit papers i gave on day one, this being Asked on the last day of eligibility. The next day was informed, we're all out of money, better luck next pandemic. State workers were dubious foreigners. With too much cash.

Posted by: Pleases at December 31, 2025 02:50 PM (CO3e1)

365 348 I am rolling up my sleeves already for the hearings guys.
Posted by: Jim Jordan

And no adjective is off the table!

Posted by: GOPe at December 31, 2025 02:50 PM (2Ez/1)

366 327 Countries in the world by population (2025)

Worldometer
https://www.worldometers.info

United States, 347,275,807
Posted by: m
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Look like a site created with a real lefty bent to it and while some numbers seems right others are outright false. No thanks.

Posted by: NALNAMSAM at December 31, 2025 02:50 PM (VkY89)

367 Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 02:49 PM (jc0TO)

I saw you were thinking about changing your nic. Nothing wrong with toby928(c).

Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:51 PM (RuTUS)

368 So HUD is going to do it's own reviews? Why isn't that agency shuttered and it's accounts closed until such time that an independent forensic accounting can be done, and criminal referrals are sent?

Allowing any agency to audit/police it's own malfeasance is ludicrous.

Posted by: Joe Mama at December 31, 2025 02:51 PM (TezPK)

369 First they came for the Gypsies
And I said nothing
Because I am not a Gypsy.

Then they came for the Somali
And I said "Make sure you get every fucking one."

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at December 31, 2025 02:51 PM (wBaIH)

370 Yeah...this is why I don't get people demanding Congress to get back and "do it's job."

All of this shit is already illegal. Our problem isn't a surfeit of laws. It's that law enforcement is broken. Capturing Congress doesn't matter if the DOJ isn't going to enforce anything.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 02:47 PM (GBKbO)
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Even worse, the JUDGES are not doing THEIR job.

Any judge that decides to drop a case against these people should be tried and convicted as an accessory to the crime.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 02:51 PM (ESVrU)

371 "Allowing any agency to audit/police it's own malfeasance is ludicrous."
___

No kidding.

Posted by: The Pentagon at December 31, 2025 02:52 PM (2Ez/1)

372 I saw you were thinking about changing your nic. Nothing wrong with toby928(c).
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:51 PM

I need an appellation though. Tobias the Indifferent or something.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 02:52 PM (jc0TO)

373 359 We’re gonna make stealing $18B not just illegal but super duper illegal.

That’ll show ‘em.

Now please send $25.

Posted by: GOP at December 31, 2025 02:49 PM (tNkpt)

We'll close some loopholes with much fanfare then pat ourselves on the back. But we won't tell the rubes we inserted new loopholes in the new laws! Grift must continue!

Posted by: RINO and GOPe, Inc. at December 31, 2025 02:52 PM (5rh/l)

374 All of that $4T or so a year was stolen. All of it.

About that Affordability Crisis®

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 02:52 PM (a4flb)

375 Rorshach was a fool. He should have told Dr. Manhattan that he would keep the secret, IF the Dr. would hold Ozymandias while he exacted retribution upon him.

His morality would have been satisfied and Ozzy could scarcely have complained about the justice of it.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 02:44 PM (jc0TO)

Rorschach was uncompromising since truth was the only thing left that he had not compromised in his life. He could neither accept such a giant falsehood in his life or allow one to stand, because without a core element of truth he was no better than all the other fake heroes, and only different from the supercriminals in that he had won.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 02:52 PM (rbvCR)

376 372 I saw you were thinking about changing your nic. Nothing wrong with toby928(c).
Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:51 PM

I need an appellation though. Tobias the Indifferent or something.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 02:52 PM (jc0TO)

Haha!

Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:53 PM (RuTUS)

377 Double Secret Illegal.

Posted by: Dean Wormer at December 31, 2025 02:53 PM (2Ez/1)

378 Colloquially pronounced "I'm a dinner jacket."

Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:48 PM (RuTUS)

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"I'm a jelly donut" > "I'm a dinner jacket."

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 02:53 PM (XZaOB)

379 Posted by: whig at December 31, 2025 02:47 PM (WDjG6

Sounds true if not right ( right in the sense of being good and true ) I am glad that the internet age sort of passed me by. If I want affirmation I go to the Bible and books I have reread for many years - not some strange fools who get their self esteem as "influencers."

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at December 31, 2025 02:53 PM (2sfNr)

380 Walz announced he will not appear before the committee.
Posted by: Gref at December 31, 2025 02:45 PM (5rh/l)

Send U.S. Marshals to drag him there. Or shoot him.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 02:53 PM (8zz6B)

381 Rorschach is nearly an Asian style hero, loyal to his goal not only to death, but beyond it.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 02:54 PM (rbvCR)

382 366 327 Countries in the world by population (2025)

Worldometer
https://www.worldometers.info

United States, 347,275,807
Posted by: m
---------
Look like a site created with a real lefty bent to it and while some numbers seems right others are outright false. No thanks.
Posted by: NALNAMSAM at December 31, 2025 02:50 PM (VkY89)

Huh; I did not know that. Thanks, NALNAMSAM.

Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:54 PM (RuTUS)

383 Rorschach was uncompromising since truth was the only thing left that he had not compromised in his life. He could neither accept such a giant falsehood in his life or allow one to stand, because without a core element of truth he was no better than all the other fake heroes, and only different from the supercriminals in that he had won.
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 02:52 PM

I read him as being about Old Testament Justice, rather than Truth per se. I mean, he concealed his identity for decades so capital T truth couldn't have been his main motivation.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 02:54 PM (jc0TO)

384 Send U.S. Marshals to drag him there. Or shoot him.

I mean, why do we have to choose?

Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 02:55 PM (Riz8t)

385 Joe DeVito on Gutfeld last night:

"Socialism's like Steven Seagal: that every time you see it you think 'This is still around?! This sucks! This was terrible last time!'"

Posted by: All Hail Eris, She Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at December 31, 2025 02:55 PM (kpS4V)

386 Send U.S. Marshals to drag him there. Or shoot him.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 02:53 PM (8zz6B)

Pay Per View to help erase some of h\the debt he caused!

Posted by: pookysgirl, letting a sick Lil Pooky crash on her at December 31, 2025 02:55 PM (Wt5PA)

387 Hello, Horde! 😊♥️

I think I may be catching what Paul has. The TiFW family will be spending NYE at home, rather than infecting all of our friends at the party we had planned to attend 🤧🤒😷

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at December 31, 2025 02:55 PM (SRRAx)

388 I need an appellation though. Tobias the Indifferent or something.

Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 02:52 PM (jc0TO)

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Tobias the Adequate

Posted by: ShainS -- Make Lustration Great Again! at December 31, 2025 02:56 PM (XZaOB)

389 Easy pickings for a new on line journalist. Go to the MSP airport and keep a log of Somali dressed departures for a week. Monitor what shit hole they seem to be going to.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 31, 2025 02:56 PM (gm9Sb)

390 Tim Walz is going to cry retard.

"You wouldn't arrest a retard, would you?"

Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 02:56 PM (grNgC)

391 369 First they came for the Gypsies
And I said nothing
Because I am not a Gypsy.

Then they came for the Somali
And I said "Make sure you get every fucking one."
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at December 31, 2025 02:51 PM (wBaIH)

***golf clap***

Posted by: browndog moving slowly at December 31, 2025 02:56 PM (3sXRv)

392 I need an appellation though. Tobias the Indifferent or something.
Posted by: toby9

it is something of the eternal question, is a great name great because of the name or is a great name great because of what the owner did with it? Are Amazon, NVIDIA, Tesla, names that were cool because of some innate quality or because of what the owners did.

spoiler, alert, it is the later.

Posted by: n at December 31, 2025 02:57 PM (+lALu)

393 386 Send U.S. Marshals to drag him there. Or shoot him.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 02:53 PM (8zz6B)

Pay Per View to help erase some of h\the debt he caused!
Posted by: pookysgirl, letting a sick Lil Pooky crash on her at December 31, 2025 02:55 PM (Wt5PA)

I'd pay for that!

Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:57 PM (RuTUS)

394 390 Tim Walz is going to cry retard.

"You wouldn't arrest a retard, would you?"

Posted by: garrett at December 31, 2025 02:56 PM (grNgC)

=======

I remember one line from his debate with Vance.

"I'm a knucklehead."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 02:57 PM (GBKbO)

395 TobyToo

Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:58 PM (RuTUS)

396 Y'know who else was waiting for a ball to drop?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 31, 2025 02:58 PM (Kt19C)

397 Farage’s New Year’s Appeal to Britons – ‘Reform is Britain’s Last Chance.’

https://is.gd/eRWrSM

He's right.

Posted by: Archimedes at December 31, 2025 02:58 PM (Riz8t)

398 So the bottom line is we can’t cut spending, or put programs like social security into solvency because Democrats constituency needs its federal taxpayer dollars and Republicans don’t have the balls, math skills or courage to cut it. Did I get that right?

Posted by: Vengeance at December 31, 2025 02:58 PM (rmAcl)

399 I read him as being about Old Testament Justice, rather than Truth per se. I mean, he concealed his identity for decades so capital T truth couldn't have been his main motivation.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 02:54 PM (jc0TO)

He used up his entire self to support his mask, and his mask was to pursue justice, but justice cannot exist without truth.

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 02:58 PM (rbvCR)

400 396 Y'know who else was waiting for a ball to drop?
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at December 31, 2025 02:58 PM (Kt19C)

hahahahaha

Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 02:59 PM (RuTUS)

401 Pay Per View to help erase some of h\the debt he caused!
Posted by: pookysgirl, letting a sick Lil Pooky crash on her at December 31, 2025 02:55 PM (Wt5PA)

Problem with that is, the ones who would want to view are those who have already had their pockets picked to fund the fraudsters.

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at December 31, 2025 02:59 PM (8zz6B)

402 "Allowing any agency to audit/police it's own malfeasance is ludicrous."
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Actually, any entity of any size should have THREE levels of audit/review. The first is internal audit. The organization should have trained personnel who review records and compare the records with how policy, procedure, and internal controls say those records are to be maintained. Then there should be an accounting firm that comes in and reviews enough of the transactional records to determine whether the organizations books are reliable and accurate. Finally, there should be an outside agency that reviews the organization (unless the entity is fortunate enough to do business in a unregulated field).

Our country's leadership now largely pretends they don't understand any of this "mystical" three levels of review stuff, and shrug their shoulders when its found out that massive theft and corruption abounds.

Posted by: Crusader, former Federal Bank Examiner at December 31, 2025 02:59 PM (TN0g+)

403 "I'm a knucklehead."
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, seeing life through the shadows with Otto Preminger at December 31, 2025 02:57 PM (GBKbO)
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That may be the only honest thing he's ever said about himself.

Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at December 31, 2025 02:59 PM (ESVrU)

404 Tobias is the transliteration of the Koine Greek: Τωβίας, which is a Hellenization of the Biblical Hebrew name טוֹבִיה, Toviyah, 'Yah is good'

(Wikipedia)

Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 03:00 PM (RuTUS)

405 If the English want their country back now, it’s going to be trebuchets, broad swords and long bows all the way.

Posted by: Vengeance at December 31, 2025 03:00 PM (rmAcl)

406 england is not getting freedom back, nor are nz, aus, can, once you have started limiting and punishing speech, it's over.

Posted by: n at December 31, 2025 03:02 PM (+lALu)

407 Decent.

Posted by: Τωβίας928(c) at December 31, 2025 03:02 PM (jc0TO)

408 nood

Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 03:02 PM (rbvCR)

409 407 Decent.
Posted by: Τωβίας928(c) at December 31, 2025 03:02 PM (jc0TO)

Ha!

Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 03:02 PM (RuTUS)

410 If the English want their country back now, it’s going to be trebuchets, broad swords and long bows all the way.

Posted by: Vengeance at December 31, 2025 03:00 PM (rmAcl)

NO CROSSBOWS ALLOWED!

Posted by: pookysgirl, letting a sick Lil Pooky crash on her at December 31, 2025 03:02 PM (Wt5PA)

411 >> Posted by: Crusader, former Federal Bank Examiner at December 31, 2025 02:59 PM (TN0g+)

I’m betting that most federal employees don’t even know what the three lines of defense are. I would bet a pile of money they don’t RCA’s, nor would they pass a simple audit from the Fed, FINRA, SEC or FFIEC.

Posted by: Vengeance at December 31, 2025 03:03 PM (rmAcl)

412 You allowed it to happen the first time, you feckless f***s. I don't want hearings and solutions, I want jail sentences. That's your solution.

I want the Final Solution.

Its really hard to engage in recidivism if the crim is burning in Hell.

They celebrated Charlie Kirk's death, they shot at our president, they have even stated that shooting Nick and others like him for showing up at the door asking questions.

They have already conceded the argument that violence is the only language they understand in the debate.

I say we debate them on those terms.

Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at December 31, 2025 03:03 PM (a4flb)

413 Moose and Squirrel, sitting in their ice fishing shack outside Frostbite Falls, wondering how things could get so fucked up.

Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at December 31, 2025 03:03 PM (gm9Sb)

414
I need an appellation though. Tobias the Indifferent or something.
Posted by: toby928(c) at December 31, 2025 02:52 PM (jc0TO)

Tobias the Tumescent

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at December 31, 2025 03:03 PM (y9nCu)

415 HEADLINE (IRS ci.irs.gov)

Date: AUGUST 6, 2025 NOTE DATE!!!

"In landmark sentence, Feeding Our Future scheme leader sentenced to 28 years in prison"

First two paragraphs:

"MINNEAPOLIS – Today, United States District Judge Nancy E. Brasel sentenced Abdiaziz Shafii Farah, to 28 years in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for his role in a $300 million fraud scheme that exploited a federally funded child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Joseph H. Thompson. Farah was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $47,920,514.

Farah played a leading and role in the Feeding Our Future case, the largest Covid-19 fraud scheme in the United States. According to public documents, Farah and his co-defendants stole more than $47 million in program funds by claiming to serve 18 million meals to kids at more than 30 food distribution sites. In June 2024, after a seven-week trial before Judge Brasel, a federal jury convicted Farah of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit federal programs bribery, false statements in a passport application, conspiracy to commit money laundering, ..."

Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 03:03 PM (rj6Yv)

416 The oversight committee Walz is stiffing is basically failure theater anyway.

Posted by: Martinifarmer at December 31, 2025 03:04 PM (NwnyJ)

417 First, make everyone reapply every year for any welfare program. In person. With 2 pieces of photo ID. And fingerprinted. Every year first part of application is ensuring the person is who they say they are and the same person can’t file for the same program 10 times.

Second, every case has to be reviewed and approved by 3 people. The three people randomly assigned for every case and can’t be in the same building.

Posted by: Obvious Observation at December 31, 2025 03:04 PM (tNkpt)

418 408 nood
Posted by: Kindltot at December 31, 2025 03:02 PM (rbvCR)

Posted by: m at December 31, 2025 03:04 PM (RuTUS)

419 The entire press release concerning Mr. Abdiaziz Shafii Farah's conviction can be found here. Very, very interesting.

LINK: https://tinyurl.com/496zmd8t

Posted by: mrp at December 31, 2025 03:07 PM (rj6Yv)

420 Walz is a freakin idiot. He would have been smarter to imply that he would cooperate and (of course) the GOP would have taken him at his word, this stalling the process as the GOP resorts to an "invitation" instead of a subpoena.

Then, a subpoena would have been issue, possibly, if the GOP sees it as a benefit to their organization, but if the issue had blown over, they would be less inclined to do so.

Now, but saying he won't cooperate we go right to the subpoena while issue is still hot and beneficial to the GOPest. And non-compliance means Criminal Contempt, Inherent Contempt (rare), and Civil Enforcement.... up to $100,000 fines, court costs and potentially a year in jail.

Posted by: Orson at December 31, 2025 03:08 PM (dIske)

421 off sock

Posted by: Gref at December 31, 2025 03:19 PM (5rh/l)

422 So the bottom line is we can’t cut spending, or put programs like social security into solvency because Democrats constituency needs its federal taxpayer dollars and Republicans don’t have the balls, math skills or courage to cut it. Did I get that right?
Posted by: Vengeance at December 31, 2025 02:58 PM (rmAcl)

Uh.....yeah. Same as it's always been.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at December 31, 2025 03:25 PM (5xuJ/)

423 They went to the Cemetery and took down names off the Headstones and the Democrat Voter Registration sites as well

Posted by: Tamaa the Drongo Bird at December 31, 2025 06:10 PM (wGqjj)

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