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THOMAS SOWELL: My Experience With Artificial Intelligence. Another target of this particular AI fraud is military historian Victor Davis Hanson. In addition to his profound scholarly writings on military history, Prof. Hanson has also spoken out strongly on many current and controversial issues. Apparently those who do not agree with him cannot argue effectively against what he said. So they use AI to make him seem to be saying something different.It's easy enough for the legacy media to change the meaning of what people say WITHOUT AI. We're in for some new experiences.
And here is an update on his successful surgery for a rare lung cancer. He did have a bleeding complication after the surgery, but seems to be on the road to recovery. Prayers may still be in order. Jack Fowler is keeping VDH's business going. This week we said hello to a new heroine in Iran, and goodbye to a hero at home. But “The Crazy” marches on, both on the streets and in Supreme Court case arguments, where liberal justices continue to not disappoint, providing endless comic entertainment. Here’s a suggestion for the Wall Street swap market types: let’s swap Minnesota for Greenland and Alberta, and swap the Iranian cigarette girl for every AWFL in America. Music Everybody's Talkin' Comments are closed so you won't ban yourself by trying to comment on a week-old thread. But don't try it anyway. Comments(Jump to bottom of comments)1
Morning, KT!
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 17, 2026 11:13 AM (2UnvF) 2
Called em
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 17, 2026 11:14 AM (2UnvF) 3
Thank You!
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 17, 2026 11:14 AM (iMotb) 4
Yonder Horde
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 17, 2026 11:15 AM (U2OZr) 5
Good Morning! Steve Hayward back on the Week in Pictures.
Posted by: KT at January 17, 2026 11:16 AM (7vIsy) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 17, 2026 11:19 AM (L/fGl) 7
The racism thing is constant and they can still make it stick. They just hammer it relentlessly and we can say the race card is overplayed but it still seems to work, doesn't it?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 17, 2026 11:19 AM (bss/y) 8
6 Just when I thought AI couldn't get any worse.
OpenAI to Start Testing Ads on ChatGPT in the U.S. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 17, 2026 11:19 AM (L/fGl) Well, they have people using it, now comes to monetize the fuck out of it. Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 17, 2026 11:20 AM (bss/y) 9
Scum gonna scum.
Rockstar Games Bans “Grand Theft Auto Online” Player-Created Missions Recreating Charlie Kirk Assassination Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 17, 2026 11:21 AM (L/fGl) 10
7 The racism thing is constant and they can still make it stick. They just hammer it relentlessly and we can say the race card is overplayed but it still seems to work, doesn't it?
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 17, 2026 11:19 AM (bss/y) Yes. And in only one direction. Some Muz politician in Belgium is demanding that everyone who does not agree with Islam leave Belgium. Conquest is nearly complete. Posted by: night lifted at January 17, 2026 11:21 AM (kJmLc) 11
Sorry I'm late, stuck on Spider solitaire again
Posted by: Skip at January 17, 2026 11:23 AM (Ia/+0) 12
Sorry I'm late, stuck on Spider solitaire again
Posted by: Skip at January 17, 2026 11:23 AM (Ia/+0) ---- Dude, you need to join SS Anonymous to rid you of your evil addiction. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 17, 2026 11:25 AM (ESVrU) 13
Silent movie.
Scott Jennings @ScottJenningsKY I recommend watching with the sound off. https://is.gd/pcX4P3 Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 17, 2026 11:25 AM (L/fGl) 14
Was only a casual observer of Dilbert, but always thought Scott did a fantastic job on the strip, very good observations of society
Posted by: Skip at January 17, 2026 11:26 AM (Ia/+0) 15
I mentioned this before, but Scott Adams had a funny story in one of his books.
Scott's career arc was: Working for the phone company in San Francisco and living in worker bee housing. Getting rich from Dilbert and getting fired by the phone company (his boss didn't like the portrayal of "the boss" in Dilbert). Moving to Blackhawk, one of the wealthiest and most exclusive developments in the East Bay. Since Scott was a minor celebrity, he got invited to a lot of parties in Blackhawk. Now the people at these parties are wealthy people living in the San Francisco Bay Area. They have won at the game of life. You'd think they would have nothing to complain about, and you would be wrong. They were constantly complaining, and Scott made a lengthy list of all the things they complained about. It was hilarious. Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 17, 2026 11:26 AM (n1OCj) 16
Mamdani is giving some speech.
And this fat Asian gal next to him is clearly staring at him with bedroom eyes. Like, it's clear she's deep in X-rated daydreams. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 17, 2026 11:27 AM (HXT0k) 17
Thank G-d for VDH's recovery, and RIP, Scott.
I always liked Adams, though he could be a bit of a nut at times. But at no time did I ever consider him remotely "conservative" and he certainly was not a "pundit." I don't know exactly what he was, but it's definitely not a pundit. They're all shills and tards, and he wasn't that. Media people are so simplistic, and reductive, and shallow, and stupid. It's just amazing to watch these people "think." "Hurr durrrrr, famous man is famous. Famous man mentions politics sometimes. Famous man is pundit. Famous pundit man says things my drunk idiot friends don't like. Famous pundit man is conservative pundit man duhhhh" I'm surprised these people don't need assistance feeding themselves. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 11:29 AM (BI5O2) 18
Mamdani is giving some speech.
And this fat Asian gal next to him is clearly staring at him with bedroom eyes. Like, it's clear she's deep in X-rated daydreams. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 17, 2026 11:27 AM (HXT0k) --- No doubt she's imagining Mamdani as a minotaur studmuffin. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 17, 2026 11:29 AM (ESVrU) 19
It was hilarious.
Scott also eviscerated a lowly Marxist professor who tried to make a name for himself denouncing Dilbert. The Dilbert comic strip, you see, implied that there was a lot of deadwood in large organizations. This is completely wrong - every person in large organizations is absolutely necessary, and Scott was supporting mass unemployment or something by implying that you could reduce headcount and make these organizations more efficient. Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 17, 2026 11:31 AM (n1OCj) Posted by: runner at January 17, 2026 11:34 AM (g47mK) 21
Moving to Blackhawk, one of the wealthiest and most exclusive developments in the East Bay.
Sadly, moving to Blackhawk did mark the end of the best period of Dilbert. Scott claimed that he could write about corporate bureaucracy just as well from his lovely redwood deck at his fancy house as he could from a cubicle, and it just wasn't the case - Dilbert definitely lost some of its edge. At the time, I observed that Scott should pay some large bureaucracy to employ and abuse him, to keep his muse intact. Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 17, 2026 11:35 AM (n1OCj) 22
Scott made the fatal mistake of commenting on race being a white, heterosexual male.
It is forbidden even if what he said was common sense. Only the privileged races can speak about race even if what the privileged races say is racist. Posted by: Shut Up Honky at January 17, 2026 11:36 AM (R/m4+) 23
One of my favorite Dilberts has Dogbert announcing he's writing a book on compulsive shopping. Dilbert asks what he knows about compulsive shoppers. He replies, "I know they buy a lot of books."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 17, 2026 11:37 AM (L/fGl) 24
We hike Scott Adams was dying he publicly called on Trump to try and get In sidet Permannete to approve payment for an experimental drug. Trump refused. Scot Adams died
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 17, 2026 11:37 AM (5naI3) 25
The AI stuff is going to be insane and get worse very quickly.
Posted by: Really? at January 17, 2026 11:38 AM (nTi7N) 26
No doubt she's imagining Mamdani as a minotaur studmuffin.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 17, 2026 11:29 AM (ESVrU) Probably helped him secure the female vote. THat stupid smile he has makes me sick Posted by: night lifted at January 17, 2026 11:39 AM (kJmLc) 27
Scott made the fatal mistake of commenting on race being a white, heterosexual male.
He was also incorrect. White people don't try to stay as far away as possible from black people generally - everybody (including affluent black people) tries to stay as far away as possible from the black underclass. There is a difference. Posted by: The ARC of History! at January 17, 2026 11:39 AM (n1OCj) 28
Trump cancelled Adams last hope
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 17, 2026 11:39 AM (5naI3) 29
24 We hike Scott Adams was dying he publicly called on Trump to try and get In sidet Permannete to approve payment for an experimental drug. Trump refused. Scot Adams died
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 17, 2026 11:37 AM (5naI3) A man with $50M could have paid it himself. Posted by: night lifted at January 17, 2026 11:40 AM (kJmLc) 30
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Newest Commissar Judge Kate Menendez, ICE cant detain or use non lethal munitions, or dispersal tools on protesters
I think she said "peaceful" protesters. If they're "peaceful" why would ICE be using teargas or non-lethal munitions on them in the first place? spoiler: they weren't The "non-peaceful" protesters on the other hand.... Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 17, 2026 11:01 AM Saw a meme the other day shared on X highlighting the fact that there is no protected right to protest in the U.S. Constitution. There is only the protected right to "peacefully assemble". This has been forgotten by pretty much everyone (myself included). There is no right to protest. Only peacefully assemble. We need to start separating protesting from peacefully assembling. Protesting is not protected, peaceful assembly is. X: https://bit.ly/3Lz7xH0 Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 17, 2026 11:40 AM (P5BPp) 32
Adams' remarks about black people are only true up to a point. Are you living in NYC or Chicago? Then yeah, black people are racist AF, they're violent about it, and you should give them a wide berth.
Are you living in heritage America? That's where it falls apart. The black people in my small city I've lived in the past few years are not racists. They work jobs, they go to church, and are nice to their white neighbors. A couple of blacks on my block are lesbos, but they're the rarest of birds - pleasant lesbos who don't annoy me. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 11:43 AM (BI5O2) Posted by: Wellness Check at January 17, 2026 11:43 AM (oftw2) 34
28 Trump cancelled Adams last hope
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 17, 2026 11:39 AM (5naI3) He did nothing of the sort Posted by: night lifted at January 17, 2026 11:43 AM (kJmLc) 35
"There is no Constitutional right that protects you to protest. What does exist is the right to peacefully assemble. That's it. No riots, no chaos, no burning shit down, no intimidation, no blocking roads, no screaming obscenities. Only peacefully assemble.
You have the right to stand there. You have the right to hold a sign. You have the right to assemble peacefully. Quite lawfully without trampling everyone else's rights. The moment it becomes loud, destructive, coercive or threatening, it stops being protected and it becomes lawlessness." X: https://bit.ly/3Lz7xH0 Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 17, 2026 11:44 AM (P5BPp) 36
Saw a meme the other day shared on X highlighting the fact that there is no protected right to protest in the U.S. Constitution. There is only the protected right to "peacefully assemble".
- That's been amended to "mostly peacefully assemble." Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 17, 2026 11:45 AM (L/fGl) 37
Happy to see AoS finally embracing Scott's influence after his death. Sad he was mocked and vilified here before he died. His take on the ADL was spot on.
https://x.com/i/status/1787769934833233959 Note, he's talking about the government and its lobbying strong arm, not Jews. Posted by: MikeN at January 17, 2026 11:46 AM (Iutv3) 38
That's been amended to "mostly peacefully assemble."
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 17, 2026 11:45 AM (L/fGl) "Fiery but mostly peaceful" comes to mind Posted by: night lifted at January 17, 2026 11:47 AM (kJmLc) 39
ASS just became Super Retard.
Trump intervened and got the Pluvicto treatment Adams wasn’t getting from Kaiser Permante. Posted by: Opinion fact at January 17, 2026 11:47 AM (KDPiq) 40
Poor Skip, bound in the clutches of Spider Solitaire. I feel for him and understand. About 2 weeks ago, I watched my first bodycam video. They're being fed to me by the shovelful and I am unable to resist. Intervention may be next.
Posted by: HALP! at January 17, 2026 11:48 AM (oftw2) 41
I've come a long way, baby!
Posted by: Iranian cigarette girl at January 17, 2026 11:49 AM (w6EFb) 42
651 moves but I won
Posted by: Skip at January 17, 2026 11:50 AM (Ia/+0) 43
> Mamdani is giving some speech.
And this fat Asian gal next to him is clearly staring at him with bedroom eyes. Like, it's clear she's deep in X-rated daydreams. ----------- I've seen a photo of Mamdani's "wife" or whatever she is. I've no doubt she'd bite that chick's head off and eat it. Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 17, 2026 11:51 AM (U2OZr) 44
Scott Adams Quotes
Which is your favorite? Do you recall the context of your favorite? I have used Dilbert comics at work for my entire career. One that hit home for me in my current engineering job is one where he comments on how management always wants "one-pagers". One PowerPoint slide which summarizes weeks or months of work and pages and pages of data for design proposals, etc. So after discussing this with his manager, Dilbert comes to the meeting with one slide that is just one big black blotch. When asked, he says all the months of work and data is all stuffed in that one slide and that is the result of fitting it in there. I hate one-pagers. There's never enough space and you can never sufficiently summarize the work with enough detail to give to management to understand everything. Inevitably there will be a question "What does this generic statement you have here mean?" and I'll want to say "well, you wanted me to summarize 50 slides worth of data and information into one sentence, of course it doesn't explain every single detail." Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 17, 2026 11:51 AM (P5BPp) 45
Dude, you need to join SS Anonymous to rid you of your evil addiction.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 17, 2026 11:25 AM (ESVrU) My name is Miley and I'm a sudoku addict. Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at January 17, 2026 11:51 AM (w6EFb) 46
Trump intervened and got the Pluvicto treatment Adams wasn’t getting from Kaiser Permante.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 17, 2026 11:47 AM (KDPiq) Really? Posted by: night lifted at January 17, 2026 11:51 AM (kJmLc) Posted by: Really? at January 17, 2026 11:52 AM (nTi7N) 48
Shortly after the new pope was installed, my sister sent me video (still image + audio) of what was purportedly one of his sermons. The statements were all common sense things that believing Christians would like to hear from clergy. But it was weirdly repetitive and the cadence was a bit off. I couldn't find a written source for this particular sermon online. So I finally wrote back and said, "There's something weird about this. How did you hear about it?" She told me one of her friends sent it to her and she didn't think it was real but she liked it anyway. But here she is, spreading it around without offering any caveats. Maybe she figured it was so obvious she didn't have to tell me.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 17, 2026 11:53 AM (FMtrg) 49
Yes I recall at the time. Mind I think it wasn't Trump himself who helped Adams, but Bobby K as head of HHS who cleared some red tape.
Posted by: PaleRider at January 17, 2026 11:53 AM (hhkIi) 50
47 ASS is way too drunk for so early in the day.
Sad. Posted by: Really? at January 17, 2026 11:52 AM (nTi7N) He had to start getting into the liquor early, his mom's last client stayed late this morning and she's always loud. Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 17, 2026 11:53 AM (bss/y) 51
Have to leave within the hour, might have 3 inches of snow and its still snowing
Posted by: Skip at January 17, 2026 11:54 AM (Ia/+0) 52
49 Yes I recall at the time. Mind I think it wasn't Trump himself who helped Adams, but Bobby K as head of HHS who cleared some red tape.
Posted by: PaleRider at January 17, 2026 11:53 AM (hhkIi) I'm liking BobbyK. The idea of pulling harmful additives from food, like Apeel, is a great idea and 50years overdue Posted by: night lifted at January 17, 2026 11:54 AM (kJmLc) 53
Irony alert…
The people who live in 99% white neighborhoods are the ones who got the most mad at Scott. Posted by: Really? at January 17, 2026 11:55 AM (nTi7N) 54
I'm liking BobbyK. The idea of pulling harmful additives from food, like Apeel, is a great idea and 50years overdue
Posted by: night lifted at January 17, 2026 11:54 AM (kJmLc) I don't trust him. Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 17, 2026 11:56 AM (g8Ew8) 55
Really?
Posted by: night lifted at January 17, 2026 11:51 AM (kJmLc) Unless it was just a coincidence that Kaiser made the appointment afterwards. Adams said the intervention corrected the Kaiser red tape mistake that had caused the lack of scheduling the approved drug treatment. Posted by: Opinion fact at January 17, 2026 11:56 AM (KDPiq) 56
The people who live in 99% white neighborhoods are the ones who got the most mad at Scott.
Posted by: Really? at January 17, 2026 11:55 AM (nTi7N) Of course. They have no experience with thugs as busses usually don't run in those hoods. Posted by: night lifted at January 17, 2026 11:56 AM (kJmLc) 57
Oh lord. "Scott Adams passed away. How can I relate this to my obsession about the Jews?"
Doesn't this monomania EVER get boring? Is it ever challenging? Like, does your dog ever poop on the floor, and you find yourself struggling to figure out how the Jews are mixed up in that crime? Or is it just natural and effortless? "My dog is a German Shepherd. Mossad clearly poisoned his water bowl." Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 11:58 AM (BI5O2) 58
> "There is no Constitutional right that protects you to protest. What does exist is the right to peacefully assemble. That's it.
---------- And when that assembly becomes non-peaceful? Local authorities are supposed to disperse the crowd. Failing that, they should arrest or at the minimum, detain those failing to disperse. The Insurrection Act, as invoked by the President uses very specific language about this. And gives a timeline for the locals to take care of it. Or the Feds will. And I believe all the requirements for the Act to be invoked have been met. Certainly in Minneapolis they have. Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 17, 2026 11:58 AM (U2OZr) 59
Yes I recall at the time. Mind I think it wasn't Trump himself who helped Adams, but Bobby K as head of HHS who cleared some red tape.
Posted by: PaleRider at January 17, 2026 11:53 AM (hhkI Trump replied to Adams plea for help with ‘ on it!’ RFK Jr replied also with ‘the President wants to help’ Posted by: Opinion fact at January 17, 2026 11:59 AM (KDPiq) 60
I don't trust him.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 17, 2026 11:56 AM (g8Ew I trust him more than any democrat HHS Secretary, and the fact that his family banned him from Tatiana's funeral, says that his tribe believes that he believes what he's saying. Posted by: night lifted at January 17, 2026 11:59 AM (kJmLc) 61
"My dog is a German Shepherd. Mossad clearly poisoned his water bowl."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 11:58 AM (BI5O2) Finally someone gets it!!! - Candace Posted by: Really? at January 17, 2026 11:59 AM (nTi7N) 62
Yes I recall at the time. Mind I think it wasn't Trump himself who helped Adams, but Bobby K as head of HHS who cleared some red tape.
Posted by: PaleRider at January 17, 2026 11:53 AM (hhkIi) Scott had Trump's personal cell in his contacts. Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at January 17, 2026 11:59 AM (w6EFb) 63
I had a klondike solitare app on my phone and I had to delete it last year. I don't know why that simple solitare game which has a large chunk of luck was so addictive to me but I was playing it during online meetings and such.
A couple weeks ago I got into a matching tiles game I'd had on my phone for a couple of years and same deal, I was starting to be compulsive about finishing a level and wasting too much time and decided I needed to just delete the game. Posted by: PaleRider at January 17, 2026 12:00 PM (hhkIi) 64
>>>Posted by: Opinion fact
~~~~~ Scott Adams thanked PDT and his team for intervening and getting him the treatment. Posted by: IrishEi at January 17, 2026 12:00 PM (3ImbR) 65
I don't trust him.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 17, 2026 11:56 AM (g8Ew I don't trust anyone. Posted by: Miley, okravangelist at January 17, 2026 12:00 PM (w6EFb) 66
Well, I guess this is serious...
@disclosetv 10m JUST IN - Trump announces 10% tariff for Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany and Finland from Feb 1st, increasing to 25% on June 1st, until "a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland." Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 17, 2026 12:01 PM (mlg/3) 67
"See, I told you, the Kaiser intervened and he wanted all research to go into withered arm treatment!"
Some imbecile with a cell phone and dreams Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 17, 2026 12:01 PM (gm9Sb) 68
Trump just announced 10% tariffs on European countries opposing the US buying Greenland. Tariffs to take effect Feb 1 and escalating to 25% on June 1 if no deal.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 17, 2026 12:02 PM (viF8m) 69
"There is no Constitutional right that protects you to protest. What does exist is the right to peacefully assemble. That's it.
---------- And when that assembly becomes non-peaceful? Local authorities are supposed to disperse the crowd. Failing that, they should arrest or at the minimum, detain those failing to disperse. The Insurrection Act, as invoked by the President uses very specific language about this. And gives a timeline for the locals to take care of it. Or the Feds will. And I believe all the requirements for the Act to be invoked have been met. Certainly in Minneapolis they have. Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 17, 2026 11:58 AM Absolutely. I think the issue is that over the past 20 years or so, the right to peacefully assemble has been transformed into a "right to protest" and the definition of "protest" has been completely mangled to allow for breaking all sorts of laws (rioting, blocking roads, attacking people peacefully assembling supporting a different opinion, etc). That needs to end. Laws should be enforced. Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 17, 2026 12:03 PM (P5BPp) 70
@disclosetv 10m JUST IN - Trump announces 10% tariff for Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany and Finland from Feb 1st, increasing to 25% on June 1st, until "a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland." Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 17, 2026 12:01 PM (mlg/3) This ones a head scratcher Posted by: It's me donna at January 17, 2026 12:03 PM (VE6XX) 71
Yeah, Trump may have helped Adams by asking Bobby K to take care of it. I certainly didn't mean to imply Trump blew Adam's off like the lying ASS typed.
I liked the Dilbert comics. I had a co-worker whose wife worked for one of the ATT spinoffs and he said the comics were too true to life to be really funny to them. Our smaller workplace we had just a bit of that stuff and could really laugh at them. Posted by: PaleRider at January 17, 2026 12:05 PM (hhkIi) 72
What do the Greenlanders actually want?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 17, 2026 12:05 PM (Nx5jP) 73
Or is it just natural and effortless? "My dog is a German Shepherd. Mossad clearly poisoned his water bowl."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice You know who else had a German Shepherd? Posted by: Blondi at January 17, 2026 12:05 PM (oftw2) 74
66 Well, I guess this is serious...
@disclosetv 10m JUST IN - Trump announces 10% tariff for Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany and Finland from Feb 1st, increasing to 25% on June 1st, until "a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland." Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 17, 2026 12:01 PM (mlg/3) lol Has Trump started tweeting about Denmark's sterilization of Greenlanders yet? Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 17, 2026 12:05 PM (hG7ox) 75
America has a new President! Her name is Kate Menendez, a Biden appointee, and she has spoken.
https://tinyurl.com/ytzhzz7z Posted by: Huck Follywood at January 17, 2026 12:06 PM (U/Eoe) 76
Greenland baby!
Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at January 17, 2026 12:06 PM (Kt19C) 77
@disclosetv 10m
JUST IN - Trump announces 10% tariff for Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany and Finland from Feb 1st, increasing to 25% on June 1st, until "a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland." Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 17, 2026 12:01 PM (mlg/3) So lets say they agree.. Doesn't Congress have to okay it? Posted by: It's me donna at January 17, 2026 12:06 PM (VE6XX) 78
Or the Feds will. And I believe all the requirements for the Act to be invoked have been met. Certainly in Minneapolis they have.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 17, 2026 11:58 AM I think every city or state over the past 20+ years which has not had their law enforcement disperse crowds who block streets and arrest each and every one of them who does not disperse has allowed for invocation of the Insurrection Act. This stuff has been going on for decades now and has just gotten worse and worse and worse, because of the mangling of the "right to protest", which does not exist. Anything beyond peacefully assembling is breaking the law and should be met with arrest. Because it has not, domestic terrorism has been allowed to be considered "protesting". Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 17, 2026 12:07 PM (P5BPp) 79
Among fake trolls, ASS > Sid.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 17, 2026 12:08 PM (jc0TO) 80
> 47 ASS is way too drunk for so early in the day.
--- You've got to start in the morning if you want to drink all day. Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at January 17, 2026 12:08 PM (2Ez/1) 81
36 Saw a meme the other day shared on X highlighting the fact that there is no protected right to protest in the U.S. Constitution. There is only the protected right to "peacefully assemble".
- That's been amended to "fiery, but mostly peacefully assemble." fixt Posted by: pray i don't alter it further at January 17, 2026 12:08 PM (edU/H) 82
>>> 66 Well, I guess this is serious...
@disclosetv 10m JUST IN - Trump announces 10% tariff for Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany and Finland from Feb 1st, increasing to 25% on June 1st, until "a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland." Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 17, 2026 12:01 PM (mlg/3) But they're going to take on *both* Poo Tin and OrangeMadBad, and win. Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 17, 2026 12:09 PM (ULPxl) 83
That needs to end. Laws should be enforced.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton Yep. Same playbook, Minneapolis is the problem, again. George Floyd 2.0. Trying to goad Trump into an appropriate response that can be recast by media liars and democrats as another Kent State or hurr durr dictator. In advance of a major election cycle, of course. Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at January 17, 2026 12:09 PM (umaaa) 84
What do the Greenlanders actually want?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 17, 2026 12:05 PM I would start my offer with six hams per year. Twice what they get from Denmark. Posted by: toby928(c) at January 17, 2026 12:09 PM (jc0TO) 85
>>This ones a head scratcher
As I've been saying since Trump first started on his campaign to make a deal about Greenland it is easily explained if you look at a globe from the top instead of the side. Greenland is the most strategic location in the western hemisphere when it comes to the Arctic region and national defense not to mention shipping. That why we have had a base in Greenland since the Nazis took Denmark in WWII. Posted by: JackStraw at January 17, 2026 12:09 PM (viF8m) 86
I can't help but laugh at Denmark and friends proclaiming they will defend Greenland from a military takeover. I'm sure that Trump wants to pay a fair price for Greenland, not take it by force. Jesse Kelly theorized a few weeks ago that Denmark is saying no way we'll ever sell just to increase the purchase price.
Posted by: PaleRider at January 17, 2026 12:09 PM (hhkIi) 87
> What do the Greenlanders actually want?
---------- Probably to be left alone. Or heat. Greenland's not all that big. The typical maps we see use a certain "projection" that elongates Greenland. It's really about 1/3 the size of the US. Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 17, 2026 12:09 PM (U2OZr) 88
79 Among fake trolls, ASS > Sid.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 17, 2026 12:08 PM (jc0TO) Today's comments have the whiff of raimongoloid. All three are probably the same poorly medicated shut-in posting from mom's basement. Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 17, 2026 12:10 PM (hG7ox) 89
Is that tariff thing real?
Posted by: Really? at January 17, 2026 12:10 PM (nTi7N) 90
Remember NYC paid protestors millions of dollars during the Floyd riots because police used tear gas.
Lefty politicians just giving taxpayer money to their cohorts. Posted by: Opinion fact at January 17, 2026 12:10 PM (KDPiq) 91
Posted by: JackStraw at January 17, 2026 12:09 PM (viF8m)
No, I meant the new tariffs...I understand the value of Greenland Posted by: It's me donna at January 17, 2026 12:11 PM (VE6XX) 92
79 Among fake trolls, ASS > Sid.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 17, 2026 12:08 PM (jc0TO) Hmmm. It is like deciding between a weeping sore on your ass or ureteral discharge... Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 17, 2026 12:11 PM (bss/y) 93
What do the Greenlanders actually want?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 17, 2026 12:05 PM All trolls are Average Joe. Posted by: toby928(c) at January 17, 2026 12:11 PM (jc0TO) 94
> Greenland is the most strategic location in the western hemisphere when it comes to the Arctic region and national defense not to mention shipping. That why we have had a base in Greenland since the Nazis took Denmark in WWII.
Posted by: JackStraw ---------- Strategic. Arctic. Shipping. Things our chattering class can't grasp. You know who does? China. Russia. Trump. Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 17, 2026 12:11 PM (U2OZr) 95
C&P fail.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 17, 2026 12:12 PM (jc0TO) 96
His take on the ADL was spot on.
ADL is a prime example of "every organization eventually becomes Communist". Starting to wonder about AIPAC, too, which spent millions on ads attacking Brandon Herrera the last time he ran. (The whole Unsubscribe crew is 100% pro-Israel). Posted by: Ian S. at January 17, 2026 12:12 PM (QZThv) 97
Denmark sounds like it's been terrible to Greenland ( and no, I am not endorsing its purchase) "NY Post" article:
https://tinyurl.com/mkp2fban Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 17, 2026 12:12 PM (Nx5jP) 98
I'll just go out and come back in again.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 17, 2026 12:12 PM (jc0TO) 99
>>No, I meant the new tariffs...I understand the value of Greenland
Because European countries are trying to block Trump. Some are even saying this will be the end of NATO if Trump gets Greenland. Which I consider icing on the cake. Posted by: JackStraw at January 17, 2026 12:12 PM (viF8m) 100
Has Trump started tweeting about Denmark's sterilization of Greenlanders yet?
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at January 17, 2026 12:05 PM Whenever I see "Greenlanders" I think of the great Netflix series "Vikings: Valhalla" with Leif Erickson and his Greenlanders being the main focus of the series. Leif Erickson played by Sam Corlett. Harald Sigurdsson played by Leo Suter. IMDb: https://imdb.to/4pN1b4R This focus on Greenland is now making me want to re-watch the series again... Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 17, 2026 12:12 PM (P5BPp) 101
Yeah I don’t understand conservatives who don’t know why Trump has such a hard on for Greenland.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 17, 2026 12:12 PM (KDPiq) Posted by: Diogenes at January 17, 2026 12:12 PM (2WIwB) 103
Most of the 56,000 or so Greenlanders are native artic people
Doubt they care much Posted by: Skip at January 17, 2026 12:12 PM (Ia/+0) 104
Because European countries are trying to block Trump. Some are even saying this will be the end of NATO if Trump gets Greenland.
Which I consider icing on the cake. Posted by: JackStraw at January 17, 2026 12:12 PM (viF8m) Yeah, I agree Posted by: It's me donna at January 17, 2026 12:13 PM (VE6XX) 105
I have an Irish potato baking in the microwave. When it cools, a half is going to one of my box turtle friends who has come up to the porch looking for it.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 17, 2026 12:13 PM (jc0TO) 106
>>> 99
== Because European countries are trying to block Trump. Some are even saying this will be the end of NATO if Trump gets Greenland. Which I consider icing on the cake. Posted by: JackStraw at January 17, 2026 12:12 PM (viF8m) Can they vote us out of the UN while they're at it? Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 17, 2026 12:13 PM (ULPxl) 107
Really?
Posted by: night lifted at January 17, 2026 11:51 AM (kJmLc) Yes, Pluvicto is not "standard of care" He also got Anktiva from Dr Patrick Soon-Shiong which is a T-cell booster that is in first human trials. Posted by: Kindltot at January 17, 2026 12:14 PM (rbvCR) 108
Scott Adams's reflections on his meeting with Trump was one of my favorites. He went in a skeptic and came out a supporter. He did a deep analysis on why Trump was, is so phenomenal.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 17, 2026 12:14 PM (WHfpM) 109
One of my favorite Dilbert strips is where Dogbert is announcing his creation of the Dogbert Power Company and he states that they generate electricity with the help of California Environmentalists. Last panel shows a couple of guys about to feed a trussed-up environmentalist into a furnace and one remarks to the other that they were getting a lot harder to find these days.
Posted by: Blast Hardcheese at January 17, 2026 12:15 PM (V362x) 110
96 His take on the ADL was spot on.
ADL is a prime example of "every organization eventually becomes Communist". Starting to wonder about AIPAC, too, which spent millions on ads attacking Brandon Herrera the last time he ran. (The whole Unsubscribe crew is 100% pro-Israel). Posted by: Ian S. at January 17, 2026 12:12 PM (QZThv) Was it Conquests law that said any organization not explicitly conservative will become infiltrated? Well, Boy Scouts got infiltrated and destroyed. Supposedly the Lincoln Project and Bulwark are conservative. The people are what always matters. Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 17, 2026 12:15 PM (bss/y) 111
What do the Greenlanders actually want?
Posted by: FenelonSpoke Not sure. But I assume they just want to build knock-down furniture and nuke-powered saunas. Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 17, 2026 12:15 PM (mlg/3) 112
Because European countries are trying to block Trump. Some are even saying this will be the end of NATO if Trump gets Greenland.
Which I consider icing on the cake. Posted by: JackStraw Throw in the end of the UN and we've got a deal! Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 17, 2026 12:15 PM (L/fGl) 113
This stuff has been going on for decades now and has just gotten worse and worse and worse, because of the mangling of the "right to protest", which does not exist. Anything beyond peacefully assembling is breaking the law and should be met with arrest. Because it has not, domestic terrorism has been allowed to be considered "protesting".
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 17, 2026 12:07 PM (P5BPp) There may not be the express words "right to protest" but protesting is a Constitutionally protected activity under freedom of speech, assembly, and petition. It does not mean that you have carte blanche to do anything you want under the label of "protest," such as physically interfere with arrests, burn, loot, riot, steal, commit battery, block vehicles, ram cars, etc. This is where the line is crossed and those actions need to be dealt with appropriately in accordance with the law. Posted by: But be careful where that line is at January 17, 2026 12:15 PM (TbWk/) 114
mebbe nuke-powered furniture and seal blubber... It's a crap shoot.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 17, 2026 12:16 PM (mlg/3) 115
If you are going to take the Pascal Wager, I think you shouldn't wait until you are on your deathbed to do it.
Posted by: no one at January 17, 2026 12:16 PM (qFwJc) 116
Or is it just natural and effortless? "My dog is a German Shepherd. Mossad clearly poisoned his water bowl."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 11:58 AM (BI5O2) "Trump is funneling all the Venezuelan oil-money into Qatari banks" is a better one. What a maroon. Posted by: Kindltot at January 17, 2026 12:17 PM (rbvCR) 117
>>> 113
== There may not be the express words "right to protest" but protesting is a Constitutionally protected activity under freedom of speech, assembly, and petition. It does not mean that you have carte blanche to do anything you want under the label of "protest," such as physically interfere with arrests, burn, loot, riot, steal, commit battery, block vehicles, ram cars, etc. This is where the line is crossed and those actions need to be dealt with appropriately in accordance with the law. Posted by: But be careful where that line is at January 17, 2026 12:15 PM (TbWk/) TbWk/ Johnson is right! We should *not* use the same terms the commies do. All the "physically interfere with arrests, burn, loot, riot, steal, commit battery, block vehicles, ram cars" things are NOT peaceable assembly, no matter how much the mockingbird media tries to tell us they are. Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 17, 2026 12:18 PM (ULPxl) 118
Which I consider icing on the cake.
Posted by: JackStraw No. Getting out of NATO is the cake. Greenland is the icing, literally. Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 17, 2026 12:18 PM (KAi1n) 119
Tim Pool had a debate with an insufferable leftist girl explaining what "due process" did and did not mean in the cases of illegal immigrants. Expectedly, she was immovably, defiantly ignorant. He finally leaned back in exasperation, crying, "you liberal retards!"
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 17, 2026 12:18 PM (WHfpM) 120
Trump is being much kinder than I would with Europe. I would have withdrawn from NATO the second they sent military assets to Greenland to ‘defend’ it ( human shields) against the US no matter how small the contingent was. All troops come home. Yeah I know there are other long term considerations but I have been known to to take a chance that I may be cutting of my nose to spite my face.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 17, 2026 12:18 PM (KDPiq) 121
Because European countries are trying to block Trump. Some are even saying this will be the end of NATO if Trump gets Greenland.
Which I consider icing on the cake. Posted by: JackStraw at January 17, 2026 12:12 PM (viF8m) NATO exists to counter a particular threat from a state of affairs that no longer exists. There is no Soviet Bloc anymore. If it's to continue it needs to be entirely retooled to deal with extant threats to civilized countries, or just abandoned altogether and willing countries can start over with a new structure. Or not. Posted by: Cold War's over, Jack! at January 17, 2026 12:19 PM (TbWk/) 122
GREENLAND IS OURS!
Posted by: runner at January 17, 2026 12:20 PM (g47mK) 123
121 Because European countries are trying to block Trump. Some are even saying this will be the end of NATO if Trump gets Greenland.
Which I consider icing on the cake. Posted by: JackStraw at January 17, 2026 12:12 PM (viF8m) Forget Europe.. it's lost.. Trump is right to concentrate on Our Hemisphere.. Posted by: It's me donna at January 17, 2026 12:20 PM (VE6XX) 124
Yeah I don’t understand conservatives who don’t know why Trump has such a hard on for Greenland.
The meme showing a Risk board and saying he just needs Greenland and Kamchatka gets far closer to the truth than all of the "it's a joke/distraction" takes. If you look at a globe, Greenland is *extremely* strategically located. Posted by: Ian S. at January 17, 2026 12:21 PM (QZThv) 125
Yes, Pluvicto is not "standard of care"
He also got Anktiva from Dr Patrick Soon-Shiong which is a T-cell booster that is in first human trials. Posted by: Kindltot at January 17, 2026 12:14 PM (rbvCR) And I apologize, Pluvicto is standard of care. Posted by: Kindltot at January 17, 2026 12:22 PM (rbvCR) 126
Will it go Alberta 51, Greenland 52 or the other way?
Posted by: Really? at January 17, 2026 12:22 PM (nTi7N) 127
Give Denmark Puerto Rico with a territory in the Pacific to be named later in exchange for Greenland
Call it an evening. Deal? Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 17, 2026 12:23 PM (U2OZr) 128
If Ellipsis is around, I tried the Ascent protein powder you mentioned. It is pretty tasty.
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 17, 2026 12:24 PM (bss/y) 129
And I apologize, Pluvicto is standard of care.
Posted by: Kindltot at January 17, 2026 12:22 PM (rbvCR) It was approved but for some reason Kaiser wouldn’t schedule the treatment. That’s when he asked for help. Posted by: Opinion fact at January 17, 2026 12:24 PM (KDPiq) 130
Will it go Alberta 51, Greenland 52 or the other way?
Posted by: Really? at January 17, 2026 12:22 PM (nTi7N) There is a complicated process for admitting new states, so the chances are that they will request being protectorates or territories first. Posted by: Kindltot at January 17, 2026 12:24 PM (rbvCR) 131
Please let this be the end of NATO. NATO going by the boards because of *checks notes* Greenland?! wasn't on my radar.
But whatever gets us out of it is fine by me. Get Europe out from under our defense umbrella. Withdraw all our nuclear armaments, and perhaps use them to nuke up the Slavs. Destroy the rest. Tell them they can assist in the disarmament, or we can bomb their silos and leave a mess for them to clean up. And France needs to switch to dinosaur bones for their electricity. Reciprocal+ tariffs on Western Europe from here on out. No aid, ever. Diplomatically isolate them and realign our interests to Eastern Europe, and a detente with Russia - no more provocations there, but give them Ukraine as a consolation prize. Let the Arabs have what's left of Western Europe after it catastrophically fails to stand on its own. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 12:25 PM (BI5O2) 132
Everything fake, nothing is real
You had to know that. Posted by: Skip at January 17, 2026 12:25 PM (Ia/+0) 133
127 Give Denmark Puerto Rico with a territory in the Pacific to be named later in exchange for Greenland
Call it an evening. Deal? Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 17, 2026 12:23 PM (U2OZr) I doubt that is how it will work. It is like the peace prize- they will deny it because he wants it no matter what he offers in return. They are explicit enemies now. THAT is why NATO should be dissolved. Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 17, 2026 12:25 PM (bss/y) 134
Give Denmark Puerto Rico with a territory in the Pacific to be named later in exchange for Greenland
The Puerto Ricans almost certainly wouldn't like that. Posted by: Ian S. at January 17, 2026 12:25 PM (QZThv) 135
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 17, 2026 12:23 PM (U2OZr)
Puerto Rico is a strategic asset in its own right. You’ll take nothing and like it !!! 😀 Posted by: Opinion fact at January 17, 2026 12:25 PM (KDPiq) 136
NATO has outlived its usefulness by 30 years.
Posted by: Really? at January 17, 2026 12:26 PM (nTi7N) 137
Tim Pool had a debate with an insufferable leftist girl explaining what "due process" did and did not mean in the cases of illegal immigrants. Expectedly, she was immovably, defiantly ignorant. He finally leaned back in exasperation, crying, "you liberal retards!"
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 17, 2026 12:18 PM (WHfpM) Most people have zero clue about due process in general, and no understanding of what it means in civil v criminal v administrative proceedings. Immigration is its own animal with specific statutory and procedural rules that constitute all the "due process" to which immigrants are entitled. And it's very truncated and streamlined, especially when compared to, say, a citizen's rights to due process in a criminal proceeding. But they don't actually want to know what the law is, they just want to keep bitching, moaning, crying and boohooing. Posted by: Derp process at January 17, 2026 12:26 PM (TbWk/) 138
126: I'd rather we go back to less than 50 states. Knock Minnesota down to a territory, and probably California as well.
Posted by: PaleRider at January 17, 2026 12:27 PM (hhkIi) 139
THAT is why NATO should be dissolved.
"NATO's explicit mission ended in 1991" is why it should have been dissolved 35 years ago. But "they're just a bunch of gay race Islamist commies now" is a perfectly serviceable second reason. Posted by: Ian S. at January 17, 2026 12:27 PM (QZThv) 140
Said it before and I'll say it again:
I want to live over on the alternate timeline where Thomas Sowell was the first black President of the United States. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 12:27 PM (IG3/x) 141
55,000 of the 56,000 Greenlanders are addicted to Spider Solitaire. The other 1,000 huff gasoline.
Posted by: Ripe For Conquest at January 17, 2026 12:27 PM (oftw2) 142
Has anyone here ever used worcestershire sauce on their grocery store sushi because you ran out of soy sauce? I just done did it. Not bad. A little sweet/vinegary but seems to work. I think my hillbilly ancestors would be fully on board with the substitution. 8/10 would try again
Posted by: banana Dream at January 17, 2026 12:27 PM (3uBP9) 143
@113 But be careful that line is-.......right, we must be careful with people whose mantras are "by any means necessary' and "your speech is violence, our violence is speech".
We on the right are careful. Don't wear a red MAGA hat in public. Do not put right leaning bumper stickers on your vehicle. Don't fly the American flag. Don't counter protest or we will run up and murder you in cold blood(as has happened). But yeah, we'll be careful where that line is and not inadvertently trample anyones rights. Crossing any "line" at this point with these lunatics regarding their "rights"is a matter of self preservation. They continually "cross the line" just ask Charlie Kirk. Posted by: JROD at January 17, 2026 12:28 PM (IlL6s) 144
142 Has anyone here ever used worcestershire sauce on their grocery store sushi because you ran out of soy sauce? I just done did it. Not bad. A little sweet/vinegary but seems to work. I think my hillbilly ancestors would be fully on board with the substitution. 8/10 would try again
Posted by: banana Dream at January 17, 2026 12:27 PM (3uBP9) Worcestershire sauce is just good. But there is an absolute difference between generic kroger brand and Lea and Perrins. It just tastes wrong (Kroger.) Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 17, 2026 12:29 PM (bss/y) Posted by: man at January 17, 2026 12:29 PM (XuXeR) 146
JUST IN - Trump announces 10% tariff for Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany and Finland from Feb 1st, increasing to 25% on June 1st, until "a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland."
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 17, 2026 12:01 PM (mlg/3) So lets say they agree.. Doesn't Congress have to okay it? Posted by: It's me donna at January 17, 2026 12:06 PM congress delegated that authority to the president decades ago. Posted by: Mister Scott (Formerly GWS) at January 17, 2026 12:30 PM (0N4FZ) 147
Said it before and I'll say it again:
I want to live over on the alternate timeline where Thomas Sowell was the first black President of the United States. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 12:27 PM (IG3/x Booker T Washington would of worked also. Posted by: Opinion fact at January 17, 2026 12:30 PM (KDPiq) 148
Fish sauce on fish, why not of you loke it
Posted by: Skip at January 17, 2026 12:31 PM (Ia/+0) 149
> I've seen a photo of Mamdani's "wife" or whatever she is.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 17, 2026 11:51 AM (U2OZr) That's just MummyDummy's "cover wife". His real wife says "baaaaa" and would probably taste good with mint jelly. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 12:31 PM (IG3/x) 150
Posted by: banana Dream at January 17, 2026 12:27 PM (3uBP9)
I would try it if you cooked my sushi first. Posted by: Opinion fact at January 17, 2026 12:32 PM (KDPiq) 151
Give MN away to Canada. It would increase their GDP by 25%, and clear a weeping sore off our body politic. The Minnesotans and Somalis will be happier as Canadians. Everybody wins, just cut it loose.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 12:32 PM (BI5O2) 152
The typical maps we see use a certain "projection" that elongates Greenland"
The Paolo, he knows this... Posted by: man at January 17, 2026 12:33 PM (XuXeR) 153
We're going to corner the market on Greenland sharks.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 17, 2026 12:33 PM (viF8m) 154
DO PROCESS!!!
Posted by: protest sign of the year at January 17, 2026 12:33 PM (rbIOb) 155
Has anyone here ever used worcestershire sauce on their grocery store sushi because you ran out of soy sauce? I just done did it. Not bad. A little sweet/vinegary but seems to work. I think my hillbilly ancestors would be fully on board with the substitution. 8/10 would try again
Posted by: banana Dream This is just evil. You have not just joined a cult, you've created one. I denounce with all my fervor. Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 17, 2026 12:33 PM (mlg/3) 156
>>> Worcestershire sauce is just good. But there is an absolute difference between generic kroger brand and Lea and Perrins. It just tastes wrong (Kroger.)
Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 17, 2026 12:29 PM (bss/y) I think it's made through fermentation too like soy sauce. I don't know how they differ exactly but I think they're close and it seemed to work well enough for grocery store sushi+sashimi. Posted by: banana Dream at January 17, 2026 12:34 PM (3uBP9) 157
42 Has anyone here ever used worcestershire sauce on their grocery store sushi because you ran out of soy sauce? I just done did it. Not bad. A little sweet/vinegary but seems to work. I think my hillbilly ancestors would be fully on board with the substitution. 8/10 would try again
Posted by: banana Dream How could anyone ever run out of soy sauce? I thought everyone had a kitchen junk drawer filled with duck sauce and soy sauce packets going back to the 70s. It never goes bad. Posted by: MSG For Thee And Me! at January 17, 2026 12:34 PM (oftw2) 158
67 "See, I told you, the Kaiser intervened and he wanted all research to go into withered arm treatment!"
Some imbecile with a cell phone and dreams Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 17, 2026 12:01 PM (gm9Sb) withered arm treatment? Perhaps our friend TRex would be interested...? Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 17, 2026 12:34 PM (QGaXH) 159
> Or is it just natural and effortless? "My dog is a German Shepherd. Mossad clearly poisoned his water bowl."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 11:58 AM (BI5O2) My theory is some kind of childhood trauma. Like accidentally walking in on their mom being spitroasted by a couple of Jewish guys. Or a cute Jewish girl laughing at their micropenis. Or something like that. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 12:34 PM (IG3/x) 160
The shitty britties are bashing Trump like crazy over this, while they hand their countries to Islam.
Posted by: night lifted at January 17, 2026 12:35 PM (kJmLc) 161
They continually "cross the line" just ask Charlie Kirk.
Posted by: JROD at January 17, 2026 12:28 PM (IlL6s) You completely missed the point. I'm talking about reactionary unconstitutional abridgment of established rights under first amendment as an inappropriate (and unconstitutional) response to left wing scum using it as a pretext and shield for clearly criminal acts. I prefer not to go down the "you can't criticize the government" road but will not go down the "ramming ICE with your car is protected free speech" road either. Roll all those fuckers up and send them to prison. Posted by: Hope that clears things up a bit at January 17, 2026 12:35 PM (TbWk/) Posted by: Say Hey! at January 17, 2026 12:36 PM (oftw2) Posted by: man at January 17, 2026 12:36 PM (XuXeR) 164
>>> This is just evil. You have not just joined a cult, you've created one. I denounce with all my fervor.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 17, 2026 12:33 PM (mlg/3) The Great Old Ones are totally on my side bro. Posted by: banana Dream - The Cthulhu Seal of Approval at January 17, 2026 12:36 PM (3uBP9) 165
> I think it's made through fermentation too like soy sauce.
Soy sauce gets the umami flavor from fermented soybean proteins. Wash-Your-Sister sauce (and several other world-wide sauces) gets it from fermented fish proteins. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 12:36 PM (IG3/x) 166
151 Give MN away to Canada. It would increase their GDP by 25%, and clear a weeping sore off our body politic. The Minnesotans and Somalis will be happier as Canadians. Everybody wins, just cut it loose.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 12:32 PM (BI5O2) No, just smash it to smithereens. They deserve it. No secession. Posted by: night lifted at January 17, 2026 12:36 PM (kJmLc) 167
Worcestershire is just fish sauce for white people. I'm sure it's fine on sushi.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 12:37 PM (BI5O2) Posted by: man at January 17, 2026 12:37 PM (XuXeR) 169
Harry Nilsson>> Harry Sisson
Posted by: GWB at January 17, 2026 12:38 PM (YlgSU) 170
>>> How could anyone ever run out of soy sauce? I thought everyone had a kitchen junk drawer filled with duck sauce and soy sauce packets going back to the 70s. It never goes bad.
Posted by: MSG For Thee And Me! at January 17, 2026 12:34 PM (oftw2) I just cleaned out over the Christmas break. Chick-fil-a packets, arby's sauce, it was getting bad. Posted by: banana Dream - The Cthulhu Seal of Approval at January 17, 2026 12:38 PM (3uBP9) 171
RIP Scott Adams
Someone mentioned this particular strip before but one of my favorites involved the Dept Secretary being told by her doctor to maybe cut down on caffeine.. Next frame - she switches office coffee to decaf.... Last frame shows everyone slumped in hallway - like on Star Trek TOS - and Wally saying..'must find antidote....' Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 17, 2026 12:38 PM (QGaXH) 172
> 166 151 Give MN away to Canada
They can have Minneapolis. There's no way we're gonna give the Canucks all that valuable farm land. Same deal for California, Oregon, Washington. The shithole cities can secede. The farm land and natural resources stay. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 12:39 PM (IG3/x) 173
168 Or Willie Mays.
Willie Mays Hayes? Posted by: man at January 17, 2026 12:37 PM (XuXeR) 'Hit like Mays, run like Hayes.' Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 17, 2026 12:39 PM (bss/y) Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 17, 2026 12:45 PM (bss/y) 175
'Hit like Mays, run like Hayes.' Posted by: Aetius451AD Willie Mays led the National League in stolen bases four consecutive years, 1956-59. Had 339 total in his career. He could run, throw, hit. Posted by: Say Hey Kid at January 17, 2026 12:45 PM (oftw2) 176
Trump needs to appoint an Anti-Insurrection Task Force (whatever he wants to call it). The purpose would be primarily public information, education and propaganda -- informing the people every single day of what is going on, why it is illegal, why it possibly constitutes insurrection, and the organizations and funding behind the "protests." Reps from the task force would open or close every one of Leavitt's briefings, and otherwise flood social media and legacy media with messages, memes and narrative challenges. This would also prepare the public if and when he invokes the Insurrection Act. Every domestic battle Trump is fighting will be decided in the court of public opinion, and right now we are not fighting with the force equal to the Left.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 17, 2026 12:45 PM (WHfpM) 177
Willie Mays led the National League in stolen bases four consecutive years, 1956-59. Had 339 total in his career. He could run, throw, hit.
Posted by: Say Hey Kid at January 17, 2026 12:45 PM (oftw2) *sigh* 'Tis a sad thing when a Major League reference goes unnoticed. Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 17, 2026 12:47 PM (bss/y) Posted by: man at January 17, 2026 12:49 PM (XuXeR) 179
Are you saying Jesus can't hit a curve ball?
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 17, 2026 12:50 PM (jc0TO) 180
Give MN away to Canada. It would increase their GDP by 25%, and clear a weeping sore off our body politic. The Minnesotans and Somalis will be happier as Canadians. Everybody wins, just cut it loose.
Canada allows the ChiComs to have the PLA on their territory. We don't want them any closer to us than they already are. Posted by: Ian S. at January 17, 2026 12:50 PM (QZThv) 181
Melissa Chen
@MsMelChen Jan 16 Honestly this is a great premise for a sitcom: In the icy wasteland of Greenland, a ragtag NATO detachment of 13 Germans, 2 Norwegians, 3 Swedes, 15 French and 1 lone Brit must "defend" the Arctic from... well, mostly boredom, polar bears, and each other's national stereotypes. Stationed at a remote outpost in Nuuk, their biggest enemies are cabin fever, frozen plumbing, the Danes who keep forgetting they're there, and each other. They’re constantly prepping to counter the absurd threat of an American takeover with the total force smaller than a pub trivia team. The show will have everything - petty national rivalries that project from history, offensive cultural stereotypes, frustration due to NATO bureaucracy, and because this is so European, the whole thing will be pretty gay. Oh and a recurring theme is that they will constantly be picking on the lone Brit. Posted by: Kindltot at January 17, 2026 12:52 PM (rbvCR) 182
179 Are you saying Jesus can't hit a curve ball?
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 17, 2026 12:50 PM (jc0TO) And the truly hilarious thing: that was President Allstate from 24. Posted by: Aetius451AD at January 17, 2026 12:53 PM (bss/y) 183
I just cleaned out over the Christmas break. Chick-fil-a packets, arby's sauce, it was getting bad.
Posted by: banana Dream ------- One kitchen drawer has years of accumulated cellophane-wrapped plastic utensils. Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at January 17, 2026 12:53 PM (XeU6L) 184
With weather not too many people here at pub
Posted by: Skip at January 17, 2026 12:53 PM (1vknR) 185
I traditionally think NY, IL, and the West Coast as the states that need to be reverted to territorial status and governed by cruel plenipotentiaries (DC delenda est, salt the earth).
But in the last decade, MN and CO have managed to join the ignominious club of hostile foreign governments in our midst. The mind virus spreads. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 12:53 PM (BI5O2) 186
@161 Hope that clears things up a bit- point taken. Good luck though if/when people on our side have had enough if no actions are taken against these lunatics and those who fund them.
They've done enough to have their rights abridged by those that have had their rights abridged by these a-holes like having our speech (or just going about our daily living) suppressed by threats of violence or actual physical violence/death. I guess I can just say I could give two shits about their rights when they don't observe mine and/or my children's right to exist. Posted by: JROD at January 17, 2026 12:54 PM (IlL6s) 187
Inevitably there will be a question "What does this generic statement you have here mean?" and I'll want to say "well, you wanted me to summarize 50 slides worth of data and information into one sentence, of course it doesn't explain every single detail."
Posted by: Clyde Shelton "Sorry Boss. It's very technical. You are not capable of understanding it therefore I cannot explain it to you." has always worked for me. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 17, 2026 12:54 PM (/lPRQ) 188
172 > 166 151 Give MN away to Canada
They can have Minneapolis. There's no way we're gonna give the Canucks all that valuable farm land. Same deal for California, Oregon, Washington. The shithole cities can secede. The farm land and natural resources stay. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 12:39 PM (IG3/x) Starting from L.A. county and going north to Marin - just above S.F. should be peeled off and revert to territorial status. The rest stays as California. Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 17, 2026 12:56 PM (QGaXH) 189
If the Europeans sent their new Immigrants they at least would have something in common.
Posted by: Skip at January 17, 2026 12:58 PM (1vknR) 190
But have a cognac while waiting
Posted by: Skip at January 17, 2026 12:59 PM (1vknR) 191
My favorite Dilbert dates from a few decades back when the pointy-haired boss was running a competion for best name for the new Quality Assurance program. Wally's entry?
Qualicide Posted by: Additional Blond Agent, STEM Guy at January 17, 2026 01:00 PM (/HDaX) The Classical Saturday Coffee Break & Prayer Revival2) Be kind, be nice. And yes those are real banhammers. 3) Running with sharp objects will result in severe sanctions. Run accordingly. 4) And finally. Have a nice weekend!
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G'mornin' everyone!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 17, 2026 07:48 AM (Cjt/F) 2
Coffee! Yes!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 17, 2026 07:48 AM (Cjt/F) 3
Woohoo!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 17, 2026 07:49 AM (Cjt/F) 4
Prayers up for all the Horde's intentions. Those asked and unasked.
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 17, 2026 07:51 AM (bQ4nt) 5
Community Coffee's Cafe Special... hot.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 17, 2026 07:51 AM (U2OZr) 6
Good morning, MisHum and wayward children.
Making a pot of chili. It's gonna be another cold week. Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 17, 2026 07:52 AM (kpS4V) 7
Happy Saturday! Thanks MisHum & Annie.
Posted by: Matthew Kant Cipher at January 17, 2026 07:52 AM (t/66j) 8
Good morning Mis Hum and Horde
Posted by: Skip at January 17, 2026 07:53 AM (Ia/+0) 9
Guess I can get my last cup of coffee now
Posted by: Skip at January 17, 2026 07:54 AM (Ia/+0) 10
En mi casa toman Bustelo!
Posted by: Caffiend at January 17, 2026 07:54 AM (oftw2) Posted by: Bill Shakeweight at January 17, 2026 07:54 AM (R/m4+) 12
In the Dungeon of Discord it's BRCC Blackbeard's Delight.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 17, 2026 07:55 AM (kpS4V) 13
This afternoon hae a meet up with former co-workers fromlast company I worked at. Nice to catch up with guys I worked with for years. Sad last few years guys are passing away
Posted by: Skip at January 17, 2026 07:57 AM (Ia/+0) 14
g'mornin' again, 'rons Posted by: AltonJackson at January 17, 2026 07:57 AM (tljrc) Posted by: AAA Somali Daycare at January 17, 2026 07:58 AM (0256r) 16
After 47 years of evil doing, it’s amazing to see Iranians begging Donald Trump to save them.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 17, 2026 07:58 AM (hxusQ) 17
Good morning again dear horde with thanks to annie and mh and you morons for praying
{grammie} {TiFW} {CoMM} Hiya JT Prayers for sponge's mom and rickb Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 17, 2026 07:59 AM (RIvkX) 18
This guy's not much of a poet either, but he does understand coffee. I give him one vote to be the permanent official mascot for the Saturday morning Coffee Break and Prayer Revival
https://is.gd/XjMyMj Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 17, 2026 07:59 AM (HTCU3) 19
Sorry sponge's FiL, may his memory be a blessing.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 17, 2026 08:00 AM (RIvkX) 20
That is almost a haiku
Posted by: Thomas Paine at January 17, 2026 08:03 AM (0U5gm) 21
Good Saturday morning, horde.
Prayers for all on the list, and the rest of you, too. Prayers for the good people of Iran, that evil is defeated and people can live in liberty. And that communist agitators are defeated in the US. Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 17, 2026 08:06 AM (h7ZuX) Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 17, 2026 08:07 AM (7RYym) 23
After 70 years of marriage, couple finally had their dream wedding. Good news network site:
https://tinyurl.com/3dhyvc3a Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 17, 2026 08:09 AM (7RYym) 24
When you travel abroad, do you bring your drivers license even if you don't plan to drive?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 17, 2026 08:12 AM (V4rQC) 25
Post 23-The story has a nice little video to go along with it at the bottom.
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 17, 2026 08:14 AM (7RYym) 26
And its snowing here
Posted by: Skip at January 17, 2026 08:15 AM (Ia/+0) 27
Prayers for all those mentioned above, and may He hear the prayers in the silence of our hearts.
Sponge - prayers to you and your family. You all still are having a tough road with First Lady, your FiL, and your mom. I hope things turn towards the better for you all. Posted by: Our Country is Screwed at January 17, 2026 08:16 AM (7v6oI) 28
There needs to be some kind of "Thank and ICE agent" movement among the normies to counteract all the left-wing hate propaganda and street terrorism. The way we used to thank soldiers for their service in our misbegotten SW Asian wars.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 17, 2026 08:17 AM (f0sNM) 29
Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.
Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell. Lead all souls to heaven, especially those most in need of Thy mercy. Amen. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 08:19 AM (ZOv7s) 30
I'm thankful to see the sun this morning, even if it's going to be cold today. It's been pretty bleak here lately.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 17, 2026 08:20 AM (U2OZr) 31
{Fen} thanks for your well wishes in the last thread.
I knew they were coming but Girl F. and SiL were very surprised. The thing is, Neither Girl F. nor SiL very much like surprises. Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 17, 2026 08:21 AM (RIvkX) 32
There was a funny quote saying "You know you're getting old when the radio stations and bars play music you don't like, but the supermarket is throwing out banger after banger."
I heard Depeche Mode's "Policy of Truth" at Busch's market yesterday. 🖤 Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 17, 2026 08:21 AM (kpS4V) 33
Prayers in Jesus' name for all listed. May he hear our words and place blessing upon you.
Posted by: Inogame at January 17, 2026 08:22 AM (Ms6EF) 34
This guy's not much of a poet either, but he does understand coffee. I give him one vote to be the permanent official mascot for the Saturday morning Coffee Break and Prayer Revival
https://is.gd/XjMyMj Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 17, 2026 07:59 AM (HTCU3) In both "Over The Hedge" and "Hoodwinked," desperate situations are solved by giving squirrel characters coffee. Posted by: pookysgirl loves those scenes at January 17, 2026 08:22 AM (Wt5PA) 35
Would think so vmom.
Posted by: Skip at January 17, 2026 08:23 AM (Ia/+0) 36
I heard Depeche Mode's "Policy of Truth" at Busch's market yesterday. 🖤
Posted by: All Hail Eris Still waiting to hear the Fugs Boobs A Lot (1965) at the Food Lion. Posted by: Boobie Fan at January 17, 2026 08:25 AM (oftw2) 37
My wife has landed in Rome, about to board the train to Florence to give a presentation. I'm sure the art and architecture will be outstanding wherever she ends up today
Posted by: Lincolntf at January 17, 2026 08:27 AM (vV6n9) 38
I heard Depeche Mode's "Policy of Truth" at Busch's market yesterday.
-------------------------- I forget which store it was in, but they played Foo Fighters' "Everlong." That was my jam from 1996 to 2006! Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 17, 2026 08:28 AM (f0sNM) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 17, 2026 08:29 AM (tgvbd) 40
GWAR over the speakers at Wal-Mart means that final seal has been broken.
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 17, 2026 08:29 AM (kpS4V) 41
@32
>>I heard Depeche Mode's "Policy of Truth" at Busch's market yesterday. Most public spaces are playing music that is anywhere from 20-50 years old with the majority being in a period from 1975 to 1995. Posted by: Thomas Bender at January 17, 2026 08:30 AM (XV/Pl) Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 17, 2026 08:30 AM (u82oZ) 43
Mornin’, All. Happy Saturday.
Posted by: Bulg at January 17, 2026 08:30 AM (77rzZ) 44
I heard Depeche Mode's "Policy of Truth" at Busch's market yesterday. 🖤
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 17, 2026 08:21 AM (kpS4V) --- Muzak "Personal Jesus" would be a hoot. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 08:31 AM (ZOv7s) 45
Birdbath status?
Posted by: Just Wondering at January 17, 2026 08:32 AM (2Ez/1) 46
Glory to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now, and will be forever. Amen.
Hail Mary, full of grace, blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus. Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our deaths. Amen St. Anthony of Egypt, pray for us. I have prayed Rosaries and lit votive candles for the intentions, both stated and unstated, of the Horde. ***** I do request prayers for the peaceful repose of the soul of the wife of a distant friend. Jaquelyn died suddenly and unexpectedly yesterday. May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 17, 2026 08:32 AM (pJWtt) 47
This is fun, true, and probably way too long: Eywa, the world tree from Avatar is sanctified evil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS8Gbv8I-Jg Listen to the first couple of minutes and you'll get the point, listen to more if you wish elaboration. A nice way to explode Avatards' heads. Posted by: naturalfake at January 17, 2026 08:33 AM (iJfKG) 48
Lying scumbag lawyer (but I repeat myself) Michael Cohen says he was ‘coerced’ by Letitia James and Alvin Bragg to turn on Trump. Was he lying then or is he lying now? I say yes. This guy needs to be duct taped face to face with Stormy Daniels and dropped on a fire ant bed.
Posted by: fd at January 17, 2026 08:34 AM (vFG9F) 49
Prayers for the Horde and their close ones ascending.
Both those asked, and for those with unasked needs. May our prayers be answered as God wills. Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 17, 2026 08:35 AM (u82oZ) 50
Back in the day, I was taught that "rebellions" are revolutions that failed, and "revolutions" are rebellions that succeeded in replacing the ancien regime.
Iran? Time will tell. Posted by: no one at January 17, 2026 08:35 AM (qFwJc) Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 17, 2026 08:37 AM (u82oZ) 52
It's pretty wild to hear jamming tunes in the grocery store as opposed to run-of-the-mill stuff on the radio in the car... satellite or otherwise.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 17, 2026 08:38 AM (U2OZr) Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 17, 2026 08:39 AM (kpS4V) Posted by: man at January 17, 2026 08:39 AM (XuXeR) 55
no one - thinking if that definition works through history
Posted by: Skip at January 17, 2026 08:40 AM (Ia/+0) 56
Iran really has no end game for their problems. They’ve deployed the IRGC around the country to shoot anyone who protests, and they’ve shut down the internet. But their currency is still worthless, their banking system is collapsing - how long can they run the entire country like a concentration camp? How long til the military realizes they’re not being paid anymore?
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 17, 2026 08:42 AM (hxusQ) 57
>53 It's pretty wild to hear jamming tunes in the grocery store as opposed to run-of-the-mill stuff on the radio in the car... satellite or otherwise.
Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 17, 2026 08:38 AM (U2OZr) I'm all lost in the supermarket *shrugs* Posted by: Joe Strummer at January 17, 2026 08:42 AM (GTqXr) 58
fd
Wow. Good thoughts. Gonna need a big fire ant nest. Maybe some music from Yoko to help them with standards of behavior. Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 17, 2026 08:42 AM (u82oZ) 59
Prayers for all the Horde
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 17, 2026 08:42 AM (V4rQC) 60
This is fun, true, and probably way too long:
Eywa, the world tree from Avatar is sanctified evil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS8Gbv8I-Jg Listen to the first couple of minutes and you'll get the point, listen to more if you wish elaboration. A nice way to explode Avatards' heads. Posted by: naturalfake at January 17, 2026 08:33 AM (iJfKG) I've never watched any of the "Dancing With Smurfs" movies, but I did watch a bit of the video. I did notice that the laws given by Eywa are materialistic, not spiritual -- all to limit the technological growth of her blue slaves. Interesting take. Contrast that to the 10 Commandments. 7 of the 10 govern man's relations with his fellow man. I heard a Catholic priest speculate on how much better we would be if everybody merely obeyed those Commandments: no theft, murder, bearing false witness, envy or adultery. Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 17, 2026 08:43 AM (pJWtt) 61
Tom Servo
How long can people go without water? I would expect a collapse of infrastructure. Then cholera and other diseases make a return. We know the leaders and security personal only care about themselves. Sad. Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 17, 2026 08:44 AM (u82oZ) 62
49 Lying scumbag lawyer (but I repeat myself) Michael Cohen says he was ‘coerced’ by Letitia James and Alvin Bragg to turn on Trump. Was he lying then or is he lying now? I say yes. This guy needs to be duct taped face to face with Stormy Daniels and dropped on a fire ant bed.
Posted by: fd at January 17, 2026 08:34 AM (vFG9F) Sometimes I have a hard time reading between the lines with you fd. Posted by: Misanthropic Humanitarian Who Lives In The Thawed Out Tundra at January 17, 2026 08:45 AM (o1cZX) 63
Iran really has no end game for their problems. They’ve deployed the IRGC around the country to shoot anyone who protests, and they’ve shut down the internet. But their currency is still worthless, their banking system is collapsing - how long can they run the entire country like a concentration camp? How long til the military realizes they’re not being paid anymore?
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 17, 2026 08:42 AM (hxusQ) --- They're completely boxed in. No one can help them. Their "allies" are on the ropes, just not as bad off as they are. And the pay issue is key. I think Trump is (wisely) letting them twist in the wind, building the tension, making the pressure unbearable. Very much Sun Tzu thinking of allowing the enemy to suffer, fall apart on his own rather than rushing into battle. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 08:48 AM (ZOv7s) 64
how long can they run the entire country"
It's not a "country" in the western sense. It's a loose conglomerate of tribes... and some will be fine, others won't. Attempting to resolve this as one would an existing nation state is a fool's errand... Posted by: man at January 17, 2026 08:48 AM (XuXeR) 65
49 Lying scumbag lawyer (but I repeat myself) Michael Cohen says he was ‘coerced’ by Letitia James and Alvin Bragg to turn on Trump. Was he lying then or is he lying now? I say yes. This guy needs to be duct taped face to face with Stormy Daniels and dropped on a fire ant bed.
---------- This approach has our official endorsement. Posted by: Big Duct Tape at January 17, 2026 08:48 AM (JkO4W) 66
Morning again, all,
Cafe El Morro is in my cup with a touch of sweetener. I am cleaned, shaved, and dressed. What more d'ya want?!? Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 17, 2026 08:48 AM (wzUl9) 67
I shall endeavor to speak more plainly.
Posted by: fd at January 17, 2026 08:49 AM (vFG9F) Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 17, 2026 08:50 AM (RIvkX) 69
We know the leaders and security personal only care about themselves. Sad.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 17, 2026 08:44 AM (u82oZ) It is something else to watch. They think they can turn the entire country into a giant concentration camp, and somehow things will work out for them. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 17, 2026 08:50 AM (hxusQ) 70
It's snowing after a very mild week
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 17, 2026 08:50 AM (V4rQC) 71
But their currency is still worthless, their banking system is collapsing - how long can they run the entire country like a concentration camp? How long til the military realizes they’re not being paid anymore?
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 17, 2026 08:42 AM (hxusQ) Me so horny! Posted by: Kim Jong Dong, NORK Supreme Leader at January 17, 2026 08:51 AM (R/m4+) 72
What is up with CoMM?
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 17, 2026 08:37 AM (u82oZ) ===== I thought she was battling cancer Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 17, 2026 08:52 AM (RIvkX) 73
Contrast that to the 10 Commandments. 7 of the 10 govern man's relations with his fellow man. I heard a Catholic priest speculate on how much better we would be if everybody merely obeyed those Commandments: no theft, murder, bearing false witness, envy or adultery.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 17, 2026 08:43 AM (pJWtt) --- I used to wonder why the Hebrew always rebelled against God in favor of what I thought at the time were imaginary beings. I very much bought into the worldview that God exists, none of the other gods did, and it was just stupid people being superstitious. But I now understand the reality of fallen angels, and that Zeus, Baal, Aphrodite, etc. were real, and are real. They can offer things in exchange for worship, and their commandments are much more in accord with base desires than those give to us by God. Heck, we are seeing this right before our eyes! Look at all the "Christian" denominations that claim sodomy is fine, marriage is whatever you want it to be. The German bishops are trying to turn the church there into the Church of England, with doctrine decided by a vote of the laity. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 08:53 AM (ZOv7s) 74
This is fun, true, and probably way too long:
Eywa, the world tree from Avatar is sanctified evil: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS8Gbv8I-Jg Listen to the first couple of minutes and you'll get the point, listen to more if you wish elaboration. A nice way to explode Avatards' heads. Posted by: naturalfake at January 17, 2026 08:33 AM (iJfKG) I've never watched any of the "Dancing With Smurfs" movies,.. Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 17, 2026 08:43 AM (pJWtt) The thing that real makes this theory sing, at least to me, is the end of the third Avatar movie, wherein Squatty(or whatever his name is), the human wannabe-Navi boy and son of the Eeeeevil colonel- is infected by Eywa and becomes one of her minions. This is played in the movie like a glorious moment of victory and harmony with soaring music. But, my reaction at the end was horror because it reminded so much of the end of the "Invasion of the Body Snatchers. (197 Posted by: naturalfake at January 17, 2026 08:53 AM (iJfKG) 75
The furry thugs, aka the Killer Kittenz From Outer Space, are also fed and are relaxing: big black Stirling in the middle of my freshly made bed, and Dagny La Siberienne, well, I dunno where she is. She likes to sit in little private spaces and emerge when it suits her.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 17, 2026 08:53 AM (wzUl9) 76
I think Trump is (wisely) letting them twist in the wind, building the tension, making the pressure unbearable. Very much Sun Tzu thinking of allowing the enemy to suffer, fall apart on his own rather than rushing into battle.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 08:48 AM (ZOv7s) It's painful to watch this happen, but it's the right course of action, I think. Trump has to serve his constituency, and Americans are overwhelmingly in favor of staying out of other countries' conflicts. I believe this *is* our conflict, given the mullahs' sponsorship of terrorism in America and throughout the world, but I understand why he will wait so the regime is weak and more easily defeated. Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 17, 2026 08:54 AM (h7ZuX) 77
Good morning all! Let's have a "simultaneous sip" in honor of Scott Adams!
I actually blocked him during COVID when he was being an idiot about it. I sort of regret that. then he went maybe too far the other way? I certainly do NOT want to be right about the mRNA shots, because they hurt me. He almost seemed like he was saying we were celebrating being right? No one was. So even after his switch I wasn't back on board with him. Anyway I did finally re-follow the guy and even watched his podcast and I'm glad I did. It's nice to change your mind on things every once in a while! My uncle is hanging in there, and still at home. He's one tough nut! Love him! Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 17, 2026 08:56 AM (emBoF) 78
I heard Depeche Mode's "Policy of Truth" at Busch's market yesterday. 🖤
Posted by: All Hail Eris Still waiting to hear the Fugs Boobs A Lot (1965) at the Food Lion. Posted by: Boobie Fan at January 17, 2026 *** Years ago I used to say the End Times would be a-comin' when elevator music included Joan Jett and the Blackhearts. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 17, 2026 08:56 AM (wzUl9) Posted by: Marcus T at January 17, 2026 08:57 AM (AuNgU) 80
Tom Servo
May the fate of the leaders become a cautionary tale for those that abuse power over others. I want Biblical retribution, to clear the path for a better Iran. Unsustainable repression? Maybe. But the fate of Paraguay in the War of the Triple Alliance is an upper bound. 69% of the prewar population died, including up to 90% of the men. Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 17, 2026 08:57 AM (u82oZ) 81
It's not a "country" in the western sense. It's a loose conglomerate of tribes... and some will be fine, others won't. Attempting to resolve this as one would an existing nation state is a fool's errand...
Posted by: man at January 17, 2026 08:48 AM (XuXeR) That describes Lebanon, Iran is a bit more tightly run than that. But even for those areas that aren’t in rebellion - how do they move from a mostly functional financial system to one with no banks and no money the next? They still have paper Rials, but their value against the Euro is now officially zero. How do simple things like food distribution take place now? Posted by: Tom Servo at January 17, 2026 08:57 AM (hxusQ) 82
Bishop Barron has greatly encouraged me with his denunciation of the Minnesota corruption. We need more of this and less whining about needing MOAR IMMIGRATION.
There is something particularly evil and outrageous about stealing from the poor. This is no mere graft, it is outright theft of the poor box. Money meant for food, clothing, shelter and medical assistance was outright stolen, and no one is even guilty about it. No one shows the slightest shame, they just brazen it out, act as if it's a problem with paperwork that could happen to anyone. I think about the homeless that rely on our local St. Vincent community and what they could do with a fraction of that money, and it makes my blood boil. Their total annual outlay is $40,000. That's it. No salaries, no benefits, all volunteer work, all money for clothes and direct support. What could a million dollars do? Liberal Christians need to be called out on their silence. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 08:57 AM (ZOv7s) 83
It's painful to watch this happen, but it's the right course of action, I think. Trump has to serve his constituency, and Americans are overwhelmingly in favor of staying out of other countries' conflicts.
honestly I feel for the Iranian people and was hot for us to "save them." but then I saw Miss Lindsey swanning around and had a Second Thought. maybe PDJT did as well. he sees the info, we only see what algorithms show us. Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 17, 2026 08:57 AM (emBoF) 84
AH, wow. Well said. I had not thought of it that way! infuriating
Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 17, 2026 08:58 AM (emBoF) 85
I believe this *is* our conflict, given the mullahs' sponsorship of terrorism in America and throughout the world, but I understand why he will wait so the regime is weak and more easily defeated.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 17, 2026 08:54 AM (h7ZuX) --- We must also understand that a great deal is happening that we do not see. Trump keeps his secrets. Leakers are systematically being found and personally ruined. It is a mistake to conclude that nothing is happening simply because we don't see it. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 09:00 AM (ZOv7s) 86
Years ago I used to say the End Times would be a-comin' when elevator music included Joan Jett and the Blackhearts.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 17, 2026 08:56 AM (wzUl9) --- I bet Joan would be down with that. I can't think of her without picturing Tess Turbo from "Bloom County", with Steve Dallas being one of her backup dancers. Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 17, 2026 09:02 AM (kpS4V) 87
I heard Depeche Mode's "Policy of Truth" at Busch's market yesterday. 🖤
Posted by: All Hail Eris Dude, I heard "She Drives Me Crazy" at Kroger's last week. We is old. Posted by: Jeans Loop Pickard at January 17, 2026 09:02 AM (mlg/3) 88
Agreed, A. H. Lloyd. I am glad the president is keeping his plans close to the vest. I start with the assumption that whatever he says publicly is bullshit to protect his actual plans. I expect Hegseth has excellent plans in place, and they will execute those plans if and when the time is right to do so.
Meanwhile, leakers are thwarted. Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 17, 2026 09:03 AM (h7ZuX) 89
We need to start talking in terms of what the stolen money could have done. How many families would have been fed for year? How many preschool children could have gotten free child care?
Use the left's framing to highlight their complicity with evil. "This money could have housed all the homeless in Minnesota. All of them." I can say right now based on what my wife reports, that we could have bought clothes for every homeless person in all the missions and shelters in Lansing for a fraction of that money. Every one of them. Probably built an apartment complex for them all as well. Billions of dollars! Every medium town in Michigan could have had a supervised halfway-house facility with staff to help recovering addicts. That's what they pissed away. MAKE THEM OWN IT. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 09:04 AM (ZOv7s) 90
Cappuccino from the Jura. With the new dietary guidelines wife is buying whole milk. Noticeable difference.
Posted by: Makinac Island Liberation Front at January 17, 2026 09:04 AM (R86kT) 91
Gavin Newsom is still not healed from the bitch-slapping he got from Ben Shapiro.
Trying to converse with him is like squeezing a golf ball through a sock. Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 17, 2026 09:05 AM (RIvkX) 92
Dash my lace wigs!
Or have their house searched, ala that Washington Post reporter. Good. Operational plans are meant to be a secret from our enemies. Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 17, 2026 09:05 AM (u82oZ) 93
I expect Hegseth has excellent plans in place, and they will execute those plans if and when the time is right to do so.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 17, 2026 09:03 AM (h7ZuX) --- I was talking with a fellow vet and we both agreed that while reenlisting isn't a viable option for us at this point, we would love to be part of the planning going on now. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 09:05 AM (ZOv7s) 94
> 86 Years ago I used to say the End Times would be a-comin' when elevator music included Joan Jett and the Blackhearts.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 17, 2026 08:56 AM (wzUl9) My personal markers were Black Sabbath's "Paranoid" and Iggy Pop's "Lust for Life" being used in commercials. As I recall, LfL was in a commercial for a cruise ship line. https://genius.com/Iggy-pop-lust-for-life-lyrics You bet. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 09:05 AM (IG3/x) 95
How do simple things like food distribution take place now?"
Barter and black markets work very well. Was in the old "eastern Europe "during the 90s, and I was surprised to see "western" goods available... Posted by: man at January 17, 2026 09:06 AM (XuXeR) 96
Heck, we are seeing this right before our eyes! Look at all the "Christian" denominations that claim sodomy is fine, marriage is whatever you want it to be. The German bishops are trying to turn the church there into the Church of England, with doctrine decided by a vote of the laity. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 08:53 AM (ZOv7s) There are lots of things we never even think to change. We accept that this is the way they are. Force equals mass times acceleration. The speed of light is 299,792,458 meters per second. The standard atomic weight of cobalt is 58.933. Maybe on rare occasions we treat with the value at the tenth decimal, but otherwise these are fixed. So why do we treat things like sexual relations, or marriage and divorce, or theft, or envy as values that have to - have to! - move with the times? Especially considering that all the historical evidence affirms the importance of chastity, or fidelity, or continence, or treating vices as vices. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 17, 2026 09:07 AM (tgvbd) 97
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Agreed Also, whether I agree that all illegal Somali should be deported the bigger villains in this are the American politicians who set this up Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 17, 2026 09:07 AM (V4rQC) 98
*while not whether
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 17, 2026 09:07 AM (V4rQC) 99
Because of Venezuela and other successes, there’s thinking (especially inside Iran) that the Mullah’s regime can be overthrown with a single attack. That is a dangerous fantasy. Overthrowing them will require a serious and sustained campaign.
Germany in the spring of 1945 was dying, but still very deadly. I think that’s what we’re looking at. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 17, 2026 09:07 AM (hxusQ) 100
Use the left's framing to highlight their complicity with evil. "This money could have housed all the homeless in Minnesota. All of them."
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd Unforts, that's what RINOs do; back themselves into a rhetorical cul de sac and end up funding the left bullshit. No, shove the left's nonsense in their face and make them own it. Raping taxpayers will never end 'homelessness.' Again for those in the bleachers; the issue is never the issue. They want to kill you. Posted by: Jeans Loop Pickard at January 17, 2026 09:09 AM (mlg/3) 101
Billions of dollars"
Meh. We're $38 trillion in debt. That's a lot of billions (avoiding actual maths there) Posted by: man at January 17, 2026 09:09 AM (XuXeR) 102
MAKE THEM OWN IT.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 09:04 AM (ZOv7s) Great thinking on this. And- BONUS! It conforms exactly to the Saul Alinsky rule of Make the live-up to there own values. Don't let them Left breathe. Smother them with guilt and guilt by association with thieves who stole money from starving children, and the aged grandparents, and the homeless, etc, etc, etc. Break the back of their fake and false righteousness with the truth. Really nice. I haven't seen this take. Posted by: naturalfake at January 17, 2026 09:10 AM (iJfKG) 103
I wonder if Melania is not also influencing PDJT here.
The fall of the USSR - the countries our CIA *didn't* "nation build" like Slovakia seemed to do better in the long run... the mullah's scheme IS collapsing. there's wisdom in patience, even sometimes in wars. I love that he "thinks twice." Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 17, 2026 09:10 AM (emBoF) 104
I put heavy whipping cream in my coffee.
Fat is flavor. Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 17, 2026 09:11 AM (2Ez/1) 105
> 101 Billions of dollars"
Meh. We're $38 trillion in debt. That's a lot of billions (avoiding actual maths there) Posted by: man at January 17, 2026 09:09 AM (XuXeR) So you're saying I'm gonna need to mint 38 $1 trillion coins, then. Posted by: Bo Gritz at January 17, 2026 09:11 AM (IG3/x) 106
To the Left, charity is compelling you to give a dollar, giving a nickel (if that much) to the poor and keeping the rest for themselves. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 17, 2026 09:12 AM (tgvbd) 107
I believe we've got eyes on the ground in Iran. So does Israel, both for obvious reasons.
We observed Maduro for months, wholly documented his movements and built mockups of his bunker and the base it under. Then, when conditions presented themselves, snatched him in about 45 minutes... start to finish. If the goal here is really to remove Iran's mullahs from power I would imagine "remove" is the operative term. And I'm not specifically saying we'll snatch them off the street and spirit them off to be renditioned elsewhere. YMMV Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 17, 2026 09:14 AM (U2OZr) 108
Unforts, that's what RINOs do; back themselves into a rhetorical cul de sac and end up funding the left bullshit. No, shove the left's nonsense in their face and make them own it. Raping taxpayers will never end 'homelessness.' Again for those in the bleachers; the issue is never the issue. They want to kill you. Posted by: Jeans Loop Pickard at January 17, 2026 09:09 AM (mlg/3) --- RINOs never use the left's framing against it; they use it against conservatives. Always. I live in a liberal college town and I can tell you that attacking the left FROM THE LEFT works. It's easy to do. And using their language amplifies the effectiveness. Plus, it's true. For good or ill, that money was taxed and arguing that it shouldn't distracts from the central issue, which is corruption, not fiscal policy. That comes later. After the Dems have been driven from power and humiliated, you can show that you can help the poor AND cut taxes while you do it just be eliminating corruption. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 09:15 AM (ZOv7s) 109
*So why do we treat things like sexual relations, or marriage and divorce, or theft, or envy as values that have to - have to! - move with the times?*
+++ Sin. Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 17, 2026 09:15 AM (2Ez/1) 110
101 Billions of dollars"
Meh. We're $38 trillion in debt. That's a lot of billions (avoiding actual maths there) Posted by: man at January 17, 2026 09:09 AM (XuXeR) 38,000 billions. Or 38,000,000 millions. Posted by: Maths are hard at January 17, 2026 09:17 AM (TbWk/) 111
I put heavy whipping cream in my coffee.
Fat is flavor. Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 17, 2026 09:11 AM (2Ez/1) --- Back in September I stopped using creamer in an effort to lower my blood glucose. It has worked. Today I started the ninth consecutive day of having my bg 100% within range. Before that I was at 90+%. Anyway, I'm now the point where I'm thinking of going with heavy unsweetened cream. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 09:18 AM (ZOv7s) 112
Cafe El Morro is in my cup with a touch of sweetener. I am cleaned, shaved, and dressed. What more d'ya want?!?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, A little song, a little dance, a little seltzer down your pants? Posted by: Chuckles at January 17, 2026 09:18 AM (oftw2) 113
>>The fall of the USSR - the countries our CIA *didn't* "nation build" like Slovakia seemed to do better in the long run...
Trump took some questions yesterday as he was leaving the White House for Florida. He was asked why he didn't take out the entire leadership team in Venezuela and instead left people like Delcy Rodrigues in charge. He answered by saying what many of us have been talking about. After Saddam was taken down the entire Iraqi government was also taken down. What we got instead was ISIS. Trump seems to have learned from previous nation building exercises. It's not our job to fix every country, we have enough trouble running our own. But there better be some plan to insure the place doesn't implode and we have a worse situation on our hands. I'm sure there are a lot of phone calls going on with regional leaders and perhaps others to plan for after the mullahs. I feel for the people of Iran but going fast without a plan isn't necessarily a good thing for them or us in the long run. Posted by: JackStraw at January 17, 2026 09:19 AM (viF8m) 114
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To the Left, charity is compelling you to give a dollar, giving a nickel (if that much) to the poor and keeping the rest for themselves. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 17, 2026 09:12 AM (tgvbd) Nah, that nickel goes to one of their connected non-profits or NGOs to further their political agenda. Posted by: Now THAT'S left-wing charity at January 17, 2026 09:19 AM (TbWk/) 115
Good morning, beloved Horde.
I (We) need prayer. We are on the verge of foreclosure. My husband recently began doing delivery driving and it looked like the extra income was going to help us fulfill our payment adjustment trial period so we wouldn't go into foreclosure. Last weekend, a young driver with poor judgment caused an accident that totaled my husband's car. Our insurance will not cover it because he was using it to make deliveries. The delivery company only covers accidents caused by their drivers. Fortunately, it looks like the at-fault driver has insurance. But since we had a lien on the vehicle, all settlement money goes to our lender, we still owe them the rest of the loan amount, and my husband now doesn't have a car to make the extra money we need to pay the mortgage. I am heavily discouraged. Fortunately, our church is helping but it's a small church. There are other contributing factors to the situation that I have felt aren't appropriate to share here because they involve our household dynamics. Let's just say the factors might make it difficult for our church family to keep up with our needs, which are our own personal responsibility anyway. Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 17, 2026 09:19 AM (FMtrg) 116
92 million people. 47 years of total repression. 25 days of protest
The internet is notorious for people wanting to see immediate results to problems. Posted by: Ben Had at January 17, 2026 09:19 AM (0KSrI) 117
Wolfus, how’s the move to Indiana going?
Posted by: Bulg at January 17, 2026 09:20 AM (77rzZ) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 17, 2026 09:21 AM (L/fGl) 119
Really nice. I haven't seen this take.
Posted by: naturalfake at January 17, 2026 09:10 AM (iJfKG) --- I was raised Democrat. It is my native language, and my "conversion" was the result of Bill Clinton being granted total absolution for abusing women. That's when I realized that all their moral postures were fake. When I ran for the local school board I actually got the teachers' union to endorse me. I didn't win, but that was not my goal, it was to drive the idiot president out of office, which I did. I've thought about city council, but I've got too much on my plate. Plus running for office sucks, and if you win, then you have to deal with politicians. Not ideal. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 09:22 AM (ZOv7s) 120
115 Anyway, we need prayer for wisdom, provision, and the strength of will to do what is needed.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 17, 2026 09:23 AM (FMtrg) 121
Oh Emmie I'm so sorry. That sounds really rough. I will pray for you and yours.
Definitely there are times in life when everything just seems to hit at once, and it's overwhelming. Try to take it one day at a time. Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 17, 2026 09:23 AM (emBoF) 122
MAKE THEM OWN IT. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 09:04 AM (ZOv7s) It's not just stolen money, it's also stolen values. What I think of as the Normalization of Vices, promoted by the Left as being "liberating" or "non-judgmental". Promiscuous sex, alcoholism, drugs, divorce, decaying standards in education and manners. It's a hard road to get yourself out of poverty. You need all the breaks to go your way. You can't afford the luxury of indulging in smoking pot, or having four baby daddies, or not going to school and not trying to learn if you do, or acting out in public. But these are the vices that the Left pushes and the fell effects fall on those who can least afford to indulge in them. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 17, 2026 09:23 AM (tgvbd) 123
120 115 Anyway, we need prayer for wisdom, provision, and the strength of will to do what is needed.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 17, 2026 09:23 AM (FMtrg) That all sucks bigly. Have you considered a GiveSendGo? Posted by: Or other acceptable crowdfunding? at January 17, 2026 09:24 AM (TbWk/) 124
I used to wonder why the Hebrew always rebelled against God in favor of what I thought at the time were imaginary beings. I very much bought into the worldview that God exists, none of the other gods did, and it was just stupid people being superstitious.
But I now understand the reality of fallen angels, and that Zeus, Baal, Aphrodite, etc. were real, and are real. They can offer things in exchange for worship, and their commandments are much more in accord with base desires than those give to us by God. ... Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 08:53 AM (ZOv7s) I used to believe the same thing, but it's become pretty obvious to me that demonic beings exist in reality. The Desert Fathers (of whom St. Anthony of Egypt was one) taught that the pagan gods were the fallen angels. Why did the other pagan gods require human sacrifice, but the God of the Hebrews (YHWH) only require sacrifices of animals and grain? The gods in the pagan myths are a pretty blood-thirsty bunch (in between the times they're boinking nubile girls). Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 17, 2026 09:24 AM (pJWtt) 125
Prayer up, Emmie.
Posted by: Bulg at January 17, 2026 09:25 AM (77rzZ) 126
Emmie, I am sorry to hear that.
Your hubby wasn't hurt in the accident though, right? Will the other driver's insurance pay? How about a give send go? Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 17, 2026 09:25 AM (V4rQC) 127
Thank you, BlackOrchid. The rough part is the part that got us into this situation.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 17, 2026 09:26 AM (FMtrg) 128
I'm sure there are a lot of phone calls going on with regional leaders and perhaps others to plan for after the mullahs. I feel for the people of Iran but going fast without a plan isn't necessarily a good thing for them or us in the long run.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 17, 2026 09:19 AM (viF8m) --- Trump turned Venezuela into a protectorate. It's a very smart play, old school statecraft at its best. We control it, but indirectly. Whoever takes over can only do so with our blessing. Plenty of people will be happy to rule the country, live their best life with modest requirements regarding staying on our good side. It's also putting a vicious squeeze on China, which is now worse off than in 1989. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 09:26 AM (ZOv7s) 129
Iran really has no end game for their problems. They’ve deployed the IRGC around the country to shoot anyone who protests, and they’ve shut down the internet. But their currency is still worthless, their banking system is collapsing - how long can they run the entire country like a concentration camp? How long til the military realizes they’re not being paid anymore?
Posted by: Tom Servo Raghead theocratic dictators are going scorched earth on their own .. to prove how benevolent their twisted take on religion is or something. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 17, 2026 09:27 AM (/lPRQ) Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 17, 2026 09:27 AM (u82oZ) 131
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 17, 2026 09:23 AM (FMtrg
Will pray that rough places are made smooth, and wisdom and strength. I second the idea of a Give, Send Go. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 17, 2026 09:29 AM (odRhE) 132
I am heavily discouraged. Fortunately, our church is helping but it's a small church. There are other contributing factors to the situation that I have felt aren't appropriate to share here because they involve our household dynamics. Let's just say the factors might make it difficult for our church family to keep up with our needs, which are our own personal responsibility anyway.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 17, 2026 09:19 AM (FMtrg) --- Have you looked into bankruptcy? A friend of mine did it, and while its ongoing IIRC all debt collection is frozen. Creditors have to be sorted out and wait their turn to see who gets what. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 09:29 AM (ZOv7s) 133
> I'm sure there are a lot of phone calls going on with regional leaders and perhaps others to plan for after the mullahs. I feel for the people of Iran but going fast without a plan isn't necessarily a good thing for them or us in the long run.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 17, 2026 09:19 AM (viF8m) ------------ VZ didn't have the weapons caches Iran does either. There's a LOT of stuff floating around Iran that needs to be inventoried and secured. Like thousands of ballistic missiles. Various warheads with gas, nerve agents, etc. And, likely thousands of wild eyed Islamic fanatics with guns, grenades and an itching to kill. Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 17, 2026 09:29 AM (U2OZr) 134
Good morning all
Dim and grey here this morning. Drinking a very satisfying cup of coffee and thinking about the Nespresso machine that was in the room of the hotel when I was away. At the time , the convenience was appreciated. In hindsight, the coffee was pretty awful. Yikes. The grey has turned to sleet. Good thing I have plenty of reading material. Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 17, 2026 09:30 AM (t/2Uw) 135
TGIS!
Posted by: runner at January 17, 2026 09:30 AM (g47mK) 136
Bishop Barron has greatly encouraged me with his denunciation of the Minnesota corruption. We need more of this and less whining about needing MOAR IMMIGRATION.
There is something particularly evil and outrageous about stealing from the poor. This is no mere graft, it is outright theft of the poor box. Money meant for food, clothing, shelter and medical assistance was outright stolen, and no one is even guilty about it. ... I think about the homeless that rely on our local St. Vincent community and what they could do with a fraction of that money, and it makes my blood boil. Their total annual outlay is $40,000. That's it. .... What could a million dollars do? Liberal Christians need to be called out on their silence. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 08:57 AM (ZOv7s) This situation perfectly illustrates the wisdom of the Catholic Church's concept of subsidiarity. Rather than send money to a big NGO "to do good works", why not send your money to a local charity? I limit my charitable giving to my parish's Poor Box, and some missionary religious orders. I know that they're going to be much betters stewards of the money. Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 17, 2026 09:31 AM (pJWtt) 137
Why did the other pagan gods require human sacrifice, but the God of the Hebrews (YHWH) only require sacrifices of animals and grain? The gods in the pagan myths are a pretty blood-thirsty bunch (in between the times they're boinking nubile girls).
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 17, 2026 09:24 AM (pJWtt) --- Their jealousy of man is why they degrade us with vice and murder, and convince us to kill each other for their amusement. It's weird how once you start to see it, everything falls into place. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 09:31 AM (ZOv7s) 138
Good morning MisHum, Horde
Posted by: callsign claymore at January 17, 2026 09:31 AM (Y/Kum) 139
So. About GiveSendGo.
I've wondered about the implications for myself as a Christian who tries to view God as my provider. It seems inappropriate for someone with that view to "beg." But maybe it's not begging. Also, I didn't stab a teenager or assault an ICE agent. Our particular stupidity is the type that doesn't garner much sympathy on those sites. Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 17, 2026 09:32 AM (FMtrg) 140
Welp, looks like the new superwhamodyne heat pump system has sh*t the bed.
Not even emergency resistance heating. They are working on getting a tech now. Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 17, 2026 09:32 AM (iMotb) 141
"It's not just stolen money, it's also stolen values. What I think of as the Normalization of Vices, promoted by the Left as being "liberating" or "non-judgmental". Promiscuous sex, alcoholism, drugs, divorce, decaying standards in education and manners."
This was all part of the Soviet program for undermining the United States. Yuri Bezmenov tried to warn us. Also Skousen's "45 Communist Goals for America" which he published in 1961. We've been living right through it even though the Soviet Union is long since defunct. Posted by: They're burying us from their own grave at January 17, 2026 09:32 AM (TbWk/) 142
Wolfus, how’s the move to Indiana going?
Posted by: Bulg at January 17, 2026 *** Slowly. I'm recovering from a small skin cancer surgery. But the realtor I talked to in Owensboro, KY, is sending me attractive listings. Some are too small -- one bedroom won't work for me -- and many have no garage. But some do. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 17, 2026 09:32 AM (wzUl9) 143
If that proves to be true, and no attack comes, Trump’s promise of help to the protesters, and his exhortation to them to take to the streets, will stand as one of the most craven betrayals in world history. It will also have consequences far beyond the continuing existence of the malignant regime in Tehran. If no attack comes, Trump will have finally handed his opponents a weapon they can use to do him in. - Robert Spencer
==== Please join me in praying for the people of Iran. Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 17, 2026 09:33 AM (RIvkX) 144
"It's weird how once you start to see it, everything falls into place."
### I'm sitting right here. Posted by: The Screwtape Letters at January 17, 2026 09:33 AM (2Ez/1) 145
Lord, please bless the Seahawks QB, Sam Darnold, with a maximum of two interceptions today against the 49ers. If you are in the mood it would be swell if you would also bless him with a couple touchdown throws too. I wouldn't be praying for help in these two areas if he didn't need some help but he's a little challenged in these areas, bless his heart.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 17, 2026 09:33 AM (wRA35) 146
Trump had said he wanted a decisive strike. I think the original plan had holes. There are more assets on their way to the area. When he does order the strike, I think it will be quick and deadly and will happen very soon. Iranians wee stupidity to taunt him.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 17, 2026 09:34 AM (t/2Uw) 147
This situation perfectly illustrates the wisdom of the Catholic Church's concept of subsidiarity. Rather than send money to a big NGO "to do good works", why not send your money to a local charity? I limit my charitable giving to my parish's Poor Box, and some missionary religious orders. I know that they're going to be much betters stewards of the money.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 17, 2026 09:31 AM (pJWtt) --- Same here. I stopped doing the diocesan collection because part of it goes to "refugee resettlement." No thanks. We have a crushing problem of homelessness, so why add to it? Oh right, slush funds and empire building. Consider direct in-kind contributions, like buying socks and underwear, or food donations to the pantry. We're doing more of that, and while you don't get the tax credit, you get better credit elsewhere. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 09:34 AM (ZOv7s) 148
Right now the mullahs in Iran are like the canoe boys in Deliverance when they first meet up with the Jawja Hillbilly Rapists.
Now why don't you just drop those pants.... Drop? Take 'em right off... Posted by: Zombie Ned Beatty at January 17, 2026 09:34 AM (R/m4+) 149
On the plus side, that Federal weapon stolen by a member of the Latin Kings during the protests has been recovered.
And the Latin King member has been arrested. Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 17, 2026 09:35 AM (iMotb) 150
Thankfully, my husband merely suffered a bruise on his knee that he was barely aware of.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 17, 2026 09:36 AM (FMtrg) 151
I'm sitting right here.
Posted by: The Screwtape Letters at January 17, 2026 09:33 AM (2Ez/1) --- Of course, I discovered them *after* I made the discovery. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 09:37 AM (ZOv7s) 152
139 So. About GiveSendGo.
I've wondered about the implications for myself as a Christian who tries to view God as my provider. It seems inappropriate for someone with that view to "beg." But maybe it's not begging. Also, I didn't stab a teenager or assault an ICE agent. Our particular stupidity is the type that doesn't garner much sympathy on those sites. Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 17, 2026 09:32 AM (FMtrg) I think the degenerates prefer GoFundMe. I'm an apostate but I don't think asking for help in a time of need betrays any tenets of the Christian faith or general ethos that I'm aware of. And I'm not sure but I think there are privacy settings so only the people you want to see it can see it, if that's a concern for you. Posted by: Bear one another's burdens, isn't that what it says? at January 17, 2026 09:38 AM (TbWk/) 153
Have you looked into bankruptcy? A friend of mine did it, and while its ongoing IIRC all debt collection is frozen. Creditors have to be sorted out and wait their turn to see who gets what.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 09:29 AM (ZOv7s) Only for about the last 25 years. I don't think a person can declare bankruptcy on an annual basis, though. Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 17, 2026 09:39 AM (FMtrg) 154
"If no attack comes, Trump will have finally handed his opponents a weapon they can use to do him in." - Robert Spencer
If no attack comes, and this revolt fails, Trump will be blamed and shamed. Fair or not, that's the reality. He must know that. Posted by: Ordinary American at January 17, 2026 09:39 AM (WHfpM) 155
If no attack comes, and this revolt fails, Trump will be blamed and shamed. Fair or not, that's the reality. He must know that.
that's not really a good reason to do it, though. and they attack him regardless pretty sure most people appreciate that he's focusing on the USA and environs and our interests! Posted by: BlackOrchid at January 17, 2026 09:40 AM (emBoF) 156
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 17, 2026 09:19 AM (FMtrg)
==== Very tough. Calls for a special prayer for peace in your house. Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 17, 2026 09:41 AM (RIvkX) 157
Mornin' Horde! Prayers of thanks and thanks for prayers, my CT scan this past Monday was clean and the oncologist was well pleased! PET scan in 4 months, and if that's as good it's just keeping watch for a few years, as it is with cancer. Praying the Lord does for all in need what he's done for me!
Posted by: Brother Tim, still standing at January 17, 2026 09:41 AM (FIwBs) 158
Something to consider. The fall of the mullahs will be the biggest reproach to Islam that has ever happened
Posted by: Ben Had at January 17, 2026 09:42 AM (0KSrI) 159
140 Welp, looks like the new superwhamodyne heat pump system has sh*t the bed.
Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 17, 2026 09:32 AM ±±±± Wait. This is the one that was holding the temperature at plus or minus one tenth of a degree between the root cellar and the attic while emanating the fresh scent of honeysuckle and playing classical music on demand just a few months ago? No doubt a poorly soldered printed circuit board from Shanghai located in the far reaches of the air handler that will require removal of the entire unit for access. Or a fuse. Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 17, 2026 09:42 AM (2Ez/1) 160
Yesterday, The Big Dummy was Best of Breed, defeating 8 dogs. But all those dogs were owned by the same person, who got the major win they wanted. So she's left and for the rest of the weekend, TBD will be the only Borzoi competing. Unfortunately, there are a number of Hound-breed specialties and some high rollers are there, so it's a question of whether he can get any group placements. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 17, 2026 09:43 AM (tgvbd) 161
The underlying problem is the household dynamics. I have been unable to correct the issue from my end and I do not have the stamina to carry the burden by myself. We've tried counseling, accountability partners, coaching, etc and the dysfunction persists.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 17, 2026 09:44 AM (FMtrg) 162
If no attack comes, and this revolt fails, Trump will be blamed and shamed. Fair or not, that's the reality. He must know that.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 17, 2026 09:39 AM (WHfpM) ==== I am becoming more and more suspicious of the people advising him. He didn't just do nothing. He actively encouraged people to put their lives at risk and they did by the thousands. For this he bears responsibility. Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 17, 2026 09:44 AM (RIvkX) 163
Yesterday, The Big Dummy was Best of Breed, defeating 8 dogs. But all those dogs were owned by the same person, who got the major win they wanted.
= THAT'S CHEATING!! Posted by: runner at January 17, 2026 09:44 AM (g47mK) 164
Any attack has got to be successful, though. Too many people here and there are much too overconfident and dismissive of Iran’s capabilities. Now that it is clear that the military is siding with the regime, it will be necessary to neutralize all military forces in Iran; and that is not going to be easy and will take a sustained campaign.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 17, 2026 09:44 AM (hxusQ) 165
3) Running with sharp objects will result in severe sanctions. Run accordingly.
********** Sharp Objects This prohibition's just as I expected A whiff of despotism is detected My lawyer says "Don't fear any misanthropic tyrrany." "It's illegal!" he sharply objected Posted by: the guy who does limericks at January 17, 2026 09:45 AM (/iMjX) 166
Trump had said he wanted a decisive strike. I think the original plan had holes. There are more assets on their way to the area. When he does order the strike, I think it will be quick and deadly and will happen very soon. Iranians wee stupidity to taunt him. Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 17, 2026 09:34 AM dark of the moon in Tehran is tomorrow night just sayin' Posted by: AltonJackson at January 17, 2026 09:45 AM (tljrc) 167
Only for about the last 25 years. I don't think a person can declare bankruptcy on an annual basis, though.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 17, 2026 09:39 AM (FMtrg) --- I know that it might have seemed patronizing, but it's important to have as much information as possible when giving advice. Many people have an irrational fear of it, and therefore let themselves get trapped by debt when there are ways to negotiate your way out of it, arrange settlements, etc. I got credit counseling many years ago and it really opened my eyes in how to prioritize payments. It also brought to mind the famous saying: "If I owe a bank a million dollars, I have a problem. If owe the bank 100 million dollars, the bank has a problem." We sorted out the creditors, prioritized some, defaulted purposely on others and then arranged long-term payment plans and settlements. Often the problem is structural, which was the case back then. Change the structure, and things get better. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 09:46 AM (ZOv7s) 168
SanFranpsycho, Pahlavi has asked his countrymen for that commitment. PDT has done no more than reiterate that
Posted by: Ben Had at January 17, 2026 09:48 AM (0KSrI) 169
He didn't just do nothing. He actively encouraged people to put their lives at risk and they did by the thousands. For this he bears responsibility.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 17, 2026 09:44 AM (RIvkX) There was still hope at that time that the Iranian military might back off, that the regime members might flee. But they have all apparently decided to go “Hitler in the Bunker” mode, and this is now going to be a difficult campaign. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 17, 2026 09:48 AM (hxusQ) 170
161 The underlying problem is the household dynamics. I have been unable to correct the issue from my end and I do not have the stamina to carry the burden by myself. We've tried counseling, accountability partners, coaching, etc and the dysfunction persists.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 17, 2026 09:44 AM (FMtrg) Reading between the lines here - and correct me if I'm wrong - but it sounds like there's chronic overspending goign on? Posted by: Trying to decrypt the cryptic at January 17, 2026 09:48 AM (TbWk/) 171
I give Trump the benefit of the doubt. These are very high-stakes games he’s playing, in both Iran and Minneapolis. He’s got to be careful and plan for every foreseeable contingency.
Posted by: Bulg at January 17, 2026 09:49 AM (77rzZ) 172
THAT'S CHEATING!! Posted by: runner at January 17, 2026 09:44 AM (g47mK) Yes and no. There's no rule saying you can't build a major consisting only of your own dogs, but it's regarded as déclassé. The person who did it is a notorious lunatic. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 17, 2026 09:49 AM (tgvbd) 173
I think Dr. Laura's rule is worthy.
Marriages with abuse, addiction, or adultery can and probably should be ended. No spouse deserves that. Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 17, 2026 09:49 AM (RIvkX) 174
The underlying problem is the household dynamics. I have been unable to correct the issue from my end and I do not have the stamina to carry the burden by myself. We've tried counseling, accountability partners, coaching, etc and the dysfunction persists.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 17, 2026 09:44 AM (FMtrg) --- That clarifies things. We had a similar situation here and someone had to leave the house for a while (long-time readers of this thread will recall the story). Upon returning, things were more calm, and it took the complete collapse of my health to shock people into the fact that this is not a game. If Dad croaks, you're all screwed. Act accordingly. And for the most part, they have. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 09:49 AM (ZOv7s) 175
Off to run some errands, folken. I'll be back for the Pet Thread!
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 17, 2026 09:50 AM (wzUl9) 176
It is now snowing. This was not in today's plans.
Posted by: Sharon(willow's apprentice) at January 17, 2026 09:51 AM (t/2Uw) Posted by: runner at January 17, 2026 09:51 AM (g47mK) 178
Have you looked into bankruptcy? A friend of mine did it, and while its ongoing IIRC all debt collection is frozen. Creditors have to be sorted out and wait their turn to see who gets what.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 09:29 AM (ZOv7s) Only for about the last 25 years. I don't think a person can declare bankruptcy on an annual basis, though. Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 17, 2026 09:39 AM (FMtrg) We had to declare bankruptcy almost 20 years ago after Mrs. Cop had a various serious, life-threatening illness. It allowed us to prioritize spending on medical bills, the house mortgage, and car payments. It let us tell credit card companies unwilling to work with us to fckv off. Bankruptcy is not the end of the world. It exists precisely to help people preserve assets, such as a house, after a life-altering financial setback. Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 17, 2026 09:52 AM (pJWtt) 179
Lord, we praise you and thank you for blessings already received. We know our prayers are answered in your time and your way. Please consider these your children and grant peace, courage, and faith to them.
Posted by: Eromero at January 17, 2026 09:52 AM (LHPAg) 180
He didn't just do nothing. He actively encouraged people to put their lives at risk and they did by the thousands. For this he bears responsibility.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 17, 2026 09:44 AM (RIvkX) --- Part of the game is that talking heads have to set themselves up as telling Trump what to do, with the assumption that he is going to go full retard. When Trump then does what he was always going to do on a timeline of his choosing rather than what the pundits need to fill out a news cycle, they will take credit for "moving" him. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 09:52 AM (ZOv7s) 181
"Lord, please bless the Seahawks..."
I am fairly certain that the Almighty doe NOT put His thumb on the scale of athletic competitions, as a general rule. He may make the occasional exception. LOL Posted by: no one at January 17, 2026 09:53 AM (qFwJc) 182
Reading between the lines here - and correct me if I'm wrong - but it sounds like there's chronic overspending goign on?
Posted by: Trying to decrypt the cryptic at January 17, 2026 09:48 AM (TbWk/) No. The spending is not the problem. Neither is drugs, alcohol, or abuse, so I am safe from the usual concerns. I do not want to go into details because it would involve speaking ill of someone I care about. Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 17, 2026 09:53 AM (FMtrg) 183
SanFranpsycho, Pahlavi has asked his countrymen for that commitment. PDT has done no more than reiterate that
Posted by: Ben Had at January 17, 2026 09:48 AM (0KSrI) === That is fair, except one is a powerless figurehead and the other the American President. I'm no expert and I am still hopeful, but I believe a brief demonstration would be enough to motivate the military to act. No one can afford to be on the losing side and they need to know this regime is over when all the dust clears. Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 17, 2026 09:54 AM (RIvkX) Posted by: no one at January 17, 2026 09:54 AM (qFwJc) Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 17, 2026 09:54 AM (2Ez/1) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 17, 2026 09:56 AM (L/fGl) 187
what we are seeing it the tip of the iceberg, what we are hearing is PSYOPS, propaganda and more PSYOPS
Posted by: runner at January 17, 2026 09:56 AM (g47mK) 188
remember, these are the same people who tortured hostages in tunnels for 2 years
Posted by: runner at January 17, 2026 09:58 AM (g47mK) 189
"Wait. This is the one that was holding the temperature at plus or minus one tenth of a degree between the root cellar and the attic while emanating the fresh scent of honeysuckle and playing classical music on demand just a few months ago?"
Why yes.......that one. When it works, it's fantastic. When it works. Except I wish I cold turn down the honeysuckle scene a tad bit. Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 17, 2026 09:58 AM (iMotb) 190
There was still hope at that time that the Iranian military might back off, that the regime members might flee.
But they have all apparently decided to go “Hitler in the Bunker” mode, and this is now going to be a difficult campaign. That could be a fatal mistake on their part. I have little doubt that we know where all the facilities and leadership bunkers are, and can take them out if we so choose. We don't need to take out everything, just enough to make them question the wisdom of continuing. Posted by: Archimedes at January 17, 2026 09:58 AM (Riz8t) 191
Gunboat diplomacy.
Trump just happens to have at his disposal four and a half acres of US sovereign territory that can be anywhere on 70% of the planet. In this case it takes about a week for those four and a half acres to get there. During which time the clock is ticking very loudly. Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 17, 2026 09:58 AM (2Ez/1) 192
Brother Tim, that's wonderful news! I hope your home situation is stable as well. God is good!
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at January 17, 2026 09:59 AM (h7ZuX) 193
IMHO, Trump is waiting for the forces to be staged.
Posted by: no one at January 17, 2026 09:54 AM (qFwJc) --- He's doing lots of things. He's building pressure, creating psyops and also staging stuff. His hope is that this is sufficient to force a collapse, and right now I'm sure they are wargaming various options and doing target selection for maximum impact. Trump also likes to create ambiguity, which is only frustrating to critics too stupid to recognize a pattern that is now a decade old. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 09:59 AM (ZOv7s) 194
163 Yesterday, The Big Dummy was Best of Breed, defeating 8 dogs. But all those dogs were owned by the same person, who got the major win they wanted.
= THAT'S CHEATING!! Posted by: runner at January 17, 2026 09:44 AM Been different if a cat or two was competing. Meow? Posted by: Eromero at January 17, 2026 09:59 AM (LHPAg) 195
not people, savage dogs, primitive goons
Posted by: runner at January 17, 2026 09:59 AM (g47mK) 196
No. The spending is not the problem. Neither is drugs, alcohol, or abuse, so I am safe from the usual concerns. I do not want to go into details because it would involve speaking ill of someone I care about.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 17, 2026 09:53 AM (FMtrg) Fair enough. Posted by: Good luck at January 17, 2026 10:00 AM (TbWk/) 197
Been different if a cat or two was competing. Meow?
Posted by: Eromero at January 17, 2026 09:59 AM (LHPAg) BIG CATS! Posted by: runner at January 17, 2026 10:00 AM (g47mK) 198
This article on why we're seeing so many nutty women now (worldwide!) seems on target: https://x.com/IterIntellectus/status/201222025450 4530043?s=20 Worth your time. Posted by: naturalfake at January 17, 2026 10:00 AM (iJfKG) 199
Prayers for the Horde and their intentions.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 17, 2026 10:00 AM (zHVsH) 200
Is Trump the most divide POTUS ever?
Neither Obama nor Biden had to threaten to use the US military against its own citizens Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at January 17, 2026 10:01 AM (OiSjc) 201
Maybe I'll look into GiveSendGo for our immediate needs. But I need to figure out how to manage this ongoing situation from my end.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 17, 2026 10:01 AM (FMtrg) 202
No. The spending is not the problem. Neither is drugs, alcohol, or abuse, so I am safe from the usual concerns. I do not want to go into details because it would involve speaking ill of someone I care about.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 17, 2026 09:53 AM (FMtrg) --- By process of elimination, it sounds like someone can work but won't. The solution here was eviction. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 10:01 AM (ZOv7s) 203
AZ deplorable, how are you doing?
Posted by: Ben Had at January 17, 2026 10:01 AM (0KSrI) 204
*Except I wish I cold turn down the honeysuckle scent a tad bit.*
Hey. It's winter. I'm sitting right here on Amazon for $24.99. Posted by: The Cedar Musk module. at January 17, 2026 10:02 AM (2Ez/1) 205
Emmie, if you are foreclosed , will you have a place to live ??
Posted by: runner at January 17, 2026 10:02 AM (g47mK) 206
When one uses their private vehicle for business purposes, it is wise to update the car insurance policy.
Posted by: no one at January 17, 2026 10:02 AM (qFwJc) Posted by: no one at January 17, 2026 10:03 AM (qFwJc) 208
*Reads troll*
*Recalls 10,000 National Guardsmen stationed in Washington DC behind concertina wire for the first 90 days of Biden's "term."* Stupid troll. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 10:03 AM (ZOv7s) 209
DO NOT READ THE TROLLS, THEY ARE TROLLING!111!
Posted by: runner at January 17, 2026 10:04 AM (g47mK) 210
>>Trump just happens to have at his disposal four and a half acres of US sovereign territory that can be anywhere on 70% of the planet.
Hello, my frens... Posted by: CVN72 Strike Group at January 17, 2026 10:05 AM (Y1sOo) 211
Sponge, More prayers for you, the Mrs, and all of yours.
Posted by: AZ deplorable moron at January 17, 2026 10:05 AM (zHVsH) 212
205 Emmie, if you are foreclosed , will you have a place to live ??
Posted by: runner at January 17, 2026 10:02 AM (g47mK) We could probably crash with family, which would provide a roof over our heads (and drive me insane.) Rent in our area is higher than our mortgage payments. Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 17, 2026 10:05 AM (FMtrg) 213
Part of the game is that talking heads have to set themselves up as telling Trump what to do, with the assumption that he is going to go full retard.
When Trump then does what he was always going to do on a timeline of his choosing rather than what the pundits need to fill out a news cycle, they will take credit for "moving" him. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 09:52 AM (ZOv7s) After 5 years of Donald Trump being POTUS, I'm still amazed that so many people still do not grasp Pres. Trump's negotiating strategy. He wants "to make a deal" in which everybody gets something (but he ultimately attains his goal). He's going to move at his own speed. Look at what happened to Maduro: assets were moved into position over a period of almost 2 months, weeks of rehearsals by the door-kickers using full-scale mock-ups, and even offers to allow Madoro to leave Venezuela with his ill-gotten loot. Maduro rebuffed all offers. Well he got snatched in the middle of the night, AFTER we neutralized all of the toys that Russia and China gave him. Now he's going to end up a hated pauper, even if he avoids conviction. Oops. Iran is a harder nut to crack. Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 17, 2026 10:05 AM (pJWtt) 214
When one uses their private vehicle for business purposes, it is wise to update the car insurance policy.
Posted by: no one at January 17, 2026 10:02 AM (qFwJc) --- Someone in my family was doing that, and when I found out I was pissed. "And now you can get your own insurance." Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 10:05 AM (ZOv7s) 215
En mi casa toman Bustelo!
Posted by: Caffiend at January 17, 2026 07:54 AM (oftw2) Likewise here. Hard to beat at the price point. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 17, 2026 10:06 AM (8zz6B) 216
206 When one uses their private vehicle for business purposes, it is wise to update the car insurance policy.
Posted by: no one at January 17, 2026 10:02 AM (qFwJc) We learned our insurance doesn't offer that coverage. There are only a few companies that do. Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 17, 2026 10:07 AM (FMtrg) 217
Got about three inches of light, fluffy snow here. It's nice to see neighbors out helping each other.
Posted by: PA Dutchman at January 17, 2026 10:07 AM (h/O4U) 218
*Recalls 10,000 National Guardsmen stationed in Washington DC behind concertina wire for the first 90 days of Biden's "term."*
Stupid troll. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 10:03 AM Fact. And if the left gets back in power we will see a lot of military control of conservatives. If the left needs more military they'll buy some from other countries, like maybe somalia. Oh, wait..... Posted by: Eromero at January 17, 2026 10:07 AM (LHPAg) 219
When one uses their private vehicle for business purposes, it is wise to update the car insurance policy.
Posted by: no one at January 17, 2026 10:02 AM (qFwJc) It’s cheap too. A doordash/Uber policy add on is a couple of hundred dollars a year. Well worth the money. Posted by: Insurance at January 17, 2026 10:07 AM (6Sz3L) 220
I would like to ask for prayers for Niedermeyers Dead Horse. She has a recent update:
“November 6 was the day that I had to inform my daughter that I'd been given a prognosis of six months to live. It came as one hell of a shock to me. It's a long sordid tale of heart failure and sudden decline. The plan now is for me to move into the Mayo Clinic, next Wednesday, with no determination as to when I may leave. The first step is to install an Impella heart pump to keep me alive until a heart becomes available. It could be a matter of weeks, it could be three months, it could be six months, and I will be in 24/7 residence in the transplant ward at Mayo until then.” It looks like heart failure, with the hope of a heart transplant. So I pray for God to guide her DRs in healing her and to give her strength during her stay. Posted by: banana Dream at January 17, 2026 10:07 AM (fIo92) 221
Maduro rebuffed all offers. Well he got snatched in the middle of the night, AFTER we neutralized all of the toys that Russia and China gave him. Now he's going to end up a hated pauper, even if he avoids conviction. Oops.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 17, 2026 10:05 AM (pJWtt) --- Where'd the "TACO" people go? What a stupid slogan. A US prison may be his best option. At some point Venezuela is going to want to put him on trial and/or the families of people he killed will take him out unless he's somewhere inaccessible. Iran is not a tougher nut, but a different nut. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 10:07 AM (ZOv7s) 222
Delusional retard says what?
So many examples of the lefty politicians threatening to use the military against citizens. Of course retard doesn’t remember the nuke them comment or this air force is ours now. Retard also thinks it’s great to shoot woman who pose no threat but gets fainting spells when a woman is shot who hit a law enforce no officer with her car after illegally trying to impede them from doing their duties. It’s all projection with these retards. Posted by: Opinion fact at January 17, 2026 10:08 AM (KDPiq) 223
Forgot about Sundowner having concertina wire and 10,000 troops guarding DC
Posted by: Skip at January 17, 2026 10:08 AM (Ia/+0) 224
The other thing I did was remove my name from the title. "Here ya go, kid! All yours!"
Not so much a gift as getting me out of the liability loop. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 10:10 AM (ZOv7s) 225
7 am troll punched in
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 17, 2026 10:10 AM (RIvkX) 226
While everyone is rightly focused on Minnesota, I would bet there is Minnesota-level fraud going on in every state in the country. At least in every Democrat-run state. But likely in many GOPe-run states and within Democrat-run cities in Republican-run states.
Elon Musk @elonmusk Fraudsters are taking advantage of SNAP aka "food stamps" by filing in 5 different states using dead people’s information and then selling the food stamps for money @amuse @amuse CORRUPTION: Some SNAP recipients have homes in five states and receive SNAP benefits in all five. Not only that, 200K DEAD people are receiving food benefits, and 500K people getting DOUBLE servings of food benefits. Democrats are suing to cover it up. X video (0:46): https://bit.ly/4k4DF29 Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 17, 2026 10:10 AM (P5BPp) 227
We could probably crash with family, which would provide a roof over our heads (and drive me insane.) Rent in our area is higher than our mortgage payments.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 17, 2026 10:05 AM (FMtrg) OK. At least something. also , I found this, gov site, links to various assistance programs , etc : https://tinyurl.com/2p6up67k Posted by: runner at January 17, 2026 10:11 AM (g47mK) 228
How many Uber drivers are insured?
Posted by: no one at January 17, 2026 10:03 AM (qFwJc) Uber covers drivers from the point where they pick someone up to when they drop them off. But if driving to pickup that’s not covered. And of course that assumes the driver is using legal documents and not a fake license/registration. In which case there is no insurance. Given how many drivers barely speak a word of English my guess is most of them are using fake documents and hence have no coverage. Posted by: Insurance at January 17, 2026 10:11 AM (6Sz3L) 229
And so, it begins.
Jim Acosta: “[JD Vance is] the future of MAGA. It is a — a — it is a fascist, authoritarian, white nationalist MAGA.” Jennifer Welch: “It’s worse than Trump.” Acosta: “It is worse than Trump.” Welch: “He’s worse.” Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 17, 2026 10:11 AM (L/fGl) 230
7 am troll punched in
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 17, 2026 10:10 AM (RIvkX) --- They're not very active. Probably have pr()n open on all their tabs. Just collecting enough to cover Only Fans. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 10:12 AM (ZOv7s) 231
Jim Acosta: “[JD Vance is] the future of MAGA. It is a — a — it is a fascist, authoritarian, white nationalist MAGA.”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 17, 2026 10:11 AM (L/fGl) --- They're really going to push that, aren't they? Guy with multi-racial kids is a white nationalist? Okay, go with that. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 10:14 AM (ZOv7s) 232
And so, it begins.
Jim Acosta: “[JD Vance is] the future of MAGA. It is a — a — it is a fascist, authoritarian, white nationalist MAGA.” Jennifer Welch: “It’s worse than Trump.” Acosta: “It is worse than Trump.” Welch: “He’s worse.” Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 17, 2026 10:11 AM Same playbook the left has been running for 26 years. Bush was Hitler. Then McCain went from being a respected "maverick" against BusHitler to being worse than Bush and Hitler himself. Then Romney was Hitler. Then Donald Trump went from being a decades-long Democrat all the left loved to being Hitler. And now it's on to J.D. Vance. The stupidity of it all is the Nazis were socialists and today's American leftists are modern day Nazis. Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 17, 2026 10:16 AM (P5BPp) 233
ASS pretends to forget that Obama promised an internal state police more powerful than the military, the Biden Junta used it to round up thousands of members of his political enemies, and others are currently threatening to do it ten-fold if/when they get power.
Pretends to forget. It is what they feed on. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 17, 2026 10:16 AM (/lPRQ) Posted by: Opinion fact at January 17, 2026 10:17 AM (KDPiq) 235
OK. At least something.
also , I found this, gov site, links to various assistance programs , etc : https://tinyurl.com/2p6up67k Posted by: runner at January 17, 2026 10:11 AM (g47mK) Thank you. Yes, we are currently taking advantage of this assistance. In fact, we were allowed some additional months payment-free and the new agreement preserves our low interest rate and reduces our monthly mortgage payment. So that's good news. Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 17, 2026 10:17 AM (FMtrg) 236
>>While everyone is rightly focused on Minnesota, I would bet there is Minnesota-level fraud going on in every state in the country. At least in every Democrat-run state. But likely in many GOPe-run states and within Democrat-run cities in Republican-run states.
California is the big prize I'm waiting for. I've got a feeling Trump is saving Newsom for maximum pain in his 2028 run for POTUS. California fraud is going to dwarf Minnesota. Posted by: JackStraw at January 17, 2026 10:18 AM (viF8m) 237
Good luck, Emmie. It will work out, somehow!
Posted by: runner at January 17, 2026 10:18 AM (g47mK) 238
IMHO, Trump is waiting for the forces to be staged.
Posted by: no one at January 17, 2026 09:54 AM (qFwJc) And surprise. An enemy military cannot sustain peak alertness when nothing happens over time. It's why Venezuela was caught off guard. Plus, as some have alluded, Iran is a much bigger military fish than that of Venezuela. The lures must be just right to catch it. Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 17, 2026 10:18 AM (g8Ew8) 239
Where'd the "TACO" people go? What a stupid slogan.
A US prison may be his best option. ... Iran is not a tougher nut, but a different nut. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 10:07 AM (ZOv7s) What I meant is that I don't think we're going to try snatch any of the Mullahs. Alive they have no value, dead they demonstrate the impotence of Allah. What I would do is clandestinely send weapons into Iran and allow an armed insurgency grow organically. Turn about is fair-play, and the Mullahs did the same $h!t to us in Iraq. Pres. Trump is putting pressure on the regime in Iran: * He publicly told them that any executions would have dire consequences for the regime -- the regime groveled a bit and claimed that they never had such plans. * He's imposed an extra 25% tariff on countries doing business with Iran -- that's going to put pressure on China particularly. * A carrier group is being sent to take station off the coast of Iran -- we will have Iran surrounded on 3 sides for air-strikes. I don't see us making a ground invasion of Iran. There's no need. The regime doesn't have any good options. Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 17, 2026 10:19 AM (pJWtt) 240
If we are confused, just think about what must be going on in the heads of the mad mulluhs.
Put the black pills away and clutch yer pearls instead. Posted by: Ouch the Grouch at January 17, 2026 10:20 AM (gHU/A) 241
This article on why we're seeing so many nutty women now (worldwide!)
seems on target: https://x.com/IterIntellectus/status/201222025450 4530043?s=20 It really was excellent. Agree or not, it raises many interesting questions and provokes thought. You know, among those who go in for that sort of thing. Posted by: Archimedes at January 17, 2026 10:20 AM (Riz8t) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 17, 2026 10:20 AM (L/fGl) 243
> While everyone is rightly focused on Minnesota, I would bet there is Minnesota-level fraud going on in every state in the country. At least in every Democrat-run state. But likely in many GOPe-run states and within Democrat-run cities in Republican-run states.
----------- Minnesota's level of fraud, while impressive, is going to be dwarfed by the levels in CA, NY, IL, NJ and so on. You simply do not generate $36trillion in debt without it. I keep saying this; it's the largest theft of generational wealth in history. Our political betters and their enablers stole it from us. Then used it to try and enslave us. That Minneapolis is currently the "only" hotspot boggles my mind. 200 million Americans, nationwide, ought to be in the streets stringing up politicians left and right. I doubt the administration would lift a finger to quell that sort of insurrection. Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 17, 2026 10:21 AM (U2OZr) 244
*Reads troll*
*Recalls 10,000 National Guardsmen stationed in Washington DC behind concertina wire for the first 90 days of Biden's "term."* Stupid troll. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd Of course one must secure the Capital as part of a Coup-Coup. And the virtually police state lockdown with the entire country subject to house arrest in the otherwise bizarre Kung Flu Freakout. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 17, 2026 10:21 AM (/lPRQ) 245
Oh no we better look out. Two Danish F-35 fighter jets and a French MRTT tanker took part in a show of strength over southeast Greenland.
Posted by: fd at January 17, 2026 10:21 AM (vFG9F) Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 17, 2026 10:21 AM (FMtrg) 247
What's a Jennifer Welch?
Posted by: Most people at January 17, 2026 10:22 AM (2Ez/1) 248
And so, it begins.
Jim Acosta: “[JD Vance is] the future of MAGA. It is a — a — it is a fascist, authoritarian, white nationalist MAGA.” Jennifer Welch: “It’s worse than Trump.” I'm gobsmacked. Who knew Jim Acosta was still alive? Posted by: Archimedes at January 17, 2026 10:22 AM (Riz8t) 249
I am heavily discouraged. Fortunately, our church is helping but it's a small church. There are other contributing factors to the situation that I have felt aren't appropriate to share here because they involve our household dynamics. Let's just say the factors might make it difficult for our church family to keep up with our needs, which are our own personal responsibility anyway.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 17, 2026 09:19 AM (FMtrg) Emmie, maybe a member of the Horde has an extra car lying around that is serviceable, but mostly unused. If that member could give you the car, the rest of us could kick in a few dollars to that Horde member to for compensation. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 17, 2026 10:23 AM (8zz6B) 250
If the left needs more military they'll buy some from other countries, like maybe somalia. Oh, wait.....
Posted by: Eromero at January 17, 2026 10:07 AM (LHPAg) Importing fighting age men with nothing but hatred toward the citizenry does sound like the WEF plan going on in Europe with the UK chosen as the battleground. Posted by: night lifted at January 17, 2026 10:23 AM (kJmLc) 251
Oh no we better look out. Two Danish F-35 fighter jets and a French MRTT tanker took part in a show of strength over southeast Greenland.
I sure hope our military has been investigating if the F-35 has any weaknesses. Posted by: Archimedes at January 17, 2026 10:23 AM (Riz8t) 252
The stupidity of it all is the Nazis were socialists and today's American leftists are modern day Nazis.
Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 17, 2026 10:16 AM (P5BPp) I think they are still just stupid commies who don’t know history. And think because commies and Nazis fought each other Nazis must be the opposite of them when in fact they are all part of the socialist family. Posted by: Opinion fact at January 17, 2026 10:24 AM (KDPiq) 253
NEW: A Seattle jury has acquitted a criminal illegal alien who rammed his vehicle at ICE agents during an operation last year.
Victor Vivanco-Reyes, a Mexican national convicted of drive-by shooting, accelerated his vehicle at ICE agents and intentionally collided head-on with one federal vehicle, striking another. Leftist activists are praising the acquittal, saying no Seattle jury will convict subjects accused of targeting ICE agents. They are calling for more attacks. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 17, 2026 10:25 AM (L/fGl) 254
I keep saying this; it's the largest theft of generational wealth in history. Our political betters and their enablers stole it from us. Then used it to try and enslave us.
That Minneapolis is currently the "only" hotspot boggles my mind. 200 million Americans, nationwide, ought to be in the streets stringing up politicians left and right. I doubt the administration would lift a finger to quell that sort of insurrection. Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 17, 2026 10:21 AM (U2OZr) Sounds like you read Schwab, too. Then we will all be confined to our 15 minute ghettoes and have to get permission to buy anything. Posted by: night lifted at January 17, 2026 10:25 AM (kJmLc) 255
CORRUPTION: Some SNAP recipients have homes in five states and receive SNAP benefits in all five. Not only that, 200K DEAD people are receiving food benefits, and 500K people getting DOUBLE servings of food benefits. Democrats are suing to cover it up.
X video (0:46): https://bit.ly/4k4DF29 Posted by: Clyde Shelton Facilitated by just geicibg a plastic card and electronic banking to transfer the funds. IOW - they don't have "homes" in five states. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 17, 2026 10:26 AM (/lPRQ) 256
251 Oh no we better look out. Two Danish F-35 fighter jets and a French MRTT tanker took part in a show of strength over southeast Greenland.
I sure hope our military has been investigating if the F-35 has any weaknesses. Posted by: Archimedes at January 17, 2026 10:23 AM (Riz8t) bet that scared the ChiComs and the Russkies.... Posted by: It's me donna at January 17, 2026 10:26 AM (VE6XX) 257
Limericks in the Prayer Thread?
*cleans glasses* Glory be! Posted by: Quarter Twenty ********** On Topic - a limerick At the parish potluck one fine day There were bugs in the kale, so they say. "Dear Lord", said the nun "What on earth can be done?" Said the gardening priest, "Lettuce spray!" Posted by: the guy who does limericks at January 17, 2026 10:26 AM (/iMjX) 258
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 17, 2026 10:25 AM (L/fGl)
Federal court or state court? Posted by: Opinion fact at January 17, 2026 10:26 AM (KDPiq) 259
Jim Acosta: “[JD Vance is] the future of MAGA. It is a — a — it is a fascist, authoritarian, white nationalist MAGA.”
Jennifer Welch: “It’s worse than Trump.” Acosta: “It is worse than Trump.” Welch: “He’s worse.” Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks One look at Vance's wife tells me he is not doing 'white nationalist' right. Zero for two. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 17, 2026 10:28 AM (/lPRQ) 260
Our economy is now growing faster than China's ! 💪
Posted by: runner at January 17, 2026 10:28 AM (g47mK) 261
Did the French tanker surrender to the Danish fighters?
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 17, 2026 10:28 AM (KDPiq) 262
24 When you travel abroad, do you bring your drivers license even if you don't plan to drive?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 17, 2026 08:12 AM Yes- backup ID in case my passport is stolen. I don't keep them in the same place on my person. Posted by: Moonbeam at January 17, 2026 10:28 AM (rbKZ6) 263
253 NEW: A Seattle jury has acquitted a criminal illegal alien who rammed his vehicle at ICE agents during an operation last year.
Victor Vivanco-Reyes, a Mexican national convicted of drive-by shooting, accelerated his vehicle at ICE agents and intentionally collided head-on with one federal vehicle, striking another. Leftist activists are praising the acquittal, saying no Seattle jury will convict subjects accused of targeting ICE agents. They are calling for more attacks. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespear Except More uary 17, 2026 10:25 AM (L/fG Betterer at Jan Couldn't they bring Federal charges ? Posted by: It's me donna at January 17, 2026 10:29 AM (VE6XX) 264
Lord, please bless the Seahawks QB, Sam Darnold, with a maximum of two interceptions today against the 49ers. If you are in the mood it would be swell if you would also bless him with a couple touchdown throws too. I wouldn't be praying for help in these two areas if he didn't need some help but he's a little challenged in these areas, bless his heart.
Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 17, 2026 09:33 AM (wRA35) Sorry, but I've got money on the Niners. And after Satan took out George Kittle, I have something special planned for today. Is it too late for you to rescind your bet? Posted by: The Lard, Yer Gawd at January 17, 2026 10:29 AM (ooC9T) 265
always a backup ID and copy of passport
Posted by: runner at January 17, 2026 10:29 AM (g47mK) 266
Leftists call us fascists and nazis not because they mean it of even know what the words mean. They call us those names to justify attacking us.
As much as I want to see the mullahs fall I am even more excited to see the lefts domestic terror funding exposed. It's way past time we stopped living with the threat of constant, paid violence from the left thanks to scumbags like Soros. Posted by: JackStraw at January 17, 2026 10:29 AM (viF8m) 267
Oh no we better look out. Two Danish F-35 fighter jets and a French MRTT tanker took part in a show of strength over southeast Greenland.
Posted by: fd at January 17, 2026 10:21 AM (vFG9F) I wonder where the Danes think that they're to get spare parts for those F-35s? The Euroweenies are being so irrational over Greenland. It is such an obviously strategically import piece of real estate that Pres. Truman tried to purchase it from Denmark after WWII. The Euroweenies would do nothing except cry if China or Russia were to land troops there. The European militaries are shadows of what they used to be. The only thing saving them is that China can't project force, and Russia is otherwise engaged in Ukraine. Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 17, 2026 10:29 AM (pJWtt) 268
Mommy, why won't Daddy pay child support? What if I need braces? I'd like a new dress for school. I thought Grandpa was a rich, important man. Why are they all deadbeats? Why do you have to hire a lawyer and go to court?
Posted by: Little Navy Joan at January 17, 2026 10:29 AM (oftw2) 269
You don't want the police and military used against you, don't insurrect. What we've seen in Minnesota is 1000 times worse than anything we saw on J6.
Posted by: Ordinary American at January 17, 2026 10:30 AM (WHfpM) 270
Thank you, AOP. I shared your idea with my husband. We have a church friend who is rustling up a car for us to borrow until we figure something out. I will keep you posted.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 17, 2026 10:30 AM (FMtrg) 271
Out of control.
Bear breaks into Gatlinburg candy store for the fourth time since Christmas https://is.gd/YwhypM - Why did you break into the candy store? Because that's where the candy is. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 17, 2026 10:30 AM (L/fGl) 272
Can we trade the Danes Puerto Rico for Greenland?
Posted by: Captain Obvious, Laird o' the Sea at January 17, 2026 10:32 AM (X4XpB) 273
What's a Jennifer Welch?
Posted by: Most people at January 17, 2026 10:22 AM (2Ez/1) $20, same as in..... Posted by: BurtTC at January 17, 2026 10:32 AM (ooC9T) 274
I would bet fraud is going on every state. The more Leftist is is the more fraud baked into every government program. But no state is immune to it.
Posted by: Skip at January 17, 2026 10:32 AM (Ia/+0) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 17, 2026 10:33 AM (L/fGl) 276
One of the things that might be holding up action against Iran is, ya have to know that the mullahs have scurried into some deep underground bunkers somewhere. And those bunkers probably aren't anywhere near Tehran. They're evil but not stupid.
Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at January 17, 2026 10:34 AM (g8Ew8) 277
NEW: A Seattle jury has acquitted a criminal illegal alien who rammed his vehicle at ICE agents during an operation last year.
Victor Vivanco-Reyes, a Mexican national convicted of drive-by shooting, accelerated his vehicle at ICE agents and intentionally collided head-on with one federal vehicle, striking another. Leftist activists are praising the acquittal, saying no Seattle jury will convict subjects accused of targeting ICE agents. They are calling for more attacks. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 17, 2026 10:25 AM (L/fGl) It's not the win the Lefties think it is. It's simply more evidence that the normal mechanisms are being circumvented intentionally by the allies of these illegal migrants. The same sort of actions didn't work out so well - long term - for the KKK types during the era of Jim Crow. Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 17, 2026 10:34 AM (pJWtt) 278
Is President Trump the most divisive POTUS ever?
Neither Obama nor Biden had to threaten to use the US military against its own citizens ——— America is overwhelmingly united with Mr. Trump. That’s why he won in a landslide numbnuts. It is always interesting to hear the spin put on current events by congenital idiots. Thanks for that, I guess Posted by: Kelloggs Heap Good Corn Flakes at January 17, 2026 10:34 AM (fij89) 279
262 24 When you travel abroad, do you bring your drivers license even if you don't plan to drive?
Posted by: vmom deport deport deport at January 17, 2026 08:12 AM Yes- backup ID in case my passport is stolen. I don't keep them in the same place on my person. I also take pictures of my passport and everything in my wallet. Obviously you don't want to spread those around; perhaps give copies to your kids. Posted by: Archimedes at January 17, 2026 10:34 AM (Riz8t) 280
We have a church friend who is rustling up a car for us to borrow until we figure something out. I will keep you posted.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 17, 2026 10:3 We don't look kindly on car rustlers *tobacco spit* in these here parts. Posted by: Dodge City Sheriff at January 17, 2026 10:34 AM (TbWk/) 281
Out of control.
Bear breaks into Gatlinburg candy store for the fourth time since Christmas https://is.gd/YwhypM - Why did you break into the candy store? Because that's where the candy is. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 17, 2026 10:30 AM (L/fGl) Damn those laws that let you steal up to $900. Or whatever. This is why probation doesn't work. Imagine if you get sent to the clink, and this guy is your celly. Posted by: BurtTC at January 17, 2026 10:34 AM (ooC9T) 282
> Oh no we better look out. Two Danish F-35 fighter jets and a French MRTT tanker took part in a show of strength over southeast Greenland.
--------- The "show of force" that landed the other day (in a US built/designed C-130) numbered a whopping 40 people. 40 people. From, what, 3, 4 or 5 NATO countries? Talk about theater of the absurd. Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 17, 2026 10:35 AM (U2OZr) 283
The Euroweenies are being so irrational over Greenland.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 17, 2026 10:29 AM (pJWtt) --- This isn't about Greenland. It's about failing governments trying to play the patriotism card. "See, France stands strong against the hated Americans! Germany stands strong!" That's all it is. Denmark and France combined cannot sustain even a 2-ship CAP for very long over Greenland, which is Trump's point. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 10:35 AM (ZOv7s) Posted by: Archimedes at January 17, 2026 10:35 AM (Riz8t) 285
Gay cheerleaders -check
Tranny cheerleaders-check Black national anthem -check Gay pride night-check Kneel during anthem-check Anti American super bowl half time show-check Woke end zone slogans- check Posted by: Opinion fact at January 17, 2026 10:35 AM (KDPiq) 286
Justice delayed.
Appellate court rules Trudeau had no justification to freeze truckers' bank accounts Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 17, 2026 10:36 AM (L/fGl) 287
263 253 NEW: A Seattle jury has acquitted a criminal illegal alien who rammed his vehicle at ICE agents during an operation last year.
Victor Vivanco-Reyes, a Mexican national convicted of drive-by shooting, accelerated his vehicle at ICE agents and intentionally collided head-on with one federal vehicle, striking another. Leftist activists are praising the acquittal, saying no Seattle jury will convict subjects accused of targeting ICE agents. They are calling for more attacks. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespear Except More uary 17, 2026 10:25 AM (L/fG Betterer at Jan Couldn't they bring Federal charges ? Posted by: It's me donna at January 17, 2026 10:29 AM (VE6XX) It may have been a Federal court trial. Jury nullification for and crucifixion of defendants is possible in a Fed trial. I have no idea if a Fed judge can do anything if he/she believes the jury was biased or went wacko. Posted by: Gref at January 17, 2026 10:36 AM (5rh/l) Posted by: Archimedes at January 17, 2026 10:37 AM (Riz8t) 289
Chicom cars in Russia. About what you would expect: "you buy car, you no buy working car"
https://youtu.be/TS0NmR2yUsE Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at January 17, 2026 10:37 AM (HTCU3) 290
America is overwhelmingly united with Mr. Trump. That’s why he won in a landslide numbnuts. It is always interesting to hear the spin put on current events by congenital idiots. Thanks for that, I guess
Posted by: Kelloggs Heap Good Corn Flakes at January 17, 2026 10:34 AM (fij89) --- Obama was the first president since Woodrow Wilson to win reelection with fewer votes. Hardly a uniter. And the 2020 fraud is still being unwound. That's the big story that media is avoiding. Candidates now have standing to sue over election results. Discovery is going to be a bitch. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 10:37 AM (ZOv7s) 291
Thanks for the Coffee Thread and Prayer Revival, Mis Hum and Annie!
Prayers up for all of God's children this fine winter's day. And may God continue to bless the U.S.A. and Israel. Posted by: Legally Sufficient at January 17, 2026 10:37 AM (kB9dk) 292
Another thing --
I have some very nice china that I am considering selling. The very classic pattern was discontinued and replacements cost more than what I paid for them new and so maintaining or completing my set is impractical in my situation. I thought someone else might like to expand their set at a discount compared to Replacements.com. Win-win, maybe? It's Wedgwood White. In the meantime, we'll eat from Corelle. Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 17, 2026 10:37 AM (FMtrg) 293
Running with sharp objects will result in severe sanctions.
Does this imply Permanent Record entries? Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 17, 2026 10:39 AM (0sNs1) 294
Never go full Jim Acosta.
Posted by: Wisdom at January 17, 2026 10:40 AM (967/Q) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 17, 2026 10:40 AM (L/fGl) 296
In the meantime, we'll eat from Corelle.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! Corelle is great stuff. Attractive, light, yet doesn't break easily at all. Don't know how they do it. Posted by: China Nookie at January 17, 2026 10:40 AM (oftw2) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 17, 2026 10:40 AM (tgvbd) 298
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 10:37 AM (ZOv7s)
They definitely stole Florida the second time around for Obama. Posted by: Opinion fact at January 17, 2026 10:41 AM (KDPiq) 299
>>I also take pictures of my passport and everything in my wallet. Obviously you don't want to spread those around; perhaps give copies to your kids.
Many moons ago I was in Bermuda. This was when you didn't even need a passport to go there but I had it anyway. I had it in a small day pack with my wallet and cash. Put it down in the airport as we were arriving for a minute and it was gone. American Express was a godsend but getting back into the US still took some negotiating. Doubt it would even be possible today. Lesson learned. Posted by: JackStraw at January 17, 2026 10:41 AM (viF8m) 300
The Euroweenies are being so irrational over Greenland.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 17, 2026 10:29 AM (pJWtt) --- This isn't about Greenland. It's about failing governments trying to play the patriotism card. "See, France stands strong against the hated Americans! Germany stands strong!" That's all it is. Denmark and France combined cannot sustain even a 2-ship CAP for very long over Greenland, which is Trump's point. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 10:35 AM (ZOv7s) Oh, I understand that. The Europeans are the ne'er-do-well relatives living in the basement. It's easier to blame the United States than do a self-examination of conscience: Pres. Trump and Vice Pres. Vance have both warned the European governments that importing hordes of Muslims, and suppressing the political speech of their own native-born citizens will have bad consequences for them. The Lefty leaders ARE being irrational in pursuing some nebulous "future Utopia" that they ignore current suffering. Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 17, 2026 10:41 AM (pJWtt) 301
Trump Says No Need to Invoke Insurrection Act “Right Now”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 17, 2026 10:40 AM (L/fGl) Okay. Then what's the plan? Posted by: Ordinary American at January 17, 2026 10:41 AM (WHfpM) 302
I sure hope our military has been investigating if the F-35 has any weaknesses.
Posted by: Archimedes at January 17, 2026 10:23 AM (Riz8t) It's long been rumored that exported F-35s have "kill switches" which render portions of critical war-fighting avionics useless. Nothing the pilots can do expect return harmlessly to base. The Pentagon denies it, but the claim persists. Posted by: one hour sober at January 17, 2026 10:42 AM (Y1sOo) 303
In the meantime, we'll eat from Corelle.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 17, 2026 10:37 AM (FMtrg) --- That's a great idea! Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 10:42 AM (ZOv7s) 304
*except
Posted by: one hour sober at January 17, 2026 10:43 AM (Y1sOo) 305
Two Danish F-35 fighter jets and a French MRTT tanker took part in a show of strength over southeast Greenland.
- Cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war! Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 17, 2026 10:44 AM (L/fGl) 306
Someone pointed out on X that perhaps the real purpose of DOGE was a blitz through the federal books to identify all the fraud.
Then dribble it out in batches, like in MN, to make it look organic. I will say this, the amount of fraud has to be off the charts for elected Dems to be hitting the panic "start a war" button. Another thing to note is, despite all the "victories" at the district courts, Trump keeps grinding out wins. And the deportations continue. One study suggests that they've already deported 1 Electoral Vote from MN. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 17, 2026 10:45 AM (HXT0k) 307
Trump Says No Need to Invoke Insurrection Act “Right Now”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 17, 2026 10:40 AM (L/fGl) --- He's just egging them on, wanting them to escalate. And they will escalate. He's probably monitoring their comms, gathering evidence of their next outrage. The advantage of b.s. like "TACO" is that they believe it, and that Trump is now afraid of them. They'll start setting ICE cars on fire next. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 10:46 AM (ZOv7s) 308
Same playbook the left has been running for 26 years.
——— It’s longer than that. Thomas E. Dewey ran against Harry Truman in 1948, and they called him a Nazi, too. Really. See Also: Articles of impeachment have been filed against every Republican president since Eisenhower. The silly reindeer games & parlor tricks have lost much of their effectiveness. This is why they keep ratcheting up the rhetoric and invective. It’s sort of like deficit spending, more and more to try and achieve the same effect. Their shit is weak. They are dangerous to he sure. Posted by: Kelloggs Heap Good Corn Flakes at January 17, 2026 10:46 AM (fij89) 309
285 Gay cheerleaders -check
Tranny cheerleaders-check Black national anthem -check Gay pride night-check Kneel during anthem-check Anti American super bowl half time show-check Woke end zone slogans- check Posted by: Opinion fact at January 17, 2026 10:35 AM --- Don't forget about us. Posted by: Vapid words on the back of player's jerseys at January 17, 2026 10:46 AM (2Ez/1) 310
Newest Commissar Judge Kate Menendez, ICE cant detain or use non lethal munitions, or dispersal tools on protesters
Posted by: Skip at January 17, 2026 10:46 AM (Ia/+0) 311
Top Iranian General Threatens Trump: “We Will Cut Off His Hand and His Finger”
- Dude, he'll give you the finger. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 17, 2026 10:48 AM (L/fGl) 312
Oh, I understand that. The Europeans are the ne'er-do-well relatives living in the basement.
It's easier to blame the United States than do a self-examination of conscience: Pres. Trump and Vice Pres. Vance have both warned the European governments that importing hordes of Muslims, and suppressing the political speech of their own native-born citizens will have bad consequences for them. The Lefty leaders ARE being irrational in pursuing some nebulous "future Utopia" that they ignore current suffering. Not to worry. I'm sure the utter collapse of their green fantasies will cause them to question all of their beliefs during bouts of intense, honest introspection and they will come to their senses. *shifty eyes* Posted by: Archimedes at January 17, 2026 10:49 AM (Riz8t) 313
Trump Says No Need to Invoke Insurrection Act “Right Now”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 17, 2026 10:40 AM (L/fGl) Okay. Then what's the plan? Posted by: Ordinary American at January 17, 2026 10:41 AM (WHfpM) 1) Gathering evidence of intentionally conspiring with the Somalis and others in steeling federal money. B) Mapping the network of the Commies fighting in the streets. iii) Mounting the public relations campaign to prepare the American people for the invocation of the Insurrection Act. I'm confidant that an over-whelming majority of the American people are angry about the huge amounts of money that has been stolen, and they don't like seeing Commies fight Federal law enforcement to protect violent Aztecs. Pres. Trump and his administration keep offering off-ramps to Walz and Frey but those two turds keep on stirring-up their flying monkeys. Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop is now an engineer at January 17, 2026 10:49 AM (pJWtt) 314
> It's long been rumored that exported F-35s have "kill switches" which render portions of critical war-fighting avionics useless.
--------- Whether this "kill switch" was implemented by the US for overseas export versions, or by the Chinese for any version has also been debated. Because much of the tech required advanced chip manufacturing that (apparently) only China could provide. Allegedly. Like I said... allegedly. Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 17, 2026 10:50 AM (U2OZr) 315
Menendez, Katherine Marie
Born 1971 in Emporia, KS Federal Judicial Service: Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota Nominated by Joseph R. Biden on September 20, 2021, to a seat vacated by Joan N. Ericksen. Confirmed by the Senate on December 18, 2021, and received commission on December 21, 2021. Quelle surprise! Posted by: Archimedes at January 17, 2026 10:50 AM (Riz8t) 316
Oh, sure. Go ahead and eat on your fancy Corelle with all of its decorative patterns.
We'll just be sitting here in the cabinet. Waiting. Posted by: Chinet at January 17, 2026 10:52 AM (2Ez/1) Posted by: IrishEi at January 17, 2026 10:52 AM (3ImbR) 318
Top Iranian General Threatens Trump: “We Will Cut Off His Hand and His Finger”
bro, you are "threatening" a man who has faced political assassination via impeachment, bogus prosecutions, and who actually took a LITERAL bullet in front of the entire globe. you are not addressing the unfortunate victims of your regime who cower at your very words Posted by: kallisto at January 17, 2026 10:52 AM (dCxaZ) 319
Trump Says No Need to Invoke Insurrection Act “Right Now”
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 17, 2026 10:40 AM (L/fGl) Okay. Then what's the plan? --- As I noted, he's grinding out wins. It ain't pretty. It ain't flashy. The white hat isn't walking away to soaring music. Etc. But it is how most wars are won, especially between strong opponents: Attrition. And the left keeps losing. And they know they are losing. We are very, very close to their breaking: All-in w/ one throw or lose slowly. Don't look at what the left is fighting, look at what Trump's goals are: - deport illegals - end vote fraud - cut off the left's funding - expose their network of activist and funders This is why they are going to go all-in. Not b/c he killed some lesbo--because he's winning on those. Bigly. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 17, 2026 10:53 AM (HXT0k) 320
High-Fat Dairy May Protect Your Brain Health, Study Suggests
- You mean like ice cream? Cold Stone, here I come! Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 17, 2026 10:53 AM (L/fGl) 321
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 17, 2026 10:37 AM (FMtrg)
It sounds beautiful Emmie. Do you have pics on an image sharing site perchance? Posted by: kallisto at January 17, 2026 10:54 AM (dCxaZ) 322
spot on above, A. H. L !
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 17, 2026 10:54 AM (Cjt/F) 323
*Top Iranian General Threatens Trump: “We Will Cut Off His Hand and His Finger”*
Pro tip: don't touch his ears. Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 17, 2026 10:55 AM (2Ez/1) 324
Menendez, Katherine Marie
Born 1971 in Emporia, KS Federal Judicial Service: Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota Nominated by Joseph R. Biden on September 20, 2021, to a seat vacated by Joan N. Ericksen. Confirmed by the Senate on December 18, 2021, and received commission on December 21, 2021. --- And she looks exactly how you'd expect. Cartel judge. Illegal order. They can't order the fed to not do that which is already illegal. And she flat-out lied in her opinion. Again: Cartel judge. Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at January 17, 2026 10:55 AM (HXT0k) 325
As much as I want to see the mullahs fall I am even more excited to see the lefts domestic terror funding exposed. It's way past time we stopped living with the threat of constant, paid violence from the left thanks to scumbags like Soros.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 17, 2026 10:29 AM (viF8m) Someone here used to post about how antifa chose to use the word nazi because people don't care what happens to nazis. Do you happen to recall what book or source that came from? Posted by: night lifted at January 17, 2026 10:55 AM (kJmLc) 326
>>"Small day pack" sounds suspiciously like "fanny pack."
Dudette. Do I strike you as the fanny pack type? Posted by: JackStraw at January 17, 2026 10:55 AM (viF8m) 327
Newest Commissar Judge Kate Menendez, ICE cant detain or use non lethal munitions, or dispersal tools on protesters
Posted by: Skip at January 17, 2026 10:46 AM (Ia/+0) --- Hmmm. So if federal officers cannot even defend themselves and local police refuse to do so...the Insurrection Act becomes a requirement. Thanks, Judge! Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 10:57 AM (ZOv7s) 328
Someone here used to post about how antifa chose to use the word nazi because people don't care what happens to nazis. Do you happen to recall what book or source that came from?
Posted by: night lifted at January 17, 2026 10:55 AM (kJmLc) --- "Inglourious Basterds" by Q. Tarentino. Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 10:58 AM (ZOv7s) 329
316 Oh, sure. Go ahead and eat on your fancy Corelle with all of its decorative patterns.
We'll just be sitting here in the cabinet. Waiting. Posted by: Chinet at January 17, 2026 10:52 AM (2Ez/1) Corelle is underrated and US made. By better half bought it when grandchildren came along and it's held up great. She has problems with letting them eat off anything made in China Posted by: night lifted at January 17, 2026 10:58 AM (kJmLc) 330
Thank you Kallisto. It's extremely classic because I don't have room for separate sets for dress and casual.
See if this link works: https://share.google/ZAeOfnliHNs8O8dAF Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 17, 2026 10:59 AM (FMtrg) 331
Lots of prayers needed here. I prayed as I read so I wouldn't miss anyone but I struggled with pookysgirl. Words wouldn't come. Those are the hard ones.
There was one prayer left...God, please take care of all the Morons. Heaven knows we need it. Posted by: creeper at January 17, 2026 10:59 AM (80oeU) 332
"Inglourious Basterds" by Q. Tarentino.
Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 10:58 AM (ZOv7s) Ah, a movie, should have known. Posted by: night lifted at January 17, 2026 11:00 AM (kJmLc) 333
>>Someone here used to post about how antifa chose to use the word nazi because people don't care what happens to nazis. Do you happen to recall what book or source that came from?
No, but I see similar sentiment being posted on X quite a bit. Makes perfect sense. Posted by: JackStraw at January 17, 2026 11:00 AM (viF8m) 334
> Newest Commissar Judge Kate Menendez, ICE cant detain or use non lethal munitions, or dispersal tools on protesters
------------ I think she said "peaceful" protesters. If they're "peaceful" why would ICE be using teargas or non-lethal munitions on them in the first place? spoiler: they weren't The "non-peaceful" protesters on the other hand.... Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 17, 2026 11:01 AM (U2OZr) 335
“Star Trek” Writer Rages After Homeland Security Advisor Stephen Miller Suggests Plan to Fix “Star Trek”
“Arguably the most vile human on the planet is taking time away from facilitating the shooting, beating, blinding, and kidnapping of a populace to trash Star Trek. For reasons that are nakedly racist, misogynist, and intolerant.” “Which means you should watch and support Star Trek,” [Bill Wolkoff] said. - Yeah, no. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 17, 2026 11:02 AM (L/fGl) 336
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 17, 2026 10:59 AM (FMtrg)
which pieces are you selling and how much? Posted by: kallisto at January 17, 2026 11:02 AM (dCxaZ) 337
334. If she says no to "non lethal", then lethal it is!
Posted by: night lifted at January 17, 2026 11:03 AM (kJmLc) 338
Crucify her!
Leftists Melt Down at Actress Michelle Randolph After Her “Landman” Character Rejects Use of Woke Pronouns Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 17, 2026 11:05 AM (L/fGl) 339
I think she said "peaceful" protesters. If they're "peaceful" why would ICE be using teargas or non-lethal munitions on them in the first place?
spoiler: they weren't The "non-peaceful" protesters on the other hand.... Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 17, 2026 11:01 AM (U2OZr) What I'd like to know from the "judge" is, can they issue speeding tickets to drivers who aren't speeding? No? Thanks, "judge." Good tip. Posted by: BurtTC at January 17, 2026 11:05 AM (gq7xv) 340
Crucify her!
Leftists Melt Down at Actress Michelle Randolph After Her “Landman” Character Rejects Use of Woke Pronouns Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 17, 2026 11:05 AM (L/fGl) Did they go after Sir Anthony Hopkins for eating human brains? Hypocrites. Posted by: BurtTC at January 17, 2026 11:06 AM (gq7xv) 341
Kallisto, I will try to catch you on a thread with that info. I'm currently socially engaged and having trouble keeping up with comments.
Posted by: Emmie -- be strong and courageous! at January 17, 2026 11:06 AM (FMtrg) 342
The thing Trump understands is that it takes time to counter the media lies. They can do it for a news cycle, but then it is exposed, and so what he wants - needs - is weeks of anarchy that clearly demonstrate local officials have lost control.
He also wants recorded communications where he outlines the problems identified to the governor and mayor going on for weeks about the situation and their non-responses. And as I said, he knows the rioters will think they are winning, and keep pushing the envelope. The attack on a car and theft of a firearm was a milestone in establishing actual insurrection, as was local law enforcement's refusal to respond. I bet there are also recordings of all their calls for assistance that were denied. Probably cops saying "we're not allowed to help you." Posted by: Ace-Endorsed Author A.H. Lloyd at January 17, 2026 11:07 AM (ZOv7s) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 17, 2026 11:07 AM (L/fGl) 344
The idiot euro weenies can't even do a PR message. When you send forty people, it's a cadre element to investigate reinforcing Greenland, not a show of force.
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 17, 2026 11:09 AM (gm9Sb) 345
Right, it’s the Amazing Self-Licking Ice Cream Cone
If “peaceful protesters” were under discussion, then there wouldn’t be any controversy in the first place. Ya gotta admit Democrats throwing Americans under the bus in favor of criminals, foreign nationals, illegal aliens is quite the stretch, but they are embracing this with great enthusiasm. Clearly the elections have been queered for quite some time, among other things. Posted by: Kelloggs Heap Good Corn Flakes at January 17, 2026 11:10 AM (sD+rY) Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 17, 2026 11:10 AM (L/fGl) 347
I and others have brought up the use of water cannons in Minneapolis. I wonder if the judge considers water to be lethal force. Now, a low level pass with one of those forest fire tankers....
Posted by: bill in arkansas, not gonna comply with nuttin, waiting for the 0300 knock on the door at January 17, 2026 11:11 AM (gm9Sb) 348
NEW: A Seattle jury has acquitted a criminal illegal alien who rammed his vehicle at ICE agents during an operation last year.
Victor Vivanco-Reyes, a Mexican national convicted of drive-by shooting, accelerated his vehicle at ICE agents and intentionally collided head-on with one federal vehicle, striking another. Leftist activists are praising the acquittal, saying no Seattle jury will convict subjects accused of targeting ICE agents. They are calling for more attacks. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 17, 2026 10:25 AM And this just signaled it is open season on I.C.E. agents in Seattle. Decisions like this have consequences. A conviction sends the message that these actions are not tolerated and come with consequences. The acquittal sends the message these actions have no consequences and thus it is encouragement to everyone to not only continue doing it, but do it more. Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 17, 2026 11:12 AM (P5BPp) 349
>>And as I said, he knows the rioters will think they are winning, and keep pushing the envelope. The attack on a car and theft of a firearm was a milestone in establishing actual insurrection, as was local law enforcement's refusal to respond.
If Homan is correct I think he is also waiting for proof that this is another paid op and not a spontaneous uprising. We've been gaslit for year with BLM, antifa, Chaz and all the other bullshit riots that are all paid for riots. Plot the money flow and take out the paymasters. Posted by: JackStraw at January 17, 2026 11:13 AM (viF8m) 350
What I mean by that, the normal feedback mechanisms by which the electorate makes its preferences known are completely ineffectual and have been for a very long time.
They act the way they do for this reason, elections don’t matter a whit when they control the levers of power, and therefore can act with impunity, they don’t have to tack to the middle and compromise or anything like that. Let yer freak flag fly! Posted by: Kelloggs Heap Good Corn Flakes at January 17, 2026 11:13 AM (sD+rY) 351
House Dem on Government Shutdown Over ICE: We’ll Take Same Approach We Did to Last Shutdown
- Stupid and evil? Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 17, 2026 11:13 AM (L/fGl) 352
As long as Iran isn't nuking up, I see no compelling reason for military intervention in Iran. I hope cooler heads prevail.
And as long as they aren't spending our money, I don't see any compelling reason to interfere with Minneapolis. Seal the border and sign the territory over to Canada. We're better off without Minnesotans and Somalis. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 11:13 AM (BI5O2) 353
Nood
Posted by: Duke Lowell at January 17, 2026 11:14 AM (2UnvF) 354
Just when I thought AI couldn't get any worse.
OpenAI to Start Testing Ads on ChatGPT in the U.S. Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Like Shakespeare Except More Betterer at January 17, 2026 11:17 AM (L/fGl) 355
>>"Small day pack" sounds suspiciously like "fanny pack."
---------- Dudette. Do I strike you as the fanny pack type? ~~~~~ I think the Horde should vote on this. Does "small day pack" sound suspiciously like "fanny pack?" _X_ Yes ___No Posted by: IrishEi at January 17, 2026 11:20 AM (3ImbR) 356
I and others have brought up the use of water cannons in Minneapolis.
Disconnecting Minneapolis from the internet would break the wanna be warriors and victims participating in the riots. If they didn't have the means to broadcast their miserable daily lives they'd stay home in a ny minute. Posted by: old chick at January 17, 2026 11:23 AM (F3Dlr) 357
I didn't see the sidebar thing for NDH at first. Thank you CBD.
Posted by: banana Dream at January 17, 2026 11:25 AM (3uBP9) Posted by: The Great Poof at January 17, 2026 11:25 AM (oftw2) 359
I’m thankful for the weekly Saturday prayer reminder arriving in my news feed. Most of my prayers are one-liners at random moments but this post prompts me to compose a prayer incorporating all the people I want to pray for.
Posted by: RJ at January 17, 2026 11:35 AM (EXETx) 360
I think it’s as simple as Commies actually fought against real Nazis so the history ignorant commie Left believes anyone not with them are Nazis.
They can’t see and won’t accept that Commies and Nazis are in the same socialist family. I always like to point out that the Left and Nazis are the only ones that like and approve of terrible experiments on the human body. Posted by: Opinion fact at January 17, 2026 11:37 AM (KDPiq) 361
Newest Commissar Judge Kate Menendez, ICE cant detain or use non lethal munitions, or dispersal tools on protesters
I think she said "peaceful" protesters. If they're "peaceful" why would ICE be using teargas or non-lethal munitions on them in the first place? spoiler: they weren't The "non-peaceful" protesters on the other hand.... Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 17, 2026 11:01 AM Saw a meme the other day shared on X highlighting the fact that there is no protected right to protest in the U.S. Constitution. There is only the protected right to "peacefully assemble". This has been forgotten by pretty much everyone (myself included). There is no right to protest. Only peacefully assemble. We need to start separating protesting from peacefully assembling. Protesting is not protected, peaceful assembly is. X: https://bit.ly/3Lz7xH0 Posted by: Clyde Shelton at January 17, 2026 11:40 AM (P5BPp) 362
Prayers for all.
Posted by: Mick at January 17, 2026 12:02 PM (HFx9z) Daily Tech News 17 January 2026Top Story
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G'DAY EVERYONE
Posted by: Skip at January 17, 2026 04:02 AM (Ia/+0) 2
Suzanna Hoff has aged like finecwine
Posted by: Skip at January 17, 2026 04:03 AM (Ia/+0) 3
Mornin'
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 17, 2026 04:05 AM (hybOl) 4
Morning all.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at January 17, 2026 04:10 AM (BLOW1) 5
G'morning, all!
I am beginning to believe that with the increased costs, building a home media server is slowly moving beyond my grasp. Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 17, 2026 04:20 AM (iMotb) 6
On the plus side, the beta firmware upgrade for the tp-link Deco mesh system seems to be pretty rock solid.
Amazon Alexa devices are staying connected, and nothing else seems to be wandering off the network reservation. I think we can call this upgrade a finished project. Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 17, 2026 04:27 AM (iMotb) 7
And we are up to 30.2 degrees outside, with snow forecasts slowly trending downward.
Now they say pretty much anything on our side of I-95 will at most, see rain tomorrow morning. Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 17, 2026 04:29 AM (iMotb) Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 17, 2026 04:29 AM (xG4kz) 9
Putting the Bang in Bangles.
Posted by: Richard Cranium at January 17, 2026 04:36 AM (ZyiQS) 10
Snow this morning it says.hope not much
Posted by: Skip at January 17, 2026 04:38 AM (Ia/+0) Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 17, 2026 04:38 AM (xG4kz) 12
One and one half day class completed and I am actually completed my class project -- a first for me. Two and one half days to go and three classes -- can the string continue? Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 17, 2026 04:45 AM (xG4kz) 13
Supposed to meet up with old co-workers this afternoon at pub, we usually get together once a year. Haven't wiorked with them kn over 10 years now, but many I did for over 20 years
Posted by: Skip at January 17, 2026 04:50 AM (Ia/+0) 14
Morning all
Posted by: rickb223 at January 17, 2026 04:57 AM (eefky) 15
Now getting Susanna Hoff video suggestions on YouTube
Posted by: Skip at January 17, 2026 05:01 AM (Ia/+0) 16
Long time lurker, looking for advice. I want to use bitcoin to dontate to web sites, etc (not as an investment). I know nothing about cryto.
Any suggestions on a good crypto primer for my situation. Posted by: WP at January 17, 2026 05:06 AM (+nF8W) 17
PM, you said:
"OpenAI is bleeding cash like a US federal agency under a Democratic president's second term." Don't use "Democratic"; use "Democrat". If they were truly democratic, they wouldn't steal elections. They are not democratic, but they are Democrats. So corrected: "OpenAI is bleeding cash like a US federal agency under a Democrat president's second term." Posted by: bradc at January 17, 2026 05:11 AM (BpRoJ) 18
g'mornin', 'rons Posted by: AltonJackson at January 17, 2026 05:17 AM (tljrc) Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 17, 2026 05:18 AM (Nx5jP) 20
Posted by: Skip at January 17, 2026 04:50 AM (Ia/+0)
Sounds like a very nice time, Skip! May everybody get there safely and back and enjoy being together. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 17, 2026 05:20 AM (Nx5jP) 21
Young woman sings lovely
Cover version of an old time hymn, "How great thou art": https://tinyurl.com/398y33n2 Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 17, 2026 05:23 AM (Nx5jP) 22
Evening and morning to all the satellites of AoSHQ on this Saturn's Day! I'm p earlier than I planned -- (darn) cat issues. So, coffee and a visit to the blog. What's going on for you today.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 17, 2026 05:42 AM (wzUl9) 23
Oops. "Up" earlier than I planned. Grrr. Where is autocucumber when you really need him?
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 17, 2026 05:43 AM (wzUl9) 24
Don't use "Democratic"; use "Democrat". If they were truly democratic, they wouldn't steal elections. They are not democratic, but they are Democrats. So corrected:
"OpenAI is bleeding cash like a US federal agency under a Democrat president's second term." You misspelled "Demonic" Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 17, 2026 05:56 AM (a4flb) 25
What's going on for you today.
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 17, 2026 05:42 AM (wzUl9) --- Helping out with food distribution at a local food pantry. It's going to be cold, cold, cold...(wind chill around 0 or lower) Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 17, 2026 06:04 AM (ESVrU) 26
Powerline Week in Pictures:
https://tinyurl.com/yudyvr2s Midwest Chick Meme Drop ( from Thursday ) : https://tinyurl.com/5bcxs8ny Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 17, 2026 06:14 AM (6/iut) 27
International Fellowship of Christians and Jews:
The beginning of knowledge. Proverbs 1:7 https://tinyurl.com/a7vwrk9y Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 17, 2026 06:17 AM (ix8EF) 28
WiP is pretty good
Posted by: Skip at January 17, 2026 06:19 AM (Ia/+0) 29
What is a man to do when you have a Taiwanese AI stalker with an Asian sexbot for a front?
The world is rapidly changing. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 17, 2026 06:20 AM (BSdIE) 30
Maybe I should train it to be human. God help us.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 17, 2026 06:32 AM (BSdIE) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 17, 2026 06:35 AM (tgvbd) 32
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 17, 2026 05:42 AM (wzUl9)
Feeling a colony of fixed, strayed cats. Then going up to a very nice high end market through the lovely countryside near Trump's N.J. estate. Getting ready for service e tomorrow Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 17, 2026 06:35 AM (7RYym) 33
I got up way too early
Posted by: Skip at January 17, 2026 06:36 AM (Ia/+0) 34
I'm thinking about running out to the pipe shop in the suburbs, buying some supplies, and chatting with the cigar smokers. If Miss Linda wants to go, I can drop her off at the mall nearby and let her browse for an hour or more without me dragging along behind.
It's supposed to get a bit colder tonight, so I may or may not be able to exercise on Sunday am. I dislike going in the afternoon; there is usually more wind, more traffic between here and the park, etc. And I like having it over with before breakfast, too. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 17, 2026 06:37 AM (wzUl9) 35
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 17, 2026 06:35 AM (7RYym)
Not "feeling" They won't let us get that close. "Feeding" Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 17, 2026 06:40 AM (7RYym) 36
Feeling a colony of fixed, strayed cats. Then going up to a very nice high end market through the lovely countryside near Trump's N.J. estate. Getting ready for service e tomorrow
Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 17, 2026 *** We have a few feral cats around here, and at least one gray who apparently belongs to someone but loves to hit me up for some dry food. There is a little black bushy-tailed feral who won't come close, but will eat if I leave something in a bowl and close the door. He might be a descendant of my late Wolf. Wolf had his time spreading his seed about before I rescued him from abandonment and had him altered in 2011; we've seen a lot of bushy-tailed ferals here. Could be some of his genes. Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 17, 2026 06:41 AM (wzUl9) 37
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 17, 2026 06:35 AM (tgvbd) Good morning to you and everyone! Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 17, 2026 06:42 AM (7RYym) 38
Posted by: Wolfus Aurelius, Dreaming of Elsewhere at January 17, 2026 06:41 AM (wzUl9
That's nice you look after them with food. My friend and her engineer husband ( who feed them most of the week) fixed up little boxes with doors for them behind a guys house. The boxes are filled with straw and warm clothes. Sometimes when we go over some of them startle us by shooting out if the boxes like a rocket. Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 17, 2026 06:46 AM (7RYym) 39
All the overhead lights in the kennel decided to stop working. We had an electrician out to find out why and he concluded that rust and age had shorted out one of the recessed cans and he couldn't determine which of the ten or so lights it was. So I purchased some plug-in light sockets and I'll be stringing them up today so I can see what I'm doing in there. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 17, 2026 06:50 AM (tgvbd) 40
mornin yall. I asked my #1 son, who got a degree in Computer Science and works in IT "what is 61 in binary?" and he reached for his phone. I figured the answer myself before he could finish typing it in.
*eyeroll* Posted by: fd at January 17, 2026 06:51 AM (vFG9F) Posted by: I am the Shadout Mapes, the Housekeeper at January 17, 2026 06:52 AM (6/iut) 42
I got up way too early
Posted by: Skip Thanks to this kidney stone, I've been up since 2:30 Central. Again. Posted by: rickb223 at January 17, 2026 06:54 AM (eefky) 43
rickb never had that pleasure ( knocks on wood)
Posted by: Skip at January 17, 2026 06:57 AM (Ia/+0) Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 17, 2026 07:03 AM (ZeH0U) Posted by: naturalfake at January 17, 2026 07:10 AM (iJfKG) 46
Good morning all. Thx Pixy
Susanna Hoffs is now 67. And still a beauty Posted by: Smell the Glove and at January 17, 2026 07:12 AM (r8eU0) Posted by: Village Idiot's Apprentice at January 17, 2026 07:29 AM (iMotb) 48
Ironic that a prominent article on gardenic would appear in The Washington Compost Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM} at January 17, 2026 07:29 AM (xG4kz) 49
Still have a little coffee left, waiting for Mis Hum
Posted by: Skip at January 17, 2026 07:30 AM (Ia/+0) 50
Good morning morons
A bunch of Australians showed up at my door last night. Here for son in law's birthday party tomorrow. Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 17, 2026 07:32 AM (RIvkX) 51
OpenAI sounds like the very definition of everything that Commies call a running dog capitalist robber baron.
Posted by: Anna Puma at January 17, 2026 07:33 AM (2GVsD) 52
*bounds in brightly* Good morning, Hordians. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 17, 2026 06:35 AM (tgvbd) * shoots dead * * rolls over and goes back to sleep * Posted by: Buzz Adrenaline at January 17, 2026 07:37 AM (JRP2U) 53
I am sorry, even Fry ain't going to be yelling "Take my money!" for this:
https://tinyurl.com/mrd3f2df Crack IS the cheaper addiction nyah. Posted by: Anna Puma at January 17, 2026 07:40 AM (2GVsD) 54
Morning, 'rons and 'ettes.
Posted by: olddog in mo at January 17, 2026 07:44 AM (bQ4nt) 55
Surprising no one, lying lawyer Michel Cohen says he was lying about Trump. Is he lying now or was he lying before? I say both.
Posted by: fd at January 17, 2026 07:45 AM (vFG9F) 56
I am sorry, even Fry ain't going to be yelling "Take my money!" for this:
https://tinyurl.com/mrd3f2df Crack IS the cheaper addiction nyah. Posted by: Anna Puma at January 17, 2026 07:40 AM (2GVsD) --- Hey, at least it's 6% off its previous listing. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 17, 2026 07:45 AM (ESVrU) 57
Morning peeps. 35 years ago...
=========== Day 1: Wednesday, Jan. 16 Desert Storm begins at 7 p.m. EST (3 a.m. Jan. 17 in Iraq) with massive air and missile attacks on targets in Iraq, Kuwait. President Bush: "We will not fail." Day 2: Thursday, Jan. 17 Iraqi President Saddam Hussein declares: "The great showdown has begun! The mother of all battles is under way.'' Iraqi Scud missiles strike Israel. Scud fired at Saudi Arabia is downed by U.S. Patriot missile - first anti- missile missile fired in combat. Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 17, 2026 07:45 AM (U2OZr) Posted by: FenelonSpoke at January 17, 2026 07:46 AM (7RYym) 59
nood!
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 17, 2026 07:49 AM (Cjt/F) 60
West Taiwan?
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 17, 2026 07:50 AM (Cjt/F) 61
Minute late-dollah short, asusual.
Posted by: Tardy One at January 17, 2026 07:51 AM (oftw2) 62
meh, no "scientist" has yet convinced me that microplastics are even real, let alone dangerous.
Posted by: sock_rat_eez at January 17, 2026 07:52 AM (Cjt/F) 63
Back in the early days of astronomy, all of the planets moved in epicycles: that was an obvious truth. You could easily plot the various epicycles and they obviously existed. The planets moved in those loops. It turned out that the epicyclic movement was an illusion caused by putting the Earth at the center of the solar system. Nevertheless, using epicycles one could accurately predict the future position of the planets in the sky. What is the moral of the above? Just because existing electromagnetic theory can accurately describe and predict the behavior of electromagnetic waves does not mean that existing electromagnetic theory is correct.
Posted by: An Observation sez Trump is my President at January 17, 2026 07:52 AM (Da7Vv) 64
w00t late
Posted by: m at January 17, 2026 08:36 AM (SSiCQ) Posted by: m at January 17, 2026 08:41 AM (SSiCQ) 66
Thanks for your work; but, butt ... what are "The Big Three" ? ! ! !
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Yay, Friday Night ONT!
Posted by: Blanco Basura - Z28.310 at January 16, 2026 10:02 PM (lUFok) Posted by: mindful webworker - and away we go at January 16, 2026 10:02 PM (FMpsC) 3
Good evening good people.
Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 10:02 PM (cYBz/) 4
On a more mercenary note;
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 10:03 PM (3UR/I) 5
Hello, Horde! 😊💕
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 16, 2026 10:03 PM (SRRAx) Posted by: mindful webworker - and away we go at January 16, 2026 10:04 PM (FMpsC) 7
Sorry I'm late, Pinocchio wantes to borrow a can of Raid.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:04 PM (nYv2H) 8
Regarding the man filming his daughter - I took a terrific photography class during college. We did all kinds of very cool stuff: sound activated shutters, super long exposures, high speed objects, etc. Lots of fun.
Our professor warned us though - he said something like, you can either photograph an event or experience it - never both. Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 10:05 PM (cYBz/) 9
I think that map showing the nice clean straight line of the western USA demonstrates exactly why we can't add Alberta.
Without BC & SK. Posted by: mindful webworker - it's the maine thing at January 16, 2026 10:05 PM (FMpsC) 10
We need to cut California off that map too. Does Australia have any rational territories we could trade it for?
Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:06 PM (nYv2H) Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:07 PM (nYv2H) 12
Detained by Desire. Good one, lol.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 16, 2026 10:09 PM (n4Qav) 13
Canada has one coast to coast highway, a little bit north of the border. If Alberta were to join the US it would really fuck things up for Canada.
Posted by: davidt at January 16, 2026 10:09 PM (Q+gd/) 14
Shite. Reading content like a fooking newbie. Could have been #3. *i read the content, and clicked the linkies* Nice ONT Wierd Dave, thank you. Posted by: BifBewalski - at January 16, 2026 10:10 PM (QVmho) 15
In re: Artillery barrage:
What if the problem is that you have run out of 155mm ammo? Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:07 PM (nYv2H) Build AWFL trebuchets. We never seem to run out of AWFLs. Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 16, 2026 10:10 PM (S/Y4j) 16
I assume the idiot who got shot is D.E.A.D.
Posted by: browndog on the Maid of the Mist at January 16, 2026 10:11 PM (TTAGa) 17
Evenin'
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 16, 2026 10:11 PM (hybOl) Posted by: Iris at January 16, 2026 10:12 PM (bOJ2I) 19
I am never going to be able to hear "Chariots Of Fire" the same way again. Thanks a lot.
Of course, you can also set "Amazing Grace" and "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem" to "House of the Rising Sun", so.... Confession: I was such a nerd that even as a young 'ette I used to look at the back of the Methodist Hymnal to see which hymns were set to the same tunes... Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 16, 2026 10:14 PM (SRRAx) 20
Good one, Mr. WeirdDave. Couldn't stop perusing long enough to drop an egregious dull comment.
Posted by: mindful webworker - and now I did at January 16, 2026 10:14 PM (FMpsC) 21
Thanks for the ONT, WD!
Posted by: LRob in OK at January 16, 2026 10:15 PM (47diA) 22
What if the problem is that you have run out of 155mm ammo?
Posted by: tankdemon If you have already gone to direct fire and then have run out of shells, you have way bigger problems than just the shells. Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 10:16 PM (cYBz/) 23
Ok, I don't get the AP pizza. is it Chicago grammar vs AP grammar?
Posted by: Iris at January 16, 2026 10:12 PM (bOJ2I) Chicago Book of Style vs Associated Press? Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 16, 2026 10:16 PM (n4Qav) 24
That bird doing the spin midair was kind of cool. I'm guessing he is a hawk and his name is Tony.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:17 PM (nYv2H) 25
Had to ask MiladyJo on the pizza one. Style guides, she guesses. Oh, yeah. Ok. Chicago style guide was outside my frame of reference.
Doesn't the AP style guide insist on they/them pronouns? And no Oxford commas? 🙄 Posted by: mindful webworker - all the stuff I used to know at January 16, 2026 10:18 PM (FMpsC) 26
Heh.
Enjoy your trip to Florida to see the manatees. Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 10:19 PM (2WIwB) 27
"Honey, can you stop and pick up dinner on the way home?"
I haven't done much fishin', but my thought was, that looks kinda small. Then he threw it back. Maybe I ain't as unfisherman as I think I be? Posted by: mindful webworker - good catch, though, at January 16, 2026 10:20 PM (FMpsC) 28
I don't get the pizza one.
But I guess that means my sense of humor has room to grow. This is good Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 10:21 PM (ciYHQ) 29
Ents? Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 16, 2026 10:22 PM (QOikT) 30
That dog "purring" is pretty darn cute!
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 16, 2026 10:22 PM (SRRAx) 31
11 In re: Artillery barrage:
What if the problem is that you have run out of 155mm ammo? Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:07 PM (nYv2H) Well then, you call the big boys. 8 inch howitzers when you want to send the very best. Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 10:22 PM (2WIwB) 32
9 I think that map showing the nice clean straight line of the western USA demonstrates exactly why we can't add Alberta.
Without BC & SK. Posted by: mindful webworker - it's the maine thing --- Ad a little here, cut some slack over there, make Putri Rico a state and you've got DEMOCRACY. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 10:23 PM (3UR/I) 33
There are worse gifts than a trip to Florida to see the manatees.
At my mother's former residence, there was a dock out back that I occasionally fished off of. Every so often we would have some manatees come by to visit while doing so. Very fun to see them float by. Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:23 PM (nYv2H) 34
There are times I wish I had gone 13B. Fucking redlegs can fuck shit up.
I did basic at Fort Sill. my buddies and I arrived at reception station to the sound of live fire, at 0100. My MOS was 91A/B (medic). Yes. I am that old. Now it's 68 W or some shit. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 10:23 PM (0aYVJ) 35
Malory Archer RIP
Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 16, 2026 10:23 PM (KAi1n) Posted by: Ladyl at January 16, 2026 10:23 PM (D6+4s) Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 10:24 PM (rdVOm) 38
What if the problem is that you have run out of 155mm ammo?
Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:07 PM (nYv2H) * Warthog has entered the chat * Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 10:26 PM (ciYHQ) 39
Of course, you can also set "Amazing Grace" and "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem" to "House of the Rising Sun", so....
The "Gilligans Island" theme fits in that mix as well. "Amazing grace" to the "Gilligans Island" theme is quite a hoot. Posted by: Cheerful Reprobate at January 16, 2026 10:26 PM (8JzZF) 40
I wonder if that bird was twirling madly on purpose. I'd like to see a few more seconds post-landing. Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 16, 2026 10:27 PM (x4Mz/) 41
7 Sorry I'm late, Pinocchio wantes to borrow a can of Raid.
Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:04 PM (nYv2H) Sorry. When I saw on the internet that those were termites, not crabs, it became an emergency. Posted by: Pinocchio at January 16, 2026 10:28 PM (w/O5Q) 42
There are times I wish I had gone 13B. Fucking redlegs can fuck shit up.
I did basic at Fort Sill. my buddies and I arrived at reception station to the sound of live fire, at 0100. My MOS was 91A/B (medic). Yes. I am that old. Now it's 68 W or some shit. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 10:23 PM (0aYVJ) *** When I was commissioned, it was for a regular army slot in military intelligence. As part of the process back then, I did a year detail in field artillery so I did my OBC at Ft Sill. Artillery is just awesome!!! Loved every minute of it. Was able to spend half my career as the S2 or G2 of artillery units. Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 10:28 PM (2WIwB) 43
Ents?
Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug There is unrest in the forest Trouble with the trees For the maples want more sunlight And the oaks ignore their pleas Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 10:28 PM (ciYHQ) 44
Rents are from Lord of the Rings, right? The giant tree people?
I never have been able to get into those books - then again, my knowledge of classic literature is pretty much non-existent. The year I would have gotten a good grounding in that the only times the class was offered at my high school were also the only times the 2 advanced science classes I wanted to take were offered. So science it was. Engineering curriculum in college didn't require any literature courses, and after that I was busy studying and being a new bride. I read, but just never got around to reading the classics. Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 16, 2026 10:29 PM (SRRAx) 45
MN regime change, not sale to Canada
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 16, 2026 10:29 PM (xcxpd) 46
Confession: I was such a nerd that even as a young 'ette I used to look at the back of the Methodist Hymnal to see which hymns were set to the same tunes...
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. ----------- Yesterday's compliment is today's lawsuit. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 10:29 PM (3UR/I) 47
31 11 In re: Artillery barrage:
What if the problem is that you have run out of 155mm ammo? Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 10:07 PM (nYv2H) ---- Well, if you have the USS Iowa offshore.... Posted by: clarence at January 16, 2026 10:29 PM (f2oT+) 48
Good evening morons y gracias wd por el ONT
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 10:32 PM (RIvkX) 49
Canada: (Looks at the mess in Minnesota) Oh, HELL no!
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 16, 2026 10:32 PM (sS8Vs) 50
Greetings All
Thank you for ONT Weird Dave Coupla questions: What are ENTs? Maybe somebody has already asked and answered so no need to repeat if so. Second - I don't get the Chicago vs AP pizza. Be back later to read thru all comments as is my wont... Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 16, 2026 10:32 PM (QGaXH) 51
Hey Theresa! How are you, girl?
Posted by: Ladyl at January 16, 2026 10:32 PM (D6+4s) 52
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I wonder if that bird was twirling madly on purpose. I'd like to see a few more seconds post-landing. Posted by: Blonde Morticia It was a tumbler pigeon. Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 16, 2026 10:33 PM (vzcgi) 53
Not a fan of Chicago pizza. The best I can say about it is that it's better than that Hawaiian pizza with pineapple.
Posted by: nerdygirl at January 16, 2026 10:33 PM (0Htd1) 54
I always liked the Ents, was rooting for them the whole time
Posted by: Zeera , Damn Right I voted for all of this! at January 16, 2026 10:34 PM (pscAN) 55
What are ENTs? Maybe somebody has already asked and answered so no need to repeat if so. Tree herders from Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy. Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 16, 2026 10:34 PM (vzcgi) 56
Evening all.
FBI Raids Washington Post Reporter’s Home in Classified Leak Probe In a statement posted on X, Patel said the FBI moved after uncovering evidence that a journalist had been receiving and publishing sensitive information from a Pentagon-linked government contractor, potentially endangering U.S. military operations abroad. THAT IS TREASON https://tinyurl.com/y3ntabce Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 10:35 PM (sui1r) 57
I mean, I like James O'Keefe but have you ever noticed he never tries to honeypot chicks?
He is constantly edging with dudes. Too much smoke there. Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 16, 2026 10:35 PM (xcxpd) 58
Teresa,
I've tried three times to start The Hobbit and quit somewhere around page 80. Just can't do it. I do pick up various Lit stories from time to time though and enjoy them. Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 10:35 PM (2WIwB) Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 10:35 PM (cYBz/) 60
59 A Ladyl sighting!
Almost as rare as an honest dem. Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 10:35 PM (cYBz/) I'm gonna try to visit more often! How are ya? Posted by: Ladyl at January 16, 2026 10:36 PM (D6+4s) 61
56 Evening all.
FBI Raids Washington Post Reporter’s Home in Classified Leak Probe In a statement posted on X, Patel said the FBI moved after uncovering evidence that a journalist had been receiving and publishing sensitive information from a Pentagon-linked government contractor, potentially endangering U.S. military operations abroad. THAT IS TREASON https://tinyurl.com/y3ntabce Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 10:35 PM (sui1r) Well...WaPo reporter...they do this. Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 16, 2026 10:36 PM (xcxpd) 62
16 I assume the idiot who got shot is D.E.A.D.
Posted by: browndog on the Maid of the Mist at January 16, 2026 10:11 PM (TTAGa) I believe the proper Law Enforcement term is DRT. As in "Dead rat there!" Posted by: Brewingfrog at January 16, 2026 10:37 PM (saXwr) 63
Ents are the shepherds/protectors of trees and wild forests, created by the Vala Yavanna specifically to defend plants against exploitation (originally foreseen as a counter to the Dwarves' hunger for wood and stone)
Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 10:38 PM (ciYHQ) 64
Of course, you can also set "Amazing Grace" and "Oh Little Town of Bethlehem" to "House of the Rising Sun", so....
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 16, 2026 10:14 PM (SRRAx) In fairness though... Amazing Grace - 1772 O Little Town of Bethlehem - 1868 House of the Rising Sun - 1930s Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2026 10:38 PM (ExV1e) Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 10:38 PM (RIvkX) 66
A friend raised pigeons when we were young.
If I recall correctly, he raised three types. Homing pigeons, raised for longest trips back to the coop. Racers, raised for fastest trip back to the coop. And Tumbler pigeons, who'd just do weird shit like in the video for no particular reason. Tumblers were my favorite. Posted by: From about That Time at January 16, 2026 10:39 PM (sl73Y) 67
Ladyl - staying out of trouble. Have a new(ish) grandson in Dallas, and I got a new wallet for Christmas.
You know, we live on the edge down here! Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 10:39 PM (cYBz/) 68
That Chicago Slop isn't pizza, it's a pot pie. A crime against all that is good, a waste of good dough, toppings, sauce and cheese. Toss that shit in The Lake.
Posted by: Mario's Pizza at January 16, 2026 10:40 PM (oftw2) 69
What are ENTs? Maybe somebody has already asked and answered so no need to repeat if so.
Tree herders from Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy. Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 16, 2026 10:34 PM (vzcgi) Ents were, basically, giant sentient trees from Lord of the Rings. They acted as guardians of the forest. Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2026 10:41 PM (ExV1e) 70
Thnx and great ONT Dave!
Posted by: Mark in SC at January 16, 2026 10:41 PM (Vvo0d) 71
Y'ever wonder why they call it Longbottom leaf?
Posted by: The Ents at January 16, 2026 10:41 PM (w/O5Q) 72
Trump is bragging on X about supposedly getting Iran to NOT hang 800 people.
When thousands have been murdered. But at least Trump got to hang out with the Stanley Cup champs, and that's something we can all take pride in! Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2026 10:42 PM (ZxPkt) 73
You know there was a reason that when we were more a serious country being gay was considered a serious security risk
Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 10:42 PM (sKqQm) 74
Ft Sill. Artillery is just awesome!!! Loved every minute of it. Was able to spend half my career as the S2 or G2 of artillery units.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 10:28 PM (2WIwB) Right? It was weird when I did not hear the whoomp and the thud. It sucks that my duty station in Germany was LANCE missile. A lot of driving around in the Spessart and pretending to shoot stuff at the Fulda Gap. Did get to see a live fire in Crete. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 10:43 PM (0aYVJ) 75
I mean, I like James O'Keefe but have you ever noticed he never tries to honeypot chicks?
Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 16, 2026 10:35 PM (xcxpd) The theory is that chicks don't give up secrets for the promise of sex. O'Keefe would have to hand them stacks of cash to get them to give up the info. DC Dudes, OTOH... Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2026 10:43 PM (ExV1e) 76
>>And Tumbler pigeons, who'd just do weird shit like in the video for no particular reason. Tumblers were my favorite.
Well, of course. Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 10:43 PM (viF8m) 77
I approve of the map up top. Minnesota can go to hell or Canada, I don't care.
Posted by: Case at January 16, 2026 10:44 PM (4rWc3) 78
67 Ladyl - staying out of trouble. Have a new(ish) grandson in Dallas, and I got a new wallet for Christmas.
You know, we live on the edge down here! Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 10:39 PM (cYBz/) Sounds grand to me! Posted by: Ladyl at January 16, 2026 10:44 PM (D6+4s) 79
I have enjoyed the ONT offerings. I know that dog noise. I have made that noise myself.
Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2026 10:44 PM (ZxPkt) 80
I was watching a video about the impacts of nuclear war and obviously its a horrible possibility people have been considering for decades but one thing I haven't see commented on - would the animals that survived develop a higher tolerance to radiation then animals generally have now?
Presumably any mutation that would increase your resistance to damage from radiation would dramatically increase your changes of survival... Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 10:44 PM (sKqQm) 81
That Chicago Slop isn't pizza, it's a pot pie. A crime against all that is good, a waste of good dough, toppings, sauce and cheese. Toss that shit in The Lake.
Posted by: Mario's Pizza It is not good dough. It is Bisquick. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 16, 2026 10:45 PM (/lPRQ) 82
I've tried three times to start The Hobbit and quit somewhere around page 80. Just can't do it.
I do pick up various Lit stories from time to time though and enjoy them. Posted by: Diogenes Tolkien wrote the Hobbit as a childrens book. The Lord of the Rings is not a kids book. That said , LOR is about 4 times as long as the Hobbit. Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 16, 2026 10:46 PM (vzcgi) 83
It sucks that my duty station in Germany was LANCE missile. A lot of driving around in the Spessart and pretending to shoot stuff at the Fulda Gap. Did get to see a live fire in Crete.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 10:43 PM (0aYVJ) I was at Herzo Base in Germany. Just two battalions there, an 8 inch (I was the S2) and a Lance Battalion. Also the 210th Group HQ. A great assignment! Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 10:46 PM (2WIwB) 84
Evening, WD, and ONT Horde.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 10:46 PM (8zz6B) 85
Great ONT - thanks WeirdDave
Also, no thank you to lumping BC into the trade. It is lovely, but as liberal as can be Posted by: 496 at January 16, 2026 10:46 PM (hdZBB) 86
he only times the class was offered at my high school
When I was in college, there was an English class that covered Tolkien and some other classic fantasy authors. I saw no reason whatsoever to have gone to college to do the work involved in a course like that, but I was interested in the topic. So I just showed up at the class and didnt do any of the work. I didnt completely think it through, though. The professor liked to have pop quizzes; whenever he announced that today was a quiz day, I would walk out, assuming that the fact that it was a giant pop-culture class with literally hundreds of students in an auditorium would hide me. It did not. The last time I walked out, he addressed me directly telling me I wasnt going to pass the course if I didnt take the tests. Which of course wasnt a problem, but it did threaten the anonymity I craved then and still do. I wouldve been that guy in 1776: The Musical who voted for independence just so that no one knew my name. Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 16, 2026 10:47 PM (EXyHK) 87
THAT IS TREASON https://tinyurl.com/y3ntabce Posted by: rickb223 ============== I'm delighted to see Patel and Bondi are on it. I hope that reporter is quaking in her boots. Doubtless another Awful Liberal (I don't care about the race and sex -- they're all guilty) who thought no one would ever bother her for such a mere trifle as treason. "We always got away with it before! When did the rules change?" Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 16, 2026 10:47 PM (x4Mz/) Posted by: 496 at January 16, 2026 10:48 PM (FqCIy) 89
I'm delighted to see Patel and Bondi are on it. I hope that reporter is quaking in her boots. Doubtless another Awful Liberal (I don't care about the race and sex -- they're all guilty) who thought no one would ever bother her for such a mere trifle as treason. "We always got away with it before! When did the rules change?"
Posted by: Blonde Morticia When ICE started using real bullets. 😂😂😂 Posted by: rickb223 at January 16, 2026 10:49 PM (sui1r) 90
The problem with Alberta is it's full of hosers. If they can't step up their game in the Stanley Cup we trade them to Russia.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 10:50 PM (BSdIE) 91
LoTR never mentions religion at any point throughout, and yet it is arguably one of the most Christian stories ever written.
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 10:51 PM (hxusQ) 92
Heh.
Enjoy your trip to Florida to see the manatees. Posted by: Diogenes at That's when you have to decide either to tell him, or to take it to the grave with you. Posted by: From about That Time at January 16, 2026 10:51 PM (sl73Y) 93
include Saskatchewan as well as Alberta, those are the best and most conservative parts of Canada. Be careful with BC though, most of the land mass of BC is solidly conservative but has little population while the large urban centres (Vancouver, Victoria, much of Vancouver Island) are socialist shitholes that should be of no interest. And absolutely avoid the rest of Canada, it would be like importing another California
Posted by: Archer at January 16, 2026 10:52 PM (7o/iC) 94
Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 10:46 PM (2WIwB)
Aside from regular FTXs, our Arteps were at Wildflecken. Never got to experience Graff. Still, the artillery fire at Wildflecken was soothing. Like a thundershower on a summer night. Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 10:52 PM (0aYVJ) 95
Well then, you call the big boys. 8 inch howitzers when you want to send the very best.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, If that doesn’t work you call on ole Davy Crockett Posted by: Javems at January 16, 2026 10:52 PM (zFsEm) 96
I am all nostalgic for the Army now.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 10:53 PM (0aYVJ) 97
I mean, I like James O'Keefe but have you ever noticed he never tries to honeypot chicks? Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, Buy ammo at January 16, 2026 10:35 PM (xcxpd) ------ The women expose their disloyalty on social media, and in presentations to friendly audiences. O'Keefe chases them down the street asking them to comment. Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 16, 2026 10:56 PM (XeO61) 98
I mean, I like James O'Keefe but have you ever noticed he never tries to honeypot chicks?
I vaguely recall seeing his GF in some pictures of him and...she is a dime. O'Keefe isn't the one flirting with gay lefties. Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 10:57 PM (sKqQm) 99
Aside from regular FTXs, our Arteps were at Wildflecken. Never got to experience Graff. Still, the artillery fire at Wildflecken was soothing. Like a thundershower on a summer night.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 10:52 PM (0aYVJ) Being the S2 in an 8 inch battalion meant I was the defacto FO since we didn't have any organic ones. Best job to have and I spent every Graf trip on the OPs. Coldest I've ever been though. And lots of wild boar. My only break was for NRAS. Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 10:57 PM (2WIwB) 100
— → publishing sensitive information from a Pentagon-linked government contractor
---- Specifically, who is the contractor? What company does he work for? Who hired him? Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 10:57 PM (3UR/I) 101
Canada has one coast to coast highway, a little bit north of the border. If Alberta were to join the US it would really fuck things up for Canada.
Posted by: davidt at January 16, 2026 10:09 PM (Q+gd/) It would be feasible to build a highway from northern Saskatchewan to link up with the Alcan Highway. But probably more practical to make the three main E/W highways (and railways) neutral territory insofar as the rights of way go. Treat them sort of like toll roads; an Alberta licence plate would let you enter/exit those highways at will, no stop required. Plate from any other province would be dinged for a fee for every entry and exit, save for highway rest stops and gas stations. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 10:58 PM (8zz6B) 102
Alberta, and a province to be named later.
Posted by: toby928(c) at January 16, 2026 10:59 PM (/F7JY) 103
When I was at the Falcon heavy demo launch, I’d been told don’t take any pictures. Just watch it. Amazing advice. I’d pass that along to anyone who’s going to a launch.
Posted by: Fritz (not Fritz) at January 16, 2026 11:01 PM (z3oKc) 104
That's a lame-o pizza pie. Can we give Chicago to Canada too? Put some gravy on it at least, sheesh.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 11:01 PM (BSdIE) 105
I am all nostalgic for the Army now.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 10:53 PM (0aYVJ) Use a buffer on the floor. Polish your boots. Make some SOS for breakfast. Have a bier. It'll pass. Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 11:01 PM (2WIwB) 106
That cop was awfully calm in light of the probability he was about to get in a gun fight.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 11:02 PM (KDPiq) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:03 PM (3UR/I) Posted by: Methos at January 16, 2026 11:03 PM (vSvIl) 109
Chicago style pizza is not pizza.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 11:03 PM (KDPiq) 110
I'm still laughing about a meme about the Democrats' 2028 Presidential Primary. Maduro is ranked third, kicking Peter to 4th.
I know it's a joke, but it's also possible. Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at January 16, 2026 11:03 PM (S/Y4j) 111
include Saskatchewan as well as Alberta, those are the best and most conservative parts of Canada. Be careful with BC though, most of the land mass of BC is solidly conservative but has little population while the large urban centres (Vancouver, Victoria, much of Vancouver Island) are socialist shitholes that should be of no interest. And absolutely avoid the rest of Canada, it would be like importing another California
Posted by: Archer at January 16, 2026 10:52 PM (7o/iC) Great idea! I've met some ladies from Saskatchewan. Not everything is flat in Saskatchewan. Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 11:03 PM (2WIwB) 112
A bitch judge in Minnesota says ICE can't retaliate against protesters or stop drivers. The story is at Daily Mail. Posted by: fourseasons at January 16, 2026 11:03 PM (3ek7K) 113
The swap with Canada would resolve that Lake of the Woods thing.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 16, 2026 11:04 PM (ZVgZ4) 114
I think that cop shooting thing was staged: it’s too perfect.
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 16, 2026 11:05 PM (ZVgZ4) 115
Well then, you call the big boys. 8 inch howitzers when you want to send the very best.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, That's what she said. Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 11:06 PM (KDPiq) 116
73 You know there was a reason that when we were more a serious country being gay was considered a serious security risk Posted by: 18-1 at January 16, 2026 10:42 PM (sKqQm) --------- In the before time, the possibility of blackmail was cited as justification for a ban. Now that the gays are out and proud, they betray secrets to be fabulous, and humiliate anybody who trusted them. It turns out that "gay" correlates with "character defects, and delusions." Who knew? Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 16, 2026 11:06 PM (XeO61) 117
Here's the thing. Canadas economy depends on oil. Oil pays for welfare programs in Ontario and trans lesbian dance classes in Vancouver.
Canadian oil costs $60 a barrel to produce. Venezuelan oil costs $30 a barrel to produce. Canada is fckd, eh? Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 16, 2026 11:06 PM (Kl6OU) 118
Where's Pam Bondi's boyfriend to defend her honor from this scurrilous meme?
Posted by: Sad! at January 16, 2026 11:07 PM (12gd1) 119
@FoxNews
· 9h REPORTER: "Did Arab and Israeli officials convince you to not strike Iran?" PRESIDENT TRUMP: "Nobody convinced me. I convinced myself. Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2026 11:08 PM (ZxPkt) 120
Where's Pam Bondi's boyfriend to defend her honor from this scurrilous meme?
Posted by: Sad! at January 16, 2026 11:07 PM (12gd1) Can I be her boyfriend if I defend her? Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 11:08 PM (KDPiq) 121
It's hard to say what the best of Cobra is.
But the part in the denoument where the cult leader says "your Courts are civilized, aren't they, pig?" and then Stallone says "this is where the law stops, and I start!" and then hooks him up on a crucible is probably it. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:10 PM (BI5O2) 122
42 -- Diogenes -- Years back, my youngest son was in Cub Scouts, and the leaders of his group were two tank guys spending some time with the Air Force to get promotion. Every time I ran into them, they were complaining about the AF. "No forced marches! No weekend training exercises! That's not how the military works!"
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at January 16, 2026 11:10 PM (DK5Sh) 123
LoTR never mentions religion at any point throughout, and yet it is arguably one of the most Christian stories ever written.
If you read any of his (unpublished during his lifetime) backgrounds, such as the Silmarillion, they are literally choirs of angels around God creating the world. Im currently reading volume 5 of Christopher Tolkiens collection of his fathers writings and its fascinating. Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at January 16, 2026 11:11 PM (EXyHK) 124
115 Well then, you call the big boys. 8 inch howitzers when you want to send the very best.
Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, That's what she said. Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 11:06 PM (KDPiq) All artillery is 8 inches on the internet. Posted by: Dog Posting Online at January 16, 2026 11:11 PM (FJl0E) 125
I convinced myself. Posted by: Don Black ============== Great. What DOES he intend to do? If anything? Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 16, 2026 11:12 PM (x4Mz/) 126
I'm thinking we could frack Venezuela into the ocean and it would be one for the history books. Like a modern day Atlantis.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 11:13 PM (BSdIE) 127
Speaking of the ASSociated Press...
Last November, Elaine Miles, a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon and an actress known for her roles in “Northern Exposure” and “The Last of Us,” said she was stopped by ICE officers in Washington state who told her that her tribal ID looked fake. -AP -------- Factoid - The Hon-Dah Casino, on Tribal land, owned and operated by the White Mountain Apache Tribe, does not accept tribal ID as proof of age or residence at either the casino cashier or the bar. Posted by: buddhaha at January 16, 2026 11:14 PM (epPlm) 128
Canadian oil costs $60 a barrel to produce. Venezuelan oil costs $30 a barrel to produce.
Canada is fckd, eh? Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 16, 2026 11:06 PM (Kl6OU) Cost of production depends upon what kind of oil, and what you have to do to produce it. There is vast room for expansion of the oil sands resource at MacMurray. Economies of scale can kick in. The logical thing to do would be use nuclear power to run the mines, and the recovery process, and the upgrader. And just a couple hundred miles east, in Saskatchewan, are massive uranium mines already production. Room for expansion there, too. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 11:16 PM (8zz6B) 129
Chinese are over fishing the Pacific.
A sub off the coast of South America could radio fisher boat 1 (from where? out of nowhere) and tell him to prepare rescue for boat 2 and 3. Do the same with boat 4. Then sink boat 2,3,5 and 6. Then go to the South China Sea and do the same thing and leave. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:16 PM (3UR/I) 130
bitch judge in Minnesota says ICE can't retaliate against protesters or stop driver
It's not a retaliation, it's a response to escalation. Totally different, FO bitch. Posted by: From about That Time at January 16, 2026 11:17 PM (sl73Y) 131
Rents are from Lord of the Rings, right?…
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth Definitely a candidate for entry into The Big Book of Hilarious Autoincorrects. (Read the Lord of the Rings to find out what the landlord Rents charged Saruman.) 🤔 Posted by: mindful webworker - in a hole in the ground lived a Hobbit... at January 16, 2026 11:17 PM (FMpsC) 132
But then there's the part where Cobra is gunning down the motorcycle gang from the back of the a pickup truck.
Or the motel shootout. Or the hostage scenario in the grocery store at the beginning. Every part of that movie kicks ass. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:18 PM (BI5O2) 133
West Texas crude is around $60 a barrel, too. But are you sure about Venezuelan oil? I thought it came out as a wax that needed extra refining?
Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 16, 2026 11:18 PM (SEFV4) 134
bitch judge in Minnesota says ICE can't retaliate against protesters or stop driver
- Sounds like a judge needs to be charged with impeding federal agents and locked up with the current haul of illegals overnight. Posted by: Methos at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (vSvIl) Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (sS8Vs) 136
Never saw Cobra. Just the trailers . You're the disease and I'm the cure.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (KDPiq) 137
>Great. What DOES he intend to do? If anything?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia ---- who knows in the meantime, the massacres continue Posted by: Don Black at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (ZxPkt) 138
A video was leaked of Leila Khatami, daughter of Shiite cleric Ali Khatami, who was also president of Iran, and Sasha Larijani, who is the granddaughter of Ayatollah Khamenei, on a yacht in a swimsuit (bikini & a drink) and without a veil.
Women in Iran are not allowed to do this kind of thing, but the daughters and granddaughters of religious leaders are https://tinyurl.com/49hhey9p Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (3UR/I) 139
Speaking of the ASSociated Press...
Last November, Elaine Miles, a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon and an actress known for her roles in “Northern Exposure” and “The Last of Us,” said she was stopped by ICE officers in Washington state who told her that her tribal ID looked fake. -AP -------- Factoid - The Hon-Dah Casino, on Tribal land, owned and operated by the White Mountain Apache Tribe, does not accept tribal ID as proof of age or residence at either the casino cashier or the bar. Posted by: buddhaha ==== It was hand-written on the backside of a Corn Pops cereal box top. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (/lPRQ) 140
Everybody is going tribal these days. That's what happens when you get into a global, third-world shithole tribal conflict on another continent.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 11:22 PM (BSdIE) 141
You're the disease and I'm the cure.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (KDPiq) See? That's from the first five minutes of the movie, and it only keeps getting cooler from there. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:23 PM (BI5O2) 142
Women in Iran are not allowed to do this kind of thing, but the daughters and granddaughters of religious leaders are
https://tinyurl.com/49hhey9p Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (3UR/I) I'm guessing the yacht was nowhere near Iran. Saudi women lose the veil as soon as the plane they are on leaves Saudi airspace, too. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 11:26 PM (8zz6B) 143
""I know it's early in the season, but I'd like to propose a trade:""
I'm sure there are a few other retarded states we can throw in to sweeten the deal. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 11:26 PM (snZF9) 144
Great. What DOES he intend to do? If anything?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia at January 16, 2026 11:12 PM (x4Mz/) You could try asking a Washington Post reporter. They might know. Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 16, 2026 11:26 PM (sS8Vs) 145
Seriously (or as seriously as my late-night mind will bear), I cringe to read about kicking any state out of the USA. I don't think we should ever let go of one square mile of our territory.
Which is not to say that we really need to recover a lot of areas from The Enemy Domestic. Posted by: mindful webworker - and the land we belong to is graaaannd at January 16, 2026 11:28 PM (FMpsC) 146
Ents were, basically, giant sentient trees from Lord of the Rings. They acted as guardians of the forest.
Posted by: I used to have a different nic at January 16, 2026 10:41 PM (ExV1e) Ents raised trees and became like them in form and pace and lifespan, and some of the trees likewise became like the ents in sentience and mobility. The entwives raised flowers, and no one has seen them in an age... Posted by: SciVo at January 16, 2026 11:31 PM (Sy6m/) 147
Diogenes -- Years back, my youngest son was in Cub Scouts, and the leaders of his group were two tank guys spending some time with the Air Force to get promotion. Every time I ran into them, they were complaining about the AF. "No forced marches! No weekend training exercises! That's not how the military works!"
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at January 16, 2026 11:10 PM (DK5Sh) And PT is volleyball, but once a year they have to complete 18 holes of golf WITHOUT using a cart. Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 11:31 PM (2WIwB) 148
That cop was awfully calm in light of the probability he was about to get in a gun fight.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 11:02 PM (KDPiq) I recognized the video from the still. He and another cop had been talking to this guy about what was essentially a squatter situation for around 20 minutes IIRC. That it ended up in a shooting was avoidable on his part, I think the worst they were going to charge him with was breaking and entering (he hadn't taken the copper pipes off the property yet). Just sad. Posted by: pookysgirl watches too many Donut Operator videos at January 16, 2026 11:32 PM (Wt5PA) 149
Seriously (or as seriously as my late-night mind will bear), I cringe to read about kicking any state out of the USA. I don't think we should ever let go of one square mile of our territory.
----- Seriously, why? We're in more danger from the enemy now than if we broke up and went at one another. In our current situation, they hold all the commanding heights. In a fractured country trying to find its feet, with factions that hold territories and institutions against one another, we at least stand a fighting chance. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:33 PM (BI5O2) 150
bitch judge in Minnesota says ICE can't retaliate against protesters or stop driver
- Sounds like a judge needs to be charged with impeding federal agents and locked up with the current haul of illegals overnight. Posted by: Methos at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (vSvIl) The lack of proper love for volcanoes is disturbing. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 11:33 PM (snZF9) 151
A video was leaked of Leila Khatami, daughter of Shiite cleric Ali Khatami, who was also president of Iran, and Sasha Larijani, who is the granddaughter of Ayatollah Khamenei, on a yacht in a swimsuit (bikini & a drink) and without a veil.
Women in Iran are not allowed to do this kind of thing, but the daughters and granddaughters of religious leaders are https://tinyurl.com/49hhey9p Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (3UR/I) *** No wonder the Regime is working so hard to jam starlink. Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 11:33 PM (2WIwB) 152
From what I have read, speculation is that Trump is waiting for that carrier and its group that is moving from the China Sea to somewhere close to Iran. There is also speculation that Bibi requested a pause in order to prepare Israel for the barrage of missiles the mullahs will probably throw at Israel. But then who knows what Trump will do? Only him, I suspect.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at January 16, 2026 11:34 PM (DK5Sh) 153
Eagle Wings@CRRJA5 . 7h
The Democrats hired 87,000 IRS agents to go after YOU... sorry, I meant to "crack down on tax fraud". Then how did they miss the INSANE amount of fraud in Minnesota? Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:34 PM (3UR/I) 154
But then who knows what Trump will do? Only him, I suspect.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin --- It's published that IMF is positioning Iron Dome for Iranian attack. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:36 PM (3UR/I) 155
From what I have read, speculation is that Trump is waiting for that carrier and its group that is moving from the China Sea to somewhere close to Iran. There is also speculation that Bibi requested a pause in order to prepare Israel for the barrage of missiles the mullahs will probably throw at Israel. But then who knows what Trump will do? Only him, I suspect.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at January 16, 2026 11:34 PM (DK5Sh) Well, if some sort of air campaign against Iran is contemplated, it makes a great deal of sense to delay until all your assets are in theater. Also keeps the weirdbeards guessing. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 11:38 PM (8zz6B) 156
Secretary Brooke Rollins . @SecRollins
A federal judge just FORCED the @USDA to CONTINUE sending SNAP administrative funds to Minnesota — even though they're refusing to help root out massive fraud! This isn't protecting taxpayers or the families who truly need help; it's letting crooks game the system. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:38 PM (3UR/I) 157
What a magnificent ONT. Thank you very much, Weird Dave!
Posted by: Sam Adams at January 16, 2026 11:39 PM (X+xvk) 158
Speaking of the ASSociated Press...
Last November, Elaine Miles, a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation in Oregon and an actress known for her roles in “Northern Exposure” and “The Last of Us,” said she was stopped by ICE officers in Washington state who told her that her tribal ID looked fake. -AP -------- Factoid - The Hon-Dah Casino, on Tribal land, owned and operated by the White Mountain Apache Tribe, does not accept tribal ID as proof of age or residence at either the casino cashier or the bar. Posted by: buddhaha ==== It was hand-written on the backside of a Corn Pops cereal box top. Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at January 16, 2026 11:21 PM (/lPRQ) *** Hey! That's Maize Pops to you white man! Posted by: Diogenes at January 16, 2026 11:40 PM (2WIwB) 159
It's published that IMF is positioning Iron Dome for Iranian attack.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 11:36 PM (3UR/I) One would hope that the locations of all the fixed launchers are known, as well as where the mobile launchers are garaged. Destroy the missiles on the ground as much as is possible. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 16, 2026 11:41 PM (8zz6B) 160
Letting crooks game the system?
Of course. What else is new? And it's not a matter of letting anyone do anything, either. They aren't asking. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:42 PM (BI5O2) 161
145 Seriously (or as seriously as my late-night mind will bear), I cringe to read about kicking any state out of the USA. I don't think we should ever let go of one square mile of our territory.
Which is not to say that we really need to recover a lot of areas from The Enemy Domestic. Posted by: mindful webworker - and the land we belong to is graaaannd at January 16, 2026 11:28 PM (FMpsC) I wouldn't mind nudging (say) California and New York to secede, then immediately declaring war and conquering them, to be followed by martial law and reconstruction under American principles, with aggressive indoctrination imposed in school against their Secular Sins of transnationalism and bureaucratism. Posted by: SciVo at January 16, 2026 11:46 PM (Sy6m/) 162
It's also possible Trump is trying to force Khameini to escape Iran so as not to create a martyr. That's entirely speculation on my part. I read somewhere that Khameini has dug his heels in and refuses to run like Assad did. Evidently, Khameini has ranted about what a coward Assad is.
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin at January 16, 2026 11:46 PM (DK5Sh) 163
If we were in a position to tell anyone anything, shit wouldn't have gotten so fucked up, would it have?
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:49 PM (BI5O2) 164
Iran stands no chance. Let's hope the common citizen can find shelter before we (US and Israel) obliterate the regime with surgical strikes. Long overdue.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 11:50 PM (BSdIE) 165
Evening all
Posted by: Joyenz at January 16, 2026 11:51 PM (2F0/Y) 166
I wouldn't mind nudging (say) California and New York to secede, then immediately declaring war and conquering them, to be followed by martial law and reconstruction under American principles, with aggressive indoctrination imposed in school against their Secular Sins of transnationalism and bureaucratism.
Posted by: SciVo at January 16, 2026 11:46 PM (Sy6m/) NYC would be easy. Cave the tunnels and blow the bridges. It becomes an isle of misery parked next to the US. Americans on the mainland can just hold up food and wave. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 11:52 PM (snZF9) 167
It's published that IMF is positioning Iron Dome for Iranian attack. Good morning, Mister Phelps. Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 16, 2026 11:53 PM (pkeXY) 168
Cost of production depends upon what kind of oil, and what you have to do to produce it. There is vast room for expansion of the oil sands resource at MacMurray. Economies of scale can kick in. The logical thing to do would be use nuclear power to run the mines, and the recovery process, and the upgrader. And just a couple hundred miles east, in Saskatchewan, are massive uranium mines already production. Room for expansion there, too.
That's the kicker; Canada and Venzuela produce the same type of crude oil; heavy and sour. The refineries best equipped to process this are on the Gulf Coast. And what makes Canadian crude more expensive isn't just the technical challenges of extraction, there's also a high regulatory burden. An oilfield takes on average eight years to open in Canada and involves a lot of payoffs along the way. An oilfield in Venezuela or Guyana is just three years. Now Canada could find a market for heavy sour crude in China... if the Government hadn't blocked construction of pipelines from Alberta to the Pacific. Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 16, 2026 11:54 PM (f0sNM) 169
Florida: come for the manatees, stay for the reckless driving, firearms, margaritas and iguanas.
Posted by: Winner of the Gov DeSantis lookalike contest at January 16, 2026 11:55 PM (fKeBm) 170
At this point, I care more about the citizens of Tehran than those of NYC or Minneapolis. What a weird timeline we are in...
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 16, 2026 11:55 PM (n4Qav) 171
I thoughts ENTs were Ear, Nose, and Throat Doctors.
They are pretty sensitive about the trees, though. Posted by: Nerd Herd at January 16, 2026 11:56 PM (NZPfR) 172
SpaceX video included a G-meter on the booster (first) stage. Max of 4.2 G going up, 5.2 (!) during the entry burn coming down.
Posted by: Idaho Spudboy at January 16, 2026 11:57 PM (sS8Vs) 173
At this point, I care more about the citizens of Tehran than those of NYC or Minneapolis. What a weird timeline we are in...
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 16, 2026 11:55 PM (n4Qav) Well, I take your point, but I care far more about NYC and Minneapolis than Tehran. I don't wish any ill will toward these Persians, at least not on general principles. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:58 PM (BI5O2) 174
NYC would be easy. Cave the tunnels and blow the bridges. It becomes an isle of misery parked next to the US. Americans on the mainland can just hold up food and wave.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 11:52 PM (snZF9) Tell me more... Posted by: Snake Plisken at January 16, 2026 11:59 PM (sS8Vs) 175
>>Now Canada could find a market for heavy sour crude in China... if the Government hadn't blocked construction of pipelines from Alberta to the Pacific.
I enjoyed watching Trump answer questions about Canada making a deal with China. Having Venezuela as a partner has removed the only deal leverage Canada had with the US. Canada is trading their biggest trade partner, by a huge amount, for a deal with China for a fraction of the amount. Brilliant. Posted by: JackStraw at January 17, 2026 12:01 AM (viF8m) 176
I can't bring myself to care about NYC since they elected a communist or Minneapolis (or Portland or Seattle) since they don't even seem like American cities anymore.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 17, 2026 12:02 AM (f0sNM) 177
Rock on, y'all.
I once had a brother who played this album loudly several times a day the summer of 1971. Our bedrooms shared a wall and we'd compete with our stereos til one of us gave up and listened to what we agreed on. Funniest guy I have ever known. I assure you he was a Moron of the Highest Order. I miss you, bro. https://tinyurl.com/53mxhf5n Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 17, 2026 12:04 AM (WONhk) Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 17, 2026 12:04 AM (u82oZ) 179
That's the kicker; Canada and Venzuela produce the same type of crude oil; heavy and sour. The refineries best equipped to process this are on the Gulf Coast.
And what makes Canadian crude more expensive isn't just the technical challenges of extraction, there's also a high regulatory burden. An oilfield takes on average eight years to open in Canada and involves a lot of payoffs along the way. An oilfield in Venezuela or Guyana is just three years. Now Canada could find a market for heavy sour crude in China... if the Government hadn't blocked construction of pipelines from Alberta to the Pacific. Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 16, 2026 11:54 PM (f0sNM) There is plenty of light, sweet crude in Alberta, too. The oil from the oil sands is put though an upgrader before it ever enters a pipeline. The upgrader hydrogenates the heavy oilsands crude, and makes a lighter, sweeter product that is what the buyers get. The upgrader is fueled by "stranded" natural gas that is produced from wells located on the far side of the oilands area, too far from markets to be sold directly. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 17, 2026 12:04 AM (8zz6B) 180
Also remembering how Warren Buffett lobbied against the Keystone pipeline because he owns the railroad that moves Canadian oil into the US. Fck that son of a bitch.
Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo at January 17, 2026 12:05 AM (f0sNM) 181
If Shah Pahlavi wants NYC and Minneapolis to sweeten the pot, then so be it. Name it New Persia and take them off our hands. It would definitely benefit us, and it would give him a North American port and some iron mines.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 12:06 AM (BI5O2) 182
The Democrats hired 87,000 IRS agents to go after YOU... sorry, I meant to "crack down on tax fraud". Then how did they miss the INSANE amount of fraud in Minnesota?
Posted by: Braenyard By looking the other way, or more likely, being in on the scam. Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit at January 17, 2026 12:06 AM (SEFV4) 183
>>>Well, I take your point, but I care far more about NYC and Minneapolis than Tehran. I don't wish any ill will toward these Persians, at least not on general principles.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice >MN and NYC need to handle their own shit. I'm convinced they can do that but what these states and cities are bringing to the kitchen table is nothing compared to what these other countries owe us. This is your global economic theory. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 17, 2026 12:06 AM (BSdIE) 184
All moron writers:
Forget SF/mysteries/westerns. Write AWFL women / Hunky ICE agent stories. Not bodice rippers, sweatshirt rippers. Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 17, 2026 12:06 AM (u82oZ) 185
So I don't get what the big almighty deal is with ice in Minnesota anyways....I mean don't the get ice every year at this time? Geez guys, chill out, warmer weather will be here before you know it.....
Separate note - thank you to those who explained the ENTs thingy. I read LoTR many many years ago - not sure if I could get through it again... Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 17, 2026 12:07 AM (QGaXH) 186
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I read LoTR many many years ago - not sure if I could get through it again...
One does not just get through The Lord of the Rings Posted by: Boromir, Son of Denethor, Steward of Gondor at January 17, 2026 12:10 AM (EXyHK) 188
Well, I take your point, but I care far more about NYC and Minneapolis than Tehran. I don't wish any ill will toward these Persians, at least not on general principles.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:58 PM (BI5O2) Yes. It is unacceptable to have major cities controlled by the Commie/Islam alliance. The people who perpetrate this, and egg on the useful idiots, I hate with the power of a million suns. Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 17, 2026 12:10 AM (n4Qav) 189
> 13 Canada has one coast to coast highway, a little bit north of the border. If Alberta were to join the US it would really fuck things up for Canada.
Posted by: davidt at January 16, 2026 10:09 PM (Q+gd/) That is the most boring drive you could possibly imagine, at least until you start getting some mountains in western Alberta. It makes the Dakotas and Kansas seem like exciting scenery by comparison. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 12:10 AM (IG3/x) 190
They're still screeching that Krazy Kommunist Karen in Minneapolis was "murdered".
No. She either committed suicide by cop (if she knew what she was doing) or won a Darwin Award (if she was too stupid to know what she was doing). Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 12:12 AM (IG3/x) 191
I think we've passed the virtue signaling stage when it comes to these kind of choices, Salty. Carney is a card carrying globalist and he knows exactly who Trump is and his desire for a united Western Hemisphere.
The old alliances are broken. Going to be some interesting times. Posted by: JackStraw at January 17, 2026 12:12 AM (viF8m) 192
Somewhere around here, I had an apple juice jar filled with crude from a conventional well near Whitecourt. It was about the consistency of Diesel fuel, the color was green, and it sparkled from suspended wax crystals, and smelled like naptha camp stove fuel. If you ran it through a good filter, a car would probably run on it.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 17, 2026 12:12 AM (8zz6B) 193
The Democrats hired 87,000 IRS agents to go after YOU... sorry, I meant to "crack down on tax fraud". Then how did they miss the INSANE amount of fraud in Minnesota?
Posted by: Braenyard By looking the other way, or more likely, being in on the scam. Posted by: NemoMeImpuneLacessit Biden hired them to go after the right. Posted by: rickb223 at January 17, 2026 12:12 AM (sui1r) 194
Christy @177. The link doesn't work. But RIP for your brother
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 17, 2026 12:14 AM (n4Qav) Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 17, 2026 12:14 AM (pkeXY) 196
> That is the most boring drive you could possibly imagine
Oh, and no offense intended, AOP, but you gotta admit that MB, SK, and eastern AB are rather...monotonous. Western AB makes up for a lot, though. Some nice scenery there. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 12:15 AM (IG3/x) 197
Christy @177. The link doesn't work. But RIP for your brother Posted by: BarelyScaryMary Link works for me. Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 17, 2026 12:16 AM (pkeXY) 198
Continued from post above, had a memory my husband and I still laugh about.
My very first date, 9th grade, was with a football player in our class (girlfriends made me go out with him. I liked his best friend better). Nice guy. Drove an orange muscle car, I think a Dodge something. Anyway, I was nervous as was he on the way to the stupid drive-in torture. So I could see what people did there and not approve. On the way down our long driveway my brother jumped out of a ditch, on all fours, barking like a dog. We pretended not to see him but I laughed anyway. We did not date long. I had to "walk him off the football field" a few times. I honestly did not see the point but I did it. He was sweaty and dating a buffoon who'd rather stay home and he eventually gave up as I was hopeless. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 17, 2026 12:16 AM (WONhk) 199
187 I read LoTR many many years ago - not sure if I could get through it again...
One does not just “get through” The Lord of the Rings… Posted by: Boromir, Son of Denethor, Steward of Gondor at January 17, 2026 12:10 AM (EXyHK) Oh gawd..... Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 17, 2026 12:17 AM (QGaXH) 200
JackStraw
We are in luck that our enemies have to work much harder to avoid entropy. Got some remedies for problems, but it takes will. Oliver Cromwell is smiling at current events. He can fix things. Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 17, 2026 12:18 AM (u82oZ) 201
194 Christy @177. The link doesn't work. But RIP for your brother
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 17, 2026 12:14 AM (n4Qav) Weird! Bell Bottom Blues by Derick and the Dominoes. G'nite! Blows kisses! Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 17, 2026 12:19 AM (WONhk) 202
Hockey is allright--- but TABLE HOCKEY, that's a REAL man's sport!!!!!
Posted by: As not seen on TV at January 17, 2026 12:19 AM (vfct/) 203
Sorry m.
Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 17, 2026 12:19 AM (u82oZ) 204
Weird! Bell Bottom Blues by Derick and the Dominoes.
G'nite! Blows kisses! Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 17, 2026 12:19 AM (WONhk) Great song, Christy! Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 17, 2026 12:19 AM (n4Qav) 205
One of the greatest one-off "supergroup" albums ever, rivaled by Clapton's other one-off project, Blind Faith.
The name of the band was supposed to be Eric and the Dynamos, but the announcer at an early gig screwed it up, and they decided they liked that name better. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 12:20 AM (IG3/x) Posted by: NaCly Dog at January 17, 2026 12:22 AM (u82oZ) 207
Oh, and no offense intended, AOP, but you gotta admit that MB, SK, and eastern AB are rather...monotonous.
Western AB makes up for a lot, though. Some nice scenery there. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 12:15 AM (IG3/x) It's easier to build highways in "boring" country, you know. Don't have to go far off the Trans-Canada to see some neat stuff. Cypress Hills, on the AB-SK border is a small mountain ridge that remained unglaciated during the height of the last glacial period. Home to a unique and subtly different ecology. About 30 miles off the highway. And the Alberta badlands around Drumheller are about 30 miles north of the highway, further West. Many miles of quite spectacular scenery. And dinosaurs. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 17, 2026 12:22 AM (8zz6B) 208
Between LA, Long Beach, Houston,Savannah, and numerous smaller east coast ports, we can easily distribute NY's port traffic. And it's not as if the Shah would cut it off, anyway. Just let the Persians have New York as a door "prize."
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 12:24 AM (BI5O2) 209
The Blind Faith album is one of the perfect ones.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 17, 2026 12:24 AM (n4Qav) 210
> It's easier to build highways in "boring" country, you know. Don't have to go far off the Trans-Canada to see some neat stuff.
I do hope to see some more of Canada before taking my final dirt nap, but the way things are going, I'm not even going to see most of Alaska before then. Still need to make it to the Arctic Ocean. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 12:25 AM (IG3/x) 211
149 Seriously (or as seriously as my late-night mind will bear), I cringe to read about kicking any state out of the USA. I don't think we should ever let go of one square mile of our territory. ----- Seriously, why? We're in more danger from the enemy now than if we broke up and went at one another. In our current situation, they hold all the commanding heights. In a fractured country trying to find its feet, with factions that hold territories and institutions against one another, we at least stand a fighting chance. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 11:33 PM ------ What is a state? There are people. There are territory, resources, infrastructure, history and tradition. If a faction of the human component choose to stop being loyal citizens, and become a waxy yellow buildup instead, discard the traitorous weasels, and keep everything else. They don't get to take it with them. They'd just sell it off to the Chinese anyway. No. It's ours. Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 17, 2026 12:26 AM (L78T1) 212
a Moron of the Highest Order.
I miss you, bro. https://tinyurl.com/53mxhf5n Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat --- Always thought that was the Beatles. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 12:27 AM (3UR/I) 213
I should return my AoSHQ premium cardboard membership card and Valu-Rite Vodka pledge drive tote bag before you all begin suggesting we trade Minnesota for lesser Canadian provinces like Newfoundland and Labrador.
Posted by: Walter Freeman at January 17, 2026 12:30 AM (xSYff) 214
>>>Yes. It is unacceptable to have major cities controlled by the Commie/Islam alliance. The people who perpetrate this, and egg on the useful idiots, I hate with the power of a million suns.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary >Look at how vicious the Left is right now. Be prepared when the right decides to become vicious because conditions will change rapidly. They keep messing with the bull. Trump should step in and put a halt to this escalation. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 17, 2026 12:30 AM (BSdIE) 215
That map looks like a fair trade to me!
Posted by: SmallTownGirl at January 17, 2026 12:31 AM (9DbxP) 216
@205...I know every song on this album.
My brother, in addition to being insane and brilliant, had great taste in music. We went to many concerts together from HS through college. We would laugh til we cried even as adults. Could read each other's minds (I was 2yrs older). He made me humble & I never thought I was "all that" because of him. The main thing we fought over was the remote control for the new color TV in 1965. For a decade we rarely brawled, then, whammo! Torture time! We'd get sent to our rooms upstairs & continue to argue over the groovy "intercom" of the new house (1964). My parents listened in the den. I once catapulted him up the stairs during a brawl & he crashed on the landing loudly. I really got into trouble then, but totally worth it! He could stop an argument by saying, "Don't you flare those nostrils at me!" (he called me Pig Nose). He knew it would make me laugh. Defended me in HS when a guy I did not even kiss at a dance said he did all sorts of nasty things. I told him, oh, hell, no! He was in our wedding & approved of my husband and we all had some crazy adventures when he visited out West. Will always miss him. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 17, 2026 12:31 AM (WONhk) 217
Always thought that was the Beatles.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 12:27 AM (3UR/I) It got confusing. Clapton played on on Beatles songs. And on George Harrison's All Things Must Pass. And they shared Layla. Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 17, 2026 12:32 AM (n4Qav) 218
Still need to make it to the Arctic Ocean.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 12:25 AM (IG3/x) I think a boat trip down the Mackenize River from Yellowknife to the river mouth would be amazing. There is a boat tour, this year's rate is 30,000 dollarsper person. Shit, I could buy a good boat for less than that. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 17, 2026 12:33 AM (8zz6B) 219
My MOS was 91A/B (medic). Yes. I am that old. Now it's 68 W or some shit.
Posted by: Pug Mahon, ----- When I "graduated" out of Ft Monmouth (long gone), my MOS was 187. Sometime in the next 15 months, it got redefined to 32E. It was only useful in locations where the military had their own long distance comms. No use in CONUS. So, when I separated, as a draftee, I was supposed to put in 3 more years active reserve (Reserve or NG) and then 1 year inactive reserve. No slots for that MOS in US, and the only cross train slot was for comm controller for an ASA units. I went to work for a.company in a small town in Ohio. Closest reserve ASA unit was in upstate NY. For the next 3 years, I filled out a form certifying my location. At the end of 6 years I got my discharge, with only 1 year, 11 months, and 27 days on active duty - early out returning from overseas. Never went to even one reserve meeting or 2 week summer camp. So, my original mos was a WW2/Korean war number. Posted by: buddhaha at January 17, 2026 12:34 AM (epPlm) 220
Always thought that was the Beatles.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 12:27 AM (3UR/I) Some of the guitar is similar to his friend, George Harrison. They sort of shared? Patti Boyd, who he wrote Layla for. She must have had something special!? Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 17, 2026 12:34 AM (WONhk) 221
I don't get that pizza one
Posted by: keena at January 17, 2026 12:35 AM (4Aqsh) 222
Good night, everyone.
May you not have an Arctic wind howling over the house. Posted by: NaCly Dog Better than thru the house. Just sayin' Posted by: Adriane the Monday Critic on Friday . . . at January 17, 2026 12:35 AM (3ZUWJ) 223
What is a state? There are people. There are territory, resources, infrastructure, history and tradition. If a faction of the human component choose to stop being loyal citizens, and become a waxy yellow buildup instead, discard the traitorous weasels, and keep everything else. They don't get
to take it with them. They'd just sell it off to the Chinese anyway. No. It's ours. ---- I view the Acela Corridor as a foreign occupying power. If people like you want to absorb the Acelans into our country, fine. But, I'd rather raffle them off them to foreigners. They aren't my countrymen. Their daughters can slave in foreign harems, under foreign flags, and foreign men, where they belong. They've already sold out to foreigners, and are foreigners, AFAIC. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 12:36 AM (BI5O2) 224
I don't get that pizza one
Posted by: keena When you format academic papers for thesis or publication, there are 2 distinct formatting styles: Chicago (University of) and AP. Posted by: Adriane the Monday Critic on Friday . . . at January 17, 2026 12:37 AM (3ZUWJ) 225
When you format academic papers for thesis or publication, there are 2 distinct formatting styles: Chicago (University of) and AP.
Posted by: Adriane the Monday Critic on Friday . . . at January 17, 2026 12:37 AM (3ZUWJ) Wow that’s obscure. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 17, 2026 12:39 AM (hxusQ) 226
Tolkien wrote the Hobbit as a childrens book. The Lord of the Rings is not a kids book. That said , LOR is about 4 times as long as the Hobbit.
Posted by: Sock Monkey ---- I read it to.my daughter when she was my 7 year old sweetheart (lets not talk about teenage years ). She picked up LOTR as an adult, and told me that she slipped into.Middle Earth like an old friend. Posted by: buddhaha at January 17, 2026 12:42 AM (epPlm) 227
Alberta only needs to join the Greater Texas Republic. Not sure why this is a discussion.
Posted by: Jeans Loop Pickard at January 17, 2026 12:44 AM (mlg/3) 228
Can't tell a Vancouverite from a Washingtonian.
Posted by: Braenyard ---- You're obviously a.'murrican! Posted by: buddhaha at January 17, 2026 12:46 AM (epPlm) 229
Am I the only one who found LOTR an easier read than The Hobbit? I read both as an adult. Perhaps that is the difference.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 17, 2026 12:47 AM (n4Qav) 230
I read it to.my daughter when she was my 7 year old sweetheart (lets not talk about teenage years ). She picked up LOTR as an adult, and told me that she slipped into.Middle Earth like an old friend.
Posted by: buddhaha at January 17, 2026 12:42 AM (epPlm) Tolkien did a fantastic job of world-building. Really read like he was describing an actual place. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 17, 2026 12:47 AM (8zz6B) 231
I think a boat trip down the Mackenize River from Yellowknife to the river mouth would be amazing. There is a boat tour, this year's rate is 30,000 dollarsper person. Shit, I could buy a good boat for less than that.
So, like $27 USD? Totally doable. I've been to NWT. Just grab the legs of a black fly and it'll cruse around giving you a nice areal tour or the territory. Posted by: Weirddave at January 17, 2026 12:49 AM (Ffl2s) 232
BC would be better, as it's coastal, and would connect Washington State and Alaska
Posted by: Tracknar at January 17, 2026 12:51 AM (J6fin) 233
I've been to NWT. Just grab the legs of a black fly and it'll cruse around giving you a nice areal tour or the territory.
Posted by: Weirddave at January 17, 2026 12:49 AM (Ffl2s) The danger there is that it will fly back to the nest, and the big ones will take you away from him. Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 17, 2026 12:51 AM (8zz6B) 234
Tom. Come for the fart jokes, stay for the obscure literary memes.
Posted by: Weirddave at January 17, 2026 12:52 AM (Ffl2s) 235
I read LoTR many many years ago - not sure if I could get through it again...
Posted by: Anonymous Rogue in Kalifornistan (ARiK) at January 17, 2026 12:07 AM (QGaX I definitely couldn't get through it again. Once was enough for me. If I wanted to read 300 pages of how the sun reflects on leaves I would have become a botanist. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 17, 2026 12:52 AM (snZF9) 236
Canadian oil costs $60 a barrel to produce. Venezuelan oil costs $30 a barrel to produce.
Canada is fckd, eh? Posted by: Victor Tango Kilo ---- Where did you get those numbers? I've seen more like $45-50 and $35-40. They're both a PITA to refine so that's a wash. They certainly aren't in the cat bird seat, but fsckd ? Not really. It's good practice to maintain at least at least 20% of your supply from a second source. From a defense/geopolitical pov, V oil is easily interdicted ( translation:sunk), whereas Alberta oil is comparatively safe. Posted by: buddhaha at January 17, 2026 12:56 AM (epPlm) 237
Tolkien did a fantastic job of world-building. Really read like he was describing an actual place.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 17, 2026 12:47 AM (8zz6B) yeah, the only problem was he described it down to the atomic level. It took 30 pages for the hobbits to walk 100 yards. After 1000 pages of that shit I wanted hold the book in front of a .357 magnum. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 17, 2026 12:58 AM (snZF9) 238
I mean, we actually need the landmass we currently call "California." I would change that name to "Western Coastal Territories 1-3," but we don't need NY. Give it back to the Indians, for all I care.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 12:59 AM (BI5O2) 239
> 232 BC would be better, as it's coastal, and would connect Washington State and Alaska
Posted by: Tracknar at January 17, 2026 12:51 AM (J6fin) Unfortunately that part of BC is full of communists, even more communist than the communist on our West Coast. Interior BC has some cool people, but I don't think we'd want the coastal regions. California already has far too many electoral votes. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 01:01 AM (IG3/x) 240
Give it back to the Indians, for all I care.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice -- Do what you want as long as it remains under our jurisdiction. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 01:02 AM (3UR/I) 241
Forgot about YT, but wouldn't need the entire territory
Posted by: Tracknar at January 17, 2026 01:02 AM (J6fin) 242
Every time I ran into them, they were complaining about the AF. "No forced marches! No weekend training exercises! That's not how the military works!"
Posted by: Captain Josepha Sabin ----- I once saluted an AF LTC as we were passing on the sidewalk. It took him awhile to return it. He was walking with a couple of AF EMs and they were having a conversation. He seemed confused by the protocol, like it was unusual. I got the impression that the boys in blue don't do a lot of saluting. Posted by: buddhaha at January 17, 2026 01:05 AM (epPlm) 243
Oh looky, frodo pulled out a cracker. Lets describe the crumbs that fell in his lap, and while we're at it describe every thread in his fucking pants that these unfortunate crumbs fell on. Why stop there, did the moon reflect on those crumbs? Oh we'll get to that later, we got to talk about how he broke the fucking cracker that created the crumbs. Just what was he thinking when he broke the cracker, do we spend 25 pages on that? Yeeeeusss of course we do. Lets bring in the weather, better yet, lets count every line on the fucking thermometer as the temperature dropped. It was tiring. Reading that book was like trying to run across a river while firing a belt fed machine gun.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 17, 2026 01:06 AM (snZF9) 244
238 I mean, we actually need the landmass we currently call "California." I would change that name to "Western Coastal Territories 1-3," but we don't need NY. Give it back to the Indians, for all I care.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 12:59 AM (BI5O2) --------- Do we get compounded interest with the return of our $23 worth of beads? Posted by: Cicero (@cicero43) at January 17, 2026 01:08 AM (+HNx/) 245
Lol, Berz.
Posted by: BarelyScaryMary at January 17, 2026 01:09 AM (n4Qav) Posted by: mikeski, showing up late and quoting comment #2 at January 17, 2026 01:12 AM (VHUov) 247
We can give Minnesota to the Canadians. They'd probably be able to relate to these "people" better. They're fat and stupid and ugly like Minnesotans, and they hate freedom, and love Islam like Minnesotans, and Canada is an American suzerainty, anyhow.
Might as well get them off our books. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 01:13 AM (BI5O2) 248
> we don't need NY. Give it back to the Indians, for all I care.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 12:59 AM (BI5O2) It's got a pretty decent harbor (shared with Jersey) and a lot of other transportation infrastructure. Its primary raison d'etre was as a financial capital, though, and that just doesn't make sense any more. Computers don't care if they're on Wall Street or Greasy Corners, Arkansas, as long as there's a good net connection, and Musk's Starlink is doing its best to make that a non-issue as well. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 01:14 AM (IG3/x) 249
It's got a pretty decent harbor (shared with Jersey) and a lot of other transportation infrastructure.
Its primary raison d'etre was as a financial capital, though, and that just doesn't make sense any more. Computers don't care if they're on Wall Street or Greasy Corners, Arkansas, as long as there's a good net connection, and Musk's Starlink is doing its best to make that a non-issue as well. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at January 17, 2026 01:14 AM (IG3/x) Especially after goat fucker gets done with it. In a few years it will looked like the cursed earth in Judge Dred, only inside the city. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 17, 2026 01:19 AM (snZF9) 250
It makes the Dakotas and Kansas seem like exciting scenery by comparison.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia ----- I'm right here, you know. Posted by: Nebraska - more corn than Iowa at January 17, 2026 01:23 AM (epPlm) 251
"Khameini has dug his heels in and refuses to run like Assad did. Evidently, Khameini has ranted about what a coward Assad is."
Assad went to college and had an education to fall back on after his playing days were over. Posted by: Dark Litigator at January 17, 2026 01:23 AM (KAi1n) 252
Fun fact:
humans are deuterostomes which means that when they develop in the womb, the anus forms before any other opening. Which basically means, at one point, you were nothing but an asshole. Some people never developed beyond this stage. Posted by: Sock Monkey * sporting my Andrew Breitbart attitude at January 17, 2026 01:24 AM (vzcgi) 253
Assad is kicking it in Moscow now, correct?
He's probably cleverer than Khamenei for that. But that's still a pussy move. Khamenei has three choices: 1. Run 2. Stand and fight, and win because Trump blinks 3. Stand and fight, and lose because he doesn't If I'm these mullahs, I'm putting every nickel on #2. It's basically the only choice. It's a shitty choice, but it's all you've got. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 01:35 AM (BI5O2) 254
Happy weekend Horde. We've got a bit of snow on the way and temps are going to drop, this is not my favorite time of year.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 17, 2026 01:36 AM (0nHVk) 255
Still need to make it to the Arctic Ocean.
Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia ----- On a motorcycle. Right? There a video on the Revzilla website about 2 guys who.took a new Trail.125 and an old CT90 up.the haul.road Spoiler.... They sorta made it. Posted by: Nebraska - more corn than Iowa at January 17, 2026 01:36 AM (epPlm) 256
They are shipping tons of money out of state.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 01:36 AM (3UR/I) 257
Fun fact:
humans are deuterostomes which means that when they develop in the womb, the anus forms before any other opening. Which basically means, at one point, you were nothing but an asshole. Some people never developed beyond this stage. Posted by: Sock Monkey Correct! 1) you're a cell. B) you're a ball of undifferentiated cells. iii) you're a ball of undifferentiated cells with one hole in it..... that one. The other fun fact: humans are female by default. If you're male, those hormones and that development don't begin until about week 12. That's why men have nipples. They started developing before the blueprints showed up and the foreman said "hey, wait, we don't need those! Well, heck, leave the spigots on the outside o the house, we just won't run plumbing to them." The foreman also had to deal with the pre-developed outer labia. "There's no door here? Ok, glue 'em together and we'll call it a scrotum. Like a bay window, but wrinkly." Which is why guys have a scar/seam (the scrotal rathe) down the middle of their sack. Posted by: mikeski at January 17, 2026 01:40 AM (VHUov) 258
The best thing to happen to Corn since the Indians discovered it
Posted by: Kelloggs Heap Good Corn Flakes at January 17, 2026 01:44 AM (zocr6) 259
When you format academic papers for thesis or publication, there are 2 distinct formatting styles: Chicago (University of) and AP.
Posted by: Adriane the Monday Critic on Friday Wow that’s obscure. Posted by: Tom Servo And AP is a lot more simplified/streamlined than Chicago style, since that pizza is half empty? Posted by: mikeski might get the joke now at January 17, 2026 01:44 AM (VHUov) 260
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okJs1N6eaPA
Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at January 17, 2026 01:45 AM (jrgJz) 261
I don't think the mullahs even have running as an option. If they bolt somewhere, they'll be in the open, and the Jewish wolves will chomp the Shia rabbits.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 01:45 AM (BI5O2) 262
the Food and Drug Administration has deleted multiple web pages asserting that cellphones are not dangerous.
"There's cellphone tumors. I'm representing hundreds of people who have cellphone tumors behind the ear. It's always on the ear that you favor with your cellphone...We have the science," Kennedy said in a 2023 appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience. "You should never put one next to your head... I put it on speakerphone or use earphones." __ZH Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 01:47 AM (3UR/I) 263
the Food and Drug Administration has deleted multiple web pages asserting that cellphones are not dangerous.
"There's cellphone tumors. I'm representing hundreds of people who have cellphone tumors behind the ear. It's always on the ear that you favor with your cellphone...We have the science," Kennedy said in a 2023 appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience. "You should never put one next to your head... I put it on speakerphone or use earphones." __ZH Posted by: Braenyard "Leave it in your pocket. Testicular cancer is more survivable than brain cancer." Posted by: The FDA, probably at January 17, 2026 01:48 AM (VHUov) 264
I think that seam goes all the way around - males and females.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 01:52 AM (3UR/I) 265
I mean, they're bound to be running with a lot if money, and ill intent. The only responsible thing to do is hunt them to the ends of the earth and kill them all to the last man, woman and child.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 01:56 AM (BI5O2) 266
I think that seam goes all the way around - males and females.
Posted by: Braenyard Neither gender has a cloaca, so yes. But more of it gets closed up on the males. Posted by: mikeski, pedantically at January 17, 2026 01:56 AM (VHUov) 267
Sweet dreams Horde, I need to burrow under the blankets.
Posted by: Debby Doberman Schultz at January 17, 2026 02:01 AM (0nHVk) 268
They should have killed Reza Pahlavi - now he's coming back to haunt them
No Ayatollah Left Behind should be his policy. Chase them to the last lonely bolt hole and kill them like dogs. . Or they'll come back, just like you. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 02:02 AM (BI5O2) 269
Off, moldy sock!
Interior BC has some cool people, but I don't think we'd want the coastal regions. Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia ----- Yet another issue with Vancouver and environs is the immigrant Chinese population. Canada.has very(!) good relations with China. Much of the support for that position is provided by the "overseas" Chinese in the west. Most of them got to Canada when the UK agreed to turn over Hong Kong to the tender mercies of the CCP. As citizens of a Commonwealth territory, they were allowed to.emigrate to any other Commonwealth country, irrespective over any immigration restrictions the receiving country may have. Seeing the handwriting on the wall, many moved family and fortune to Aus, Z and Canada. You'd think that they would know better, but cultural.ties are strong. Having them in the US would add... unneeded complexity... to our relationship with Xi etc al. Posted by: buddha at January 17, 2026 02:05 AM (epPlm) 270
While negotiating the Alaska purchase from Russia, Seward was negotiating the purchase of the Danish West Indies from Denmark.
The small islands of St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix—specifically the “small Gibraltar,” St. Thomas—were considered vital to national security. The American and Danish officials had reached an agreement to purchase St. Thomas and St. John for $7.5 million in gold coins. A plebiscite on the islands overwhelmingly approved the sale. But American politics ended the purchasing process. [ ratification was refused] -- [Fast forward to the early twentieth century, ]Germans are on the march, and US Sec State "made it clear that “the United States would be under the necessity of seizing and annexing [the islands].” On Aug. 4, 1916, Lansing and Brun signed the treaty, which both sides ratified, and the purchase of the now-U.S. Virgin Islands ... Part of this agreement, however, confirmed Denmark’s rights to Greenland. there's more to it https://tinyurl.com/5d9hpx87 Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 02:10 AM (3UR/I) 271
They should have killed Reza Pahlavi - now he's coming back to haunt them
No Ayatollah Left Behind should be his policy. Chase them to the last lonely bolt hole and kill them like dogs. . Or they'll come back, just like you. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 02:02 AM (BI5O2) The galaxy is too small to let any ayatollahs survive. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 17, 2026 02:12 AM (snZF9) 272
You should never put one next to your head... I put it on speakerphone or use earphones."
__ZH Posted by: Braenyard ----- Wired earphones, right. I mean, if you're concerned about close-in RF, why would you want a Bluetooth (2.4MHz, same freq as your microwave oven) transmitter IN your ear? Posted by: buddha at January 17, 2026 02:13 AM (epPlm) 273
English speaking Canada we'll take. Quebec can be its own country.
Posted by: The Man from Athens at January 17, 2026 02:17 AM (lDkhm) 274
Ayatolla cutting off girls clits and murdering women for no burka while his bikined daughter is on a yacht partying and drinking liquor.
Would a dungeon soften him up before the hanging? We should see. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 02:21 AM (3UR/I) 275
The galaxy is too small to let any ayatollahs survive.
Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 17, 2026 02:12 AM (snZF9 If your dad got deposed, and you sieze his glorious throne back from his perfidious usurpers, could you bring yourself to spare even one of their scalps? I know I couldn't. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 02:23 AM (BI5O2) 276
If your dad got deposed, and you sieze his glorious throne back from his perfidious usurpers, could you bring yourself to spare even one of their scalps?
I know I couldn't. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 02:23 AM (BI5O2) My father never been there and don't have a throne and I would still burn them down to the last of them. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 17, 2026 02:27 AM (snZF9) Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 02:29 AM (3UR/I) 278
Wired earphones, right. I mean, if you're concerned about close-in RF, why would you want a Bluetooth (2.4MHz, same freq as your microwave oven) transmitter IN your ear?
Posted by: buddha The difference between "this signal goes 5 yards to a nearby bluetooth thingy" and "this signal goes 5 miles to a nearby cell tower?" Posted by: mikeski sends magic smoke signals at January 17, 2026 02:32 AM (VHUov) 279
Part of this agreement, however, confirmed Denmark’s rights to Greenland.
there's more to it https://tinyurl.com/5d9hpx87 Posted by: Braenyard ----- Good info. Thanks Some.people wonder about Trump's seeming.obsession with Greenland. Look at what's going on with Diego Garcia. The UK is, over US objections, trying to.turn over the Chagos Islands, including that atoll and its strategic and secret US naval and air bases, to Mauritas, another island group. Which is A) more than a thousand miles away (what kind of territorial claim is that?) and B) very chummy with China. Posted by: buddha at January 17, 2026 02:36 AM (epPlm) 280
Well, getting late here. Time for me to hit the sack. Night, Horde.
Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at January 17, 2026 02:40 AM (8zz6B) 281
I can't comprehend how a country like Iran can heal.
They managed it in Russia and Germany and Japan, but those were longstanding social orders with a large degree of homogeneity. This is a country with a lot of different religions and cultures that coexisted well once upon a time, but its balance got completely wrecked by Islam. Everybody would have to side with each other against their fanatical Muslim neighbors, and also forgive their excesses and try to welcome them. It's not likely to happen. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 17, 2026 02:44 AM (BI5O2) 282
Everybody would have to side with each other against their fanatical Muslim neighbors, and also forgive their excesses and try to welcome them. It's not likely to happen.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice Who are these neighbors? Iran seems to be pretty ethnically connected. The arab mercenaries aside, I'm not sure there's a set of anti-persian set inside of Iran. Posted by: Jeans Loop Pickard at January 17, 2026 03:01 AM (mlg/3) 283
The was an X post yesterday on Iran under the Shah. How many women the representative part of the political system. More women doctors than Europe.
Can't quote, but his thesis was that Iran was more modern and literate that Europe at that time and listed some impressive examples. There are many refugees who fled Iran and are ready to go back and help their homeland into the 21st century. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 03:06 AM (3UR/I) 284
I think they've had secret society in Iran all along.
Remembering the old ways and, say, having 'dress up' gatherings where the each have something of modernity to share. The gathering ends; they put on their burkas and turbans when they head for home. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 17, 2026 03:13 AM (3UR/I) 285
Most people living under dictatorships do
Posted by: Skip at January 17, 2026 03:23 AM (Ia/+0) 286
232 BC would be better, as it's coastal, and would connect Washington State and Alaska
Posted by: Tracknar at January 17, 2026 12:51 AM (J6fin) Not sure I want to have that sort of connection. Posted by: tcn in AK at January 17, 2026 03:31 AM (6Bc88) 287
In the grand scheme of civilizations, 40 years of a dictatorship isn't that lond to get it gone
Posted by: Skip at January 17, 2026 03:31 AM (Ia/+0) 288
8 minutes until coffee and hopefully Pixy
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1 Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 07:13 PM (tgvbd) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 07:13 PM (tgvbd) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 07:14 PM (tgvbd) Posted by: Henry at January 16, 2026 07:15 PM (tWkg3) 5
I could have been first but was scanning for penguins.
Posted by: fd at January 16, 2026 07:16 PM (vFG9F) 6
CBS News is reporting that the DOJ has opened an investigation into Walz and Frey.
The Justice Department is investigating Minnesota officials, including Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, over an alleged conspiracy to impede federal immigration agents, an extraordinary escalation in the Trump administration's clash with Democratic leaders there, multiple sources familiar with the matter told CBS News. One of the sources, a U.S. official, said the investigation stems from statements that Walz and Frey have made about the thousands of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and Border Patrol agents deployed to the Minneapolis region in recent weeks. A Justice Department spokesperson declined to comment. https://tinyurl.com/3dep3rmh Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 16, 2026 07:16 PM (6ydKt) 7
and then I saw the sidebar....
Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 16, 2026 07:18 PM (6ydKt) Posted by: nurse ratched at January 16, 2026 07:19 PM (1U0OF) 9
Another Best of Breed win for The Big Dummy at today's Mississippi State KC show. Nothing in the Hound Group, but Her Majesty said there's a lot of high rollers there this weekend. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 07:21 PM (tgvbd) 10
Cats being chaos agents. And if cats aren't able to ruin your day, they'll ruin the day of other cats.
---- Pfft! Life with TWO cats? Please.... Try life with **FIVE** cats. Far more entertaining. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 07:21 PM (ESVrU) 11
Another Best of Breed win for The Big Dummy at today's Mississippi State KC show. Nothing in the Hound Group, but Her Majesty said there's a lot of high rollers there this weekend.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 07:21 PM (tgvbd) ---- Congrats! Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 07:23 PM (ESVrU) 12
>> an extraordinary escalation in the Trump administration's clash with Democratic leaders there
The only extraordinary escalation is on Walz and Frey's part, openly calling to defy federal law. That's been settled since the Civil War. Seems like to me criminal charges are trying to send a message without invoking the IA. Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 16, 2026 07:24 PM (w6EFb) 13
Seems like to me criminal charges are trying to send a message without invoking the IA.
Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 16, 2026 07:24 PM (w6EFb) Yeah, this. Focus is down to just these two assholes instead of declaring war on the state of Minnesota- which probably has no idea what it's leaders are actually doing. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 07:26 PM (zZu0s) 14
Long ago one of our cats discovered the doorstop in the bathroom. That was a very long day. Boing. Boing. Meow. Boing. All. morning.
Posted by: turambar at January 16, 2026 07:26 PM (Q0yOR) 15
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Another Best of Breed win for The Big Dummy at today's Mississippi State KC show. Nothing in the Hound Group, but Her Majesty said there's a lot of high rollers there this weekend. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 07:21 PM (tgvbd) I have to imagine he's worth quite a lot as a stud with all of these wins. Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 16, 2026 07:26 PM (6ydKt) 16
Cafe has remained consistently Yak free.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:27 PM (0KSrI) 17
Long ago one of our cats discovered the doorstop in the bathroom. That was a very long day. Boing. Boing. Meow. Boing. All. morning.
Posted by: turambar at January 16, 2026 07:26 PM (Q0yOR) --- I have a ball with a bell in it attached to the door to my sunroom. Hexie has learned to "ring the bell" as a signal for me to let her out there. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 07:29 PM (ESVrU) 18
>>Howdy. Lurking. Back surgery recovery.
>>You’re the only thing helping me recover! How's recovery going? Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 07:29 PM (viF8m) 19
Good evening everyone
Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 07:29 PM (Ia/+0) 20
I have to imagine he's worth quite a lot as a stud with all of these wins. Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 16, 2026 07:26 PM (6ydKt) _____________ There's a lot that goes into the suitability of a dog for stud purposes. Success in the ring is a part of that and not even the most important part. Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 07:30 PM (tgvbd) 21
The Golden chasing the deer in the bottom video looks like our Shelby. He probably would have been afraid of the deer, however.
He had social issues and would foam at the mouth like he had rabies with other dogs on walks. Bless his sweet heart. His best friend was a squirrel who hung out on the roof of the pool screen. They had their games. When Shelby died the squirrel missed him. Sweetest doggie ever and can't be replaced. We have grand-dogs now. Posted by: ChristyBlinkyTheGreat at January 16, 2026 07:30 PM (WONhk) 22
turambar, have you seen Biden's Dog 's boing site?
Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:30 PM (0KSrI) 23
Penguins rarely "stick" the landing. Being clumsy and wingless, they can neither fly nor land gracefully.
A young penguin's body weight can be made up of over 75% poop. As it's primary diet consists of rotting regurgitated fish, a 100' radius "exclusion zone" is recommended for all observers. Posted by: Penguin Facts at January 16, 2026 07:31 PM (vFG9F) 24
Boing. Boing. Meow. Boing. All. morning.
Posted by: turambar so, like how Tyler Robinson and his furry roommate's neighbors felt Posted by: gKWVE at January 16, 2026 07:31 PM (gKWVE) 25
Another week without a sea otter. I am sad.
Posted by: nurse ratched Here ya go lovely, don't be sad https://tinyurl.com/3ru699ek Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 07:32 PM (ciYHQ) 26
> CBS News is reporting that the DOJ has opened an investigation into Walz and Frey.
--------- Weak sauce. Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2026 07:32 PM (U2OZr) 27
Grateful for three day weekends!
Apparently my kid had a Martin Luther King assembly today at school. They had the kids chant inclusive affirmations. Nothing about MLK's mistresses, probably for the best. Posted by: LizLem at January 16, 2026 07:32 PM (gWBY1) 28
WTF is up with Facebook? Today it declared that I had violated some community standard. I never put anything on Facebook that isn't positively vanilla with occasional unicorn farts. Then it asked me to do a selfie to confirm I was human, which I did, although I have no idea why they would want to see that. Then they declared that I was still not meeting their standards and there is no recourse whatsoever. Fuckers. No way to find out why, or who decided to blacklist me, or whatever.
So, I signed up for a brand spanking new account, with all the same damned information, and it accepted that. What in hell? Posted by: tcn in AK at January 16, 2026 07:33 PM (HnIBa) 29
22 I have not!
Posted by: turambar at January 16, 2026 07:33 PM (Q0yOR) 30
There's a lot that goes into the suitability of a dog for stud purposes. Success in the ring is a part of that and not even the most important part.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 07:30 PM (tgvbd) If I wanted a Borzoi one of his pups would be at the top of the list. His reputation precedes him, and I don't necessarily need a smart dog. Posted by: SpeakingOf at January 16, 2026 07:34 PM (6ydKt) 31
"Then it asked me to do a selfie to confirm I was human, which I did, although I have no idea why they would want to see that."
I don't do FB, but that would be the end. Isn't possible that you may be better of without it? Posted by: fd at January 16, 2026 07:35 PM (vFG9F) 32
If penguins weren't bad enough, stuffing them with fish, - you know that penguin's ass is going to explode.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 07:35 PM (BSdIE) 33
I have brother and sister kittehs . They are almost eight years old now . They used to play and sleep together up until they were five or so and then went their separate ways. Occasionally they will clean each other or the brother kitteh will push his weight around and playfully bully her.
Posted by: Opinion fact at January 16, 2026 07:36 PM (KDPiq) Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at January 16, 2026 07:36 PM (tgvbd) 35
yo
Posted by: garrett at January 16, 2026 07:38 PM (ZcsJV) 36
34 I love reading about your dogs and all the work involved. It's very cool to hear about their winning. I cannot imagine all the work involved.
Posted by: turambar at January 16, 2026 07:38 PM (Q0yOR) 37
Cats are not evil their owners deserved it.
Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 07:38 PM (RIvkX) 38
"They had the kids chant inclusive affirmations. Nothing about MLK's mistresses, probably for the best.
Posted by: LizLem" You know who else did group chants? Posted by: fd at January 16, 2026 07:38 PM (vFG9F) 39
What in hell?
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 16, 2026 07:33 PM (HnIBa) Huh. I do not check Facebook all that often. I got community noted once for linking a Joe Rogan podcast that had that one anti-Vaxx lady, but that is about it. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 07:39 PM (zZu0s) 40
For Duncanthrax. And more.
The 'more' video is good instruction for The Horde. Notice what the 'keeper' is wearing. He's prepared for the inevitable and mephitic copious cloacal eruption that is about to take place. Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 16, 2026 07:40 PM (OWvU+) 41
You know who else did group chants?
Posted by: fd at January 16, 2026 07:38 PM (vFG9F) It is pretty creepy. Keep the praying to church and God related. 'Chanting or non-Chanting?' Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 07:40 PM (zZu0s) 42
SanFranpsycho, the Shah really does have a plan doesn't he.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:41 PM (0KSrI) 43
What in hell?
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 16, 2026 07:33 PM (HnIBa) ==== I'm no expert but that sounds funny, like spoofing. Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 07:41 PM (RIvkX) 44
CBS News is reporting that the DOJ has opened an investigation into Walz and Frey.
- Great. Because the courts can be trusted to fix things. Posted by: Methos at January 16, 2026 07:41 PM (vSvIl) 45
Leftys love their chants. It affirms that one is of the body.
Posted by: fd at January 16, 2026 07:42 PM (vFG9F) Posted by: runner at January 16, 2026 07:42 PM (g47mK) 47
tcn, just wanted to say Hello to the both of you.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:42 PM (0KSrI) 48
In cat mythology, a good cat is reincarnated as a panda. A bad cat as a dog.
Posted by: Accomack at January 16, 2026 07:43 PM (KQ27X) 49
SanFranpsycho, the Shah really does have a plan doesn't he.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:41 PM (0KSrI) ==== I am so emotionally overwrought about it and just don't know. I feel like I'm pregnant. How are you managing? Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 07:43 PM (RIvkX) 50
The Justice Department is investigating Minnesota officials, including Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, over an alleged conspiracy to impede federal immigration agents
Translation: DEI hires Patel and Bondi aren't going to do anything but by declaring an "investigation" they can duck questions and responsibility by saying "I can't comment on an active investigation" Posted by: Unknown Drip Under Pressure at January 16, 2026 07:43 PM (a4flb) 51
I will never understand how a bird decided to go live in ice cold water.
Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 07:43 PM (Ia/+0) 52
"to confirm I was human, which I did, although I have no idea why they would want to see that."
To make you jump through hoops. Sounds like you're a victim of Profile Mining. Some leftist scrolled through your history and reported offense over something you posted ages ago without incident. And if you've identified as anything to the right of Hillary Clinton, the mods decided you're a subhuman who can be discarded without any sense of fairness. Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 07:44 PM (ciYHQ) 53
So, I signed up for a brand spanking new account, with all the same damned information, and it accepted that.
Posted by: tcn in AK A brand new spanking account? Please forward subscription details at once if you please! Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 07:44 PM (cYBz/) Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:45 PM (0KSrI) 55
Please forward subscription details at once if you please!
Posted by: Tonypete at January 16, 2026 07:44 PM Are you interested in being the spanker or the spankee? Asking for The Horde. Posted by: Duncanthrax at January 16, 2026 07:46 PM (OWvU+) 56
"Another dog podcast. A dogcast. This better not be AI."
-------- Wasn't long before they became real. Posted by: javems at January 16, 2026 07:47 PM (eOBvG) 57
Scottish highlands
via wandertravel == Read last night that when the electrons were shut down in Iran all the chatter in Scotland about Independent Scotland stopped. 🍒funny thing Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 07:48 PM (3UR/I) 58
Hello, Horde! 😊♥️
Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, Texas, AoSHQ's Plucky Wee One - Eat the Cheesecake, Buy the Yarn. at January 16, 2026 07:49 PM (SRRAx) 59
Lunga, her sky gray
Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 07:50 PM (ciYHQ) 60
The people are going to get it done.
Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:45 PM (0KSrI) ==== This is my prayer Posted by: San Franpsycho at January 16, 2026 07:50 PM (RIvkX) 61
Teresa, darlin
Big hug to the both of you. Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:50 PM (0KSrI) 62
Notice what the 'keeper' is wearing. He's prepared for the inevitable and mephitic copious cloacal eruption that is about to take place. - Duncanthrax
Rolls eyes and shakes head For God's sake, Ace, throw the man a bat or something. Posted by: Paco at January 16, 2026 07:54 PM (2L+MU) Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 07:56 PM (zZu0s) 64
If I were a cassowary,
In the plains of Timbuctoo, I would eat a missionary, Hat and coat and hymn-book, too. https://shorturl.at/BN5sc Posted by: Helena Handbasket at January 16, 2026 07:56 PM (ULPxl) 65
Aetius, scritches for Reef
Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:56 PM (0KSrI) 66
I live the dog podcast
Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 07:57 PM (Ia/+0) 67
That waterfall up top looks like a long white dress on a curvy woman.
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 07:57 PM (77rzZ) 68
Aetius, scritches for Reef
Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 07:56 PM (0KSrI) Hell enjoy. Its been a bit too chilly and me working too much to get him out to the dog park to run. Might have to go Sunday no matter what temp. He has too much energy. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 07:59 PM (zZu0s) 69
The sole purpose of my FB account is so Her Majesty can send me recipe videos.
Just use a text message? Posted by: Angzarr the Cromulent at January 16, 2026 07:59 PM (XMwZJ) 70
23 A young penguin's body weight can be made up of over 75% poop.
Not unlike the body weight of the individuals who comprise the General Secretariat of the Union of Soviet Socialist Spheniscidaphobes. Posted by: Paco at January 16, 2026 08:00 PM (2L+MU) 71
That waterfall up top looks like a long white dress on a curvy woman.
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 07:57 PM (77rzZ) Or a big alien spider web with a victim laying in it. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 08:00 PM (snZF9) 72
spanking new comes before
tanning hide Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 08:01 PM (3UR/I) 73
That waterfall up top looks like a long white dress on a curvy woman.
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 07:57 PM (77rzZ) Or a big alien spider web with a victim laying in it. Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at January 16, 2026 08:00 PM (snZF9) --- *** Shelob has entered the chat. *** Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 08:02 PM (ESVrU) 74
18 >>Howdy. Lurking. Back surgery recovery.
>>You’re the only thing helping me recover! How's recovery going? Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 07:29 PM (viF8m It’s going well except I’m getting stir crazy. It wasn’t as bad as I thought it would be, but I was on oxy for a week and now it’s sore, but not excruciating. You aren’t supposed to take NSAIDs due to their retarding bone growth—I have a graft for eventual fusion L4-5. Not even think of asking for an Oxy refill for fear they note my chart as a User and Abuser. I have used opioids for about 6 procedures in my life, never abused them. But regulators have the doc’s in a tizzy. Can’t drive or work for three weeks, but over next three months, should be close to normal. If you need a one level fusion, especially, go for it! It’s not that bad pain wise, just have to wait around to heal and do daily walking which is not bad. Posted by: Henry at January 16, 2026 08:03 PM (tWkg3) 75
How is everyone this Friday?
Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 08:03 PM (OoFl2) Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 08:04 PM (0KSrI) 77
Lathering the youngest marmot's belly is still a time honored tradition when a ship crosses the International Date Line.
Posted by: The UK Navy at January 16, 2026 08:04 PM (IHr58) 78
How is everyone this Friday?
Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 08:03 PM (OoFl2) Pretty good. 'She put him out like the burning end of a midnight cigarette' is a good song lyric. Kind of gives that sense of cutting a puppets strings. Dousing a fire. Good stuff. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 08:05 PM (zZu0s) 79
72 Well, aren’t you the cheerful one.
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 08:05 PM (77rzZ) 80
Try life with **FIVE** cats. Far more entertaining.
Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel We watched a friend's house while they were away 2 weeks. They had a rat infestation. And every night around 8pm the rats from the west side of the house would meet the east side for playful skirmish. Yes, we videotaped it all and set it to the musical score. Funniest bit was a rat my wife named "Spider". He would inch up the door jam about a foot off the ground and hang there, waiting for an unsuspecting rodent to wander underneath Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 08:05 PM (ciYHQ) 81
They wrote Eddie Murphy as the Marine Biologist in
The Voyage Home I guess they could not afford the $$$$ Posted by: r hennigantx at January 16, 2026 08:06 PM (gbOdA) 82
74 I did NOT need to read that. Nope.
Posted by: turambar at January 16, 2026 08:07 PM (Q0yOR) 83
76 Hey, Piper. I’m great. How are you?
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 08:07 PM (77rzZ) 84
Does Shelob-sama ever get... frisky?
Posted by: Japan at January 16, 2026 08:07 PM (gKWVE) 85
79 How is everyone this Friday?
Honestly ? Watching it all fall to shit as I thought it would. Posted by: Howdy at January 16, 2026 08:05 PM (REOC I am reminded that God’s timeline is not always our timeline. Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 08:08 PM (OoFl2) 86
If you need a one level fusion, especially, go for it! It’s not that bad pain wise, just have to wait around to heal and do daily walking which is not bad.
Posted by: Henry at January 16, 2026 08:03 PM (tWkg3) Wearing that donut around your neck for a month ain't no fun either. Posted by: javems at January 16, 2026 08:08 PM (eOBvG) 87
85 76 Hey, Piper. I’m great. How are you?
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 08:07 I am well, thank you! I woke up today, that is always a great place to start! Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 08:09 PM (OoFl2) 88
I guess they could not afford the $$$$
Posted by: r hennigantx at January 16, 2026 08:06 PM (gbOdA) That would have changed the complexion (heh) of the movie a lot. Taken it more to overt comedy. I don't think it would have worked as well. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 08:09 PM (zZu0s) 89
One of them nested in a window sill sash that looked on to DC and "sang" about finding a better life. We named him Feifel haha
Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 08:11 PM (ciYHQ) 90
About to call it a night, no reason need to be up early but probably will
Have a good night everyone Posted by: Skip at January 16, 2026 08:11 PM (Ia/+0) 91
Does Shelob-sama ever get... frisky?
Posted by: Japan at January 16, 2026 08:07 PM I'm interested in that, as well. Posted by: Kyrsten S. at January 16, 2026 08:12 PM (OWvU+) 92
How is everyone this Friday?
Posted by: Piper Got through 2 med checks for relatives without 'incident,' so pretty good. Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 16, 2026 08:12 PM (mlg/3) 93
89 Amen, dear lady.
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 08:12 PM (77rzZ) 94
>>If you need a one level fusion, especially, go for it! It’s not that bad pain wise, just have to wait around to heal and do daily walking which is not bad.
I skipped 1 and went right to 2. Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 08:12 PM (viF8m) 95
80 How is everyone this Friday?
Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 08:03 PM (OoFl2) Pretty good. 'She put him out like the burning end of a midnight cigarette' is a good song lyric. Kind of gives that sense of cutting a puppets strings. Dousing a fire. Good stuff. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16 I go back and forth on that song. Sometimes I think the lyrics are amazingly soul crushing, and then I think it’s a little over the top. Maybe because I am not really a big country music fan? In the alternative it could be because I am fickle. Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 08:12 PM (OoFl2) 96
Star Trek is on. It's the one where Spock goes into heat.
Posted by: fd at January 16, 2026 08:13 PM (vFG9F) Posted by: weft cut-loop at January 16, 2026 08:14 PM (mlg/3) 98
94 Got through 2 med checks for relatives without 'incident,' so pretty good.
Posted by: weft cut-loop at January Yay! That is good. Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 08:14 PM (Wmg4n) Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 16, 2026 08:14 PM (sn5xH) 100
Star Trek is on. It's the one where Spock goes into heat.
Posted by: fd at January 16, 2026 08:13 PM Pon Farr. He experiences Pon Farr. Posted by: Wesley Crusher at January 16, 2026 08:15 PM (OWvU+) 101
Maybe because I am not really a big country music fan? In the alternative it could be because I am fickle.
Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 08:12 PM (OoFl2) I think the video is the problem. The song by itself, you can have sympathy for both. Hell you can think it is about one dude and another lady (different relationship.) The thing is, the video just makes the woman a straight up whore. Directed and starred(?) In by Ricky Schroeder, btw. And the video is so over the top I was thinking it was like Saw: Country Song edition. Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 08:15 PM (zZu0s) Posted by: Jeans Loop Pickard at January 16, 2026 08:17 PM (mlg/3) 103
Farr experiencing Pon
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 08:18 PM (77rzZ) 104
Vulcan are a bit ridiculous when you think about it. All that commitment to logic and they're pretty much just a repressed species that went full Romulan anyway.
At least the Klingons embraced their Stupid Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 08:19 PM (ciYHQ) Posted by: Ben Had at January 16, 2026 08:20 PM (0KSrI) 106
Wearing that donut around your neck for a month ain't no fun either.
Posted by: javems at January 16, 2026 08:08 PM (eOBvG) I needed a multilevel cervical fusion but the doc said not to do it, I was so bad, he had nothing to anchor the fused areas to! Luckily, the pain subsided after about a year which I thought was strange. Apparently, if you can stop moving the neck and irritating the nerves, it can calm down. I got lucky. I was miserable for a year. If anyone wants to know more about my experience, and there were some unpleasant surprises, that won’t be a problem longer term, feel free to email me in my nic. Posted by: Henry at January 16, 2026 08:20 PM (tWkg3) 107
Wearing that donut around your neck for a month ain't no fun either.
Posted by: javems at January 16, 2026 08:08 PM (eOBvG) --- Is it better or worse than the "cone of shame"? Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 08:23 PM (ESVrU) 108
> How is everyone this Friday?
------------- Dry. Mostly warm. Playing "whack a cat" as they go in and out, in and out, in and out. It's cold and rainy, so they keep this up thinking it'll change on one of the "outs." Spoiler: It won't. Posted by: Martini Farmer at January 16, 2026 08:23 PM (U2OZr) 109
Spock’s greatest line about Love, and Loss, and about Having being not nearly as good as Desiring:
“It is not Logical. But it is very often True.” Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 08:23 PM (hxusQ) 110
I skipped 1 and went right to 2.
Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 08:12 PM (viF8m) I didn’t mean to imply multiple level fusion was bad, by the way. It’s just I only experienced a one level lumbar fusion. How was yours? Did it heal up well? I think I need to do some PT as well as walking. Posted by: Henry at January 16, 2026 08:24 PM (tWkg3) 111
Spock, give me a readout!
We appear to be orbiting around large pair of boobs belonging to the Sweeney System, Captain. Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 08:24 PM (77rzZ) 112
Whoot!
Just got home. Took myself to Happy Hour on the waterfront. My boat ride home was gorgeous. Walked to the beach to see the sunset. Tomorrow my oldest is taking me to the Seahawks game!!!! GO HAWKS! Posted by: nurse ratched at January 16, 2026 08:25 PM (IhIKR) Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 08:26 PM (hxusQ) 114
We appear to be orbiting around large pair of boobs belonging to the Sweeney System, Captain.
Posted by: Bulg at January 16, 2026 08:24 PM (77rzZ) ---- Heh. That reminds me of the Bloom County comic strips where Cutter John and his crew would cruise around in his "Star Chair" the USS Enterpoop, looking for the naughty sorority girls of planet Playtex or whatever. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 08:27 PM (ESVrU) 115
100 I am reminded that God’s timeline is not always our timeline.
Thats a thing. But if that really is "just the thing" ? I don't feel any better that my ant farm might get shook. Posted by: Howdy at January 16, 2026 Oh it could for sure, but God isn’t going to give us anything he can’t handle. We just have to do our part, to the best of our abilities. Posted by: Piper at January 16, 2026 08:27 PM (Wmg4n) 116
"I think the video is the problem"
The worst is that feminist anthem: All day, every day, therapist, mother, maid Nymph, then a virgin, nurse, then a servant Just an appendage, live to attend him So that he never lifts a finger 24/7 baby machine So he can live out his picket-fence dreams It's not an act of love if you make her You make me do too much labour It's just going to create yet another generation of bitter angry fat disgusting women. Men account for 90% of workplace deaths but you were expected to give emotional support, you poor dear. So oppressed. Vomit Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 08:29 PM (ciYHQ) 117
>>How was yours? Did it heal up well?
I think I need to do some PT as well as walking. Yea, all good. Definitely do the PT. Stretching and walking make a big difference. Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 08:30 PM (viF8m) 118
At least the Klingons embraced their Stupid
Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 08:19 PM (ciYHQ) Even the Klingons are busy overthinking and being audacious by being calculating. And then chewing the scenery when they should have been shooting everyone in the face. Posted by: Kindltot at January 16, 2026 08:31 PM (rbvCR) 119
Like Peterson says - they live in the wealthiest nation in the history of mankind, at a time when women enjoy more rights and privileges than they have ever known. And they bask in bitterness
Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 08:32 PM (ciYHQ) 120
>>> pacing her apartment, leaving WH staff voicemails, throwing laptops against the wall. Full blown meltdown. This will be rich 🤣
https://x.com/i/status/2012276863561871764 Posted by: MikeN --- Because Tucker's tie is longer than the presidents? Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 08:33 PM (3UR/I) 121
Ace absolutely losing her shit! Furiously pacing her apartment, leaving WH staff voicemails, throwing laptops against the wall. Full blown meltdown. This will be rich 🤣
https://x.com/i/status/2012276863561871764 Posted by: MikeN at January 16, 2026 08:27 PM (PsdqP) The word is that Trump deposited all the money he got from the sale of the Venezuelan oil, so far, in the only banks where the courts won't seize it for application against Venezuela's massive overseas debts: Doha Qatar. Posted by: Kindltot at January 16, 2026 08:34 PM (rbvCR) 122
Spock is half Vulcan and half Man and hung like a tuna can.
Stonn is 100% Vulcan all the way and hung like a donkey. Posted by: T'Pring, Needing A Big One at January 16, 2026 08:34 PM (R/m4+) 123
Bitter people will be bitter
Happy people will be happy Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 08:35 PM (3UR/I) 124
guess we know MikeN's X handle
Taco Breath @troubadour210 Loomer absolutely losing her shit rn. Furiously pacing her apartment, leaving WH staff voicemails, throwing laptops against the wall. Full blown meltdown. Turning on notifications, this will be rich 🤣 Jan 16, 2026 · 9:36 PM UTC Posted by: Japan at January 16, 2026 08:37 PM (gKWVE) 125
My idea of the eternally aggressive aliens are the Kzin as imaged by Dean Ing and Jerry Pournelle.
Much more fun than those constipated Klingons. Posted by: Kindltot at January 16, 2026 08:38 PM (rbvCR) 126
The word is that Trump deposited all the money he got from the sale of the Venezuelan oil, so far, in the only banks where the courts won't seize it for application against Venezuela's massive overseas debts: Doha Qatar.
Posted by: Kindltot --- Good, they want money they can go get it. We're not handing over our hard (and they worked for it) earned (took a lot of investment) money. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 08:38 PM (3UR/I) 127
Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 08:26 PM (hxusQ)
Yeah 'princess bride' was terrible and I'm sorry I watched as much of it as I did when I was a kid. At least the headspace I've reserved for Mel Brooks and Python wasn't wasted. Posted by: Japan at January 16, 2026 08:39 PM (gKWVE) 128
When my older girl was little, I got sick of Frozen music.
With my younger one, it's K-Pop Demon Hunters. I can tell I'm gonna be hearing these songs for years. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 08:39 PM (BI5O2) Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 16, 2026 08:40 PM (syz1S) Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 16, 2026 08:42 PM (syz1S) 131
There's a very good explanation for why we have AWFLs.
Short version: displacement of maternal instinct https://tinyurl.com/yrr6a5jd Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 08:43 PM (ciYHQ) 132
Puggle may refer to the name given to a juvenile echidna or platypus, specifically, the period between hatching and weaning.
They really are freaks, aren't they? Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 16, 2026 08:45 PM (syz1S) 133
Good, they want money they can go get it. We're not handing over our hard (and they worked for it) earned (took a lot of investment) money.
Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 08:38 PM (3UR/I) I don't think Trump likes banks, and he has said his intention is that money is to be used to rebuild Venezuela. Mostly with US contractors and suppliers, but not at NGO or USAID pricing. If the courts seize the money for debt then the road to renewal for Venezuela is impossibly long. And they aren't going to get debt forgiveness from the World Bank or the IMF because unlike Somalia, Venezuela still has resources and assets. Posted by: Kindltot at January 16, 2026 08:46 PM (rbvCR) 134
Puggle may refer to the name given to a juvenile echidna or platypus, specifically, the period between hatching and weaning.
They really are freaks, aren't they? Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 16, 2026 08:45 PM (syz1S) --- Absolute proof that God has a sense of humor. Posted by: "Perfessor" Squirrel at January 16, 2026 08:47 PM (ESVrU) 135
With my younger one, it's K-Pop Demon Hunters. I can tell I'm gonna be hearing these songs for years.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 08:39 PM (BI5O2) In the West coast they are called "K-Soda Demon Hunters" (In the deep south they get called K-Coke Demon Hunters) Posted by: Kindltot at January 16, 2026 08:48 PM (rbvCR) 136
8 Stilll. Another week without a sea otter.
I am sad. Posted by: nurse ratched at January 16, 2026 07:19 PM (1U0OF) Maybe this will cheer you up. https://youtube.com/shorts/E7ITH2Se2g8 Posted by: tankdemon at January 16, 2026 08:49 PM (nYv2H) 137
Doubling down on penguin content is always in style and is the hallmark of sophistication and good taste.
Posted by: Arbiter of Beauty And Taste! at January 16, 2026 08:50 PM (oftw2) 138
And they aren't going to get debt forgiveness from the World Bank or the IMF because unlike Somalia, Venezuela still has resources and assets.
Posted by: Kindltot -- Banks like raping and pillaging they just do it in a different way. Posted by: Braenyard - some Absent Friends are more equal than others _ at January 16, 2026 08:51 PM (3UR/I) 139
I’m not much for Country music, but if I was gonna pick one that I absolutely adore, it’s Robert Earl Keen, jr and “The Road goes on Forever and the Party Never Ends.”
That’s like an entire Miami Vice episode in 5 minutes. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 08:53 PM (hxusQ) 140
My parents were going to rent me out for stud purposes, but I decided to go out on my own and do it for free.
Posted by: Ricardo Romantico at January 16, 2026 08:53 PM (oftw2) 141
Maybe this will cheer you up.
https://youtube.com/shorts/E7ITH2Se2g8 Posted by: tankdemon Thank you! She was preggers and defending her territory. Smelly surfers need to back off! Posted by: nurse ratched at January 16, 2026 08:57 PM (qDWYL) Posted by: Kindltot at January 16, 2026 08:57 PM (rbvCR) 143
>>Bullshit. We have AWFLS because of the old school Boomer thing about how no man should ever hit a woman.
That little bit of morality goes back a lot further than boomers. But you are free to swing away, nobody is stopping you. Posted by: JackStraw at January 16, 2026 08:58 PM (viF8m) 144
>>>We have AWFLS because of the old school Boomer thing about how no man should ever hit a woman.
Not hitting women is not just a Boomer thing. It has long been a tenet of Western Civilization. Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at January 16, 2026 08:58 PM (syz1S) 145
Bitter people will be bitter
Happy people will be happy Posted by: Braenyard Witnessed it first-hand. Had a black NCO in my unit. Locked on and squared away. 4.8/4.9 pro/cons. Meritorious promotions. Someone you would want on your 6 if you made contact with enemy. And then, in the space of 6 months, it all went to sht I'm packing up his personal effects because he's going to Leavenworth and what do I find? All these black power magazines, angry black men on every cover, filled with poisonous propaganda about how he was oppressed by whites. Full of bitterness that ate away at him like a Cancer Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 09:00 PM (ciYHQ) 146
Now imagine that first penguin exploding thru the air with a two foot long trail of undigested fish feces.
Mama and Papa penguin don't stuff their babies with eight fish at at time. That poor baby chick is obese. Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at January 16, 2026 09:01 PM (BSdIE) 147
Writing advice: sullen and bitter are redundant?
Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 09:04 PM (ciYHQ) 148
Full of bitterness that ate away at him like a Cancer
Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 09:00 PM (ciYHQ) There’s something to be said about being educated in the classics; somebody should have shown him Othello before it was too late. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 09:06 PM (hxusQ) 149
Mama and Papa penguin don't stuff their babies with eight fish at at time. That poor baby chick is obese.
Posted by: Rev. Wishbone What does a Reverend know about the care and feeding of penguins? Stick to your lane, Rev! Posted by: Plus-Sized Penguins Everywhere at January 16, 2026 09:08 PM (oftw2) 150
That little bit of morality goes back a lot further than boomers. But you are free to swing away, nobody is stopping you.
Posted by: JackStraw And it's not just about women. It's why so many men are gentle giants - if a little soyboy is yapping and poking they're biggest fear is killing the twerp by accident. The proper use of force is part of Manhood 101. Women are being hit with disproportionate force because they've been abusing that principle, using it against good men who have had enough of that bs Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 09:12 PM (ciYHQ) 151
152 Not hitting women is not just a Boomer thing. It has long been a tenet of Western Civilization.” It oft ‘‘twas a rule more observed in the breech”. Posted by: Tom Servo at January 16, 2026 09:12 PM (hxusQ) Posted by: IrishEi at January 16, 2026 09:13 PM (3ImbR) 153
"There’s something to be said about being educated in the classics; somebody should have shown him Othello before it was too late."
Ouch. That's probably on me. I didn't know what to do. Leadership is hard. Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 09:14 PM (ciYHQ) 154
Oh please. If a woman is womanly you should get your finger cut off for striking her. But a if a woman is manly, you should be allowed to drop her.
Ferpetessakes. We go to work and war and farming and all kinds of lame shit like that so women can prance around in sundresses and hang out in drawing rooms sipping tea, and then they want to also do street fighting, but without being hit back, either. One or the other ladies. Sundresses and tea rooms, or street fights and early mortality. Your choice. Choose wisely. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 09:15 PM (BI5O2) 155
Check out DataRepublican's X feed. She's on the case of hose the Somali's get money out of the country. It's a Muzzie non-banking banking system called "hawala". Because the transfers are usually only one-way, it means suitcases of cash have to be transferred out of the country. They did that. COvid fucked that, and turns out some banks started helping them. You might think some of that might run afoul of banking laws and regulations. It likely does. And guess what? Some of those MN politicians helped get Biden admin to ease up on some of those regulations.... Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at January 16, 2026 09:15 PM (w6EFb) 156
I'm watching a new episode of "The UnXplained" and William Shatner is but a shriveled husk of his former self. He looks like geriatric Jimmy Carter. I don't like it.
#BringBackFatner Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 16, 2026 09:27 PM (kpS4V) 157
Ferpetessakes. We go to work and war and farming and all kinds of lame shit like that so women can prance around in sundresses and hang out in drawing rooms sipping tea, and then they want to also do street fighting, but without being hit back, either.
One or the other ladies. Sundresses and tea rooms, or street fights and early mortality. Your choice. Choose wisely. Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice Bill Burr called this Equal Rights Ala Carte. Posted by: Mr Aspirin Factory at January 16, 2026 09:27 PM (sn5xH) 158
Lull?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 09:27 PM (zZu0s) 159
Wait, did Shat go on Ozempic?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at January 16, 2026 09:28 PM (zZu0s) 160
162 I'm watching a new episode of "The UnXplained" and William Shatner is but a shriveled husk of his former self. He looks like geriatric Jimmy Carter. I don't like it.
#BringBackFatner Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes Eh, give the guy a break. He's 94 and still working in entertainment. Good for him! Posted by: Puddleglum at work at January 16, 2026 09:31 PM (hybOl) 161
When four and ninety years YOU reach -
Posted by: Yoda at January 16, 2026 09:32 PM (gKWVE) Posted by: Quarter Twenty at January 16, 2026 09:36 PM (2Ez/1) 163
I love The Shat!
Posted by: All Hail Eris, She-Wolf of the 'Ettes 'Ettes at January 16, 2026 09:37 PM (kpS4V) Posted by: Pug Mahon, Rock 'n' Roll Martian at January 16, 2026 09:37 PM (0aYVJ) Posted by: nurse ratched at January 16, 2026 09:37 PM (IhIKR) 166
Happy Friday!
Posted by: Iris at January 16, 2026 09:40 PM (bOJ2I) 167
So it’s ok to tee off on women now?
Posted by: nurse ratched you'd think some men would have better uses for their balls and shaft Posted by: gKWVE at January 16, 2026 09:41 PM (gKWVE) Posted by: RedMindBlueState at January 16, 2026 09:42 PM (Wnv9h) 169
So it’s ok to tee off on women now?
Posted by: nurse ratched ---------- Guys are just venting frustration at the AWFLs. Can't say I blame them, really. Those bishes *do* deserve a pounding IMO. I'd PPV to see them get it. Me? Never got to do the "sundresses and tea room" thang, but that doesn't mean I want street fighting either. It's a sad fact that I had to become more of a man than half the "men" I worked with. Ugh. Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 09:43 PM (rdVOm) 170
171 Wow.
So it’s ok to tee off on women now? Posted by: nurse ratched at January 16, 2026 09:37 PM (IhIKR) I'm guessing that for a sizeable number this has always been the case. Of course, the are all losers with very small penises. You are a nurse. Look around. Posted by: tcn in AK at January 16, 2026 09:46 PM (6Bc88) 171
Well, I'm going to do what I always do in these situations, and go watch Cobra.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at January 16, 2026 09:46 PM (BI5O2) 172
So it’s ok to tee off on women now?
Posted by: nurse ratched No, the argument is whether men should use disproportionate force in RESPONSE to violence from women. Most of us don't think so, but it's not unreasonable. If I pick a fight with someone like Larry Corriea, who plays an OpFor chew toy for SWAT for fun, I kinda have a beatdown coming. It's really up to him to be merciful. Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 09:50 PM (ciYHQ) 173
If the woman attacks all bets are off.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 16, 2026 09:52 PM (6Bc88) 174
Howdy gone bye. Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at January 16, 2026 09:53 PM (krI25) 175
I'm pretty sure the rules of engagement with women is don't be a shit and you won't get shit on. Not sure why these lesbian idiots think they can attack with impunity. I do think they were raised wrong (lesbian) and they don't know what they are up to (terrorism), and that they need a lesson or two. Sometimes life lessons hurt, sometimes physically.
If a woman slaps DH, he is most likely to grab a wrist and make it clear that it is that last time that happens. Others might not show such restraint. Posted by: tcn in AK at January 16, 2026 09:54 PM (6Bc88) 176
Likewise, the Constitution says we have the right to peaceably assemble. It says nothing about rioting, assault, battery, or overwhelming noise. Those are crimes. The sooner we start prosecuting them in MN the better.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 16, 2026 09:56 PM (6Bc88) 177
I slapped XH once. Backhanded. Hard. He didn't hit me back although I expected him to do so.
*shrugs* Got even with him-- let his GF have him. Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 09:56 PM (rdVOm) Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at January 16, 2026 09:56 PM (pkeXY) Posted by: mindful webworker - and away we go at January 16, 2026 09:57 PM (FMpsC) 180
Lull?
Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone Speaking for myself I am considering my choices and I think I've decided on wearing a sundress in case a fight breaks out at the tearoom and my mortality becomes longer or shorter than I planned. Posted by: old chick at January 16, 2026 09:58 PM (F3Dlr) 181
It is like coed leagues. Once you step on the ice you are not a girl or a boy. You are a hockey player.
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 16, 2026 10:01 PM (6Bc88) 182
Once you step on the ice you are not a girl or a boy. You are a hockey player.
Posted by: tcn in AK ------- Agree. Posted by: JQ at January 16, 2026 10:02 PM (rdVOm) 183
Well, Facebook is a no go. There is no way to speak to a real person to figure out why they kicked me out.
First they said my ads violated their policies. I never posted any ads, and I don't have a business account with them. Then they said I had violated their community guidelines. I guess somebody didn't like my fondue recipe? Fuckers. Posted by: tcn in AK at January 16, 2026 10:03 PM (6Bc88) Posted by: mindful webworker - Dave's not here at January 16, 2026 10:03 PM (FMpsC) 185
When the boy was in 8 and under hockey, and they came to photo day, the kids took of helmets. Most of the boys were aghast to discover that there was a girl playing with them. But they boy figured it out and said, "That's not a girl, that's just Audrey!"
Posted by: tcn in AK at January 16, 2026 10:04 PM (6Bc88) 186
It is like coed leagues. Once you step on the ice you are not a girl or a boy. You are a hockey player.
Not how it was in our coed leagues. You took care not to break the girls. Posted by: t-bird at January 16, 2026 10:05 PM (qoUKC) 187
RMBS: How's life? Hope you and your mom are well.
Posted by: Iris at January 16, 2026 10:05 PM (bOJ2I) 188
It's another responsibility that men have - if i knock out some punk and on his way to the ground his skull intersects with a bench and snaps his neck, Im going away for involuntary manslaughter.
With power comes responsibility Women cant even take responsibility for the reproductive choices they make before choosing to murder life. Posted by: Fen at January 16, 2026 10:07 PM (ciYHQ) 189
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